Chapter 3: Chapter 3
Episode 1: Daily Quest
<Ding Ding>
[The quest has been accepted by default]
'What…I…Are you blipping kidding me? How am I supposed to join a fighting club with this kind of body? Wasn't this sys tem supposed to improve my body making it easier for me to participate in any clubs or games I wanted? Why was it limiting me? Was it going to limit all my life decisions? These questions haunted me during the lunch and games period. I couldn't focus in any of my lessons. This, even my sister noticed as I picked her up at her school in the evening.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"Nothing's wrong," I forced a smile, "I just need some rest"
But even she could tell that it was no matter of rest. Forsaking one's decisions and all their life's plans was like selling their own souls. 'Is this what my dad went through?' I thought after arriving home lying on my bed. Then my eyes caught on something that I hadn't seen. The Penalty. "What… the mince"
The fact that the Difagem had accepted this quest by default meant that I had no choice in this. Death was not an option. I had to adapt, change and survive. I had to follow the white light that this system was offering. According to the rewards of this quest, I would no longer be the same. I had found a purpose. Breaking this system's challenges would be my sole purpose for the rest of the year. That's right. I would have to break through my comfort zone but I was ready to take it on.
With that bout of motivation I was set to achieve and after supper, went back to my room. As I lay on my bed, I decided to check my status before checking the daily quest I was going to open.
<DiFaGeMS><Status>
[Name: Stan Dillian][Lv 1]
[Branch Name: Zekes]
[Branch Rank: 57]
[B.Type: Oval]
[Stat Points: 15]
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[Strength: 20][+] (i)
[Agility: 16][+] (i)
[Stamina: 19][+] (i)
[Toughness: 35][+] (i)
[Attitude: 25] (i)
I clicked on the little (i) that was placed above every stat and learned that, strength was the measure of how physically strong I was. It affected damage output muscle control. Agility was the ability to sprint, accelerate and decelerate alongside change of direction. Stamina measured how long you could exert yourself physically before getting winded. Toughness was much one could hold on without passing out and determined one's ability to make a comeback, while Attitude was one's mental fortitude.
After understanding how the stats worked, I then started on distributing the few stat points I had. I distributed 4 to my strength, 4 to my agility, 4 to my stamina, and 3 to my toughness.
[Strength: 24]
[Agility: 20]
[Stamina: 23]
[Toughness: 38]
[Attitude: 25]
After distributing my SP, I went ahead and opened my quest tab.
<DiFaGeMS><Quests>
[Main Quest][Ongoing]
[Daily Quest][Unlocked]
<DiFaGeMS>
When I saw the new addition in the quest tab sighed resolutely then proceeded to open the daily quest tab.
'Are you flipping mincing me? What is this? Is this system hell bent on torturing me?
<DiFaGeMS><Daily Quest>
[Run 4km Daily]
[Lift 30kg Daily]
[5 Overhead Pushups]
[5 Hindu Pushups]
[5 Dragon Flags]
[5 Front Planks]
<DiFaGeMS>
"Ah…I…I…Can't do this," panic settled into my heart. Was there a point in even trying? Even though the tasks may seem easy, I had tried them earlier and I could not even complete 1 overhead head pushup. 'Should I give up?' I questioned myself but quickly threw that idea off my mind. How would my sister and mother live when I gave up? I was going to try and try and try again until I got the hang of it and I knew where to start.
The inspiration set in as I lay in my bed ready to face tomorrow. I slowly sank into slumber land and soon I was snoring like a freight train. That night I had dreamt of my future self, full of charisma, charm and an athletic build to top it off. I was standing in a square ring and all around me were people of all kinds of ethnicity chanting, "Top Dog… Top Dog… Top Dog," That's right. In that dream I was so happy, my happiness was inexplicable. I did not even realize that I was so happy at being called of all things, a dog.
Episode 2: The gym
"Prrr… Prrr… Prrr" 'Slam' 'Thud' I angrily woke up after bashing my really expensive alarm clock that had been a gift from my mother. I had been very happy and excited in whatever dream I had been dreaming but the stupid clock woke me up. Ruining my morning and thus my entire day. "Huh" I sighed nervously knowing I was going to get it, all of it, from my mom when she discovered that I had smashed the alarm clock. 'Now how do I get rid of …' 'Thud' 'Slam' The door swung open.
"STANLOCK MAXIMUS DILLIAN, You are in a lot of trouble young man!" My mom angrily said.
"Mom, this is my room, please knock first," I embarrassingly said.
"And this is my house," she bit back.
"…" Stanlock.
"That alarm you just smashed has been loudly ringing for a whole hour now." She madly pointed at the smashed up alarm lying on the floor.
"What???" I asked my face full of surprise.
"Yes, what? What do you think sleep will get you in life? Do you know I was called from work to be told that someone was not there yet? Only to arrive here and find you smashing a very fine clock?"
"…" Maximus.
"I can take my own daughter to school. You on the other hand can wake up early and walk to school."
'I was planning on it anyway. School is 2 km from home so running to school and fro should clear my first task. The rest of the tasks I will do in the school gym until I buy my own equipment.' I thought then apologized to my mom who was still fuming and you could see smoke come out of her ears.
"Okay apology accepted. Now get in the car and I will drop you off at the school… what do you mean you'll run there… teenagers nowadays, so hard to understand," she said as I sprinted towards the road forgetting to pack my lunch.
Arriving there, nobody was at the gate so I checked my schedule and ran to class 1 Blue for geography. The teacher looked at me and said,
"Dillian, two laps around the school," so as it turns out, I had missed two classes and homeroom just like yesterday. After entering the class, I checked my watch and it was Ten O' Seven which meant I had to endure three more classes before gym time. Time mocked my patience lesson after lesson, class after class and subject after the other, till my patience waned and I was considering skipping closing this class. The last one. "Prr… Prr… Prrrrrrrr." The bell. Saved by the bell, I felt like shaking its hand and calling it superman. I even waved at it as I got out the class and everyone looked at me like I was crazy or something.
I sloppily went to the gym as I had not eaten lunch. Deep down I knew I had to complete the quest but it felt like I was going to die. Luckily for me after arriving at the gym I found a little canteen that sold vegetables, protein shakes and a few other things. So I had my fill of cornmeal and stewed kales.
After this I went out and found a familiar guy standing there. I think I had seen him in my class so he must have been new too but man look at those pecs. "Something wrong?" he asked in a very weird manner. It seemed like he pitied me or something.
"No I was just hoping you could spot me." I inquisitively said.
"Oh, okay here at the gym we always welcome all newbies. More so, those like you." I looked down at myself and understood what he was talking about immediately.
"No offense though, shall we?" He apologetically asked.
"We shall," I answered.
After getting started, he showed me a few tricks in pushups that I could do differently. I learned that he was named Flint and was actually in my class. At the end of the games and sports session I had already completed my daily quest.
"Thank you for showing up here. You should totally make this consistent. Will you?" He asked with a face full of hope.
"I will actually. I am prepared to change my overall view." I said.
"Okay let me add you to Chatter Messenger. I will update you when we have special events." He excitedly said as I added my account to his friends list.
Afterwards, I went to my classroom and picked a few homework books from my locker, placed them on my bag and left for home.
Episode 3: Celeste
It had been two months since I started working out with the help of Flint. I had seen a few changes in my stats but none in real life. Today, I had ran to school like usual and likewise simped on my new crush. Honestly, it was getting kinda boring. So, I decided to buy the equipment to do the workout at home. I had asked my mom and she allowed me to use one of the small guest rooms next to my room. Later, I had brought a guy from the housekeeping company who linked the two rooms and today I was going to buy the equipment. I had already made a list of all equipment I was going to buy.
I was going to buy the Perfecto Pushups bar for doing the overhead pushups, Sketchers Max Elite SRS slip resistant shoes for doing the hindu push-ups, Beltix Squat 8DX for squat lifting, Nautilux Leverage Shrug for deadlifting, Kansal Weight BenchPress for bench press lifting, Bowflexa Tech 4.1S Stowable Bench for doing dragon flags, and Merce V-7 AC Treadmill for running.
As I looked at the equipment loaded in the delivery truck, I gave them the address as my sister told me she wanted to shop for some clothes so we went back to the mall. I had no fashion sense thus allowed my sister to pick clothes for me. But soon regretted that decision as clothes seemed to be flying over her head as she picked all kinds of bright coloured clothes and all I could do was complain non-stop.
"Can you stop picking so many bright coloured cloths?... No those are too loud… my favourite colour is blue and brown so why are you picking yellow and gold ones too… Haven't you had enough… That's it, That's it…" Ultimately, I had to drag her out of the brand clothing store as she said, "one more, one more…"
After leaving the store I saw had been regretting bringing my sister and allowing her to go into the store when suddenly, all thoughts flew off my mind as I saw her. My crush. Everything around me froze as my eyes seemed to zoom on her delicately beautiful face. She had an expression of delight as she looked towards me and my sister and waved. She changed her direction and came towards me. She came so close I could smell sweet fragrance wafting from her as she embraced me and kissed me deep.
'Pah' "Stop daydreaming and go ask her out".
My sister said after slapping me out of illusory beauty effects.
"Okay and ouch." I said as we proceeded to take the four bags full of clothes to the pickup.
Then I saw her sitting in the mall rest area. Leaving the two bags I was carrying to my sister, I went to the same bench she was sitting.
"Idiot, leaving me with four bags, do I have four hands?"
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