the voice

"Is this a joke? Does the system still have bugs?" Alex simply couldn't believe his eyes.

There were about twenty different items to choose from on the list, but what surprised Alex the most was a skill book called shadow dance.

It was a rare grade skill book with a very low drop rate. It was one of the best skill books of that grade, and many people would kill for the opportunity to learn this skill.

Although it paled in comparison to Alex and Emily's original skills, comparing any skill book to those OP skills was fundamentally wrong.

At this stage of the game, even finding an uncommon grade skill book could be considered very lucky. But now, in front of him was one of the most sought-after skill books in the world.

"what is it, Alex? did something good appear?" asked Max.

Alex looked at him, almost forgetting that the person in front of him wasn't his old friend and guild leader, and said, "oh, believe you me, something really good appeared." Then he pointed to the skill book and said, "choose that one first; it will be a fantastic addition to your skills,"

Max didn't even ask what he meant by that and just chose the skill book and gave it to Alex.

"ok, as for the next items, choose this, this, and this," said Alex and pointed at another three items. "the skill book will go to Max since it's best for his class, and the boots will go to Kate since she has an agility based job. As for the recipes, one is a recipe for a common grade strengthening potion which goes to Reyhan, and the other is a cooking recipe which I think is good for aunt Leyla to learn."

"Are you sure about the cooking recipe? Aunt Leyla isn't even a player," said Max.

"don't worry, I have my plans to make her stronger. I'm sure she will love it." Said Alex.

Max didn't say anything more after that, and nobody objected to Alex's distribution. Although most of them had only known him for less than three days, they knew that he wouldn't do something that would harm any of them.

Max took the skill book and looked at its description.

{name: shadow dance type: passive

It will help you move smoothly and without a sound like a shadow.

The effect will increase in dark places and helps you blend with the darkness.}

After reading the skill's description, Max was confused, 'what is so impressive about this skill that made Alex so excited.' And he looked at Alex with a questioning look.

As if he knew what was going through his mind, Alex looked at him and said, "you will know the importance of this skill when it reaches the third tier."

"third tier?" asked Max.

"yes, for skills, every ten levels could be considered a threshold, and after reaching it, they evolve into an improved version of the said skill." Answered Alex.

"what about humans? Can we tier up too?" asked Ryan with a curious look on his face.

"yes, but that's a matter for another time. I will explain it when we all reach level 50." Said Alex and dropped the subject, "for now, let's just move on and look for other beasts to kill and find dungeons."

Three hours later, inside Alex's suit.

"I didn't know finding dungeons was that hard; we didn't even find one after three hours of search," said Leo.

Unfortunately, dungeons often moved places after being cleared a few times, and Alex couldn't memorize all their places; even if he could, he never entered the second reality this early and didn't know of any dungeon location that was appropriate for their levels.

He only chose that location because the system suggested it after Alex searched for a place for level 20 players to grind.

Of course, he knew of some permanent dungeons that didn't change their location even after being cleared thousands of times, but they were all high-level dungeons, and they currently couldn't handle them.

"Indeed it is, but let's forget about that for now; you each leveled up at least twice, and that's enough of a harvest for today; you can go rest now; we will pick it up where we left tomorrow." Said Alex and dismissed them, then he looked at Max and said, now let's go see Aunt Leyla."

Aunt Leyla had already set the table for dinner, so Max, Alex, and Emily joined the others around the table and started eating.

After dinner, the kids went to play, and Alex started explaining his plans to aunt Leyla, "if you choose to become a chef, your food can have different effects on us, such as increased strength and stamina and ….

Unfortunately, you are not at level 20 right now, so I can't give you the one billion needed to choose a worker class job. But what you can do is learn this recipe.

This is a recipe for an uncommon food that will help a person heal faster by 5%. Since you still aren't a chef, the effects will decrease, but it still helps you level up to level twenty. After that, I can transfer the INBs to you, and you can choose your job.

If you agree, of course. There is no pressure in accepting it."

Aunt Leyla listened carefully to Alex's explanations and then asked, "why me? there are still people above level 20 that you can choose from."

"it's just that I don't trust any of them," answered Alex truthfully.

"and you trust me?"

"yes,"

"why?"

"because I trust Max, and he trusts you."

"Why do you trust Max?"

'o my god, like mother like son. No wonder Max has such an annoying personality,' thought Alex but just said, "I have investigated Max before approaching him, and I know him a little bit, and I also trust him to some extent."

"I'm not convinced yet, but ok. I'm happy to be of help."

'oh, thank god, unlike Max, she knows when to stop,' Alex thought and gave her the recipe, "just tell the system that you want to learn it,"

Aunt Leyla did as Alex said, and the next second, as if by magic, the information about the recipe was in his mind.

"How convenient," she said.

"Just wait till you get a job; you can even cook your own recipes then."

After talking some more, Alex went back to his room, laid down on his bed, closed his eyes, and said, activate second reality mode.

He wanted to go back to the jungle and search for a dungeon to make their work easier tomorrow. But when he opened his eyes, he wasn't in the jungle; he wasn't anywhere in fact.

All around him was black space, and he could see nothing but blackness.

Then he heard a woman's voice coming from all around him, "so you are from the future."