Chapter 7 Learn the lesson
Remesias laid on top of a hill onlooking the ruins. Sweating and out of breath. His arm bleeding and clothes tattered. Corpses of insectoids surround him.
“Of all the times for the ants to reach me is the last 10 minutes! Stupid luck!”
Nu’s Daily Contract:
Your body is weak and you must get stronger
You are to do these exercises everyday without fail.
If you don’t System will penalize you for it.
[]0/100 Squats
[]0/100 Pushups
[]0km/10km Running
[]0/100 Pullups
[]0/10km Shadow traversal
[]0/100 Shadow Transformations
“Great I get it! I’ll do the stupid contract!”
Remesias spent the next hour doing the physical exercises. It wasn’t a tragedy, but it wasn’t easy for the boys lacking frame.
As for the shadow skills, he spent 30 minutes transforming and traversing the area.
Nu’s Daily Contract:
Your body is weak and you must get stronger
You are to do these exercises everyday without fail.
If you don’t System will penalize you for it.
[x]100/100 Squats
[x]100/100 Pushups
[x]10km/10km Running
[x]100/100 Pullups
[x]10km/10km Shadow traversal
[x]100/100 Shadow Transformations
Rewards For Completing Contract!
Comic book: Volume 1 of Series Evolve
“Comic book? What you want me to read this thing now?”
A book materializes in the air, and Remesias grabs it.
“Sigh, out of all the things you making me do reading wasn’t one of them. And since when can you make things pop out of nowhere?”
Page by page Remesias read and page by page, Remesias’s face contorts.
“Why did you give me this book? The so called Player has the same power as mine. But the system message is different. In fact the messages he gets are more detailed? I only have skills displayed, how come I don’t get a list of stats like he does?”
Processing
Updated: User’s physical stats shall now be displayed
Strength: 20
Agility: 18
Stamina: 15
Intelligence: 15
“Since when did you have my physical stats?”
Since you asked
“Wait since I asked? I only asked cause of the book? Would you ever have shown this info to me if I didn’t ask?”
…
“Something is here, did Nu create this book?”
Correct
“Nu is trying to say something with the book. Think… The system in the book called them player, they show there physical stats, they had experience points where they can level up from. My skills are able to level up from too. Nu… are you telling me that system in the book is the same as the one helping me?”
Does User wish to update the system per the comic book?
“And the system can update to use that same system? System yes update to the comic book system.”
System Updating…
Player has obtained rewards for leveling up!
Skill points may be used to enhance your physical stats!
“Nu, you gave that book not for me to change the system. No, you would have just forced me to have it. You needed me to understand something. I didn’t know such things existed let alone be applied to me. And you were constantly telling me to be curious. I thought you meant with the Darkness skills itself, but-”
A thought sprouted in Remesias’s mind.
“You have been telling me this whole time that I need to be curious, not to just be helpful. No its the core thing you want in my mind. System, I have a question, what I learn, can it be applied to you?”
System will update as per Players knowledge of the world and their powers
“And there it is. The answer that defines this System. Now I understand, this whole time you were trying to tell me to learn. Learn to use the system. My knowledge is what is holding me back from using the System to its fullest. The more concepts I learn, the more knowledge I gain, I can apply to myself through the system!”
“System! Tell me everything you can do currently! And include any notes from Nu, and anything from the comic book!”
System Accepts Players Request
“To grow I need to do everything, physical, mental, skills. Those are everything I know about now. But there might be more that I don’t know! The more I can understand, the more everything I have can grow!”
Status
Player: Remesias
Darkness Monomorph
LVL 3
HP: 120
MP: 100
Strength: 20
Agility: 18
Stamina: 15
Intelligence: 15
Skill points available to use: 10