Liam didn't go to sleep after having dinner. Since he had completed the two gas and was given the extra reward, he had been avoiding the gaming world and the system like the plague. Not because he wanted to, but because the situation had changed now.
Unlike last ti, the new ga didn't have the ti stoppage effect anymore. In other words, it ant that if he spent 80 years in the ga, it would amount to 80 years in the real world too. That was the most significant change for the new ga. But there was an upside to it too.
The new ga would allow him to bring any non-living thing or things that belonged to him from that world to the real world at any ti. That would include weapons and resources. Of course, if a weapon didn't belong to him, he couldn't bring it from the ga world to the real world.
But he could bring things from his own world to the ga world too. That ant he could bring his javelin or BT into the ga world and then complete missions, but the system had already said that if he did that, his evaluation would drop. Thus, for now, he didn't have any thoughts like that.
Plus, he wasn't sure if his toys would even be helpful. Because the ga he had been given to play was God of War. No, not the old one, but the one that started in the Nine Realms. And as expected, this ga world was set in "Give God of War" difficulty.
The highest difficulty. Liam wouldn't admit it, but the difficulty gave him chills because he knew for sure that this difficulty would stump him. He had played as a human being, he had played as a wizard, but never as a god.
And he knew that new skills would often co with challenges, thus he was also ntally steadying himself for an arduous journey. Tonight, he had decided to take the first step.
[Welco back, host.]
The system seed to be teasing Liam for not using it for over a month. Liam didn't bother with that attitude and closed his eyes. When he opened them again, he saw himself standing in front of the tree. He took a few steps forward and then looked at his reflection in the clear, flowing river.
The face staring back wasn't his own. It was older—weathered by war and ti. A thick beard frad his jaw, streaked with white like frost clinging to the branches of the ancient tree before him. He touched the huge scar on his chest, the gift from Zeus, his father. He felt like he could see all the mories of his past—living and breathing.
His muscles felt heavier and much denser. His hands flexed instinctively, and he felt the raw strength coursing through his veins. This wasn't just a body—it was a vessel of power, tempered by rage and loss.
Yet, beneath the overwhelming might, there was sothing else—a quiet, almost solemn burden. A lifeti of war, of regrets buried beneath the surface. The feeling was alien to him. Liam had carried responsibility before, but nothing like this. This was different. This was the weight of a god.
He slowly walked back to the huge tree that he was supposed to cut down with his axe. He checked the Leviathan Axe that he was carrying and then used the sa axe to chop at the tree. The first movent felt like his brain and muscles didn't connect at all.
He was new to this body, so the first ti was always the hardest. It would take him ti to get used to it. The system had strictly told him to follow the script, just like last ti. He was allowed to interact, for sure, and even make friends, but he could only progress in the story if he followed the script, which the system always helped with—prompts and even dialogue boxes.
Nothing changed this ti either.
He was finally able to chop down the tree, but in doing so, the cloth wraps on his hands fell off a bit. By this ti, his son had returned.
"I found them," he said.
"Get to the boat, BOY," Liam said, as that was the only dialogue prompt. Atreus didn't question him further and went to the boat, while Liam looked at the log of wood.
"Ti to test the truth," Liam thought as he decided to pull up the log. Just like last ti, his muscles refused to coordinate.
"This is going to be a tough journey," Liam thought, as he couldn't imagine playing this ga every day in Give God of War difficulty. Liam didn't imdiately go to the boat but went into the forest to get a basic test of his strength.
He didn't stay in the God of War world for long and was back in his place. He went there to feel the world and also give himself a ntal image of what he was going to face. It was night, so he was sleepy anyway. He had already advised Fury not to disturb him unless absolutely necessary.
And that too, with proper appointnts.
And that was how his days went for the next few weeks.
Wake up. Have a healthy breakfast. Get to God of War. Train to the bone. Co back. Have lunch. Train again. Co back. Have dinner. Sleep. While he did all this, he had to visit Fury twice and help him control the new agents and low-lives who worked for SHIELD. Hydra had no inkling that their ti was now very limited.
"Mom, I will drop out of school."
Liam dropped the bomb after he returned from the 'internship.' It was like a nuclear explosion going off at ho. Though Mason wasn't bothered, Olivia wasn't happy at all. Liam did so after spending a few weeks in the God of War ga. Unlike last ti, the system wasn't helping him with his ntal fatigue and was only concerned with his physical one.
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