Abyss Draconis

[Below is a more simplified version of both skills.]

[Skill Name: Skyvein Lattice]

[Type: Draconic Perception Trait]

[Category: Innate, Passive Insight]

What It Really Means: This is the Host beginning to awaken a "dragon's omniscient vision"—not physical sight, but the ability to feel life itself.

It makes you harder to ambush, but more importantly, it's spiritual.

After all, dragons are sovereigns not just of strength, but of awareness.

Its effects include:

A 300m Life Detection Radius, reflecting a draconic predator's sixth sense, honed to feel heartbeats, movement, even intentions.

The emotional/predictive link can foreshadow betrayal, or let the user understand enemies and allies mid-battle.

"Unnatural life glows erratic"—meaning clones, illusions, undead, and corrupted vessels stand out like beacons.

In short, it adds a hunter's intelligence to the Host's otherwise monstrous form.

It explained, and a light of realization dawned in Ryuk's eyes.

He understood it now.

'So, it's like… I don't see them, but I feel them,' Ryuk said slowly.

'I know if something's off and maybe even better predict what they'll do next by being able to be in their shoes...'

[Exactly, Host.]

'Wow, it's unlike any skill I previously possessed,' he mused to himself.

Almost all of his old skills, in one way or the other, had something to do with battle or fighting.

But this? A perception skill?

That wasn't what he expected at all.

'Now that I get that... let's move to the next one.'

[Skill Name: Pale Womb of Embers]

Type: Draconic Cocoon Skill

Category: Stasis / Burst Offense

What It Really Means: This is the dragon holding its breath before destruction. A moment of stillness before it erupts.

The cocoon lasts 10 seconds, making the Host completely invulnerable, untouchable by any attack. During this time, the Host disappears, as if removed from the world itself.

Enemies may waste their strongest moves on nothing.

Then, when he returns...

His next action has no cooldown—even if it's an ultimate skill.

That action is also +25% stronger than usual.

It's like a ritual of rebirth: vanish, survive, then strike harder than ever.

"This... this is a lifesaver," Ryuk muttered to himself in disbelief.

'He could imagine if he had been beaten and—just when the final strike that would be enough to rip off his life is about to be dealt—he suddenly disappears.

For 10 seconds. Which is enough time to prepare for a counterattack.

And the next skill he unleashes when he arrives back is 25% stronger than normal!?'

'That would be incredibly devastating to his enemies, who would have thought they had his life in their hands... only for their ultimate attack to be wasted.

And then he comes back to end them even stronger.'

'I never thought such a skill would be possible…'

[True, it's a rare skill.]

[But don't be foolish.

][There's no such thing as an invincible skill in this world. There might be laws out there that could stop you from activating any skill—then you'll be cleaved through before you can even call them out.]

[If you think a skill could make you invincible, then it's only a matter of time before life screws you over.]

The system said, watering down Ryuk's immortality fantasy.

'Tch. Thanks for the reminder, oh mighty system. You always know the good time for your advice…' he replied in mockery, but the system shrugged it off.

[I'm simply doing my job, Ryuk. No need to feel indebted.]

'Tsk, indebted, my ass…'

'Let's get back to what we're doing. The Draconic skills are two.'

'One is a perception skill that allows me to feel life in a 300-meter radius, making me able to not only see but feel them, and for 30 seconds, put myself in their shoes and feel their emotional state, and hence predict their next moves.

'And the second is like an evasive skill that makes me disappear completely for 10 seconds, avoiding all and any attacks, only to come back and have my next skill increased by 25% in damage. A perfect evasive ability.'

'Now, let's get to the other two skills I obtained—the new Knull skills.'

He ordered, and immediately, the panel changed.

[<<<Knullic Skill>>>]

Skill Name: Nemory

Level: 1

Type: BeyonderKnullic Bloodline Art

Effect: Once per day, reach into a timeline erased by the world itself.

Retrieve a power, answer, or weapon from a version of yourself that no longer exists.

Use it for 60 seconds—then it vanishes.

Effect Warning: Each use increases [Fracture Level].

Current Fracture Level: 1.

Each use unhinges reality.

Verdict: "It ended long before it began. But you carry the print."

[Knullic Skill 2]

Skill Name: Heir of Nytherion

Level: 1Type: Knullic Possession Skill

Effect: Once per day, awaken the buried Throne of Nytherion—one of Destruction's Ancient Bearers.

Allow a fragment of his will to rise through you.

Your consciousness recedes, and he fights in your stead.

For 10 seconds, he will remain and be able to wield one technique from Nytherion's era.

You see through your own eyes, but your hands are no longer yours.

Effect Warning: Each use increases [Influence Level].

Current Influence Level: 1.

Verdict: "He is written in the black between stars — and when you call him, the cosmos starts to forget that you ever belonged."

"What... what are these?" Ryuk asked in dumb shock, staring blankly at the golden panel before him.

[Your new Knullic skills.]

'I know that, but—wait, can you try to simplify them better like you did before…?'

[No. I can't.] the system replied.

'Why can't you? You just did the same for the Draconic skills, right?'

[True. But I can't interpret your Knullic skills… because I don't understand them either.]

It said, leaving him in stunned silence.

But somehow, he felt the system knew more, just trying to ignore him, probably to get back at him for not increasing its intelligence stat.

So he shrugged it off.

In the end, he could only swipe down the panel and reread the first Knullic Skill. Yet, even after five readings, he barely understood what was being said.

'Nemora. That… that doesn't even sound like a Knull skill name…'

'And it allows me to venture through past dimensions and take something from them, which can be used for 60 seconds in reality?'

'It sounds so complex… yet so simple too,' he thought, hoping to invoke a system panel to explain more—but it showed nothing.

And in the end, Ryuk decided—

'I guess there's only one way to find out…'

"Activate.."