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Kapitel 90: Sleep Not

"You guys are leaving already?" Aldous asked, while fixated on his plate.

"Yeah. Someone is coming to pick us up tomorrow." Rachel replied like how she would normally.

"Alright,' he said, putting his fork down on the empty plate. He stroked his beardless chin for a bit while watching me.

He mumbled thinking that I probably couldn't hear, "I should have made more food..." and I obviously heard it.

'I mean, what do you expect when I haven't eaten for an entire day.' I silently retorted while finishing up my fourth serving.

I put my fork neatly on top of the plate and wiped my mouth with a napkin.

Now that I think of it, Aldous' house was pretty large. It had a primary bedroom as well as two guest rooms and a gigantic living room which also happened to be a dinning room. It was large for a two-story house. And you didn't even need to measure to know it was big; anyone with eyes could see the visual differences between his house and other houses in the neighborhood.

I felt like I missed something... Wait, wasn't he only seventeen or something? He should still be only a minor right?

As I was about to ask, a light bulb lit up in my head. It was as if all the stars in the night sky suddenly connected to form constellations.

'Since...' As I was about to think, a strange feeling welling up in my right hand stopped me. There was indeed something strange going on here but what was it? What is my right hand trying to tell me?

I released my hand from my control and it subconsciously made its way to my chin. It started stroking it just like Aldous had been doing before.

'Ah yes, how could I forget.' Chin stroking and beard stroking were vital to any thought process.

Now what was I thinking again? Ah yes. 'Since this world was like medieval times but better, then there was a likely chance that the age of adulthood was around fifteen or sixteen...'

'An interesting hypothesis, good job brain!' I couldn't help but mentally applaud myself like a delusional person.

But this hypothesis of mine did get me thinking. I should really pay more attention to the societal norms of this society. After all, I can't spend my life training under a rock. I should really stop experiencing this world with the mindset of an outsider.

'Wait a minute, that doesn't explain how his house is better than others.'

'Oh, yet another great observation!' I complimented myself again. It was like a role playing game was trapped in the confinements of my head. Well I didn't mind it. In fact, I used to talk to myself a lot like this in my old world...

Anyways...

"Say, how do you have such a nice house?"

"Hmm? Well my father gave it to me." He said.

"You said he was the Adventurer's Guild's uh—the head or something right?" I said, scratching my head.

"Yeah. He lives at the Adventurer's Guild's Headquarters because he has a lot of paperwork and things to do. Sometimes he sends me to do some of his work like attending the Martial Championship today." He pointed his fingers at my plate, "you done?"

I nodded and he took all of our plates into the kitchen. Rachel had long been finished with her dinner. She seemed to have eaten significantly less compared to other days.

—5 hours later—

'Buy Dagger of Bloodshed.'

[Received: Dagger of Bloodshed(Epic)]

[Merit Points: 400]

'God, I just can't sleep.' I thought as I set the pillow aside and got up from the bed.

I don't know if I should be thankful for the Sleepless skill or mad but I just couldn't sleep. Did I eat too much or something?

'Shop.'

~~~~~~~~~~

Skills:

Conceptualization(Mythical) - 12000 mp

...

Techniques:

Clairvoyance(Mythical) - 9000 mp

Recreation(Godly) - 20000 mp(Requirements: Conceptualization(Mythical))

...

Items:

[Crafting]

[Potions]

[Books]

[Weapons]

[Armor]

[Relics]

...

Coupons:

Skill Upgrade Coupon - 1000 mp

Skill Evolution Coupon - 5000 mp

Weapon Upgrade Coupon - 2000 mp

System-Type Evolution Coupon - 50000 mp

~~~~~~~~~~

Compared to the other shop, this one focused more on quality instead of quantity. When I first saw it, I was also confused as to why there was only a single available skill and two techniques. I don't know if it is a good thing or a bad thing but that only meant it would be harder to farm merit points through technique training.

But after taking a look at the description of Conceptualization, it was actually pretty overpowered. Though I don't have much to say for Clairvoyance since it was what the name suggested. As for Recreation, I couldn't appraise it so I had no idea. It was Godly tier and it also had a purchase requirement so it was probably overpowered too.

Well that was that.

Walking to the windowsill, I pulled open the curtain and window. Making sure it was as quiet as possible, I hurdled myself out the window and landed on my feet just like cats do.

I took a deep breath in and exhaled. As I had expected, a little midnight stroll never hurts. I think I should walk around for a while and find an open area.

I had a feeling like I would achieve a breakthrough soon—well it wasn't a feeling, but more of pressure. It was hard to describe but it felt like when you wanted to burp but just couldn't. It was the body's way of telling me to prepare for my physique breaking into the next realm.

—Aldous's PoV—

"aahhhh-haa." I yawned as I flushed the toilet.

'Man, I really should've gone before sleeping.'

Closing the door to the restroom, I figured since I was already awake, I should probably check on the two of them.

I opened Daniel's door trying my best not to make the door creak. Peeking my head inside, I saw a giant lump on the bed covered entirely by the blanket. The curtains were also opened. He probably forgot to close them.

I gripped the door knob tightly and closed it.

'He must really be cold even though it's the summer.'

I made my way to Rachel's door and looked inside. The blanket was sprawled everywhere with the pillow on the floor. The curtains too were opened. Entering, I placed my hand on the bed mattress; it was cold.


Kapitel 91: Broken

"Crrrk!" The sound resounded from within my body.

[Ding!]

[Host has reached Knight Captain(Beginner)]

[Received: 1000 Merit Points]

I dropped out of my planche and sat down to rest. I didn't think it would work but it never hurts to try, right? I recalled in some book I read at the academy's library that the ideal position to breakthrough was standing in what they called a horse stance with both fists stretched out. After trying it out myself, it didn't work immediately so I decided to modify it a bit.

What "breaking through a physique realm" really meant, was a dramatic increase in the strength of the body. Having experienced the sensation of "breaking through" a couple times, I could confirm it caused severe muscle pain after every breakthrough—usually in the form of delayed-onset muscle soreness. It sometimes happened when I was sleeping or when I was in the middle of sparring with Sam, in short, I couldn't control when I wanted to breakthrough.

Whenever a breakthrough was achieved, the worth of a single strength stat seemed to increase; meaning that the gap between each realm was larger than it seemed. In other words, the difference of realms could not be breached with an accessory's stat points alone—basically, whenever a new realm was reached, the body would receive a sort of strength percentage buff. That was the best explanation I could give since I myself didn't fully understand how it worked either. Maybe it had something to do with the cracking sound my body gave whenever it broke through. Who knows?

This sort of muscle development was pretty strange for me as I didn't understand the physiology nor human anatomy of this world. I had a rough idea that the humans of this world were not the same species as I had assumed. So if we weren't homo sapiens, what were we? Some food for thought I suppose.

Anyway, taking all of that into consideration, I came to the conclusion that by damaging my body, I would be able to breakthrough. Because really, the inner workings behind the "workout," was to damage muscle fibers and then allow them to naturally heal. Though I say that, most damage should be at a microscopic level so it wasn't like I was going to stab a knife in my leg and call it exercise.

I figured the most efficient way to cause the most damage was to keep my body under tension and that could be achieved with a hard exercise. When I thought of a hard exercise, the first thing that popped in my head was the planche. It was a combination of the handstand and the plank.

Since I had experience in gymnastics before, I got into it pretty easily. It was mostly about balance and technique rather than strength like most people assumed. Of course, with my superhuman body, the feeling of holding a planche was the same as a plank on my knees. I moved my hands further apart from my body to increase the difficulty but I still couldn't feel much tension.

An idea came to my head at that moment and I proceeded to flex every single muscle on my body as hard as I could, all while slowly bending my elbows. Making sure my spine and legs were aligned, I held the planche hold with my elbows bent as far as it could bend without tipping my body over. I finally felt the familiar itchy sensation start to build up.

But I knew just this much wouldn't be enough to induce a breakthrough. So I held that position for who knows how long. Maybe ten minutes, twenty, or possibly thirty had already passed.

'It wasn't enough.'

'Breakthrough. How do I make a breakthrough?' Another idea surfaced from all the other cloudy thoughts.

Had I missed it? Yes, it was such a simple answer that I overlooked it. Breakthrough—why else would they call it a breakthrough?

At this point, my mind was muddled from all the multi tasking; this wouldn't be called hard if I could still think clearly.

Focusing all my attention on this single action, I kept flexing as hard as I could and abruptly pushed up as hard as I could. As I had neared my limit, I felt the grueling pain from releasing the isometric hold biting back at me. It was also at this time that I heard a loud crack from my body, like that of a firecracker. I knew I had successfully broken through just then, but the pain I felt led me to think I broke something. My arms had already been reduced to trembling sticks, and my wrists hurt like h*ll.

'F*ck, I should have warmed up.' I immediately regretted not warming up my joints.

Not able to bear it anymore, I dropped to the ground all the while hearing the nonchalant ding from the system.

After a couple seconds of rest for me to catch my breath, I got up and slowly walked around in circles to cool down.

After that rigorous session, I doubt I would still be able to fall asleep. And since the quality of the magic particles here were subpar compared to other places, cultivating my manifestation here would barely do much. In the end, I found myself wandering the empty streets with no goal in mind. Sometimes, humans just needed a quiet time in their lives.

—Aldous's PoV—

'What the f*ck?'

Out of desperation, I had jumped out of the window and was going to search the perimeters for Rachel but who would have known... She was sleeping face down on the hard paved ground right beside the house and underneath the window.

'Was she sleep walking?'

I walked up and gently picked her up to not awake her...

With her in my arms, I leapt back into the room through the open window. Jumping up a story or two wasn't too hard for me.

Laying her on top of the bed, I lit up a lantern and immediately noticed the blood stain near her mouth. The blood had been smothered across her face due to her kissing the ground in a literal sense. It was honestly surprising that none of it had stained her clothes. The blood seemed to have come from her nose but I could be wrong.

I fetched a wet towel from the bathroom and gently rubbed off the blood. I propped her head on a pillow and threw a blanket over her.

'...niel don't leave.' I cocked my head to the side just as I closed the windows.

Was she awake? She didn't seem to be. I put my hand on her throat and her heart was beating just fine.

'...n't leave.' It came again.

Looking back at the only other person in the room, she seemed to still be asleep.

'My mind must be hallucinating again. I'm probably sleep deprived like usual.' I assured myself that I wasn't crazy and closed the door behind me.

'I wonder if sleepwalkers remain asleep even when their body is bleeding? Meh, it doesn't concern me.'

Getting into bed myself, I dozed off.


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