Unclaimed Rewards:
Gift pack +
$10,000
1 Health Revitalizer
Pill Temporary skill: Stealthy Healing
Ability: Wheel of Fortune
He kind of understood the reward of $10,000, but what was this pill, skill, and ability about? 'System, can you show me the descriptions?'
[ Health Revitalizer Pill:
Description: The pill saturates the body with nutrients, promoting overall health, vitality, and resilience over the course of a week. ]
[ Stealthy Healing:
Description: This skill silently mends injuries and ailments without visible signs, allowing for discreet healing. ]
[ Wheel of Fortune:
Description: With a spin of the mystical wheel, this ability multiplies the user's rewards by a random factor from 1 to 100, ranging from increased wealth to extraordinary strokes of luck, all guided by the capricious hand of fate. ]
"That seems to be a plausible description. How many of these pills can one take until the effect wears off?"
[ You can only take one; the second time won't affect the host in any way. ]
"Do I just think about claiming the reward? Or how can I claim it?"
[ It's the same way, so yeah, you just need to think about it. ]
'Claim Gift pack'
[ Reward claimed. ]
His phone vibrated, and at the same time, he felt an influx of knowledge on how to use the skill and the ability. He didn't feel much discomfort, and it only lasted for a second before everything returned to normal. Using them was actually pretty simple, just like with the system; you just needed to think about it.
For example, 'Activate Stealth Healing.'
[ Stealth Healing activated, injuries will be mended. Injuries are grave so it will need at least 2 weeks to heal completely. ]
He felt a warm current brushing through his body, and his injuries started to itch slightly. It felt a little unpleasant, but he knew that it was just the skill that was helping him, so he tried to ignore it as best as he could.
He thought about the description of the ability and thought of a possibility, 'System, can I use the ability also on the Gift pack reward?'
[ Yeah, it's possible to use it on the Gift pack. ]
'Use the ability Wheel of Fortune on the Gift pack.'
A wheel suddenly appeared in front of him, with 100 fields, each numbered from 1 to 100.
'Spin'
It started to spin really fast and after a few seconds slowly started to slow down. It finally stopped on 37.
[ Rewards will be multiplied by a factor of 37. Skills and abilities cannot be multiplied. Rewards are as follows after multiplying:
$370,000
1 Health Revitalizer Pill
5 Strengthening Pills and General Overview of the Health Revitalizer Pill ]
His phone vibrated again, and he saw that it was a message from his bank. He made a mental note to check it later, but for now, he wanted to find out what these Strengthening Pills and the overview of the Health Revitalizer Pill were.
'Can you tell me what they are?'
[ Strengthening Pill:
Description: These pills provide a permanent 20-kilogram increase in physical strength with a maximum limit of five pills. To maximize their effect and allow the body to adjust, there's a mandatory one-week waiting period between each consumption. This measured approach ensures long-term benefits while minimizing strain on the user's body. ]
[ Overview of the Health Revitalizer Pill:
Description: This pill harnesses the power of rare and natural ingredients, carefully selected for their unique healing properties. It promotes overall well-being and vitality through a blend of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants found in ingredients like organic ginseng, green tea extract, turmeric, honey, and a touch of vitamin-rich bee pollen. ]
'These Strengthening Pills seem pretty good; they will help me much in combination with the Health Revitalizer Pill. It seems like the overview of the Pill is actually something like a guideline for the recipe of the pill,' he realized.
I will need to test the ingredients and try to make the pill, but that will have to wait until I have a place where I can try that.
Lucien looked at his phone and saw two messages from his bank.
Subject: Transaction Confirmation - $10,000 Deposit
Dear Mr. Lucien Wilson,
We confirm a recent deposit of $10,000 into your account with AscendantWealth Bank.
Best Regards, AscendantWealth Bank
Subject: Transaction Confirmation - $375,000 Deposit
Dear Mr. Lucien Wilson,
We confirm a recent deposit of $375,000 into your account with AscendantWealth Bank.
Best Regards, AscendantWealth Bank
Only after he saw the messages did it finally dawn on him that he had actually received so much money from the system, which made him reevaluate his ability. It was actually much more powerful than he had realized. Even though it depended on luck, it was really good since he was actually kind of lucky, as evidenced by his luck stat. He remembered that he had seen something like System level and experience. 'What does that mean?'
[ The system has a total of 5 levels, and you are currently in the first level. Once you level up, new functions will be revealed. You currently need 5000 Exp to upgrade your system to level 2 and can earn experience through missions. ] Alex explained.
'That's cool, so there is actually even more to discover about the system. Interesting.'
As he looked at his phone again, he saw that it was already midnight, so he went and took a quick shower before sitting on his bed again. In his hand, he held one Health Revitalizer Pill and one Strengthening Pill. As he looked at them, he actually felt his heartbeat increase, not because he was nervous, but because he was excited.
He took both Pills and soon felt a warm current rush through his body. It wasn't like the time when he activated his healing skill; this time, he only felt the warm current for a second before it went away. He did feel that something inside of him was changing, but it wasn't like he suddenly felt super strong. He only felt a slight increase in his strength, which was probably supposed to be so, since the system said that the pills would revitalize and strengthen him over the course of a week so that his body wouldn't be overwhelmed by the changes that the pills caused.
He yawned and lay down on his bed. 'I may now have a powerful system, but I still have my final exams this week. I will need to think of how to write the exams without being found by my bullies. I still need to rely on my final results to find a job at a good company for now. Even if I have this system, it still can't protect me from the families behind my bullies. I will need some time to rise above them and must stay patient. My time will come, just not now.'
He closed his eyes and fell asleep.
…
6 am in the morning
Lucien opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling before thinking about what happened last night. It was actually so surreal that if he wouldn't see the system panel before his eyes, he wouldn't have believed that this actually happened.
Mission Panel:
Daily missions:
- Healthy Eater Challenge:
Eat healthy food (3 meals per day) to get 10 experience (non-optional)
- Fitness Challenge:
Do 50 sit-ups, 2 Minutes Plank, and run 2km to get 10 experience (optional / can be increased)
Main mission:
…
He thought that the missions would be crazier, but it seemed like they were actually pretty easy. However, he soon noticed that the experience rewards were also correspondingly low. With the 5000 Exp that he needed, he would actually need 250 days just to get to level 2 of the system.
Eventually, he thought that it wasn't that long. He moved into the kitchen to look into his fridge, but as he opened it, he saw that he actually only had leftovers from yesterday. So he decided to go to a nearby supermarket to buy some stuff to cook himself something to eat.
He brought back a bag full of rice, eggs, vegetables, meat, sausages, and some spices and sauces. He looked at his old kitchen and sighed; he actually had the money to move with the money that he had, but he decided against it. He would move once he was done with school and would then search for a better place. For now, this apartment was still enough.
He took a pan and made some kimchi fried rice with the kimchi that he had. He also cooked some sausages and stir-fried some vegetables. As he sat before the steaming hot dishes, his mouth watered, and he almost began to drool from the smell. It had actually been a pretty long time since he had such a sumptuous meal. Most times he only had some porridge or rice with eggs. So, this was actually like a feast for him.
As he finished his meal, he went back to his living room and took his notes before leaving his apartment to walk to his university.
When he arrived at his university, he sat down in his classroom and looked at his notes for the last time. The classroom slowly filled with students; he got ignored by most, but some looked at him because of his injuries, even though you could actually only see the injuries on his face.
The classroom got quiet as soon as the teacher got in, most looked nervous and scared. The teacher called for some students to distribute the exam, and then when everyone had a paper in front of them, the exam finally started. Today was the chemistry exam, and later, the biological lab practical exam.
He looked at the paper and found that it was pretty easy, so he went through the paper at lightning speed and finished the exam long before his time was up. Lucien left the classroom, and some students who didn't have it this easy, who were actually really struggling, looked at him with jealousy and anger.
As it was still early, and his practical exam wouldn't start for quite some time, he decided to go to the university library. He skimmed through some fantasy books to relieve his boredom and then went to his practical exam.
The practical exam went similarly well, but he still wasn't as good as he was theoretically. After the exam was over, he went straight home. It was afternoon when he came home, and he then did the fitness challenge. The only thing that was relatively easy was the plank, but he was still really tired after the workout.
He made himself something to eat and looked at his mission tab after finishing.
Missions:
Daily missions:
- Healthy Eater Challenge (finished)
Reward: 10 Exp+
- Fitness Challenge (finished)
Reward: 11 Exp+
As he looked at the Exp amount, he noticed that he actually got one more Exp for his Fitness Challenge than he thought. 'Why did I get 1 more Experience, System?'
[ Your reward is higher because you ran 1 km more than you needed to. ] "That's interesting, so I can actually get more Experience from doing more exercises than predetermined by the system."
He went to bed, and the schedule for the following days was almost the same; he just had different exams.