"Uugghh" Raiden yawned and stretched as he opened his eyes.
The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was the system interface staring at him as though it has being waiting for him to wake up which might as well be true.
[ Daily quests to build host has being received ]
"Well, seeing that confirms my doubts that everything that has happened in the past two days was real and not an illusion " He said and smiled wryly after which he confirmed the notification with a thought. After messing around with the system for a while now he has learnt that he doesn't have to say the command out loud before it works.
[ Confirmed ]
[ Daily quest ]
[ Quest 1: Do 300 push ups ]
[ Progress : 0/300 ]
[ Quest 2 : Run 300 miles(m) ]
[ Progress : 0m/300m ]
[ Quest 3 : Meditate for 20 minutes ]
[ Progress : 0min/20min ]
[ Rewards ]
[ +1 Stat point to all stats ]
[ + 300 Exp ]
[ +1 Skill point ]
[ Skill points can be used to purchase, upgrade or unlock new skills from the system's shop ]
"Woah, this is so cool, though the part of performing 300 push ups is giving me goosebumps" Raiden said to himself. He immediately proceeded to check the items in the shop.
[ Shop ]
[ Error shop has not been unlocked]
[ Host has to reach level 10 before accessing shop's function ]
" And there goes my joy, guess I got my hopes too high" he nodded with a pained smile.
" Well let's try and get this daily quest done and reap some rewards " he said while getting up from the bed.
******
After defeating the bandits yesterday, he claimed the mission reward which was a skill called dash he checked it out and found out it was a very nice skill to have.
[ Dash. Lvl 1 > Doubles host's total agility for 5mins ]
After which he scanned though the bandits looking for a body suit which was not too bad looking.
Exchanging his worn out farmers attire with the body suit he got from the bandit.
He searched them taking everything of value from their possession after which he sneaked out of the alley way and made his way to town where he paid for a random hotel he saw along the street to pass the night and that's how we got here.
*****
He got down on a push up position and started going up and down.
[ Quest 1 progress :5/300 ]
"This is gonna take a while" Raiden said and increased his work pace.
-Twenty minutes later -
[ Quest 1 progress : 300/300 ]
[ Quest 1 completed ]
"Hargh" Raiden exhaled deeply, while gasping for air as he stared at the system's notification. He was sweating as though he just came out from an oven.
After stabilizing his breath a bit, he checked the Time on his quantum watch.
~ 7:30 am ~
" Well there's still time, might as well finish the meditation quest before going out for the other one" he thought and immediately sat down in a crossed leg posture .
He closed his eyes and shut down his subconscious mind and his other senses, focusing on his mind space.
It took him about five minutes before he was able to achieve this state of focus, mind you, this wasn't his first time meditating, it's one of the things he learnt in his cops training, though he never took it serious as he never had an ability.
After successful focusing on his mind's consciousness he was in a dark place before gradually a blueish flame like energy materialized.
Observing it closely, he saw it had tiny lightning crackling round it, though the energy was fist size, very small. In his consciousness the whole place was just dark and the blueish energy was the only thing he could see, so he focused more on it and tried to study, nurture and grow it.
[ Ding ]
The system notification sounded loud in his head after an infinite amount of time for Raiden.
He opened his eyes and read the information.
[ Quest 3 : Meditate ]
[ Progress : 30min/30 min ]
[ Quest completed ]
"Oooogh" finally Raiden breathed out in relief.
He was able to consolidate his energy a bit, strengthening his foundation.
He went into the bathroom, took a shower and hurriedly put on his (stolen) body suit, and walked towards the room's exit.
"It's two down, one to go , let's claim this reward" He said and pushed the door open heading to the hotel's main exit.
When he got outside, he immediately picked a direction and started jogging towards that direction, increasing his pace every so often....
He already has a plan to join and take a mission from the Hub, so he can earn experience points, get money and adventurer's points which can be used to do a lot of things, like increasing your Adventurer rank, obtain more equipments, access more facilities etc so it was very important he takes and completes missions.
Using the opportunity of the daily quest which requires him to run/jog a long distance he decided to take it to his advantage and run to the adventurer's hub which was about four hundred miles away from the hotel he passed the night on thereby killing two birds with one stone
A few minutes later Raiden could be seen leaning on his knees with both hands and trying to catch his breath. He was sweating all over but still he had a smile plastered on his face. He has completed the daily quest and claimed his rewards, he completed it a while ago before he reached the Adventurer's hub.
[ Quest 2 : Run 300m ]. [ Progress : 300m/300m ]
[ Quest 2 completed ]
[ All daily quest had been completed before the deadline, now delivering rewards ]
[ +1 Stat point to all stats ]
[ Strength+1 ]
[ Agility +1 ]
[ Sturdiness +1 ]
[ Perception +1 ]
[ Stamina +1 ]
[ Reward 2 : +1 Skill point]
[ Reward 3 : +300 exp ]
[ Exp : 2550/4000 ]
"Just a little more and I'll level up" Raiden thought with a smile as he closed the system's interface and worked into the mighty building which housed the Hub.
Multiple adventurers could be seen walking around the hub in short it was a very busy place.
Walking in he pushed the double glass door leading to the Adventurers Hub's reception room which was the first floor. The building had almost twelve floors, each floor assigned to carry out a specific task.
Inside the reception room which happens to be the first floor Raiden could see many people on different cues, some sitting, others roaming about.
In front of each cue was a receptionist and a label in front of the receptionist desk.
Looking around for some seconds he walked over to the cue with a label 'registration' on it
For some reason the people on this cue happened to be the fewest. He stood on the cue behind the last man and waited for his turn as the moved forward with some few others behind him now.
- Few minutes later-
Raiden was now standing in front of the counter facing a fair skin beauty who happened to be the receptionist in charge.
"Hello, trust welcome to the Hub, to start your registration process take this form, fill it correctly and move over to the second floor to take your test which we'll use in ranking you." She said with a pleasant smile plastered on her face.
"Okay " Raiden nodded and started filling the form.
It was nothing hard, mostly asking for basic informations like his blood type, marital status, age, ability, state of origin etc. so he finished it in less than five minutes and submitted to her.
She went through it, inputted his details in her desktop computer and gave him a nod with a thank you after which she directed him to the second floor to under go his test.
They were some few others who also wanted to take their tests though the the only one that caught his attention was young guy with gold coloured hair who got an A ranking in his ability level test.
"He looks strong" Raiden thought to himself.
"Raiden Ignatius, step forward and start your test" a voice called out to Raiden snapping him out of his trail of thought.
Looking at the one in charge , a man looking to be in his early forties though he may be way older than that because higher level of mutant cell grants you a longer life span.
"There are a total of three tests" the instructor said to Raiden on reaching him ; " First we have the test for strength and sturdiness, secondly the agility and perception test and lastly the ability and ability level test, step into the circle there to begin your first test" The instructor said lengthy to Raiden.
Preparing himself mentally and physically Raiden stepped into the circle and begun his first test.
There was a large metal round drum like platform in front of him and according to the instructor all he has to do is to punch it with as much strength as he could muster.
He took his stance, slightly bending good knees with his back leaned backwards and his hands arched as far back as it could go .
"Hah" He said as he flung his hands forward with all that strength, his veins bulging.
~Peng~
1...5...10...14...18
The number fourteen was written on the score board
"Passed" the instructor said and they moved over to the next test which involves him dodging projectiles been shot at him while the speed increases.
Starting the test Raiden dodged while the speed of fired projectiles kept increasing until he was hit .
The result was out and he passed
He did the last one passing It as well
In less than thirty minutes he was done with all the tests and he was directed to the next floor to collect his gadgets which includes his adventurers body suit, a quantum watch ann some others.
He's taking his first to fame and power...