Chapter 84： Evil Incantation

At noon, when he returned home, the imp was still dutifully copying. The papers copied by Saenor had already piled up into a large stack.

Jess sat on the edge of the bed and watched the little demon writing rapidly. Looking at the ink level going down rapidly. This ink is so expensive... How long will it take to copy a book?

Thinking about the huge pile of books in the entire library of the Wizard's Sanctum. Could it all be written by magic?

Just thinking about having to spend money on ink gives him a headache.

The sword is also broken. Five silver coins might as well be used to buy a bottle of ink.

By the way, he should have asked for a sword back at Stonehold. I don't know if they will give it. They should give it, right? It's too late to say anything now.

The opportunity for orc language exchange must be obtained. Otherwise, going to Dalaran also requires money. During the Winter Veil, there will definitely be more people traveling. Dwarves and humans will all return to their hometowns. At that time, if there is no reimbursement from the Wizard's Sanctum, the ship ticket will definitely be more expensive than now. How much money will he have to spend then?

Jess sighed deeply.

When he lowered his head, he saw the rolled-up, tattered remnant volume with only a spine and a few torn pages sticking out from under the bed.

By the way, why did that orc warlock treasure this tattered book so much? Now that he has learned quite a few orc language words, and there is also one who understands demon language beside him. Should he be able to understand roughly what is written on this book?

The runes on the spine are already broken and unrecognizable. After opening it, the remaining few pages are still relatively intact, at least the burned area is not too large.

Jess took a rough look and found several orc runes that he still recognized, such as death, vitality, and magic.

Realizing that with his current vocabulary, he really couldn't figure out what was written on it. After seeing some demon language text on it, he asked the imp beside him.

"Saenor, come and see what's written on this."

The imp leaned over and took a look and read, "Luhra Venkta, Luala Kipta... This is a spell, a very evil spell, master."

Jess's eyelids twitched. He still remembered how this imp described shadow and fel energy—not some black magic or dark power, but a shortcut to help people achieve success, an absolute great power.

For a spell that even this guy thinks is evil, just how evil could it be?

"This spell will harm your own vitality and take your own life as a price... to restore mana. The pain brought by the spell will also bring more shadow power, master."

Jess slowly raised his head and then nodded. Isn't this health-to-mana conversion? Life Tap? Jess felt his hands start to tremble.

No wonder that orc warlock treasured this thing like a treasure. So this is the spell for Life Tap?

Then why bother with mana potions? Just convert it!

Wait a minute. Jess instantly thought of a problem. This is not a game at all, and the cost of health-to-mana conversion is definitely not as simple as a few numbers.

The imp also said just now that the spell will bring pain, and this pain will be transformed into shadow power.

What does harming vitality and harming life mean?

This is a form of self-harm. After all, even the imp said this spell is evil enough. That means even demons are reluctant to use this spell.

"Luhra Venkta, Luala Ki... "

Jess originally wanted to repeat it to familiarize himself with the spell but forcibly stopped himself from chanting. He remembered the situation where he casually recited a spell at Marin's place and ended up causing a fire.

But generally speaking, most spells won't take effect so simply. Just like Marin said, there will be many conditions for casting spells.

But after all, dark magic has always been unruly. Maybe those dark things are always surrounding you, just waiting for you to shout it out. Maybe they can't even wait until you finish chanting and rush out impatiently on their own.

Since listening to Marin's "energy consciousness theory", Jess has felt as if he is constantly being watched by tons of shadow energy.

He sensed his own body sensations and the surrounding air. After confirming that there was no fluctuation of shadow energy stirred up by such chanting, he felt relieved.

"See if there are any casting instructions written on it?"

"The rest are all orc language runes, master." The imp shook his head and said, "I can't understand them. Master, no matter whether you can understand it or not, don't use this spell casually."

"Why?" Jess said, "Do you know anything about it?"

"If this magic is used too much, even demons will be shadowed." The imp touched his face and said, "Their skin will turn black, and the flames of demonic fire in their eyes will gradually dim, turning deep red. Eventually, they will step into the realm of shadow and be assimilated by the void. There are many kinds of such spells, and this spell is the easiest to learn. Demons are one of the existences least susceptible to shadow energy. Our flesh and blood is fel energy, our power is surging and chaotic fel fire, and our food is undisturbed arcane. These powers are all sufficient to exclude the irreversible influence of shadow. But if your own will invites shadow in, then once it enters and becomes a part of your body, it will be difficult to get it out again!"

For some reason, Jess suddenly remembered the scenes in the past when warlocks in the game, in order to maintain their mana without sitting down to eat and drink, frantically exchanged health for mana while running, eventually causing the healer and the raid leader to furiously scold them.

According to what the imp said, if he continuously chanted and cast spells like that, exchanging health for mana like a game player, wouldn't he immediately turn into a shadow demon? Or he might even die on the spot.

The orc warlocks in the Shadow Council may have used similar magic too much, resulting in blackened skin and strange eye colors.

In this way, he must keep a distance from such spells because he must always be with humans. If his appearance changes, then it will be difficult not to be exposed.

Thinking about it this way, this book really does contain interesting spells as expected, but he just can't use them.

If there is an opportunity, if he can figure out this spell and use it as a life-saving trump card, it's okay. But it also needs to be combined with powerful magic that he has already mastered enough for a desperate counterattack.

In the most urgent moment, sacrifice a part of life in exchange for mana and release a trump card powerful enough to reverse the situation.

As far as Fear is concerned... it's not quite powerful enough yet.

Especially from Jess's experience of using it, an elite warrior is already able to resist running away after being affected by Fear with his own will. And it only takes a few seconds or a dozen seconds before he can regain his senses and realize that he is affected by dark magic.

That is to say, the power of his Fear spell is far from enough. Since there is no problem with the spell, then perhaps there is a problem with the pronunciation, just like the demon language pronunciation that Saenor mentioned last time.

If his Fear spell is practiced to the point where it can scare a young dragon so much that it lies on the ground and dare not move, then using a life-draining, self-destructive ultimate move like this is still worth it.