Chapter 487: Dark Demon’s Absolute Cut (4k)
The night was quiet…
Bathed in the night, the Light Emissary emitted an atmosphere that felt out of place with the world.
Both the maid supervisor Jasmine and Headmaid Olivia in the rear felt surprised.
“What is this?” Jasmine muttered to herself.
“It’s ‘Armed’,” Olivia replied.
“Have you ever seen such an armed form before?” Jasmine couldn’t help but raise her voice.
“Haven’t I seen it already?” Olivia smiled slightly.
Since the young master started learning mana technology, his radiance had grown even more dazzling.
Perhaps this is what they call innate talent.
Some people are born with great strength, others are skilled with swords; in their areas of expertise and non-expertise, they are like two different people.
It seems the young master has extraordinary talent in mana technology.
…
The sudden appearance of such a massive machine in the Duke’s Mansion could not be kept hidden.
Alvaraite and Claire were just about to sleep when they sensed the presence and put on their robes, heading to the corridor.
Alvaraite was in the master bedroom, while Claire’s bedroom was not far away.
After they both stepped outside and exchanged glances, they went to the nearest window to look out.
In the open space, Darc and Meow were looking up at the Light Emissary, contemplating how to get inside.
“Meow.”
Meow waved its paws a few times and suddenly ran forward.
It quickly climbed up the legs of the Light Emissary and onto its head, then started fumbling around.
Of course, it couldn’t figure it out.
After all, the cockpit of the Light Emissary was behind the chest plate, not the head.
Darc walked up to the feet of the Light Emissary and observed it for a moment, then took out the “Flight Spell” from memory and flew to the chest plate, trying to touch it with his hand.
Just as his palm touched it, he suddenly felt a surge of mana and was violently pulled inside by an internal suction force.
When he steadied himself, he found himself standing inside the Light Emissary.
This wasn’t a cockpit with seats and control panels, but a special space where only a hexagram mana array floated beneath his feet.
Standing in this space made him feel as if his entire body had fused with the Light Emissary.
No need for any control sticks; as long as he thought about it, he could make this massive machine move.
But at the same time, the large amount of mana flowing out of his body quickly made him realize that maintaining the continuous operation of this machine was no easy feat.
Compared to ordinary armed forms, the Light Emissary clearly required much more consumption, and not just a little bit more.
Even Darc, who was accustomed to supplying mana to golems, found it challenging, let alone the mana spirits lacking mana recovery abilities.
Clearly, it didn’t have its own energy core like the “Soul of the Moon Goddess I” divine rank armed form.
Even if we calculate the mana consumption at thirty points per second, sustaining one round would require nine hundred points of mana.
Only a mana spirit like the Phoenix Girl could drive the Light Emissary for a long time.
However, the Phoenix Girl isn’t Darc’s mana spirit, and theoretically, she would be rejected by the Light Emissary.
Under these circumstances, unless Darc wanted to initiate a “Suicide Attack,” it wouldn’t be suitable for his mana spirit to pilot the Light Emissary.
In other words, he could use the Light Emissary to launch a “Suicide Attack” with his mana spirits!
This was certainly a usable tactic, provided the strength of the Light Emissary warranted it.
Darc closed his eyes and perceived the Light Emissary through the flow of mana.
After mastering the “Qi,” his mana perception ability also rose, allowing him to sense more and finer details.
After a while, he suddenly opened his eyes, and the Light Emissary took a big step forward.
The giant machine, standing six meters tall, took a step, causing the surrounding ground to tremble slightly.
The immense power contained within was revealed.
[Card Name: Mana Gun]
[Type: Item Card]
[Effect: Summons the Light Emissary.]
[Light Emissary: Ruler of fire and earth powers, the Earth Mana King.]
[Mana: ?]
[Attack: 2500]
[Defense: 2500]
[Ultimate Skill:如意神剑 (Wishful Divine Sword)]
“Come out, Wishful Divine Sword!”
As information flowed into his mind, Darc stretched out his hand, and a sword-shaped light gathered in his palm.
A huge red sword was slowly drawn out of the cracked earth by the Light Emissary.
His heart couldn’t help but reveal a hint of excitement.
This Light Emissary was clearly different from ordinary armed forms. While ordinary armed forms also had shells, they were based on enhancing the attributes of the wearer.
But this Light Emissary had fixed attack and defense values.
Its attack and mana were both 2500 points, already reaching the maximum five-star strength.
The refinement of armed cards was greatly influenced by materials compared to mana spirits.
The probability of making high-level armed cards with ordinary materials was virtually zero.
Similarly, armed cards made with high-level materials, even if they didn’t meet expectations, would still be decent if successfully refined.
Using the materials for this Light Emissary, the armed card produced could reach the level of a top-tier five-star mana spirit, which was already quite rare.
As for its practical combat value beyond its ornamental and collectible value…
It would depend on the effectiveness of its ultimate skill—the “Wishful Divine Sword”!
Darc controlled the Light Emissary to raise the “Wishful Divine Sword.” Suddenly, intense golden light erupted from the blade, transforming it into a colossal sword of light.
“Meow?”
Meow, lying on top of the Light Emissary’s head, looked curiously at the giant sword of light and tilted its head.
Darc restrained the urge to strike with the sword and focused fully on the information of the “Wishful Divine Sword.”
[Wishful Divine Sword: Absolute Cut, attacks ignore changes in opponent’s abilities, bypasses defense directly; +500 attack.]
The addition of 500 attack points made it comparable in strength to the “Lion King Maru” of the Lion Beast, but without the side effect of reduced rationality.
What gave it absolute value were the附加属性 of “Absolute Cut” and “Ignore Defense”!
At the Easter Duel Festival, Darc had already tasted the joy of “Ignoring Defense,” but that was due to a low-probability event associated with the “Holy Sword.” This “Wishful Divine Sword” would always ignore defense!
Just this single attribute made it irreplaceable in its role.
The only problem was…
Darc’s thoughts sank, and he released his hands. The “Wishful Divine Sword” immediately turned into mana dust and vanished.
“The mana consumption is too high!”
“No wonder in the animation, it can only be used for a finishing blow.”
“Approximately, it requires an extra hundred points of mana per second!”
“Now it makes sense. If a mana spirit were to use it, it would truly be limited to a suicide attack.”
Darc rubbed his forehead and floated out of the Light Emissary’s chest plate with just one step.
The Light Emissary’s palm naturally supported him, allowing him to stand on it.
He slightly raised his head to look at the second floor of the mansion and smiled at Alvaraite and Claire, who both couldn’t help but sigh.
Then Meow jumped down with a “biu,” tightly grabbing his pants leg.
“Do you want to try it too?” Darc asked, looking down.
“Meow!” Meow nodded vigorously.
Darc smiled slightly and picked it up, stuffing it into the triangular chest plate.
Then the Light Emissary suddenly moved.
Darc quickly used the “Flight Spell” to fly into the sky.
He saw the Light Emissary suddenly lie down on all fours and then run happily across the open space.
Black lines appeared on his forehead.
…
Fortunately, with Meow’s 1500 mana points, it couldn’t last long.
When Meow’s mana was about to run out, Darc raised his hand and recalled the Light Emissary into the mana card.
Then he reached out to catch Meow as it fell from the sky.
At this moment, the night sky was pitch black, with only a few stars twinkling, creating a rather poetic scene.
Alvaraite had somehow leaped down from the corridor and asked curiously, “What kind of armed form is this?”
“It’s the Earth Mana King,” Darc said. “I like to call it the Light Emissary.”
“Light Emissary? That light sword indeed exudes a very powerful aura,” Alvaraite pondered. “But it seems to differ greatly from ordinary armed forms?”
Darc blinked. “Really so different?”
Alvaraite laughed. “Very different.”
Darc looked up at the night sky. “I wish it could be even larger.”
…
The successful refinement of the Light Emissary gave Darc great confidence.
After returning to his bedroom, he couldn’t help but start thinking about refining other armed forms.
Of course, he knew very well in his heart that this refinement would be extremely difficult to replicate.
The construction of the Light Emissary was already quite simple, but apart from still retaining the “Wishful Divine Sword,” the final product was not ideal.
If he wanted to recreate the stronger machines from his memories, he would need more time to learn and gather materials.
But the refinement of the Light Emissary did mean that he had entered the next stage in learning “Mana-Driven Armed Forms.”
Next, he needed to further familiarize himself with and master the two types of refinement methods: “Armor Armed Forms” and “Mana-Driven Armed Forms.”
This would be something he needed to do in addition to completing other assignments.
…
With lingering excitement, Darc took out the Mana Dropper and stored the “Capital Sin” he hadn’t extracted earlier.
It was just after midnight, and it was Friday, July 6th, before twelve o’clock.
Including this time, there had been six extractions.
Three times “Pride,” twice “Bliss,” once “Greed.”
Remaining reserves:
[Pride]: 20;
[Bliss]: 4.5;
[Greed]: 11;
…
“Pride” would continue to be stored.
“Greed” could now be utilized.
Darc briefly counted the materials that could serve as cores and found that there were four remaining mana coins most compatible with “Greed.”
“Maybe I can refine another Meow?”
Darc looked at Meow, who was carving the Light Emissary out of wood, and shook his head.
One Meow was already quite troublesome, okay?
Another one wouldn’t want to tear the roof off?
“The symbol of “Greed” is Saturn, corresponding to Rock, Ground, and Ice attributes.”
“In Pokémon, characteristics associated with “Greed” include ‘Gluttony’ and ‘Pickup.'”
“Let me think, Rock, Ground, and Ice-type mana spirits with the ‘Gluttony’ characteristic…”
“Huhu??”
“Can I refine another ‘Huhu’?”
Mana spirits like Huhu were never too many.
“As for Rock, Ground, and Ice-type mana spirits with the ‘Pickup’ characteristic?”
“Tiny Turtle, or Diglett?”
“Sss—”
While thinking, Darc unfolded the “Zoo” inside the room.
The “Zoo” and “Paradise” did not conflict, but they could not be stacked either.
Unrecorded mana spirits like Meow and Lion Beast could enjoy the benefits of the Zoo.
At least during Darc’s sleep, these two mana spirits could leave the “Watchers Alliance.”
Darc settled everything properly before crawling into bed.
Before sleeping, he continued to ponder.
“If Rock, Ground, and Ice types don’t work, perhaps a general type might be a feasible approach.”
“And when it comes to general-type Pokémon, none fits better than a Wobbuffet.”
“Also, why are they all bears? Snorlax, Cubchoo, and Riolu…”
