Chapter 4 (1/2)

Mightiest Melee Magician

Chapter 4

Repeatable Quest

Body Training

Since you have become a Player connected to Draka, Destroyer of Worlds, you need to train your body in preparation for your increase in strength.

Punch: 0/100

Kick: 0/100

Spin Kick: 0/100

* Reward: Strength +10.

* Reward: Skills Unlocked

“Punch? Kick?”

To a magician like me, this was an absurd mission.

“What’s the point of all this?”

However, now was not the time to have doubts.

I had to do anything and everything.

I aimed at nothing and released my fist.

Then,

The number in the quest window started to increase.

‘Ok. For now, let’s bury my doubts and just do it.’

I started breathing in a rhythm, took a proper stance, and started punching.

Shoot- Shoot-

The sound of cutting wind and heavy breathing soon filled the recovery room.

100 times.

Due to the frequent dizzy spells from my disorder, despite me maintaining my body, beads of sweat flowed from my forehead, and my strength soon left my body.

This was because if my form was only a little bit off, the number refused to increase.

While I was focused on completing the quest, I didn’t notice Helen approaching me.

“Oh ho. Look at you bouncing around.”

“Ack… When did you come in?”

“Hm. Let’s see. I think I counted about just over 10 punches?”

“I apologize. I didn’t know you were here.”

“I told you to rest. What are you suddenly doing instead of laying down?”

“That is… I had an itch.”

Even I knew that it was a weird excuse.

But Helen just shrugged her shoulders and believed me.

“Your diagnosis came in. Completely healthy. You can go back to your dorm.”

“Really?”

“Yea. I also don’t know if it’s right, but looking at you just now, you’ll be fine.”

“Haha…”

Completely healthy…

I couldn’t believe it myself.

I scratched my head and bowed goodbye to Helen.

“Thank you.”

“If you have any problems, you’re welcome here anytime, ok?”

“Yes. I’ll do that.”

I left the recovery room and went towards my dorm.

However, I remembered my incomplete quest.

‘Should I finish this before going?’

There were two people assigned to every dorm room.

Obviously, there wasn’t enough space to fully commit to my Quest.

‘Let’s go to the outdoor training area.’

As I looked at the already setting sun, I walked outside the academy.

The smell of spring was strong in the warm 4th month of the year.

Perfect for exercise.

Well, if you ignored the few weird glances I got.

“The hell? Ruin, is it ok for you to be walking around like this?”

“That─that’s right. Just a bit ago…”

My 6th-year classmates looked at me as if I were a strange creature.

That’s understandable.

It was only this morning that some retard cast Lightning Bolt at me and I collapsed to the ground.

Some would think I had died and came back to life.

It was only natural that they were surprised since I was stretching and walking around leisurely with a lazy grin on my face.

“I’m fine.”

But I wasn’t concerned with the shower of attention and walked up to the middle of the training ground where the combat dummy scarecrows were.

I then gave a short shout to help me focus before I started punching the air once more.

Punch: 98/100

Punch: 99/100

Punch: 100/100 (Complete)

Soon, I completed one of the quests and I moved on to kicking.

Punch.

Kick.

Spin Kick.

Since I had never learnt martial arts before, I didn’t know what stance or form was correct and moved a bit clumsily.

Was it because of that?

The uncertain movements didn’t increase the numbers, and only those kicks that I fully concentrated on increased my progress.

“Look at him.”

“Hm? Isn’t that Ruin? What is he doing right now?”

“Who knows… Is he trying to pick up martial arts after abandoning magic?”

“Nah, there’s no way. Ignoring that, how is he fine? It’s instant death after getting hit by Lightning Bolt…”

“You know I can hear you?”

“S-sorry…”

I didn’t know why.

Was it because I was exercising like there’s nothing wrong after getting hit by Lightning Bolt?

Or did a new image of me form that said I’d bite if messed with?

The weird atmosphere caused my classmates’ attitudes towards me to shift.

“Yo, let’s just go.”

“Yea.”

Even those that were fascinated by what I was doing only stood far away and didn’t try to aggravate me.

In fact, it looked like they were slowly avoiding me.

Of course, this treatment was easier for me.

“Hoo… Hoo…”

At some point, I had finished the 100 kicks.

Certainly, compared to the punches, the kicks required better posture, so I ended up expending more strength than needed.

I nearly choked on my heavy breathing, but I still had 100 spin kicks to do.

‘This is harder than I thought.’

However, I was determined to finish it today.

To figure out what this strange new power that would be granted to me was.

I needed to know without fail.

“Again.”

I clenched my body and aimed at an imaginary opponent.

Then, I kicked.

* * *

* * *

Professor Hydel.

No last name.

Meaning, he was born a ‘commoner’.

This young professor who had only just turned 40 this year had accomplished everything with his own power.

Hunger for food was something he was born with and therefore could endure, but hunger for knowledge was something he couldn’t contain.

Helping with fieldwork by day and learning letters by night by sacrificing sleep.

He went around to the local alchemists and assistant magicians and learnt from overhearing what they were saying.

The territory lord’s son who had recognised Hydel’s efforts wrote a letter of recommendation to his father for Hydel to be admitted into the Ignit Magic Academy.

Through this, even though he was a bit older, he could be admitted into the academy.

Of course, the path he walked was not a flower road, but rather a path of thorns.

Even though commoners could be accepted into the academy, they didn’t help you to survive.