Chapter 12: New Adventurer Bern (10). Courtesy Depends on the Person
Bern’s expression turned ice-cold.
Normally, when conversing with Lucidra, all he needed to do was consciously direct his thoughts toward her. But this time, he had spoken aloud without realizing it.
"Try using your brain before you speak."
Lucidra protested indignantly.
["Why, what, why? Do you think demon worshippers and witches obsess over sabbaths for no reason? There’s no method as quick, easy, and efficient for gathering mana as this. For someone like that woman, whose natural mana reserves are low, her capacity would multiply in an instant."]
"The problem is the method itself."
Was he supposed to tell Blanca he had a technique to enhance her power, only for it to turn out to be Soul Drain? There wouldn’t even be room for an excuse—that would be outright sexual harassment.
Lewd jokes might be a staple of adventurers’ conversations, but actually pulling something like that on a party member was an entirely different matter.
["Tch. Well, technically, Soul Drain doesn’t have to involve anything like that. As long as there’s direct skin contact, you can absorb life force and mana from your target. Even absorbing the soul and energy of a fallen enemy is classified under the same technique."]
"Hmm. That version sounds much more reasonable. How about 70%?"
["Hold on! This is one of the core techniques that earned me the title of Archdemon! That’s nowhere near enough! It should be 100%, plus an extra bonus!"]
"Now that I think about it, 65% should be sufficient."