Ping!
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The Leader Shadow has identified and recognized you as The Master.
He asks you to form a contract with him.
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The Second Shadow has identified and recognized you as The Master.
He asks you to form a contract with him.
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"What?!" Sora was speechless with the two sudden messages from the System.
Sora began to think about his actual situation: two shadows that were chasing him with the intention of killing him, suddenly want to be his servants. That was unreal!
However, he also noticed that the other shadows had stopped. They seemed to wait for his answer.
That was when Sora thought about a good possibility: whatever I decide now, that also will decide if I live or no.
In other words, he was being threatened!
"This…" Sora was clueless about his decision. He could feel that the two shadows who wanted to become his servants were full of expectation.
"Well, it doesn't hurt, right?" Sora finally decided.
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You have received a contract from the Leader Shadow, do you want to accept?
Yes / No
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You have received a contract from the Second Shadow, do you want to accept?
Yes / No
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"Yes" Sora said firmly.
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You have accepted the two contracts.
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Their levels are higher than yours, their levels will be restarted.
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You can give them a new name.
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Leader Shadow / New name
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Second Shadow / New name
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"I can give them a new name… This is more like have a pet than a servant, but its good that I can give them another name. Their actual names are pretty shocking to hear," Sora began to ramble.
The two shadows looked at him in silence, waiting for the name The Master would gave them.
"Ok, I have decided. Your name is Arkon and yours Sylgard" Sora was happy with those names.
Viktor's brother was good with stories, and because of their age, Viktor and Sora could be say to have grew together, so Viktor's brother also took care of him. However, he didn't give him money only accepted that Sora gave company to his little brother Viktor.
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Leader Shadow / Arkon
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Second Shadow / Sylgard
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Arkon has accepted his name. He is now Level 1. The contract has been established and completed.
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Sylgard has accepted his name. He is now Level 1. The contract has been established and completed.
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Secret Mission Completed. 1,000 EXP.
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You've level up!
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You've level up!
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Congratulations young Dungeon Master, you have completed the first step to become a true Dungeon Master.
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"Secret Missions? That's new! And I have leveled up, I must check my info…" Sora was curious with all the messages that he forgot the situation he was at the moment.
Sora needed to correct that attitude of him. He could not get distracted inside dungeons because it could cost his life being like that.
The shadows only observed him in silence. Arkon and Sylgard looked at him in silence waiting for an order from their new master.
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Name: Sora Reith
Level: 6 (0 / 700)
Age: 10 years
Species: Human
Title: The Master
Occupation: Dungeon Master
HP: 159/160
MP: 60/60
Servants: 2/2
[Stats]
Strength: 7
Stamina: 6
Agility: 9
Vitality: 11
Intelligence: 12
Charisma: 6
(Stat points: 4)
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"Great! I'm level 6 now and I also have 4 stat points!" Sora was happy with his leveling up.
At the same he pronounced those words, the shadows began to attack him.
Sora was slow to react, but his two new servants defended him.
Even with their levels being only 1, they were initially the strongest in the group, so they could fight the other shadows.
The reason the other shadows began to attack at that moment and not before, was because they feared the two shadows: the Leader and the Second. However, once they began feeling the strong aura of them fading. They took the opportunity to attack and also the chance to become the new leader of their group.
Sora got a fright when he saw that his two new minions began to stay in a defensive pose without launching an attack.
"This is not good…" Sora began to look for a way to escape that tunnel, and found that on the left the shadows were lesser.
"Arkon, Sylgard, push them to the right at my signal," Sora said and felt that the two shadows answered him affirmatively, "Now!"
The moment Sora gave the signal, Arkon and Sylgard pushed the shadows as they were said before. A little space was made between the tunnel wall and the shadows which Sora used to run.
Ping! Ping! Ping! Ping!
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Arkon has leveled up!
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Sylgard has leveled up!
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Arkon has leveled up!
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Sylgard has leveled up!
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"Oh! They can leveled up too! But is kinda tiring and noisy to be informed of that. After these has ended I'll give another check to the System. It's more complicated than they say," Sora mumbled.
He began to celebrate inwardly the success of his plan when he felt that the connection with Sylgard was gone. After that, he felt that something entered his body and a message appeared.
Ping!
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Sylgard was been defeated…
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"Wait! What?! Sylgard is dead?!" Sora was stunned with the new message. He didn't know what just happened, then, he continued reading it.
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… He is no longer capable for fighting. He has returned to his master's shadow and began to recuperate his strength.
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"Aaahhh! That explains it better, I was afraid that he died just a second before, its good to know that he can recuperate," Sora sighed in relief.
He continue running for some tome. He was too distracted that he failed to notice the body that was in front of him. He crashed and fell to the rocky floor.
"Ouch! That hurt…" Sora groaned.
"Who just bump to me?" A man said suddenly getting in a defensive stance.
"Frederic! No one has bump to you! You are panicking, I know that we are fighting against shadows but you need to calm yourself. Remember that we are looking for an alive kid or his corpse," another man said.
"You two stop talking, you are going to attract another bunch of shadows!" This time, a sweet voice that was from a woman said quietly.
"Hey! You just made me fall and now you are ignoring me? Just what kind of hunters you are?!" Sora could tell with his ~Observation~ skill that they were people who must have been sent to find Viktor and him.
"Huh?! Someone said something right now!" The first man said again.
"I already told you to stop saying garb…" the other man began to complain, but was stopped by the woman.
"I heard it too, it was the voice of a kid. Kid! Where are you? Talk again so we can find you!" The woman began to call Sora.
Sora was speechless that they couldn't see him in front of them. He was impatient because of the horde of shadows that Arkon was trying to stop while his master looked for a place to be safe.
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Ten minutes before…
"Frederic, Johana and Saúl, you three will go to the right, while Jackson, Rose and I will go to the left. We will back here in twenty minutes," the leader said to them.
"Yes!" They answered.
They were the last group of six that could be divided. During each turn and crossroads they group of 24 people began to separate first in two groups of twelve, then in groups of six and finally in groups of three.
Johana and company began to explore the right tunnel. They already knew that the light crystals were a good weapon against the shadows, but it was not easy to find them in a low position, like the ones Sora found on the ground.
"Do you believe that the other kid is still alive?" Saúl began wondering and asked to his two friends.
"I don't think so, but the Hunter's Organization has their attention in this. So, maybe one of the kids is someone important," Frederic answered in a low voice. He didn't like a lot the dungeons which have formless monsters because his magic compatibility was near nothing, so he barely could defend himself with his sword.
"Listen! What you are going to hear now is something I heard before leaving to this mission in the uppers: the Hunter's Organization has found that some dungeons began to close by themselves. This phenomenon has begun yesterday. Now, two kids suddenly got sucked by a sudden forming portal. I think that this dungeon is more important to them that we were told initially," Johana spoke quietly.
"Well, in that case, let's find the kid and left quickly…" Frederic said when he felt that someone bump to him.
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"I'm right in front of you!" Sora yelled at Johana who turned her head were the voice sounded.
Johana looked at that place and suddenly found that something like a shadow was looking at them. Also, it was next to Frederic.
Saúl prepared an arrow carefully to not alert the shadow and waited for Johana's instructions. Frederic couldn't move because of he did, the shadow could escape or attack.
"Can you tell me your name?" Johana asked to the "shadow" that was in front of her.
"So you finally noticed me, I'm Sora Reith and I was sucked up by the forming portal at the mall," Sora was mad, and was getting more upset with the look that Johana gave him.
Johana could now tell that the voice was coming from that shadow. Saúl was waiting for the signal.
Sora looked at Johana and then he looked at Saúl, he saw the arrow that was being pulled. That was when Sora noticed that something was wrong. With the look Johana was giving him, he decided to look to his hands and found that they were dark and a bit transparent like a shadow.
"What's with this thing?!" Sora thought.
Ping!
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Sylgard has recuperated some of his power. He felt hunters coming close to his master's position and gave him protection.
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"…" Sora finally understood what was the problem.