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

　His severely depleted magic, energy, and physical strength are slowly recovering.

　At this time, it is not appropriate to use magic or potions to recover, as that would only deplete one's life force.

　He needs to rely on his own recovery ability to gradually return to a relatively good state.

　Meanwhile, Rose tugged at Diana's sleeve, pulling Diana, who was staring excitedly at the laboratory, closer.

　Nora came back and then glared at her.

　Diana → Confused, tilting her head in bewilderment.

　"Did you eat all of Ergane's blessings?"

　Rose covered her forehead, feeling very tired.

　Witt Gold's soul-cutting surgery went very smoothly.

　The newly formed part of the Demon King's consciousness was completely severed, just like having his appendix removed.

　Professor Steven Harvey placed it back into the Sphere of Truth, a playful expression on his face.

　Ophelia Brad, seeing that the experiment was over, rushed in: "Professor Harvey, how is Witt?"

　“Witt is in good health,” Professor Steven Harvey said with a smile. “Don’t worry, the damage this time is less than one percent of what it was last time; it’s practically negligible.”

　"That's good." Ophelia Brad patted her chest, feeling much more relaxed.

　Professor Steven Harvey said, "Victor should wake up in about half an hour. Then we'll give him..."

　He gave him some of the previous medication and told him to get a good night's sleep; he'd be fine by tomorrow. The next experiment is tentatively scheduled for the day after tomorrow; let him prepare in advance.

　Ophelia Brad's face immediately darkened again.

　Dark felt a little apologetic about having to trouble Witt again.

　But he was also very fortunate, fortunate that Witt did indeed have the attraction to firmly hold onto the [Demon King] number.

　In this way, he will be able to work more freely in the next experiment.

　That evening, after recovering somewhat, Dak spent time in the laboratory with Professor Cazell and Steven Harvey.

　The professor discussed the problems with today's experiment.

　He did not attend class the following Monday.

　On Tuesday, he put Ergani in charge of the shift.

　Ergani was teaching a class of first-year professors for the first time, not as a teaching assistant.

　The students were initially very resistant to the young teaching assistant, who looked much younger than them, but later...

　Thinking about it, their Professor Dak Dimon was only a year younger than them, so it was easy to accept.

　Firstly, it's simply unacceptable!

　Ergani completely inherited Dark's point-deduction methods, and did not learn any of Professor Kazel's gentleness.

　As soon as the bell rang, Ergani left the classroom without lingering for even a second longer.

　Soon, she went straight to the secluded place behind the teachers' dormitory.

　Dark has been inside for a long time, but has not yet started the experiment.

　Because Witte's presence is needed as a guarantee, today's experiment also requires Witte's presence.

　Dak spent the entire morning preparing, which gave him more confidence for the afternoon's experiment.

　He estimated the time and began today's experiment at exactly 1 p.m.

　The afternoon classes are from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

　After 3:30

　The course on the History of Magic will end soon, and Witt will arrive at the lab before four o'clock.

　Between 1 a.m. and 4 p.m., he is not needed for the time being.

　Once everything was ready, Dak put on gloves and began the experiment.

　Besides having the experimental data from March 1st to support it, the biggest benefit of today's experiment is that [Demon King No. 1], sealed inside the [Orb of Truth], is currently in a self-regulating [Hibernation State]!

　It is possible to do something outside the world.

　The soul consciousness of [Demon King Number One] was already weak at the beginning of its rebirth, and it chose to rely on self-hibernation to survive.

　early stage.

　Once severed and sealed in this state, it is completely unable to draw power from the outside world, or even from...

　It automatically wakes up from hibernation.

　Professor Steven Harvey didn't need to do anything; it had already washed itself clean and placed...

　On the cutting board?

　However, to prevent a recurrence of the accident from the previous experiment, the professors added new preventative measures to ensure that...

　They became even more lost in their dreams.

　Then, until around 3:40.

　After the afternoon classes ended, Witt Gold finally arrived, still somewhat nervous.

　Although I didn't suffer much after having my appendix removed last time (just kidding), who knows what the next time will be like?

　Moreover, many small things add up, and if you cut too many times, you might just lose your life!

　A little later than Vittoria, Diana, Rose, and Aurora also came in.

　This time, even Eve, who hadn't been there before, made time to come.

　At this point, the original cast was complete, with even one additional member joining.

　Meanwhile, Dak's experiment was progressing to a critical moment.

　He maintained an astonishing level of focus throughout the three-hour experiment.

　This demonstrates that his ability to control his own state has reached a terrifying level.

　Just a year and a half ago, he was a pitiful little guy who would easily get a "bliss +1" bliss.

　Before five o'clock, Dak successfully advanced the experiment to the final melting step.

　Although the list of materials used in this smelting remained unchanged, the individual differences of each material led to variations in the smelting process.

　The adjustments required during refining are completely different.

　Dark continued to rely on potions, successfully advancing the experiment to the point of targeting the soul consciousness of [Demon King Number One].

　The steps involved in smelting.

　He then drank a forced energizing potion, reached for the [Orb of Truth], and sensed the [Demon King Number One] inside.

　Soul refinement is taboo, but most technological research in this world eventually touches upon the soul.

　This is a hurdle that no researcher can bypass.

　Dark took a deep breath, poured in another dose of Phoenix Blood Potion, and opened his Eye of Truth.

　The illusory flames suddenly rose up, and golden light shone brightly in his eyes.

　Today's experiment lasted less than four hours, and his energy level was much higher than before.

　Once he suppressed the agitation of the magic, he once again extracted the soul of the [Demon King-] from the [Orb of Truth].

　It was pulled out from the center and entered the light array of the [Number One Alchemy Array], thus beginning this smelting process.

　Two and a half minutes later, he added a [Phoenix Blood Potion] and continued the smelting process.

　Three and a half minutes later, he had already squeezed in thirty drops of [Paradise Version of Ecstasy].

　Four and a half minutes later, half of the second bottle of "Paradise Edition" Elysium was also used up.

　Five minutes later, he applied the third [Phoenix Blood Potion].

　Six and a half minutes later, he used up his third bottle of [Paradise Version Ecstasy], - totaling sixty points (Paradise Version Ecstasy).

　Relying on the immense magical power provided by the three [Phoenix Blood Potions], he finally managed to subdue the soul of [Demon King Number One].

　The knowledge was forcibly melted within those six minutes.

　The brilliance of the [--] alchemy array suddenly erupted at that moment, its dazzling light reaching its limit.

　Dark narrowed his eyes sharply, continuing to control the output of magic without the slightest relaxation, until the radiance subsided.

　The array collapsed, wrapping around the magic cards on the table. Only then did he finally breathe a sigh of relief and stop outputting magic.

　But the magic card's reaction hadn't stopped; the light released from the card covered the surface formed by the light array, gradually...

　It gradually formed a giant cocoon of light.

　Inside the cocoon of light, like a heart, a deep, throbbing sound emanated.

　Dark stared intently at the cocoon of light, feeling his own heart pounding louder and louder.

　He knew he was nervous.

　The experiment had come at an incalculable cost, and he couldn't even be sure if the next experiment would be as successful.

　This was successful.

　Professor Cazell and Professor Steven Harvey were also staring intently at the cocoon of light.

　Everything depends on this.

　But we've done everything we could.

　Next, we can only see if the foundation built up so far is sufficient to support this magic card in completing its final reaction.

　If all goes well, we'll soon find out how the plan to turn the Demon King into a magic card will work.

　It failed!

　The key to the success of this plan lies in the mage's absolute control over the magical spirits.

　Otherwise, even if [Demon King Number One] is transformed into a magical spirit, it can still destroy its own magical cards to...

　This causes one to enter a state of "death".

　Furthermore, spells like [Double Dimension Burst Slash] can directly destroy magic cards by attacking magical spirits.

　The ultimate move will also kill it again.

　Only a mage with absolute control over him, issuing a forceful command such as "absolutely forbid suicide," can prevent [Demon King Number One] from dying.

　Once transformed into a magical spirit, it will not truly die as long as it avoids those special skills.

　This can minimize the risk.

　Of all the solutions they can currently implement, none has a higher success rate than this one.

　As for summoning the Demon King to be used as a magical spirit, that's just talk for now.

　At least for now, Dark and the professors seem inclined to seal it away, even if it is successfully created.

　stand up

　The laboratory became so quiet that everyone's breathing could be clearly heard.

　Everyone stared at the cocoon of light on the lab table, waiting for the results to be revealed.

　As time passed, the fluctuations within the cocoon of light gradually subsided, from their initial intensity, seemingly progressing smoothly towards success.

　Five minutes, ten minutes, until fifteen minutes later.

　After a very long period of self-reaction, the aura inside the cocoon finally calmed down completely.

　"Hu Yi"

　Dak exhaled and picked up a mercury knife from the side.

　"Let's wait a little longer," Professor Kazel advised.

　Dak then put the knife down again.

　Sure enough, the fluctuations within the cocoon of light pulsed twice more afterward.

　So he simply waited another five minutes before picking up the mercury knife again.