"Skill details." Rey mumbled to himself as he sat all alone in a luxurious suite.
He was waiting for the final preparations by the KariBlanc Group before leaving with Kara Verte to secure her family's properties.
They would be doing all of this for the next few days, so Rey had prepared himself for it.
His suite was incredible—almost as amazing as Esme's room—and it was too vast for him alone to occupy.
At some point, Rey felt a gnawing pang of isolation and boredom as he just waited.
'Esme really had a point there, huh?' He had thought, after experiencing something similar himself.
Thankfully, this feeling didn't last forever.
It was at this point that Rey remembered he got new Skills from Snow—Alicia's new Familiar—so he decided to check them out.
[Skill Details]
[Replication]
Tier: A
Ability: The ability to split yourself into multiple identical copies, though your overall ability is halved whenever you do so.
Ability is split evenly among all copies since you are all meant to be identical.
Current Limit: 9 Copies
[End Of Information]
"I see. So that's how it works…" He murmured as he went over the details.
Normally, Rey would be jumping for joy, but there was no reason to do that at the moment.
After all, he already saw the Skill in action.
'I was pretty excited to see a cloning ability. Nearly jumped in excitement back then…'
However, now that he was looking at the details, he could understand why it wasn't an S-Tier Skill.
'I knew it was too good to be true. So this is the caveat, huh?' He smiled as his mind flowed into the limitations of his abilities
This was an amazing Skill, sure, but every time he cloned himself, his ability was halved.
"So, if I have nine clones, that means I'll only have ten percent of my full power left."
That was awfully inconvenient, but also not particularly a bad trade-off.
'It says nothing about distance, so that means I should be able to maintain the clone over a long distance… right?"
Rey also wondered how he would go about controlling the clone.
'Does the copy have a mind of itself? That would be a little problematic.'
'Looks like I'll have to test out this Skill. But first, let's look at the other Skills.'
Rey had gotten [Rush], [Leap], and [Bounce] from Snow as well. They were all B-Tier, hence making them very useful Buff/Attack type Skills.
He looked over the details of the three and ended up combining all of them to form a new A-Skill.
[Godspeed].
'Then, there's also the [Bonding] Skill I got from watching Alicia use her Class Privilege.'
With that, Rey had three new Skills that made him just a bit stronger.
'Ah… there's also those Skills I got from that Fernand fellow. I should combine them too.'
[Swift Blade], [Swift Mind], and [Elevate] were combined into [Swift Zone].
As for the [Aura Sword] Skill, Rey left it as it was, thinking he would probably need it someday if he wanted to show off a lower-ranked Skill.
'With that, it looks like my allocations are complete.' He smiled and nodded.
"With this, I have 47 Skills. That's not bad at all…"
There was only one thing left for him to do now was test out his [Replicate] ability and see what it was all about.
Rey rose up to his feet, taking a deep breath as he did so.
'Here goes nothing…' In a single thought, he activated [Replicate].
Essence left his body, almost like a blur. Rey could feel it… how his strength and overall power diminished as the misty energy rose away from his flesh
It danced away Rey, forming something right in front of him.
'This could be dangerous. If it has a mind of its own, and I have to fight it, we'll be evenly matched.'
The only advantage he had was that he was the original, and so he could just cancel the whole thing when he felt like it.
'I just don't want such a complicated situation. Please…'
The process was short, but to Rey it had taken forever.
~FSHUU…~
Mist rose from the naked body that stood in front of him, and the fully-formed copy stared blankly at Rey.
The boy didn't look like Ralyks, or any other disguise Rey had.
It was simply Rey's true form.
'Ahh… I see. So it replicates how I truly am. That's good to know.'
The fact that he was naked also proved the fact that the Replicate ability didn't work on Items or any other Non-Rey thing.
Other than that, the entity before him was a perfect clone.
'Now then, I guess now is the moment of truth.'
Rey had to know if the clone had a will of its own, so he utilized his [Absolute Appraisal] on it.
[STATUS WINDOW]
- Name: Rey Skylar [Copy]
- Race: Clone (Otherworlder)
- Class: Anomaly (A-Tier)
- Level: 50 (8.76% EXP)
- Life Force: 43 (+161)
- Mana Level: 100 (+161)
- Combat Ability: 70 (+161)
- Stat Points: 0
- Skills (Exclusive): [Doppel]
- Skills (Non-Exclusive): [Fusion/Fission]. [Merger]. [Dead Calm].
- Alignment: Nil
[Additional Information]
A blank canvas of Rey Skylar (Original). Command it to do your bidding.
[End Of Information]
"Whew!" Rey held his chest and heaved a sigh.
It seemed all his worst fears about the Skill weren't true. That was more relieving than he thought.
'It seems like it also has the full effect of my Class. That's a good thing.'
The rest of its Stats were halved, though.
"Status Window." He murmured in order to check his own Stats.
Unsurprisingly, everything had also been cut into half.
'This isn't a useful ability against a stronger opponent—all things considered.'
[Replicate] was best used when one wanted to perform a lot of tasks or overwhelm multiple enemies at once.
'Snow used it to target multiple areas of the Earth Elemental, so that's also a good use.'
He still wasn't sure if his Skills would be as effective since he was duplicated, but since the Skill depiction said 'overall ability' then he guessed they applied.
If they did, then what about Classes? Why weren't they affected?
These questions were being noted in Rey's mind as he stared curiously at himself.
'I'll need to do a lot of tests.'
The bottom line that Rey found was that it wasn't the best Skill available, but it had solved one essential problem had been consistently having.
'With this, I can actually manage my dual lives a lot better.'
He telepathically commanded his copy to use [Mimic], and the Rey opposite him did so instantly.
He became Ralyks—at least, his form.
'What a handsome guy…' Rey found himself smiling sheepishly.
He felt like a child who wanted to try out new things.
'Imagine turning into a naked lady or something…'
~PSHUUU!~
All of a sudden, the copy in front of Rey did as the original thought and became a naked woman.
The body mimicked someone Rey had always been curious about.
And now… her ebony body stood in front of him.
"T-Trisha…?!"