Chapter 418: Dak Demon Rite Conjury (4k)
Atop the Spiral Bell Tower.
Professor Metia Bartholomew stood alone inside the Pumpkin Carriage.
Her eyes were tightly shut as she extended her right hand out of the carriage window. Each fingertip rippled like water waves, with starlight flickering incessantly.
Since Professor Shylph had rushed out from the Pumpkin Carriage, Metia had been using astrology to regulate the entire ritual. She had done everything in her power to suppress the negative impact that Shylph’s participation might cause, ensuring that the ritual didn’t deviate and could continue smoothly.
She was acutely aware that she must maintain the overall operation of the ritual until the starlight representing Ophelia… Brad began to shine again.
The rest depended on Professor Shylph, who had entered the ritual, and Dak and others already within it.
Fortunately, things hadn’t worsened further.
The interrupted “Mana Conjury” suddenly reactivated, and everything seemed to be improving!
But despite the unexpected occurrences, Professor Metia did not let her guard down.
She immediately took over Ophelia Brad’s work, urgently adjusting the entire ritual and forcibly steering its direction back to the original path.
“At last, back on track…”
Sweat trickled down Metia’s forehead.
Tonight’s events concerned Ophelia Brad’s life.
Therefore, she had made divinations beforehand.
Although the results still held some ambiguity, they generally pointed positively.
Unexpectedly, many errors occurred during this period.
“I hope nothing goes wrong.”
…
At the same time.
Professor Shylph, transformed into wind, drifted into the secret passage.
Her speed was incredibly fast; in just a few minutes, she crossed all obstacles and arrived outside the Demon King’s Castle.
That breeze paused slightly outside before rushing inside and soon entered the grand hall.
The “Paradise” occupying half of the hall left Shylph astonished, but her gaze quickly shifted to the other side of the hall.
“Dak, Wit, Robert, Tom…”
She confirmed the safety of the students first, then saw Ophelia Brad lying quietly in the center of the blood magic circle.
“Phew—”
Wind surged in.
Professor Shylph materialized beside Dak Demon and immediately asked, “What’s the situation?”
…
Dak Demon wasn’t surprised by Professor Shylph’s appearance.
He felt slightly relieved and said, “The final conjuring phase has been reactivated, but the ritual’s direction has changed.”
Professor Shylph frowned slightly and asked, “What kind of change?”
While observing the ongoing blood sacrifice, Dak replied, “The ‘Demon King’ needs to enter a container to achieve rebirth.”
“The Demon King, container?” Professor Shylph glanced around, almost instantly interpreting Dak’s words.
She couldn’t help but look at Bastemon, who was precisely manipulating the blood energy. Suddenly, a mix of fear and relief filled her heart.
It was precisely because she understood Dak’s words that she sensed the danger.
If it weren’t for Dak’s mana golem having the talent for “Blood Magic” and responding promptly, Ophelia Brad might have become a true corpse.
In that instant, her heart raced fiercely, and it took a long time for her fear to subside.
Suddenly,
The blood magic circle, nearly redrawn by Ophelia’s blood, emitted dense blood radiance from bottom to top.
Ophelia Brad’s body slowly floated upward under the influence of the magic circle.
Wit, who approached involuntarily, clenched his hands nervously.
Professor Ryan Hux lightly tapped his cane, his expression fluctuating.
Robert remained standing aside, visibly agitated.
The chanting floating in the air suddenly became urgent.
A blurry form gradually emerged from Ophelia Brad’s body under the influence of the blood sacrifice.
Though one couldn’t discern Ophelia Brad’s features from that form, it was undoubtedly her soul.
A tense expression appeared on Dak’s face.
The next steps could not afford any mistakes.
Bastemon looked solemn, handling the blood sacrifice for the first time, walking on thin ice.
After successfully separating Ophelia Brad’s soul from her body, it guided the soul into the blood energy, merging it into a fine bloodline that drilled into the bottle containing Vampire Vlad.
“Miao!”
Suddenly, the bloodline escaped its control and plunged into Vampire Vlad’s brow!
The tiny infant curled up in the bottle now had a red dot on its brow.
“The conjuring has begun!”
Dak’s composed voice helped Bastemon calm down.
The familiar Number One Conjury Array bloomed at the center of the blood magic circle, covering it instantly and taking charge of the conjuring phase.
Without a doubt, the ritual had entered its final stage.
Now, they just needed to wait quietly, and the “ritual conjuring” driven by the entire ritual would automatically begin and continue until the end.
—That was the original plan.
But this plan was for the conjuring of “Vampire Vlad.”
During the conjuring, Vlad’s spirit would be eroded, becoming a mindless mana golem.
Even if Ophelia Brad’s soul replaced Vlad’s consciousness under the ritual’s impetus, it would still be eroded.
To preserve Ophelia Brad’s spirit, Dak had to add something essential: the “Capital Sin”!
Though he didn’t fully understand the principle, Dak knew that “Capital Sin” could indeed preserve the spirit.
The problem now was how much to add and how to extract it.
As for the type of “Capital Sin,” “Bliss” was undoubtedly the best choice.
However, Dak didn’t have a Mana Dropper, so he had to use another method to extract “Bliss.”
Fortunately, he had developed the habit of putting all usable cards into his deck.
So, he reached into his deck and pulled out a “Flower Card”!
This “Flower Card” featured poppies like flames, embodying a beauty of self-sacrifice.
Dak was already proficient in using “Flower Cards” to extract “Bliss.”
The only issue was that the “Bliss” injected into the “Flower Card” was hard to reuse.
But relying on the push of the ritual itself, the “Flower Card” thrown into the conjuring array should be forced to decompose and absorb.
In summary,
With the current momentum, the entire ritual would drive the successful conjuring of the new mana card.
Dak held the “Flower Card” in his hand, pressing it with his fingers to input mana.
As mana flowed in, the poppies on the “Flower Card” suddenly glowed with flame-like red light.
Dak immediately stopped the input and threw the “Flower Card.”
The “Flower Card” could absorb “Bliss” through mana transmission.
But once the absorbed “Bliss” exceeded one point, it would cause chaos.
Thus, Dak precisely controlled the output of “Bliss” between 0.9 and 1 point, suppressing the chaos.
But one “Flower Card” was clearly insufficient.
He watched the conjuring array swallow the poppy “Flower Card” and immediately put in a second and third “Flower Card” infused with “Bliss.”
One “Capital Sin” could conjure “Capital Sin I.”
Three “Capital Sin” could conjure “Capital Sin II.”
Ten “Capital Sin” could conjure “Capital Sin III.”
After consecutively putting in three “Flower Cards,” Dak still felt unstable. After careful consideration, he continued to put in eight more “Flower Cards.”
In total, eleven “Flower Cards” were inserted, containing exactly over ten points of “Bliss.”
Dak finally ceased his actions and returned the remaining three “Flower Cards” to his deck.
Originally, using “Bliss Fruit,” only seven points of “Bliss” would be needed to produce ten points of “Bliss.”
But without “Bliss Fruit,” he had to waste one point.
Only after he stopped did Professor Shylph ask, “Dak, what is the purpose of putting these eleven “Flower Cards”?
Dak relaxed his expression and said, “To preserve Ophelia Brad’s spirit.”
Although he could make the mana golem regain spirit after successfully conjuring the mana card, he believed that such spirit would be different from the original.
“It seems I don’t need to intervene anymore,” Professor Shylph couldn’t help but smile genuinely. “The ritual has progressed to this point, theoretically there won’t be any more changes. Although the final result may differ slightly, we have preserved Ophelia’s soul consciousness. The Demon King’s bloodline within Ophelia should also have been removed through this conjuring.”
Dak nodded, “Next, we just need to wait for the ritual to end, then extract Ophelia Brad’s soul consciousness from the mana card and reinject it into her physical body to bring her back to life. However, the matters afterward can only rely on the professors.”
“Rest assured,” Professor Shylph said with satisfaction. “This might seem difficult to others, but at Saint Maryann Academy, it isn’t. I know a professor skilled in this kind of soul transfer technique, and I will personally ask him for help.”
“That’s good.”
Finally, Dak revealed a smile.
He turned to Wit and nodded at him.
Wit was instantly moved to tears.
…
The subsequent conjuring proceeded smoothly under the force of the ritual.
When the final conjuring ended, the “Vampire Vlad” in the bottle had been completely conjured. Even the bottle itself was covered by the Number One Conjury Array, which suddenly released a magnificent blood-colored beam, shooting straight up.
The Number One Conjury Array itself rapidly contracted, leaving only a slowly rotating blood ball in the beam.
The blood light emitted by the blood magic circle was quickly absorbed by the blood ball.
Very quickly, the beam faded and disappeared, with all the blood light absorbed by the blood ball.
Dak stretched out his hand, and the blood ball seemed to have a will of its own, falling into his palm.
This step should have been done by Bastemon, but Bastemon had already reached its limit during the conjuring, so the owner had to take over.
Dak moved the blood ball to his left hand and used his right hand to draw a Magic Pen, injecting mana and lightly touching the top of the blood ball, then drawing downward, creating a slit.
Following the slit, the blood ball blossomed outward like a flower, revealing a mana card with a blood-red background in his palm.
Dak carefully picked up the mana card and looked around, pausing his gaze on Professor Ryan Hux for a moment before withdrawing it.
“Let’s check it first,” Professor Shylph said, restraining her excitement.
Dak nodded and cautiously injected mana into the mana card.
Because this mana card wasn’t made with a standard blank mana card, its overall design was completely different from regular mana cards.
The back of the mana card was stained with blood, depicting blood patterns unique to the bloodline.
On the front, the frame was gray, with two bat wings on either side.
The card surface was entirely blood red, concealing the truth within.
Until Dak injected mana into it, the blood red parted like a curtain, revealing the true image.
Ophelia Brad sat awkwardly inside.
But seeing her lively expression, Dak couldn’t help but smile.
So be it if it’s awkward!
It’s not me who’s awkward!
Dak observed Ophelia Brad’s appearance with joy. As a mana golem, she now bore traces of Vampire Vlad, like a fusion of the two. Her changes were significant.
Most notably, her originally black hair, which gradually turned blood red, now resembled pink cherry blossoms.
Pink hair and red eyes, her face looked more youthful, while her skin remained pale.
She had delicate bat wings, dressed in a black dress with red lining, and carried a black parasol with fang bones leaning against her.
Reborn as a true vampire based on Vampire Vlad, Ophelia Brad was undoubtedly transformed.
At least until her soul was transferred back into her body, she would continue to live as a vampire.
As for the name of this mana card, it was “Vampire Noble.”
The “Vampire Noble” mana card emitted a faint golden aura, a genuine gold card.
However, its grade was lower than expected, being only a seven-star gold card.
This was indeed unexpected.
Dak originally thought it would be at least an eight-star or even a nine-star.
