Hours passed as I lay on the ground, getting some well needed rest. Especially since I finished the mission with two days to spare.
But for now, catching some 'ZZZ's' is the only way I want to spend my time. The feeling the cold the ground gave me was comforting to say the least.
My eyelids fluttering open to find myself on the floor I had passed out on, with IAS hovering above my face.
"I should really call you something that isn't IAS."
[What would you like to call me then?]
"I'll think about it and get back to you."
Dragging myself off the ground, I noticed a massive change. My palm was bigger, I was sure of it.
My biceps were bigger for sure as well. I approached the full body mirror at the other side of the room. everything was different.
The only thing I recognized was my skin color, beard, and hair. The muscles were visibly bigger from where I was.
But the almost unnatural slim waist, creating a madly unbelievable v-tape. The lean physique everything contributed to was also madly impressive.
But the legs though, the quads, not as big as others I've seen, but they showed their level. I flexed my right bicep to the mirror as I marveled at the sight of it.
"Hey, IAS, what happened to my body?"
[I thought you would never ask. Showing the logs…]
[A gift has been granted after stats were gained without the use of Physique points.]
[Perfect balanced body granted to master.]
[All stats reverted to 10 to secure the balance necessary for the body's acquisition.]
I skimmed through the logs he showed me, "Perfect balanced body…"
[Will master like more explanation of the gift?]
"Sure."
[The gift will allow you have full control of your body, whenever there is an imbalance of stats, or stat dumping.]
"Hmmm. I don't think there is anything that explains what happened to my body though."
[Several changes happened after master got the gift, Master's body takes on the 'balanced form' the physique grants.]
"Oh, so it altered my body so I could use it. So, it's also why all my stats were reduced to ten, for balance?"
[Yes.]
"You would think with the functions, that wasn't going to happen. But, oh well."
Still looking at my reflection, I noticed something I should have with all the talk of altering bodies.
Pulling the waist of my shorts and boxers, I glanced at the massive hog that lay within its confines.
"Yeah, that's definitely bigger than before. Can't complain though."
"I should go shower."
I moved towards the entrance of the room, clicking the switch of the lights off as I left. I moved towards my original room.
I had ultimately moved back there once walking was no longer an issue.
~~~
"Haaaa.", I stretched as I bit into the sandwich I made.
The realization that I had three days till those bastards came had sobered me the fuck up. Even though, the shower woke me up prior.
The money was already settled, but I still didn't want to give them my money, especially now that I had thirty physique points.
But I had to wait. I wasn't sure about the stats of those two guys. But by my calculations they should be between six and ten.
Anytime I went for a run this past month, the stats I saw people were all in between one to five. Some people who also ran, or looked muscular had higher stats.
So I based my calculations off of that to those two guys that always came.
"IAS, no Malcolm, yeah Malcom sounds better. Apply ten points into each stat."
There was no need to really think too much about it. Their stats, if even higher than ten, couldn't be reaching twenty.
Hopefully I wasn't being stupid, or anxious of what the next few days could result to. But even if I attacked them and won, the rest of their gang was still there.
I didn't know where their office was or who their boss was. The debt was one I unfortunately inherited from my mother after she passed away.
She told me she had gotten the loan for my university fees, but the high interest rate had gotten really bad.
And now I owed them a million credits. A daunting number, for the past me. But in the coming days I would have twenty of that number, with nineteen to spare after paying them off.
"Yeah, I should just pay the money."
"With the remaining money, I could just hire an investment agency to handle that."
"Buy a house somewhere and do something…"
My thoughts, spoken out loud as I made plans with the nonexistent funds. I continued to devour my sandwich as I worked with my laptop.
The sun was setting, and I was back to working out. It was easy for me to say I wanted to rest, but my body objected.
And so I spent a few hours performing a few calisthenic exercises. As I, with my stats had outgrown the level of the weights within the room.
~~~
[20,000 income confirmed. 1000x bonus applied.]
My yes were glued to the message as several notifications popped up on my phone. The several notifications showed several credits in my account.
[Account balance : 20,023,000]
"YEEEESSSS!"
Even though I knew it was going to happen, it still felt surreal that it did. My eyes and mouth watering for different reasons as I stared at the zeroes in my account balance.
After I pay the loan sharks, I quit my job, who knows what I'll do.
"A sport car's a given, no. what do you think Malcolm."
[Anything master chooses.]
"At least weigh in your thoughts."
"*Aaaaaahh*", I sighed as my eyes stayed glued to my phone.
Who knew the peace you get while staring at numbers. I placed the phone on my chest, reveling in the serene outlook the world gave.
"I'm getting a sports caaaaar.", slightly singing as I finished my sentence I went back to my room, laptop in tow.