Chapter 97: Divine Talisman

Lan Wu had a strange expression, looking down at the black pattern 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 the talismans, and how many more talismans 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 another great joy or tragedy.

"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.

Rhodament 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 his space bag: "It's hot, so it's cool like this."

"There's something wrong." Flora murmured softly, pulling Irene 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, stubbornly 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, looked at the skeleton in front of him, and said, 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 burning skeletons turned into a pile of broken bones, lonely and decomposed into demonic energy. Taking this opportunity, Lan Wu walked to the demonic energy condensed in the air, lowered his head and carefully examined the so-called divine runes on his chest.

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

"It's really a rune." Lan Wu's eyes flashed. He also recognized the runes that emerged on his chest. Al, Ed, and Tel, three runes, a total of thirty-three runes appeared on his chest, connected by the remaining twisted lines, forming a strange pattern.

The runes flashed, and a warm current flowed through his body as the demonic energy was absorbed. Lan Wu felt unprecedented comfort. The whole person seemed to be gently kneaded by a pair of tender little hands, indescribably relaxed and comfortable. Gradually, he was completely immersed in this indescribable pleasure.

"Uncle... Uncle."

Suddenly, Flora's frightened cry startled him. He opened his eyes and saw Flora's pretty face was pale, tears were in the corners of her eyes, and she bit her lips tightly and looked at him. He was stunned and asked suspiciously: "What's wrong?"

Flora didn't say anything, but bit her lips tightly, with a look of fear on her face, and even Irene beside her rarely showed a trace of panic and confusion.

"Lord God of Grace." Avila's pretty face was pale, and she was hesitant to speak. Her eyes were full of sadness.

"Huh?" Lan Wu realized that something was wrong. Not only Flora and the other three, but also the Xia sisters had pale faces and a hint of despair in their eyes.

"What's the situation?" Lan Wu was shocked by their expressions.

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

Lan Wu was shocked when he heard this. Now he is no longer a rookie. The most basic laws of this world are not to say that they are fluent, but at least they are familiar with them and can be said at will.

Some people with excellent qualifications among humans can improve their magic level by absorbing the magic energy decomposed by demons or undead creatures. There is a widely circulated name for humans who can absorb magic energy-mercenaries.

Mercenaries learn a skill through the magic energy they absorb. They are stronger than ordinary humans and can fight demons or undead creatures. But they are far inferior to professionals. The real dividing line between mercenaries and professionals lies in the degree of absorption of magic energy.

If we use a metaphor, ordinary humans are a broken barrel with holes and no bottom, which can't contain magic energy at all. Mercenaries are slightly better wooden barrels, which can absorb magic energy but cannot effectively accumulate magic energy. And the professional is a perfect wooden barrel, which can fully absorb and utilize the magic energy.

Although the professional can fully absorb the magic energy, it is still affected by the body. The magic energy absorbed by each professional's body is limited. Only by gradually absorbing the magic energy step by step and constantly tempering the toughness of the body, this is the so-called upgrade. If the level is not enough and too much magic energy is forcibly absorbed, the final result will be like a balloon that is blown up too much. It bursts with a snap.

No one can become a fat man in one bite. This is one of the most basic rules.

"Did I just absorb all the magic energy?" Lan Wu asked back in disbelief. But he closed his mouth as soon as he said it.

The magic energy in front of him, which was originally quite strong, has disappeared without a trace. The ground is clean, let alone equipment, not even a gold coin can be seen. If it were not all absorbed by himself, these magic energies would not disappear without a trace so quickly.

"This is the God's Grace." Rodament's voice suddenly sounded in Lan Wu's heart, and he sighed: "All God's Graces who have engraved the divine rune can easily absorb any amount of magic energy before reaching their own limits."

Lan Wu fell silent.

Rodament also fell silent. This is the luck of the God's Grace, but also misfortune. All God's Graces can only wander alone. No friends, no companions, only endless loneliness, until that day...

After a long silence, Rodament comforted: "My friend Nifl once proposed a hypothesis. He firmly believes that his research can free the God's Grace from the shackles of fate. Unfortunately, I have been demonized and turned into a mummy wizard, and I can't wait until the day when his research is successful. If his laboratory has not been discovered, I think I can find the answer there."

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

(Sorry, I have a social event tonight, I just got home, and I don't have time to code the second chapter. Forgive me...)