Goals and upcoming of an adventurer

After Yoru had told them why the attack on her home had happened, Koku frowned and Kurai seemed to be angry and tried to not show it. "Alright. All of you, lets get our goals out so we can talk about what we'll do." Koku announced to the girls. 

"I'll go first. My goal is to become very strong, the strongest. All while gathering information of someone i knew in the past; that and to gain explore the world and it's mysteries, yet the most important goal is to keep…my companions safe from harms way." Koku told them as he fake coughed when they didn't say anything. After the fake cough, Yoru smiled and began to speak, "I also want to protect the ones dear to me, though…i really want to help Koku on his journey, that and i wish~", Yoru couldn't get some words out yet since if she began to, she'd probably force it out. After Yoru spoke, Koku looked at her and said bluntly, "Yoru…i'm going to help you even if you don't want me too", this was a hint that he already knew she had a hidden goal, a wish; To find out why and to get revenge for betraying them. 

"Alright Kurai, what's you're goal?", Koku asked all cheery. "Umm~to be around my sister and you. That and to meet my brothers, plus father. That way we could have a happy reunion." Kurai clapped her hands together while putting an innocent motherly smile that screamed at Koku's instincts: killing intent. 

After this Koku nervously laughed and told the girls that they'd have to leave this place. "Something gives me the feeling we should leave this place, and quickly at that…", Yrou and Kurai's instincts seemed to warn them, while Koku felt the want to stay yet knew he had to get moving. 

After this out of nowhere a purple and green circle seemed to come up out the ground and began to glow up right below all of their feets. After this glow appeared, they were instantyl teleported back to where they had been before entering the mirage gardens; it was as if nothing happened, no time passed by, no feeling weird, nothing at all. The girls looked side to side, and they couldn't see Koku anywhere.

While the girls were teleported out of the garden, still in the mirage garden Koku was left confused until he remembered the reason they even entered. "Are you there?" Koku called out to the thing that had talked to him previously. Seconds went by and Koku couldn't read the words sent through the Void space since there werent any; but what had creeped him out was the cold still voice he could hear as the bright full of life garden, withered away quickly. 

"You catch on quikcly Void-kin, i will not waste any of you're time, and shall quickly send you on you're way. However, before that, your rewards shall be given to you now, on top of what you wanted to know. You asked who i was…i am the Void king; that is all." Koku sighed disappointed with this answer, yet was very curious since what he thought of the Void might've been false. 

"Void king?", he asked showing traces of disappointment. "Yes, as i told you…i'm the Void king; you're mood tells me you're curious of many things and doubting what you might know of the Void, so fret not little one, for there is no thing like a prince, queen or any of this stuff in the Void apart from, i the first king candidate, you're soul and the Void itself. As you can probably tell, i'm not the best at speaking with others since…i've not talked to anyone for far to long, however this matters not. I simply come here to tell you something and give you you're rewards." After hearing this Koku felt the need to be on edge. 

"A bold lie…" Koku said out loud causing the Void king who was not visible to laugh. "But of course, i left out the part where i want to see you develop, suffer and fight the Void and myself. So for this reason i show interest in you, not counting why the Void seems to cover itself around your soul. So listen up because i'll say it once, we will never speak again until the day you ascend to…never mind, just listen; I wish to fight someone, to have some entreatment, for i've long been bored and trapped in the higher Void. Even someone as strong as i cannot possibly break out of this Void. If you lose to me on the day we fight, you were just another failure, but…if you win against me, i have no doubt you'll ascend and face that dreadful creature that the Void constantly fights keeping you away from. I'm sure even now its keeping it at bay, so hurry up and get stronger so that i can kill you or die to you", the Void king said while emitting bloodlust. 

After this Koku felt the lost codex act up, and he pulled it out and opened it up. "Void Aeromancy path", When Koku read this he smiled and right before he was sent out, the Void king sent him something else, which the Lost codex also began to give information, "Dark kings true ring"

1. Increases all your phyiscal and void state powers by 101%

2. Gathers kings essence by 0.1% every day. 

"Kings essence is~" the lost codex seemed to get interrupted by something which did not allow the Codex to finish. Koku smiled and thanked the Void king and right after that, without saying anything Koku was teleported out of that Mirage Garden.

After appearing in between the girls who were looking for him, Koku spoked them as they didn't see him, "Where were you?", they asked Koku genuinely curious. "Something happened, back in there, found this." Koku showed them the plane black ring, which had no magic nor energy of any kind being emitted. "Looks like a normal ring~" Kurai said which Yoru agreed to quickly. 

"Well, both of you, we should find some sort of a settlement, and-we should find the adventures guild. It'll benifit us quite a bit…" Koku told them as they could travel around Amagiri more freely while winning money and gathering information all at the same time. It'll also help them gain some more experience and potentially more strength. 

With this, Koku and the two girls, Yoru and Kurai were on their way back to finding a settlement...