Host: Guter Activated Traits: Transmigrator (Gold), Standing Apart from the World (Colorless), Otherworldly God of Cooking (Blue), Atheist (White) Trait Effect Details:
Transmigrator (Gold)
Your soul's makeup differs from that of this world, and due to your transmigration, it has also acquired certain attributes of time and space;
Effect: Your memories cannot be read or edited by any form or method; you possess extremely high resistance to magic and Curses involving the soul; you possess exceptionally high talent for abilities related to time and space.
Standing Apart from the World (Colorless)
As a Transmigrator, your fate had yet to be anchored by this world.
Effect: Before you actively anchor yourself to this world, you cannot be targeted by any method involving fate (such as prophecies, fate Curses, and so on). However, you will likewise be unable to receive any gifts or blessings from fate.
(Note: When you build up many shared memories with someone or somewhere, or form a deep bond, your path of fate will be anchored by this world, and this trait will disappear.)
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"Standing Apart from the World, huh."
Guter looked at the trait on the System Interface and muttered to himself.
"If I successfully establish a master-disciple relationship with Serie, I'll probably have to say goodbye to this trait."
"Still, being able to stay by the side of that Magic Old Timer, Serie, is much safer than relying on a single trait."
Pulling down the brim of his hat once more, Guter stopped beside an inn.
The inn looked fairly well furnished from the outside. It stood in a corner of Oysaster City, far from the city center and quiet enough;
Better still, the inn was right beside the moat. As long as he picked a room by the window, he could enjoy a beautiful view of the lake every morning when he woke up.
For a mage's cultivation, maintaining a calm and relaxed state was quite important.
After all, when one's mind was relaxed, even the magic power refined during meditation would be slightly greater than usual.
Guter walked to the inn's front desk and exchanged a few simple words with the owner before settling on a long-term rate that satisfied both sides.
After handing over a pouch of copper coins and several silver coins, then registering under the false name Guqi, Guter finally had a temporary place to stay in Oysaster.
After taking the key from the innkeeper, Guter found his room according to the number on the sign. Once he pushed open the door, he looked over the room from top to bottom.
The furnishings inside were exactly as the innkeeper had described.
The space was neither too large nor too small, and the furniture was neither too much nor too little. Other than a soft, springy bed and a small balcony overlooking the lake, there was nothing particularly remarkable about it.
Still, this was enough.
After hanging up his coat, Guter flopped onto the inn bed and casually summoned the System Interface again to browse the daily tasks.
Task Module Main Quest: None Daily Tasks: (1/3) Daily Good Deed: Completed (Reward Pending) Task Description: Help the people around you when it is within your ability. -- Become Stronger (Condense Magic Power): Incomplete (69%) Task Description: Abundant magical power comes from daily accumulation. Task Requirement: Condense magic power for more than one hour every day. Task Reward: The amount of magic power condensed that day will be doubled (up to three hours), and mental damage will be cleared at 24:00 that day. -- Become Stronger (Physical Training): Incomplete (2.5%) Task Description: A strong physique comes from training day after day. Task Requirement: Train for more than one hour every day. Task Reward: That day's training effects will be doubled (up to three hours), and training injuries will be cleared at 24:00 that day.
"Ah, what a pity."
"Today's Daily Commission isn't finished yet. Looks like the dream of sleeping until nightfall can only stay a dream."
After grumbling on the bed for a moment, Guter sprang up like a carp and rolled off the soft, comfortable bed. He casually unbuttoned his shirt and began some "strenuous exercise" in the inn room.
Yes, the proper kind of strenuous exercise—sit-ups, push-ups, that sort of thing.
The Warriors of this world seemed to have no systematic method of cultivation. Or perhaps such methods did exist, but common adventurers like Guter simply had no access to them.
But no matter what, basic training movements might not have been particularly effective for body tempering, yet the physical foundation they built was still extremely solid.
"Drip. Drip."
As Guter's body rose and fell against the inn floor, beads of sweat gathered on his forehead, his abs, and every heated patch of skin, dripping down to form a damp patch on the floor.
As Guter sped up his push-ups, he could also feel the feedback from every muscle in this body.
"It should be about time, right?"
Ding!
Daily Task: Become Stronger (Physical Training): Maximum completion standard reached Completion: 300%
"Whew, I can finally stop."
After completing one last standard push-up, Guter climbed up from the inn floor. He grabbed the towel beside him and casually wiped away the sweat on his body. Before his body temperature could return to normal, he went shirtless to the balcony, sat cross-legged, and began meditating.
The damp evening breeze swept past, carrying away much of the heat from Guter's body.
Yet Guter, seated cross-legged, was not disturbed in the slightest by the temporary chill. Instead, he immersed all his focus in meditation, using his vast mental power to gradually expand the upper limit of magic power this body could contain.
To be honest, this method of cultivation could hardly be considered healthy. After prolonged exercise, the body's immunity would remain low for a while. Being exposed to the wind bare-skinned at such a time made it extremely easy to catch a cold.
Yet Guter continued cultivating this way despite knowing the drawbacks because he had discovered through practice that, in this cold-on-the-outside, hot-on-the-inside state, his meditation could reach an exceptionally excellent level.
The colder it was, the more deeply he could immerse his entire mind, and the more effective his magic power cultivation became.
Of course, even with a body tempered to warrior standards, Guter could not endure every session of cultivation.
Catching a cold or running a fever was also quite common.
But for such trivial illnesses and minor ailments, he could simply tough them out with Aura.
Sometimes, he did not even need to wait until midnight for the system to reset his cultivation injuries. A cup of hot water after training was sometimes enough to recover most of the way.
Ding!
Daily Task: Become Stronger (Condense Magic Power): Maximum completion standard reached Completion: 300%
After receiving the system prompt, Guter slowly opened his eyes, and his mind gradually cleared from its meditative state.
A mage's meditation, however, was unlike the scenes described in cultivation novels from his previous life.
Rather than feeling refreshed after cultivation, the prolonged high-intensity concentration of mental power instead left one somewhat tired.
It was as though after the act, when one suddenly lost interest in everything and only wanted to quietly sit in a corner and rest for a while.
Fortunately, this "sage" state recovered quickly. In roughly three to five minutes—the time for a post-coital cigarette—he would be back to normal.
Guter did not smoke, though. After putting on a coat, he sat on the balcony and silently watched the lake.
Once his mind had relaxed, Guter summoned the System Interface and claimed all the Daily Commission rewards in one go.
Ding!
Daily Task: Daily Good Deed completed Random reward being drawn Drawing complete One Larcy Gold Coin has been issued to the System Space Daily Tasks: Become Stronger (Condense Magic Power), Become Stronger (Physical Training) completed Task rewards being issued
"A gold coin? Today's task reward is pretty good."
Guter murmured to himself and retrieved the Larcy Gold Coin from the System Space, turning it over in his hand.
Suddenly, he felt warmth in his lower abdomen and knew the system had begun issuing the other two rewards. He simply climbed onto the inn's soft bed, lay flat, and silently accepted the system's steady infusion of rewarded power into his body.
"Whew—"
A moment later, Guter opened his eyes, climbed off the bed, and clenched his fists a few times.
Within a few breaths, he had completely adapted to this extra power that had appeared out of nowhere.
After all, even adding together the mental and physical rewards, it amounted to only six hours of cultivation results. It was not enough to make Guter feel as though his strength had skyrocketed.
The true strength of this cultivation multiplier lay in steady accumulation. Only by stretching the timeline long enough could one realize how terrifying it was.
But the future could wait. Looking at the gold coin rewarded by today's commission, Guter could not stop the corners of his mouth from rising.
Tonight, he would treat himself to a lavish meal.
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