I was lvl 16 when I freed Valdane and got the Relic. I returned to Skuldoon and bought a bunch of nether ingredients. I opened up my character screen and upped my lvl in Nether Magic. A couple of minutes later, I opened it again, and I was lvl 9.
Anyone know what happened? Do spending advance points lower your lvl.
And when I tried to change the xp in the game editor, it dropped me to lvl 8 and I was stuck there. Fortunately, I had a game saved where I was still lvl 15. So, I loaded that and re-did the stuff to get the relic.