Chapter 10 : Eleventh

"Why are the people from hunter's agency here?" Leo asked, he got up of his bed and sat on.

The men in a suit, instructed the nurse to leave, they waited for the nurse leave and sat on the visitor's chair, "First, I'm Nick Meneses, this here is my partner, Finn Cruz" Finn stood and extended his arm, Leo shake his hand.

"We'd like to know what happened inside the dungeon"

Leo pause for a moment, he remembered what he saw after all those swords rain down on him, then he told them what had happened.

Puzzled face formed after hearing his story, "Hmmm... When you got back from the dungeon, we quickly took a look inside before the gate close, but the door that you're saying wasn't there anymore"

"Did you asked the others, they saw it too" said Leo.

"We did asked them, they told them what you told us... That's it, we just wanted to know what happened" the two of them stood up, preparing to leave.

"We suggest you take a re-evaluation as soon as you get discharge. We'll now take our leave, thanks for your time hunter Leo"

"Yeah I will"

the two of them took their leave then a sudden ring beeped inside his head. A rectangular game system, where his name, level, stats, hunter-class, hunter-title, and a message saying [A new player had joined the battle]-he rubbed his eyes to see if it's true-[welcome number 11.]-then he figured out thst he wasn't seeing things. Then a long series of pings had beeped throughout the entire one minute. Another messages were sent to him,

[Preparing number 11 to get stronger, missions delivered.] He opened another message, [Mission 1 : Participate on a C-rank raid.] (Mission expires in 67:59:58]

[Mission 2 : 50 push ups, 50 sit ups, 3 km run, this mission will repeat for 7 straight days, the numbers will rise and add 50,50,2 by the 3rd day]

(Mission expires in 23:59:56]

'is this for real?' he thought that this will be tough for him because he had never done a serious exercise, [When the mission is done,rewards will be distributed. But If the missions were not completed, a punishment will be given].

"Do I really need to do all this" he let out a deep sighed. Since it's still 10:34 in the morning, he decided to do the 3 km run first. There really is no serious injury on him, so he'll be discharge tomorrow, 11 A.M..

Leo went outside, he felt the cold breeze of the air and the warm sunlight reaching his skin. He started with a slow jogging pace, then he began running around the hospital building.

He had ran around for about 10 times and his stamina was already running out, the nurses and doctors saw him, hmmm, hmmm it's good to exercise in the morning, they thought. There's still two more kilometers left but he's already exhausted, 'This is really tough, running it is' he was breathing heavily, gasping for air, then he ran again. The people inside the hospital began to cheer, seeing him doing his best to exercise his frail body.

After a halting run and rest, he had completed the 3 km run. He ran around the hospital building for about 30 times, he's now a dead meat, lying on the ground, under the shade of a tree.His feet felt sore, 'Hah! Hah! Hah!' and he's breathing at the top of his lungs, he rest and it lasted for a while.

He stood up after 30 minutes of rest and went back to the hospital, 'I'll do the push-ups later in the afternoon and the sit-ups tomorrow before I get discharge' he thought while on his way inside the hospital.

Leo arrived at his room, there he saw his brother, sitting on the bed looking outside the window and patiently waiting for him. Leo saw the packed food sitting atop the table, his brother felt his presence and turned around. "(Kuya) Leo! Where have you been? You should be resting!" (note: Kuya means elder brother in Filipino). Leo's brother stood up from bed, he saw Leo's steps were unsteady so he lend him a hand. "Why are you here Tom? Don't you have classes today?" Leo asked. "I have, I just stopped by and brought you some food.It's your favorite 'Sinigang na Baboy', eat while it's still hot" Tom took out the lunch box from the bag and opened the lid. Leo could smell the sour scent of the soup (Note : Sinigang na Baboy is a filipino delicacy), he took the spoon and fork and then he placed the lunch box above him, placed atop a bed table. Leo took a sip, his face turned sour, he felt the twitching behind his ears. "This is really delicious" Leo chowed the rice down and bit some meat stuck from the spoon. "You flattered me 'Kuya', by the way, when are you going to get discharge?" Tom expression changed. "Tomorrow at 11, why did you ask?"

"Ahh, I asked because I'd like to cook for you when you get discharge, I'll leave the food tomorrow inside the fridge" Tom rose and picked up his things. "I have to leave now *Kuya*" Tom reached for the door, "Take care, see you"

"You too Tom, be careful" Leo waved his hand as Tom leave the room.

Leo quickly opened the game window, he scrolled down trying to find something but what he can saw was all that and no more. 'So those strange things that happened changed me? And I can level up now? I can't say for sure since, the window displays that I'm level 0' Leo then clicked the storage button, weapons and items were the only category available. Then he clicked the store button, the window displayed armor, swords, magic resistance item, health and mana potions, and a 0 indicating the word gold for the store money.

'I don't have gold, maybe I'll get some when I get my rewards' he felt joyful thinking that he'll finally become stronger and earn more money for their expenses. After that he closed the window, cleaned the table, put things together and took a nap.

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Time flew really fast, instead of a nap, Leo ended up sleeping for 10 hours. The 3 km he ran, really did tired him, the lights are off, he left the window open. He can feel the air coming from outside, he stood up and closed the window then he remembered that he was planning on doing the 50 push-ups after he woke up but he felt reluctant after what had happened. 'Guess, I'll continue sleeping' he lied on the bed, closed his eyes and he remembered the experience after he was struck down by the considerable amount of swords. Heavy sweats began to appear, his breathing got heavy and he totally passed out.

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Leo was woken up by his nurse, she was shaking Leo saying that it's already past 10 A.M.. Leo immediately rose from his bed, the mission will soon expire in exactly 1 hour the same hour as his discharge. The nurse leave the food at the table and told Leo to eat breakfast before leaving. The nurse leave and shut the door, Leo didn't wasted any time and began doing push ups without warming up first. 'one, two, three... fift..een...six..teen' Leo sprawled across the pavement, he rolled face up. He was breathing hard, his biceps ached and also his abdomen. 'Exercising really is hard' after a 2 minutes break, Leo continued, heavy sweats started to form all over his body, some were dropping on the floor. 'Forty-one, forty-two, forty...-three...' Leo sprawled again taking a minute break then got up 'Forty-nine...Fifty... Hah, Hah, Hah, Hah' Leo was grasping for air. his muscles ached more than before. He took off his shirt, used it to wiped off his sweats all over his body and threw the drenched from sweat shirt at the table. He lie down, folding both feet and began doing sit ups. It was hard, in a supine position, without using his hands as a leverage and no one supporting both his knees not to unfold. But he endured all the pain and took risk even if it hurts. That's how dedicated Leo is, to become the 'Strongest' that is.

After 10 minutes of sit up and rest he finally finished his mission. He couldn't express his happiness because of all the pain he's feeling right at that moment. Then a ping that sounded like a congratulations sound echoed inside him. [Mission : 50 push up, 50 sit up, 3 km run, completed]. [Sending rewards for completing the mission]. Leo smashed click open button and let a wide smile when he saw the rewards...