"Ding! Ding! Ding!" Cori's strength stat increased after every set. By the end of the training Cori increased his strength by 100 and vitality by 1. Whenever he thought he could not last any longer, the system would assist with the lifting ever so slightly. After exhausting his energy, Cori felt his bottom extremely sore. Every bounce hurt, every movement felt like torture, even his paws trembled just from sticking out. "Click" Cori heard the door unlocked. Not missing his chances, Cori bolted out of the room with every remaining strength he got. Unfortunately, Cori could not controlled his strength and zoomed into the opposite room.
As per normal, the door bolted shut after he entered. What greeted his eyes was an olympic size onsen style swimming pool. System, "Swimming pool activated. Scanning body type... determining workout. Activating wave pool." Corgi was once again swept into something against his will. Despite being forced, he did not retaliate... because he realised that it was useless. And it would be more beneficial if he adjusted his mindset. After all, he still had to go to the training school at the end of the 30 days.
This time round, his skill (Sticky Paws) was forcibly activated. Cori grabbed onto the ledge fearing he would drown in the pool. System, "Ding! Skill levelled up. (Sticky Paws) reactivated!" Cori squeaked as two more paws grew. With 2 paws holding on for his dear life, his other 2 paws started flutter kicking in the waves. Cori squeaked repeatedly to activate (Sticky Paws! Sticky Paws!), in hopes of increasing his grip strength. His non-existent bottom ached in pain while his tiny paws waddled miserably keeping him afloat.
Truth be told, slimes could not drown since they do not have nostrils. Slimes alike jellyfish were actually fantastic floaters but Cori being relatively new to the world was not taught this fact. It was more of a common sense in this world. And hence, Cori was needlessly training his glutes when he could be training his floating ability. And why did the system choose this training method? Only the god knows.
Poor Cori visibly traumatised to a blank state, was finally washed ashore. Laying on the floor, wet with two burning buns and 4 numb paws, the waves ignored his wishes to rest and carried him back into the pool. System, "Ding! (Sticky Paws) level up!" Cori's fighting spirit returned momentarily as he tried to claw his way back to the door, only to be dragged back by the tides yet again. "Noooooooooo..." he squeaked as he was dragged further away from salvation and back into the pool of hell.
Cori who had given up hope, closed his eyes waiting for his body to plunge into the deep end. A minute passed, 2 minutes passed, and yet he was floating along the waves. This was when he realised that this might just be a test of his intelligence (which it wasn't in actual fact). System, "Ding! User has passed the floating test." Crying bitterly in his heart, Cori, skipping ahead of floating managed to learn the skill (Swim). He swam back to shore, shook his body dry and exited the door without looking back. (T.T)