Chapter 181: Dark Demon’s New Skill (4k)
After making all the necessary preparations, Dark began the refining process for “Bliss III.”
The refinement of the Capital Sin Series Mana Cards was actually relatively simple.
After all, its essence was the refinement of an Emotion Card.
Dark did it with ease, completing it swiftly, and soon produced a golden-pink Mana Card using 10 points of “Bliss.”
As for whether this Mana Card had been refined successfully and what its quality was…
It still needed to be tested.
…
“It’s time to get to work.”
Dark infused a bit of Mana into the Selection Card and called out. The little Imp Beast outside immediately flew back, flapping its wings.
“Dear master, look what I brought!”
With the arrival of the little Imp Beast, a strong meaty aroma filled the room.
Dark turned around and couldn’t help but laugh.
This kid had somehow managed to bring back a roasted turkey!
Unfortunately, even if you brought gem-like meat, it wouldn’t help.
The little Imp Beast seemed to sense the unusual atmosphere, its flapping wings suddenly froze, and its gaze gradually shifted to the pink Mana Card in Dark’s hand.
“No way, Sir?”
…
It had been some time since the last experiment, and it seemed the little Imp Beast had become engrossed in flower gathering and had forgotten about it.
Dark felt it necessary to remind it of the pleasure of being controlled.
“Mew mew mew—”
“Moo—”
“Oink oink—”
The calls of the Kitty Grass, Dairy Cow Grass, and Fox-eared Grass plants sounded appropriately.
The little Imp Beast turned its head sharply, glaring at them fiercely. When it turned back, it was all fawning.
“Oh, master, isn’t this pink one already tested?”
Dark; “It’s a new variety. Put the turkey aside first and come over.”
Little Imp Beast: “Woman’s mouth!”
(?\_?\_?)
…
In fact, the little Imp Beast was already accustomed to being a test subject. It was just instinctively complaining.
After placing the turkey aside, it flew onto the experimental table and lay down as if waiting to be sliced like salmon.
Dark rubbed its chin (belly) and then held the new Mana Card with his index and middle fingers, lightly swiping it in front of him to activate the regular summoning spell.
“By the name of Dark Demon, Mana Summoning!”
In an instant…
The entire bedroom was filled with pink light.
“Mew mew mew—”
“Moo moo moo—”
“Oink oink—”
Even the sounds of the Kitty Grass, Dairy Cow Grass, and Fox-eared Grass plants became softer.
As the main subject of the spell, the little Imp Beast’s skull pattern on its forehead was replaced by the Capital Sin emblem symbolizing “Bliss,” and it began to absorb the surrounding pink light frantically!
A large emblem appeared above its head, slowly rotating in the air.
Under the illumination of the emblem, the little Imp Beast underwent a fundamental transformation.
With the glowing entity hidden within the intense light, cat ears and a tail grew out.
Dark knew that this “Bliss III” had been successfully refined!
The evolution form of the little Imp Beast was still the Black Diarumon, but it was clear that this Diarumon was more rational.
Immediately after, Dark was tackled by the Black Diarumon!
…
“In that case, the previous ‘Bliss III’ will temporarily be renamed ‘Bliss III? Moon’ to distinguish it.”
After glancing at the Black Diarumon facing the wall in reflection, Dark wrote “controllable” in his notebook.
Apart from being controllable, there was no significant difference between this Black Diarumon and the one evolved using “Bliss III? Moon.”
Even the ultimate skill was the same: Kitty Punch and Dangerous Love.
The duration of the evolution was seventeen minutes, not much different from the standard fifteen minutes.
“Alright, stop sulking and come eat the chicken!”
Dark put down his notebook and grabbed the Black Diarumon under its armpit, lifting it up.
The only thing left to record was the cooldown time for “Bliss III.”
Just in time to finish eating the roasted chicken before continuing.
…
In just fifty-six minutes, the cooldown for “Bliss III” was already done.
It was even shorter than the fifty-nine-minute cooldown for “Arrogance I.”
This meant that the quality of this “Bliss III” was quite good.
According to Dark’s analysis, a fifteen-minute effect duration and a sixty-minute cooldown time should be the standard values for a Capital Sin Series Mana Card.
Overall, luck was on his side!
However, the main event for tonight was just beginning.
Dark took out the [Magical Beast: Eevee] from his Mana Card Deck!
He had previously speculated on the differences between “Bliss III? Moon” and “Bliss III,” thinking that the new “Bliss III” might allow [Magical Beast: Eevee] to evolve into [Magical Beast: Fairy Eevee]!
Now was the time to verify his hypothesis!
…
“The exciting part is about to begin!”
The little Imp Beast sitting on the table, holding a greasy chicken leg with its claw, smiled slyly.
It loved watching other Mana Spirits being experimented on!
“What?”
(Face what?)
The freshly summoned Eevee tilted its head towards the little Imp Beast, looking innocent.
Little Imp Beast: “I’m watching you get played with.”
Eevee: “What?”
Little Imp Beast: “Uh…”
Eevee ignored the little Imp Beast and happily nuzzled against Dark’s finger.
(Evolution is so great, why don’t some people understand?)
“Mana Summoning!”
Dark activated “Bliss III.”
The light released by “Bliss III” was completely absorbed by the “Bliss” emblem.
Eevee slightly raised its head, and the “Bliss” emblem on its forehead emitted a charming glow.
Surrounded by the fanfare of light, Eevee completed its evolution.
Eevee – Fairy Eevee!
“It really is Fairy Eevee!”
The validation of the hypothesis excited Dark.
Except for the color of the ribbon, this Fairy Eevee was almost identical to the four-star Mana Spirit Card “Fairy Eevee.”
But looking beyond the surface, the differences were immense!
Dark received feedback from the Mana infused into [Magical Beast: Fairy Eevee].
…
[Card Name: Magical Beast (Fairy Eevee)]
[Type: Elemental Card]
[Level: ????]
[Race: Avian-beast Kin]
[Attribute: Fairy Type]
[Mana: 1900]
[Attack: 1700]
[Defense: 1300]
[Ultimate Skill: Fairy Skin, Megaphone, Destruction Death Beam]
…
You can see.
“Magical Beast: Fairy Eevee” and “Fairy Eevee” have identical stats, but their ultimate skills follow two different paths.
Still having three ultimate skills means this is an orange card.
“Fairy Skin” is derived from Fairy Eevee’s hidden ability, completely different from “Alluring Body.”
[Fairy Skin: Transforms general attribute ultimate skills into fairy attribute, increasing power by 0.2 times.]
This means any general attribute ultimate skill wielded by [Magical Beast: Fairy Eevee] can unleash 1.2 times its original power!
The next two ultimate skills are also general attribute ultimate skills!
[Megaphone: Emit a loud sound to create a massive shockwave for attack.]
[Destruction Death Beam: Fire a powerful beam of light for attack. In the next round, the user cannot move.]
The power of “Megaphone” is 90, which increases to 108.
While “Moon Power” has a power of 95.
As for “Destruction Death Beam,” it is a super ultimate skill with a power of 150!
With the addition of “Fairy Skin,” the power of “Destruction Death Beam” rises to 180!
What does 180 mean?
It’s almost twice the power of “Moon Power”!
Undoubtedly, this is a super offensive pet!
Regarding the drawback of being unable to move in the next round?
One blast might scatter everything to dust.
What’s the point of talking about moving?
…
After savoring it, Dark suddenly had an idea and summoned “Eevee” as well.
“Ugh!”
Holding the twin Eevees like a pair of babies, Dark thoroughly enjoyed the luxury of having them on both sides.
Except for almost getting dismembered, everything else was fine.
…
The next day, Saturday.
Dark first went to Traveler’s Street to buy a new Mana Card Deck, replenished some necessary experimental supplies, and then visited the Kitty Plant Shop before returning to the dormitory.
After lunch, he brought his books to Professor Claire’s dormitory to continue learning the prerequisites for refining “Zoo” Mana Cards.
Although Claire was curious about how Dark refined his Mana Spirits, she didn’t ask too many questions.
For a Magus, any unique Conjure Method was extremely valuable, especially one that could enhance the intelligence level of Mana Spirits!
Whether as a professor at St. Maryan or as Dark’s teacher, Claire felt obligated to help him keep this secret.
Fortunately, the war had ended, and the crazy Magus who would do anything to boost their combat power had decreased significantly.
Moreover, Dark’s status was high enough that he didn’t need to worry too much about being targeted.
The real fear was self-theft!
“I say, Dark, does Auntie treat you well?” Claire propped her chin and asked.
Dark: “Claire Auntie, you’re too close to me.”
Claire muttered, “There’s even closer.”
Dark: “Hmm?”
Claire: “Nothing. You should know that our Beast Sage lineage has an inheritance relationship with the Mind Magus lineage, and Mind Summoning is a required course for us.”
Dark: “Of course, I know. Actually, I wanted to refine ‘Zoo’ to form bonds with Mana Spirits.”
Claire nodded, “You’ve said that before. But here, I must remind you.”
Dark: “Hmm?”
Claire solemnly stated, “Level 3.0 is a dividing line. Mana Spirits at this stage have complete thought circuits and are pure enough, making it relatively easy to form bonds with them.”
Dark: “Mm-hmm.”
Claire: “But the heart is complex. Once the intelligence level of Mana Spirits exceeds 3.0 significantly, forming bonds requires proportional effort.”
In other words, for a Magus, it’s not always better to have higher intelligence levels in Mana Spirits.
Therefore, since ancient times, Mind Magus have pursued Mana Spirits with intelligence level 3.0, rather than 4.0, 5.0…
Dark couldn’t help but open his mouth in surprise.
This was the first time he had heard such a statement.
It wasn’t good news for his path as a Mind Magus.
– Who knows how high the intelligence level of his Mana Spirit is?
Claire added, “But there’s no need to worry too much. The higher the intelligence level, the greater the freedom of Mana Spirits. If you successfully establish a bond, they will bring unimaginable surprises.”
Dark: “Like?”
Claire expressionlessly replied, “For example, waking up to find yourself pinched by the nose by your Mana Spirit.”
Dark: “Pfft!”
…
Time spent studying always feels short.
That night, Dark returned to his dormitory to extract a drop of “Arrogance” for storage.
Then, on Sunday evening, he took leave to extract the last drop of “Capital Sin,” which was also “Arrogance”!
After two extractions, including the original stored point, he now had a total of four points!
At seven in the evening.
Dark prepared all the experimental materials and began crafting a new “Arrogance II”!
It had been a long time since he made “Arrogance II” for the first time. The existing product could barely be considered substandard.
Neither the technique nor the materials used were of high quality.
There were only two tiers of blank Mana Cards available for mass production: 10 credits and 50 credits.
Anything above that was very expensive!
The first “Arrogance II” used a 10-credit Mana Card, which was the main reason for its poor quality.
This time, Dark naturally used a 50-credit Mana Card.
The newly crafted “Arrogance II” showed clear differences in quality.
It still used 3 points of “Arrogance,” leaving 1 point remaining.
Then, he conducted comparative experiments using these two “Arrogance II” cards.
First, he tried it on the little Imp Beast.
The result was only that its chin was lifted higher, with no other differences.
Dark pondered for a while and could only place his hopes on [Magical Beast: Eevee].
Old [Arrogance II]: Duration 13 minutes, CD 180 minutes.
New [Arrogance II]: Duration 18 minutes, CD 55 minutes.
…
After recording the experimental data comprehensively, Dark summoned [Magical Beast: Eevee]…
Eevee was more understanding and accepted Dark’s “Arrogance” infusion without any resistance!
Little Eevee, with the “Arrogance” emblem on its forehead, slowly climbed down from Dark’s knee, jumped onto the windowsill, and left only its behind, gazing out the window with Fox-eared Grass.
Dark directly picked up the [Magical Beast: Eevee] Mana Card to check the data.
[Card Name: Magical Beast]
[Type: Elemental Card]
[Level: ??]
[Race: Avian-beast Kin]
[Attribute: General Type]
[Mana: 500]
[Attack: 700]
[Defense: 300]
[Ultimate Skill: Mimic, Full Moon, Help]
…
It had transformed from a purple card to an orange card!
This was undoubtedly a huge leap for Eevee!
And the new skill learned was “Help”!
[Help: Clap hands, cheer, put target in help state. Mana Spirits in help state have their next ultimate skill power increased by 50%.]
Eevee had become a nice creature!
