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"Well, I guess that's settled..." Shinto sighed. "Moving onto the next thing, I've got to check out your stats and abilities."

"I promise you, I'm a fully capable fighter! So I won't disappoint in that aspect!" Kon said confidently.

"I see, that's good to note then," he nodded his head as he soon mumbled out a word. "Status Window," he said whilst looking at Kon.

[ Shadow Minion's Profile ]

Name: Kon (NPC)

Race: Shade's Race

Level: 5

Class: Shadow Fox

-Class Attribute-

*The shadow of the fox, one who offered themselves to serve the Shadow Diviner. When the class 'Shadow Fox' is partied together with the 'Shadow Diviner' certain bonuses will be attained: +20% Damage Increase / +10% Movement Speed / +5% INT. (Effect only applies to the Shadow Fox when the Shadow Diviner or the Shadow Fox manually adds them to the party.)

-Titles-

[Shadow of The Fox]

*INT +20 / AGI +15 / WIS +5 when in the near vicinity of the Shadow Diviner.

*INT +15 / Damage is increased by 5% when in the near vicinity of any of Shadow Diviner's allies or servants. (Effect does not stack.)

-Stats-

HP: 90/90 | MP: 436/436

Strength: 5 | Stamina: 5

Intelligence: 50 (+20) | Agility: 25 (+15)

Wisdom: 6 (+5)

-Skills/Passives-

*[Orbal Shadow]

*[Quick Flame]

*[Shadow Play]

*[Undying Live]

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Scrutinizing the details of Kon's status window, Shinto raised his brow in curiosity. 'Oh...? Kon counts as an NPC huh?' he thought to himself. Most of the time summoned creatures, or certain pets that players had, don't count as an NPC. This was due to them being closely related to an ability hat acts on command rather than self-thinking for themselves. 'So if that's so, then that means all the other shadow minions would be counted as an NPC too.'

Having an NPC as an ally was always great. Even if they counted as a pet or summon. That was because they can train and level by themselves without the presence of the players.

Within the game, NPC levels would scale on the average level of the player base and thus would properly balance the playing fields. For your average NPC they would be the same level as the average player, or at times lower. However, for special NPCs, such as ones that have a presence within the world view of the game, ones with a title and the like, they would surpass the average levels, and often they would pass the levels of veteran players in the rankings by 50 to 100.

'Hmm, for Kon's class attributes and title... They all seem to rely on my presence. So, in a battle Kon would need to be near me at all times,' he nodded his head in understanding. 'As for his stats, at the level of 5, this is way above average. Especially with his intelligence reaching the 50s,' he smiled in satisfaction.

'Now then, moving onto the abilities...' Reaching the end of the page, he began to look at Kon's abilities in detail.

[ Orbal Shadow Lv 1 ] [ 50 MP ] [ Cooldown: 5 Minute ]

Casts an orb of shadow over towards an enemy. Upon impact, the orb deals magic damage of 150%. After using the ability, the user gains an orb around them for 6 minutes (The cooldown is of the orb is reset when using the ability again within the time frame, the orb can stack up to a total of 6 times).

When the ability is used again with the presence of the orb, the damage is increased by 10% as well as the number of times the enemy is hit will be increased by 1. (This effect is stackable up to a total of 6 times.)

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[ Quick Flame Lv 1 ] [ 60 MP ] [ Cooldown: 7 Minute ]

Casts a pale flame over towards an enemy, dealing magic damage of 220% to them. The ability has a 15% chance of inflicting the burn effect.

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[ Shadow Play Lv 1 ] [ 200 MP ] [ Cooldown: 1 Hour ]

The shadow of the fox creates a doppelganger with half the stats of it. The doppelganger lasts for 5 minutes and has the same exact abilities as the fox (Except for a few) with separate cooldown for each.

*The doppelganger must be manually controlled.

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[ Undying Live Lv 1 ]

*15% chance of surviving fatal damage (Once the ability is used up, it will go on cooldown for 24 hours.)

*When the shadow of the fox falls in battle, they will return to the shadow realm and rest. The fox can no longer be summoned for 24 hours.

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"Oh? Interesting..." he muttered as he looked at Kon. "So you can create a doppelganger of yourself?"

"Yep!" Kon excitedly nodded. "But uh... I am still practising with controlling it!"

"Hmm... The ability does require manual control of the doppelganger, so it is hard. How far are you with mastering it?"

"From what brother said... a little over 7%?" Kon said hesitantly.

"...what?" Upon hearing the percentage, Shinto felt like coughing up blood. "Ahem, I see... So you need major practice for it..." he mumbled out.

"Right... B-But I can use all my other abilities just fine! Do you want me to show you!?"

"Sure, I do need to see the abilities in action, so would you like to go on a hunt?"

"Yes! Let's do it!" Kon jumped for joy. "Where to?!"

"Hmm... Let's go to the forest first and tackle the monsters there."

...

The two scurried towards the old wood forest dungeon as they quickly engaged in battle. Kon, who was at the forefront of the party breezed through the monsters that appeared within the dungeon.

With the stats and bonus effects attained from being in a party with Shinto, Kon was basically one-shotting all the mobs. His damage was above the average in here.

"Aha! Take that and that!" Kon said as they sent orbs over to the enemies that were heading towards Kon. Quickly, in the next second, the monsters turned to grey ash.

"So, how did I do?" Kon excitedly turned to Shinto after clearing the wave.

"You did great. Though... Maybe we should've gone to a monster that was more of a match for you..." he said helplessly. "But for now, I guess this will do."

"Yipee! Now, what's next?"

"...you're rather excited, huh?"

"Of course I am! Why wouldn't I be when I'm serving the Shadow Diviner- I mean, Master!"

"Aha... Well, I've got some business to attend to in town, so we won't go into battle for the time being," Shinto said.

"Aw, really?" Kon frowned. "I can follow right?"

"...err," Shinto blinked at the question. "For you to follow me to town... I think that would be a problem."

"Huh? Why?" Kon titled its head. "Ah, is it because of my appearance? Hmm... I can always hide in the shadow!"

"You can do that?"

"Of course! I'll just have to hide inside your shadow and it's all good!"

"...I see. Then can you do that now?"

"Mhm!" In the next second, as Kon nodded its head, the fox disappeared. Soon after, a voice spoke through Shinto's ear. "Did you see that? I'm in your shadow now!"

"Yes, I saw it, this will do," he nodded his head as he said. "Then, we'll be going now."

As Shinto was about to begin making his way back to the town, he abruptly stopped at his footsteps as he turned over towards his right direction. Soon after, his eyes narrowed towards two familiar figures by the distance.

"...?"

"So this is the place right?" Shinto heard the man spoke.

"Yes, this is the meeting spot," The other man replied.