11 Talking to Drake
After saying that, he too, dropped to the ground, breathing heavily.
Looking at Leon, Silver couldn't help but ask, "Are all first-stage body temperers this strong"
Leon shrugged in response.
He is not a body temperer, and the only body temperer he knew was weak.
The head of those three guys who attempted to rape Lia is a first-stage body temperer.
But with a surprise attack, IQ, and a little bit of Luck, Leon was able to defeat him.
Nevertheless, Leon knew that if Gym bro attacked him alone, even with a surprise attack, IQ and Luck, he still wouldn't be able to kill him.
So his guess is that his strength is a little bit higher than those first-stage body temperers. His level one strength is higher than the strength of first-stage body temperers, by the time he is level 5, he could stalemate those at the sixth stage of the body tempering realm.
Nevertheless, Leon knew that phase one of his mission and plan has gone smoothly as expected.
Now, it's time to kick off phase two...
Visit the Adventurers Guild and get his Guild license. Only with this license will he be capable of accessing dungeons.
Nevertheless, Leon dusted his clothes casually.
After this, he walked to the courtyard behind the dilapidated slum house.
He wanted to meet Drake...
Drake must have been feeling threatened by him as Leon can choose to take the gang leader position at any time since he is the strongest. So, Leon wanted to assure Drake that he has no eyes for the gang leader position.
Out of all the gangsters, Drake was the most open to him and Lia, even though the gang leader was supposed to be hot-headed, Have a cold, mean, and disrespectful character, Drake was the opposite, he was calm and easygoing, taking all the gangsters along. He is friendly to all the members of this gang.
If not for Drake agreeing to take Leon and Lia into the gang, Leon would have died in the ghetto streets a long time ago.
The streets are merciless and a danger zone for many people, even street children of these streets have committed murder one or two times, so the worst place to be for the past Leon who had a Soul problem.
Nevertheless, Leon had decided to help back Drake. Since Drake and the rest of the gangsters...no matter how mean they were to him, helped him survive to this day, he promised to use the first money from the dungeon to help them move out of the slums and into the city and then open for them a small business.
After dealing with all this would Leon be free to enter the System's dungeon.
Soon, Leon reached the courtyard. Laying on the ground were a few locally made gym equipment, like weight plates, dumbbells, Barbells, and kettlebells of different weights and sizes.
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•─────⋅☾ System Mission ☽⋅─────•
Gym train yourself for twelve hours to level 7
•─────⋅☾ Reward ☽⋅─────•
Sword God Soul... (Reduced Level)
•─────⋅☾ Time Limit ☽⋅─────•
14 hours
•─────⋅☾ Punishment ☽⋅─────•
Level reset to level 0
•─────⋅☾ System Comment ☽⋅─────•
Don't be a lazy brat. Or your punishment would be like hell
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Seeing the sudden notification, Leo grinned wryly, as much as he did not want to say this, he is not much of a gym person. And the System is clearly trying to make him one...
'I Guess visiting adventurers Guild could wait till tomorrow'
Meanwhile, removing this disturbing thought from his head, he continued studying the weight and the other Gym equipment.
Most of the weights were makeshift, locally made from cement mixtures dried in buckets with a rod.
Nevertheless, though they are old-fashioned, they still have the same weight as the cool-looking ones in cities.
The sizes of some were very frightening, some of them are higher than what even the toughest bodybuilder on earth without Qi could carry.
Earth has Qi, so everything in it has a very little upgrade, mortals of this earth who are yet to enter the body-tempering realm have strength enough to fight and kill mortals of the earth in the past earth without Qi.
Even babies that are born when earth begot Qi are tougher than babies born years back. Nevertheless, some of these weights, mortals of the present can carry, but mortals of the past earth can never carry it unless they want their spinal cord to be broken.
Drake could be seen sitting on a makeshift weight chair while carrying the biggest of all the weights that were there.
He noticed Leo come close but completely ignored Leon's existence and focused on his exercise.
His entire body was drenched in sweat, and his breath was heavy... Yet, he did not stop until two hours later, when he had trained enough that he couldn't muster up a single ounce of strength anymore.
Leon who had been watching this all this while was awed, Gym Bro and Drake are the Gym guys of this place and when Leo was weak, he admired them, even now, the sheer determination these two must have developed after he defeat them must be unfathomable. This is what he likes about these two.
Nevertheless, he watched Drake stand up and use a white towel to wipe off some sweat.
He turned to Leon after this, giving Leon a questioning look, Leon knew that he is indirectly asking Leon why he is there.
"Drake, I know you must feel threatened by me taking the leader position after I displayed strength, but I promise, I have no eyes for the leader position," Leon said in a solemn voice.
He knew how Drake and the rest felt.
Imagine you being a student, you read and study hard all day long, and do all the things that are needed to pass an exam.
And then you know someone who wastes all his time playing games and stuff, who you are sure does not even read at home.
You told him that if he follows this path he will surely fail the upcoming exam, only for him to laugh it off.
And after everything, you two take the exam and he got the highest score, while you got an average score.
Only one thing would ring in your mind, he cheated!
As the guy clearly missed most of the classes, and you were sure that he does not read at home even at exam time! So the only plausible reason as to why he passed is that he cheated in the exams!
And of course, you will be annoyed that all your hard work gave you an average score, while a lazy student got the highest score!
That is the same scenario as what happens between Drake and Leon.
Drake worked hard but had not yet gotten into the body-tempering realm, but Leon, though wants to work hard, never works out because of his heart disease. But here he is, having the strength of a body temperer while Drake the hard worker is still a mortal!
So Drake was sure that Leon cheated somehow, and he is right!
Yes! Leon cheated with a cheat!
You wanna know his cheat?! His Golden finger?!
It's the System!
The God Of Souls System!
With this System, he shall soar through the heavens to the top!
