What happens when you do your quests

Jin-Woo's expression crumpled into something unsightly.A 'Penalty Quest'?Did he do something worthy of being punished?Jin-Woo carefully retreaded his memories until he recalled the [Daily Quest] he abandoned mid-way yesterday.

'Could it be…?'

Now that he thought about it, it definitely said that if the quest was not completed, he'd be hit with a corresponding penalty.

"Pant, pant, that…. That was not a hallucination?!"

Indeed, it was not a hallucination nor was it a dream.There was no need to pinch his cheeks to confirm whether this was a dream or reality.When he was running around, the shortness of breath felt so suffocatingly harsh, and the pain he felt when he got grazed by the centipede's leg still felt fresh in his mind.

Everything happened for real.

He nearly died back there.

"This is way too much…. Pant… pant…."

The so-called penalty turned out to be him being throwing into a damn execution ground!At the same time, another ominous premonition rushed into his mind. If this event was indeed caused by the 'Daily Quest' thing, then without a doubt, this would not be the last time.Sure enough, he got to hear yet another mechanical beep going off in his head.

Tti-ring.

He flinched in surprise, but thankfully, it was not about another quest or anything like that.

[Rewards for completing the Penalty Quest is now available.]

[Would you like to confirm the rewards?] (Y/N)

'Rewards….?'

The word 'rewards' jumped right out. Too bad, the problem was, he currently didn't have any energy left whatsoever to confirm this and that.His situation simply didn't allow that.

'Never mind giving me rewards or not…. Let me take a break first….'

His sights gradually blurred.Soon, Jin-Woo fell into a deep slumber akin to a blackout.

¨Oh thank god, he´s not dead.¨

"Oh my gosh?! What happened in here?"

¨Um..I don´t know?¨

¨Please help bring him and follow me to a room.¨

Tti-ring.

[Daily Quest is now available.]

Jin-Woo's eyes shot right open.

He quickly raised himself up and the first thing he did was to check the time. The needles of the clock just went past 16:30.

¨You´re awake?¨

¨Naruto? What are you doing here?¨

¨I suppose you found out when you didn´t do your daily quest?¨

¨Wait you knew about it and didn´t tell me?!¨

¨No,i told you that you should do your daily quest.I still told you about it anyway.¨

¨F***! You have a point there.¨

¨What are you waiting for! Let´s do our daily quest!¨

¨Right...¨

¨Three..Two..One..Begin!¨

¨One!Two!Three!Four!¨

´What the hell,Naruto is a stamina monster.I´m only on my first pushup.¨

¨Twenty!Twenty-one!Twenty-two!¨

¨Five....six....seven....eight...nine...ten..eleven..twelve.¨

He raised his head a little and confirmed the contents of the quest, and noticed that every time he performed a press-up, it was being recorded in real time as well.

Tti-ring.

[You've completed one press-up.]

Press-up 100 times: Incomplete (14/100)]

¨Try to ignore the sounds.¨

Tti-ring.

[You've completed one press-up.]

[Press-up 100 times: Incomplete (15/100)]

And so three hours later.

Press-up, 100 times: Complete (100/100)

Sit-up, 100 times: Complete (100/100)

Squat, 100 times: Complete (100/100)

Running, 10 km: Incomplete (9/10)

"Pant, pant, pant, pant…"

Jin-Woo lapped the outer perimeter of the hospital once and arrived back in front of his room. He was currently bent over and panting out heavily. His heart felt like it might explode at any second, but he couldn't give up yet.

¨Pant,pant,pant.Let´s go Sung Jin-Woo!!¨

¨Aren´t you done with the daily quest?¨

¨Pant..pant..pant..Nope,i still have five more!You go on first,i see you later!¨

Jin-Woo lapped the outer perimeter of the hospital once and arrived back in front of his room. He was currently bent over and panting out heavily. His heart felt like it might explode at any second, but he couldn't give up yet.

'I worked so crazy hard until now, so no way I would….'

He somehow managed to open the door and took a step forward.When he did that….

Tti-ring.

[Total distance ran: 10 km.]

[You've completed Running, 10 km.]

It was finally over.

"Pant…. Pant…"

Jin-Woo fell down to his knees. His breath reeked of something sweet and bitter. His face and back were soaked in sweat.

"Pant…. Pant…."

As Jin-Woo tried to regulate his heavy, rough breathing while thick sweat drops continuously dripped down, a familiar message popped up in front of his eyes.

Tti-ring.

[You've completed 'Daily Quest: Preparations to become strong'.]

[Completion rewards have arrived.]

[Would you like to confirm?] (Y/N)

Jin-Woo momentarily thought about forgetting about everything and simply laying down in defeat, but quickly changed his mind. At least for now, he wanted to confirm what these reward things could actually be with his own eyes first.

"Confirm."

Tti-ring.

[The following rewards are available.]

Reward 1. Full recovery of the current physical condition

Reward 2. Three additional Stat points

Reward 3. One random box

[Would you like to collect them all?]

'Why are there so many of them?'

That was the first thought to enter his dazed mind after he took a gander at the contents of his rewards.But, when he thought about it a little deeper, one of those rewards seemed rather useful right now, and there was also one that made him curious about what it could actually mean.For now, he urgently needed the first reward available. He was on the brink of collapsing here.Since there really was a penalty for failure, the odds of completion rewards being real were pretty damn high as well.Well, trying wouldn't hurt anyways, right?Seriously, this 'thing' wouldn't throw him back into the penalty zone again after it said it'd give him the rewards, now would it?

SFX door open loudly

BAMMM!!

¨Hey!!I´m back,what reward did you pick for your quest?¨

¨What the hell!?!It´s only been four minutes!How the f*** did you run five kilometres in just four minutes!!Anyways,why is your running twenty kilometres?¨

¨IDk about it.So whats your pick?¨

¨What do you mean?I get all three.¨

¨WTF!?!I have to choose one!¨

¨Please refrain from talking so loudly.¨

¨Ah gomen.¨

¨What did you get?¨

¨12 extra status.¨

¨Collect them all.¨

As soon as he muttered that out, a gentle blue aura enveloped him.

'Uh… isn't this sensation…. that?'

Right away, he recalled Yi Ju-Hui's face. When he was getting healed by her, he felt the sensation similar to what he was feeling right now.If he were to put this feeling into words, then it'd be like a refreshing blast of air entering his lungs before leaving again – something like that?

¨What´s going on with your emtions?¨

He felt the blue aura slowly dissipating. For some reason, he kinda felt a bit rueful.Jin-Woo got up from the floor and lightly jumped up and down on the spot and stretched his body this way and that.

´How can this be?!´

His heart that felt like it might explode was beating calmly now, and his rough breathing had stabilised as well. He didn't even feel a speck of fatigue. His body that was on the brink of collapsing, felt refreshed as if he just got up from a night of good rest.The effect, in other words, was top-notch.

'Isn't this really amazing?'

Jin-Woo's eyes now resembled circles. He wasn't sure whether this was some kind of magic or not, but this phenomenon could change him in the most astonishing way, without a doubt.In that case, would those 'Stat points' be the same?When Jin-Woo shifted his gaze around, he spotted a small box resting on top of the bed as well as his own Stat Window floating in the air.

'I guess that thing over there is the random box….'

The important thing was his Stat Window, though. This window displayed simple information about himself.

Name: Seong Jin-Woo

Level: 1

Class: None

Title: None

HP: 100

MP: 10

Tiredness: 0

[Stat]

Strength: 10

Stamina: 10

Agility: 10

Intelligence: 10

Perception: 10

(Available points to distribute: 3)

[Skills]

Passive skills:

– (Unknown) Lv. Max

– Tenacity Lv. 1

Active skills:

– Dash Lv. 1

The stat he saw was quite similar to a starting character from an online game he used to play many moons ago.

'Is this my current Stat value?'

His current level was 1. All of his stats were also at the bottom of the heap, too.If he thought about the current reality of what he was like, the one where he was ranked as the weakest even among the rank E Hunters, then there was nothing to be surprised about there.

['Skill: Dash Lv. 1' has been learned.]

['Skill: Tenacity Lv. 1' has been learned.]

Back then, he was far too busy running to think about what they could mean, but it was a different story now. Jin-Woo confirmed the explanations available for the skills.

[Skill: Dash Lv. 1]

Active skill.

Mana required to activate: 5

The constant running fortified your legs. When this skill is activated, your movement speed will increase by 30%. During its activation, 1 Mana will be spent every minute.

[Skill: Tenacity Lv. 1]

Passive skill.

Mana required to activate: None.

You possess untiring tenacity. When your stamina drops below 30%, this skill will automatically activate and reduce all damage received by 50%.

¨Hey!Naruto?¨

¨Hmm??¨

¨What´s your status?¨

¨Oh,here.Status.¨

Name: Naruto Taifū

Level: 1

Class: None

Title: None

HP: 100

MP: 66

Tiredness: 130

[Stat]

Strength: 50

Stamina: 56

Agility: 68

Intelligence: 56

Perception: 50

(Available points to distribute: 12)

[Skills]

Passive skills:

– Tenacity Lv. 1

Active skills:

– Dash Lv. 2

¨Wait did you open your gift from the penalty quest?¨

¨Nope,why?¨

¨Me,neither.Let´s open to find out.¨

[Rewards for completing the Penalty Quest is now available.]

[Would you like to confirm the rewards?] (Y/N)

[The following rewards are available.]

Reward 1. Three additional Stat points

Reward 2. One random box

[Would you like to collect them all?]

[Rewards for completing the Penalty Quest is now available.]

[Would you like to confirm the rewards?] (Y/N)

[The following rewards are available.]

Reward 1. Ten additional Stat points

[Would you like to collect?] (Y/N)

¨What is this?!?!Why am i only getting status!?¨

¨I got a key! A key to a dungeon?¨

¨Say what now? If this is like a video game,then a ´Player´ can join other ´Player´s´ group right?¨

¨I suppose so.¨

¨I want to join ´Player´ Sung Jin-Woo´s party.¨

[Player Naruto Taifū wants to join your party]

[Y/N]

¨Yes.¨

¨Oi!!Naruto,you think that there are other players like us in the world?¨

¨Let´s find out, shall we?¨

Feeling genuinely curious now, Jin-Woo settled down in front of a computer located at the corner of the hospital room.Since he was staying in a VIP room provided free of charge by the Hunter's Association, this computer wasn't the only item of convenience found here.

Taptaptaptap….

Jin-Woo's fingers typed rapidly on the keyboard.

Searching, searching, and then, more searching…..

He visited countless websites.He even entered those websites that one couldn't even get anywhere near without a Hunter's licence. He even resorted to paying for information and continued to rummage through every document and article he found.However, rather than finding similar events as his, he couldn't even find a single mention of a precedence, either.

'It's different….'

His and Naruto Re-Awakening was completely different from the normal ones, as it turned out.Most other Hunters who underwent Re-Awakening process gained their new found strength through roughly the similar process as their first Awakening as a Hunter.Not one of them had experienced hearing weird voices at the brink of death, nor did they get to increase their strength through Stat values and such.

¨So,what did you find out?¨

¨Nothing about our Re-awaking, Naruto.Actually nothing about it.¨

"Bruh.. Are you f***** kidding me-