14 The unknown voice (2/2)

- Seduction Lv9- Be it man or woman; you can smooth talk your way into getting whatever you want. Bonus applies to those with little resistance to Charm.

Charmer Lv9- 'You are quite the Ladies' Man.' Women, are naturally easier to attract and reason with. Bonus applies to those around your age group or older.

- Playmate Lv.Max- You know your way around a woman's body. Your touch alone can start a fire in their groin. Just make sure you can keep up when all is said and done. +1000 Energy when engaging in sexual activities.

- Perfect Partner Lv.7- With expertise in the bed comes great responsibility afterward. Thankfully, you are sterile. **You can adjust your Semen production and fertility in the body menu.**

- Lover's Bonus Lv.3- When sleeping next to your lover after a satisfying night you will gain twice the amount of experience earned for eight hours upon waking up.

Guardian Angel Lv.1- 'You are the protector of those who you call comrades.' Doubles Strength, and Agility while protecting any allies within 10 meters of your person.

Tracker Lv. Max- 'Through much and I mean much tracking, you have learned the ways of a Tracker.' Tracking any personal or monster will give you a thin stream of light that only you can see which takes you directly towards them in the shortest possible route.

Chess Master Lv. 8- 'Your mental will is what brings you to be the best critical thinker. Solving solutions in marvelous time.' Will activate only when needed which will slow down your perception of time to a near standstill until you make a move from your present spot.

Sword Execution Lv.2- 'Sometimes finishing off your foe is all you can do to end the battle.' When a target is in a weakened state a symbol upon your personal vision will appear above their head which will allow you to 'execute' them. Granting you double the experience points. **Only works with Swords.**

Claw Execution Lv.3- 'Ripping out the insides of your target can be messy and gruesome, but can demoralize your foe while motivating your allies.' When a target is in a weakened state a symbol upon your personal vision will appear above their head which will allow you to 'execute' them. Granting you and your allies full rejuvenation from fatigue.

Dagger Execution Lv.4- 'A quick stab to the back, gut, neck or even heart can be fatal. It may be cowardice, but in the end, you are the one who is left to stand while they fall.' When a target is in a weakened state a symbol upon your personal vision will appear above their head which will allow you to 'execute' them. Granting you stealth for 8 seconds.

Gun Execution Lv.2- 'What is more empowering than executing someone on their knees while they look at you with a glare as you hold the barrel of your gun to their face? Nothing.' When a target is in a weakened state a symbol upon your personal vision will appear above their head which will allow you to 'execute' them. Granting you 50 strength for 2 minutes.

Happy Trigger Lv.3- Rapidly pulling the trigger of your gun will decrease the reload timing of your clips. *Only works with Guns*

Active Skills:

Shadow Mirror Lv.Max - Create a clone of yourself from your own Shadow. Costs nothing. Lasts until it is destroyed or is dismissed. **Clones only maintain 90% of your original power**

Shadow Weapon Lv. Max- Craft a weapon from your own shadow. Costs Nothing.

Shadow Replica Lv.3- Replica any weapon in hand for a fixed duration. Costs 100 Mana. **Replicated weapons only gain a portion of the original's power.**

Shadow Step Lv.7- Travel through the shadows at rapid speeds. Consumes 20 mana.

Shadow Mirage Lv.6- With command of the shadow you can cleanly strip a target of any limb by cutting the head or body piece of the shadow off. Consumes 40 mana per usage

Blink Lv.6- Teleport a few meters in any given direction. Consumes 9 Mana.

Death's Embrace Lv.Max- Call forth to the elements around you to bring forth a typhoon of destruction. Consumes 400 Mana and 200 Energy.

Weapon Summon Lv. Max- Bring forth any weapon from your arsenal. Does not consume anything.

Weapon Return Lv. Max- Calls back any weapon not in your hand; into your hand or inventory. Can always be used to store your weapons that are in hand too. Does not consume anything. **Not capable of summoning locked or restricted items, weapons or armor!**

Shadow Surprise Lv.4- A single target skill that will use the shadows to home in on the enemy with rapid speeds; only to emerge from beneath the enemy with a sword in hand then follow up with a barrage of bullets. Consumes 20 Mana on usage. **Only works with Sword and Gun weapons**

Chaser Lv.3- Chase after a fleeing target with rapid swings with your sword only to follow up with your gun afterward. Consumes 25 Mana on usage. **Only works with Sword and Gun weapons**

Super Crit Lv.2- Your next attack will deal massive damage to the target, but only at a 20% Chance. Costs 100 Mana.

Focus Lv.3- Increase your perception by x3. For every second in Focus, you spend 1 mana.

X-Strike Lv.2- Tear open your foes chest while leaving a symbol of an 'X' in your wake. Consumes 30 mana. **Only works with Claws**

Multi-strike Lv.3- Swiftly swing your weapon around in a flourish of movement. Consumes 50 Mana.

Empowered shot Lv.2- When holding the trigger your next shot will be empowered with x2 the damage. Consumes 30 mana and 20 energy.

Mystic Skills:

Assassination Lv.5- With haste you can instantly eliminate all mobs who are unaware of you. **Can not be used against Boss or Mini-Boss mobs.** Consumes 17 Energy and 7 mana per usage. Grants bonus experience points when assassinating a target. Multiplied twice for every target assassinated in rapid succession.

Critical Strike Lv.4- Vital or weak points on your target will be marked and striking them will deal massive damage. Consumes 50 Mana. **Hitting a marked vital point will make a new one appear at the cost of nothing. This can be repeated as long as the vital point is struck within a time frame of 5 seconds.**

Forms:

Forms Gauge will recharge on a 1:1 Ratio.

Rage Form Lv. 1- Awakened to your inner Rage you will steadily allow madness to consume you whole in return for unrivaled strength and toughness. + 300 strength, +300 toughness. Effect: Steadily lose your consciousness to the madness. Duration 20 minutes. Duration will recharge on a 1:1 ratio.

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Riyku had leveled up several skills and gained new ones over the course of his training. Though his eyes would widen upon seeing something new. It was a brand new form; however, he did not understand. What this unknown form was that came out of nowhere. More so, what it even meant. He only assumed that it had something to do with that unknown voice. If so, then why wasn't it there when this thing tired to take over the first time. It hit him at that moment. ”Coco... You.” Riyku recalled that Coco said she found something in his data and would reboot his system to keep whatever was happening from doing what it was doing. If this thing was what caused him to black out back then... Did that mean that Coco was in a comatose state? Clicking his tongue the male would dismiss the skills screen with a mere thought and exhale a heavy sigh.

”Even so there is not much of anything else that I can do right now. I can't dive into my own subconscious of my own free will.” He muttered in defeat while pushing himself off of the wall and proceed out of the backroom and into the kitchen to get a glass of water. Glass after glass the male would guzzle down before setting the empty glass upside down into the empty sink. His naked figure would carry on through the darkness as he went back into the bedroom where he got under the blanket and placed his arms underneath his head. 'If only I could dive into my own subconscious of my own free will. I could do something, but then where would she be?' He mentally sighed as he closed his eyes. Things were starting to become cumbersome. For now, there was nothing he could do. He would put this aside and drift into a deep slumber.

”Yo, Riy!” A strong masculine voice called out which caused Riyku's eyes to shoot open. Blinded by soft light he would move his hand before his face before his vision adjusted. Looking around something was off; this place was not Racheal's home. ”Nice of you show up, man.” Another voice came out of nowhere. It was then he saw a figure walk past him... no through him. ”What?” The male's mouth moved of his accord and his voice projected from himself. Wait.. what was going on?

”Riyku!” A female squealed as she moved to jump onto the male who had just moved through him. ”No way...” Riyku muttered as he looked at the male who caught the tiny woman who happened to wrap her legs around his waist and her arms crossed behind his neck. ”Sicilia, I have work to do. Deyo isn't going to tend the bar himself.” The male stated to which the tiny woman whined. ”Oh fine, but when you have time you gotta dance with me.” Riyku would look around to get a better picture of this place. It was pretty much a nightclub inside of a bar. There happened to be a small dancefloor and a stage with several poles spread around. The bar happened to be right next to him and behind him was the entry. What, could be labeled as a dining room held dining tables adjacent from the bar. There was even a lounging area with love seats. He also happened to notice two sign above two doors on opposite ends of the place. One read 'restrooms' and the other read 'Tavern rooms'. Upon closer inspection, the walls were decked with soundproof material. ”What is this place?” Riyku inquired though it seemed that his voice could not be heard to the people. In fact, it appeared as if they had been moving around as if this were some kind of play.

The male moved behind the counter as if to tend to several people. Women were flocking towards him giving him teasing looks and trying to seduce him as he handed out their drinks and conversed with them. ”That is me...” Riyku would take note of the male. ”Yo Deyo, when you are done with whatever you are doing over there come help out.” The male called out to another man who happened to perk back up with a wave of his hand. ”D-Deyo?” Riyku stumbled as he noticed a man resembled the shop keeper in the shopping district. ”Yeah yeah.” Deyo would reply with a wave of his hand as he returned to tending to a female.

”It is known as Lucid Driving.” A voice came from out of nowhere. Hastily, Riyku would look all around. ”Who are you? Where are you?” He was clearly on high alert and his frantic expression seemed only cause the voice to giggle. ”I am everywhere, but nowhere. You will come to find out in due time, Riyku.” The voice replied which caused the man to click his tongue. ”Fine. Then what did you mean by Lucid Driving?” Riyku inquired to which the voice seemed to mule over the thought of answering him before eventually giving him his answer.

”Lucid Driving is when you dive into your soul. You can look through several memories that were etched upon your soul, but only for a limited time. You see, if you stay too long you may never return to your body because your soul is pretty much interlacing with itself. If it becomes too tangled it will never come undone and you will be lost to wander the memories of your soul for all eternity.” The answer Riyku got caused his brow to rise. ”When will I know when my time is running out?” Riyku inquired to which the voice giggled. ”I couldn't tell you. Only you will know when your time is running short.” This caused Riyku to click his tongue in annoyance. ”Can I search through any memory?” Riyku questioned to which the voice fell silent for a short period of time. ”I wouldn't advise doing so. It will only hasten the entanglement of your soul. But yes you can.” Riyku would close his eyes and sigh heavily. ”Looks like there is a heavy price to pay.” He muttered to which the voice would agree. Riyku began to stumble around as he felt a sharp pain in his head and an uneasy feeling in his chest. ”Looks like your time is up. Staying here any longer is not advised. I'll force you out just this once, but after that, you are on your own.” The voice stated with another giggle.

”Wait, what!?” Riyku shouted before everything went black when he heard the sound of a loud snap. Steadily the male would begin to open his eyes when he heard the sound of chirping birds outside. His vision was blurry at first, but when it came to he would notice Racheal was gone. His wristband was going off with a vibration which caused him to raise it up and tap upon the chip to reveal a message.

'I went on ahead. Thanks for doing my laundry and cleaning up my house. I had a wonderful night... Also, thank you for everything. You are always helping me out, always there for me. It's a shame that I got rejected, but I won't stop chasing after you. After all, I do love you. From Racheal.'

Riyku chuckled lightly and lowered his arm back upon the bed after closing out the message. ”So it has always been like this. I wonder why.” The male made a rhetorical question or more so a statement. In truth, this wasn't the first memory that had him surrounded by women. There was another one as well, his first memory fragment. A soft sigh escaped his lips as he sat up and looked out the window which the sunlight poured in. His eyes then shifted towards the clock which read a little after nine. ”Since it wasn't a full eight hours I didn't get my bonuses, but eh it's whatever. I should just get the day started and head to that place Skylar mentioned of.” Riyku stated to himself before getting up to prepare for the day.