Chapter 84: No bullying the newbie.
"This... this was... a really bad... idea..."
Mark forced the words out between labored breaths. His vision blurred and the world around him swayed. A cold breeze helped him regain some vitality, but it wasn’t enough to get him back into top shape.
"Hahaha... really, Newbie," Alex’s voice came from his right. "How long has it been since you last had some practice?"
"Practice?" Ramsay’s voice came from the left. The only practice he had in the last two years was walking to the train station!"
Though there were no falsehoods in the Sergeant’s statement, it managed to anger Mark nonetheless. Sports were never his thing, and ever since he started living on his own, the only times he went out were either to buy groceries or go to school.
Running away from Malarak and his spawn was the first warning he got about his lack of physical fitness. After learning how the stats in his System worked, Mark knew he would have to undergo some rigorous training soon enough. What he didn’t expect, however, was that he would be forced to begin right away.
"This is...torture..."
The world continued to sway around him and he felt himself falling, but before that happened a hand grasped his right shoulder and helped him regain his balance.
"C’mon, Newbie! Get your act together!" Alex shouted, or maybe not. After listening to him talk through the entire morning it became clear that his tone was almost always raised.
Mark didn’t have the power to reply. Who knew that riding bicycles could be this difficult?
The brilliant idea came from Ramsay. For some reason, he decided that driving around the desolate city would be a wasted opportunity and so they were going to pedal their way to the remaining Dimensional Rifts. Of course, the only one with no say in the matter had been Mark.