Ainz - Level Drain

From there, Ainz put a hand against the evil lord’s thick chest—and cast a touch-triggered spell.

Spells all had an effective range, and some had a range of essentially zero. Those required the caster to be touching their target, so only people who had acquired both a magic class and a warrior class could use them properly. Because the spells were so inconvenient, they were more powerful than others on the same tier and, in fact, closer to the strength of a spell from the next highest one.

Ainz used a tier-eight spell from his specialty, ghost magic, called Energy Drain. It temporarily drained levels from the target and gave the caster benefits proportional to the number of levels lowered. And he boosted it. Penetrating the evil lord’s resistance, the spell stole his levels. As a result, the wound Ainz had gotten from Yuri was mostly healed. Of course, the healing this spell provided was only an auxiliary effect.

All of Ainz’s abilities were temporarily strengthened. And he also got a special buff for a short time. Meanwhile, the evil lord received a special debuff that reduced his level and wouldn’t disappear over time.

This time it was the evil lord who backed away.

His face twisted in rage had another note to it.

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Volume 13, Chapter 5.2