Absolutely no way I'm taking something like this!
I'd have to live with people talking about it for the rest of my life!
The Demon Lord used the Tablet Spirit's long socks as a side dish in the early days, how humiliating is that!
Shami was just about to righteously refuse, but in the next moment, she took the white long socks from the Tablet Spirit's hand and put them into the Demon Ring.
"I'll take it."
The Tablet Spirit said these things could be sold for a sky-high price in underground circles, making it a sure-fire pile of startup capital.
"In the end, aren't you taking it? If you'd taken it earlier, you wouldn't have had to say so much nonsense, we're all adults here."
Lureya crossed her arms and criticized righteously, her pointed ears persistently red.
Giving worn socks to the opposite sex is something she's doing for the first time. But for the grand plan, everything being done now is necessary.
"Thank you for your gift, I'll make good use of it... I'm leaving now..."
Shami turned around, opened the Teleportation Gate, and left.
"Eh? So fast? Tonight? How long have you been holding back?"
Lureya poked her head forward, but the Teleportation Gate came and went, leaving her alone in the room.
Shami didn't leave hastily because he had a physical reaction, that's for sure.
The Tablet Spirit is still far from that.
He suddenly received a new task, and it was a daily task that could be repeated.
[Task: Physical Training]
[Type: Daily]
[Content: Do 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and run 10 kilometers every day.]
[Reward: For each completion, Physique Value +0.1. After more than ten days of continuous physical training, the Physique Value gained from daily training will gradually increase.]
[Current Physique Value: 2 (Normal Human)]
[Note: Physique is the Demon Lord's physical resistance and magic resistance, equivalent to the Demon Lord's defense value. It's also a way to train the Demon Lord's agility. Only by raising Physique can one withstand the Hero's sword and dodge the Mage's magical explosion. This daily task requires consistent daily practice; if you stop training midway, the Physique Value will decline.]
Shami took a deep breath.
He thought Luwaka was just talking, but this was truly the secret to the Demon Lord's enhanced physical strength.
Being a Demon Lord actually requires daily exercise; a good routine seems to be cultivated.
But with Luwaka's direct lesson of losing half his health to the Hero's sword slash, Shami wouldn't dare slack off with this daily task.
Moreover, the Physique Value not only enhances defense but also increases agility.
Agility, when translated into gaming terms, should be the skill evasion rate—higher agility means easier dodging of skills.
[About why, fearing the Hero's conquest, you stick to daily exercises to desperately increase defense, and ultimately become an unbreakable shield that magic can't touch—the Demon Lord Shami edition]
As a villager of the highest level, Shami quickly understood after dodging a Tablet Spirit's swing.
This daily task provides the Physique Value that would be his most important survival skill.
No time like the present, let's start the training now.
By tomorrow, this task will be refreshed, and he won't be able to gain today's 0.1 Physique Value.
Shami did a few sets of sit-ups indoors.
[Push-ups (10/100)]
Progress was immediately fed back.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night!
...
Lureya woke up, finding it was already ten in the morning, and according to the pretty boy's habits, after they met yesterday, he should come to wake her up today.
How come it's so late, and still no sign of him?
She purifies herself, changes clothes, and heads to Shami's little house.
Knocks, waits, knocks again.
No response.
"Shami, not home?"
Lureya wondered.
Did he sneak off alone to some open space?
Using Spiritual Wings, she flew towards the open space, and en route, Lureya suddenly blinked slightly in a daze.
She didn't notice the black ring she's always worn on her left ring finger light up slightly.
She just felt like she somehow knew where Shami was.
"Feels like he's over there..."
Lureya wasn't sure why this thought came to her, and flew off to the other side.
Sure enough, about a kilometer from the village, she saw Shami collapsed on the ground and quickly pulled back her wings, running over.
"Shami! What's wrong with you?"
Lureya rushed to Shami's side, who was lying face down on the ground before waking up, barely supporting his body with his hands, looking exhausted.
Damn, almost knocked him out.
Such a seemingly simple daily task turned out to be incredibly hard when done according to the standard.
Even as a max-level villager, with top-tier stamina and strength among villagers, and a healthy physique cultivated by regular physical labor, under the Demon Lord's daily physical training task, these meant nothing.
After doing the three physical training exercises last night, he took over an hour to run the ten kilometers. After midnight, with adrenaline spiking, Shami couldn't sleep at all.
So under the bright moonlight, he went ahead and completed the physical training for today as well.
The training for one day had already reached its limit, and after nearly five hours completing the second day's tasks, he was out like a light.
The daily task indicated [Physique +0.2], and he collapsed to the ground, muscles tense, sweating coldly from head to toe, with aching pains making it impossible for him to stand up, even breathing was difficult, knocked out until now.
Fortunately, he just fell asleep.
Shami felt a lingering fear; at that moment, he truly thought he was going to die.
Never again will he complete two days of training in one go.
It could really be fatal.
Learning that a Demon Lord had suddenly died from daily exercises would surely be the most hilarious way a Demon Lord passed on through history!
Shami definitely doesn't want to be a laughingstock.
Lureya crouched down, looking at Shami who was painfully supporting himself, astonished.
"Shami, your face is so pale, your lips are bloodless."
Shami's hands, supporting himself, were trembling.
Lureya was stunned for a moment before realizing.
"Are you stupid!! Even with delicious socks, you shouldn't take so many rewards at once! Humans have limits!!"
Under normal circumstances, Shami would definitely retort to this head full of nonsense Tablet Spirit, but now he didn't even have the energy to speak.
"Whatever you say..."
Lureya pursed her lips, her little face gradually blushing a bit.
"Just a worn sock... couldn't have imagined it had such a big impact... looks like my charm is still very strong."
"Speaking of, are you alright? Just a villager after all... don't harm your body... this is too excessive..."
"Besides! Isn't home better? You like the outdoors or something?"
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[Next chapter: 12 PM]