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

　The Noble Academy was neither as noisy as the Knights Academy nor as quiet as the Magic Academy; such an atmosphere was very rare.

　Normally, Dak would sit in such a common lounge for a while.

　但今晚不行。

　He still has a lot to do!

　……

　"Crack!"

　The moment the lock was opened, Dak clearly felt a significant commotion inside the dormitory.

　When he pushed open the door, he saw the magical elves sitting obediently in a row. Except for the trash slime, they were all diligently doing their homework.

　But he only glanced at them and knew they were just putting on an act...

　"You've even learned to put on an act?"

　Dak almost laughed in exasperation.

　Then came a thunderstorm.

　The two magical spirits who did the least homework were made to stand facing the wall in self-reflection. Dark scolded them again before taking out the experimental equipment and starting the "great sin" extraction experiment.

　There's not much time left tonight, so this is the only experiment we can do.

　"Pride 105, Wrath 89, Greed 103, Ecstasy 106."

　"Let's start with greed... no, let's begin with the experiment on the Soul Curse!"

　"Devimon".

　"To!"

　……

　The complete incantation of the "Soul Loss Curse" is extremely long; it would take at least five minutes to recite it from beginning to end at a normal speaking speed.

　However, using a simplified incantation can shorten this time to a little over a minute.

　The beginner-level "Soul-Stealing Curse" uses a simple incantation, and its effect is not as good as the "Soul-Stealing Potion." However, if the effect is too good, it will only cause trouble for Dark.

　When casting a spell, a magician can adjust the spell within a certain range.

　For example, you could remove some effects and then increase the proportion of other effects.

　The "Soul Curse" can cause a person to fall into a coma.

　Dark's "Soul Curse," wielded through the Holy Grail, possesses a built-in method to remove the effects of unconsciousness without causing the caster to become "out of consciousness."

　Moreover, the overall effect lasts for a very short time, less than three minutes.

　In other words, one can return to normal after three minutes without the "Andersen potion".

　This level of "Soul Loss Curse" would definitely fail in a normal magic evaluation system.

　But what he needed was this subpar "soul-stealing curse"!

　……

　Devimon was summoned with a mournful face, preferring to reflect on its actions in silence.

　Having only wings and no hands, it can only stand on one leg and use the other foot to hold the pen and write when doing its homework, which is quite difficult.

　Every time LittleDevimon sees a Hawkman who also has wings but with claws, he feels envy, jealousy, and hatred.

　So it had a reason to be lazy and not do its homework—but that reason obviously wouldn't work in front of Dark!

　"Is there a little red flower reward for helping with the experiment?"

　The little devilmon, who had reluctantly come to its master, asked in a soft voice.

　Darke grinned broadly: "Of course!"

　……

　"The Soul-Stealing Curse!"

　"what!"

　Little Devimon let out a scream, but nothing happened.

　All the magical spirits looked on curiously, giving it a taste of being the center of attention.

　Dak then pulled out the long-lost "Happy Card".

　As the Little Devimon was enveloped in the light of the "Happy Card," the pained expression on its face vanished in an instant, replaced by a smile of pure satisfaction.

　"The effect is indeed more noticeable than when using the 'Happy Card' alone."

　Dark tried to talk to the little devil in this state.

　The discovery revealed that its thought process was still clear; it was neither unconscious nor disoriented.

　If properly controlled, it will not affect the experimental process.

　"It seems feasible!"

　This was originally an experiment for insurance purposes.

　The "Soul Curse" bestowed by the Holy Grail perfectly suited his needs in every way.

　Dak put away the "Happy Card" and waited quietly for three minutes.

　Three minutes later, the little devil monster, having made a complete fool of itself, "cried" and fled to the small bed, burrowing into the cute little blanket, with only half of its foot sticking out.

　Just as Dark was about to begin the experiment of extracting the "great sin", it came running back again, desperately trying to signal to Little Red Flower.

　Dak gave it a small red flower, and then confiscated it.

　Rewards for helping with the experiment, and punishments for slacking off!

　"Perhaps this is a case of using both carrot and stick, a combination of kindness and severity."

　Dak couldn't help but laugh out loud.

　Little Devimon: "Aaaaaah!"

　……

　After the safety of the "Death Curse" was verified, Dark began formal experiments.

　The subject of the experiment was not "greed," but "rage"!

　His primary objective at present is to see if he can get the number of "major sins" (less than 100) out of his head, and then extract them using the "drip-feeding" method.

　Before that, one needs to use "Netherworld God Technique" to achieve a high level of mental concentration.

　The "Netherworld God Technique" and the "Soul Loss Curse" may seem contradictory, but they are not.

　"Netherworld Art" is used to highly concentrate the inner spirit, while "Soul Loss Curse" is used to loosen the external barriers of the spirit.

　With careful guidance, the mind can be drawn out of the brain.

　Dak picked up the magic dropper, disinfected it, and then dried it.

　After a while, he suddenly narrowed his eyes, his mental energy suddenly concentrated, and he had entered the state of the god of the underworld.

　"The Soul-Stealing Curse!"

　Dark was inevitably a little nervous as it was the first time he had cast a spell on himself.

　But the results were as expected.

　He could sense some of his thoughts drifting outwards.

　This is actually extremely dangerous.

　If you're not careful, what drifts away isn't just emotions, but memories!

　Fortunately, his "Soul Loss Curse" was a truly degraded version and was still under control.

　Afterwards, Dak immediately followed the instructions in the "Brain Dropper User Guide" on how to activate emotions, and only activated "Rage".

　But after a moment, he gradually opened his eyes.

　Failed!

　"Rage" stopped some distance from "Barrier" and could not be lured out no matter what.

　Dak was not discouraged by this.

　He carefully recalled and wrote down his feelings from just now, and then thought about them carefully.

　More than ten minutes later.

　Let's begin the second experiment!

　This time, "rage" was abandoned, and "pride" was chosen as the most familiar experimental target.

　Release! Release! Release again!

　With an increasingly clear perception of "arrogance".

　He could clearly sense that the "arrogance" overflowing from his brain had exceeded five points!

　……

Chapter 225 Darkdemon's Changes and Constants (4k)

　The total "Arrogance" score is 105 points, with an excess of 5 points.

　This means that the "major sin" node that can be extracted using the "drip-feeding" method has advanced a little further, and may eventually reach 95 points or 90 points.

　However, since the rage at 89 points hasn't yet overflowed, it means that this point is still above 89 points.

　But this is already very good news.

　The "Great Sin" that originally required more than 100 points to be safely absorbed can now be absorbed with just over 90 points.

　This not only indirectly increased the total amount that could be extracted, but also lowered the danger line, giving future research more leeway!

　Dak suppressed his excitement and began to patiently perceive the approximate value of this node.

　"5 o'clock, 6 o'clock, 7 o'clock..."

　The "arrogance" finally reached its limit when the amount reached 10 o'clock!

　"Is the final node around 95 points?"

　After carefully sensing it, Dak opened his eyes, waited quietly for more than ten minutes, and then used the same method again to increase the amount of "bliss" overflowing.

　The final result shows that the current node is indeed around 95 points.

　The standard line of 95 points is 5 points higher than the previous 100 points.

　The amount of 5 points may seem small, but it is actually of great significance.

　Because this showed Darker that something was possible!

　As we all know, both the "Soul Loss Curse" and the "Netherworld Art" can be improved!

　……

　"By using the magic of the underworld to increase the concentration and rate of emotional output, 'great sins' can be more easily extracted."

　"By reducing the brain's defensive function through the Soul Curse, 'Great Sins' can more easily overflow."

　"The former increases the amount absorbed in one go."

　"The latter increases the upper limit of what can be extracted."

　"If we can continuously lower the standard, we can not only ensure the quality of experimental materials, but also continuously improve safety!"

　"Unfortunately, both 'Netherworld Art' and 'Soul Loss Curse' are extremely difficult spells to improve."

　"Among them, the 'Soul Loss Curse' is even more difficult to improve than the 'Netherworld God Technique.'"

　"If there's another chance to use the Holy Grail, we could work on the 'Death Curse.'"

　……

　Dak put down his pen, picked up the magic dropper from the side, and prepared to draw his daily dose of "great sin".

　As originally planned, a drop of "greed" was extracted first as research material.