"You… you're too terrifying, aren't you?"
Wiz wiped the sweat from her forehead with some lingering fear. She was truly frightened by Roa's backstab.
She almost disappeared from this world.
The danger involved was unimaginable to ordinary people. Only Wiz, as a Lich, understood what it meant.
The confrontation between skills was different, especially with special skills like Life Drain. Once one side fell into decline, the result was already determined.
Even if Roa wanted to, he could directly drain Wiz's life force without any problem, it was just a matter of time.
But fortunately, Roa wasn't crazy enough to do that.
Roa reached out his hand and placed it in front of Wiz. He showed a slightly apologetic expression and said to Wiz, "I was just trying it out. I didn't expect it to work so well."
"Trying it out, sigh." Wiz sighed, returning to her original listless demeanor.
Wiz took Roa's hand and got up from the ground. She patted her purple robe and looked at Roa, not knowing what to say for a moment.
But Wiz noticed the bottles and jars on the shelves behind Roa and immediately thought of her current situation.
Wiz was very poor now, even frighteningly so.
Opening a shop required capital. In theory, with Wiz's magical abilities, if she honestly made things like recovery potions, she wouldn't have ended up in this state.
But she insisted on creating a bunch of bizarre things, and the purpose of these things was largely to screw herself over. After being scammed a few times, the adventurers who had visited Wiz's shop naturally didn't want to buy anything from her anymore.
No matter how powerful Wiz was in the past, she really needed help now.
Roa wasn't as awkward as Wiz. He looked around the shop and at the things on the shelves, pondered for a moment, and then said directly, "There aren't many things on the shelves that I need."
The smile on Wiz's face gradually disappeared, but she didn't show the oppressive aura from before. She just froze in place, muttering a sentence.
"Ah, is that so?"
The disappointment was evident. That feeling of being down on her luck was truly heartbreaking.
However, Wiz's next sentence made Roa's mouth twitch.
"It seems I'm really going to end up on the streets. I owe too much money. All the money I earned as an adventurer has already been used up, sigh."
Roa looked speechlessly at the purple-haired woman in front of him. She had a great figure, with curves in all the right places, and a gentle demeanor. She spoke softly, giving people the feeling of a homely older sister. In other words, Wiz seemed like the kind of person who was easy to bully.
That is to say, as long as you didn't touch on something she cared about, Wiz was actually quite easy to take advantage of.
Roa didn't beat around the bush and said directly to Wiz, "I am personally willing to donate 20 million Eris as a reward to thank you. After all, your Life Drain skill is indeed very useful to me."
However, to Roa's surprise, Wiz's attitude became somewhat firm this time.
Wiz waved her hand, and the expression on her face became serious. Of course, this seriousness could only be considered a stern face at most, and there was no real imposing manner.
Wiz said with a serious face, "Roa, although I helped you, that's not a reason for me to accept such a large sum of Eris. My conscience wouldn't allow it."
Roa looked at Wiz's serious expression, his face somewhat strange, and said, "But, Miss Wiz shouldn't have any money, right?"
"Ah, that's, that's true."
"Then Miss Wiz must be very short of money, right? After all, you still run a shop."
"That's right." Wiz lowered her head, her expression becoming somewhat lonely. Her fingers rubbed the counter, which was already worn smooth, and the surrounding items were also quite old.
"Then Wiz should need this money very much, right? You should want this money very much, right?" Roa noticed Wiz's small movements, but he didn't hesitate and continued to ask.
Wiz hesitated for a moment, but still nodded honestly and said, "Indeed, this money would be a great help to me right now, but even so, I still can't just accept this money."
Seeing Wiz's firm attitude, Roa hesitated for a moment and took out another contract from his pocket.
Don't ask Roa why he had so many contracts. He really didn't expect Wiz to refuse her so decisively.
And now that the other party urgently needed money, Roa could lend Wiz the money.
Roa explained his thoughts, and Wiz hesitated for a moment, but didn't refuse this time.
"Since it's a loan, it's not unacceptable, and I really need this money right now. I'll have to trouble you this time. You're such a good person." Wiz grabbed Roa's hand, looking grateful and tearful.
Being grabbed so closely by an older sister, and even though he was the one taking advantage, the other party was still sincerely grateful to him, even Roa couldn't help but blush.
Roa coughed lightly and said, "It's nothing, I hope Miss Wiz can earn money."
"Yes, I will work harder." Wiz patted her chest, with a serious attitude.
However, looking at Wiz's appearance, Roa felt quite worried.
If things continued like this, perhaps even 20 million Eris wouldn't be enough for her to spend.
This wasn't an exaggeration. The things Wiz developed were really too strange.
Many of the items on the shelves could even be labeled as suspicious items. If they were really used, it was hard to say who would be harmed.
But looking at Wiz's confident smile, Roa also felt quite helpless. He shook his head, said a few polite words, and finally said, "In that case, I'll leave first. You can look for me if you encounter any trouble in the future."
"Okay, please take care, customer." Wiz replied, and sent Roa to the door, watching him walk away before turning back to the shop.
Life Siphon was in hand.
Along the way, Roa was thinking about the newly acquired skill.
Honestly, it was quite practical. It could weaken the enemy's combat power and also use their life force to replenish mana.
Roa learned the skill, and the remaining two weren't idle either.
Kazuma and Aqua's levels had both been raised to level twelve.
In this situation, Kazuma finally began to learn skills.
Although this guy's ability parameters were very low, he had a lot of cleverness. Even if the adventurer class didn't have class bonuses and the skill effects were lower than those of regular classes, if they were combined, with Kazuma's cleverness, they should be able to come in handy.
Therefore, Kazuma learned the skills of one-handed sword, tracking, and stealth from different adventurers, and also made many friends in the adventurer's guild, asking them to teach him skills, thereby learning bow, sniping, and clairvoyance.
Most importantly, Kazuma finally embarked on the path from the anime.
Because of his extremely high luck, he learned the skill of stealing.
Steal: Can randomly take one item from the opponent, with the success rate depending on the luck value.
Recently, one could occasionally hear girls' cries of sorrow or some boys' rampant laughter.
Not only the stealing skill, Kazuma also spent some skill points to learn basic magic.
Basic magic, that is, can use low-level magic of various attributes such as wind, water, fire, and earth.
These types of magic were very weak, so weak that, to some extent, they were even inferior to the basic magic of the Mushoku Tensei world.
But weakness also had its advantages. Although these skills didn't have strong power, they required very little mana to use.
This was a good thing for Kazuma, who had very little mana.
If you try to learn intermediate or advanced magic, you'll likely be drained before you can even cast a single spell.
But beginner magic doesn't have this concern.
Although its effects are limited, it can still be useful when combined with Kazuma's cleverness.
As for Aqua, although she has also leveled up, she originally learned all the skills of a high priest. She even had so many skill points that she learned party tricks. Recently, this girl has been messing around, even developing party tricks and performances to an unparalleled level.
Leveling up has hardly changed this self-proclaimed goddess. Compared to Kazuma, Megumin, and Darkness, her stats have barely moved.
After leveling up, an adventurer's ability parameters will increase.
Like Roa, who has improved many ability parameters as a result.
But Aqua's ability parameters have not improved at all. The reason is simple: she is a genuine goddess.
As a goddess, she is naturally quite powerful. From the beginning when Aqua learned the high priest's profession, she had completely mastered all the superior skills, and her initial attributes were ridiculously high.
However, this is not without its cost.
No, to be precise, it's not really a cost.
Aqua's attributes were the highest from the start.
In other words, Aqua at level one is already at her limit, and no matter how much she levels up, it's useless.
This also includes the intelligence attribute that has always been criticized.
As everyone knows, Aqua is a typical goddess of wisdom, known for her frighteningly low intelligence.
However, this attribute has been fixed from the beginning, and the meaning it represents is chilling.
As for Megumin and Darkness, their levels have also increased a lot.
However, these two brain-damaged guys just refuse to learn skills they are not interested in.
Megumin walks one path to the end, putting all her skill points into skills like "Explosion Magic Power Enhancement," or simply throwing skill points into the bottomless black hole of Explosion Magic, with no intention of learning general magic.
Darkness puts all her attribute points and skill points into defense, such as magic resistance, physical resistance, abnormal status resistance, etc., maxing them out directly. She doesn't learn any attack skills, and then learns a taunt skill, going further and further down the path of masochism.
However, although the three of them are problem children, the effect they can produce when combined is actually quite significant.
And this time, there is another trump card in Roa's team.
Iris.
As a hero, wielding the Holy Sword, she is the real-life Saber, able to slash out ten-meter-long sword energy. Apart from Roa, she is definitely the strongest asset.
A five-person team can now initially take on the Demon King's generals.
If Roa is added, even the Demon King is not impossible to fight against.
Thinking about the team's composition, Roa gave the team a remarkable evaluation.
You have to say, if Iris is added to the team, the team's upper limit will be raised a lot at once.
Leaving the small shop and walking towards his mansion, he paused slightly just as he was about to reach the mansion.
The front door stood tall, which was not surprising, but for some reason, he seemed to see a girl standing at the door.
Roa rubbed his eyes, unsure, and saw that it was indeed a person.
After hesitating for a moment, Roa still chose to approach.
Then Roa heard the other person muttering something softly, with a somewhat nervous and uneasy expression on her face, her hands placed nervously in front of her chest.
"What should I do? Megumin heard that she lives inside. Wouldn't it be unfriendly to knock on the door? What if she dislikes me?"
This is a girl, of course, she can only be a girl.
The girl's black robe and black cloak have a design similar to Megumin's.
And she is holding a silver magic wand in her hand, with a short sword inserted in her waist.
She is a little taller than Megumin, with a slender and well-proportioned figure. Her face looks determined but also relatively quiet, with delicate features and a pretty face. She is completely a beautiful girl.
Apart from wearing a magician's robe, her characteristics are also very obvious: black hair and red eyes, a typical Crimson Demon girl.
Most importantly, her mountains are quite exaggerated. Judging by the size, they should be between a C and a D cup, barely considered a large cup.
This is quite exaggerated. Recently, for some reason, he can always see this kind of contestant wandering around in front of him.
In Roa's plan, cup sizes are divided into several levels.
Roxy's level is extra small cup.
Iris and Eris are both small cup level. Of course, neither of them has developed yet.
A developed Eris should be considered a medium cup level.
Luna is a large cup contestant.
Darkness crosses the large cup realm but has not transcended it, while Mitsuri Kanroji has already crossed this realm and reached the unprecedented extra-large cup.
However, these are all Roa's own evaluations and are for reference only.
While thinking, Roa's eyes narrowed slightly. After hesitating for a moment, he looked at the girl who was still talking to herself and finally decided to see what was going on first.
Roa took a step forward, trying to show what he thought was a kind smile. Roa slowly opened his mouth and said, "Um, miss…"
However, before he could finish speaking, the girl in front of him seemed to be frightened, letting out a small cry of sorrow, her whole body trembling like a frightened little rabbit, and turned her head tremblingly.