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

　The vampires, who should have been extinct, revealed their hideous and twisted faces in the dark and silent secret passage, their hoarse roars filled with indescribable ferocity and madness.

　He dragged his stiff limbs, following his physiological instincts, and took steps toward the direction of the intruder in the secret passage.

　A crisis is imminent.

　……

　In the dragon's lair.

　Dac's research also came to a standstill.

　He spent an extremely long time testing the magic of each mirror, but the final result was obvious.

　None of the mirrors tested showed any special reaction to magic.

　It's as if they were all just ordinary mirrors!

　This made Dak wonder if he had missed one or two aspects.

　He walked back and forth on the mirror repeatedly, racking his brains to think, but to no avail.

　"Is it a lack of necessary knowledge that limits my thinking?"

　Dak gradually became irritable.

　"How about we take them apart?"

　This is not a joke.

　Breaking with convention and forging new paths—this is certainly one possible approach.

　The night is deep.

　But Dak was not sleepy.

　He sat down, staring intently at one of the mirrors, trying his best to suppress the urge to take it apart!

　In the long struggle of thought, an idea naturally emerges.

　What's behind these mirrors?

　Humans have a desire to vent violence from birth.

　Tear the paper apart and smash the toy.

　Destroy all the rules that bind you...

　I don’t know how much time passed.

　He suddenly stood up, startling the little demon beast guarding the cave entrance.

　……

　The same thought uncontrollably surfaced in Betty's mind.

　The mirrors filling the secret room made people irritable.

　If the entrance to the secret room hadn't been left unsealed by mirrors, this would have been a terrifying mirror room that could drive anyone insane!

　To calm herself down, Betty had to leave the room.

　Upon seeing Victor and the other two, she couldn't help but complain, "Will this be of any use?"

　Witt then picked up the freshly cooked noodles and said solicitously, "Senior, would you like to have some?"

　Betty glanced at the noodles with only two strands of dried meat floating on top. She didn't really have any appetite, but she still took it and said, "Thank you."

　The night was freezing cold.

　The hot soup of noodles can still warm the heart.

　……

　Robert remained in the corner, watching Witt and Scott cook noodles. He had assumed that Witt would call him over to eat after he finished cooking, or better yet, bring him a bowl directly.

　But that bowl now belongs to Betty.

　A long time has passed.

　Victor said with slight impatience, "Robert, are you planning to stand there forever? Come and eat your noodles."

　Robert touched his stomach and dawdled over.

　He felt like an outsider.

　"I should have known better than to come..."

　……

　What is the use of a mirror?

　Dark suddenly stood up and walked behind Devimon, asking a question.

　Little Devimon looked up, bewildered, as if trying to tell its master that it was just a ruthless shark, not some high-IQ deductive character.

　But under Dak's watchful eye, it still racked its brains and came up with the answer: "Wash your face as you see it?"

　Seeing that Dark didn't react, it said in a soft voice, "Dressing up? Talking to yourself? Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?"

　Dark shook his head, a long-lost smile appearing on his lips.

　"The purpose of a mirror is, of course, to reflect light!"

　……

　Dak realized he had fallen into a cognitive trap.

　Because of the fantastical experiences he had had along the way, he instinctively associated mirrors with magic, but overlooked the original purpose of mirrors.

　Looking into the cave from the entrance, it's easy to think of a toy we made in elementary school art class – a kaleidoscope!

　A kaleidoscope is a device that displays a variety of colors and patterns.

　It is an optical toy that uses the reflection of light by a mirror and a prism placed in the middle of a cylinder to create fantastic and beautiful visual patterns.

　It seems that similar props existed in this world, but they were not circulated as toys.

　Magicians prefer to view it as a magical artifact, even though it doesn't involve any magical elements. But that doesn't stop magicians from naming it "the magic of the mirror."

　Dark is not yet sure if he has found the right answer.

　But this is at least one possible approach.

　He left the dragon's nest and summoned Sylveon at the cave entrance.

　Among all his magical Pokémon, Sylveon is one of the few that can freely use beam attacks.

　The other is Umbreon in its "Elysium III: Moon" state, but it is not under control.

　As soon as Sylveon was summoned, it immediately wrapped its ribbon around Dark's arm.

　A sweet scent emanates from its ribbons.

　Dak crouched down and rubbed his cheek against it, then stated his request.

　Sylveon let out an excited cry, indicating that it had absolutely no problem!

　"That's good."

　Dark breathed a slight sigh of relief. His biggest worry was that Sylveon wouldn't be able to properly control its beam attacks to assist the experiment. But now it seemed that its high level of intelligence had helped it break free from the constraints of a magical sprite.

　Unlike ordinary magical spirits that can only release skills in a step-by-step manner, it is already able to precisely control skills within the permissible range.

　For example, you can control the power of "Moon Power" to 0, and only condense the summoned moonlight into a small beam of light!

　If Sylveon can't do that, Dark will have to figure out how to make a simple beam of light.

　But that's difficult.

　Perhaps the only option is to exit the secret passage, go to the traveler's street to buy something like a spotlight, and start over.

　Fortunately, Sylveon is cute enough.

　Dark told Devimon to retreat behind Sylveon, and prepared paper and pen to take notes at any time.

　Then, in the next moment.

　Suddenly, moonlight shone down from above.

　Bathed in moonlight, Eevee is beautiful and ethereal, like a fairy descended from heaven to earth.

　It raised its head, allowing the moonlight to gather slightly in its mouth, and finally emitted a bright beam of light that had no harmful effect!

　The beam of light, like a laser, shone straight into the center of a mirror facing the cave entrance, then was reflected by that mirror to another mirror, and then to yet another mirror.

　Almost instantly.

　The continuously reflected beams of light formed a fantastic and magnificent array of light within the dragon's nest!

　……

Chapter 212 The Attack of the Vampires (4k)

　"Is this the treasure left behind by Arvit?"

　Dark stared intently at the fantastical and magnificent array of light, a sense of accomplishment welling up within him.

　Although he knew in his heart that such treasures could be obtained simply by reaching out after he returned home for summer vacation.

　But the rewards you gain through your own efforts are never the same as the feeling of asking for something in return.

　After calming down a bit, he immediately picked up a pen and paper and began to take notes.

　The beam of moonlight that Sylveon gathers won't last long, so we must record it as soon as possible!

　However, the complexity of this array exceeded his expectations.

　It is not two-dimensional, but a three-dimensional image.

　This further increases the difficulty of recording.

　By the time the light disappeared, Darko had only completed a small portion of the drawing.

　He wasn't in a hurry. He went into the cave and, while using the angle of the mirror to precisely measure the part he had drawn, waited for the "Moon Power" cooldown to finish.

　Anyway, the mirror won't suddenly disappear, so he still has a long time to use it for recording.

　I just don't know what this array diagram left by Alvitt is.

　A magic circle, or a transmutation circle?

　……

　Dark prefers a transmutation circle.

　Moreover, it is highly likely that it is a transmutation circle created by Alvitt herself!

　As one of the many heroes who emerged from St. Marian, Arvit, like most heroes, distinguished herself within the academy.

　That's not just about strength, but also about academic leadership.

　Just as Claire independently developed the "Zoo," Aylvit laid the foundation for becoming a Valkyrie at the academy.

　Her mastery of the Armed Series Magic Cards is unparalleled!

　This treasure is very likely related to the alchemy array.

　Armed series magic cards are a branch of item cards. Unlike simple equipment cards, the most prominent feature of armed series magic cards is that they require clothing!

　To give a simple example, the outfit change card is a minimalist type of weapon card.

　Armor cards typically combine a complete set of equipment into one card, allowing users to transform by "dressing up".

　The more well-known Kamen Rider series and the Twelve Gold Saints series both fall under the category of Armor Cards.

　There's also a magical girl series, which is very famous...

　Mages initially applied Armor Cards to magical spirits, but later discovered that Armor Cards had very strict requirements regarding the size of the magical spirits. Moreover, very few magical spirits could properly unleash the true power of the Armor Cards.

　In addition, similar to magical spirits, weapon cards require magic power to exist for a long time, and the more frequently they are used, the more magic power they will consume.

　The magical spirit's own magic power is already insufficient; if an armor card is added, it will probably be gone in three seconds.

　Therefore, later on, mages basically used the weapon cards on themselves.

　A powerful enough weapon card can transform a frail mage into a terrifying warrior in the blink of an eye!