{In the tower, hypertrophy isn't the way to get stronger. It is much simpler than that. all you've gotta do is to push yourself to your limits.}{Now do push-ups and don't stop. You have to push your limits now go!}

Arthur started doing pushups in a proper form. It wasn't hard at first but when he did 50 of them his hand started to feel pain and the speed of his pushups started to get slower. "Hup!"As he was nearing 81 pushups he realized that he couldn't do more but he pushed himself.

[+1 STRENGTH]

"Huh? That's it? I became stronger just like that?"

{That's how you increase your stats here, break your limits, or level up. Simple as that. I advise you to use weights and only focus on strength for now.}

Arthur did weighted pushups by putting heavy objects on his back to increase the weight of his pushups so he could get to his limits faster and get his strength points faster. But there were times when his muscle tore up so badly that he couldn't even move causing him to need to rest.

[+1 STRENGTH]

[+1 STRENGTH]

[+1 STRENGTH]

[+1 STRENGTH]

…

20 days later…

[STRENGTH: 463]

Arthur's strength stat compared to his other stat was very unbalanced. But Arthur decided to listen to his father and not change anything about it.

{You should be strong enough now…}

Arthur pulled out the heavy stone sword from his inventory.

"Hmmm? It isn't heavy anymore?"

Arthur could now swing the sword effortlessly without much effort.

"I feel like I could destroy anything."

Arthur was now very strong and since he didn't need more strength he decided to balance out his stats.

He started to run around the cave and when he reached his limit…

[STAMINA +1]

[STAMINA +1]

[STAMINA +1]

[STAMINA +1]

[STAMINA +1]

…

"WHY IS MY SPEED NOT INCREASING!!!"

Arthur has been running in circles for hours but the only stat that was increasing was stamina. And he didn't get much help from the diary either.

"This sucks…But extra stamina isn't bad either. So he ran in circles while carrying weights.

[STAMINA +1]

[STRENGTH +1]

[STAMINA +1]

[STRENGTH +1]

[STAMINA +1]

[STRENGTH +1]

…

9 days later…

The faceless tutorial staff returned to check up on Arthur. "Mr. VIP! What happened to you?"

"Huh" "Why do you look like a skeleton that is about to drop dead any time now?"

Arthur didn't understand what the faceless creature was babbling about. "What are you talking about man? Stop talking rubbish-.."

*growl*

His stomach started growling and he realized what happened.

"I forgor 💀"

"You forgot to eat???!!!"

"How the heck does a human forget how to eat? Eating is not even a skill and you forgot about it?! Even Elves who are elegant and abstain from eating occasionally still never forget to eat. And you say that you forgot to eat?hgdhfr9fuhrbf"

"Hey, chill. There is no need to get so angry, it is your fault for not giving me food. You left me to starve here!"

"There are piles of bread everywhere in this cave! Go eat now! If something happens to you and you die in the tutorial I will get demoted to Tower Lackey so please take care of yourself! Jeez!"

"Fine fine"

"Anyways, 99 players will be joining this cave for the tutorial in about 8 hours, so get ready."

"I thought everyone in this universe will be joining?"

"We have different caves dummy. We can't fit a universe full of humanoids in this small cave, can we?"

"I see." Arthur scratched his head.

The tutorial staff stared at Arthur.

"Crap. You had to mess up the Towers balance did you?"

"What did I do??"

"Your strength is almost reaching 600 and your stamina is at 263. You already messed up the Towers balance by bringing your insanely high-level talking ability and now this? Dang it man I can't have one peaceful day here."

"Sorry. I'm just a little kid following his father's dying request."

"By the way…you know you could make your armor invisible right. Just say "Hide armor"

"Hide armor"

Suddenly the baggy armor disappeared.

"Where did it go"

"It's on you. You just can see it."

"Cool," Arthur looked surprised.

A few hours passed and the timer appeared.

60 seconds…59 seconds...

After the timer ended the once empty cave was suddenly filled with humans that had the tutorial's shabby clothing.

"Ahhh where am I?"

"Waaaa papa!mama!"

"What the heck! The traffic jam has delayed me and now this!? Boss is gonna be so angry at me!"

Most of the people who teleported here were shocked. Some of them were separated from their family members.

But some knew what was going on. They were the hardcore losers.

"Hehehe, I know what is going on…" A nerdy-looking kid whispered.

"Wuahaha my hours of reading manhwas and reading light novels have finally paid off!!!" A fat kid shouted.

"Welcome contestants! I will be guiding you all and helping you to pass the tutorial!"The tutorial staff said with a loud voice while floating mid-air.

"Ahhh a ghost!"

"Why is Slenderman here? This is not the system that I signed up for!"

"Ahhh Shaytan!"

"It's satan! It's satan I tell you." A grandma shouted.

"I don't think Satan is white, to be honest. I think he is uhh you know, not white?" An old white man randomly said.

"Shut up gramps. No time for your sketchy beliefs here"

"Enough" The Tutorial Staff shouted.

" This tower is where you could get stronger by leveling up and climbing each floor in this tower. Each floor is divided into two separate sections. The first is the gate and the second is the locus. The gate is where you will have to fight to pass and qualify to enter the locus where you could live and stay there with no penalty. If you reach the 100th floor you could get one of your wishes granted. There are humans from your world, other worlds in other parts of the universe, titans, elves, and demons as players. Now you are in the tutorial, pass the tutorial and you can go to the first floor. If you die here, well…you die. Now you have weapons all around you and armor that can protect you. There is also enough food here. You have 5 days to pass the tutorial."

"Now for the part that some of you have been waiting for, please say "Status"."

The crowd followed his instruction.

"Yeahhhhh!!!!" The bunch of losers and weebs shouted.

Suddenly a portal opened in the middle of the cave.

"If you are ready! Just pass through the portal to go straight to the tutorial."