Chapter 8

Freya went to the portals association to finalized their mission. She then touched the crystal stone that the receptionist took out from his table and the receptionist saw everything that happened in their quest. After several minutes, a mark appear in freyas hand. It was a symbol of how many portals freya completed. Then the receptionist took the hands of the currently sleeping jae jin, and she pressed it into the crystal and a markings appeared in jae jins hand.

"Thank you for keeping in touch with us lady freya" said by the receptionist as he prepare their rewards. His face cannot help but give a disappointed expression to the sleeping jae jin. "On the other hand, your husband seems like, he is just roaming around the dungeon.". Then the receptionist finished his work on his computer and informed her "Please check both of your phones inboxes for the money transfer confirmation to your bank accounts".

"Thank you, please forgive my idiot husband mr, I will definitely remind him of what an adventurer duty is." said by freya as she bow her head down towards the receptionist. The receptionist felt awkward because of her statement. A water droplet appear in the receptionists forehead, and said "It is fine lady freya, I humbly thank you for both of your services." He then bowed his head down towards the beautiful lady and freya tossed jae jin back in to the floor. She then dragged the unconscious guy out of the portal associations building.

"Poor guy" said by the receptionist as he nodded his head watching them move out of the portals association building.

Once more, freya dragged jae jin into the nearby river and tossed him once more on it. Jae jin then woke up because of the water. He then look around him and saw that he is on the river. He then stood up and saw his beautiful wife, both of his feet move out of the waters surface and head towards freya.

"Why did you toss me again into the river, look at me, now im drenched" words of wisdom came out from jae jins mouth.

"You need to learn your own lesson, be grateful that I just throw you into that river. The receptionist of the portals association told me that you just roam the dungeon." said by freya towards jae jin, then she move her foot and head back to their house.

Unable to rebut, jae jin just let himself walk along the street drenched. When the two of them arrive in their house, a bolt of lightning tormented jae jins drenched body, it was the setback of him not doing his regular mission. It was the set of hundreds of exercises he needed to perform, a main quest given by the system to him. Jae jin then remembered the set of exercises. So he immediately took a towel and let himself dry, and changed his clothes. Freya went into the bathroom and took a shower.

"Hundreds set of push ups, and hundreds of other things to perform" claimed by jae jin as he started his routine, performing one hundred push ups.

Several minutes passed and freya went out of the shower room, covered with towel, she then saw her husband doing push ups.

"Whats your deal now, your making your body strong?" freya asked jae jin, as she dry her hair with another towel on her hands.

"You can say it as a yes, im doing a regular physical exercise, making my body strong." A pressure appear in jae jins back as he perform his push ups while talking to freya.

Freya then dressed herself and sat down on the couch of their bed observing jae jin doing his exercise. Time passed by and Jae jin finished his 100 sets of exercises. Jaejin changed his clothes once more and moved to the door.

"Where are you going?" Asked by freya.

"Heading out for a run" answered by jae jin. "Want to tag along?" as he open the door while looking at freya.

"Nah, Im tired, I'll just take my rest here, when you come back, please bring me some food to eat. You have your own credit card right?" freya asked and jaejin nodded.

"Ok" and jae jin head out for the run. The sound of the door closing itself rang out inside the room and freya go for a sleep.

Out of their house, jae jin then roam their town using his legs, jogging his feet. On his way, lots of residents are doing their own things. Restaurants are filled with customers having their dinner date and street food vendors are scattered everywhere. People are crowded, only means that the town is lively. Jae jin feel the fresh air as he stopped for awhile doing his breath in and breath out exercises. After a minute and two, he jogged once more. After a couple of hours, the system then announced something towards jae jin.

Ding

"You have successfully completed 2km jogging exercise. You may now stop it and continue the remains tomorrow. ", and after that, the system notification disappear.

Drenched in sweat jae jin reached the edge of citys national park. He is so tired that he cant help himself but sat unto the ground, both of his hand were filled with watery sweat and he could feel the heat inside him, as well as his heart beat. His eyes were tired because of the running session, thus, he is over fatigue. Luckily he has a mana and stamina regeneration skill, which he did not know, that helps him.

Slowly jaejin recovered himself from his fatigue, he then enjoyed the view in front of him and what he saw was a beautiful lake filled with boats, floating on it with couples doing their date. The boats are moving back and fort on the massive lake which entertained his eyes. On the other hand, the reflection of the trees on the corner of the lake are visible on the waters surface, making it much more romantic. This made jae jin feels so refresh.

While he was resting, behind him were several people walking around the national parks alley. Some people are also doing picnics. A very refreshing park indeed. For an hour, jae jin took his rest enjoying a beautiful scenery, and after that, he moved his foot back to his residence. When he reach the national parks exit, an unknown event happen. Darkness then covered him. Unknown to him, a portal swallowed jaejin.

"The fuck is happening right now" nervously said by jae jin. Then in an instant he falls down, and in return jae jin shouted like hell. A horrible scream resonated around him "Ahhhhhh!!!!!!". Several seconds pass and he is still shouting with his full breath. "AHHHHHHH!!!", minutes pass by and he is still falling, yet this time, he is out of voice shouting "AHhhhhhhhh!!!" and another minute passed by, he is still falling into the darkness. Still falling into an unknown height, jaejin sat crosslegged mid air and inside his head, a question appears "How deep, is this hole? it has been several long minutes?". Several hour passed by and jaejin is still falling into the darkness. This time, another question appears inside his shallow river mind "Will I be able to survive the impact?"

"kwa kwa kwa kwa" sound effect appears and then silence covered him.

Luckily the dark knife spoke inside his head. "Idiot master, you are not falling, you are floating in the air, try to swim in the air and you will see what will happen" and he did so. Jae jin perform a wonderful dogstyle swimming mid air and in a minute he falls down. Not a deep one but only a meter fall. "Bam" and jae jin landed safely.

Jae jin stood up, his nerve was hit once more. To his irritation, a group of massive nerve appear on his forehead. He throws his knife into the ground once more and stomped it for several times. "FUCKING HELL OF A BITCH, HAVE YOU TELL ME ABOUT IT BEFORE, I WONT LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT EXPECTING THAT I WOULD DIE IN A HUGE FUCKING HOLE" and the knife answer "Have you ever asked?" And in return he was outspoken. He is out of strength so he falls down laying flat into the grounds surface.

"I almost thought that I would die." Claimed by jae jin as his heart beats faster. The knife answered back, "well if you remain in there in a bit more time, you will definitely die," and as soon as the knife finished his statement, a vertical pillar of fire appear in front of him.

"WOOOOSH" The pillar of fire burst out infront of jae jin, and caught him by surprise. Jae jin moved backwards holding his knife.

"See that, that was a fire, a bluish fire, if you ever get hit by that, it will be your death." The knife described it like it was jae jins memorial service funeral.

Jae jin then looked to his left and with a sparkling eyes, he thanked the knife for advicing him to swim. Yet deep inside he wanted to throw the knife into the pillar of bluish fire.

"Your the best, wanna die?" Claimed by jae jin, "Why in hell did you not inform me earlier". Claimed by jae jin once more. "Have you ever asked?" The knife answered him directly. To his rage he throws the knife into the pillar of fire.

"WHOOSH" it flew so fast. "Now your dead" claimed by jae jin, however to his surprise, the knife went back normally. His eyes widened once more. He thought it would disintegrate into particles. Yet the knife landed on jae jins hands, and likewise he caught it. Then a loud shout rang out around him, "Crisp", the knife said "that feels great," and jae jin answered "GYAHHHHHH". The knife fall from his hand and jae jin went nuts, his left hand is burnt and he jumps several times, releasing the pain from being burn. "Thats a payback for you" said by the knife and he answered back " Oh please shut up" as he sway his left hand to ease the pain. Then the knife answered "Now, you alerted the dungeons monsters" and this statement made jae jins head even more nuts as his eyes slowly moved into the knife. "HUH?" Jae jin asked, his face is in shock, he cannot expect the reality, his face was distorted, he is beyond tormented, pained, and shamed. Inside his head a question mark appear, then he asked the knife, "Am I inside the dungeon?" And the knife slowly answered "Y.. E..s". It resonated in his ears slowly. Then he hurriedly tried to take the knife with his right hand and the knife said "Want another burn?". This made jae jin stop his hand mid air. Then another question appears inside his head and he asked it " How in bloody mary will I, kill those monsters?" and he added "Will you be able to cool yourself immediately?" And the knife slowly says "N...o". Thus to his anger, he stomped the knife with his feet several times.

"FUCKING HELL, FUCKING HELL, YOU MAKE THE DEATH OF ME FUCKING KNIFE, FUCKING HELL, FUCKING HELL" and unknown to him his shoes were being melted by the knife until it was lost. Then the knife say "Now, i have cooled down" and jae jin responded "Huh?". At that moment an arrow flew straight to his head, jae jin ducked and took the knife. The knife said "Magnificient move, your reaction time is indeed top class, in front of you were dozens of armoured little kobold warriors." Jae jin then put his eyes infront of him. "A dozen of monsters huh" jae jin said and without dilly dally,he dashed towards the group of monster and started his fight.

Time passed by and jae jin once more reached the deepest part of the dungeon. Out of breath, he sat on the ground and put his knife into the ground floor. "Magnificent fight" said by the knife. "Oh please shut up" jae jin is once again disappointed. "Why be disappointed, you have levelled up." Said by the knife. The poor guy gazed his eyes unto his knife and said"I did level up, only by two..oo?" his face is facing downward his back is into the wall, looking like a drained person. "I fought so hard and killed so many kobolds, and I only raised to level two..oo?" he then look upwards looking at the crystalized ceiling. Then he remembered how hard he fought and regret covers his whole body. "You cannot blame gaia for his decision." The knife said. Then irritated from the knifes statement, he stood up and give a barrage of punches into the walls. "SHIT SHIT SHIT" then too late he realized both of his hands were numb.

"Idiot master, how are you going to face the boss now?" Outspoken of the knife, he is lost, he kneeled down to the floor facing directly to the ground and the knife said "He lost it".

In a blink of an eye, jae jin remember the brute girl. " How in hell did I flew like an airplane whenever her fist landed on me?" Then the question gets more even complicated and confused him even more. Then the knife says "Shes a goddess, you nut crack", and the word resonated in his ears. Then everything went to paste. He stood up and said to himself " Right, shes a goddess, then I should use her." and the knife said "No, Gaia will punish you, dont you want to level up?" and the level up thing ring like a bell in his ears. Then he took the knife and said "Your my saviour" and the knife said " Yes" and then jae jin opened the gate and another whirlwind welcomed him. "Whoooosh" and his hair went straight back.

He looks like goku in super saiyan mode. He was dumbstruck, beyond words he eventually fall on his knees covering his nose with his hands. The bad odor kills him....

"Holy smoke" said by jae jin in his mind, and the knife said ",It is a kobold lord king, so you have to understand that it smells so bad". Then a question appears in his mind " Will I, be able to survive this smell?" Then the knife said, "you dont have any other choice, please do LEVEL UP!!" and the level up thing rang once more inside his ears, so he stood up and regained his courage. He went inside the room and a repugnant 13 footer kobold king monster appear in front of him, sitting on a throne.

He could clearly see the battle power and the HP of the boss monster and he step back unknowingly. He wants to run, not because he is afraid. He wants to run because he knew, it would be a very long fight, and the smell is the problem. Then the knife said "Level up", and the owner of the knife gulped his own saliva, adams apple moves down and he said "Right, level up" so he gripped his black knife hardly and move his feet towards the repugnant king. The kobold king stood up and jaejin step back, it makes even more harder for him.

"Holy Smell, I cant take it, please help me knife" jae jin raised his knife and begged and the knife said " Im your saviour". Then he nodded, and with guts they fought the boss monster.

The boss monster runs toward jae jin and a massive axe arrive trying to hit jae jins head, and jae jin runs back to the closed door. He knocked the door three times and shouted "HELP, HELP, HELP" and the knife said ",Idiot master you have your clothes, tear it and cover your nose. Then an angelic voice, rang out like a heavenly bell in his ears, so he immediately tear his clothes like "The Hulk" and covered his nose. "GOOD GRACIOUS, I DONT HAVE INTELLECT, thanks knife" then to his amazement he can no longer smell the bad odor of the monster. Then jae jin dashed towards the Kobold king filled with courage knowing he solved the problem and it gets, gets even harder for him. In a split second, just barely when he reached the legs of the kobold lord, he runs back to the door and knocked three times "I cant take his smell, I cant take his smell, help me, please open the door". Knocking of doors were like gnashing of teeth from galilee. It was so fast, fast like a lightning. The boss monster runs towards him and his face was distorted. He shouted "RUN AHHHHHH!!! THE SMELL" jae jin runs in circles, they were like pacman, and the opponent is chasing him with axe waving it regularly. Then the knife said " The childrens party thing", "Bang" jae jin remember the childrens party thing. He then threw the knife into the boss room facing in front with out looking to the boss and it hit, it hit, it hit it on its eyes. The knife flew straight and pierced deeper and hits its skull and pierced it creating a hole. Then the knife said "What a luck, he hit it without watching it" then it pivoted and returned to jae jins hand and said "Good Job, the kobold lord is down". He then stopped and said "What a luck" in his front the kobold lost his axe on his hand and cover his left eye. Jae jin saw the hp of the boss and a quarter of its life was drained. "Ohhh? quarter of its life was lost?" claimed by jae jin, then he threw the knife back to the kobold king aiming on its head. "NICE AIM" said by the knife, "I am a legendary knife who has rebirthed twice, your only a puny thing to me" murmured by it. The knife flew straight killing the boss in one strike. It went back to jae jins hands and the kobold kings life is depleted to 0. Its heavy 13 footer body falls down into the floor. Then jae jin rejoiced rasing his arms in happiness "He is dead, he is dead".

Ding

"You gained 1 level" announced by the system and a portal appear behind the kobold kings body. Like a swift wind, the moment jae jin receive the knife, he dashed straight to the portals exit in a flash "Whoosh". Without pilaging any items that the kobold king drop, jae jin runs for his life. "PORTAL IS HERE, IT SMELLS SO BAD!!!!!! Shouted by jae jin as he rush towards the portals exit. The moment he exited the portal he falls on his knees. The group of black dressed people saw jae jin and they were dumbstruck.

"Mr. Frostear, Congratulations on defeating a class "A" dungeon yourself. We will now take care of the things behind the portal, thanks for your contribution". Said by the leader and jae jin wave his hand, stood up on his knee and walk away from them, heading back to their residence. The other member of the black suit guy went to check the portal. Then right before they stepped in. "Whooosh" one of them has collapsed. Another one followed, and another one did the same, until 5 of the members went down. The leader of the crew went nuts, so he himself took the liberty to enter the dungeon, he prepared himself and right before he enter the portal. "Whoosh" a wind from the portal passed unto his nose and he bled deeply. He almost fainted and dropped dead. With his hand, he immediately get his handkerchief on his pocket and in a split second, he covers his nose.

"Now I know"said by the leader of the crew, so he pick up his phone and dialed the nearest hospital. "Ambulance is needed, 5 of our members are down" with a trembling voice said by the leader. Then he cut the call and dialed their leader. "I have a request, can you help me? " asked by the guy. Then their leader asked what is happening, he directly answered "I need the best ventilation maintenance crew that you know, this portal smells so bad, that even I cant enter it." The moment their leader heard it, he saw the video on his camera phone and asked with lots of concern "5 of our men died in the entrance?" And the man said waving his hand saying "Fainted not died". The group leader then off his phone and look at the scenery in front of him "What kind of dungeon is that?" Question appear on his mind.

Meanwhile jae jin reach their residence, he already composed himself and already forgotten the smell, however his own odor plus the kobolds odor still hits him, it was stuck on his skin. So the moment he enter their house, jae jin went straight for a shower. That day, a news appear in the television, that a portal appear making 5 representatives of the portal organisations faint.

The moment jae jin finished his bath. Freya welcomed her with a beautiful smile. "Dear husband, where is my dinner?" She kindly asked him in a nice and gracious manner. Then everything went nuts to jae jin, it was like a rewind recorder and he remembers freya telling him to buy her food. So in a split second, jae jin wants to evacuate the house half naked, yet the goddess appear in front of him. Then "BAAMMM", jae jin flew straight to the wall, unconscious.