It's now Monday morning, and I wake up later than I usually do. Today, things are different than most other weekdays. Last night while trying to sleep I thought about dropping out of school to be able to concentrate better on preparing myself for the first wave. I get dressed and start making my way to school. Once at school, I go straight to the principal's office and explain to him that I'd like to drop out, he looks blankly at me and nods. Since I don't have a legal guardian, a parent doesn't need to sign, therefore my signature is the only thing that is required. I give them back the paperwork and walk out of the school. On my way out of the school, I see Brad messing with some kids. He stares at me and orders me to go to him. I look back the other way and keep walking. I take one last glimpse to see his angered face. It was the first time someone disregarded his order and he was frustrated about it. Once I make it home I go back to bed and wake up about 2 hours later. I get out of bed and eat breakfast with Bee. Throughout the day I do the same exercises as usual and eat the same thing as every other day. A few weeks went by, and after doing the same thing for the past 2 weeks I noticed a big difference in my stats. In two weeks my stats have gone up.

Aoi Stats:

Strength 5 - 9

Agility 3 - 10

Mana 3

Intellect 5

Bee’s stats:

Strength 1 - 3

Agility 2 - 4

Mana 1

Intellect 1

When I first started working out, I was able to raise my stats by two for the first day, and ever since it's been much more difficult to increase my stats. Something I've noticed is that every time my stats go up it becomes two times more difficult to increase it. For instance, if it took me 1 day to grow my strength stat by one, then it would now take 2 full days to increase my strength stat. Same thing for the rest of the stats. The same morning I got a notification stating I had 7 months, 13 days, and 14 hours left before the First wave. Three months and a half went by, My stats are now.

Aoi Stats:

Strength 9 - 12

Agility 10 - 12

Mana 3

Intellect 5

Bee’s stats:

Strength 3 - 5

Agility 4 - 5

Mana 1

Intellect 1

After 3 and a half months, my growth started to significantly slow down. My Stat power level is now 36. If I consider the pace that I have currently, I expect to end up with a total power level of approximately 40 by the time the first wave occurs. Since having started to work out I have increased my strength significantly, when it comes to weight lifting I am currently able to curl 150 lbs. When it comes to endurance and agility I can run for 1 hour straight without needing a break. In that 1 hour I can run the distance of a half marathon, which is on par with the world record. When it comes to calisthenics I have increased my joint mobility by a lot. I am easily able to control my body weight and movements. The biggest and I believe the thing that is the most important has made a lot more progress than I expected. Jujitsu, raking, and mixed martial arts, while practicing these I also decided to learn to fight with katanas. Initially, I started learning to fight with only one Sword however I recently decided to learn to use two katanas. While practicing weaponry and martial arts, I noticed my information in the system had increased. I now have new techniques. These are:

Raking F rank

Jujitsu F rank

Mix Martial Arts F rank.

Duel wield E rank.

I have decided I will prioritize dual-wielding, so I will be capable of obtaining a mage class and still be able to fight in close quarters. I now have 4 months left to prepare.

3 months and 3 weeks go by, There is one week before the first wave begins. The first thing noted last week was that I now have the countdown 24/7 apart from that nothing has changed. My final stats before the beginning of the battle have reached.

Aoi stats:

Strength 12

Agility 12 - 13

Mana 3

Intellect 5 - 7

Bee’s stats:

Strength 3 - 4

Agility 4 - 5

Mana 1

Intellects 1

My Stat Power level has made it to 39, Unfortunately, I won't be able to increase them anymore because for the last week, I need to create a plan, I must figure out where I want to be for the Fight. I also need to procure canned food to last for the first few months of the apocalypse. The most reliable place I could think of was at school, since there is a grocery store nearby. The school equally has a good layout as a base if we can beat the first wave. For food, I will be bringing a full bag of food to last the first few days. The following days I will need to make my way to the store. For the next few days, I ran around and picked up as much food as possible. I also purchased essential supplies for first aid and things we might end up needing like rope.

It's currently the day of, I have 2 hours left. Before leaving for school, I stop at the grocery store next to it and look for sections and things that might be useful. Regrettably, I couldn't find anything that could be important for now, so I analyzed the area and looked for hiding spots in case of an emergency. I now have 1 hour and a half left. I head over to school. The first wave will begin during lunch. It's currently the second period, so I have a bit of time to set up a safe room and a secure location to fight. Since I don't know where the monsters are gonna come from, and I'm not aware of the type of beasts that are gonna show up. Because of my magic abilities, I’ve decided I will be fighting in an open area; I have decided to practice using my energy conductor ability. For now, it doesn't have much power because of the lack of mana, however my intellect has increased. Because my mana increased I am more precise with my utility of the skill. While practicing my skill I was able to increase its rank to E rank. For now, the two most basic things I can do is create an area of either heat or cold. The more I concentrate on a single area the warmer or colder it gets. The bigger the area of effect is the less heat or cold it produces. The ideal area that I have chosen to fight in is the cafeteria since it has two entrances which limits the amount of enemies, and because of its openness. I leave my things in the cafeteria. Unfortunately, I don't have a weapon to fight with since I couldn't buy katanas as a regular citizen. The final countdown begins. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1,