After checking his system panel and setting the Blood Rush Pill to upgrade, John stood up from the mat and stretched lazily.
His bones cracked slightly as he twisted his torso.
"I deserve a break," he muttered to himself. "Let's take it slow for once."
He walked into the bath chamber attached to his cottage.
The room, shaped in a circular design with softly glowing spirit stones embedded in the walls, was already warm.
A copper tub, inlaid with an array of spirit-channeling runes, sat in the center.
Steam gently rose from the crystal-clear water that filled it, automatically regulated by the cottage's built-in formations.
John undressed and lowered himself into the water.
It hugged his sore muscles like a warm embrace.
The heat soaked into his skin, loosening every stiff joint and easing away the tension in his shoulders, back, and thighs.
"Aah... now this... this is heaven."
