Luck Leech

"If you don't find someone you'll die..." Ryu had no idea what the heck was happening. What he knew was that he should follow the voice in his mind. It seems that the voice was friendly and wanted to help.

But there was one big problem. Where the fu*k was he supposed to find someone? He was tens of kilometers away from the city and before he was going to reach it he would probably die somewhere on the way.

" It's not necessary to find a human... It should be enough if you find a living being. Also, read the book!" At the moment of despair, the voice sounded. It obviously wanted to help but how could reading the book help him.

Anyway, he quickly opened the book while running and looked through it. What he saw made him more than confused, he was throughout terrified!

The book was empty!

No letters, no words, no nothing even the cover was without the words. The book was completely empty. At that moment voice sounded again.

" You dimwit! Have you never experienced Information Transmission through telepathy? Did humans degrade to such an extent?" The voice said, clearly dissatisfied.

" What do you mean? What information transmission?" Ryu was confused but had an idea what might have happened. He was still running through the corridor, trying to save himself. He had no time to think about voice's riddles.

"Ouch..." While he was running he didn't forget to trip from time to time. It was his 3rd trip on the way. Ryu thought that it was his unluckiest day yet.

"You haven't seen unlucky days yet, you brat. You are still doing well but don't let it get through your head because it will change if you don't find something living of at least subconsciousness-forming level!" Voice cautioned.

Ryu didn't question it anymore and concentrated on searching for at least a tree. Yet, the voice still interrupted him.

"What have I told you!? Go ahead and read the book if you don't want to die! Stupid people, don't even know what is good for them and what's not... Is Lady Luck still angry at me? Is this why she brought me this stupid man..." Ryu had no idea what the voice was talking about but he tried to find the book in his mind.

Many times he thought of the book and its visuals but nothing happened. He even panicked and thought he had lost the book. He quickly restrained his raging emotions. The book couldn't have disappeared. According to the voice, he still had the book and he did sound confident.

'That means I am doing something wrong.' He couldn't pinpoint what he was missing but he tried to remember as much as he could. On the way, he encountered all kinds of misfortunes. Tripping on the flat floor, stray dust hitting his eyes and alike. All this time however he tried to think about how to activate the book.

"Mantra Of Eternity & Luck Leech" When he thought of the name of the book, suddenly an imaginary book opened itself in his mind. Although he still had the original book in his hands that lost its value he didn't neglect it and threw it away.

When he saw the first page of the Mantra Of Eternity & Luck Leech, he fell into a trance-like state. He was just standing there, above the chessboard-like platform his eyes emitting golden light.

Slowly he understood the first page and understood what he had to do to get through this situation alive.

He suddenly opened his eyes wide, golden luster still dancing around it. Ryu looked around with his new vision, he saw many things differently now. But none of them what he needed.

This was his new sub-skill.

Luck vision!

With it, Ryu could see living beings in a different light. He could see how big of luck they possessed!

You might ask what luck had to do with his situation, but Ryu understood! He had learned many things just by seeing the first page of the book. And the scariest thing he found out was that if someone started practicing Mantra Of Eternity & Luck Leech, They would be Cursed by what the author referred to as the Lady Luck.

He didn't know much about his new Unique -mystical grade technique so he didn't know exactly why was the technique cursed but he could imagine.

This technique might even be challenging the whole universe and its laws! It was given that it would be cursed. The curse was, you would Becoming very very very very very very unlucky.

Anyway, the main point now was to find a living being with a sufficient amount of luck and get under its wing. From how much he understood the technique he could tell that action of getting close to it would somehow save his life. Probably he is going to Leech of its luck to offset his own bad luck.

He looked left and right, in front and behind but couldn't find anything with luck that could offset his bad luck. As he was searching all kinds of things happened. He stepped in some shit, bird shit was falling on him like rain and strange bees chased him down like he had slept with their wives or something.

He endured much but still didn't lose hope. Thankfully, he found something that he could work with. He found a plant, a plant that had enough luck to share with him. It looked like a rose but was ten times larger and more beautiful than the usual one.

" beings with luck tend to be more special. That Arolia benefitted from its luck to get the resources it needed to become what it is now." The voice calmly commented. He seemed to have accepted the fact that Ryu was the new holder of the book.

"What now?" Ryu asked as the bees finally left him. He could finally sigh in relief and ask for some important questions.

" Go and read the god damn book! Everything you need to know is there!" The Voice seemed to return to its original disappointment.

Ryu didn't ask any more questions and just read the second page.

His eyes started glowing golden again. Ryu quickly learned the contents of the second page and couldn't help but be amazed and fearful at the same time. The technique mentioned on the second page was another sub-skill derived from the real deal. He couldn't handle the whole skill as of yet, that's why both of them were only sub-skills.

The name was Luck pickpocketer. It could steal 10% luck from the target, which was a lot. The whole technique was a fantasy for Ryu. He didn't even know that such things as luck-stealing was possible. It was such a scary and cheat-like thing that only cursing it seemed too light for Ryu. He read that the next level of this skill increased the amount of stolen luck by another 10%. If he continued reading he feared that he might have stumbled upon the skill that could steal 100% of a person's luck.

Just imagining the applications of the skill made Ryu gulp his own saliva. This thing was too amazing and too dangerous at the same time. And the worst part was, He didn't even reach the real breathing technique. Luck Leecher was another powerful technique but it wasn't a cultivation technique. Mantra Of Eternity was the real breathing technique!

" Brat, our meeting is coming to its end. Remember, This book is much more than just a book with two powerful techniques. No! It is much more! It is my and my master's legacy! And in the future, I hope that you will be able to add your own legacy to the book. But now you are just a prick who lucked out on getting A acknowledgment from the Mantra Of Eternity so don't waste your chance and work hard to be worthy of carrying our legacies."

" Wait! I still have so many questions!"

" If you read the book you will get your answers."

"At least tell me your name Elder." Hearing his words The consciousness smiled gently to itself but still said the same thing but with much more pleasant tone.

" If you read the book you will get your ..."