Demonic Pornstar System novel Chapter 308

Chapter 308: End of Normal

Still, the numbers didn’t make the memories vanish. Aria had lost her arm in that dungeon. Nyx had been a hair away from death. If not for healers, if not for their emergency retreat option, things could’ve ended horribly. Leon’s example burned fresh in Kaiden’s mind. The parasite invasion combined with the lack of an escape route made him experience true agony and misery.

Risk equaled reward, yes. But it also equaled the chance of losing someone irreplaceable.

He felt a knot in his chest. He couldn’t—wouldn’t—exchange even one of his women for the entire universe. Stats were good. Artifacts were good. But their lives? That was non-negotiable. It was time to start making smarter calls about which dungeons they tackled.

With that sobering thought, his gaze moved back to his sheet.

[Stats]

{Vitality: 60}

{Strength: 68 → 78}

{Agility: 67 → 77}

{Endurance: 62 → 72}

{Mana: 40 → 50}

{Magic: 40 → 50}

Kaiden’s eyes lingered on the translucent numbers only he could see, lost in the weight of his own decisions, until Liam’s voice cut through.

"You really are a superhuman now."

The words weren’t said with admiration alone. Liam’s wry smile held a shadow of something else. Dejection, maybe even envy.

Kaiden blinked out of his trance and glanced at him, only to notice the bar in his hands. At some point, Liam had used his distraction to load on far more plates than before. Yet his arms moved with the same steady rhythm, muscles flexing but not straining, his breaths calm. Kaiden hadn’t even noticed the difference.

He paused mid-rep, holding the bar still. Then, with a quiet sigh, he eased it back onto the rack. "Yeah," he said, rubbing his palms together. "That’s what I came here to tell you. I’ve got to start treating my body like an awakened’s now. Normal human training... it won’t do anything for me anymore."

Liam’s face softened. He leaned back against the bench, arms crossed, and gave a slow nod. "I figured as much." His tone was understanding, but the weight behind it made the air turn bittersweet.

Kaiden studied him for a moment, then asked, "Do you ever wish you could’ve awakened?"

Liam chuckled at first, but there wasn’t much humor in it. "That’s an irrelevant question. I’m past the age. Door’s closed."

"Even so," Kaiden pressed, "theoretical questions can be fun to explore."

For a moment, Liam didn’t respond. His gaze shifted downward, fixed on the polished floor beneath them. A long sigh escaped him, heavy with unspoken things.

"Truth is that at first, I was jealous of you. Not because of your... harem or the pornstar thing. But because you became this." He gestured broadly at Kaiden. "A real superhuman. Look at me..." he flexed his arm almost unconsciously, his physique as solid as a statue. "I worked harder than any man I know to get here. Years of sweat and pain. And then a nerdy twenty-two-year-old who barely touched a dumbbell..." He shook his head with a laugh that wasn’t quite bitter, but close. "You surpassed everything I could do in weeks. That’s the gap between awakened and us normies. And I hated it."

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