The following day he was planning to meet with the gorrila woman for more training when he came across Cathra and the party and apparently they were also looking for him.
Hey Clark, how're you doing? He nodded. Can I...ask you a favour? He looked at her without saying a word, she knew this meant he's waiting for her to speak.
There is this mission on the guild, it was issued by some rich merchant or something so the pay is really really good. The issue is, the mission requires something from an E rank beas and it can only be extracted while it was still alive no less, so we really need your help.
We would feel much safer if you were there having our backs. He thought about it for a second, how much? Huh? How much are you paying me?
We will give you your fair cut, now stop asking stupid questions, are you in or not? Said Victor with irritation. He went around them to leave without saying a word.
Oy, we doing you a favour here, the least you.. Victor shut up for a second, Cathra said with a bit of anger. 25, he stopped. 25 what? 25%,that how much we'll give you, there's four of us so it a fair cut.CATHRA, Victor tried to shout.
COULD YOU STOP GODDAMNIT, WE WOULD BE DEAD WITHOUT HIM YET YOU CONTINUE BEING AN ASSHOLE, she shouted before she even realised.
Victors face changed, should I remind you who you are talking to you bitch? Victor said grabbing his sword. Her face changed, resentment flickered in her eyes for a moment before disappearing.
Sorry Victor, I got worked up but I mean it when I say we need him, doesn't matter if you want to recognise it or not but we would not have been able to kill a single E rank beast without him.
Victor grumbled, he knew she was right, okay fine. So what do you say? She asked Clark. He nodded. Then meet us in the guild later today.
He left, the reason he accepted this mission was because he needed money, if he was going to continue training in the guild he needed the money to rent out the rooms.
He went to his usual training room and found Athena already waiting for him there. You're late. Something came up. I don't care,a hundred push-up for a every second you're late and you were two minutes late.
12 000 pushups, doesn't sound as bad as he thought, a bad feeling overtook him just as he thought that, there's no way this beast will make things easy for him.
He went down expecting the gravity to be increased and he was right, it was increased to 6 times the normal gravity, he felt like a boulder was placed on his back, then an actual boulder was placed on his back.
He doesn't know where it came from but a giant dense boulder was suddenly placed on his back, he felt his arms buckle, his bones groaned as if about to break.
This thing probably weighed around 2 to 3 tons on it own, it was even heavier in this 6 times gravity. Had it not been for his high endurance which increased the hardness of his bones, they would've shattered by now.
I... ca..n't..do pu..shups li.ke.. this. A whip made of pure golden energy landed on his arms. He grimaced in pain, although the whip did not hit hard or even fast, it was as if his pain sensitivity was increased when it landed on his arm.
That was not inaccurate, the whip did directly effect the pain receptors even though it left no wounds. If you don't do any push-ups within 3 seconds the whip comes, she said with a very excited sounding voice.
He cannot see her face but he bet she was grinning. I..am..go..ing..to .get..you.. back..for this, he said grimacing, huge beads of sweating rolling off his beautiful face.
You'll have to be strong enough for that and as things stand, you'll never reach that level, you won't even reach a quarter of the strength needed to get..me...back, she said mockingly mimicking his grimace speech pattern.You're enj..oying this aren't you? He asked grimacing. Yes a lot.
AHHHHHH, he screamed, his usually dead eyes gaining a sliver of life, he went down slowly then tried to push himself up again, it was hard, extremely so, he felt like his back and arms were about to break.
He could only do a single push-up every 12 or so seconds, so by the time he does a single a push-up, around 4 whips would've already landed on his fair arms.
His eyes had turned red, blood vessels running through them like the roots of Yggrasil, grating sounds echoed from him grinding his teeth together.
It was hard and painful but he persevered. After some time of this grueling process he felt like his brain was about to shut down, blood dripped from his nose, some coming out of his eyes. He could not even tell how long it had been, his brain could not properly process time, just pain and fatigue.
This topped with how hard breathing was due the gravity sinking even oxygen meant not enough oxygen reached his brain, or even his blood. He was about to faint but he held on. Not...ye.t, he whispered.
Crack, he heard a cracking sound, his left arm was bent in a weird angle, strangely it was not fully broken but the cartilage on his joint had shifted.
It had actually been grinded to almost nothing, he could feel the actual bones touching. Breathing heavily, he thought about what he could do.
He could try to make a tube like barrier around his arm to fix it position or use healing magic to just fix everything. He didn't know what effect using healing magic will have on his progress.
It might just erase all of the progress he made, already he was nearly blacking out he could feel that his bones and muscles had grown slightly, he doesn't know how many strength stats he will get but it should be more than one no?
It was truly a dilemma, end his training right here and be satisfied with whatever gains he got or risk erasing all of his hard work, there was also the possibility that using healing magic would not infact erase what he earned, in that case using it would surely be the better option.
He was not much of a gambler but he wanted to grow faster, although it was risky he chose to use healing magic. A soft white greenish light covered his body, the soreness in his muscles lessened.
His heart and lungs nolonger felt like they were on fire, his bones realigned themselves, the cracks mended themselves and he could feel the bones become harder. The cartilage on his joints became stronger and more flexible.
He felt relief, what he did not notice was the crazy grin and excitement in Athenas eyes. She licked her lips, her red eye glowing like an orb of light.