Rise of a Football God

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[You have completed System Daily Quest: Mentality Monster!]

[You have been rewarded with a low-grade physical conditioning elixir!]

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[You have marked a system milestone of completing the daily system quest for more than 1 year!]

[You are eligible for a system reward!]

[Congratulations! You have unlocked bonus reward: High-grade physical conditioning elixir!]

>High-grade physical conditioning elixir: This is a miraculous elixir that is capable of completely eliminating fatigue, making post-match recovery instantaneous. It also accelerates recovery time from injuries<

[Congratulations! You have unlocked bonus reward: High-grade vitality elixir!]

>High-grade vitality elixir: This is a miraculous elixir that is capable of increasing the innate vitality of a football player, granting you more physical resilience to injuries, and also improving your general physicality and stamina<

[NOTE: A high-grade vitality elixir is different from a high-grade vitality fruit!]

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Due to Alex Iwobi's advice yesterday, as soon as Sam got to his hotel room alongside his dad, he took his bath before quickly sleeping.

This was to wake up early the next morning.

The next morning, waking up early, he did his daily ritual, leaving the hotel building and jogging through the streets of Fulham.

Nobody recognized him in the street, a rare privilege that he already forgot how it felt like since he started gaining prominence in Nigeria.

That morning, he didn't just jog, he also jogged to Craven Cottage, Fulham's home stadium very early where he completed his remaining daily system tasks in the stadium gym.

After a long time, the system already changed the name of his daily system quest from getting back in shape to mentality monster.

Waking up early every day to engage in physical activities was not easy, not even for Sam. Afterall, footballers also get holidays, but Sam never got a holiday to rest from his daily system quests since he got his system.

Seeing those notifications though, he was stunned.

It still felt just like yesterday when he got his system and started completing daily system quests, but in the blink of an eye, a whole year already passed.

'I've really come a long way already,' Sam thought, feeling nostalgia.

Staring at the 2 bonus rewards that he got, Sam was hyped. He was hyped due to the description of the 2 high-grade elixirs, but also because of the fact that he still had a vivid recollection of his very first high-grade goodie from the system.

A recurring ankle injury was what almost ruined his budding football career before it even started, but after getting his system, a high-grade goodie from the system was what turned the situation around.

Sam could still vividly remember consuming the high-grade vitality fruit.

He had full trust in anything high-grade from the system, this was the main reason why he was so hyped on seeing the rewards.

'Damn, it pays to be diligent'.

'A befitting price for a mentality monster'.

He kept the high-grade physical conditioning elixir in his inventory. It was another miraculous elixir, but since he didn't have an injury now, he had no use for it. As for the high-grade vitality elixir though, he had an immediate need for it.

Without hesitation, Sam consumed the elixir, and then he felt changes.

There was a hot sensation that started from his chest, before rushing to his abdomen, leaving him burning up. 'F*ck! I shouldn't have ingested it outside!'

Sam clutched his stomach, reeling in pain.

The burning sensation lasted for a few seconds before coming to an end, suddenly disappearing but in those few seconds, Sam became drenched in sweat.

As soon as the sensation disappeared, he heaved a sigh of relief.

And right after, his system lit up with new notifications.

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[You have ingested a high-grave vitality elixir!]

[Your physical constitution has improved!]

[Your pace attribute has increased by +5!]

[Your physicality attribute has increased by +4!]

[Your stamina attribute has increased by +3!]

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Sam's jaws literally dropped in shock.

He was so flabbergasted by what he was seeing that this time, he just could not keep his thoughts to himself. "What the f*ck!" He literally screamed right there in the streets of Fulham.

"What in the name of freaking Christ!"

"This thing can increase my pace?!"

"Damn! Is that even natural? Can pace be increased so easily?!"

"Hey man, keep it down". A bystander complained the next moment, dragging Sam back to the reality that he was not in the streets of Abraka, Delta State, but rather he was now in Fulham, England.

'F*ck!' He cursed in his head before jogging off.

Even as Sam jogged back to the hotel though, he could not take off the image from his system interface that was now stuck in his head.

'What the f*ck!' He kept on cursing in disbelief.

At some point though, he finally stopped, paying attention to his system status again, focusing on his attributes to confirm that he didn't hallucinate.

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[Congratulations! Your overall player rating has increased to 80!]

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Player Attributes:

*Pace: 81

*Shot: 77

*Pass: 80

*Dribbling: 74

*Defending: 38

*Physicality: 70

*Stamina: 84

Overall Rating: 80

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"…!" Sam's eyes opened so wide that it almost seemed like they would just burst and pop out of their sockets.

'Damn! It's real!'

At that moment he felt a yearning, like a drug addict. 'My precious!' He screamed in his mind.

'How can I get more high-grade vitality elixirs?!'

'I want!'

In just one moment, Sam's attributes changed in such a way that they literally became unrecognizable. The same thing for his body; he didn't try it out on a pitch yet but Sam could tell that his body was different.

He looked ahead, an excited gleam in his eyes. Read exclusive chapters at empire

Coming to the English premier league, though Sam had confidence in his abilities, he could not help but feel a little trepidation simply due to the reputation of the league.

If at an overall rating of 78, he still felt some trepidation before, after this increase though, Sam literally oozed confidence.

He grinned, looking forward to today's training. 'Bring it on!'