Chapter 652 “Request for Subscription” Dakudemond’s Affinity System
While “Moon Goddess” and “Goddess of Heartful Eyes” were deeply conversing, Dak tried to use “Pride III” to upgrade another card, 【Magical Beast: Goddess of Heartful Eyes】.
The result was as expected.
There was no essential difference between “Pride III” and “Pride IV” in this regard.
This second card, 【Magical Beast: Goddess of Heartful Eyes】, had all the same changes as the first one except for the lack of awakening consciousness.
Out of caution, Dak did not conduct a “secondary refinement” experiment on this second card.
His idea was to temporarily store it until he gained enough proficiency in “secondary refinement” or created more cards of the same type before making further decisions.
【Magical Beast: Goddess of Heartful Eyes】 had high practical value, so it was better to keep as many copies as possible.
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After the upgrade was completed, Dak called “Goddess of Heartful Eyes” beside him and tested its “Insight” ability right in front of “Moon Goddess.”
The test results were satisfactory.
“Goddess of Heartful Eyes” could not yet precisely read thoughts like Professor Kazel, but it could vaguely sense someone’s intentions.
It could also fully perceive whether someone was lying, experiencing emotional changes, or harboring hostility.
However, the most crucial aspect of this ability was that it could see through someone’s affinity!
Just like the necessary affinity system in Galgames!
Dak felt surprised but also somewhat amused.
“Your affinity system is a bit late, isn’t it?”
In the end, he didn’t really need it anymore.
Moreover, “Goddess of Heartful Eyes'” insight couldn’t quantify affinity, which made it less meaningful.
Dak didn’t dwell on it.
He then further experimented with “Insight”‘s “penetration” and “illusion-breaking” abilities. He found that “penetration” was interfered with when encountering barriers or magical shields but could generally penetrate ordinary non-magical items.
“What about the walls in the dungeon and secret passages?”
Dak pondered.
Although the walls in the dungeon and secret passages contained elements of magic, they still needed to be tested to see if they could be penetrated.
If they could be penetrated — even if vision would be limited — it would greatly aid in exploring the dungeon and secret passages.
These two “Goddesses of Heartful Eyes” arrived just in time.
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After the tests were over, Dak had “Moon Goddess” take “Goddess of Heartful Eyes” to meet other mana spirits and find a room in the clubroom.
It wasn’t burdensome for him to replenish mana with a single-star mana spirit card.
However, before incorporating it into the “Paradise” system, he still needed to put it into a mana card every night.
After sending off “Goddess of Heartful Eyes,” Dak continued reading and researching.
Only after dinner did he restart his experiments.
Since he had no material cards left for experiments, he had to continue refining “Magical Beasts.”
Fortunately, the efficiency of producing two cards in fifteen minutes wasn’t too low.
Even including breaks, he managed to refine six “Magical Beasts” in an hour.
These six “Magical Beasts” included two 【Magical Beast: Ibut】, two 【Magical Beast: Fantasy Sheep】, one 【Magical Beast: Fusion Seal Creature? Dark】, and one 【Magical Beast: Fusion Seal Creature? Light】!
He was lucky; all six were usable for experiments.
At the current speed, these six magical beasts would last until tomorrow.
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On Thursday, it was finally time for Professor Kazel’s “Alchemy Class.”
When Dak thought today’s class would be as usual, Professor Kazel announced the lesson topic—”Construction Creation!”
Alchemists differ from orthodox magic users in that they need specific materials to cast alchemy spells. Without materials, they lose their self-protection capabilities.
“Constructions” were created to address such situations.
Later, constructions were applied in various fields, a natural progression of the era.
However, with the decline of alchemists, construction techniques gradually faded away. Most constructions now available are remnants from the previous era.
According to Professor Kazel, constructions and mana spirits share some commonalities—especially for “mechanical species.”
Thus, studying constructions can help improve mana technology.
Dak’s purpose for studying constructions was unique.
He aimed to research “armed” and “armed evolution!”
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“Armed evolution” in “Digital Monsters” specifically refers to evolving into a digital monster using “fighter spirit.”
Dak had already transformed and produced the finished product, “Divine Rank Armed? Moon Goddess!”
But his success was largely due to chance.
To replicate it further, he needed more research.
Alchemy is a necessary step towards success.
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Moreover, even disregarding these points, magicians can seal constructions into mana cards, converting them into mana spirits.
Therefore, he listened very attentively in class, even causing an increase in “greed.”
At the end of the “Alchemy Class,” Professor Kazel assigned construction-related homework and announced the year-end assessment—everyone must create a work close to the level of a “patrol construction”!
If students could complete the year-end assessment before the end of the semester, they could graduate early.
The academy’s “patrol construction” falls under the “simulated” category in the “realism” grading of constructions. It is similar to real life, with simulated thinking circuits and an intelligence level of 2.5.
Construction techniques encompass all aspects of alchemy, making it extremely challenging to create high-quality constructions.
However, the students were elites and had a possibility of completing it.
Professor Kazel would start teaching how to make constructions from the next week’s “Alchemy Class,” beginning with the simplest “mimicry level.”
This was the advantage of being part of the academy; it saved a lot of time spent figuring things out on your own.
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After the “Alchemy Class,” Dak spent half an hour in the library completing his homework and then rushed back to the dormitory to continue his “secondary refinement” experiments.
After nearly a week of intense experimentation, he had grasped some of the tricks of “secondary refinement.” When refining 【Magical Beast: Ibut】 again, he had come close to success.
Though it ultimately failed, he saw a glimmer of hope.
Humans are such creatures; as long as there is a sliver of light in the darkness, they can lift their feet.
He spent the entire afternoon using the extra “magical beasts” and saw his progress in “secondary refinement” increase again.
The “Astrology Class” went as usual.
On Friday.
Dak started refining early in the morning.
His “greed” had increased significantly recently, but it was still manageable.
By eight o’clock, he had refined another six “magical beasts”!
Among these six “magical beasts,” three were 【Magical Beast: Ibut】!
Then came one 【Magical Beast: Ditto】, one 【Magical Beast: Fantasy Sheep】, and one 【Magical Beast: Fusion Seal Creature? Dragon】!
The appearance of three 【Magical Beast: Ibut】 wasn’t surprising.
As Dak’s desire for 【Magical Beast: Ibut】 grew stronger, he felt the probability of refining it increased.
What truly astonished him was 【Magical Beast: Fusion Seal Creature? Dragon】!
This new mana spirit card shouldn’t exist according to his understanding, as in “Yu-Gi-Oh!” only light, dark, and earth types existed for fusion seals.
But in reality, he hadn’t refined 【Magical Beast: Fusion Seal Creature: Earth】, instead producing 【Magical Beast: Fusion Seal Creature? Dragon】!
【Card Name: Magical Beast (Fusion Seal Creature? Dragon)】
【Type: Elemental Card】
【Level: ?】
【Race: Elemental Species】
【Attribute: Dragon】
【Mana: 100】
【Attack: 100】
【Defense: 100】
【Ultimate Skill: Fusion Indication, Dragon Fusion】
【Dragon Fusion: Including the fusion materials indicated by (Fusion Seal Creature? Dragon), offering all these materials as sacrifices will allow the special summoning of a dragon-type mana spirit corresponding to these materials.]
If dragons exist, why not other attributes?
The variety of 【Magical Beast: Fusion Seal Creature】 seemed richer than Dak imagined.
And the moment he confirmed the 【Magical Beast: Fusion Seal Creature? Dragon】, Dak suddenly had an epiphany, remembering a key point he had overlooked.
The prerequisite for “fusion indication” was recording existing fusion materials before substituting them during fusion.
In other words, you can’t create something out of nothing.
But what if all the fusion materials for a mana spirit were the same mana spirit?
A typical example would be:
“Blue-Eyed White Dragon” + “Blue-Eyed White Dragon” + “Blue-Eyed White Dragon” + “Fusion” = 【Blue-Eyed Ultimate Dragon】
Does this mean that with two “Blue-Eyed White Dragons,” any fusion material card with “fusion indication” ability and a “fusion card,” you could fuse them into a “Blue-Eyed Ultimate Dragon”?
Furthermore,
Dak vaguely remembered that “Blue-Eyed White Dragon” had more fusion forms besides “Blue-Eyed Ultimate Dragon.”
It seemed that two “Blue-Eyed White Dragons” could also fuse into a two-headed dragon.
Or, even with just one “Blue-Eyed White Dragon,” it could fuse with any other dragon-type monster into a “what-what dragon”?
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At this moment, Dak’s mind opened up.
He suddenly realized he had many experiments he hadn’t done yet.
With his current mana spirit cards, even if he only had thirty seconds, he could indeed recreate “Blue-Eyed White Dragon” and use the “Blue-Eyed Incarnation” for fusion experiments.
Of course, since “Blue-Eyed White Dragon” is a nine-star mana spirit at the third tier, he guessed that ordinary “fusion” wouldn’t work.
But what about “Baby Blue-Eye Dragon”?
“Baby Blue-Eye Dragon” is conceptually a juvenile form of “Blue-Eyed White Dragon.”
If “Blue-Eyed White Dragon” is a fusion material, wouldn’t “Baby Blue-Eye Dragon” also be a fusion material?
So…
“Baby Blue-Eye Dragon” + “Baby Blue-Eye Dragon” + “Baby Blue-Eye Dragon” + “Fusion” = “Blue-Eyed Ultimate Baby Dragon”?
Or…
“Baby Blue-Eye Dragon” + “Baby Blue-Eye Dragon” + “Fusion” = “XX Double-Headed Baby Dragon”?
For example…
“Baby Blue-Eye Dragon” + “Dragon Species” + “Fusion” = “Blue-Eyed XX Baby Dragon”?
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Additionally…
Since both are “magical beasts,” could “Ditto” transform and be used as a fusion material?
Unlike 【Magical Beast: Fantasy Sheep】 and other one-tier fusion materials,
“Ditto” can transform into two-tier forms!
Accepting this premise would drastically increase the number of operations possible.
The drawback of “Ditto” is that it can only perfectly transform when the target is present.
Therefore, its usage method is definitely different from 【Magical Beast: Fantasy Sheep】.
But if it transforms into a “Black Diarumon” or “Deoxys” simultaneously present with “Baby Blue-Eye Dragon”?
“Baby Blue-Eye Dragon” + “Ditto (Baby Blue-Eye Dragon)” + “Fusion” = “XX Double-Headed Baby Dragon”?
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All these speculations could be tested immediately.
When Dak reached this point, he couldn’t wait to know if this hypothesis could be realized.
If it worked, he might be able to “fuse” into a higher-star white dragon!
This was clearly a breakthrough direction, though he had overlooked it.
“Eight o’clock sharp.”
Dak glanced at the clock and quickly made a decision.
“Secondary refinement” experiments could be done anytime, but he decided to confirm if “Ditto” could be used as a fusion material first!
Then he immediately told the “Ditto” reading in the dormitory, “Get ready, let’s go to the clubroom.”
“Busy?” Ditto blinked in confusion, not understanding why the owner was suddenly so excited.
But Dak was clearly impatient.
Seeing Ditto’s sluggish demeanor, he bent down, grabbed it in a “monkeys fishing for the moon,” and carried it out the door.
On Friday morning, the castle wasn’t crowded.
Dak soon arrived at the clubroom and woke up the “Baby Blue-Eye Dragon” sleeping lazily, riding it to the top of the Spiral Bell Tower!
Standing atop the tower, he took out “fusion” and explained his ideas to the two mana spirits.
Ditto and Baby Blue-Eye Dragon instantly widened their eyes!
