My Seven Wives in One Body and Me, her Manager-Chapter 110: Dimensional Training Room and New Troublesome Skill ?
That night, after returning to the apartment, Dennis stayed by Daisy’s side in the bedroom until she fell asleep. Their apartment was still shrouded in darkness because the city remained stationary, anchored next to Onyx City in the waters off the Antarctic continent— the very heart of the darkness. Dennis quietly slipped out of the room, his body wrapped in a blanket against the cold and carrying a portable lamp. He opened the door slowly and shut it without a sound, then made his way over to sit on the sofa. Once there, he immediately pulled up his interface to look over his skills once more.
[Do you want to try it, master? Aren’t you tired?]
"Yeah, I’m not tired, and I can’t sleep because I’m curious. I want to try it," Dennis replied.
[Very well, master.]
Dennis immediately activated his skill. He felt his surroundings distort instantly, and he arrived in a vast space with transparent grid-like walls displaying the deep reaches of outer space—complete with stars, galaxies, nebulae, and a profound, heavy silence. Dennis spun around, looking at everything in awe; he was in a holographic room that felt nothing like a hologram, standing in the middle of a vacuum.
"Wow... this is interesting," Dennis muttered, looking around with a smile.
Then, with a "vwooong," an interface screen appeared in front of him. Dennis immediately read it:
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Quest List:
1. Exterminate 200 Bug Crawlers rank E. [Do the quest? [YES] [NO]]
2. ???
3. ???
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"Hmm... so the training is quest-based," Dennis muttered as he read the interface.
[Correct, master. Press YES to begin.]
"Alright," Dennis replied.
Dennis pressed YES, and the interface vanished instantly. A dimensional rift tore open in front of him, and about 20 Bug Crawlers swarmed out, charging directly at him. Dennis was more than ready—he was actually smiling as he lunged forward to counterattack. After wiping out the first 20 Bug Crawlers, another 20 appeared, continuing until all 200 were killed and the dimensional rift disappeared. Then, the interface screen flickered back to life.
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Quest List:
1. Exterminate 200 Bug Crawlers rank E. [Completed] [Repeat? [YES] [NO]]
2. Exterminate 150 Tusk Crawlers rank D. [Do the quest? [YES] [NO]]
3. ???
4. ???
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Dennis looked at his screen and thought, 150 tusk crawlers would be a bit tough to take on alone, and he clearly needed Daisy’s help to fight them. But since Daisy was asleep, he ended up repeating the first quest and fought another 200 bug crawlers until they were finished, even laughing out loud because he was so happy. After repeating it three times, he sat down weakly, completely out of breath. His chest was heaving and he was gasping for air, but a smile remained on his face as he looked up, staring at the outer space above him. While he was dazed and still panting, "vwooong," his status screen opened.
[Total Exp point: 450,000 points.]
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Character Profile:
Name : Dennis Larson.
Race : High Human.
Class : Barbarian
Level : 55 -> 58 (72,500 / 140,000 -> 147,500)
Health : 18,300 / 29,500 -> 31,500.
Stamina (SP): 6,000 / 11,000 -> 16,000.
Strength : 40,200 -> 42,300.
Agility : 39,200 -> 41,300.
Dexterity : 39,400 -> 41,500.
Constitution : 40,200 -> 42,300.
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[New Manager skill: Create Roster Clone (Gained at level 58).]
Seeing that he had gained a new manager skill, Dennis immediately perked up, his heart pounding with excitement. He opened the description and sat cross-legged inside his holographic training room.
"Wow... got a new manager skill," Dennis muttered in his head while panting.
[Correct, master. The final skill within the Talent Manager.]
"Alright, I’m going to read the description first," Dennis replied.
[Um... master, for this new skill, it would be best if you didn’t use it carelessly.]
Of course, Dennis, who had started reading the description, ignored Sami’s voice in his head. As he felt his body begin to grow weak because his adrenaline was starting to fade,
"Sami, how do I get out of here? I’m starting to get tired," Dennis asked.
[Just press NO on the quest screen, master.]
Without delay, Dennis pressed NO to cancel the quest, and then a screen reappeared in front of his face.
[Do you want to exit the training room? [YES] [NO]]
Dennis pressed YES, and in an instant, he was back in his living room, sitting on the sofa with his status interface open. After that, Dennis looked around and realized he had returned to the real world, but he suddenly felt his body grow weary, as if he had just finished a serious workout at the gym. He stood up and walked to the fridge to grab some water, drinking deeply because he was exhausted.
He tossed aside his blanket since his body was drenched in sweat and felt much warmer than before, so he no longer felt the cold—especially with the space heater helping out. As he looked at his interface screen, "gruyuuuk," his stomach growled. He immediately clutched his midsection.
"Man... first I was sweaty and thirsty, now I’m starving. That training session was no joke," Dennis muttered in his head.
Then he looked at the wall clock, which already showed it was two in the morning. It turned out he had been inside the training room for two hours, running the first quest three times and fighting 600 bug crawlers alone. He set down his water bottle, went to the fridge, and grabbed some ingredients. He began cooking for himself in the darkness, lit only by the portable lamp while whistling a cheerful tune.
After he finished cooking, he sat at the dining table and enjoyed his meal after stripping off his damp clothes. He watched the interface as it replayed footage of him fighting the 800 bug crawlers inside the training room.
"Turns out I’m pretty strong, huh, hehe," Dennis muttered in his head while digging into his pasta and fried chicken.
Once he finished eating and washed his dishes, he went into the hallway bathroom so he wouldn’t disturb his sleeping wife while he washed up and cleaned his body. Then he came out fully dressed while drying his hair with a towel. He walked back to the sofa and sat down.
When he was done drying his hair, he just sat there in a daze, staring at the portable lamp illuminating the coffee table and letting his exhaustion wash over him. Now that his adrenaline had faded and his stomach was full, he started to feel his body aching all over.
"Huaah,"
Dennis yawned as he started to get sleepy and his eyes began to grow heavy. But before he could fall into a deep sleep, he sat up straight again and shook his head, then turned to look at his interface screen once more. Sleepiness mixed with curiosity, and since he already understood his new skill after reading the description, he activated it without a second thought and waited.
"Huh... nothing’s happening... whatever, I’ll try again tomorrow," Dennis muttered.
Without waiting any longer, Dennis, who was leaning against the comfortable sofa, settled back and closed his eyes. He drifted off to dreamland in an instant, snoring loudly from sheer exhaustion.
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The next morning, even though the room and the world outside remained dark, "honey, my husband, love, sugar, hon, baby, dear," Dennis heard many voices calling out to him. He opened his eyes slowly, but they immediately bulged and started blinking. The reason was that he saw seven Daisies: starting from the primary Daisy, number two with red eyes and fangs, number three with long ears, number four with cat ears and a tail, number five with dragon horns, number six with green skin and yellow eyes, and number seven with angel wings behind her.
They were all standing in front of him, their faces right in front of his with wide smiles, and every single one of them was completely naked.
"Huh... what... what’s going on?" Dennis asked in his head, confused and shocked.
[Your skill to create a roster clone, master—and of course, all the mistresses have come out now because they each have their own body.]
"Huh... I thought it didn’t work last night," Dennis muttered.
[I told you not to use it carelessly last night, so please listen to me next time.]
"Huh... when I used it you stayed quiet, what gives?" Dennis replied.
[Since it was already used and you went straight to sleep, what could I even say?]
"Uuuuh... so this is my fault?" Dennis asked.
[Of course, master; you are the only one who can be blamed.]
Before Dennis could even respond, "honey, my husband, love, sugar, hon, baby, dear," the seven Daisies—who now had physical forms—immediately lunged at Dennis all at once, flipping the sofa he was sitting on the moment they saw he was awake. Dennis was completely overwhelmed, looking at the seven wives in his arms with a look of pure horror.
After that, the seven Daisies took turns kissing Dennis, making it impossible for him to move as he struggled just to catch his breath, still pinned down beneath all of them.
"Ugh... Sami... can this skill be canceled?" Dennis asked in his head, completely overwhelmed.
[Look above their heads.]
Dennis glanced at the heads of Daisies number two through seven, who were still taking turns—and sometimes together—showering him with kisses. It turned out there was a small holographic screen displaying a countdown for 30 days, or exactly one month.
"Huh... so... they’re out here for a month?" Dennis asked in his head.
[Yes, that’s why I told you to be careful. Now you have to deal with this because you promised your wife to keep the secret of her personalities, and if they’re all out, there’s obviously going to be a problem. You surely understand what I mean.]
Dennis went silent and gave in. He just stared at the cheerful faces of the six Daisies who had just appeared and the face of the primary Daisy, who looked thrilled because the friends who used to only exist in her head were now out here with her. "Crap... total crap. This is going to give me a massive headache," Dennis muttered to himself.
