The all-knowing Player (Solo Leveling)

Cerberus

I pant heavily, close to collapsing to the ground. Next to me, Jin-Ah is calming down, too. She must have a stitch in the side from having laughed so much.

"We won!" she declares, throwing her arm into the air in a victory posture.

"Only because I let you." her brother points out.

"Tsk, don't be jealous. It's not your fault if Hee-Jin is simply amazing. Don't worry, you're pretty good, too. Just not as much as her."

I can't help but to snicker at his offended expression. I am very tempted to use the status recovery, but if I do, the system won't count my extra distance. I made sure to run two more kilometers so that Jin-Woo will notice that they are counted. A blue window appears in front of him. He stares at it, then at me. He discreetly shows me two fingers. I nod.

"Should we run a bit more?" he proposes.

"Have you seen Hee-Jin's state? There's no way she'll survive it if we continue." his sister protests.

"And whose fault is that?"

"Yours. We wouldn't have done that if you hadn't left us like that."

"You could have gotten off her when you reached me."

"But it was fun." she pouts.

"That's enough." I interrupt them. "I'm fine. We'll just have to make more pauses and be slower. Jin-Ah won't be able to follow us if it's her first time running anyways."

I still remember the first time I had to endure the daily quest. In one word, it was hell. My endurance and speed were so low that I thought that it would never end. On top of that, I did so many pauses that I almost spent more time resting than running. In my defense, I was just waking up from a 3 day long coma after a traumatizing dungeon. On his side, Jin-Woo even refused to do the daily quest and slept all day long.

"Are you sure?" Jin-Ah still hesitates.

"Of course." After all, I already ran 12 km with her on my back. What could 8 more km without any weight represent?

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A lot. It's a lot.

"Urgh." This time, I faceplant on the grass next to the running path without caring about what the siblings might think of me. I have an excuse anyways, they won't blame me.

Jin-Ah sits next to me, panting but with still more energy than me. Her brother crouches next to us to poke my side. "Hey, are you okay?"

I groan. The worst part is that I still have to do the rest of the double daily quest. I thought about doing the extra push-ups, squats and sit-ups before meeting Jin-Woo, but it would have been suspicious. I regret this decision bitterly now. At least, we stopped right next to a working out station, from where some people probably stare at me oddly. I won't have to search around for one.

I turn around, laying on my back and squinting my eyes at the brightness of the sun. I would sleep right here if I could. But now isn't the right moment, so I slowly stand up, ignoring the pain in my legs. At least my lungs aren't burning anymore.

"Do you still want to complete the double daily quest?" Jin-Woo asks quietly enough so that his sister can't hear him.

I nod.

"You should rest a bit before that, otherwise you might collapse." he warns me.

"What, you want to continue?" Jin-Ah opens her eyes widely.