Chapter 6: In search of experience part 1

-Didn't your mother teach you never to keep a lady waiting?

At Alexander's surprised look, an intimidating Sophia Bromck approaches him with a fierce stare.

-Sophia? Can I help you with something? -Alexander, who still does not understand why the powerful Sophia Bromck is talking to him, decides to ask the girl this question.

-Come on, tell me what you want. Do you want something in particular? (Let's finish this quickly, I have things to do).

Sophia Bromck, who was known for being friendless and cold, wondered why Alexander had helped her a few hours ago. Does he want money, power, or is he just trying to score points with me?

Since she came from the Bromck family, she should be worthy of her family name and reward Alexander even if she didn't want to, after all, honor is law in the Bromck family.

-I don't understand what you mean, I don't want anything. Alexander was too tired for this game of enigmatic questions, so he decided to be honest with the girl and tell her that he wanted nothing from her.

-What do you mean by nothing, you don't want money, power, or just to go out with me? -Young Sophia was very confused by the boy's answers.

-No, no and no, why are you being so weird all of a sudden, are you making fun of me? -Alexander was already furious, thinking that Sophia was just trying to make fun of him.

-It's not..., what I want to say... Why did you help me? -Sofía's question was concise and direct, since she thought that Alejandro was very stupid and did not understand what she had told him before.

-Why wouldn't I? -Alexander's answer was as direct as Sophia's question. Although the main reason was not to lose the application, it didn't feel right to see Marcus hit a girl, he would be a bad person if he took advantage of Sophia for helping her.

-I see, then I'll give you something to thank you later. Bye, I have things to do. -Sophia Bromck turns and says goodbye to Alexander.

(What an interesting boy) -Although she would not admit it, it was obvious that Alexander's response pleased her.

After seeing Sophia leave, Alexander also decided to go home, he just wanted to rest, today's fight had left him too exhausted.

As soon as he arrived home, the first thing he did was to take a bath and jump into bed to sleep. (Home sweet home) -Sleep won Alexander closed his eyes and slept like a baby.

The alarm sounds.

Six hours later, a light interrupts Alexander's restful sleep, he reacts to the sound, wakes up and turns off the alarm, wondering who set it. But his disgusted expression changes as soon as he sees the screen.

(!!! That's right, the system!!!)

Alexander, who had completely forgotten about the system due to yesterday's tiredness, is surprised today when he remembers that he has to do his daily mission. -Okay, daily mission, I'm coming to get you.

[Daily Mission: King's Routine]-[Completed].

It took Alexander 45 minutes, the same as yesterday, to complete his daily mission, so he excitedly goes to collect his rewards, after all, he couldn't see the reward for the mandatory mission due to his tiredness.

[Reward Received]-[26 experience points]

(Just like yesterday, the daily mission gave me experience points, but this time it gave me one more point) Alexander is a bit excited, because the more days pass, the more daily missions he does, the more experience he will get (Good, I like it, but what I really want is…).

Full of excitement, Alexander sees that he has an unclaimed reward from yesterday. After all. The fight with Marcus was about this mission in the first place.

[Mandatory Mission: Hero of Justice]-[Completed].

Seeing the message that the mission was completed, Alexander was filled with satisfaction, Marcus almost killed him, but all the effort will be worth it.

[Reward Received]-[5 Statesman Points, Object-Upgrade Chip, Skill-Experience Points].

Alexander was thrilled, not only had he received 5 stat points, but he had also received an item and even a skill.

(Wow, who knew that something related to Marcus would bring good things to my life, well, let's see the item) -Excited by his achievement, Alexander decides to see the item's information, after all, the last item saved his life.

[Object: Upgrade Chip]-[Upgrade Chips are chips used to upgrade system functions, can only be used in sets of three, Object Type: Legendary, Object Class: Z Class, Quantity: 1].

Alexander reads the contents with great devotion, never before had he paid so much attention to what he read, except for the accounts of his past life. (Wow, who knew the system could be improved, this is something I could use later).

Thinking about the various improvements and opportunities that the system could give him, he decided to look at the information on the skill he had acquired.

[Skill: Experience Count]-[This skill is automatically activated when you enter a battle with an enemy. Depending on how long you fight the enemy, you will gain a certain amount of experience, even if you don't win the fight, the amount of experience will vary depending on the enemy]-[Skill level: 1, Mana required: not used, Skill mastery: none].

Reading this, Alexander couldn't help but feel happy, he really felt like he was in a video game, but as soon as he came to his senses, he realized something.

(Enemies? Does that mean I have to fight more often?) -Alexander, who was afraid of fights, didn't really feel like fighting, the mere fact of facing another Marcus already gave him goosebumps.

-Fuck this fucking system, sometimes it's good and gentle and other times it seems to hate me. I have to be stronger if that's the case, right? I have to use my stat points.

Currently, Alexander had 17 unused stat points, he hadn't used them yet, he wanted to save them, but it's time to use them.

[Distribution of points: Total: 17]-[Where do you want to invest them?]

Upon seeing this message, Alexander didn't understand why he couldn't just choose the stats to increase and be done with it. So he decided to choose Strength first.

[You chose Strength]

(Where should I distribute them?) -Alexander looks in the application, this one had chosen Strength, but he didn't choose any amount and he didn't feel strong at all, was it a system error?

-Uhhh, what is that? -Alexander, who was about to quit the application, sees an object on his bed that was not there before. -This… is it a dumbbell?

Holding me in his hands, Alexander grabs a dumbbell that was on his bed and wonders who left it there.

[Power Point Distribution Test]-[This weight will help you distribute your power points, every 10 repetitions equals one point].

But his doubts vanished instantly when Alexander saw the app's message.

-Wow, this is something I didn't expect, I must say it's strange, but what's the difference, let's start. -Alexander starts to do the repetitions, but notices something strange.

-Is it me or is the weight heavier? -After three reps, Alexander noticed that the weight was heavier.

(Does the weight increase as you count?) -Alexander noticed the situation and continued, but each time his arm suffered more damage due to the increase in weight of the dumbbell, until after several efforts he reached 10.

[Strength stat points gained]-[Strength: 3 points].

The pain in his arm was worth it, as he had gained another point in his Strength stat, and he happily continued his performance.

-Damn, this is harder than the last repetition. -Noticing that things had gone up a bit, Alexander continued increasing his stat points until his arms could no longer do one more rep.

[Strength stat points gained]-[Strength: 7 points].

After 15 minutes, Alexander couldn't take it anymore and let go of the weight, the pain wouldn't let him continue, but he was able to increase his strength from 2 to 7, and he still had 12 unused points.

-I'll save them for later, I have to go to school before she wakes up.

Alexander was tired, he wanted to get ready for high school, because of yesterday's fight, his face was bruised, he couldn't show that to his mother or she would worry. So he decided to leave early.

After he got dressed and was on his way to the high school, Alexander realized that he hadn't eaten breakfast. But before he could think about what to eat, his cell phone vibrated in his pocket.

[Mandatory Mission 1/3: In Search of Experience Part 1].

Alexander takes out his phone and finds a mandatory mission on it, apparently this mission had three parts, so Alexander read on.

[Go to the Café Azul de Mar and have breakfast there]-[Time limit: 10 minutes].

Alexander couldn't help but laugh as he read the mission, this one was already scared thinking it would be a difficult mission, but it was just to have breakfast, "After all, kings must have a full stomach," Alexander thought to himself.

Picking up his phone, this one decided to see the location of the cafe, so he decided to go there immediately.

-Wow, it's a nice place, I'm sure they sell good food. Good morning.

He greeted a girl who looked about his age, with green eyes and short golden hair.

-Good morning, welcome to Café Azul de Mar, I'm Laura, how can I help you? -The girl kindly introduced herself to Alexander and asked him what he needed.

-He saw the prices and wondered why everything was so expensive, he didn't have much money, so he asked for an espresso and a piece of cake. This was given to him on a table for breakfast.

-Thank you. -(This place is quite nice, it has a sea and fish aesthetic that I like, why doesn't it have so many customers, if I had more money I would buy that sweet ice cream).

While he is thinking about this, two men dressed in black and a strange coat enter the shop.

-Good morning, Laura. -The men enter in a somewhat intimidating manner and look at the girl before continuing their conversation.

-Where are your parents? You know it's Friday, right? -The men ask the girl this question with a disturbing smile.

-They… They are not here at this moment… -The girl answers them, looking down in a very shy and helpless way.

-You think you're so smart, you said the same thing the week before, you think you can make fun of the Black Foxes?

(So it's about them, the Black Foxes…) -Alexander, who was watching the scene from a distance, hiding his face behind the menu, already understood what this was all about.

In the city of the Golden Count there are normal people like him, people of high power like Sophia Bromck, but in the middle there are the gangs.

These are organizations that gain power and conquer territories by their own means, and these gangs charge businesses in their territories a weekly fee that is regularly abused against businesses.

The worst thing is that you can't quit because they make you sign a contract where you always end up owing them a lot of money, and it seems that this is one of those cases.

-I tell them the truth. They are not here." The girl, on the verge of crying, explained the situation to the men, but they were not happy at all.

-Well, if that is how your parents want to play. -One of the men held the girl's wrist while the other wrote on a piece of paper.

-You only have until noon tomorrow, if you don't give us the money, say goodbye to your little girl, she's worth a lot of money.

After writing this on the paper, the two men left the girl while Alexander, still hiding, took out his cell phone to call the police, but…

[Mandatory Mission 2/3: In Search of Experience Part 2]

Alexander was interrupted to see that the app was going to give him another mission (A mission now? What kind of mission would it be?).

Alexander's face became somber as he speculated what the mission would be (NO, NO, NO, NO, NO,).

[Follow the men to their hiding place and don't let them escape with the girl, a king always takes care of his people.]

[Time limit: 5 minutes]