Vincent ignored the talent multiplier this time and focused entirely on Maggie, puzzled as to why the system classified the enemy as Tier 3 (1★) instead of Tier 3 (3★).
Perhaps that was its true strength.
He set the thought aside and rushed over to check on her.
Maggie, lying on the ground, summoned her remaining strength to open her eyes. Through the blur, she could barely make out someone standing before her.
"W-Who are you..?" she whispered weakly before her vision darkened and she fainted.
Mochi leapt from Vincent's shoulder, landing near Maggie to examine her closely. Her long, thin ears twitched as she assessed the situation. Maggie was in dire condition. Her life force was rapidly fading, a result of consuming her own lifespan. Her hair had almost turned completely white, and one side of her face was cracking.
"She's going to die," Mochi said plainly, her voice resonating in Vincent's mind.
Vincent responded curiously, "I have recovery potions, will those work on her?"
Mochi shook her little plump head.
"It's impossible. Even if you heal her with recovery potions, it won't restore her consumed lifespan."
Her answer deepened his frown.
"You sounded like she's not only going to die in Origin World but also in the real world as well.."
Mochi nodded her head with a straight face as though she was not concerned about Maggie's life at all.
"So you actually know about the real world.." He said before quickly changing the subject, "Is there any way to save her?"
Mochi faced him, cutely tilting her head, but she voiced a wonder, "Are you really sure you're going to save her?"
"You might not believe in fate but it can greatly affect not only yours and hers fate but everyone connected to both of you…"
Vincent had already considered it. Aside from wanting to know her secrets about her 'Primal Energy', he felt a strange feeling that he had to save her. He had no idea why, but his instincts told him to save her.
Therefore, he nodded at Mochi.
"If you know a method to save her, tell me."
Hearing and sensing his determined response, Mochi no longer questioned him. She then shifted her attention to unconscious Maggie.
"Based on my memories, there's a few methods to save her."
"Tell me."
"The first method is to transfer your own lifespan to her using a special technique."
He furrowed his brows slightly and asked, "Do you know how to do it?"
He was hoping for a good response but his hopes were immediately shattered by Mochi's response.
She shook her head and said, "Unfortunately, I don't have information about it."
"Then what are the other methods?"
"The last method is to feed her a Life Fruit, but it is a very rare item. It's very difficult to find—"
Before she could complete whatever she was going to say, Vincent suddenly took out a vibrant and tri-colored spherical fruit, and showed it to her.
"Is this what you're talking about?"
Mochi's big golden eyes widened in surprise, recognizing the fruit in his hand.
"H-How do you even get that?"
"Hmm, I changed it for some points." He simply replied.
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"Points…?" Mochi was speechless.
Vincent did not explain it to her but he got it from the Tower of Combat.
It was a rare item that could increase a lifespan for 10 years. He was only able to exchange for three of these. Originally, he planned to consume the one and give the other two to Marina and Amara.
Mochi did not know his thoughts and simply urged him to feed it to Maggie.
"Then what are you waiting for? Feed it to her."
However, Vincent did not immediately do it. He focused his attention on it, checking if he could upgrade it.
Surprisingly, it was upgradeable.
Do you want to upgrade Rare Grade Life Fruit to Epic Grade? (Requirements: 1 million experience points)
Vincent was slightly taken aback. The required amount of upgrading rare grade items to epic grade was 500,000 experience points. However, this Life Fruit required double the amount. Despite that, he did not hesitate to upgrade it.
Once he agreed to it, the life fruit suddenly burst out a kaleidoscope light, surprising Mochi.
"What's happening?!"
Vincent did not respond and waited for the process to end. Soon, when the lights faded, he heard the system's notification.
You have successfully upgraded a (Rare Grade) Life Fruit to (Epic Grade) Life Essence!
The previous tri-colored fruit had turned to a multi-colored orb.
Item Name: Life Essence
Grade: Epic
Effects: Increase lifespan by 50 years!
'It actually increased to 50 years?!'he exclaimed in his mind when he checked its information. Now, he was hesitant to actually feed it to Maggie and just use a rare grade one and save the epic grade for himself.
However, he quickly dismissed that thought. He still had two of them and he could upgrade it next time, when he got enough experience points.
When he was about to feed it to Maggie, Mochi's voice rang in his mind.
"How did you do it? How come your Life Fruit suddenly turned into a Life Essence?!" She spoke in a high-pitched voice with her child-like voice.
"You'll understand soon." He did not bother explaining himself as he slightly opened Maggie's mouth and was about to feed her. However, Mochi abruptly stopped him.
"Wait!"
"What's wrong?"
"You might kill her if you do that. Let me do something first."
She did not bother explaining and put one of her feet on Maggie's head, soon she started sucking the 'primal energy' leaking out of her.
After a while, Mochi let out a satisfied burp.
Burp~
Aside from her stomach slightly bulging, nothing had changed in her appearance.
Vincent was no longer surprised when she saw her absorbing the 'primal energy', if she could absorb the 'chaos energy' without having a backlash or any problem, it was not strange for her to devour the 'primal energy'.
Therefore, he simply ignored it and cut the life essence to small pieces and slowly fed it to Maggie. Once a piece of life essence entered her mouth, it would immediately dissolve to a misty energy and spread throughout her body.
Gradually, her appearance began to recover. Her hair, once nearly white, regained its original sunset hue. The cracks and wrinkles on her face faded, though the roots of her hair remained white.
When the entire Life Essence had been consumed, Maggie stirred, her eyes blinking open. As her vision cleared, she found two figures watching her.
"Who are you?" she asked weakly.