Three deaths. That's how many times he died before he managed to win. His muscles felt like they were burning in molten lava and his skin turned ashen. Sophia stopped the training and ordered several pitchers of water.
While they waited, Jason was being update by his system regarding his performance for the evening.
HOST HAS SUCCESSFULLY ELIMINATED THREE D-RANK CENTAURS. 30 EXP HAS BEEN REWARDED.
SCANNING…
HOST HAS REACHED LEVEL 3. A NEW ABILITY HAS BEEN UNLOCKED. PHOENIX TEARS CAN HEAL THE INJURED AND THE DYING TO THEIR FULL STRENGTH, YET IT CANT REVIVE THE DEAD.
SCANNING…
QUEST SURVIVE FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE HAS BEEN COMPLETED. CALCULATING REWARDS… 15 STAT POINTS HAVE BEEN UNLOCKED. FLAME STEP ABILITY HAS BEEN AQUIRED. HOST CAN NOW USE THE FLAME ELEMENT TO USE SHORT RANGE TELEPORTATION FOR A MAX DISTANCE OF TEN METERS.
SCANNING…
SOUL DAMAGE DETECTED. HOST REACHED THE PHYSICAL BODY LIMIT. SYSTEM RECOMMENDS THAT HOST PREVENTS BODY RECONSTRUCTION. EXCESSIVE USE OF BODY RECONSTRUCTION IS HARMFUL TO HOST IF USED CONSECUTIVELY. SYSTEM RECOMMENDS HOST TO ALLOW THE SOUL TO RECOVER.
Jason read the notifications with wide eyes. He sat down on the floor and grimaced in pain as he pondered the new information. 'My soul takes damage if I die too many times?' He thought. 'Makes sense that there is a limit to my powers. I'd rather know them now then later. That also explains why my body looks like shit.'
Sophia started moving toward him before realizing he was still naked, blushed then left the room. She walked back in moments later with several pitchers of water and handed them to him. She then left again and was gone for a while. Jason drank the gallon sized pitchers before starting to wonder, 'Why am I so thirsty? No matter how much I drink, it's not enough.'
Jason decided to focus on his status before Sophia returns.
"Status."
NAME: JASON
CONTRACTED BEAST: PHOENIX
TITLES: NONE
HEALTH: 7/7
MANA: 20/20
LEVEL: 3
EXP: 10/50
ATTRIBUTES
VITALITY: 13+9
STAMINA: 20+2
STRENGTH: 20+1
ENDURANCE: 18+1
WILL: 4+2
INTELLIGENCE: 5
SP:18
ABILITIES: FIREBALL, FIRE MANIPULATION, PHOENIX TEARS, FIRE STEP
ARTIFACTS: PHOENIXS AMULET
ACTIVE QUESTS: NONE
Jason looks at his newfound status. He is slightly impressed by what he sees. "I'm slightly improving" he says. "But it's not enough. I need to grow stronger." He starts allocating his stat points.
NAME: JASON
CONTRACTED BEAST: PHOENIX
TITLES: NONE
HEALTH: 22/22
MANA: 100/100
LEVEL: 3
EXP: 10/50
ATTRIBUTES
VITALITY: 22
STAMINA: 22+5
STRENGTH: 21
ENDURANCE: 19+1
WILL: 6+7
INTELLIGENCE: 5+5
SP: 0
ABILITIES: FIREBALL, FIRE MANIPULATION, PHOENIX TEARS, FIRE STEP
ARTIFACTS: PHOENIXS AMULET
ACTIVE QUESTS: NONE
Jason put more decided to double his current mana capacity and increase his will since they were the lowest. With his new abilities, he would be using fire step a lot so he needed the mana capacity to make up for it. He put one stat into endurance and made it twenty then he put more stats into his stamina. Jessica being the obvious reason.
Jason drank the last water pitcher when Sophia returned into the room. She had in her hands a set of clothes. "Put these on. I can't stand to see you naked."
Jason inspected the clothing. There were a set of red sneakers and brown jeans.The shirt was a green short sleeve shirt that read IM ON SANTAS NAUGHTY LIST and on the back of the shirt it read PUNCH ME SO I'LL BE ON THE NICE ONE.
Sophia had her back turned with her head down and shoulders shaking. She was clearly trying to hold in her laughter. Jason got mad.
He grabbed the empty pitcher and tossed it at her. The pitcher sailed threw the air and smacked her in the back of the head. The shaking stopped and Sophia slowly turned with a death glare. "You really want me to have a barbeque, don't you?" She said.
She took a step forward and vanished. Before he realized what happened, she was right in front of him. 'Oh I messed up,' he thought.'
She grabbed his neck with one hand and lifted him up, then slammed him down. Several bones broke and some even appeared outside his body. "AAAAHHHHH!" Jason screamed in agony.
"Maybe that will teach you your lesson." She said with a grin when the door opened. The gym coach approached this room because the time that they paid for was up. So she had to let them know they had to go, but froze when she got there. She saw a gorgeous women in baggy clothes pinning a naked man on the ground with one hand around his neck.
Sophia and Jason looked at the person who opened the door and immediately blushed. Sophia was so red that you could mistake her for an apple.
The gym coach quickly decided that she didn't want to know what would happen next and shut the door.
Sophia got off of him and started running out of the room. Jason started getting dressed. He absolutely hated the shirt but he couldn't argue cause he had to wear something.
He finished getting the clothes Sophia gave him and walked outside and made his way back to the dorm room. When he opened the door to the room and closed he was blindfolded by a cloth. "What? Sophia, is that you?" Jason said starting to panick.
"Yes it's me. Now stop moving or you'll fall." She placed her hand on the center of his back as gently guided him to his bed. She pushed him down and he started laying down on his stomach. "I pushed you a little too hard today and your body is paying the price for it. In my need to have a strong partner, I almost broke the only potential candidate I had. So think of this like an apology."
'An apology from Sophia?' Jason wondered. 'Has hell frozen over and the demons started to possess the living? Where is my roomate and what have you done with her?'
"If you turn over, you'll forfeit the apology and your reward. If you so much as remove that blindfold, you'll forfeit the apology. Nod if you understand." Jason nodded. "Good."
Sophia started to move around and rustling could be heard. Jason then felt a weight on the bed next to him. His mind racing at what she could possibly planning on doing.
Sophia laid down next to him and wrapped her arms around his body. Her breast were pressed against his back as she held him close. Jason never really noticed before, but he could tell now. This girl is hiding her figure and she clearly had full sized breasts. That was when Jason realized something else.She wasn't wearing much. 'Is She in her underwear?' Jason didn't move. He was too busy enjoying the side of Sophia that she hadn't shown anyone before. Jason wanted this moment to last as much as possible.