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Luo Ya glanced again at the dazzling array of items on the shelf, then looked at the empty street outside, and finally surveyed the surroundings of the shop.
To put it simply, it was rather awful.
The counter was quite old, and the items on it had been sitting there for a long time. Although the surrounding area was relatively clean, Roya could sense a sense of poverty emanating from the place.
Roya shook his head, not asking about any magical items, as he figured Wiz probably didn't have anything of value here.
Although saying this might hurt the other person's feelings, it is the truth.
Roya cut straight to the point: "Um, Wiz, I heard you're a lich, and your level is quite high. I want to learn some skills from you."
"Didn't you come here to buy potions or magical items?"
"Um, I don't really need this right now."
Upon hearing this, Wiz's smile froze, and she said somewhat dejectedly, "Is that so? Didn't you come here to buy items? It's funny, I haven't sold a single item in a month, and my finances are completely in the red."
"Is that so? Well, if you can teach me a few tricks, I'll consider buying a few bottles of something useful." Roya's lips twitched, and he said somewhat speechlessly.
Chapter 327 Skill: Life Drain
Upon hearing this, Wiz immediately smiled and said, "Alright, may I ask what you would like to learn? I am a lich, and I don't have many special skills, but I do have a very convenient skill called life absorption. If you have enough skill points, I can teach you this skill."
Roya had come here specifically for this skill, and when he heard that Wiz had brought it up, he didn't hesitate and said directly, "This skill is fine. Please demonstrate it to me, Miss Wiz."
“Miss?” Wiz’s smile widened, his eyes narrowing into slits, and he looked quite pleased.
Roya took in the other person's reaction and thought to himself: It seems that Wiz really cares about his age.
However, most girls are actually quite concerned about their age.
Wiz nodded and led Roya to stand in the center of the shop, a little away from the counter. Wiz was probably afraid of something going wrong, so he tried to keep Roya away from the explosives displayed on it.
Unfortunately, because the store is too small, even if you try to stay as far away from there as possible, you can't get very far.
"Are you ready?" Wiz's expression turned serious. Putting everything else aside, Wiz's seriousness was quite intimidating.
Roya nodded, and the next moment Wiz grabbed Roya's hand. A strange power began to spread, and purple light rose around Wiz, giving off a peculiar feeling.
Vitality, in a sense, is also magic. There are some differences between the two, but the differences are not significant.
A warm current flowed towards Wiz, a warm current that even surprised Wiz.
"This power, Roya, your life level is quite high!"
Wiz looked at the young man in front of him with some curiosity.
As a lich, Wiz's strength was naturally not weak, and life drain was a type of magic that Wiz was good at.
Even if facing another Demon King's army officer head-on, he would never be defeated in a direct confrontation.
This is actually quite remarkable in this world.
After all, with the Demon King absent, these Demon King's military officers are, in a sense, among the strongest people in the world.
This is why Roya's killing of the Headless Horseman was as easy as killing a chicken, instantly attracting the attention of a crowd.
Wiz was still marveling at the skill when the Life Drain ability didn't last long. Soon, a sense of stagnation came from the other person. The power absorbed by Life Drain was rapidly decreasing. In the end, even when Wiz used all his strength, the amount of magic he could squeeze out was quite small.
Wiz paused instinctively, her expression somewhat bewildered. She looked up at Roya, her languid and delicate face showing a hint of helplessness, as if she had never dealt with this situation before.
Life drain is actually a rather overpowered ability. If the caster successfully drains the opponent's abilities, they will instantly apply a large number of buffs to the opponent.
For example, debuffs such as weakness and inability to move, and this state becomes more severe over time.
Their vitality is so weak that they can be instantly drained into a dried-up corpse, making their effects undeniably terrifying.
What's even more terrifying is that there's no way to counter the life drain.
You either have to endure the debuff and have your attributes weakened in every way to fight the caster head-on, or you can only tough it out.
However, Wiz had never experienced anything like Roja's situation in his long life.
Unlike Luo Ya's astonishment, Luo Ya had already opened the system panel, where a line of small text had popped up.
[Spend five skill points to learn the Life Steal skill?]
Without much hesitation, Luo Ya clicked to learn.
A golden light emanated from Roya's body, and a new memory instantly appeared in Roya's mind.
That's the rule of this world, the technique for releasing the life-absorbing skill.
This world also has a panel, which is the adventurer card. Once you learn it, you will be upgraded to the level where you can use it.
Roya was a king-level mage with profound insights into many types of magic.
Almost instantly, Roya had easily mastered this power.
Roya glanced at Wiz and used the lich's skill, but strangely, while Wiz emitted an eerie purple light, Roya was radiating a golden glow.
The light looked quite holy, but when it touched Wiz, Wiz felt a powerful suction force erupt.
Because Wiz was also in the process of absorbing life, the two forces intertwined at this moment and then suddenly erupted.
Logically, as a lich, Wiz should have maxed out the Life Drain skill.
The effects of a max-level skill are vastly different from those of someone like Roya who has just learned it; the difference is huge.
Strangely, this force was able to rival Wiz's suction, and for a time Wiz was completely helpless against Roya.
Wiz opened his eyes wide, his bangs falling back to reveal his amber eyes. This feeling was actually quite unpleasant.
With mixed feelings, Wiz increased the output power.
They attempted to overwhelm Roya head-on.
The result was quite pleasing; Roya's life-draining intensity was ultimately limited and could not compete with Wiz's life-draining.
Luo Ya frowned, seemingly dissatisfied with the result. The young man opened the panel again and found the Life Drain skill.
Clicking the upgrade icon in the upper right corner of the icon instantly displayed a line of small text.
[Spend 15 skill points to upgrade this skill?]
Roya's brow furrowed even deeper.
This skill does seem quite unusual, and even the cost of upgrading it is quite high.
It takes a full fifteen skill points to advance from level one to level two.
Fifteen skill points—an average adventurer would need to level up fifteen times to accumulate that many skill points.
This skill also indirectly demonstrates its potential.
However, right now, what Roya has no shortage of is skill points.
He now has a skill point count in the hundreds, more than he could ever use up, so he naturally doesn't need to worry about it.
Without much hesitation, Roya clicked the upgrade button.
A golden light surged into Roya's body. This golden light was like a brilliant sunrise. The pale golden light on Roya's body became brighter. The brilliant gold covered Roya's figure. An unnamed power spread outward from Roya as the core.
And at that very moment, in the area bathed in light, Roya seemed capable of taking away the life of his opponent.
However, this feeling was only momentary; the invisible force seemed unable to last long, and the brilliant light retreated back into Roya's body.
The light shone unrestrainedly around, its gentle, holy glow radiating a pure, sacred power.
Like an angel descending to earth, brilliant light shone on Roya, making the boy seem like a god walking among humans.
However, this power is not as holy as it appears.
A force was constantly eroding Wiz, and her originally lazy expression had become tense. At this moment, she exuded a terrifying sense of oppression. Perhaps this was Wiz's true face.
"This power, you're terrifying!" Sweat beaded on Wiz's forehead. In this tug-of-war of power, she was now at a disadvantage. Her life force was being continuously drained by her opponent, and a sense of weakness began to spread throughout her body, making Wiz's expression somewhat uncertain.
Wiz, a professional lich, is incredibly powerful. Since learning the Life Drain skill, he's basically unstoppable.
He truly walks sideways; no living creature can rival Wiz.
After all, very few people can learn how to absorb life.
When he was young, Wiz was quite irritable and violent. He would beat up any monster he caught. During his adventurer period (around the age of 20), he was the captain of a famous adventurer party with a high bounty on his head from the Demon King's army. His teammates were the Sword Saint Brad and the High Priestess Rosalie.
(These two characters don't really have any role, so let's just assume they're quite remarkable, shall we?)
She has a fiery temper, hates evil, and loves to argue; she is known as a fighter and the Ice Witch.
For some reason, Wiz was struck by a forbidden spell and subsequently became a powerful lich. He then used the sword of light alone to tear open the barrier of the Demon King's castle. Afterwards, he froze the Demon King's army executives and the poisonous slime Hans who came to stop him into ice shards. He used the lich's unique skill, life absorption, to paralyze the Demon King's army executives and the chimera Sylvia. Finally, he severely injured Beldia, who was still recuperating (the tragic Beldia).
In a sense, she truly single-handedly took on the entire Demon King's castle.
After she stopped being an adventurer, she became more detached from worldly affairs and her temper became less fiery. She found a small village, this godforsaken place, and started a small business. Her personality also became more refined and easygoing.
The reason for such a big change is inseparable from the fact that she was originally a kind person.
Having become more open-minded, one naturally won't be too petty.
In short, I'm currently in a state of stagnation.
That's precisely why she agreed to Roya's request so easily.
Of course, this is also related to Roya's ability to successfully defeat the Headless Horseman.
However, this formidable man is now facing an enormous problem.