Jolts of electric lighting bolts were stroke his though process. Whizzing him in and out of his own mind for a few times before finally hearing the reboot sound.
At first he saw white light moving from within an endless sea of black , then it all stopped moving , aligning Riuki perfectly with the world of cerebral axis.
A thin book fluttered above the voyager , colored in a brown recluse it was adorned with gold patterns around it . Truly like a tome , those where the records of what Riuki had seen with Mind Breach.
His job was to chronicle the life story of his subject and then the tome would then deem it worthy enough information to store or not , so right now he had get to work.
(Riuki's POV)
I could hardly recall my mission , it had been that way ever since I started using Mind Breach on people.
Luckily the tome kept note of everything I made a note of , for example it seemed that a few seconds prior I had left message for myself as a reminder knowing that I would forget.
And in reading it I was able to recollect everything. For my safety as well as for the others I was to investigate the origins of Litei Frost.
Firstly I made my way to the time we met , his thoughts of me almost made me smile but I knew that it could've been a trick to lower my guard . Watching myself slay the black/brown-ish worn creature I developed a tiny speck of pride in myself. But I had to remain objective , I wanted to continue back into the past but something held me back.
Watching what I thought of to be the head get severed I was a little skeptical of how that thing easily went down.
The azure blood gushed out rapidly and onto my uniform , I made a mental note to clean that later. I continued to observe what I had missed: nothing. I was about to dismiss it until I saw the lower half of the worm creature twitch slightly.
"Shit!" , it seemed that I hadn't mastered my powers as I had arrogantly assumed. My memory self was currently in that hours long staring contest with Litei.
Meaning that I more time than I thought before I was forced to move on to the next memory so I shifted my attention back to the worm. No, it wasn't a worm , that much became clear to me as soon as I saw it recede back into the sand.
Hastily I jumped in after it , knowing that I would fall into an endless pit. But since it was all in my head—well technically our heads—I could move freely within the scope of Litei's memories without being harmed , physically at least.
Opening my eyes , which I had closed to avoid any distracting itch , I was dumbstruck. What was supposed to be an endless pit was a ruined temple . It was a white structure with the top being a prismatic triangle , lifting the shape were tall pillars as wide as those things they called cars , some of them were a little cracked however one could tell that they were sculpted by a master.
The area surrounding the temple , was covered in polished white marble adding to the aesthetic. It was a marvel to look at , and to think that I had discovered it first. Then something caught my attention.
There was a statue of a man with a winged crown , pointing a sword much unlike mine far into the horizon. Seeing that it was no point to my goal , I walked away from the sight and followed the 'tentacle' , anticipating to see something like what had made that sound.
In the background I could hear the scribbling of the fountain pen on the tome. Probably recording the grand structure behind me.
Now I had an hour left until I had to move on.
Following the tentacle to it's owner wasn't a problem at all. Soon I had arrived , I saw a small black vortex sucking the tentacle in , instinctively I rushed after only managing to stick my head in.
The ethereal hole led to nowhere , so after some struggle I was able to escape it's clutch. Frustrated , maybe for the fifth time today , I walked back up the opening .
Sighing deeply , I decided to move on to the next point in Litei's memories.
We were now at the time before I had first saw his figure lying on the volatile sand . He was in a shack , murky with dark water and no exits or entrances.
He had just woken up , the confused look on his face was much more disturbing rather than the one I had seen him make during our first conversation.
Hours passed since he awoke and Litei just sat there , in confusion and agony which made me wonder what had upset someone who could survive this place.
His body quaked from an enormous amount of pressure , silencing my curiosity. Then after a while , he sat up straight and entered meditative position. Soon soul essence moved towards his body and entered its mass .
More hours flew by with him in that same position , then days , weeks , until I lost count of how long I had been in that memory.
His eyes widened , he was staring at something invisible to my eyes meaning that it was the tutorial version of the Distant Echo.
I continued to watch as he collapsed and unconsciously refined his absorption technique all until he arrived to the point where we met.
"This is getting boring!" , I sped things up a little and went back to his birth , "Looks like was telling the truth." , my voyage was finally over.
As Riuki wandered the Mindscape formed when he and Litei locked eyes. Something dark creeped in without him noticing , suddenly he was taken into a memory beyond the existence of Litei Frost.
It was one of the ruined temple however it had no cracks within it at all , he saw people dressed in the robes that Litei was wearing—they were floating around in the air , carrying joyous smiles on their faces.
It was a happy time .
He knew that this wasn't real but this was something missing in the Collapsed Realm , to be happy without the constant reminder that there was danger everywhere .
He sort of envied these people .
Looking at the Riuki couldn't help but look down , and noticed the brown tentacle twisted around his left leg. "How could I be this careless!?", he thought.
Trying to untangle himself , he drew his blade but his reaction time was slow by the time he touched the hilt , the tentacle dragged him without any hesitation down to where its owner was.
The pointy bones of the dead creatures beyond the civilization marred against his torso , scarring them vertically for the entire period . Then they stopped ; arriving before the demented creature was a perilous journey and thus he had made it.
Riuki stared at the creature that summoned him this way. It was wearing a black silk robe with dark grey clothes within , with dark blue hair and eyes as golden as the hollow sun.
A ghoul.
Tentacles extended from inside the robe entering Riuki's body through the mouth and into his skin. Like centipedes they moved slowly but with each point they reach a wave of pain surges from within him.
"Ahhhh!!!!"
"Ahhhhhh!!!!!"
He screamed endlessly to the point of losing his voice. Tears streaming down his face , his entire body was now filled with the tentacles inside. With the last sliver of sanity left in him he reached out to the memory of the current Litei and that's when he saw it.
Strings .
Emerald strings of fate , it meant that the young traveler was close to acquiring a destiny and all he needed was a push!.
Mirror shards broke the moment he grasped at the strings. The place they were in completely disappeared , so had the ghoul instead he was now in a lake , not really a lake but a place filled with endless water.
He could still breath so at least he wouldn't drown.
"Huu , looks like I'm fine."
The strings of fate swished around again but this time they were around him. Instantly, without control of his limbs he went into a bowing position slightly less demeaning like the ones he was in webtoons.
"Hello , mindspawn."