Ch. 3 The last Quest ( Rewrite)

( ??? Pov )

I opened my eyes to see the familiar dark room with an illuminated door. I sighed and sat up, looking at the system panel.

' Right. The quest.' I remembered as I stood up and started stretching my sore body.

" Fuck it. Let's get this over with."

150 swings, 100 thrusts, and a 1.5 km run.

After swinging the sword 150 times, I started thrusting it into the air despite my muscles screaming.

Halfway through the workout, my arms started to fail, and I took a few minutes to rest.

After that, I continued and rested and continued again.

[ Thrust ]

[ Lvl:1 -> 2/10]

[+10%->20% armor peircing, 5%->10% damage increase, 5%->10% critical chance.]

After completing the number of Thrust, I dropped the sword and started running.

I dropped to the floor after a 1.5 km run and with my heart feeling like it'll burst and my lungs burning.

[ Ding! Phase three finished]

[You received: one novice sword technique, 75exp and one water bottle. ]

I immediately took the water bottle and started chugging it until it was empty. I sighed as I kept laying on the floor and took out another book.

[ Ding! You leveled up! ]

[ Level 2 -> 3 ]

[ 150/150 -> 0/225 ]

[ Rewards: one Stat point, two skill points ]

Again, I saved the skill points and put the stat point into strength.

[ Strength: 6-> 7 ]

Now, strength and agility were the same.

I put my attention back to the book.

[ Brutal cleave ]

[ Lvl: 1 ]

[ 2% chance of cleaving your opponent in half, 5% chance of stunning your enemy.]

' Now, this. This is a killer skill.' I grinned at the skill.

But I also texalled important information.

" The last quest isn't finished." I muttered.

[ Getting Stonger! Get seven or more in strength! ]

[ Receive: two food packets, one canister of water, one swordmanship technique, 90 exp.]

'I got seven I'm strength and agility. Don't tell me it also wants me to improve my skills as well.' I thought as I looked at the door.

I walked uo to the door and started pushing it, and I heard the door creaking before feeling it move, I felt relief, but I immediately closed the doors again.

' It seems I'll be unprepared if I go out there now. I should continue practicing my skills until it becomes a muscle memory, like my other skills.'I thought as I walked to my sword.

I picked it up and used [ Brutal cleave ]

A downward strike heavy enough to cut through the ground.

But I also managed to find a weakness in this skill.

" It takes too much energy and time to reposition myself." I muttered as I did it again but in a controlled manner but didn't activate the skill.

' It seems I need to use all my strength to activate the skill.' I concluded as I continued to swing the sword.

I also started counting to see if my conclusion would be correct to see if it will take 150 swings for it to upgrade like [ Thrust ]

But it proved to be a challenge as I had to regenerate my energy through breaks.

A lot of time passed as I reached 150.

' 150!!' I shouted inwardly as I dropped the sword.

[ Ding! Brutal Cleave has leveled up! ]

[ Brutal Cleave ]

[ Lvl: 1 -> 2 ]

But I wondered how long it would take to reach the next level.

300 swings? More or maybe less. I didn't know as I tried again.

This time with [ Thrust ].

I didn't know how much time had passed as I focused on swinging, and I realized I was getting hungry and thristy.

But I had no food or water. My only choice was to keep pushing until I managed to complete the quest.

I lay on the floor, hoping to pass in my resting time to be relieved of the pain in my body.

[ Thrust ]

[ Lvl: 3 ]

[ Brutal Cleave ]

[ Lvl: 3 ]

It took 200 swings for each and many, and many rested to achieve it.

[ Ding! Do you wish to accept your rewards now? Y/N ]

' Wait... it was... optional?' I asked the system but received no reply.

[ Y/N ]

" Yes." I muttered, tired to yell at the damn thing.

[Ding! You've received: two food packets, one canister of water, one swordmanship technique, 90 exp.]

[ Bonus: One Stat point ]

" Sigh."

I immediately started eating and drinking the water canister. But there was something different about this water canister.

[ Warer canister ]

[ Water stored inside will grant the user +10hp ]

I was surprised by such an item as I decided to keep it.

I also started eating food with chocolate and biscuits.

I decided to put the stat point into luck.

[ Luck 4 -> 5 ]

[ Level 3 ]

[ 0 -> 90/225exp ]

After eating, I decided to rest for a bit but accidently fell asleep.

[ Counter strike ]

[ Lvl: 1 ]

[ +5% damage increase after counter. ]

I looked at the skill and noticed right away that I'll need to level this up in battle.

I sighed and put on my jacket after wiping the dust off.

I looked at the sword in the distance and immediately had an idea.

" Telekinesis!" I shouted, reminding myself as I put my jacket on the sword as I took a few steps back.

I held my arm up and felt my brain connecting to my hand as I saw the jacket moving towards me but didn't take it off the sword.

I tried again, but with a small increase of output.

The jacket waved before falling off.

I exhaled as I felt my brain pounding in my head.

I lay on the floor as I saw the panel showing up again.

[ Telekinesis ]

[ Lvl: 2.2/10 ]

' I'm not ready. Not yet.' I thought to myself.

I got up again and started practicing again despite the headache.

Hours passed as I took off my shirt to cool off.

Sat down and focused on my breathing and calmed my mind again before using telekinesis again.

[ Telekinesis ]

[ Lvl 4.6/10 ]

Through sheer willpower, I managed to take the jack off the sword and flaot it towards me.

In the middle of its distance, my mind became foggy before I stopped as the jacket fell to the ground again. I sighed and sat down again to calm my mind again.

I felt frustrated but also impatient. I wanted to go through those doors, but I also want to focus on improvement.

I took a deep breath and steadied my breathing once more. Telekinesis takes mana, which is obvious from the warm feeling.

[ Mana Manipulation ]

[ Lvl: 1 -> 3/10 ]

[ Mana 100-> 225 ]

That's how much it improved by leveling up[ Mana Manipulation ].

It also seemed to upgrade by 50%.

And now it was time to finish the telekinesis training. I patted the dirt off my jacket and wore it before focusing back onto my sword.

I put out both of my hands toward the greatsword and used telekinesis in a short distance.

' Surround the sword with mana, like you're grabbing it with your hands.' I thought as I focused the mana on the handle and the rest on the blade.

The sword slowly started lifting up as i felt my brain pointing inside my head.

Every single pound in my head was like a centimeter moving from the sword before I felt something dripping from my nose.

' Blood.' I smelled the familiar iron as I dropped the sword and wiped my nose.

[ Telekinesis]

[ Lvl: 5.0/10 ]

" That should be enough." I muttered as I fell to the ground.