Chapter 42 - Awakening MJ’s Battle Form
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nA minute ago, I only had 400 overall Stats in my
nUsually, when I gained Looted Stats while I was in
nBut among those 324* Looted Stats, only 190* of them were automatically added. As for the other 134* Looted Stats, they remained in the Undistributed Looted Stats.
nWhen that happened, I even received a notification saying that in
nSince my overall Stats in my
nThe only way to increase the Looted Stats I could use in
nWith 645* Looted Stats, each of my 5 main Attributes in
nSince all my Stats were equal with 129* Looted Stats, I experienced True Time Perception, which allows me to experience 12.9 seconds for every standard passing second.
nWith MJ insisting me to look at Dante's Status, I used my Lv.1
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nDante (Lesser Human - Male)
nLv.3 (Low-Phase, Tier-1)
nStrength - 14
nAgility - 13
nVitality - 8
nEndurance - 10
nSpirit - 15
nHealth - 6
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nStamina - 40
/50
nSpirit Energy - 75
/75
nFate - 81.67
nINNATE TALENT: ????
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nMJ went full-on 'professor mode' and gave me a lecture. The necessary details were that the Universe is made up of Laws and what the System does was to quantify those Laws in the form of Attributes, Masteries and Skills.
nAll these Laws are categorised according to their rarity. As for the details of rarity, even MJ couldn't learn about them without a higher Tier System access.
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nIn short, Fate is one of the top rarest Laws of the Universe. To obtain even a single Fate Stat, the requirement is equally high.
nIt was to increase one's Stats in the Luck Attribute to 1000 and be recognised by the Fate Law itself.
nBut obtaining Luck Stats was easier said than done since the Spirit Items and Achievement Titles that increase one's Luck Stats are hard to get.
nEven if someone manages to obtain 1000 Luck Stats, they still have to get Fate Law's recognition, which was even harder.
nHe said that even Higher Tier Beings desperately search for Luck imbued Spirit items just so that they could satisfy one of the two requirements to convert their Luck Stats into Fate Stats.
nBecause Fate has the power to change the course of a life and death situation in the last moment.
nJust from this fact alone, I could tell how hard it was to obtain Fate Stats.
nBut the one in front of me has more than 80 Fate Stats when he was just in Tier-1.
nMJ speculated that Dante must have had over 8000 Luck Stats even before assimilation with the System.
nWith his Luck Attribute exceeding 1000 Stats, it was considered as Fate Attribute.
nIn turn, this meant that he doesn't have luck at all, and every Life form that manages to gain Fate Attribute experience a common problem.
nIt was the lack of Luck as all of their Luck Stats were converted into Fate Stats.
nAt their Tier level, it won't be much of a problem with having no luck.
nWhen he was not even assimilated with the System, Dante experienced a lot of discrimination because everyone mistook his lack of luck that he brought misfortune to those around him.
nBack when I went through the CCTV footage recordings that showed Dante before every accident he has ever been in.
nThe pattern I found was that he doesn't cause any of the accidents or bring any misfortunes. Instead, he walks into every accident or a misfortunate situation near him without him even knowing that.
nEvery decision he makes leads him to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. It was the effect of having no luck when everyone around has some amount of Luck stats.
nBy looking at his injuries, I could tell, if he wasn't treated for an extended period of time, there were chances that he might die.
nWith my Spirit Attribute being at 129* Stats, my critical thinking and thought-processing speed reached unprecedented heights.
nIn just a few seconds, I went over many scenarios about dealing with Dante, along with the repercussions of every single scenario.
nOne of them was me even killing him to Loot his unknown Unique Category Innate Talent.
nWith the Harmony state that I was in, I wouldn't bat an eye even if I were to do that.
nBut the repercussions of that scenario were the same as losing myself to the allure of power but what I wanted was for the true power to be within my control.
nOn top of that, once I come out of the state of Harmony, all my suppressed emotions would rush at me along with the guilt of taking the life of a good human just for my personal gain.
nIt would then lead me towards a darker path.
nAnother scenario was to save Dante using the sap of the
nSince I know about Dante's life from the information MJ gathered on all the Alpha Chosen, I am sure that once he recovers, he will request me, if not beg me to save the restaurant owner Roberto that he considers as a father figure.
nThen, if I were to help him, he would be greatly indebted to me.
nSo, I chose to save him, and with MJ's suggestion, I gave him no more than 3 drops at once. He needs 9 more in the next 3 hours for full recovery since Dante only has 8 Stats in his Vitality Attribute.
nHis burnt skin slowly started to heal at a visible rate as his Health increased in his
nAs for my
nLess than a minute passed since I entered
nSo, I intended to awaken MJ's Battle mode.
nWith the 134* Undistributed Looted Stats in
nBut MJ stopped me before I could do that and asked me to wait until I gathered more Looted Stats to gain more Looted Stats directly offer 100% of my overall Stats in
nSupposedly, a hidden perk would be added to Battle Form when 100% of a Soul A.I's owner is offered right from the beginning.
nI searched for any monsters nearby before the
nMeanwhile, I also stored all the Spirit Items used by those monsters in my
nAmong them most were Common Grade Spirit Items with few Uncommon Grade ones. But, I didn't form a bond with any of them and left that process for later.
nI found a cave entrance from which I heard squeaks with my enhanced auditory senses in the next minute.
nThe cave turned out to be a maze, and within that were monsters called Cannibal Rats.
nIt didn't take long for me to clear every single Cannibal Rat, including the Tier-2 Cannibal Blood Rat that stayed within the Underground Maze centre.
nWith killing such many Rat monsters, my level increased by 3 Levels and reached Lv.20.
nMoreover, I received another Achievement Title with Hunter in its name.
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nLesser Rodent Hunter (Common)
nEffect 1: All the lesser Rodent Race will fear you and Higher races of Rodent Species will be aggressive towards you.
nEffect 2: Damage towards Rodent Species increases by 10%.
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nFrom MJ, I learned that to receive an Achievement Title, one had to kill a Monster that was at least a Phase higher or another way was to kill many monsters that were in the lower Tier.
nThat was the reason why I gained Achievement Titles,
nBecause, by the time I killed other Mid-Phase Tier-2 Monsters, my Level increased from killing many Tier-1 monsters, which resulted in me reaching Mid-Phase of Tier-2.
nAs for my Undistributed Looted Stats, they increased from 134* to 342*.
nAmong them, I offered 215* Looted Stats and awakened MJ's Battle Form.
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nAn A.I entity formed from the System and a part of the host's soul.
nName: MJ
nSystem access level: Grade-4 (Epic)
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nA new Perk 'Corpse Integration' was added for awakening 'Battle Form' due to Soul A.I Owner's extra Stats.
nUpon integrating, a constant transfer link of 100% of the owner's overall stats.
nBattle Form Perks:
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nI took a quick peek at the information of the new Perk of MJ's Battle Form.
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nAbility to integrate with any Species Corpse and turn it into the Soul A.I's physical body.
nRequirements: The corpse shouldn't be older than 24 hours.
nCorpse Integration Slots: 5
nCost: Sacrifice Undistributed Looted Stats equal to the Owner's overall Stats in
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nEven to use the
nThat might be a problem for anyone else but not for me since I could use Looted Stats instead of normal Stats.
nI intended to merge with the loot that I obtained from the monsters I killed in the last 10 minutes. But I didn't feel secure as I will be left vulnerable during the merging process.
nEven though I intended to save Dante, I didn't strike out the possibility of him trying to kill me when I would be left vulnerable during the merging process for the sap of
nSo, as an insurance, I went back to the location where the corpses of the monsters were spread around and let MJ choose one of them to use the
nMJ turned into a green streak of light and integrated with a monster's corpse. In a few seconds, all its fatal wounds healed, and MJ in the body of a monster stood in front of me as he greeted me.
nWith MJ guarding me, I didn't worry about Dante, who was just Lv.3. But if he really tries to kill me, I will end him, regardless of how high his Fate was
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