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

　Dark had some understanding of the Demon King's methods for cultivating demons. Therefore, he could tell at a glance that Ergani had referenced one of those special methods for cultivating vampires to create a living, spherical, mindless "vampire."

　One can only say that the "God of Wisdom" is indeed terrifying, especially in research experiments targeting intelligent beings.

　Her ability to separate and merge the soul, consciousness, and body is so effortless and terrifying.

　Dak calmed down, read carefully, and gained a new understanding of the relevant knowledge.

　Half past five in the morning.

　Ergani has cultivated a fist-sized "blood pack" and stuffed "hero bloodline" into it.

　However, this "blood pack" is still very fragile and can only be described as being in its initial stage.

　At this point, if we follow Dak's approach, we should probably slow down and then gradually cultivate it into its final form.

　But Ergani clearly wasn't going to do that. Instead, she forced the growth by injecting something like a nutrient solution and catalyst into the "blood pack," causing it to grow rapidly until it was the size of a human head.

　But not enough.

　She's still getting injections!

　She seemed completely unconcerned about causing the "blood pack's" physical body to collapse. Ergani only stopped when the "blood pack" had grown to nearly two meters in diameter.

　Then, just when Dark thought she was finally going to finish, she turned around and cultivated an insect-like, slender "mouth" and two tiny bat wings, eventually grafting both of these organs onto the spherical "blood pack".

　From a distance, the "blood pack" looked like a giant red balloon.

　Ergane pulled open her "mouth," and blood trickled out, a truly astonishing sight.

　She's practically created a new kind of being.

　There was no doubt that the Frankenstein's monster-making technique was learned from Professor Harvey. Dark glanced at the time one last time, then invited the rest of the lab to have lunch in the cafeteria before going their separate ways.

　Back in his dormitory, before going to sleep, Dak wrote a summary report, recording everything he had learned from Ergani's experiments over the past day and night.

　And I also took the opportunity to "review" it. I slept until four o'clock in the afternoon.

　After getting up, he first ate something to fill his stomach, and then rushed back to the Hidden Place Laboratory, where he found Professor Kazel in one of the laboratories.

　Professor Cazell had been waiting there for some time.

　He had even prepared all the tools and materials needed to create the "Golden Core," just waiting for Dark to arrive so he could begin his first "trial run."

　Over the past week, although Dak had read all the books, he had only learned theoretical knowledge and could not directly start making the "Golden Core" of the "Golden Kingdom Alchemist".

　He needs to learn the key techniques step by step by creating ordinary "golden cores" under the guidance of Professor Cazell.

　The complexity of the [Golden Core 2.0] system exceeded Dark's expectations. Even with his abilities, this trial experiment proved extremely difficult. However, possessing the complete blessing of the "God of Wisdom," he was no longer the person he once was.

　His learning ability had become so strong that even he was afraid of it. With Professor Cazell's careful guidance, his skills in related operations began to grow by leaps and bounds.

　"If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools."

　After honing his skills for some time, he was confident that he would be able to successfully master the method of making the "Golden Core".

　But even so.

　It took Dark two whole days to independently create [Golden Core 2.0].

　After that, he finally began the real experiment, using one-third of the "gold bricks" to create the "gold core"!

　To ensure a 100% success rate, Professor Kazel took on the most difficult part of the experiment.

　The difficulty of production varies greatly depending on the materials used.

　The gold bricks gifted by the "Golden King" contain the unique divinity of the "Golden King". Preserving this divinity intact and even integrating it into the "Golden Core" is obviously an extremely difficult task.

　The two of them used their "eye of truth" throughout the entire process, refining the production process to the extreme.

　Professor Cazell, through extremely precise calculations, compressed his "help" to less than 10%.

　The remaining 90% was completed independently by Dark. However, although it was "independent," he still relied on Professor Cazell's guidance; Dark was more like a sophisticated machine programmed with instructions. Of course, not just anyone could be that machine.

　After this alchemy experiment is completed, his alchemy skills will surely reach a new level.

　Even under these circumstances, it took Dark two full days to finally complete the creation of the first "Golden Core." And for the overall creation of the "Golden Kingdom Alchemist" golem, this was only just the beginning.

　The only difference is that the parts outside the "golden core" have more tolerance for errors.

　December 16th, Wednesday afternoon.

　Standing in the laboratory of the hidden place, looking at the "Golden Kingdom Alchemist" who was already taking shape, Dark finally breathed a sigh of relief.

　The golden golem, which was fixed in the center of the laboratory by various props, looked exactly like the "Golden King".

　Although Dark considered changing his appearance, he ultimately gave up on the idea.

　According to Professor Cazell, the goal is to eliminate all unstable factors as much as possible.

　After all, creating a golem with divine attributes was a first for him, so he was bound to be extremely cautious.

　Something like "changing appearance features" is like having a sudden inspiration while cooking and adding chocolate to the dish; it could very well ruin the entire experiment in an instant.

　It's best not to do it.

　Now that the experiment has progressed to this point, the overall framework of the "Golden Kingdom Alchemist" golem has been completely built. The next step is to continue filling it with more delicate and crucial parts. Once all the parts are filled, the final alchemy and sealing experiment will begin.

　However, before it is finally completed, there is one more thing that must be done: to equip it with a "man-made holy sword" that is compatible with it!

　How can an alchemist from the Golden Kingdom become the (Golden King) without the "Holy Sword"?

　Whoa, whoa, whoa!

　After suspending production, Dak went directly to another laboratory not far away and knocked on the door to enter.

　In that laboratory, Ergane, Lillian, and the "Water Angel" are forging the "artificial holy sword."

　In recent days, relying on the "blood of heroes," they have successfully created the first "artificial holy sword" with the "power of the holy sword."

　The name of that "artificial holy sword" is "Sword of the Hero"! The reason for this name is not only to commemorate the original hero Brightgold's dedication to the "artificial holy sword" experiment, but also because Brightgold was among those who participated in the creation of this holy sword.

　Since the day the "blood pack" was successfully cultivated, Professor Sylph informed Ophelia Brad of the existence of "Isotope 2," and then Ophelia decided whether to inform Vitgold.

　After Ophelia Brad saw "Isotope II", she immediately called Witt over as well.

　At first, Witt didn't know what was going on, but after being brought into the laboratory, he suddenly saw "Isotope No. 2" and was stunned.

　This was probably the first time in his life that he had seen his father in person.

　However, what lay there quietly was only a corpse.

　Professor Harvey has already deactivated "Isotope No. 2's" "Heroic Spirit" status; he's merely using necromancy to prevent the corpse from decaying.

　Dark didn't see the specifics. He didn't like such a sad scene.

　Even in my previous life, I never read works with tragic endings.

　Therefore, sometimes when someone follows a serialized work to the end and finds out it has a tragic ending, they feel disgusted, as if they've swallowed a fly.

　This made me hate tragedies even more.

　This world only needs comedy.

　Dark later inquired a little and learned that Ophelia had put Brightgold's demonized half-body into the "Orb of Truth" and planned to take Witt to his hometown to bury him in her home after Brightgold's death anniversary.

　After that, Dak stopped paying attention.

　In order to create the "artificial holy sword", Sister Lillian invited Witt to participate in the experiment.

　However, "participating in the experiment" here only involves providing some blood. This is because the first "artificial holy sword" they designed and created was modeled after the "Blood Holy Sword"!

　Vitgot's body not only flows with the "blood of a hero," but also with the blood of a "blood clan."

　He was the perfect "material" to create the "Artificial Holy Sword of Blood". Perhaps because of the correctness of the direction chosen, the production of this first "artificial holy sword" went very smoothly. After successfully creating the "Artificial Holy Sword of Blood", it was time for Wit to shine again.

　There are two factors that determine whether the creation of an "artificial holy sword" is successful. The first is whether it possesses the "power of a holy sword".

　Secondly, it was to determine whether the "Hero's Bloodline" could be completed. The final experimental results were, to put it mildly, less than satisfactory. First, the existence of the "Holy Sword Power" was confirmed.

　As soon as Witt obtained the "Artificial Holy Sword of Blood", he successfully activated the divine power hidden within the sword.

　Furthermore, because his blood was used in the creation of this "Artificial Holy Sword of Blood," the compatibility is extremely high.

　As soon as he got his hands on it, he felt an instant connection with it, as if the sword was an extension of his arm, even more comfortable to use than the original Holy Sword he had previously acquired.

　However, the "Artificial Holy Sword of Blood," which was later named the "Sword of the Hero," was far less powerful than the "Greatsword of Light, Zoffy."

　It is, after all, only the first "artificial holy sword," and its value lies more in commemoration and collection.

　Then, they also confirmed the second point: the existence of the ability to complete the "hero bloodline".

　However, after experimentation, it was found that its ability to complete the "hero bloodline" was very weak, about one-tenth of that of a "holy sword" of the same level.

　One-tenth.

　For the "artificial holy sword" that seems to be able to be mass-produced, it doesn't seem like an unacceptable thing.

　However, it should be noted that the "artificial holy sword" is a forced action by iP - so-called mass production, which is only theoretically achievable.

　but.

　If Witt can provide the materials for the "artificial holy sword" himself, then the production fee can be waived.

　Therefore, Witt was very excited after proving that the "Artificial Holy Sword of Blood" could complete the "Hero's Bloodline".

　After so long, he finally saw hope of replenishing his "hero bloodline" to 100%.

　After that, all you need to do is work as hard as you can to gather the materials needed to forge the "Holy Sword" as quickly as possible.

　In return for his contributions to the entire experiment, Ergani and the others gifted him the first "artificial holy sword," also known as the "Hero's Sword."

　After that, they continued to forge the "Blood Artificial Holy Sword" in order to further improve the craftsmanship of the "Artificial Holy Sword".

　And so, a total of ten were made!

　Although these ten "blood-artificial holy swords" were all made from materials of the same quality, the final products differed greatly in quality.

　From the very first number one to the final number ten, the difference in the power of the Holy Sword is as high as tenfold.

　While the power of the "artificial holy sword" cannot reach the level of a "holy sword" of the same grade, the grades of "holy swords" themselves are divided into higher and lower levels.

　It is perfectly reasonable that a higher-level "artificial holy sword" is stronger than a lower-level "holy sword".

　After Ergani completed the forging of a total of ten "blood-based artificial holy swords," she threw all ten of them, from weakest to strongest, at Victoria.

　Victoria was overjoyed to have "traded one for ten."

　But Dark felt that Ergani only used her as a dumping ground for the ten "blood-made artificial holy swords"...

　However, after the "one for ten" exchange, Victoria wouldn't hesitate to use them anymore, if she could use these ten "blood-artificial holy swords" properly...

　Emmm...

　The moment she received the Holy Swords, she gave three to Phoenix. Then she wrapped the strongest Holy Sword, number ten, in a gift box.

　Don't ask Dak how he knows.

　How could a daughter's thoughts possibly escape her father's notice?

　Christmas is almost here.

　He only realized this point in time had arrived after he sensed Victoria's thoughts.

　Then it suddenly dawned on me that I had absolutely no plans for Christmas.

　"Maybe I should just take it easy this year." Trying to be thorough in every aspect is indeed exhausting.

　Dark suddenly realized that perhaps he shouldn't take Christmas too seriously, and his reason for this thought was mainly because he was too busy. And it wasn't just him who was busy; everyone in the academy seemed to be very busy.

　This year, students seem to be talking about Christmas later than in previous years.

　In the professors' words.

　The "College Championship" has a significant motivating effect on students. They're all students of the same age and grade; why are some so much better than them?

　Students at St. Marian Academy rarely admit defeat. Even if they are truly inferior to their opponents, the acceptable range they can accept is generally "not much worse."

　Instead of what it is now, where you can barely see someone's exhaust fumes.

　Christmas plans can be put aside for now.

　When Dark arrived at the forging room of the "Artificial Holy Sword", he saw Ergani forging the "Golden Artificial Holy Sword".

　The "Golden Artificial Holy Sword" is the second product of the "Artificial Holy Sword" manufacturing project.

　The main reason for choosing this product was that Darker had a need for it. A secondary reason was that there happened to be a sufficient amount of material available for creation.

　The items brought out from the "Golden Kingdom" are the best materials for forging the "Golden Artificial Holy Sword".