The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　[Loud Roar: Emits a loud noise, generating a huge vibration to launch an attack.]

　[Destructive Beam: Fires a powerful beam of light at the opponent. The user will be unable to move for the next turn.]

　The power of "Voice of Power" is 90, and it increases to 108 after the upgrade.

　The power of "Moon Power" is only 95.

　As for the "Destruction Beam", it is a super special move with a power of 150!

　With the boost from "Fairy Skin", the power of "Hyper Beam" reaches a staggering 180!

　What is the concept of 180?

　It is almost twice the power of the Moon!

　Without a doubt, this is an extremely powerful offensive pet!

　As for the drawback of being unable to move in the next round?

　One shot, and maybe even the ashes will be scattered.

　What's the point of talking about being easily swayed?

　……

　After carefully considering it, Dark suddenly had a flash of inspiration and summoned "Sylveon" as well.

　"Woo!"

　Holding two Sylveon twins in his arms, Dark indulged in the luxury of having two beauties on his left and right.

　Aside from almost being dismembered, everything else was fine.

　……

　The next day, Saturday.

　Dak first went to Traveler's Street to buy a new card holder, replenished some necessary experimental supplies, then browsed around "Cat Flower Shop" before returning to his dormitory.

　After noon, he took his books to Professor Claire's dormitory to continue learning the prerequisites for crafting "Zoo" magic cards.

　Although Claire was very curious about how his magical sprites were crafted, she didn't ask too many questions.

　For a mage, any original alchemy method is extremely valuable. Especially a core secret technique that can enhance the intelligence level of a magical spirit!

　Whether as St. Marian's professor or Dark's teacher, Claire felt obligated to help him keep the secret.

　Fortunately, the war is over, and there are far fewer of those fanatical mages who would stop at nothing to improve their combat power.

　In addition, given that Dak's status is high enough, he doesn't actually need to worry too much about being targeted.

　What I fear most is that those in charge will steal from their own positions!

　“Hey Dak, is your aunt good to you?” Claire asked, resting her chin on her hand.

　Dark: "Aunt Claire, you're too close to me."

　Claire muttered, "There are even closer ones."

　Dark: "Hmm?"

　Claire: "It's nothing. You should know that our Beastmaster lineage and the Mind Mage lineage have a lineage relationship, and Mind Summoning is also a compulsory course for us."

　Dark: "Of course I know that. In fact, the reason I wanted to create the 'Zoo' was to develop a bond with the magical spirits."

　Claire nodded and said, "You've already said that. But here, I must remind you of something."

　Dark: "Hmm?"

　Claire solemnly stated, "Intelligence level 3.0 is a dividing line. Magical spirits at this stage possess both complete thought processes and sufficient purity, making it relatively easy to establish bonds with them."

　Dark: "Hmm."

　Claire: "But the human heart is complex. So are magical spirits. Once their intelligence level exceeds 3.0 by too much, then to establish a bond with them, you have to put in an equal amount of effort."

　In other words, for a mage, it's not necessarily better if the intelligence level of a magical spirit is higher.

　Therefore, since ancient times, spiritual mages have always sought magical spirits with an intelligence level of 3.0, not 4.0 or 5.0...

　Darke opened his mouth in surprise.

　According to the rules of the world.

　This is not good news for his path as a spiritual mage.

　→Who knows how high the intelligence level of his magical sprite is?

　Claire added, "But don't worry too much. The higher the intelligence level, the greater the freedom of the magical spirits. As long as you successfully establish a bond, they will bring you unimaginable surprises."

　Dark: "For example?"

　Claire said expressionlessly, "For example, when you don't want to wake up, it crawls out of the magic card and pinches your nose."

　Dark: "Pfft!"

　……

　Time spent concentrating on studying is always short.

　That evening, Dak took some time to go back to his dorm and, after a long time, extracted a drop of "arrogance" from his storage.

　Then, on Sunday night, I took a day off and extracted the last drop of "great sin" of the month, which was "pride"!

　After two extractions, plus the original 1 point, that's a total of 4 points!

　7 p.m.

　Dark prepared all the experimental materials and began to create the new "Pride II"!

　It has been a long time since the first production of "Pride II", and the existing finished product can be described as a defective product.

　Neither the production techniques nor the materials used are of high quality.

　There are only two tiers of blank magic cards available for mass sale on the market: 10 credits and 50 credits.

　Above that are very expensive items!

　The first "Pride II" card used a 10-credit magic card, which is the biggest reason for its poor quality.

　This time, Dark naturally used a magic card worth 50 credits.

　The resulting new "Pride II" is noticeably different in its color and finish.

　I still only used 3 points of "arrogance", leaving 1 point remaining.

　He then conducted a control experiment using these two "Pride II" paintings.

　First, it was used on Devimon.

　The result was that, apart from making its chin stick out a little higher, there was no difference.

　Dark pondered for a moment and could only place his hopes on "Eevee: Monster Hunter".

　Old [Pride II]: Duration 10 minutes.

　New [Pride II]: Duration 18 minutes, CD 55 minutes.

　……

　After recording the complete experimental data, Dark summoned "Eevee".

　Eevee was much more understanding than Devimon, accepting Dark's "arrogance" without any resistance!

　With the "Arrogance" crest appearing on its forehead, the little Eevee slowly climbed down from Dark's lap, leaped onto the windowsill, leaving only its bottom visible, and gazed at the night view outside the window with Foxgrass.

　Dark picked up the "Fantastic Beast: Eevee" card and checked its data.

　Card Name: Magical Beast

　[Type: Spirit Card]

　【grade:】

　[Race: Bird-Beast]

　【属性：一般系】

　【Magic Power: 500】

　[Attack: 700]

　[Defense: 300]

　【Special Moves: Imitation, Round Pupils, Assistance】

　……

　It turned out to be an orange card instead of a purple card!

　This is undoubtedly a huge leap for Eevee!

　Moreover, the new skill I learned is "helping"!

　[Help: Clap your hands to cheer on the target and put them into a help state. A magical spirit in a help state will have its next special attack's power increased by 50%.]

　Eevee-chan has turned into a nice monster!

　……

　【2-in-1 4100】

　……

　My fever hasn't gone down, and my cheeks and throat are killing me. Eating is like a nightmare; it's so uncomfortable.

Chapter 182 Darkdemon's Thousand Troubles

　Come on, clap your hands!

　Under Dark's forceful command, Eevee sat on the windowsill and clapped her hands with a look of disgust.

　A light representing "help" emanated from it and gradually intensified. But then, like a bubble, it vanished with a "pop."

　"Can't you?"

　Dak felt very sorry.

　It seems that Ibrahimovic's "help" is not working for him.

　That makes sense, nice guys should stay in the background and watch, why would they step up on their own?

　……

　After tidying up his experimental tools, Dak read for a while, then practiced "Netherworld Magic" for an hour, something he hadn't done in a long time, before falling into a deep sleep.

　There are only two weeks left until the end of the last semester.

　In the following period, the professors did not teach any new knowledge, but mainly focused on review and consolidation.

　All other classes, except for the Duel class, have assigned major assignments that students are required to complete and submit by December 20th.

　This major assignment will serve as a reference for students' academic performance this semester.

　The students, who had been excitedly running wild with the holidays and Christmas approaching, were like runaway horses that had been re-tied up, showing signs of premature fatigue at such a young age.

　Bound by their heavy workload, they even forgot to find dance partners and prepare gifts for a long time.

　It wasn't until the fifth day of the new week, December 15th, that the increasingly festive atmosphere of Traveler's Street made the students realize that Christmas was only a week away!

　As a result, the topic of Christmas exploded like crazy.

　Just like on Halloween, Dark started receiving love letters again.

　Compared to the more childish first-graders, his "mature and steady" peers were clearly more popular with the young girls.

　What's more, just the week before, he had won the championship in the class competition and was enjoying unparalleled popularity.

　On Friday night, he even received a prom invitation from a second-year student!

　The young lady from the aristocratic college in the same tower smiled and placed a white envelope with a heart on his desk in the common room, saying it was an "invitation" for her best friend.

　Dak opened the "invitation" and looked at it, feeling somewhat worried.

　This letter, ostensibly an "invitation" but actually a "love letter," expresses the poetic dreams and aspirations of an artistic young woman.

　It's the type he doesn't reject.