Split Consciousness

Five days later of non-stop training...

"Was I wrong about this kid having a lot of potential? It's been five days and he still haven't mastered any of the five steps of the Tempest Sword Dance. If that's the case, how will he even comprehend 1% of the other four skill books I gave?" Lord Tygon thought to himself while he saw Jay failing almost every time.

Just like Lord Tygon, Elder Magnus, Elder Jericho, and even the Chicken Lord were having a lot of thoughts whether this training session will be effective or not. Since this was the case, Lord Tygon told Jay to take a one hour break before they continue.

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Jay sat nearby a broken wall while he tried to relax. The Chicken Lord was about to tell him something but Jay suddenly spoke up.

"I know, I'm a total mess right now. Blablabla..." Jay said helplessly as he looked at his hands. He just doesn't know what was wrong with him at the moment. He knows the correct process of performing the steps of the Tempest Sword Dance since he already saw it hundreds of times during the past. He even managed to do it until the third step using a Spellblade when he was still a Grand Sorcerer.

"Hey, Chicken Lord. What do you think went wrong with the past 5 days of training?" Jay asked since he was out of answers.

"In truth is, even I don't know why. At first, I thought it was just because of fatigue or because of your mindset. But after observing you closely for the past few days, I confirmed that this was not the case. You did everything well. Gathering magicka, focusing magicka, proper breathing techniques, even your posture looks exactly like the one in that book. But every time you execute the moves, it somehow fails." The Chicken Lord told Jay.

Just as Jay was really feeling frustrated over the matter, the Chicken Lord had a great idea.

"Jay, can you draw that soul gathering circle of yours again and enter the Soul Space? I think I might have found a way to triple the effectiveness of your training."

Jay was really out of options right now so he did what the Chicken Lord asked. He drew a soul gathering circle on his forehead and entered his Soul Space.

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--- Jay's Soul Space ---

"Listen carefully since if you mess up, there might be irreparable damages to your soul. But if you do it well, training will be a lot easier and more effective." The Chicken Lord said the moment Jay entered the Soul Space.

Jay nodded his head while still having a frown on his face.

The Chicken Lord sighed before he spoke again. "I will split your soul into two parts. Send the other half of your soul to your 'Mind Room' and let one remain here. In order to make sure you have control over the two parts of your soul, I will lend you my Origin Core for the meantime."

When Jay heard this, he was shocked and looked at the Chicken Lord before saying, "Hold on! What will happen to me back on the physical world if that happens? Doesn't that mean that I will have two temporary bodies that will be stuck in the Mind Room and the Soul Space? And besides, I do not even know how to change or control my soul yet. I still haven't learned any Soul Arts."

"That's why I'm lending my Origin Core to you. It will let you have complete control over the two parts of your soul later on. As for the matters back at the physical world, I will take control over your body for the meantime. And remember, when you are taking control over the two halves of your soul, never sleep or accidentally kill yourself unless you want to cause permanent damage to your soul." The Chicken Lord replied to Jay before moving towards Jay's soul, the medium-sized white fire in the middle of the Soul Space.

~~Swoosh

The Chicken Lord's winged arm did a karate chop over Jay's soul and it got split into two. As for Jay's physical body within the soul space...

"What is this... I feel so sleepy..." After saying this softly, Jay's physical body collapsed.

...

"Wait, this is weird. Why does my body feel so light?" Jay asked himself as he looked around and saw two figures looking exactly the same like him. One was standing in front of him and the other was lying down helplessly on the ground.

"It worked? Hey, Chicken Lord! What should I do next?" Jay asked as he looked at the Chicken Lord walking towards his physical body.

"Wait for a few minutes and your other half will move. This is something called Split Consciousness. It will feel as if you have two bodies but only have a single mind. Go and start training at the Mind Room and leave your other half here. And if I may recommend, you focus on training or practicing random things at the mind room, make your other half train the Chicken Skills I taught you, and I will be in charge of the stuff Tygon will teach you."

After saying this, the Chicken Lord suddenly took out his Origin Core from his chest through unknown means and left it within Jay's soul space. After that, he somehow managed to possess Jay's physical body that was lying down on the ground and disappeared.

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--- Ruined Castle ---

After Lord Tygon and the two Elders had a small talk, they decided to go easier on Jay this time and let him have a longer break time. Just as Lord Tygon was about to approach 'Jay' who was resting on a nearby wall, 'Jay' stood up and suddenly looked as if he was full of energy again.

"Bawk Bawk!"

"Huh?" Lord Tygon and the two Elders did not know what happened to Jay and thought he lost his mind.

"Did this kid get crazy from all that training and decided to make chicken sounds?"

'Jay' realized that he made a tiny mistake since he was not used with a human's vocal chord. So after doing a few more chicken sounds, he finally managed to speak normally.

"Lord Tygon, I can continue training now." 'Jay' said while he looked at Lord Tygon who was looking at him weirdly.

"Okay, continue then."

'Jay' and Elder Magnus went to their positions again, and were about to start sparring. 'Jay' picked up the rusty sword he was using from before and did the same as before.

Elder Magnus was just about to relax since he knew that 'Jay' will fail time and time again. But he was wrong this time. The rusty sword 'Jay' was holding suddenly vibrated and he suddenly started getting surrounded by currents of wind.

"This is the first step! Gentle Breeze. But how?" Lord Tygon was shocked when he saw this since he knew that Jay messed this up time and time again. Elder Magnus was having the same thought before he saw 'Jay' suddenly dashing past him. He did not even feel anything when Jay dashed through him.

"The second step! What is going on!? How did he improve so fast!?"

...

While Lord Tygon and the two Elders were having a 'nice' time due to the sudden change within 'Jay'

--- Mind Room (The Fate System) ---

"Okay then. Since all of the hard training will be left to the Chicken Lord and my clone, what should I do?" Jay asked himself and had a great idea.

"Wait... I still have plenty of skill books from the stuff I 'bought' at Murkwood. I wonder if I can just keep on combining skill after skill?" Jay muttered to himself and decided to check his stats first before doing anything else.

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Jay Castle (Sage, Tier VI Beast Tamer)

Race:

Beastman - You have noble beast blood flowing in your veins

Passive Skills:

Tamer's Empowered Fists (Beast Tamer)

Bestial Language

(Not Active) Nature's Soul

Sage's Wisdom+

Toxic (Sage)

Slander (Sage)

Tame

Loved By Beasts

Beast Tamer's Blessing

Active Skills:

Instant Shatter

Magicka Fountain

Flicker Blade (Assassin)

Shadow's Embrace (Assassin)

Double Shot (Gunner)

Double Penetration (Gunner)

Whirlwind Kick (Brawler)

Monster Essence

Tracking++

Special Skills: (Only available in Chicken Form)

Chicken Herder

Bawk!!!

Chicken Warrior

Feather Storm

Chicken Claws

Short Flight

Call Nuggets

Chicken Fury

Spells:

(Tier V - Protection) Indestructible

(Tier 0 - Destruction) Chilling Hand

(Tier 1 - Blessing) Night Hunter

(Tier 0 - Blessing) Eagle Eye

(Tier 5 - Illusion) Complete Transformation

(Legendary Blessing Spell) Tree Of Life

Others:

- Chicken Lord's Soul detected within player

- Currently under effect of Thundergod's Blessing

- Currently under effect of Life-Death seal with Nuggets

- Currently under Master and Servant contract with Heda

- Unknown Soul detected within player

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"My stats are really messy to look at... I wonder if I can still see stuff like my strength, agility, and so on..." Jay thought to himself while he fiddled with the status screen on the mind room's wall. After fiddling for a while, he managed to do something and his other stats showed up.

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Strength: {error... data not found}

(Base value: 400)

Agility: {error... data not found}

(Base value: 1000)

Vitality: {error... data not found}

(Base value: 100)

Endurance: {error... data not found}

(Base value: 200)

Intelligence: {error... data not found}

(Base value: 100)

Luck: {error... data not found}

(Base value: 50)

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"If my gaming instincts are right, those base values shown are my original stats if the Chicken Lord is not controlling my body." Jay thought to himself when he looked at his stats. After this, he immediately went towards the shelf where the skill books were placed and his attention was suddenly focused on Craidsnir's tome of knowledge.

"Damn. I keep forgetting to use this. What a waste. I suppose I can just give it to someone in the guild in the future..." Jay told himself before looking at the other skill books he had. Just as he was about to do so, he suddenly noticed flickering specks of light on the large map on the room. He also realized that this map was actually the same as the map of the Fatelord Plane. But the one in his mind room right now looked really weird.

Hundreds of white flashing dots were scattered throughout the map. Jay got curious and decided to look at it. The moment he did, he started panicking and wanted to let the Chicken Lord know immediately, but he did not know how since the Chicken Lord did not tell him a way to reverse this Split Consciousness that he was experiencing.

[Invasion Gate detected: Plane#1000]

[Invasion Gate detected: Plane#560]

[Invasion Gate detected: Plane#866]

...

[Allied Forces detected: Izumi (needs backup)]

[Allied Forces detected: Nixon (needs backup)]

...

[Casualties: Hellson, Maris, four Divine Beings.]

[Continents conquered: Sacred Song Isles(10%), Southern Desolate(98%)]

"What the hell?! And Hellson, isn't he within my soul? Then why is he marked as a casualty? Doesn't that mean he is dead already?" Jay asked himself and suddenly remembered the strange dream he had a few days ago. The moment he did, he started getting crazy and started carving for more and more power. He did not want everything to end up like what he saw in that dream.

"No, no, no... This won't do at all. I need to get stronger. What's wrong with me?! I wasted too much time, casually doing things these past month!"

After that, Jay realized that he can control his other half already so he started making it do everything the Chicken Lord taught him about the chicken skills. As for the his soul in the mind room, he decided to keep on combining skills one after another. He kept practicing this skills non stop.

Just like that, a week have passed...