"My stats are quite good for a ten-year-old boy," he thought since a middle-aged fit man on earth is at the prime of his health and it's talking about those that are athletes like boxers that develop on body strength and runners that depend on their speed but he is like an all-rounder. In middle age, they will be at the peak of their health and experience explosive growth before their body starts declining. He then went to the mission space.
** Qi discovery: Locate and harness the qi in your body. Duration: One week. Penalty for failure: -1 permanent drop for each stat.
** Reach level ten in a month and start your next phase of evolution. Duration: A month. Penalty for failure: Death
** Awaken your mage root in a week and learn more about mage. Penalty for failure: Death. Rewards: 100 prime credits
** Annual mission: Learn more about blacksmithing and become proficient in it in a year.
Hint: Get the blacksmithing equipment required. A forging table, a pair of hammers, and metals required for forging
Penalty for failure: -10 permanent reduction in stat
Rewards: A shop interface will be available and 100 prime points.
** Become the strongest man alive on the planet. Duration: 8 years. Penalty for failure: Death
Reward:......
His mouth could not help but twitch when he saw the quest and the penalty for failure when he saw them.
"This system takes death very seriously," he thought as he looked at the mission. Learning more about mage root, blacksmithing, and also reaching level ten is something that he knows nothing about and apart from the blacksmithing mission he has been told how to go about, he does not know how to go about the remaining. He just sighed as he closed his eyes to use his inner sense to get a better view of his body. The inner sense is a perk that comes with this body and he doesn't know what benefits come with this body again.
He looked at the skeleton which was different from other skeletons, his skeleton had one thousand and one bones whereas normal ones only have over three hundred bones, which explains his stats since the body is weak and is also suffering from malnutrition. The body has a crystal beside the first heart but it is dormant. He could not help but be excited at the prospect of a new life except the excitement dampened when there was the threat of death looming about him. He also looked at the hand that had a glove on it but he could feel the glove disintegrating every second and it would probably not last for a day. The hands have an inch spiral claw protruding out from them but he does not know what they can do now.
"Let's take care of the first mission first," he thought as he sat upright on the bed while gritting his teeth due to the pain assaulting his body. Since the qi that the system is talking about is the god energy that is on earth and he is the one that researched how to gather it, he simply knows how he can activate it in this body. He simply activated vigor, a breathing technique that he invented how to detect and gather the dormant qi in his body. His inner sense was taken to another world, he saw the arrangement of his cells and also he was surprised when he saw the amount of dormant internal energy in his body. It is twice that of the internal energy he gathered when he discovered it and one has to know that he discovered it when he was almost twenty years old which is twice that of his age.
He quickly stabilized himself as he started to manipulate the energy and gather it in the internal part of his body where there is what looks like a bucket which he calls his internal energy reserve but unlike Earth where it is very small, this one is ten times that of the one he has on earth and it is divided into two segments in 1:9 which means one is nine times larger than the other. The smaller one is connected to his veins and every part of his body but he cannot sense where the larger one is connected to.
He started to extract the internal energy which is in the form of red energy just like he was familiar with back on Earth. It took him over a month of testing on Earth to be able to extract it but with the experience he has, he will be able to extract it in a couple of hours. Just when he wanted to start, he smelled a delicious scent and opened his eyes. He was greeted with a cart full of dishes in front of him.
He just woke up from a coma so the hospital has to prepare something to eat for him. Even though his stomach was growling, he could not help but look at the food on his table with suspicion. He looked at the nurse, the one who explained everything to him just thirty minutes ago. The nurse looked at him as if understanding what he was thinking about.
"You are quite insecure for your age," She said as she took a spoon out from the three dishes on the table. He smiled, how can he not be insecure when he was poisoned by the one he loved? One of the dishes is what looks like rice from the earth while one of them is vegetable and the last one is full of meat. After he was reassured that there was nothing wrong with the food, he dug into it and finished it within ten minutes before he rubbed his belly in satisfaction as he felt a warm current being discharged to every part of his body. The tray was taken away and he was left alone to rest, he closed his eyes and activated vigor. He started to extract the dormant qi from his body into his internal energy reserve.
Without knowing how much time had passed, he finally extracted it and he could not help but look at the red energy that had condensed into the size of a fist in his internal energy reserve. The moment it finished, it was discharged into every part of his body leaving only a small portion and he felt significantly strengthened. It turned into a thin film of energy that is discharged into every part of his body including his muscles, organs, skeleton, and even his skin. He knows that he has finally completed the first stage of it
** Qi discovery mission complete **
He received the notification. He summoned his stat point
** Strength: 5 (*2)
Speed: 5 (*2)
Physique: 5 (*2)
Defense: 5 (*2)
All his body stat has been strengthened two times bringing him to the peak of the human body. The next one is to slowly learn how to control the little one left in his reserve, it can be used to injure an opponent and also transferred into a weapon. The qi will naturally grow by itself, there's no way to make it grow permanently.
He opened his eyes and sat on the bed, the pain in his body had already lessened, and the internal energy had enhanced his body and his physique. It was still noon, he learned from the wall clock that this world has thirty hours a day. He started around eight which means it took him four hours to perfect it. He took out the pad he had been given by the lady to learn more about this world. When it was noon, he was given food to eat while he also continued to learn more about this world. He finally learned the basic information about this world around ten in the evening.
This world is just like Earth back in the olden days when technology was just discovered. Horse is still the most common form of travel while there are cars that are powered by mana but it is only available to the upper echelons of the society and also mages. The train is the most common form of long-distance transport.
He is currently in the Aslan Empire which is ruled by the Aslan family, this is one of the cities under the control of the empire. There are also a lot of uncharted villages but those are usually scarce because most of the villages don't survive due to the holy cult terrorist organization and other hidden dangers and beasts. The world is full of beasts unlike Earth and they are usually active outside the border of the city and they kill any human on sight. The technology is generations behind Earth though what he just learned is general knowledge but from the general knowledge, he knows that the technology is a generation behind that of Earth. What they only have are magicians.
Magicians are rare, they are just like one percent of the population but they are the main force of the kingdom. They are beings that can use mana to control fire, water, and other forms of mythical elements according to the general knowledge. They are known as the epitome of humanity in this kingdom. He smiled when he finished analyzing the information. He has two main advantages, the first one is the qi inside him and the other one is technology. He analyzed that no one in this world should know about qi and also if he can merge into society, he should be able to start creating his technology even though it will be secret provided that he can survive. Apart from the death threat from the system, he doesn't even know about the next step he should take. He was thinking about it when he finished his dinner and slept off.