The job information for [Cursed Knight] made Lyle read it over and over again.
So strong!
Just by reading the job description, Lyle could feel how powerful this job was.
He knew that even jobs of the same rank had strengths and weaknesses, but he didn't expect the gap to be so large.
Lyle had always thought that the passive effect of [Magic Swordsman] was quite good.
Especially "Mana Infusion," which could be applied to alchemy and scroll crafting, among other things.
But compared to the passive abilities "Complete Curse Resistance" and "Dark Attribute Resistance" before him...
These were the real passive abilities!
Not to mention the negative status effects automatically included with the job skills.
The only negative job penalty, "No Rest," seemed to have little impact on Lyle, as he didn't even have a decent piece of equipment in his possession.
On the soft bed.
Lyle sat cross-legged on it, and with a thought, a dark, black cursed energy, like mist, emerged from his palm.
"Is this the power of curses?"
Lyle felt the energy in his palm, which gave him a sense of trepidation, and compared it to the energy that Lenas had released.
The two energies were exactly the same, except that the cursed energy in his hand looked a bit deeper.
There was no difficulty in controlling it.
Lyle could clearly feel this energy in his palm, as if it were an extension of his arm.
A thought flashed.
The black misty curse dissipated directly, as if it had never appeared.
"I can completely control it freely; I can easily mobilize it and also retract this energy."
Lyle mused, subconsciously raising his hand to touch his cheek, "Nor did my skin rot like Lenas's."
"Then, Lenas's half-rotted face should not only be due to the influence of the [Cursed Knight] job."
Lyle recalled information about Lenas; the reason she was able to obtain the high-tier job of [Cursed Knight] stemmed from an incident while clearing monsters from her family's territory.
She was cursed by a special monster before its death, which caused her disfigurement and indirectly led to her acquiring the [Cursed Knight] job.
Special monster?
Lyle's interest was piqued; could such a high-tier job be obtained simply by being cursed by a monster?
Given that Lenas at the time was able to kill it, the monster's strength was clearly not high. Even Lenas's current strength among adventurers is, at most, at the "Orichalcum" level.
There must be some special circumstance he doesn't understand.
Lyle took a deep breath; he felt that this matter probably needed to be investigated, perhaps leading to an unexpected discovery.
"Now I can finally deal with this magic item." Lyle's eyes flashed, and he chanted in a low voice:
"Undying Spirit!"
A flash of magical light, and after adding a layer of will resistance to himself.
Lyle reached out and grabbed at the void, and 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 eternal, only the dead are the final destination of life!"
"Embrace death!"
"Do you want to become powerful?"
In an instant, noisy voices kept ringing in Lyle's mind, making him feel as if countless bees were buzzing in his ears.
Lyle was expressionless, coldly staring at the Orb of Death in his hand. After waiting for a moment, he found that the noisy voices from the Orb of Death showed no sign of stopping, but rather grew louder.
No effect?
Lyle's already furrowed brow deepened.
According to the passive ability of [Cursed Knight], it should have an effect on this Orb of Death, but there was no change so far.
Could it be—
Lyle carefully checked the passive effect "No Rest," and his eyes lit up.
Whoosh!
Dark cursed energy surged from all around Lyle. The moment this energy touched the Orb of Death, the surface of the Orb of Death instantly burst forth with a black iron-like light.
"Ah—what is this?!"
The consciousness of the Orb of Death let out a sharp cry.
However.
Even though the Orb of Death desperately emitted magical light to resist, under the influence of the curse power, the black iron-like light melted away rapidly like snow in summer.
Lyle's heart stirred, and the curse power immediately vanished, and the power eroding the Orb of Death also stopped.
"Just like [Magic Swordsman], the passive characteristic of the job has indeed changed." Lyle paid no attention to the sharp voices in his mind, his spirit invigorated.
He had just carefully observed the information of the passive effect "No Rest," and it began with the phrase "When releasing curse abilities."
After the brief experiment just now.
Lyle had basically confirmed that this passive negative characteristic would only activate when using curse abilities.
If he didn't use curse power, the negative characteristic would not be triggered.
There was clearly no such situation in the game!
Lyle suddenly remembered Ulbert, one of the 41 Supreme Beings of the Great Tomb, who possessed the powerful annihilation-type magic job [World Disaster].
This job had a negative passive ability that doubled the mana cost of spells. In the game, this was unchangeable, a job characteristic.
After the Bone King transmigrated to the other world, he mentioned after some verification that if Ulbert also transmigrated to this world, he could choose to automatically disable such a negative characteristic.
"Mana Infusion · Curse!"
Lyle looked at the Orb of Death in his hand, and using the passive ability of [Magic Swordsman], he directly infused the power of the curse into the Orb of Death.
"Human!!!"
"Who are you—..."
"How can this world possess—a power stronger than death—!"
The Orb of Death continuously let out piercing wails.
The next day, early morning.
Lyle carefully withdrew the curse power, looking at the now inconspicuous black stone in his hand, and let out a slight breath: "It's a success."
Item: Magic Item · Special Craft · Orb of Death Level: Advanced (30-40Lv)
Effect: Energy Slot (0/280)
Passive:
Negative Energy Absorption: Can absorb negative attribute energy to restore the energy slot.
Active:
Summon Bone Dragon: Consumes 100 energy.
Re-identifying the "Orb of Death," its information had undergone earth-shattering changes from before.
The energy slot value decreased from the original 300 to 280.
The biggest change was that the original four passive characteristics and four active magic skills were all reduced to just one.
The item was still "Advanced," but in Lyle's opinion, its actual level had dropped by at least two grades.
"This magic item, specifically enhanced for necromancers, has plummeted in value."
"However, for me, it's just right."
Although he hadn't slept all night, Lyle was exceptionally invigorated.
"Is it dawn?"
Lyle turned his head to look out the window, put away the Orb of Death, and got up to walk downstairs.
Someone was even more anxious than him.
When Lyle arrived in the living room on the first floor, he indeed saw Lenas, who had been waiting for a long time, and Imina.
The two sat on opposite sides of the sofa.
Lenas maintained a kind smile on her face, but she was distracted.
Imina, on the other hand, sat with her arms crossed, leaning back against the sofa, occasionally glancing at Lenas, her amber eyes filled with vigilance.
As Lyle walked down the stairs, the two women's gazes immediately turned to him.
Lenas even stood up from the sofa immediately, looking at Lyle with complex emotions of expectation, yet fear of no results.
Before Lenas could speak.
"Two methods." Lyle said directly as he walked downstairs.