Legendary Traveler: By Earning Progress Points I will Become Supreme!-Chapter 129: No Gain, Without Pain (5)

’Well, I suppose that answers that question,’ bringing a piece of chimera bacon to his mouth and chomping down with a satisfying crunch, Aoni watched as Nyria ravenously devoured an entire pile of scrambled eggs without batting an eye.

"Om nom nom nom OMMM nom nom"

"Chom Chom Chom,"

Never mind Glacia, who had her face flat in the stone bowl, Nyria seemed to enjoy the breakfast just as much, albeit at a significantly slower pace than her sister.

"Is it good?" Aoni asked with a slight aversion to his floof’s horrible eating habits.

"Gaommm om nom!" even with her face smashed into the bowl, the floof somehow mustered a half-assed gao, not even bothering to look up.

"Chee! Crunch crunch."

’It’s tasty, brother; what did you call these things again?’ The precious birb’s voice entered Aoni’s head as she held up a strip of bacon and crunched away.

"Bacon, normally, it’s made from a meat called pork, so the taste is a bit different, but it’s still a thin strip that, when cooked the right way, has the perfect crisp to softness texture," Aoni said while munching away on his own strips of bacon.

Unlike the two of his summons, who had their average-sized portions or the equivalent of what three grown men could devour, Aoni had more than twice the amount they had in their bowls.

His reasoning was as basic as it gets; he was about to upgrade his Attack first, and thus, he’d require as much protein as possible. Sure, that could all be supplemented with the nutrition bars he’d made, but after yesterday, the Lad refused to ever look at the bars again…or well, at the very least until he was ready to boost his Defense higher.

’Note to self, next time, don’t mold the bars by hand; they don’t taste horrible, but aesthetically, they look like shit…in the literal sense.’ Shaking the thought out of his head, Aoni dove back into his food like a ravenous beast, his actions drawing a surprised gasp from Glacia as she felt she was seeing an entirely new side to her Lord.

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’Hims eats like me,’ or something to that extent rattled in her little noggin before giving a curt nod and slamming her face back into the bowl.

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Breakfast came and went, and before long, everyone was back in the same positions as yesterday, with the summons near the campfire and Aoni around 15-20 feet away in an open space.

"Today is Attack, and if I am feeling up to it, Speed, so Glacia, be ready with the fruits; this was what I added points to that one time I got super hot." Looking toward the Floof, Aoni briefed her, then directed his attention toward the nervous Nyria.

"And Nyria, don’t worry, Defense is the more dangerous of my Add Points sessions; this one will just make me bulk up like I got filled with a lot of water, so at worst, my skin will turn red, and I’ll be as hot as fire since your big Sister is on Cooldown duty if you see me getting skinny, bring over all the extra scrambled eggs and bacon." Pausing and thinking back to how gently Glacia put the fruit pits into his mouth last time, Aoni made a quick change of plans for his birb.

"Force them into my mouth and make me eat if you have to, but I will 100% need the boost in energy. In the worst-case scenario, if I’m unable to chew, you have my approval to prechew the food and put it into my mouth." Trying not to imagine the image of a mama bird regurgitating into her baby’s mouth, Aoni still gave Nyria the OKAY to do so if he was rendered unable to eat properly.

"Chee…" with a soft sound and a nod of her head, Nyria spoke out about her understanding, and all attention was back on Aoni. Find exclusive stories on novelbuddy

Sitting with his legs crossed and staring at his Traveler’s Display, Aoni tried to think back to the last time he upgraded his Attack Stat. From his memory, it hurt; however, when compared to something like Defense, the pain was negligible at best, and the only worrisome part was the immense fatigue attributed to the rapid increase.

Since Attack focused on his muscular system and the parts of his brain associated with controlling his body, the Lad had a vague understanding of the changes occurring when he went through the upgrade.

’Packing in months if not years of physical training and exercise into a few minutes to hours. Okay, here goes nothing; upgrade my Attack Stat.’

| Increasing Attack from F- to F |

| Progress Points Have Been Deducted |

| 10 pp Earned |

Snapping his eyes shut and focusing intently on his body, the first thing Aoni noticed was something akin to a faint flicker of flames slowly building within his chest.

It was like a candle barely holding strong in a windstorm associated with the Lad’s breathing; however, unlike that scenario, wherein the flame would fight to hang on, this spark was growing from a candle to a raging inferno that coursed through every muscle fiber in Aoni’s body.

With the heat came a searing pain; however, due to his experiences yesterday, along with the aid of his E+ Pain resistance, it was nothing more than a stinging sensation to Aoni, something between getting smacked across the face with an open palm and being flicked with a rubber band.

Since his mind was fully alert to what was happening this time around, by the time he realized his body was completely paralyzed, Aoni didn’t have much reaction to it, and in contrast to what happened the first time, he sat perfectly upright.

Even so, what he COULDN’T control was the rapid and random twitches and spasms coursing through his muscles as they repeatedly tensed and loosened in targeted areas.

As the heat spread throughout his body, each zone of his muscular system was activated and pushed to the point of complete eradication.

Inflate, swell, swell, tear, shred, burst, regenerate. It was a singular cycle, and with each completion, Aoni could tell he was getting ever so slightly stronger.