Chapter 3 - WATERFALL

Huh..

Finally I can move after 30 minutes.

Xivel braced himself and barely managed to stand up, using the support of the tree as he was thinking that he was lucky for being alive instead of becoming food for some monsters as it was very easy for him to be eaten by some monsters while lying in wilderness without being able to move or defend or protect himself.

He continued walking With the support of the trees on his way to his temporary home in pain and regretting his decision coming too far away from his temporary home in excitement while using skill.

Finally I have reached my home.

A breath of relief while lying down that he has finally reached his home and could finally rest now as he didn't wanted get up again but he needed to as he was hungry and haven't eaten anything today and then he braced himself again and sit up first and then standed up with the support of the cave,s wall and then headed out and started a fire with of the branches and dry grass which he had collected before hand to cook rabbit meat and drawn out the the rabbit meet from dimensional storage.

Then Xivel placed medium sized pieces of rabbit meat onto the stick to cook it which he had cut with his dagger and while the white rabbit meat was in the process of being cooked its smell made Xivel,s mouth filled with water and Xivel gave a happy expression and wanted to eat it as soon as possible after some time the rabbit meat cooked.

 Xivel pulled out the white rabbit,s meat in a hurry as not being able to hold his hunger and placed the meat on the plate of wood which he had carved out in his free time and then Xivel took his first bite of meat in this world and gave a delightful expression even if the meat was made without any spices it was enough for making Xivel crave it because of how juicy it was, as he had only eaten dry bread with water which he had to force down his neck.

 Then Xivel eated all of the white rabbit's meat he had cooked with the help of other kitchen utensils which he had carved out in his free time.

That was wonderful. 

As in his past life he had done many odd jobs because of his poor financial condition one of them was of a craftsman,because of which he was also proficient in the field of making small tools for his daily use.

Xivel then extinguished the fire which he had started 25 metres away from his cave to cook white rabbit meat because of his fear of it attracting strong monsters towards his cave and being discovered by strong monsters of the marbno,s forest.

 which could be dangerous for him, Xivel then headed towards his temporary home after throwing the bones of white rabbit,s meat and covering the stench on him of white rabbit,s meat with marbno,s herb.

Finally I can rest.

Xivel then lied down in his hammock in a comfortable position which he had also created in his free time like the cover which he had created to cover his lower body with long leaves sewed together with rope made up by twisting thin and long strands of plants and by tying the to each wall of the cave making it into a hammock.

According to his daily routine, Xivel opened his status.

Status open.

STATUS 

[ USER : XIVEL MON ] 

[ RACE : HUMAN ]

[ AGE : 15 

MENTAL AGE : 26 ]

[ TITLE : NONE ]

[ PROFESSION : NONE ]

[ LEVEL : 4 ]

[ EXP : 950/4000 ]

[ HP : 400/400 ]

[ MAGIC 100/100 ]

[ STAMINA : 13.2 /13.2 +5 ] 

[ STRENGTH : 13.2 +5 ]

 [ AGILITY : 13.4 +5 ]

[ INTELLIGENCE : 10.1 +5 ]

[ CONSTITUTION : 12.3 +5 ]

[BEGINNER GIFT IN EFFECT]

[DESCRIPTION : ALL STATS WILL BY +5 UNTIL LEVEL 25]

SKILLS

[ ACTIVE SKILLS : DASH

DESCRIPTION : INCREASE OF SPEED BY 5% WHEN RUNNING ON A STRAIGHT LINE LEVEL : BEGINNER DISTANCE LIMIT : 10 METRE STAMINA PER USE : 2 PROFICIENCY : 0.6% ]

[ PASSIVE SKILLS : NONE ]

[ MISSION : SAVE THIS WORLD ] 

[ DESCRIPTION : A CALAMITY IS GOING TO BEFALL ONTO THIS PLANET ]

REWARD : ???

PENALTY : DEATH 

CURRENT PROGRESS : 0.1% ]

[ QUEST : ELIMINATE GOBLINS ] 

[ DESCRIPTION : ELIMINATE SMALL GOBLIN VILLAGE ]

[ GOBLIN : 20 ]

[ HOBGOBLIN : 2 ] 

[ REWARD : ??? ]

[ PENALTY : AMPUTATION OF LEG ] 

[ CURRENT PROGRESS : 0% ]

Xivel then noticed that his stats were increasing in points as he didn't notice it last time as he was solely focused on his skill.

Hahahahahah…

So I do have an alternative to increase my stats. Then can i gain them by training my body but wouldn't that be too easy 

OMNIPOTENT SYSTEM

USER CAN INCREASE HIS STATS BY TRAINING HIS BODY TO THE LIMIT 

Huhhhhh…

Xivel's eyes widened, and his mouth fell open as he had seen a ghost.

System you can talk.

OMNIPOTENT SYSTEM

YES

Then why didn't you talk before?

OMNIPOTENT SYSTEM

I DIDN'T WANTED TO

Huhhhhh…

Xivel was Seething with rage.

Xivel calmed himself by taking deep breaths.

"Gasp"

"Gasp"

"Gasp"

"Gasp"

So can you explain how I can increase my stats aside from gaining them from levels . 

OMNIPOTENT SYSTEM

YES, USER HAVE TO PUSH HIS BODY TO THE LIMIT SO THAT YOU CAN INCREASE YOUR STATS, JUST LIKE USER DID BY EXHAUSTING HIS STAMINA WHILE USING HIS SKILL.

Huh..

Then do I have to exhaust my stamina every time by using skills and feel extreme pain in order to gain stats.

OMNIPOTENT SYSTEM

NO, USER CAN ALSO DO LONG AND INTENSIVE TRAINING INSTEAD OF PUSHING HIS BODY TO THE LIMIT BY EXHAUSTING HIS STAMINA BY USE OF SKILL, IN ORDER TO PUSH USER,S BODY TO THE LIMIT, BUT IF USER WANT TO GAIN MORE STATS MORE QUICKLY IT IS RECOMMENDED TO DO LONG AND INTENSIVE TRAINING WITH EXHAUSTING HIS STAMINA BY USE OF SKILL AT THE SAME TIME, IT WILL BE MORE PAINFUL BUT USER WILL GAIN MORE STATS THAN PREVIOUS METHODS AND QUICKLY. 

Looks like i will have to get used to the extreme pain in order to gain more stats.

Well it is said that if there is no pain there will be no gain. 

System I have a question, can I ask?

OMNIPOTENT SYSTEM

YES, USER CAN ASK.

How Much is the limit? I mean how many stats can I gain from pushing my body to the limit at maximum.

OMNIPOTENT SYSTEM

AT MAXIMUM 50 STATS CAN BE GAINED BY A HUMAN.

So a human can not gain more than 50 stats.

OMNIPOTENT SYSTEM

IT IS STILL CONSIDERED A BLESSING IF A HUMAN CAN GAIN 20 STATS BY TRAINING ½ PART OF HIS LIFE.

Huh..

Then aren't I gaining stats too fast from training according to how you described it.

OMNIPOTENT SYSTEM

YES, BECAUSE IF A NORMAL HUMAN TRIES TO PUSH PAST THEIR LIMIT HOW USER DID BY EXHAUSTING ALL OF HIS STAMINA BY USING A SKILL, THEY WOULD EITHER DIE OR BECOME A CRIPPLE FOR REST OF THEIR LIFE .

Huuuuuuuh…

Then that also means I was close to my own death.

OMNIPOTENT SYSTEM

NO, BECAUSE USER HAD KNOWN THAT THERE WAS SUFFICIENT STAMINA LEFT FOR USING SKILL, AND AS THE OTHERS HUMANS DON'T HAVE A SYSTEM THEY DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS SUFFICIENT STAMINA LEFT FOR THEM TO USE ON THEIR SKILL AND WHEN SOMETIMES THERE ISN'T ENOUGH STAMINA LEFT TO USE THEIR SKILL THEN THEY STILL USE THEIR SKILL WHICH CAUSES THEM TO DIE OR BECOME CRIPPLED FOR REST OF THEIR LIFE BECAUSE OF IT THEIR GROWTH RATE OF STATS FROM TRAINING IS LOWER THAN THE USER,S.

Hahahaha…

That gives me a breath of relief, so basically I am a cheat.

Hahahahahah..

System can I ask one more question.

OMNIPOTENT SYSTEM

YES, BUT THIS WILL BE USER,S LAST QUESTION.

Ok, then how can i surpass a human,s limit as you were referring to it human,s limit every time there must be a way to break this limit.

OMNIPOTENT SYSTEM

YOU WOULD HAVE TO STOP BEING A HUMAN.

System can i get a more detailed answer.

OMNIPOTENT SYSTEM

.....

OMNIPOTENT SYSTEM

TIME WILL TELL.

System i will be straightforward will you answer my questions about everything how i came to this world and everything about this world to satisfy my curiosity in the future.

OMNIPOTENT SYSTEM 

TIME WILL TELL.

I should have known that the system is not willing to answer these type of questions, shit I wasted one of my precious questions. 

Yawn… 

Because of being too much exhausted Xivel then suddenly fell asleep.

"Zonk out" 

"Zonk out"

"Zonk out"

THIRD DAY

Xivel woke up from his sleep.

Yawn… 

Yawn… 

Yawn… 

As soon as he woke up from his sleep,he headed outside in search of new monsters to kill to gain experience from them and level up. After searching the area of the forest around his cave he couldn't find any monsters and half a day had passed while searching for them.

he didn't want to go further away from his temporary home which could get him into trouble if he came across any dangerous monsters.

Xivel also created some daily use tools while searching for monsters.

So Xivel finally gave up on finding monsters as he wasn't able to find any monsters.

Huh..

Looks like I have to give up on finding monsters today also.

Sigh..

Sigh..

Xivel, who was Exhausted decided to rest on a tree and started drinking water to satisfy his thirst.

Gulp..

Gulp..

Gulp..

Haaa..

Drinking water after hard work is the most satisfying thing.

As Xivel was drinking water to satisfy his thirst he noticed that there wasn't much water left in his leather bag of water as the system gave him insufficient water but bread was given according to having to eat a meal 3 times a day.

Huh..

Looks like i will have to find a source for drinking water, i don't want to die from thirst.

Xivel then headed east from his cave in order to find a drinking water source for himself as he didn't want to die of thirst.

The map from the system wasn't of any help to him as it was a world map and was not detailed enough to pinpoint his location and nearby water sources of drinking water.

Xivel rushed towards east in order to find a drinking water source for himself and within his path Xivel started to adapt towards the environment of the forest by relying on his surroundings from which he didn't had to put more efforts in the same work from which he could preserve his energy more like by stepping on trees which takes less effort and gives more momentum and changing directions by the help of it.

 Xivel has started to feel like he had become one with mother nature by each step he had started to gain more momentum and become more experienced and amazing at it.

That's why my people say techniques are as much as important as stats because even if you have power and do not have a way to exert it in the end it is only brute strength but with techniques it becomes 2 times more powerful than brute strength, Xivel said.

Xivel had started to get exhausted from all the running which he was doing to find himself a drinking water source as further he was going.

Xivel had started to get drenched in sweat which was heading down from his face to his neck,s adam apple which had started to become more defined to his chest and then his abs and then towards his legs which were becoming more defined and started to look more good from before as he was becoming more and more handsome from before because of all the intensive workout he was doing.

which made his body gain more muscle and burn fat which made his facial features more defined and because of it he had started to also gain height faster and his body started to grow more faster but Xivel had not noticed as he was more focused on his quest and because of a lack of a big mirror.

Xivel was feeling drowsy from all the running as Xivel started to feel like there was no end to this path Xivel had known that he had only covered around 6 to 7 km still he was feeling like it was endless as it was his first time running such a large distance he started to consider returning as it was going to be dawn soon and sun had started to set.

When Xivel started turning back he heard a sound.

What is this sound?

Splash..

Splash…

Splash..

Splash..

It is the sound of a waterfall.

Xivel rushed and climbed a nearby tree and started to climb it after reaching to the top Xivel looked around his surroundings.

So this is where the sound was coming from, Xivel said.

Hahahahahaha…

Finally I found a drinking water resource for myself. Now I don't have to worry any more about water. I am so lucky. Is this the protagonist's luck?

Xivel rushed toward the waterfall and started to fill his leather water bag and decided to wash himself here.

Huh..

Should i get refreshed i haven't washed myself even once after coming to this world.

Xivel smelled his underarm.

Yhack…

Ewwww..

I really do smell bad from all this sweat.

Then Xivel started to wash himself on the river after putting his boots and leather bag of water into dimensional storage. Even after knowing its risks which could be dangerous for a normal human as they would get swayed away with the river's pressure.

A normal human can get swayed away with the river's pressure Xivel wouldn't because Xivel can be considered a professional swimmer as he had done many odd jobs in his past life because of poor financial pressure many of them were related to swimming like finding things for others in rivers.

As Xivel was happily washing himself, in the river there was a broken tree which was coming at high speed with the river's pressure which Xivel didn't notice as he was immersed in washing himself and playing with water.

When Xivel noticed the tree it was too late and was too close to him. Instead of being scared or shouting with a serious expression gave it his all and tried to evade the tree.

But still Xivel came in grasp of the tree as he was being dragged by the broken tree Xivel was still trying to fight it at first but because of the pressure of the river Xivel couldn't fight it off as Xivel saw there was a end he thought that there would be a waterfall ahead instead of fighting the tree of he tried to gain balance and momentum in order to avoid his injuries.

Xivel's plan was to dive from the waterfall and avoid any injuries as the waterfall was coming near as soon as he reached the end of the waterfall.

Xivel tried to dive from it but even for Xivel it was hard to do a perfective dive after receiving many injuries over body on top of that the broken tree fell down on him causing him to lose his balance and his momentum.

Ahhhhhh..

Rumble..

Rumble..

Rumble… 

Which caused his head to be injured while falling down as he was at the point of blacking out and was feeling very drowsy and his eyes were blacking out.

He barely managed to get to the land being half conscious and half unconscious. 

Ahh..

Xivel was able to see a green thing.

Huh..

What is this green thing?Xivel said in his mind.