Chapter 203: Summoning Time – 1s
To avoid destroying the bedroom, Dak only picked the smallest and simplest carousel.
But the sudden appearance of the facility still made the three little creatures scream.
Curious Catgrass was the first to approach, carefully touching the base of the carousel with its paw.
Then, Foxear Grass and Dairy Cow Grass came over as well.
Dak picked up Catgrass, placing it on one of the white horses, then activated the carousel with mana.
The carousel began to turn slowly, and the wind chimes hanging from the canopy made a clear, pleasant sound.
“Meow meow meow!”
But Catgrass was startled by the suddenly moving horse and clung to the horse’s back, trembling.
Dak couldn’t help but smile slightly and bent down to pick up Foxear Grass.
“Ee!”
Foxear Grass darted away, dragging its small pot and running off!
Dairy Cow Grass just stared blankly.
But Dak only laughed for a moment before picking up Catgrass again.
He then carefully observed the carousel!
The ability of Field Cards to “create out of thin air” was truly magical, and every time he saw it, it left him in awe.
The carousel seemed to be made of real materials; if set on fire, it could even be burned.
But fundamentally, it was “fictional!”
“I remember Claire once said that Field Cards use ‘true projection’ technology. In ancient times, this was almost like ‘divine power.’ Even among the demons who studied magic in the past, only those of extremely high rank had a chance to master it.”
“But in today’s era, Magi can run this ability through the refinement of ‘Field Cards,’ which is almost a miracle!”
“However, when miracles become commonplace, they no longer deserve to be called miracles.”
Dak grabbed the ear of one of the wooden horses and twisted it forcefully!
“Crack!”
The ear was torn off!
The cut edge clearly showed it was wooden.
But the torn-off ear turned into star-like light!
That was the manifestation of mana shattering.
“So when the field of a Field Card is destroyed, does it directly dissipate into mana?”
Dak pondered slightly and turned to the experimental table, gathering all ten Mana Spirit Cards.
Creating an energy loop allowed the recorded Mana Spirits to survive long-term in “Paradise,” which was just the basic function of “Paradise.”
As a high-tier Field Card, “Paradise” naturally had additional effects!
Dak drew out the Mana Spirit Card for the Magical Beast: Eevee and immediately began performing a “Normal Summoning Spell!”
Being inside the “Paradise” field, he could clearly feel the close connection between the Magical Beast: Eevee and the field, making the “Normal Summoning Spell” as smooth as silk!
In just 2 seconds!
Eevee jumped out with a “plop”!
And on its card, mana, defense, and attack stats all increased by 100 at once!
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The effect of version 1.0 “Paradise” was straightforward.
① For each additional Mana Spirit Card belonging to “Paradise,” mana attack and defense +100;
② Summoning time for Mana Spirits belonging to “Paradise” -1s;
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Mana Duels are time-sensitive, so what -1 second means doesn’t need much explanation.
Unfortunately, this Mana Card cannot yet be used in the academy’s dueling competitions.
But “Zoo” also has the effect of “Summoning time -1s.”
And “Animal Kingdom” has the effects of “Summoning time -1s, Avian-beast Kin stars -1!”
Since summoning time equals cooldown time, these two Field Cards, which are core components of the Zoo series, are terrifying!
Once “Animal Kingdom” is set up, Claire can summon three second-tier four-star Mana Spirits within 10 seconds!
Moreover, her spiritual bond with Mana Spirits can further shorten the summoning time!
In critical moments, her normal summoning spell takes less than 1 second, and the cooldown time is also less than 1 second.
On the battlefield, she can deploy nearly twenty four-star Mana Spirits in one round!
As a top talent in mana among humans, although her mana is not as strong as high-ranking demons, it is enough to support her using this sea-of-monsters strategy.
Once “Animal Kingdom” is deployed, there’s no need to worry about the survival time of Mana Spirits on the battlefield.
Combined with other types of Mana Cards, it’s a nightmare on the battlefield!
“The Sage of Beasts” is highly respected among humans.
But among demons, it is infamous!
Of course, now that all demons are gone, no one dares to call her by her evil name anymore.
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After carefully studying Little Eevee, Dak summoned all the remaining Mana Spirits!
Summoning four-star Mana Spirits with Normal Summoning Spells takes about a minute.
Though slower, no sacrifices were needed.
As the ten Mana Spirits appeared one by one, the originally spacious bedroom became slightly crowded.
Fortunately, all his Mana Spirits were small enough.
The Imp Beast started sulking as soon as it appeared.
But as more Mana Spirits were summoned, it gradually realized something was wrong and quickly hid in the wardrobe, pulling out its beloved scarf to wrap around itself!
Though wrapped crookedly, it was a symbol of “power”!
As the Mana Spirit with the highest “power” in the bedroom, the Imp Beast stood atop the bird perch, looking down on everything.
The Deoxys, crafted with “Pride Fruit” and “Angel Feather,” chose to sit on top of the wardrobe.
Sitting on the edge of the cabinet, it crossed its arms, crossed its legs, and looked down with arrogance.
But upon seeing the Eevee and Big Milk Jar, crafted with “Bliss Fruit,” shamelessly playing “Cuddle” with Dak, Deoxys’ eyes twitched.
Elsewhere…
The Trash Slime and Magical Beast: Ditto had become relatives, but Huhu wanted to join them and was rejected due to its shell.
The Wrestler Eagle had sharp eyes, seemingly searching for a punching bag?
The Piplup curiously approached the carousel and started blowing bubbles at it.
After being summoned, the Mana Spirits clearly felt a different sensation.
They discovered their mana loss had slowed dramatically, and even mana flowed into their bodies through the circulation network, replenishing the lost mana, eliminating any worries about mana depletion.
As Mana Spirits, this was their first experience of such a feeling.
This gave them, with intelligence levels above 3.0 (excluding Trash Slime), a very realistic sense of security.
