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nAfter that, I took out several weapons and armour parts that I scavenged from the monsters from the storage space of , placed them in front of Dante, and told him to pick the suitable ones.

nDante was awestruck when he saw them appearing out of nowhere but didn't pry about how I was able to do that.

nHe hesitated for a second before curtly rejecting my offer,

"Please, I couldn't accept these. I am already indebted to you.

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nThen MJ who floated beside me chuckled and said,

"It seems like you misunderstood Master, the reason for offering you Spirit Items is because Master requires three particular armour type Spirit Items, a helmet, a pair of Gauntlets and a pair of Greaves.

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"Thanks to your Innate Talent, you could get a random Spirit Item that you need the most at that moment whenever you kill a new race monster, at the expense of a few Fate Stats. But what you didn't know was that you could select any Spirit Item type you want, instead of letting the system do it for you.

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nUpon hearing what MJ said, Dante was enlightened to find that there was also such a way, and politely bowed as he called him, the 'Great Venerable'.

nI rolled my eyes at the chubby baby, who had a pleased expression on his face.

nBack when MJ taught Dante about the Trial Program's purpose and other necessary things, Dante got curious about MJ's identity and asked him.

nI nodded at MJ, suggesting he reveal himself as a Soul A.I since Dante will be together with us until he finds the Grade-4 Spirit Fruit that I need.

nI didn't worry about him leaking it to others since he couldn't do that, even if he wanted to.

nBecause, I adjusted the 's ability so that if Dante wanted to say anything related to me, except for my name, every other detail about me or MJ would be like a dream that he couldn't remember even when he had it on the tip of his tongue.

nMJ didn't exactly reveal to Dante that he is Soul A.I, and instead, he claimed that he was a 10,000-year-old soul that was once a Tier-8 lifeform.

nIf not for my lack of emotions in the state of Harmony, I would have regretted leaving MJ with Qew during most of the 18-hour rest period after Day-1.

nIt seemed that she spoiled MJ with web novels. I couldn't blame MJ since I even had to read a few of her favourite web novels back when she continuously insisted.

nI listened as MJ made up a story, where his friends backstabbed him, and that he used some life-saving technique to separate his soul from the body on the verge of death.

nMJ continued with his fabricated story that he then drifted in space for an unknown amount of time before getting sucked into a wormhole and ended up in the Trial World, where he found me.

nAlso as time passed MJ's soul grew weaker, and when he was about to dissipate, the Day-1 of the Trial Program led me into finding MJ and forming a contract with me in exchange for MJ's help for revenge on those that backstabbed him.

nThe chubby baby even portrayed several emotions that matched the character description in his made-up story.

nWith that, Dante didn't even question the loopholes in the story and even scolded those imaginary backstabbing friends.

nFrom MJ's poker face, I could tell that he was trying to control himself from bursting into laughter.

nAfter hearing the entire story, I was sure that MJ also went through the same web novel that Qew once made me read.

nSince Dante bought MJ's story, I didn't correct it.

nAfter that, I mentioned my 'Third Condition'. It was to provide me with the specific armour type Spirit Items required for upgrading the .

nSince '1 Fate Stat' will be consumed every time he kills a new race monster to reward a suitable Spirit Item, I asked him to choose anything from my Spirit Item collection to cover the losses.

nLike the previous time, he accepted my third condition without any hesitation. After I mentioned that it was a part of the third condition, Dante chose a few of the Spirit Items I brought out from my ring's storage space.

nHe selected four Common grade Spirit Items including a chest armour, a pair of wrist guards, a belt, and a Bow.

nUnder MJ's suggestion, Dante accepted the Safety Mode notification when he bonded with them.

nWith those Spirit Items Stats added periodically, it would take three hours before it ends.

nThe best way to get adjusted to those improvement stats was to train in some Weapon Mastery.

nUnlike me, Dante didn't have any martial arts training or any considerable fighting experience beforehand.

nJust in case of emergencies, where Dante has to defend himself against monsters, I told him to first train his instead of .

nSince the space within the underground maze centre was not suitable for training with Bow and arrows.

nEveryone has to gain some kind of mastery to satisfy the Tier Evolution requirements. It can be either Elemental Mastery or Weapon Mastery or Martial Mastery.

nThat's usually the case for those Elemental, Weapon, and Martial Category Innate Talents.

nAs for Variant and Unique Category ones, the Mastery depends on their Innate Talents.

nBut, unlike the other four, the Unique Category Innate Talents doesn't give knowledge on how to reach higher levels of Mastery.

nThe best example for that was Dante since he gained 'Fate Mastery' once he got some understanding of how to use Fate.

nWhen he gained Lv.1, he didn't receive any knowledge to help him reach higher levels in .

nDante has to learn how to level up his by himself.

nBut with having many Fate Stats to expend along with MJ helping Dante on the various uses of Fate Stats, increasing his wouldn't be much of an issue.

nAccording to that logic, I should be having something like , but for some reason, I didn't have that.

nAfter that, I had MJ project the virtual map that he scouted in the past 9 hours.

nWithin that map, an area of 30 sq.km was shown in great detail. But my goal was to create a complete map of the 10,000 sq.km area of the Trial Zone we were in.

nI had MJ re-enter the Hobgoblin Shaman's Corpse and sent him to scout the terrain and expand the virtual map.

nFollowing that, I started training in with the two-handed Greatsword as my stamina made a complete recovery.

n4 hours passed since then, and my reached Stage-2 as it increased from Lv.1 to Lv.11.

nOther than me, Dante also managed to reach Stage-2 in his .

nUnlike me, Dante didn't have high Stamina to keep up with the non-stop training.

nHe wanted to rest, but instead of that, I had him eat the to see if he could gain Achievement Title like me it worked.

nThese kinds of information on how to gain Achievement Titles would later be beneficial to my family and even the entire humanity once the system assimilates with the Earth.

nJust then, Hobgoblin MJ's voice reverberated in my mind,

"Master, right now I am 23 kilometres from your location, and nearby me there is a battle ongoing between a group of Alpha Chosen and a few monsters. Master, look at the real-time projection I am sending you now.

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nI knew that eventually Hobgoblin MJ' might come across the other Alpha Chosen, but I didn't think that would be so soon.

nThen, my vision changed into Hobgoblin MJ's point of view.

nFrom the angle of the view, I could tell that 'Hobgoblin MJ' observed their clash from a treetop that was 100 meters away.

nFrom MJ, I learned that the race of the monsters in the clash was 'Shadow Leopards'. There were 6 of them with four being High-Phase Tier-1 monsters.

nEach of those Lesser Shadow Leopard's skin was so dark that they resembled a shadow. If it was dark, it's hard to notice them even if they were close.

nExcept for their bright yellow irises, the remaining portion of the eyes was dark like their skin.

nIt's hard for those who don't have Night Vision Skill to notice them in darkness even if they are close.

nUnlike the leopards on earth, they were as large as an adult horse.

nBut they were considered small compared to the other two Tier-2 Greater Shadow Leopards.

nOne of them was in the Low-phase (Lv.11 to Lv.15) of Tier-2, and It was a bit larger than the Dire Wind Wolf which stood 1.8 meters tall and 3 meters long.

nThe other Greater Shadow Leopard was in the High-Phase (Lv.21 to Lv.25) of Tier-2. It stood at 2.2 meters in height and 3.5 meters long.

nA characteristic that all of them had in common was their long and sharp canines protruding from their jaws.

nEven under the combined attack of those monsters, those three Alpha Chosen were able to hold their ground against them.

nThere were four in total, but the other three were protecting someone in a shiny crystal Orb.

nI could tell that the person in it was undergoing evolution since I have been through one myself.

nBut it was clear that they cannot hold on much longer.

nI recognised all of them with one look since I went through the information MJ gathered on the other 10 Earth's Alpha Chosen, during the 18-hour rest period.

nWhat caught my interest was the battle prowess of that male Alpha Chosen.

nWhen I thought back to what he used to do for a living and his identity, I was not at all ashamed to admit losing to him if our combat instincts and experience were taken into consideration.

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nSorry for delaying this chapter for a day.

nTo make up for that, I am giving one advanced chapter (Chapter 50: A group of Alpha Chosen vs monsters.) for free in Earth Alpha Prime's discord server.

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