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

　Professor Mitia smiled and said, "Now that we already have the 'Fusion Codex Lv.5,' all that's left to get to the sixth tier of magical spirits is a sufficiently high-level fusion material."

　Professor Sylph frowned and said, "The 'Fusion Codex' doesn't specify the race of the summoned magical spirit. But to fuse and summon a sixth-tier magical spirit, you need at least two fifth-tier magical materials, and it can't be lower than fourth-tier. Where are we going to find that?"

　“It’s difficult, but not impossible,” Professor Mitia said. “Now that we’ve solved the problem of finding the most difficult fifth-tier demon sacrifice, we will eventually find the fusion materials that meet the requirements. As long as we can hold on, a large number of materials that can be used to refine fifth-tier magical spirits will appear in the future.”

　Professor Sylph glanced at her and scolded, "You've got a lot on your mind." "I'm not afraid," Professor Mitya laughed, "I can be a prophet."

　The professors offered various opinions, but Dak lowered his head in thought, pondering something entirely different from what they were thinking.

　"Demon King Aldrich" is a fifth-tier demon, so he can naturally replace fourth-tier demons to summon "Fusion Codex Lv4"!

　Once you have the "Fusion Codex Lv4", you can fuse and summon the highest-ranking fifth-tier magical spirit.

　If Dark's previous deduction was correct, Ultimate-level Digimon belong to the fourth tier, while Ultimate-level Digimon with [Rank +1] belong to the fifth tier.

　So, is Mostimon, which is formed by the fusion and evolution of LadyDevimon and Angewomon, in the fourth or fifth tier?

　According to Dac's assessment, it is most likely the fifth tier!

　But that's not important. What's important is that he already has the means to fuse LadyDevimon and Angewomon to evolve into Mortismon!

　Unlike "Demon Lord Aldridge" and "Demon Lord Aleister", "Mortismon" was created by him.

　If one can fuse and evolve it, the sense of accomplishment gained will naturally be on a completely different level.

　To be honest, if he hadn't been surrounded by the professors, Dark would have been eager to summon "Devimon" and "Gatomon" already!

　But given the current situation, he could only suppress his inner excitement for the time being. "Let's get this done quickly!"

　With that thought in mind, he immediately looked down.

　After "Demon King", "Demon King Aldridge's" second ultimate move is "Devourer".

　"Devourer"—just from the name, one can tell that it is probably the same as "Demon King Aleister's" "Fusion Magic," evolved from the racial talent of the Devourer.

　However, their effects are clearly different.

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　[The Devourer: Demon Lord Aldrich is a notorious devourer who can consume targets whose remaining life (mana) is no higher than the damage he can absorb. While completely absorbing the target's life force (mana), he randomly gains one of the opponent's special finishing moves. Aldrich can selectively forgo gaining the opponent's finishing move. Furthermore, he can retain the finishing move gained from devouring until the summoning is dispelled. (The Devourer) has no cooldown, but it can only be used again after the devoured target has been digested. The digestion speed is determined by factors such as the target's defense and mana.]

　"This ultimate move..."

　Dak wrote a very long passage on the paper.

　Professor Kazel and the others then stopped their discussion and focused their attention on this new information.

　"Devourer... how do you calculate the devouring power and digestion speed?" Professor Kazel asked immediately.

　Dark continued his analysis, channeling his magic, and said, "The power of absorption is approximately 150% of the base attack power. 'Demon King Aldrich's' base attack power is 7500 + 1000, which is 8500. 150% is 12750."

　"12750?" Professor Kazel said. "That's not high among fifth-tier magical spirits. But judging from its description, it's actually a finishing move. It allows you to 'devour' an opponent's magic power after it's been depleted to a certain level. If the 'devour' is successful, you'll first absorb the opponent's magic power, and then gain one of their special moves. If I'm not mistaken, the more unique the special move, the higher the probability of acquiring it. In that case, it's actually a pretty worthwhile skill."

　Dark nodded and continued, "The digestion speed is roughly equivalent to the opponent's remaining magic power plus defense, at a rate of 100 points per second. Against low-star magical spirits, the digestion speed will be even faster."

　Professor Kazel said, "10,000 points in 100 seconds isn't slow." Dark said, "Compared to most ultimate moves, this cooldown isn't slow at all. Even at the highest 12750 points, that's only 127.5 seconds, a little over two minutes."

　Professor Kazel nodded and said, "It's a finishing move perfectly suited to an immortal demon lord. Unfortunately, the finishing move absorbed can only be retained until the summoning is dispelled."

　"We can't ask for more," Dark said.

　As he spoke, he looked at the third ultimate move of "Demon King Aldrich"—"God-Eating Beast"!

　"The Beast That Devours Gods," a beast that devours gods. A deadly technique that draws attention even from the words themselves! Dark sensed the professors' gazes and immediately channeled his magic to investigate further.

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　[The Beast That Devours Gods: Demon King Aldrich possesses a true form known as the Beast That Devours Gods. When in its true form, it increases its advantage against Phantom Gods by 100% and its advantage against objects possessing divine power by 50%, on top of its original attribute advantage. It can also digest and absorb divine power. Overall attributes increase by 50%. If it can devour a god, it will gain permanent growth.]

　"It's actually a beast that devours gods!" Dark quickly wrote down this information.

　The professors looked surprised after reading it. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

　Suddenly, Ergani said in an unhappy tone.

　Dark turned his head and noticed that Witt was staring at Ergani. Seeing everyone looking over, Witt quickly turned back and stammered, "No, that, it's about the Devouring God… I just glanced at it subconsciously!"

　"Huh." Dark looked at his embarrassed expression and inexplicably wanted to laugh. But now the atmosphere had become lively because of it.

　Throughout history, most things that are called "god-killing," "god-destroying," or "god-slaughtering" are just exaggerated metaphors used to describe their power.

　However, the "God-Eating Beast" form of "Demon King Aldridge" is truly aptly named.

　It is undoubtedly a weapon used exclusively against gods.

　Furthermore, the "permanent growth" mentioned in the description of that ultimate move is also noteworthy.

　However, the requirement to devour gods in order to grow is too difficult and probably cannot be verified in the short term.

　Even so, the passive effect of the "God-Devouring Beast" that increases overall attributes by 50% is already terrifying enough.

　At this point, "Demon King Aldrich" finally showed a glimpse of the prowess of a fifth-tier magical spirit.

　“Let’s watch the last ultimate attack first,” Professor Kazel said. Dark nodded and looked at the last ultimate attack—[Fire of Sin].

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　[The Flames of Sin: With each act of slaughter, the Demon Lord Aldrich transforms the soul of the deceased into a (Seed of Sin). Using a (Seed of Sin) ignites the (Flames of Sin), the power of which depends on the pain and fear of the dead. Aldrich can recover a certain amount of magic power by consuming (Flames of Sin).]

　This time, the description of the ultimate move is surprisingly concise. However, the more concise it is, the more terrifying it becomes. So far, it's clear...

　Both "Demon King Aleister" and "Demon King Aldrich" are severely lacking in direct, finishing moves.

　However, the appearance of this "Flame of Sin" perfectly compensates for this weakness of "Demon King Aldrich".

　Moreover, this "Flame of Sin" has no cooldown and its upper limit is currently unknown.

　As long as "Demon King Aldrich" continues to kill, he will continuously obtain "Flames of Sin".

　This would turn it into a never-ending killing machine. As for whether "Sinful Flames" has any other characteristics, Dark is currently unable to ascertain them.

　He put down his pen, picked up a page full of notes, and handed it to Professor Cazell beside him.

　He always had a feeling that "Eldrich the Demon King" needed to kill real lives in order to truly accumulate the "fire of sin".

　If you only kill a magical spirit, the "Flame of Sin" obtained from it will be mostly insufficient in power because magical spirits have poor perception of pain and fear.

　And there's also the possibility that you might not be able to accumulate any.

　In other words, those "fires of sin" are only temporary. Therefore, this is a powerful and truly "demon king" style ultimate technique.

　But as far as he is concerned, he doesn't expect such a killer move.

　After receiving the record sheet, Professor Cazell passed it around and discussed it with the others.

　Especially since it was only 3 PM, no one seemed in a hurry. They were all expressing their opinions and views, creating a lively atmosphere.

　Even Professor Harvey, after finishing sorting through the experimental remnants, enthusiastically joined in.

　But Aurora quietly slipped away along the way and prepared tea and snacks in another room.

　Although no one seemed to notice, none of the people here had actually eaten lunch.

　Once Aurora had prepared tea and refreshments, she invited everyone over. The successful transmutation experiment put everyone in a good mood.

　They then moved to another location to continue their discussion.

　Dak would occasionally chime in, but mostly he quietly filled his stomach.

　His consumption is much greater than it appears on the surface.

　If it were someone else, they would probably be lying down by now, having eaten and drunk their fill.

　Dark put down his teacup and said, "That's about enough. Let's summon 'Demon King Number Two' and take a look."

　“Okay.” The professors nodded and stood up one after another. They were actually waiting for Dak to rest and recuperate.

　After a while, the group came out of the room and came outside the laboratory.

　Dark stood in the snow-white space, drew a mindless "Digimon" card, two two-star Magical Spirit cards, and a "Elysium V" card from his card pack, and began to sacrifice and summon "Demon Lord: Aldrich".

　Soon after, a massive sacrificial summoning circle appeared in the sky. A magical aura emanating from the summoning circle quietly erupted.

　Dark felt his magic power rapidly draining away, his eyes fixed on the center of the sacrificial summoning circle.

　"The Demon King Aldrich" descended suddenly in the form of a wild beast!

　The "God-Eating Beast" is the true form of "Demon King Aldrich," but before it transforms into its true form... it remains in the form of a wild beast.

　Once the summoning circle disappeared, it fell from the sky, its limbs naturally outstretched, landing lightly.

　Dak finally saw its face—it was indeed a cat! And this black, round-faced, short-legged cat, after landing and getting a feel for its direction, immediately ran towards him.

　Dark looked wary, and when the little black cat was halfway there, he suddenly pointed and said "Freeze" as if striking a pressure point from a distance!

　The soft, cuddly little black cat suddenly stopped abruptly, its body stiffening, and then began to meow pleadingly at him.

　Dark hesitated for a moment, but his experience dealing with "Demon King Number One" told him that at this moment, he absolutely could not trust a demon king.

　Magical elves who have reached the "God's Rank" have already gained the ability to rebel against mages.

　If you are not careful, you will regret it.

　Despite the little black cat's pleas, Dark recited the prepared prohibitions one by one, imposing layers of shackles on the mind and body of "Demon King Aldrich".

　After more than ten minutes, he finally finished explaining all the rules, but the little black cat was still looking at him with teary eyes.

　This made him wonder if "Demon King Aldrich" had truly lost his memory.

　"If you want to know, why not just ask?" Professor Cazell suggested. Dark nodded, stepped closer, and asked, "Eldridge?" [Demon King Eldridge]: "Eek—"

　It was a magical spirit created using a full 120 points of "Paradise Version of Elysium" assistance, and even the little black cat's meow was soft and sweet, making one's bones melt.

　But Dark Dimon was not so easily captured. Moreover, having studied the "Book of Animal Language," he could understand the little cat's words to some extent.

　The conversation continued, with constant murmurs and whispers.

　Dark quickly determined that the little black cat indeed did not have the memories of "Demon King No. 2".

　But since it was forged from the soul and consciousness of "Demon King No. 2," where did "Demon King No. 2's" memories go?

　It couldn't possibly have been destroyed during the forging process, could it?

　“What is certain is that its soul consciousness retained its memories before the transmutation experiment began,” Professor Harvey said.

　Dark pondered, "Is it possible that during the brief period of its struggle upon awakening, it autonomously erased its own personality memories, or... it was just a consequence of a failed suicide attempt?"

　“Both are possible,” Professor Harvey said. “Number Two already knows Number One’s fate. It possesses complete memories, and given its dignity as a Demon Lord, it would rather perish than allow itself to be turned into a magical spirit. Once it finds a loophole, it’s capable of anything. However, I personally lean towards the latter.”

　Dark said, "But if it's the latter, it means we almost had to give up at the very end of the experiment."

　Professor Harvey said gravely, "I'm afraid so."

　Dark nodded and said, "That is indeed a possibility. However, to confirm it, a more detailed and comprehensive investigation is needed."

　Professor Cazell walked over and said, "It's also possible that even before it was transmuted, it split its soul consciousness into two parts, hiding the part with memories. Like... like what Witt experienced. In that case, even if you question its surface consciousness with an absolute command, you won't be able to know the truth because its surface consciousness is unaware of the existence of the second consciousness."

　"What are the benefits of doing that?" Dak asked.

　Professor Cazell said, "That might make us complacent." Darke laughed, "Then why not just stay vigilant?" Professor Cazell asked, "That's not easy to do." Darke said calmly, "I can do it."

　As he spoke, he walked up to the black cat and carefully picked it up.

　This little black cat is all soft and fluffy, with round eyes. From the outside, you can't tell at all that it is a magical elf with twelve stars.

　But its claws are actually very powerful, and when its black fur stands on end, it is as hard as steel. Its fur looks soft, but its defense is terrifying and extremely deceptive.

　However, it has a pair of soft, red bat wings on its back, which distinguishes it from the appearance of an ordinary black cat.

　Looking into the little black cat's eyes, another thought arose in Dak's mind: "Is it possible that the part of its soul that possesses memories exists beyond its true form?"

　Professor Kazel's heart skipped a beat, and he said, "The true form of the 'God-Devouring Beast'?"

　Dark nodded and said, "Yes."

　Professor Cazell said, "The possibility is indeed not small."

　Dark said, "Then we need to be on guard. I will try to make it transform into its true form."

　The professors immediately took their positions.

　Professor Mitia first activated the barrier.

　Ergane stood at the front, her long hair moving without wind.

　Dark cautiously pulled the little black cat's paws away from his arm and placed it on the ground. He then retreated until he was next to Professor Cazell before solemnly saying, "Eldridge, transform into your true form!"

　The moment the little black cat received the command, its jewel-like eyes suddenly blazed with intense black light.