Zen soon made his way back to his apartment, and he instantly got into his instant dungeon.
"Guys, I think we've run this space dry." Zen spoke, but in an instant, all chatter stopped, and all of his Shadow soldiers were looking his way.
"I'll eventually make something just for you guys to all grind inside of, but until that hits, I'll need you all to stay with me. Understand?" Zen got a roar of agreement for his Shadows.
"Good. Now, I need all the generals to come to me. Baruka, bring that upstanding Hyakki." Zen ordered, and all his Shadows got to work. Mainly, his smaller Shadows just returning back to his Shadow and his generals all surrounding him.
Baruka walked with a female Hyakki. Zen was caught off guard a little bit, because he couldn't remember there being any female Hyakki in the army, but he guessed he was wrong.
"My Lord, this is the exceptional Hyakki I mentioned." Baruka gestured to her as he bowed to Zen.
"Are these... the generals of the Lord's army? They're all so cool!" The Hyakki looked around and whispered to herself, but Zen's advanced sense heard.
"I need to evolve you two." Zen gestured for Leo and Orihime to come to him.
[Leo and Orihime can now both ascend to the next rank. Will you allow for them to?]
[Yes/No]
Zen clicked yes, and uttered his evolution phrase. "Ascend."
[Leonardo Watch]
[Level: 1]
[Rank: Elite Support Knight]
[Leo has gained skill "Lower God's Eye!"]
[Orihime Inoue]
[Level: 1]
[Rank: Elite Support Knight]
[Orihime has gained skill "Time Healing!"]
"Good, you two can return to my Shadow," Zen told them. "Gon, Killua, Erza, Annie, Kenpachi, Igris, and Tank, you all can return as well."
All of the Shadows returned, leaving only Baruka and the female Hyakki.
While the Hyakki wasn't speaking at all, he could tell she was having a mental field day just seeing him.
"Baruka, what has she done that you could count as exceptional?" Zen asked.
"When I personally arrange matches, where the winner would go up against me, she won every single match, and when she was to fight against me, she ended up knocking me on my back, twice. I feel as though her amazing performance should gain some sort of reward. But, My Lord, feel no need to follow a lowly soldiers ideas." Baruka recommended.
"Does you have a name?" Zen asked the Hyakki. He saw her completely freeze up at the sudden surprise of a question.
"Uh w-well, I uh, I don't know." Her answer was all over the place, bringing a smile to his face.
"Hmm, do you have any recommendations, Baruka?" Zen asked. "No, My Lord. I don't have any recommendations that would be as amazing as your own." Baruka praised.
"Well then. Baruka, you can return to my shadow. We'll be making our way towards Senga and Sengon soon." Zen informed. Baruka bowed, then returned to Zen's shadow.
"I need some help." Zen caught the Hyakki's attention. "I need a leader of the generals, somebody who surpassed their peers even when I didn't even know that was possible."
"That's why me and you are talking right now. I am going to promote you, that also means, you'll be receiving a name." Zen paced back and forth, sensing the Hyakki's growing nervousness.
"Will you help me?" Zen asked. "Yes sir! I will die for the cause if I must!" The Hyakki overcame any nervousness at the slightest idea she could be of help for Zen.
"Now, would you be okay with the name 'Nix?'" Zen asked, which caused the Hyakki to nod. "I'll take any name you give me sir! I'll fearfully take the name Nix!"
"Well then, let us try this out. Firstly, Status." Zen had to check something.
[Name: Zen Han]
[Level: 58]
[Job: Shadow Monarch]
[Fatigue: 0]
[Title: Dragon Emperor's Child]
[HP: 25000]
[MP: 35000]
[Strength: 250]
[Vitality: 180]
[Agility: 200]
[Intelligence: 200]
[Sense: 183]
[Wisdom: 150]
[Luck: 120]
[Remaining Points: 15]
"If I evolve you up 2 Ranks, you'll be an Elite Knight, and it'll cost me 20 stat points. If I get a choice, I'll give you luck, since I don't really need good drops anymore, especially when I can just make items now." Zen held his hand on the Hyakki's head.
"Shadow Evolution!"
[What would you like for points to be taken out of?]
"Luck." Zen answered, and in the same instant, he felt his stats be taken away from him.
[Rank raised!]
[What would you like to name the newly gained Shadow?]
"Nix." Zen answered.
[Name: Nix]
[Level: 1]
[Rank: Knight]
Then Zen did the same thing again, but when Luck hit 100, he hit a milestone.
[You've hit 100 luck! A few new skills will be given!]
[Coin Toss has been given!]
[World Jumper has been given!]
"Did... Did I really just gain that by losing points? This system really does want the best for me." Zen chuckled as he took his hand off Nix's head.
"I guess I should check out my skills... before I give Nix another promotion."
[Coin Toss] (Lv 1)
A coin toss was the easiest way to choose between something good and something bad.
By flipping a coin formed by mana, the user can get buffs depending on what the coin lands on.
The worse one side of the coin, the better the rewards on the other side.
Cost 1000 mana.
[World Jumper] (Lv 1)
Similar to the Instant Dungeons, the user can jump into games.
Costs 50000 Mana, must have a game chosen, must be at least level 80 for activation.
"How do you feel Nix?" Zen asked the Hyakki woman. "I feel like I could be of use to you sir!" Nix bowed.
"Well, it's time for 1 more promotion." Zen held his hand on top of Nix's head once more.
"Shadow Evolution."
[What would you like for points to be taken out of?]
"Luck." Zen said, but noticed that this time less points were taken from his luck stat, it was only 5 this time.
Suddenly, Nix's aura shot up, almost matching Zen's. Possibly even a little stronger than Zen's, without his various buffs.
[Name: Nix]
[Level: 1]
[Rank: Commander]
"Now I'll just put 5 points back into luck, bringing it back to 100, and I'll put 10 into wisdom, bringing it to 160." Zen distributed his remaining stat points.
"Alright, let's go help Senga and Sengon."