Daily Quests (Daily Commissions)

[Host: Guter]

[Activated Traits: Transmigrator (Gold), Detached from the World (Colorless), Otherworldly God of Cooking (Blue), Atheist (White)]

[Trait Effect Details:]

[Transmigrator (Gold)]

[Your soul differs from the structure of this world, and due to the cause of transmigration, it has also acquired a trace of time-space attributes;]

[Effect: Your memories cannot be read or edited by any form or means; possess extremely high resistance to soul-level magic and curses; have exceptional talent in time and space-related abilities.]

[Detached from the World (Colorless)]

[As a transmigrator, your fate has yet to be anchored by this world]

[Effect: Before actively anchoring yourself to this world, you cannot be targeted by any fate-related means (e.g., prophecies, fate curses), but at the same time, you will also be unable to accept any gifts or blessings from fate]

[(Note: When you build enough shared memories or reach a deep bond with someone/somewhere, your destiny will be anchored by this world, and this trait will disappear)]

[.]

"Detached from the World, huh."

Guter murmured to himself as he stared at the trait on the system interface.

"If I successfully establish a master-disciple relationship with Serie, I'll probably have to say goodbye to this trait."

"But staying by the side of that Magic Old Timer Serie is still a safer bet than holding onto a single trait."

Pressing down on the brim of his hat once more, Guter stopped beside an inn.

The inn's exterior decoration looked decent enough, located in a corner of the [Oysaster] city district, far from the city center, quiet enough;

Even better, this inn was right next to the moat—as long as he picked a room by the window, he could enjoy a beautiful lake view every morning when he woke up.

For a mage's training, maintaining a calm and relaxed state was quite important.

After all, when the mind was at ease, even the magic power refined during meditation would be slightly higher than normal.

Guter walked into the inn's front desk, exchanged a few simple words with the innkeeper, and settled on a long-term price that satisfied both parties.

After Guter handed over a pouch of copper coins and a few silver coins, registering under a fake name called [Guqi], he finally had a temporary place to stay in the city of [Oysaster].

Taking the key from the innkeeper, Guter found his room based on the number on the sign. Pushing open the door, he looked around and sized up the environment inside.

The furnishings in the room matched exactly what the innkeeper had described.

A space neither too big nor too small, furniture neither too much nor too little. Aside from the soft, springy bed and a small balcony overlooking the lake, there was nothing else worth praising.

But that was enough.

Hanging up his coat, Guter lay down on the inn's bed, casually called up the system interface, and browsed through the daily quests.

[Quest Module]

[Main Quest: None]

[Daily Quests: (1/3)]

[Daily Good Deed: Completed (Reward Pending)]

[Quest Description: Do what you can to help those around you]

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[Become Stronger (Condense Magic Power): Incomplete (69%)]

[Quest Description: A deep magic reserve comes from daily accumulation]

[Quest Requirement: Condense magic power for over an hour daily]

[Quest Reward: That day's condensed magic power doubled (capped at 3 hours), and mental fatigue cleared by 24:00 that day]

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[Become Stronger (Physical Training): Incomplete (2.5%)]

[Quest Description: A strong physique comes from day-after-day training]

[Quest Requirement: Train for over an hour daily]

[Quest Reward: That day's training effect doubled (capped at 3 hours), and physical fatigue cleared by 24:00 that day]

"Ah~, what a shame."

"I haven't finished today's 'Daily Commission' yet. The dream of sleeping straight through till dark is probably just wishful thinking."

After complaining a bit on the bed, Guter did a kip-up and rolled off the soft, comfortable mattress. Unbuttoning his shirt, he started doing "strenuous exercise" right there in the inn room.

Yeah, legitimate strenuous exercise—like sit-ups, push-ups, that sort of thing.

The warriors in this world didn't seem to have any systematic training methods. Or maybe they did, but common adventurers like Guter just couldn't access them.

But regardless, while basic exercises might be a bit lacking in tempering the body, the foundation they built was still solid.

"Drip. Drip."

As Guter's body rose and fell on the inn's floor, beads of sweat gathered on his forehead, his abs, and every heated patch of skin, dripping onto the floorboards and forming a puddle of moisture.

Guter, accelerating his push-ups, could feel the feedback from every muscle in this body.

"It should just about be time now."

[Ding!]

[Daily Commission: Become Stronger (Physical Training): Maximum completion standard reached]

[Completion: 300%]

"Whew~, finally over."

After finishing one last standard push-up, Guter rose from the inn's floor, grabbed the towel beside him, and casually wiped the sweat from his skin. Before his body temperature could even return to normal, he walked bare-chested straight to the room's balcony area, sat down cross-legged, and began to meditate.

The damp evening breeze swept past, carrying away much of the heat from Guter's skin.

Yet Guter, sitting cross-legged, was not disturbed in the slightest by this momentary chill. Instead, he immersed his entire mind in meditation, using his vast mental energy to gradually expand the upper limit of magic power this body could contain.

To be honest, this training method was far from healthy. After prolonged exercise, the body's immune system is temporarily weakened, and exposing bare skin to the wind at such a time makes catching a cold extremely easy.

Guter knew this drawback but still trained this way because he had discovered through practice that, in this state of external cold and internal heat, his meditation could reach an exceptionally high level.

The colder it was, the more he could sink his entire mind into it, and the more effective his magic cultivation became.

Of course, even with a body tempered to a warrior's standard like Guter's, he couldn't withstand every session. Colds and fevers were common occurrences.

But for such trivial ailments, he could tough them out entirely with [Aura].

He didn't even need to wait for the system to refresh his training injuries at midnight; sometimes, a cup of hot water after exercise was enough to mostly recover.

[Ding!]

[Daily Commission: Become Stronger (Condense Magic Power): Maximum completion standard reached]

[Completion: 300%]

Hearing the system's prompt, Guter slowly opened his eyes, and the mind immersed in meditation gradually cleared.

But a mage's meditation was nothing like the scenes depicted in cultivation novels from his past life.

After training, instead of feeling refreshed and invigorated, he felt somewhat fatigued from the prolonged high-intensity focus of his mental energy.

It was like the aftermath of something—suddenly losing interest in everything, wanting only to sit quietly in a corner and rest for a while.

Fortunately, this "sage" state recovered quickly. About three to five minutes, the time it takes for a post-event cigarette, was enough to return to normal.

But Guter had no smoking habit. After throwing on a coat, he sat on the balcony, silently gazing at the lake.

Once his mind had relaxed, Guter summoned the System Interface and claimed all the rewards from the "Daily Commission" at once.

[Ding!]

[Daily Commission: Daily Good Deed completed]

[Random reward being drawn]

[Drawing complete]

[One Larcy Gold Coin has been deposited into the System Space]

[Daily Commission: Become Stronger (Condense Magic Power), Become Stronger (Physical Training) completed]

[Task rewards being distributed]

"A gold coin, huh? Today's task reward isn't bad."

Guter muttered softly, extracting the Larcy Gold Coin from the System Space and fiddling with it in his hand, flipping it up and down.

Suddenly, Guter felt a warmth in his lower abdomen and knew the system had begun distributing the other two rewards. He simply climbed onto the inn's soft bed, lay flat, and silently accepted the system's gentle infusion of power into his body.

"Whew--"

After a moment, Guter opened his eyes, got up from the bed, and clenched his fists a few times.

In a few breaths, he had fully adapted to this newfound strength.

After all, even stacking the rewards for spirit and body together amounted to no more than six hours of cultivation results. It wasn't enough to give Guter the illusion of a sudden power surge.

The true strength of this doubled cultivation lay in daily accumulation. Only by stretching the timeline would its terror become apparent.

But the future could wait. Looking at the gold coin rewarded by today's commission, Guter couldn't suppress the grin spreading across his face.

Tonight, he would treat himself to a lavish feast.