"Ahhh, ahhh, ahhhh, help me!"
A deathly whisper could be heard from the dark area of the cafeteria hall, and if one could see the figure, they would be shocked speechless.
It was none other than a young man with his arms and legs sprawled all over the area.
But what was truly shocking was his bulging stomach, which protruded nearly half a meter into the air. It was a miracle it hadn't exploded yet, and one could see Nolan struggling to even breathe.
[MUHAHAHAHAHA!] The system roared with loud laughter, furiously mocking Nolan, who was gasping for breath, trying to avoid passing out.
At this moment, he felt like a tiny pin could make him explode into gore.
[Congratulations, Host has successfully completed the quest.]
[Host has been awarded 200 EXP.]
"Hahahaha. Tell me, kid. Feeling on top of the world now, huh?" the system asked as Nolan rolled his eyes.
"Joke's... on... you! Because... I now... have my 200 EXP!" Nolan managed to say.
[Well done, then. Hahahaha!] The system kept mocking furiously, but Nolan ignored its teasing as he lay on the ground for thirty seconds to regain control of himself.
Slowly, he shifted his body until he reached the wall and lifted himself up, heaving roughly once he was done.
Slowly but surely, Nolan crawled his way out of the cafeteria, returning to his dorm room.
He received quite a few strange gazes from the students, some of whom looked at him in horror, while some females burst into laughter when they saw Nolan.
"Did you get impregnated by Quinn this time?" a celestial heir with strange green eyes that glowed brightly in the darkness called out to Nolan, easily identifying him due to his Descent ability.
With how messed up Nolan looked, the boy didn't even bother to touch him and kept his distance.
Who knew what Quinn had done to him this time? Nolan looked like all he needed was a knock on the head, and he would burst into pieces.
The boy didn't want to have the crime of murder on his head in the academy.
And so, Nolan was able to walk his way from the cafeteria back into the Greek Descent dorm building.
As slow as ever, he crawled into his dorm room at the back of the building.
Quickly entering his door and locking it, he took a few last energy-depleting steps before collapsing on his bed, and it was less than a minute when...
SNOOOOREEE!!!
A loud snore broke through the entire room, reverberating so loudly it could be heard throughout the entire backyard of the Greek Descent training area.
Thankfully, there was no one living in the backyard, or he would have had hundreds of celestial heirs roughly banging on his door that night.
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The golden rays of early morning poured through the well-cleaned glass window in the small cottage-like room, illuminating the handsome face of a white-haired young man whose eyebrows slowly quivered.
In the next instant, they opened up.
Immediately, the entire room was reflected in a strange mix of starlight blue and crimson red, a result of the golden rays of light shining in the young man's eyes.
What greeted Nolan was a strange notification appearing right in front of his face.
[Congratulations, Host has gained a +5 increase in strength stats!]
[Good morning, kid. How are you feeling now? Hahaha.]
The system asked him as Nolan's hand unconsciously moved towards his stomach.
He heaved out a sigh of relief when he felt it had reduced to what it usually was.
In the next instant, Nolan gently nailed a single finger on the ground, and in the next moment, he raised his entire body up with the power of his middle finger on the ground.
Once he became a straight number one in the air, he exerted strength and swung himself up, rolling twice in the air before landing on both feet.
CRAAACCKKK
CRAAACCCK
The sound of bones cracking rang out as Nolan straightened out his body, his eyebrows raising as he felt the strangeness.
[So, how are you feeling now?]
"I feel abnormally strong. Almost like I can carry an entire train and fling it away with a finger..."
[That's being delusional of you, but still a good answer.]
[It seems the food you ate yesterday helped your dried and famished cells to grow, and the same could be said for your muscles too.]
[And in the end, you even had a +5 increase in your strength. I'd say you're lucky to have forced yourself that much yesterday in the cafeteria...] the system said to him as Nolan smiled pridefully.
Yesterday as a whole had been hell for him, but he had pulled through, and he didn't regret any of his decisions at all.
[So, you're preparing for class or what? The sun is almost completely out?] The system suddenly called out as Nolan turned his gaze to the window, his eyebrows furrowing.
"I haven't gone to class in almost an entire month now..." He said with quite a worried expression.
And it was really true.
The previous Nolan had avoided class due to relentless bullying, always finding a way out of it.
But the academy hadn't even cared much for him, nor did they even bother to punish him for his absence.
It was probably because they understood what he went through, and what's the point of tutoring a person who can't grow his strength and can only become a better instrument? It had no point.
"Jokes on all of them, though. Because I'll resume class starting from now on!" Nolan declared with an evil glint flashing in his eyes.
Now he had some strength, and he knew well of some of his bullies in class who were weaker than the current him but still liked picking on him.
Now that he was strong, it was time to properly settle the scores with them!
Immediately, Nolan skipped towards the bathroom, quickly preparing himself, and in less than thirty minutes, he locked the door before moving out of the Greek Descent boarding room straight towards his class.