LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 83: Newbie 5 Equipment Set
"Adjustments…?"
Before Cassius could even finish his words, a world-crushing weight smashed him into the earth. Due to the abruptness of this occurrence, he was nearly unable to stop himself from faceplanting into the dirt.
That was when a bombardment of pesky pop-ups materialized.
*Ding!!*
[Newbie Equipment Set has directly ranked up from '3' to '5']
[Newbie Training Sword has directly ranked up from '3' to '5']
{[Newbie 5 Equipment Set]}
[Wrist Weights (5) X2 - (100,000 Tons each)]
[Ankle Weights (5) X2 - (80,000 Tons each)]
[Waist Weight (5) X1 - (200,000 Tons)]
[Full-body Weight (5) X1 - (300,000 Tons)]
{[Newbie 5 Training Sword]} - [400,000 Tons]
"This is…" Cassius was left momentarily speechless over what he was seeing.
No wonder it felt like the entire world was on his back, as he was lugging around the weight of nearly three Empire State Buildings! The system was quite literally trying to kill him!!
All of the veins in Cassius's body bulged as he struggled to adjust to this ridiculously absurd incline in restrictors. Each individual piece wasn't even in the tens of thousands of pounds before, and now they were in the hundreds of thousands of tons!? What sort of absurdity was this???
Yimin curiously looked up at the man whose thigh she was latched to. She felt something shift inside him, which led to the ground caving in beneath him. She also felt like he had become far sturdier, and then there were his muscles and vascularity...
"Guhehe~... mooscles…" she crazily mumbled, hearts swimming around in her foggy eyes. "...Mate… Guhehe~!"
Cassius promptly ignored the insane woman becoming more and more crazy with each passing second. He instead diverted most of his concentration to moving around with so much weight suffocating him.
However, there was always something good to come from every seemingly misfortunate situation. Namely, his physical stats increased by around 1 point every few minutes, which was certainly something to celebrate.
While doing his utmost not to create a crater every time he moved a step, a few more suspicious system notifications echoed out in his head.
*Ding!*
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{[Daily Quest 1 V2]}
GOAL
[INCOMPLETE] PUSH-UPS — [0/100]
[INCOMPLETE] SIT-UPS — [0/100]
[INCOMPLETE] CURL-UPS — [0/100]
[INCOMPLETE] SQUATS — [0/100]
[INCOMPLETE] RUNNING — [0/10km]
[INCOMPLETE] WEIGHTED LIVING - [0/720 minutes]
REWARD - [2 Points in Charisma, 25 Points in Agility, 14 Points in Strength, and 18 Points in Endurance]
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{[Daily Quest 2 V2]}
GOAL
[INCOMPLETE] WEIGHTED SWORD LIVING - [0/720 minutes]
[INCOMPLETE] SWORD SWINGING - [0/30,000] - (Unless you can do at least this many swings, you will forever remain a virgin who doesn't even know how to use his own sword!]
REWARD - [12 Points in Agility, 21 Points in Strength, and 11 Points in Endurance]
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"Now this… This might actually make me overpowered," said Cassius, his glazed irises fully emulating his anticipation for what was to come. "However, with the imminent threat of Main Quest #3 as a grim reminder, I am sure that I will need all the power I can get…"
"I honestly have no clue just how powerful Extraterrestrials can be..."
"Extraterrestrials…?" Yimin asked with an adorably puzzled expression. "What does that mean, Master?"
Watching the girl dart around the deserts and help him collect monster materials while talking to him made Cassius a bit dizzy. Yet, he still responded, "Those will be our next enemies. And tell me, Yimin, do you know of any aliens? Or how to identify them?"
"Aliens..." Yimin appeared confused for a moment, then her eyes brightened. "Alien is a snack!? Yimin loves snacks! Though Yimin just got here, Yimin knows what Yimin likes. And Yimin likes what she likes, but doesn't like what she doesn't like! Yep, yep, Yimin likes tasty snacks…!"
Cassius didn't even know why he bothered with that ditsy woman. 'Even though she was so eerily cold while we were fighting, now she has become like this… Haiz...'
He couldn't help but believe that he had the worst luck with women. Though, when he recalled the soft facial features of Grace, Sasha, and Memphis, he slightly reconsidered his rash words. Still, he might need to think about a better way to begin approaching all these women that just seemed to spawn in his life.
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Meanwhile, directly outside the 'Tyrant's Obsession' Gate.
People of both genders, slim and skinny, handsome, ugly, and pretty all crowded around seven figures adorned in shiny opulent armor and attire. A lot of them were cheering or happily conversing with one another, which Dominic and the others relished in. People like him loved nothing more than themselves and other people praising their existences.
However, as the time to enter the Gate was brought forward by his managers, Dominic warmly smiled and waved while shouting to silence the crowd. "Calm down now, kind citizens of Hoshito!"
Everyone quickly hushed up, their eyes focused entirely on the gallant armored man standing front, forward, and center. Dominic's poise was immaculate, with the aura emanating from him even more incredible. Those in Hoshito had never felt something like this from someone, not even from their Governor or the Hunter Association's Branchmaster.
Dominic outwardly smiled and continued his speech.
His 'speech' basically consisted of him glorifying their 'noble' purpose, and also hinting at the humble donations of Hoshito citizens. Some, like the naive girls swooning over his appearance and demeanor, foolishly fell into the scheme and outright screamed out their donations.
Yet, little did they and the men fawning over Lexi and Stella realize that Dominic was inwardly scoffing at them. 'These poor plebs… They are all the same… A bunch of dirty, boot-licking paupers! Well, at least they're useful for their only purposes!'
When Dominic reached the end of his long, drawn-out speech, he heroically flung his red cape around and led his party into the crackling Yellow Gate.
Not a single one of the B-Rank Hunters was aware that the Gate was actually masquerading as a Yellow Gate, when it was actually a Red Gate. Even the astute Stella noticed nothing unusual, with her thoughts seemingly only veering back to the hooded man that had similar circumstances as her.
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