Chapter 106: Dealing with the Orb of Death, The Realization of Job Changes in the Otherworld
Tang Zheng couldn't help but read through the information for the [Cursed Knight] job several times.
It was powerful!
Just from the job description alone, Tang Zheng could sense the power of this class.
He knew that even jobs of the same tier had differences in strength, but he never expected the gap to be this enormous. Tang Zheng had always thought the passive effects of the [Magic Swordsman] were quite good.
Especially *Mana Infusion*, which could be applied to alchemy and scroll creation.
But compared to the passives before him, *Complete Curse Resistance* and *Dark Attribute Resistance I*...
Now *these* were proper passives!
Not to mention the debuffs that came automatically with the job's skills.
The only negative job penalty, *No Rest*, didn't seem to have much of an impact in Tang Zheng's eyes. After all, he didn't even have a single piece of decent equipment.
On the soft bed.
Tang Zheng sat cross-legged. With a thought, a pitch-black curse energy emerged from his palm like a mist.
"So this is curse energy?"
Tang Zheng felt the heart-palpitating energy in his palm, comparing it to the energy that Leinas had unleashed.
The two energies were completely identical, though the curse energy in his hand seemed a bit more profound.
There was no difficulty in controlling it.
Tang Zheng could clearly feel the energy in his palm moving as if it were his own limb.
With a flash of thought.
The black, misty curse vanished, as if it had never been there.
"I can control it freely. I can summon it easily, and I can also retract it."
Tang Zheng was lost in thought, subconsciously raising a hand to touch his cheek. "And unlike Leinas, my skin hasn't started to rot."
"In that case, the decay on half of Leinas's face must not be solely due to the influence of the [Cursed Knight] job."
Tang Zheng recalled the information about Leinas. The reason she was able to obtain the high-tier job of [Cursed Knight] was from an incident while clearing out monsters from her family's territory.
She was afflicted by the death curse of a special monster, which caused her disfigurement and, indirectly, allowed her to acquire the [Cursed Knight] job.
A special monster?
Interest sparked within Tang Zheng. Could a high-tier job of this caliber really be obtained just by being cursed by a single monster?
For Leinas to have been able to kill it back then, the monster's strength must not have been high. Even now, Leinas's power among adventurers was at most at the orichalcum-rank.
There must be some special circumstances involved that he doesn't know about.
Tang Zheng took a deep breath. He felt this matter was worth investigating; it might lead to an incredible discovery.
"Now, I can finally deal with this magic item." Tang Zheng's eyes flashed as he began chanting in a low voice:
"Undying Spirit!"
A magical light flashed as he applied a layer of willpower resistance to himself.
Tang Zheng reached out into the void and grasped. The *Orb of Death* appeared in his palm.
The next moment!
"Human, what have you done?"
"Where did you put the great will of death!"
"This isn't a graveyard! What is this place?"
"Death is eternity! Only the dead are life's final destination!"
"Embrace death!"
"…"
"Do you want power? To obtain great power?"
In an instant, a cacophony of voices erupted in Tang Zheng's mind, making him feel as if a swarm of bees was buzzing chaotically by his ears.
Tang Zheng remained expressionless, staring coldly at the orb in his hand. After waiting a moment, he found that the noisy clamor from the orb showed no signs of stopping and was, in fact, growing louder.
No effect?
Tang Zheng's already furrowed brow deepened.
According to the passives of [Cursed Knight], it should have had some effect on this *Orb of Death*, but so far, nothing had changed.
Could it be—
Tang Zheng carefully examined the passive, *No Rest*, and his eyes lit up.
Pitch-black curse energy surged from Tang Zheng's body. The moment this energy made contact with the *Orb of Death*, its surface instantly erupted with a light the color of black iron.
"Ah— What is this!"
The consciousness within the *Orb of Death* let out a piercing shriek.
However.
Even as the *Orb of Death* desperately radiated magical power to resist, under the effects of the curse energy, the black-iron light melted away as quickly as summer snow.
With a thought, Tang Zheng immediately withdrew the curse energy, and the force eroding the *Orb of Death* ceased.
"Just like with [Magic Swordsman], the job's passive trait has indeed changed." Tang Zheng paid no mind to the shrill voice in his head, his spirits lifting.
He had just carefully observed the information for the passive *No Rest*. At the very beginning, there was a prompt that said, "When using curse abilities…"
After that brief experiment.
Tang Zheng was now certain that this negative passive trait would only activate when he was using his curse abilities.
If he didn't use curse energy, the negative trait wouldn't trigger.
This was clearly not the case in the game!
Tang Zheng suddenly remembered Ulbert, one of the 41 Supreme Beings of the Great Tomb, who possessed the powerful annihilation-type magic job, [World Disaster].
That job had a negative passive that doubled the magic power cost of spells. In the game, this was an unchangeable job trait.
But after the Bone King transmigrated to the Otherworld, he had verified that if Ulbert also came to this world, he could choose to manually turn off such a negative trait.
"Mana Infusion: Curse!"
Tang Zheng looked at the *Orb of Death* in his hand and, using the passive ability of the [Magic Swordsman], directly poured curse energy into the orb.
"Human!!!"
"Who are you…"
"How can there possibly be a power in this world… stronger… than death!"
The *Orb of Death* let out continuous, ear-piercing wails.
The next day, at dawn.
Tang Zheng carefully retracted the curse energy. Looking at the now unremarkable black stone in his hand, he let out a soft breath. "It's a success."
…
Item: Magic Item · Special Craft Item · *Orb of Death*
Level: High-Class (Lv 30-40)
Effect: Energy Gauge (0/280)
—Passive:
Negative Energy Absorption: Can absorb negative attribute energy to restore the Energy Gauge.
—Active:
Bone Dragon Summoning: Costs 100 Energy.
…
After a new appraisal, the information for the *Orb of Death* had undergone an earth-shattering change.
The Energy Gauge's value had dropped from the original 300 to 280.
The biggest change was that its original four passive traits and four active magic skills were all gone, leaving only one of each.
The item was still "High-Class," but in Tang Zheng's view, its actual level had dropped by at least two grades.
"The value of this magic item, specifically enhanced for necromancers, has plummeted to rock bottom."
"However, for me, it's just right."
Although he hadn't slept all night, Tang Zheng's spirits were unusually high.
"Is it dawn already?"
Tang Zheng turned his head to look out the window, put away the *Orb of Death*, and got up to head downstairs.
Someone was far more anxious than he was.
When Tang Zheng arrived in the first-floor main living room, he indeed saw Leinas and Imina, who were already waiting.
The two were sitting on opposite sides of the sofa.
Leinas maintained a kind smile, but her mind was clearly elsewhere.
Imina, on the other hand, had her arms crossed over her chest, leaning back against the sofa. She glanced at Leinas from time to time, her amber eyes filled with vigilance.
As Tang Zheng descended the stairs, both women's gazes immediately shot toward him.
Leinas shot up from the sofa at once. Her gaze, fixed on Tang Zheng, was a complex mix of anticipation and the fear of disappointment.
Before Leinas could speak, Tang Zheng cut straight to the point as he descended the stairs.
"Two methods."
(end of chapter)
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