All-Professional Master of Darkness

Lan Wu had a strange expression, looking down at the black patterns on his chest and remaining silent.

Runes, a unique system in the game. A single rune has different attributes, and certain runes embedded in equipment with grooves will form unique equipment. This is the language of the runes. Most of the rune words are not very useful, and are not much different from ordinary gold or dark gold equipment. A few of the rune words have unparalleled properties, comparable to artifacts.

It's just... Lan Wu was a little confused. Are these patterns on my body runes? Aren’t those runes in the game just pieces of gray stone?

The black runes continued to appear, and soon they were densely covered on the chest. These runes were like living creatures, densely covering the chest and then spreading to the back. In just a short moment, a circle of runes also appeared on the adjacent forearm.

Although Rodament reminded him, Lan Wu failed to realize that the closely connected runes on his body were the runes in the game. As time went by, he could see that these so-called runes were gradually being simplified, forming a simple pattern like the one on Rhodament's chest.

"Uh...is this a magical talisman?" Lan Wu looked up with confusion on his face.

At this time Rhodament also woke up. He shook his head and smiled bitterly, and gave an explanation that shocked Lan Wu: "I can recognize thirty-three of them, and how many more are hidden... Sorry, my experience is limited."

"Thirty-three talismans?" Lan Wu clicked in astonishment on the straight black pattern that had formed on the skin of his chest.

"The talisman contains powerful power. When the power is insufficient, the talisman will automatically form its lowest form." Rodament nodded happily.

Lan Wu was speechless. Well, straight lines are indeed the lowest and most basic form compared to crooked lines. Compared with this, how to upgrade other skills is the focus.

"Can you upgrade your skills with this talisman?" Lan Wu decisively asked the question he wanted to know the most.

"No." Rodament shook his head.

Lan Wu was immediately discouraged. Other skills cannot be upgraded, and the damage cannot be increased at all. It's okay for now, but what about reaching Kurast Seaport, Demon Fortress or Harrogath in the future? Just relying on this little basic skill damage is enough for a small monster.

"You still need to continue to upgrade." Rodament's next words made Lan Wu feel black.

"Only this?" Lan Wu was skeptical, lest he experience great joy and sorrow again.

"Of course." Rhodament smiled, his eyes softening significantly.

"Really?" Lan Wu was still doubtful, squinting at the demonic energy not far away that was about to be divided up. Until now, he hadn't felt much different from before.

Rodament shrugged helplessly: "According to the laws of this world, the talisman has just been activated and it will take a little time to adapt to your body. I think it will take about half an hour."

Lan Wu followed the good path and no longer struggled. As long as you can get a way to upgrade your skills, you can wait a whole day, not to mention half an hour. Of course, the premise is that this method actually works.

Half an hour later, Lan Wu clapped his hands and said, "It's time for us to leave."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was surprised to find that Flora and the others had strange looks on their faces. They didn't move for a long time and just looked at him. He smiled faintly and stuffed the leather armor he took off into the space bag: "It's hot, so it's cool like this."

"There's something wrong." Flora murmured softly, pulling Eileen and walking in front.

Lan Wu smiled and ignored. Rodament is a powerful trump card. Naturally, such a good thing must be hidden from anyone, lest they accidentally reveal the secret and cause unnecessary trouble. After all, Rodament is a member of the Horadrim clan, and all the information at hand is valuable.

The group of people started the journey of spawning monsters again. At this point the consequences of Rhodament's lack of possession are fully realized. Avila and Lan Wu, one relying on thick blood and the other remaining strong due to agility, tenaciously blocked the burning skeleton attack. But the output of Shia and the others is really hard to watch.

Even with the assistance of Lanya and the other three skeletons, it took nearly twenty minutes to kill the first skeleton. As soon as the broken bones hit the ground, Rhodament had already floated away to complete the possession. With his joining, the team's efficiency suddenly improved a lot.

"Lord God's Benefactor, although I have seen it many times, I have to say that your skeleton mage's spells still surprise me." Avila took two steps back and looked at the skeleton in front of him. face of amazement.

This skeleton was now completely green and had obviously been poisoned. The knee of its right leg squeaked, and the bones that were stronger than steel seemed to have been poured with concentrated sulfuric acid, corroding at a speed visible to the naked eye. Losing the support of its right leg, it tilted its body and tried hard to maintain its balance. It had already forgotten about chasing the human in front of it.

"Thank you for the compliment." Lan Wu grinned, showing a few fangs, and casually slapped the unlucky skeleton with a bear's paw, knocking it away immediately.

Rodament rejoined the group and immediately gained the team's full support. In addition to Lan Wu, the three skeletons including the Avila girls and Lanya have very good combat awareness. Wherever the corruption reaches, intensive skills will follow.

Chain lightning, blizzard, poison gun, charged blow... Even without Lan Wu's reminder, the girls still unleashed their most powerful skills at the moment the target was poisoned. With full cooperation, a burning skeleton will fall in less than a minute.

Soon, this small group of about twelve or thirteen flaming skeletons turned into a pile of broken bones, lonely and decomposing into demonic energy. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lan Wu walked up to the demonic energy condensed in mid-air, lowered his head and carefully examined the so-called talismans on his chest.

Lan Wu's eyes suddenly lit up as a trace of demonic energy entered his body. As the demonic energy was sucked into the body, the pattern on the chest gradually glowed with a faint gray light. The originally straight lines gradually became distorted. When all the broken bones on the ground were decomposed into demonic energy, the twisted patterns suddenly and flexibly formed strange runes.

"It is indeed a rune." Lan Wu's eyes flashed. He also recognized the runes emerging from his chest. El, Ed, and Ter, three kinds of runes, a total of thirty-three runes, appeared flexibly on the chest, connected by the remaining twisted lines, forming a strange pattern.

The runes flashed, and warm currents circulated in the body as the demonic energy was absorbed. Lan Wu felt unprecedentedly comfortable. The whole body seemed to be gently kneaded by pairs of tender little hands, feeling indescribably relaxed and comfortable. Gradually, he was completely immersed in this indescribable pleasure.

"Uncle..."

Suddenly Flora startled him with a cry of terror. He opened his eyes and saw Flora's pretty face turned pale, with tears in the corners of her eyes, biting her lip and looking at him. He was stunned and asked suspiciously: "What's wrong?"

Flora didn't make a sound, she just bit her lips tightly with a look of horror on her face, and even Irene beside her showed a rare trace of panic and confusion.

"Your Majesty the Divine Blesser." Avila's pretty face was as white as snow, but he hesitated to speak. His eyes were filled with sadness.

"Huh?" Lan Wu noticed something was wrong. Not only Flora and the three of them, but also Sister Shia also had a pretty face and a hint of despair in her eyes.

"What's going on?" Lan Wu was startled by their expressions.

"You...you just absorbed all the demonic energy." Avila said the reason, his whole body seemed to be exhausted, and he let go of the javelin in his hand in despair.

Lan Wu was startled when he heard this. Now he is no longer a rookie. The most basic laws of this world are not only memorized by heart, but at least they are familiar to you, and they come up as soon as you open your mouth.

Some people with outstanding qualifications among humans can increase their magic level by absorbing the magic energy decomposed by demons or undead creatures. Human beings who can absorb demonic energy have a widely circulated name - mercenaries.

The mercenary learns a skill through the absorbed magic energy. They are stronger than ordinary humans and can fight demons or undead creatures. But it is far inferior to professionals. The real dividing line between mercenaries and professionals lies in the degree of absorption of demonic energy.

If I use a metaphor, it would be that ordinary human beings are bottomless barrels riddled with holes and cannot contain evil energy at all. Mercenaries are slightly better wooden barrels that can absorb magic energy, but cannot effectively accumulate magic energy. And professionals are intact wooden barrels that can fully absorb and utilize the evil energy.

Although professionals can fully absorb demonic energy, they are still affected by the physical body. Each professional's body can absorb a limited amount of demonic energy. You can only proceed step by step, gradually absorb the demonic energy, and continuously temper the body's toughness. This is the so-called upgrade. If the level is not enough, if you forcefully absorb too much demonic energy, the final result will be like an over-inflated balloon. It exploded with a bang.

No one can become fat in one bite. This is one of the most basic laws.

"Did I just absorb all the demonic energy?" Lan Wu asked in disbelief. But as soon as the words left his mouth, he shut his mouth.

The originally strong demonic energy in front of him had disappeared without a trace. The ground was clean, not to mention the equipment, not even a single gold coin was seen. If it hadn't all been absorbed by him, it would have been impossible for the demonic energy to disappear without a trace so quickly.

"This is the benefactor." Rodament's voice suddenly sounded in Lan Wu's heart, and he sighed with emotion: "All benefactors with divine runes engraved on them can easily absorb no matter how much evil energy they have before they reach their limit. ”

Lan Wu fell silent.

Rhodament also fell silent. This is the blessing of the divine, but it is also unfortunate. All the blessed ones can only wander alone. No friends, no companions, just endless loneliness until that day...

After a long silence, Rodament spoke out to console him: "My good friend Nefer once proposed an idea. He firmly believed that his research could free the benefactor from the shackles of fate. Unfortunately, I have been transformed into a demon. The Mummy Mage couldn't wait until the day his research was successful. If his research laboratory was not discovered, I think the answer could be found there."

"Can you take me to find the ruins of Nifl?" Lan Wu raised his head.

(Sorry, I have a party tonight, I just got home, I don’t have the time code for Chapter 2, I’m sorry...)