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

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　Therefore, he and Professor Hoddle Bode reached a consensus after a brief discussion.

　Students above the second year are all under the supervision of Professor Bode.

　The responsibility here, of course, includes both selection and training. Not all members who join "The Hidden Serpent" receive this training.

　The same applies to Dac.

　The meeting ended before midnight.

　Dark returned to the Noble Academy tower with three girls and a god. But they didn't separate; instead, they all went to his dormitory together.

　Diana, Rose, and Aurora are members of the "Serpent of Wisdom".

　When it comes to "training," we should definitely start with them. In contrast, among the other younger members of the "Serpent of Wisdom," Eve and Irene do not have strong magical talent and it is difficult for them to shine in magical duels. The Duke's training direction for them is also towards "business and intelligence."

　That leaves only Witt Gold.

　Witt Gold was undoubtedly a student with immense potential. Principal Art had completely lifted the restrictions on Olivia Brad, allowing her to impart all her knowledge to Witt.

　However, Olivia and Witt Gold weren't actually that compatible. Her blood magic and magical techniques were more geared towards support and healing, while Witt Gold was more like her father.

　Therefore, if he truly wants to grow, Viter needs to work hard himself. Currently, the key is whether he can gain anything from this exchange program.

　However, none of that mattered to Dark. Although he was very interested in what had happened to Victor at the Holy Mystic Academy, that was something he would only find out after he returned, so there was no need to think about it now.

　In dormitory 301.

　Dark let the little devil beast take Nix to play on the side, and then discussed the training details with Diana, Rose, and Aurora.

　"Principal Art asked me to assist Professor Bode in training some people, including you, but there's actually very little I can do. Of course, she didn't really intend for me to teach you personally. She probably wanted to use me to select talent."

　Seeing that Diana, Rose, and Aurora were listening attentively, Dark changed the subject and said, "But her ideas are her ideas, and we should have our own. First of all, you must remember that learning depends on yourselves. I can't teach you much profound magical knowledge, but I can teach you some learning methods. In addition, I can also help you create one or two special magical spirits, just like I did for Rose at Christmas."

　As soon as he finished speaking, Diana became excited.

　After a moment's thought, Aurora couldn't help but show an expectant expression.

　Dark's magical spirit is extremely special.

　Many people who don't know much about him might think that his unique evolution system is based on "Star Spirit Cards".

　But they all knew very well that the "Star Spirit Card" was only an aid, and the Magic Spirit itself was the core!

　Rose's "Fire Rabbit" is a prime example.

　As her bond with "Scorchbear" deepens, she is gradually able to sense "Scorchbear's" hidden potential.

　However, they cannot achieve the [Celestial Spirit Card] and evolve. But after Christmas, Rose and Diana began training in [Demon Fire]. When Rose one day masters the Mind Fire and can fully unleash her mental power, it may be possible to evolve [Fire Rabbit] directly without the aid of the [Celestial Spirit Card] – [Great Sin Card]!

　In future magical duels, a Magical Spirit card that can be directly summoned and evolve into a high-star Magical Spirit without the need for any other magical cards to enhance it will inevitably become the trump card among trump cards.

　After his trip to the "Heavenly Court," Dark had actually vaguely grasped the threshold of using mental power to evolve magical spirits, but he had been too busy to find the time to experiment.

　But he was confident that within a month, he could at least upgrade "Curse Cage: Impmon" from one star to two stars, cough cough!

　In short, this growth path is definitely the right one.

　Once he fully masters the evolutionary system of mental power, every normal summon he makes will leave his opponent in despair.

　"To allow a magical spirit like 'Scorch Rabbit' to evolve, you must learn to use mental power. By transferring mental power to the magical spirit through the bond between you and it, the spirit can evolve into a stronger form in a short period of time."

　"To master the power of the mind, you must first begin studying this book, 'The Demonic Fire.' This is the first chapter of 'The Demonic Fire,' titled 'The Fire of Magic.' Once you have mastered 'The Fire of Magic,' come to me to get the second chapter, 'The Fire of the Mind,' which is the key to igniting the power of the mind."

　Dark handed Aurora the method for practicing "Magic Fire" and continued, "Mental power can be mastered later, but it's best to start cultivating your bond with magical spirits now. Therefore, I will assist you in forging one or two core magical spirit cards as soon as possible. However, do not use them in academy duels for now, understand?"

　“I understand,” Aurora replied immediately.

　Dark nodded and said, "Let's leave it at that for now. Since you're already here tonight, help me see who in the 'Hidden Serpent' is suitable for selection."

　After he finished speaking, he opened his notebook and listed the first and second-year members of "The Hidden Serpent".

　First grade: Spike Leon

　Second Grade: Sarah Swati, Heidi Euphemia, Emma Metis

　There weren't many people with the "Hidden Serpent" skill to begin with, and even fewer after the first and second years.

　However, Dark can continue to select promising students from the existing pool and recruit them into the "Hidden Serpent" as a supplement.

　“There are only four people,” Diana said.

　Rose pondered, "Emma, ​​Heidi, and Sarah should all be fine, but considering the factional struggles... their relationship with the sages of the City of Knowledge is too close."

　Aurora said, "That is indeed something to consider. But the sages of the City of Knowledge are not a monolithic group; it depends on whether the sages behind them are on our side."

　Rose said, "Heidi basically follows Sarah, who is the daughter of the Ancient Sage, and Emma is the disciple of the Mysterious Sage. In other words, we need to confirm the stance of these two sages before we can consider whether to train them."

　Aurora said, "Leaving aside the second-year students, Leon, a first-year student, is an orc prince, so we can reject him outright. This has nothing to do with race, it's just a matter of stance. Even if he's abandoned by the orcs, he can't possibly be completely on St. Marian Academy's side."

　Dark smiled and said, "That's very true, it's basically the same as what I was thinking. But wouldn't that leave the first-year students vacant?"

　Aurora pointed to her nose with a serious expression and said, "Isn't that what I'm here for?"

　Dark shook his head slightly and smiled, "Let's wait a couple of days. In a couple of days, I'll think of a way to recruit Joey and Jon."

　Among the first-year students, the ones Dark knows best are undoubtedly his cousins, Joey and Jon.

　As for Princesses Anna and Angie, let their older sister worry about them.

　Another dark elf girl is Vivian Alvind. Although she is a dark elf, unlike the orc prince, she is someone who can be completely won over to the academy.

　Her own talent is exceptionally high, and she possesses tremendous potential. The last first-year student that Dark paid particular attention to was Cecilia Doyle, a magic academy student who was quite close to Ergane.

　But Cecilia Doyle is also a successor of the Sage; we'll consider it after we've properly ascertained her stance.

　As for how to confirm the stance of those sages, that's naturally a matter for the academy to handle. "That's basically it."

　After drafting a list, Dak began to speak.

　"Take a break for the next couple of days, and we'll meet back here on Wednesday afternoon. It's getting late, so everyone should go home and rest."

　After saying goodnight to each other, they went their separate ways.

　Dark rubbed his temples, then put everything down, took a shower, and sat on the bed to practice the "Netherworld God Technique."

　the next morning.

　Darko Dimon made a rare appearance in the common room, still with a cup of coffee and a newspaper, looking calm and composed.

　The first class in the morning was "Summoning Spells," and the second was "Magic Theory." Professor Sylph and Professor Cazell both returned to the classroom and continued lecturing as if nothing had happened.

　However, the content they discussed that day unconsciously became more advanced. And in the afternoon, Professor Thompson's "Potions Mastery" class was also very memorable; Dark learned how to make new potions.

　Then it was 3:30 p.m., and the day's classes were over. Dak went straight to Professor Lars Melno's office to hand over the day's lessons.

　But when he arrived, his teaching assistant, Ergani, was already standing inside.

　After exchanging glances, the two began working. However, the substitute teaching was only for a week, which actually consisted of only two classes, and the handover was completed quickly.

　Dak then discussed the upcoming lessons with Ergani. He then spoke with Professor Melno about the final exams.

　Dak had no opinion on this; he simply suggested that they write a test paper to assess the candidates and that would be the end of it.

　Unexpectedly, Professor Merno immediately gave his approval.

　However, writing the test paper is not an easy task, and Dark intends to treat it as a test for Ergany.

　The time after school passed quickly, and Dak invited Ergani and Professor Melno to have lunch together in the cafeteria.

　After returning to his dormitory after dinner, he finally had some free time to himself. Sitting at the lab table, Dak first took out the "Angel Essence" he had obtained from "Heaven".

　He, along with Aoli, Angry, and Aurora, received a total of five cans of light-attribute "Angel Essence" and three cans of mixed-attribute "Angel Essence." However, Aoli and Angry had already taken two cans of light-attribute "Angel Essence" and two cans of mixed-attribute "Angel Essence."

　Although their original intention was to leave all the "angelic essence" behind, Dak forced them to take it back to the Duke's mansion—it would be just as useful to them.

　Of the remaining three cans of "Angel Essence" with light attribute and one can of "Angel Essence" with mixed attribute, half belong to Aurora.

　Therefore, Dark ultimately only selected one jar of light-attribute "Angel Essence" to cultivate a "Fruit of Bliss" as a practice run.

　A whole jar of "Angel Essence" with light attributes can last a long time, and there are also many "Paradise Version Elysium" and "Lunar Version Elysium".

　This practice session was basically a risk-free business.

　Next month, after accumulating enough "Pride", he will directly try to combine the "Fruit of Pride" with the light attribute "Angel Essence" to create a new "Gitomon".

　As for now, the remaining three points of "Pride" are simply insufficient. Therefore, Dark ultimately chose "Bliss," an incompatible attribute. "Bliss," in contrast to "Pride," contains a large amount of dark attribute factors and is originally incompatible with the light attribute "Angel Essence."

　But Dark just wanted to see what the quality of this "angel essence" was, and to practice his skills, so he didn't care if he failed to refine it.

　Moreover, he can use this to observe what changes the conflict between light and darkness will bring about.

　Therefore, he also chose the "Moon Goddess version of Elysium", which is more compatible with the dark attribute.

　As for the type of "Paradise Fruit", without giving any other thought, he randomly chose the nearest cat grass and performed the fertilization operation on it.

　Not long after, the cat grass produced a "Bliss Fruit." Dark confirmed the transmutation formula based on its species and then got right to work.

　"The alchemy method is [Bird Beast Species - Light Attribute]."

　"The core ingredient is 'Angel Essence'."

　"The auxiliary materials are [Paradise Juice (Fine), L-[Dark Attribute Powder]..."

　"The initial target is... none!"

　This is a completely random alchemy process, and the final result... or even whether it will succeed, is uncertain!

Chapter 1016 Sylveon: Light Mode (5k)

　"Boom!"

　Amidst the sudden explosion, Dark reacted with lightning speed, his tweezers moving like a dragon emerging from the sea, precisely catching the magic card that had been blasted away.

　The magic card was covered in smudges, but a faint golden light emanated from the cracks, revealing it to be a gold card with four ultimate skills!

　Dark hesitated for a moment, then took the magic card to the pool to rinse it. As the stains on the card gradually came off, he quickly saw the magic spirit depicted on the card.

　At the same time, a look of considerable astonishment appeared in his eyes.

　Because the magical creature on that magic card was none other than Sylveon "Minion".

　Seemingly sensing the special aura, Sylveon lifted its little head from the bed, its two ribbons pulling the blanket open, revealing a face full of confusion.

　But Dark's surprise at this moment was even greater than it was.

　When he created "Sylveon," he used the "Andersen potion" and the Berry of Elysium grown from "Foxgrass." As the main ingredients, they were exceptionally well-suited to "Sylveon" in every way.

　This time, however, they used the Bliss Fruit of "Cat Grass" and the Light-attribute "Angel Essence," which has absolutely no relation to the Fairy type. It doesn't seem like they should have created "Sylveon."

　—He would be more accepting of it if it were "Ultearth".

　The current result only shows that there is indeed some randomness in the basic alchemy method.

　"let me see……"

　After the card was completely cleaned, Dark immediately confirmed its star rating—six stars!

　Looking at those six stars, Dark couldn't help but fall silent.

　After his trip to the "Heavenly Court", he had the idea of ​​reforging a six-star "Gatomon". Unexpectedly, before the forging of "Gatomon" could begin, he accidentally produced a six-star "Sylveon"!

　Theoretically, following the original crafting method, a "Sylveon" crafted using "Andersen's Potion" and "Berry of Bliss (Fox)" would most likely be a four-star Pokémon.

　To increase the star rating of the newly created "Sylveon", you will need to perform a second refinement.

　Just like the experiment done on "Fantasy Beasts", a lot of consumables were used to create a six-star "Sylveon".

　This is the normal route to obtain the six-star "Sylveon".

　But now that I've stumbled upon a six-star "Sylveon" purely by luck, I can only laugh heartily to show my delight!

　Dark wiped the water off the "Sylveon" Spell Card and turned it toward Sylveon with a smile.

　Sylveon stared at the face of the magic card, blinked, and after a few seconds suddenly realized what had happened. She immediately leaped from the corner of the bed, yelling "Ah!" and pounced on Dark's face, giving him a good "plop plop" on his forehead and head.

　It took Dark quite a bit of effort to remove Sylveon from its face. He said repeatedly, "Don't rush, don't rush. Just because it's confirmed to be a six-star card doesn't mean it's a useless card with only a star rating."

　"Mah!" Sylveon exclaimed excitedly, her voice changing completely.

　Dark reluctantly tucked it into his arms before channeling magic into the six-star "Sylveon" card, attempting to obtain feedback.

　Soon, new information flooded into my mind.

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