"Wh-who was that?" I asked, taking a gulp.
"The person who attacked the Host with the Sword of Awakening was Stormir El Thunderbane."
"Th-Thunderbane!?" Just the surna alone sent shivers down my spine. "But weren’t all Thunderbanes martyred sixteen years ago according to the Vyoman tiline!?"
"Vivi isn’t aware of that information, as Vivi was in sword form at that ti and could only beco conscious once soone poured Soulforce into the blade."
"You’re saying conscious as if you were a living thing."
"..."
Sighs... "Forget it. First, tell , how a person from Vyoman reached here when the higher gods had put a ban on it, and why did he attack us?"
"Stormir broke the rules set by the higher gods and split open space to reach Earth. As a result, he was punished by the higher gods, resulting in severe injuries. As for why he attacked the Host, Vivi doesn’t contain that information."
"As usual, you don’t know the most important part," I muttered in frustration.
Taking a brief pause, I asked, my voice laced with nervousness, "S-so... what happened to Stormir? Is he still sowhere on Earth?"
"Stormir was already on the verge of death when he reached Earth. The mont the sword pierced his heart, he was completely reduced to ashes."
The last part of the information gave a sense of relief. A person who could split space and go against the higher gods was surely a dangerous entity. It was better that he was dead.
"However, this na Stormir... where did I hear it again?" I thought inwardly and fell asleep when I couldn’t rember it.
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Ding...
"The Day-7 challenge of the 30-day Daily Challenge has begun!
Special challenges and rewards for the 7th day have been triggered!!!!
Special Challenge:
1. Sun Salutation 60 tis [0/60]
2. Push-ups [0/600]
3. Sit-ups [0/600]
4. Run 12 kilotres [0/12]
5. Clear one E-Rank dungeon alone [0/1]
Reward on completion:
1. All stats 10
2. Yin energy: 5 per monster killed
3. One random attribute-based skill
Penalty on failure: Termination of the entire series."
"Is this real, or am I still half asleep?" I mumbled, rubbing my eyes to get a clearer look.
"You want to clear an E-Rank dungeon alone!?" I exclaid, my sleep completely disappearing.
"Did you give this challenge deliberately to make fail?" I demanded, obviously annoyed.
The reason for my frustration was simple. According to what I gathered from the internet, in order to enter a gate, a person must have a Hunting license.
And even then, the rights to raid a gate were given to the guild stationed in the area where the gate appeared.
"Let complete the first four challenges first!"
After refreshing myself, I reached the second floor of the mansion, where my brother had built a ho gym.
Well, it was only a ho gym in na. The size and number of equipnt in the gym were even better than one of the best gyms in the country.
At one corner of the gym, Aryan was doing squats with four large plates on either side of the rod.
"998..."
"999..."
"100... 1000!!!"
Thud!
"Oh hey... little shit! Are you—huff-huff—here to exercise as well?" he asked, waving his hand while drenched in sweat.
I nodded before asking, "When did you co ho?"
"The eting took longer than I expected. It was already midnight when I returned—wait a minute!" he gasped mid-sentence as he took a closer look at .
"What kind of drugs did Vedika feed you to transform like this!?" he demanded, scanning my biceps and abs.
"Tsk! Stop touching , you perverted geezer! I’m here to exercise!" I scoffed, moving to the corner to stretch.
"You’re getting good with insults," Aisha chuckled, who was also doing yoga on a mat at the corner.
"Good morning, Sister Aisha! Thanks for the complint," I laughed before beginning my stretches.
"Babe! You can’t spoil him like that!" Aryan whimpered. "At least take the side of your husband!"
"Honey, focus on your next set," Sister Aisha ordered, her voice soft yet firm. "Or do you want to help you with training?"
Aryan suddenly flinched at her offer and instantly took position for his next set, looking clearly terrified.
He was about to begin, but then a demonic smirk appeared on his face as he offered, "Darling, it’s Raj’s first ti in the gym. You should help him with the exercises, or he might suffer an injury."
"N-no, it’s fine, Sister Aisha," I refused. "You don’t need to bother yourself with . I’m only here for so mild exercise."
Sister Aisha’s face turned serious. She stopped stretching and walked toward .
"Aryan is right! I can’t let you exercise by yourself if it’s really your first ti in the gym."
"Hehehe~ get ready for hell, little shit," Aryan snickered from the other side.
"Honey, do you want to co there and help you with your squats?" Sister Aisha asked.
She offered in a kind voice, yet Aryan trembled in fear and imdiately began his set.
"Sister Aisha, it’s really fine. I would feel bad if you waste your exercise ti on ," I said, scratching my temple.
"Brother Raj! You call sister, yet you speak to as if I’m a stranger," Sister Aisha murmurred, her face turning sad.
"Now I know where Inayat got that stubbornness from," I thought inwardly before speaking. "Please help with proper exercise, Sister Aisha. I’m in your care."
Her saddened face imdiately curled into a smile, and she exclaid while clapping her hands, "Don’t worry! I will turn you into the Hulk in no ti! Let check how much you can stretch first."
She sat on the mat, our legs straight with our feet touching each other, and held both of my wrists in her hands.
"Tell when it starts to hurt!"
"H-hurt!?"
Before I could ask why it would hurt, she pulled my arms forward and spread my legs to opposite sides, turning them into a complete 180.
"Whoah! Brother Raj, you are very flexible!" she gasped, seeing in a complete middle split.
"Even I didn’t know I could do that!" I revealed, equally shocked.
"It must be thanks to those agility points I’m getting from the daily quest," I thought inwardly as we continued with other exercises.
"Wh-why can’t I hear the screams of that little shit!?" Aryan muttered in frustration, seeing that I could do all the stretching exercises without breaking a sweat.
"Brother Raj isn’t like you, who only focuses on strength training, honey!" Sister Aisha nagged, totally impressed by my flexibility. "Agility is equally important in combat!"
"I’m done with the exercise!" Aryan scoffed and moved outside the gym.
anwhile, I had already begun my push-ups to complete the challenge as soon as possible.
"Brother Raj, you should wear this during exercise. It would be more helpful for you."
She carried a black-colored T-shirt in both hands and offered it to .
I tried to casually pick it up but realized it wasn’t a regular T-shirt.
"Why is it so heavy?" I asked, lifting it with both hands.
"It’s made specially for the training purposes of Awakeners," she revealed. "It weighs fifty kilograms, but seeing you lift it so easily, I think you would need those ones sooner."
She pointed at a line of T-shirts hanging on a bar at the corner, arranged in increasing order of weight from 10 to 1000 kilograms.
I wore the heavy T-shirt, and when I began doing push-ups, I found sothing really amazing.
Obviously, I had to use thrice the strength I was using previously, but now one push-up was being counted as 5 in the system.
"Hehehe~ at this rate, I will complete this daily challenge sooner than I thought."
Once I completed the push-up set, Sister Aisha clapped to cheer and said, "Well done, Brother Raj! Unlike your brother, you are hardworking in the gym. I don’t need to look over you anymore."
She was about to leave when I called her from behind.
"Sister Aisha, I need your help with sothing."
"What is it, Brother Raj?"
"May you tell how I can get a Hunting license?"
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