Kamar-Taj's magic is Dimensional Magic Power, borrowed from dimensional Demon God.
By cultivating with borrowed Magic Power, he gradually developed his own Magic Power.
But this thing is something that must be borrowed and returned; a large portion of the Magic Power cultivated by oneself will be fed back to the Demon God.
Moreover, this ratio is very high; most Kamar-Taj Magic can only maintain a balance between borrowing and repaying.
The Magic Power that remained of his own was almost nonexistent.
Normally it wouldn't be a problem, but once Magic Mage gets into Combat, their own Magic Power is definitely not enough to sustain just a few spells, so they have to borrow more, and then it's an endless cycle of repayment.
Do you really think those dimensional Demon God are so generous as to lend you Magic Power for nothing? You're kidding.
The game world completely blocked the connection between the Kamar-Taj Mage and the dimensional Demon God, leaving only the Magic Power he had cultivated.
It would be strange if they weren't weak.
At that moment, a line of text appeared in front of the Ancient One, just like it had been for Banner and Eddie.
[A large amount of dark energy has been detected within the player. The player has the following options.]
[I. All Dark Energy is converted into 3 billion experience points.]
[II. Bound to the Dark Mage class, granting complete control over dark energy. Note: This class cannot be changed after binding.]
[III. Convert this Dark Energy into your own Magic Power at a ratio of 1000:1!]
After much hesitation, the Ancient One finally chose option one.
In fact, the Ancient One would have preferred the second option. If she were to be bound to a dark Magic Mage, perhaps she could find a way to completely defeat Dormammu.
But the Ancient One cannot choose that; she is the Sorcerer Supreme, representing the Kamar-Taj faction of Mage.
If she were to cultivate dark magic, her disciples would likely be the first to be unable to accept it.
As for the third option, it was the first one that the Ancient One eliminated.
What she needs is not to increase her own Magic Power, but a completely new magical system.
As the Ancient One made her choice, a series of clanging and banging golden lights completely enveloped the Ancient One.
With those 3 billion experience points, the Ancient One was directly leveled up to level 21.
The Ancient One then chose the Magic Mage class in the game.
Meanwhile, Ling Yi also received a system notification.
A new Dark Mage class has been added to the game, along with a new skill tree for Mage: Spatial Magic!
Although the Ancient One did not choose the Dark Mage class, the system automatically updated her to that class.
New players, in particular, will have more options when choosing a class.
This is a completely independent new profession with its own unique skill tree.
Skill [ Darkness Control ]: Similar to the Magic Mage's Elemental Control, it increases control over the power of darkness.
Skill [ Familiar ]: Can Summon creatures with lower intelligence than the player as Familiar; the greater the difference in intelligence, the lower the chance of betrayal.
Skill [ Corrosion ]: Corrosion the target's body, greatly reducing their attack and defense. Can be dispelled upon player death.
Skill [ Shield of Darkness ]: Creates a Shield composed of dark energy around the body, providing decent defensive capabilities.
Skill [ Darkness Blast ]: Unleashes a shockwave of Dark Energy, dealing powerful damage to enemies and inflicting a certain percentage of true damage.
Skill [ Land of Darkness ]: Creates an area shrouded in Dark Energy. Within this area, the player's attributes will be greatly enhanced. The higher the level, the longer the duration and the larger the area.
Skill [ Shadow Teleport ]: Instantly arrive at any place with Shadow. The higher the level, the farther the Teleport distance and the wider the Perception range.
Skill [ Darkness Seed ]: Plants Darkness Seed into the target's body. After the Concealment period, the seed explodes with extremely destructive power. Players can trigger the seed earlier, but the effect will be reduced.
Ling Yi reset the Knight's [ Resist Cold ] skill and unlocked all the Dark Mage skills.
After testing it once, Ling Yi gained a general understanding of the Dark Mage.
Its attack power is a bit weak, but its defense is passable. The [ Familiar ] skill is somewhat lackluster, and the [ Corrosion ] skill is not as strong as the Mage's curse skills.
However, [ Shadow Teleport ] and [ Darkness Seed ] are incredibly powerful, and when used together, their effects are even more phenomenal.
In particular, [ Dark Seed ] is almost equivalent to a single-target skill that can instantly kill a monster.
Neither of the bosses in the Rogue Encampment and Lut Gholein can withstand two Seed Bursts.
Compared to other Diablo classes, it has its strengths and weaknesses, and it's not considered a class that disrupts the game's balance.
In the game, the Ancient One's continuous leveling up immediately attracted the attention of all players.
"Teacher, over here..." Wang approached the Ancient One and asked nervously.
"You guys focus on leveling up in this world, and reach level 10 as soon as possible to choose a class."
After giving a brief instruction, the Ancient One exited the game world.
She needs to take a test; if it succeeds, things will get interesting.
Upon returning to the real world, the Ancient One Perception the Dark Dimension once more and began frantically absorbing Dark Energy.
Once the Dark Energy reached its Limit, the Ancient One returned to the game world without hesitation.
[Player detected possesses a large amount of Dark Energy, automatically converted into 3 billion experience points!]
This time there were no options; instead, it was directly converted into experience points.
But that's enough for the Ancient One.
She had been unable to completely destroy Dormammu before because Dormammu was in the Dark Dimension Dark Dimension, which was filled with a large amount of dark power.
As long as the power of darkness exists, Dormammu cannot be completely destroyed.
Now, as long as she continuously converts Dark Energy into experience points through the game world...
One day, the Dark Energy within the Dark Dimension will be completely exhausted.
For the Ancient One, the increase in power, the Changes in profession, and even her own life or death were not important. What mattered was that Dormammu had to die.
So the Ancient One started repeatedly entering and exiting the game world.
Thirty billion experience points, an increase of thirty billion, sparks Lightning as the Ancient One... well, and Ling Yi's level also Rocket.
It seems even the system couldn't stand it anymore; after the Ancient One returned to the game world for the fiftieth time, the game notification changed.
[Abnormal player data detected, data optimization in progress...]
[Data optimization complete, features updated. Players, please make your selection.]
[I. Generates a brand new piece of equipment, the Plunder Necklace, which automatically binds upon use. Note: This is a special piece of equipment that automatically Plunder Dark Dimension energy and converts it into experience points at a rate of 5 million experience points per second.]
[II. A brand new, independent Dark Dimension dungeon will be created, unlocked after players reach level 30. All players can participate in this dungeon. Note: This type of dungeon carries extremely high risk; player death is a real death.]
The Ancient One hesitated for a moment; logically speaking, option one was the best choice for her.
However, option one consumes too little Dark Energy for the Dark Dimension.
Five million experience points per second may seem like a lot, but at that rate, it might not be possible to completely deplete the Dark Energy even in a hundred years.
Option one is safer.
Option two, while more dangerous for players, essentially creates a portal to the Dark Dimension, though it's unclear whether this portal is one-way or two-way.
At that moment, the Ancient One suddenly remembered the ending of the Dark Dimension on a certain timeline she had once seen.
His eyes lit up immediately, and he chose option one without hesitation.
At the same time, Ling Yi looked at the several new pieces of equipment that had appeared in the System Shop with a strange expression.
[ Time Stone ]: Contains time energy. When equipped, it grants the ability to control time. It consumes a large amount of experience points when used. Price: 1 billion experience points.
[ Dark Dimension Plunder Necklace ]: Binds when used, 5 million experience points/second, price 100,000 experience points.
[ Tony Stark Unique Anti-Player Armor ]: Durability 200, Defense +300, Strength +50, Health +200, Damage Reflection +12, Cold Resistance +22, Poison Resistance +16, All Resistances +8, Can fly, Price 20 million experience points!
[Unique. Indestructible. Casket of Ancient Winters ]: Can consume Magic Power to unleash powerful Ice energy. Price: 100 million experience points!
[ Kamar-Taj. Golden Cesium. Sling Ring ]: Increases casting speed by 50%, costs 100,000 experience points.
"Goodness, this Tony is really serious! I thought he'd given up on researching Iron Man Armor!" Ling Yi said, both amused and exasperated.
The system seems to automatically recognize some real-world equipment, and this recognized equipment can be brought into the game world by players and added to the game's in-game store.
Ling Yi scrolled up and, sure enough, found Bucky's metal arm, Captain's Vibranium Shield, and Loki's dagger in the System Shop...
Other equipment is unimportant to Ling Yi, but he definitely wants to buy a bunch of these [ Dark Dimension Plunder Necklace Ling Yi.
If he uses this thing himself, it only adds 5 million experience points per second. But if he gives it to other players, Ling Yi can get a share of their experience points.
so...
"System, can I modify the items traded by NPC merchants?"
The system didn't answer; instead, it directly displayed a list of NPC merchants from the game world to Ling Yi.
"Is it really that human-like?" Ling Yi couldn't help but laugh.
Ling Yi now realized that he was less a host of the system and more a game planner, possessing considerable management authority over the game world.
"Add this [ Dark Dimension Plunder Necklace ] to all NPC merchants, and set the purchase price at... 1 billion experience points."
For Banner, Tony, and the others, 1 billion experience points would only take about half a month.
Is it expensive?
At least in Ling Yi's opinion, it wasn't expensive at all.
If you buy this necklace, you'll gain 1 billion experience points in just a few minutes.
However, this thing mainly exploits the dark power of the Dark Dimension, and it's unclear whether the Dark Dimension can withstand so many players exploiting it.
But who cares? Even if the Dark Dimension is wiped out, it's none of Ling Yi's business.
"I feel like something's missing." Ling Yi muttered to himself, stroking his chin as he looked at the bustling players at the Rogue Encampment.
"It seems to be missing something about the game!"
"System, add a social feature, including a friend system, a team system, a guild system... Create Chat Channel, including private chat for friends, team channels, guild channels, regional channels, and World Channel..."
"Give me a Golden Dragon effect in the World Channel, and each world message will cost 1 million experience points..."
"You can create a team by spending 100 million experience points, and a guild by spending 1 billion experience points..."
"Hmm... why not create a Player Shop? As the host, I should be fine acting as a middleman, right?"
"Could you enable Rice Recharge System where real-world money can be exchanged for experience points? If you don't respond, I'll take that as a yes. One dollar for 10... no, one experience point will do!"
"In-game gold can be exchanged for experience points. Hmm... with such a low drop rate, 1 gold should get you 10 experience points."
Everything is for experience points. It's a bit shady, but earning experience points isn't shameful.
"Update directly online, then send players a system announcement!"
Three seconds later, all players received the first announcement since the game world opened.
[Attention all players: The game world will undergo an online update. This update will not affect your gameplay experience. For details on the update, please check your player interface!]
Updated three times in a row.
As he watched the words float past his eyes, Ling Yi couldn't help but grin.
When I opened the Chat Channel again, it was indeed bustling with activity.
Of course, the most lively chat channel was the Rogue Encampment's Regional Chat Channel.
"Finally, it feels like a game."