Chapter 657 “Request for Subscription” Dragon’s Treasure (6k)
The “ID card” for the secret path was more than sufficient as a communication device.
Dark took out the “ID card” to check and saw Pandora Senior’s signature.
Then, he suddenly had a thought: “Is the dragon material ready?”
He opened the “message,” and indeed it was!
Dark immediately headed for the clubroom.
Pandora Dragon was currently in the clubroom of the Magical Animal Club, talking with Catalysa, another student from the Mana Academy.
All other members of the club were not present in the classroom.
When Dark arrived quickly, he saw Catalysa with a flushed face, speaking rapidly, while Pandora calmly responded, appearing to be explaining something.
Pandora was an idol.
Not only on the stage of Mana Duels, but also within the academy.
Many students of the Mana Academy looked up to her with reverence and aimed to emulate her.
“You finally came.”
Seeing Dark enter, Pandora stopped her explanation, and Catalysa revealed a look of disappointment.
If she could, she would have preferred Dark to arrive later, right?
Dark sensed her thoughts and walked into the classroom with a slight smile, then asked, “Senior, where is the stuff?”
He was somewhat eager.
Compared to the dragon materials provided by Pandora Senior, the dragon tooth sword powder stored in the cabinet was nothing.
Pandora pointed to a large backpack on the sofa and said, “It’s all there. You can count it and see if it’s enough. If not…”
Dark, already excited, walked over eagerly.
For him, the cost of awakening the consciousness of a golem was zero.
Therefore, there was no question of sufficiency.
…
Dark approached the sofa, grabbed the backpack strap, tried lifting it, and then his expression changed slightly.
This backpack was half his height, weighing as much as a half-height iron block; he could barely lift it!
He didn’t hesitate and directly pulled open the zipper and started counting.
The pure dragon aura leaking from the backpack went without saying. First, he saw that it wasn’t the whole bag of dragon scales as he imagined, but neatly stacked square boxes.
Stacked from bottom to top, the boxes varied in size, about ten in total.
He took out the first box from the top, instantly unfastened the lock, and a truly overwhelming dragon aura burst forth!
Naturally, the one placed on top was the most fragile, which turned out to be a pearl-like dragon egg!
He had spent thirty thousand credits to buy this ordinary white dragon pearl from Pandora Senior.
According to her, it was the smallest among her stock and had neither spirit nor special effects.
But even such a white dragon pearl was one of the core materials for the final formulation of the “Baby Blue-Eye Dragon”!
The white dragon pearl inside this box was about palm-sized, emitting a pure and beautiful white light. It seemed to have some form of spirit within it.
He carefully took it out, placing it in his palm, and could feel its slight pulsation, just like— a heart!
“Could this white dragon pearl also serve as the energy core for a golem?”
Dark suddenly had this thought.
Pandora put down her teacup and walked over.
She casually said, “This ‘white dragon pearl’ is barely considered high-grade. It has gradually developed spirit due to being soaked in dragon blood.
If used for the formulation of a golem, its intelligence level would be slightly higher than that of a typical golem. However, it is not the most valuable dragon pearl I prepared. You can take a look at the silver box below.”
Dark hurriedly took out the silver box from the backpack and unlocked it.
A strong white light shot out from the gaps in the box.
He couldn’t help but squint his eyes and fully opened the lid.
Then he saw a “white dragon pearl” slightly smaller than the first one but seemingly containing a tiny white dragon sleeping inside.
Pandora Senior continued, “This ‘white dragon pearl’ can be considered the best. The dragon aura inside has formed an embryo, capable of nurturing a dragon soul. If left alone for decades or centuries, it might transform into a special gemstone dragon.”
Dark held up that “white dragon pearl” and gradually showed a look of rapture on his face.
He had an instinctive feeling that this “white dragon pearl” could definitely be used for the formulation of the “Blue-Eyed White Dragon”!
“Senior…” he wanted to speak.
Pandora continued, “My two ‘Sky White Dragons’ were both formulated this way. I’m sorry I can’t tell you the directed conjure formula.”
“No need.” Dark slowly said, “Each mage needs different directed conjure formulas. Even if you told me, it would only be for reference.”
Pandora nodded with a smile.
After a long while, Dark reluctantly placed the premium “white dragon pearl” back into the silver box.
“There’s still one more ‘white dragon pearl’.” Pandora reminded.
Dark moved slightly, took out a nearby box, and opened it, asking, “Is this the one?”
Pandora nodded slightly and said, “Yes, there are three ‘white dragon pearls’ in total. This one is a high-grade ‘white dragon pearl’ with a special effect.”
Dark immediately became interested and took it out to examine closely.
Larger than the previous two “white dragon pearls,” this one had what appeared to be droplets within, emitting warm and comfortable light.
He suddenly had an idea and asked, “Does it have healing properties?”
“Yes.” Pandora replied, “Even if placed by the bedside, it can heal fatigue during sleep. It’s a very useful white dragon pearl.”
Dark felt like he had found a treasure and happily said, “I feel these three ‘white dragon pearls’ alone are already worth it.”
“I’m glad you’re satisfied.” Pandora sighed in relief.
The help Dark brought was enormous, and she was unsure if these dragon materials were sufficient.
But Dark himself clearly found them satisfactory.
He then proceeded to take out and examine the remaining boxes.
Besides the three “white dragon pearls,” there were also three “Dragon’s Inverted Scales” of varying quality.
Pandora Senior likely guessed he would use the “Dragon’s Inverted Scales” somewhere, so she provided three sets accordingly.
“This way, combining three bottles of ‘Fusion Factor’ and adding the ‘Pride Fruit (Dragon)’, we can activate the basic conjure method again… Of course, that kind of lucky chance method should be handled with caution.”
“The two high-quality ‘white dragon pearls’ are fine, but the premium ‘white dragon pearl’ must be saved for the formulation of the ‘Blue-Eyed White Dragon’!”
Dark carefully examined the “Dragon’s Inverted Scales.”
He noticed that these three “Dragon’s Inverted Scales” were similar to the gifts Pandora Senior gave last Christmas.
There wasn’t much difference.
Quality difference.
And after that, he opened a bottle of “dragon blood” that had undergone special treatment.
But that wasn’t “White Dragon Blood.”
This bottle of “dragon blood” inside the bottle presented seven colors, extraordinarily gorgeous.
He was somewhat surprised and said, “Could this be the legendary ‘Rainbow Dragon’s’ dragon blood?”
Pandora nodded and said, “The ‘Rainbow Dragon’ is a Fairy-type dragon species. They are even rarer than White Dragons. I have only obtained one bottle of ‘Rainbow Dragon’s’ dragon blood, which I am sharing with you.”
“Fairy-type dragon blood…” Dak couldn’t help but think of the only Pokémon in the series that combines both Fairy and Dragon types, the bird known as “Seven-winged Celestial Pigeon.”
As the “Mega” evolution form of the “Seven-winged Celestial Pigeon,” the “Super Seven-winged Celestial Pigeon” belongs to the “Bliss” attribute.
Using “Dragon Grass (Bliss)” along with this bottle of “Rainbow Dragon’s” blood, and other materials, could there be a chance to formulate the “Super Seven-winged Celestial Pigeon”?
In Dak’s estimation, the “Super Seven-winged Celestial Pigeon” after Super Evolution could theoretically reach the third tier.
Of course, for ease of summoning, a lower-level “Celestial Pigeon” is also quite good.
And it is also very cute (?˙?˙?).
Following the Dragon Balls, Reversal Scales, and Dragon Blood, Dak continued to open boxes.
Pandora sat by smiling and watching.
Catalysta even unhesitantly brought over a small stool and joined in the inspection.
She clearly envied Dak for obtaining so many dragon-related materials in one go.
Dak immediately took out a long rectangular box and then undid the lock.
To his surprise, the darkness aura revealed from the gap!
“This is…” He couldn’t help but open the box and saw a dragon tooth wrapped in black aura!
Pandora said, “As you can see, this is a Black Dragon’s tooth.”
“Black Dragon?” Dak was surprised.
Pandora smiled and said, “I have no need for Black Dragon materials, so I’ll give it to you. This ‘Black Dragon Tooth’ is of no low grade, sufficient for the formulation of a third-tier Golem.”
“But what can I use it for? ‘True Red-Eyed Black Dragon’?” Dak pondered.
However, there were still many materials left, and he immediately returned to checking them.
Surprisingly, another long rectangular box contained another “Black Dragon Tooth”!
And after these two “Black Dragon Teeth,” he opened another box containing a bottle of Fire-type “Dragon Horn Powder!”
The “Dragon Horn Powder,” with its flame-like color, is said to be produced by a high-level Lava Dragon.
Dak immediately thought of the first generation starter Pokémon, “Charmander”—though Charmander does not have a Dragon type!
Up to this point, he had already opened ten boxes.
The remaining boxes stacked at the bottom were all uniformly large boxes, totaling six!
“These remaining ones are all dragon scales,” Pandora said.
Dak nodded slightly.
“Dragon scales” are undoubtedly one of the easiest dragon-related materials to obtain, and they are renewable resources.
But this doesn’t mean that “dragon scales” are not valuable.
On the contrary, they are very useful.
Armors crafted from “dragon scales” contain countless famous works.
In the remaining six boxes, each box neatly contained nine dragon scales.
Two of the boxes contained “White Dragon Scales.”
One box contained “Black Dragon Scales.”
One box contained “Fire Dragon Scales.”
One box contained “Water Dragon Scales.”
The last box contained “Earth Dragon Scales!”
Except for the “White Dragon Scales” reserved for the “Blue-Eyed White Dragon”定向炼成, the other dragon scales can actually be used for basic formulation.
“I feel like if I use up all these dragon-related materials, an entire set of dragon cards will come out…”
After Dak inspected all the materials and asked some questions about how to handle and preserve them, he was satisfied and put them all back into his bag.
Then he immediately invited Pandora to have lunch together.
Pandora naturally wouldn’t refuse.
But after agreeing, she casually called Catalysta along too.
Catalysta… agreed with great joy!
…
The three didn’t go to the cafeteria but chose a high-end restaurant on Traveler’s Street.
Catalysta? Lightbulb was very active, occasionally asking Pandora questions.
Dak would sometimes join in the discussion too.
Thus, this lunch gradually turned into an academic tea party…
After the tea party ended around two o’clock in the afternoon, they went their separate ways.
Dak took the opportunity to replenish a lot of experimental materials on Traveler’s Street, and while lamenting that “money flows like water,” he carried bags of materials back to the dormitory.
As for the bag full of dragon-related materials, he had already entrusted the Golems to deliver them back to the dormitory.
He called for “Meow” and “Goddess of Heartful Eyes,” preparing to ask “Meow” teacher to help train “Goddess of Heartful Eyes” as an experimental assistant.
“Goddess of Heartful Eyes” can “see through,” “read minds,” and “dispel illusions.” If these abilities can be used in experiments, they would surely become the most reliable assistants.
They then spent the entire afternoon properly handling all the materials.
Then in the evening, they continued researching “Secondary Refinement”!
At this point, the research was hot, so it was impossible to easily stop.
To further experiment, Dak used the two-star [Magical Beast: Eevee] for the experiment and eventually successfully scrapped it.
It proved that the success last night was mixed with too much luck.
Tonight, he used six magical beast hairs but still failed to succeed once.
The next day was Sunday.
Tiny raindrops fell from the sky.
Dak participated in the “Golden Cup” event on Sunday morning and defeated another third-year student again.
Then he immediately returned to the dormitory to continue researching “Secondary Refinement.”
Throughout the day, he used twelve “magical beast hairs”!
After much effort, he finally achieved results.
He successfully refined a two-star [Magical Beast: Ditto]!
Compared to the one-star [Magical Beast: Ditto], the two-star [Magical Beast: Ditto] only changed in three attributes.
Originally, the one-star [Magical Beast: Ditto] had 100 points in Magic Power, Attack, and Defense. After secondary refinement, it increased to 800 points in Magic Power, Attack, and Defense!
This was quite a significant leap.
It should be noted that after upgrading with the “Capital Sin” card, the two-star [Magical Beast: Ditto]’s Magic Power, Attack, and Defense were only 200 points, and the four-star [Magical Beast: Ditto]’s Magic Power, Attack, and Defense were only 400 points!
This two-star [Magical Beast: Ditto] after secondary refinement had double the attributes of a four-star!
Dak immediately used
The experiments with “Arrogance II,” “Arrogance III,” and “Arrogance IV” were conducted.
It was discovered that “Arrogance II” had completely retreated from the environment, showing no effect on the two-star [Magical Beast: Ditto].
However, “Arrogance III” could elevate it to a five-star, with its mana, attack, and defense skyrocketing to two thousand points!
This meant that after transforming into other second-tier Mana Spirits, [Magical Beast: Ditto] would possess higher mana than some Mana Spirits—stronger than its own body!
No, even without transforming, it could display sufficient power!
Ditto finally reached a turning point in life!
As for “Arrogance IV,” it could only elevate [Magical Beast: Ditto] to a six-star, with attack, mana, and defense surging to two thousand five hundred points.
After putting on new skin with Dark’s help, it became very lively, freely transforming into various Mana Spirits and frolicking around.
…
On that night, Dark performed the last “Capital Sin” draw of November.
Over the past ten days:
He drew “Bliss” five times and “Greed” five times, increasing his reserves by ten points each for “Bliss” and “Greed.”
Remaining reserves:
[Arrogance]: 4;
[Greed]: 20;
[Bliss]: 10;
[Rage]: 1;
His intense desire for “Secondary Refinement” caused his “Greed” to grow rapidly, forcing him to draw it.
Even after accumulating for ten days, the stored “Capital Sins” were still not plentiful.
With the “Soul Curse” no longer progressing deeply and “Technique of the Shadow God” making little progress, if he wanted more “Capital Sins,” he would have to think of other ways.
For this reason, Dark planned to re-enter the secret path after “Secondary Refinement” concluded!
He possessed an “Identification Card,” allowing him to enter the secret path twice a month.
There was one entry remaining this month.
Perfect for scouting.
But first, he needed to achieve satisfactory research results before the end of November.
…
A new week began.
Tuesday, November 12th.
While browsing the newspaper, Dark received a schedule notification from the Dueling Club.
Patricia Boline and Fern Morse’s challenge applications had been approved by the Dueling Club.
However, the Dueling Club scheduled their matches for Saturday morning and Friday afternoon next week.
Additionally, there was another match against a third-year senior sister on Saturday afternoon.
“No problem.”
Dark put away his Selection Card and continued reading the newspaper.
…
Wednesday, November 13th.
At two o’clock in the afternoon, the Selection Card rang again.
Perhaps because he had decisively defeated two third-years over the weekend.
This week, the number of third-year challengers suddenly increased!
Among the ten third-years, there were even several figures as famous as Else Kevin and Maly Bond.
But Dark ignored them after a glance.
Fourth year, only one!
Fourth year, Noble Academy, Stewart Farn!
Dark remembered this senior; they had dueled during the Easter Duel Festival.
This senior specializing in Undead: Ghost type was already troublesome during the Easter Duel Festival. Now, half a year later, his deck strength must have improved further.
Dark gradually became interested: “I wonder who progressed faster, him or me? I’m really looking forward to it.”
So he accepted Stewart Farn’s challenge.
No one challenged in fifth year.
…
The seniors clearly didn’t have much time to keep an eye on him.
If this continued, such good fortune might not last.
“Should I take the initiative to challenge them instead?”
Thinking this, Dark couldn’t help shaking his head.
This did not align with his usual approach.
“We’ll see then.”
He continued his experiments.
…
Thursday, November 14th.
Alchemy Class resumed.
Under Professor Kazel’s guidance, Dark successfully crafted his first Mana Construct.
Although it was just a crude thirty-centimeter-tall Mana Construct, it made him extremely excited.
The feeling of piecing it together bit by bit and watching it suddenly come to life was even more tangible and thrilling than crafting Mana Spirits.
Suddenly, he had the impulse to make Mana Constructs of his favorite characters from his previous life—then preserve them as figurines!
This impulse persisted.
He came up with more whimsical ideas.
For example, after mastering Mana Construct techniques, using “Living Metal” to craft various characters’ “puppets,” then sealing them with “Spell Cage” and awakening their minds with “Capital Sin Cards!”
Though the crafted characters might be hollow shells without inner essence…
But what about characters from works like Yu-Gi-Oh!, Digimon, Pokémon, or others integrated into this game world?
Even without inner memories, they should retain similar talents and personality traits, right?
Once this idea formed, it wouldn’t stop.
That night, Dark even dreamed of refining “Satoshi” to participate in a duel competition and win the championship.
Mana Constructs and Mana Spirits had absolute differences.
Mana Constructs’ energy cores could sustain them long-term.
If Dark’s plan succeeded, by simply releasing the “Spell Cage,” letting them revert to Mana Constructs, he could obtain intelligent special Mana Constructs.
There were many such ideas.
It took Dark a long time to calm his mind.
But his “Greed” increased again.
He felt a warning.
Yet, after being warned, he continued his research on “Secondary Refinement.”
By Friday evening, November 15th, at midnight.
Over these five days, Dark used up thirty-six “Magical Beast hairs.”
Now, only thirty out of a hundred “Magical Beast hairs” remained.
During these five days,
his research achievements were quite fruitful.
First, he gained a detailed and comprehensive understanding of all fusion material cards.
Second, he successfully refined another two-star [Magical Beast: Ditto], as well as two two-star [Magical Beast: Ibis]…
But those two two-star [Magical Beast: Ibis] became sacrifices, ultimately leading to the successful refinement of the second three-star [Magical Beast: Ibis]!
In this way, he was just one step away from his goal of refining three [Magical Beast: Ibis].
And there was another surprise.
He successfully refined a two-star [Magical Beast: Fantasy Sheep]!
…
