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

　But to prevent the existence of Selene in this world, Dark chose a homonym.

　Claire felt the name was too ordinary, but she liked "Soul of the Moon Goddess" quite a bit, so she settled on that name.

　The inherent meaning of a name isn't important; as long as it sounds nice and you like it, that's enough. When "Soul of the Moon Goddess" became a powerful and influential deity, the name naturally acquired deeper meaning.

　As for the surname, it naturally follows Dak's surname, Dimon.

　After confirming that the "Soul of the Moon Goddess" would be named Serena Dimon, the conversation returned to city construction.

　For Dark, renaming the "City of Magic" currently under construction to "City of Duels" is just a matter of a word.

　However, most of the manpower and resources are currently focused on the construction of this "Duel City," so it is obviously not suitable to start the construction of another city at the same time.

　—Although Dark's initial idea was only enough to build a small tool, 1P later expanded, and many initial structures had to be in place.

　Considering the difficulties of city construction, he plans to wait until this area is basically completed before starting the construction of his own "Magic City".

　In short, we need to lay a solid foundation and claim the title of "City of Magic" before the World Cup Duel Challenge begins.

　The city is named after "magic," and it can also be called "Magic City" after construction begins. In short, first, a plan is set, a location is chosen, and then a group of designers are hired to do the initial design.

　The designers are readily available; we can simply choose from the available designers here.

　Building materials can also be stored and transported simultaneously during this time, saving both effort and money.

　The Duke's cash flow began to grow rapidly after the All-People Duel Club, this money-making machine, officially started operating.

　Now is the perfect time to put it to use, which can be considered as putting it back into the market to keep the economy running smoothly.

　In short, spend money when you need to; hoarding it in a vault will only cause it to rot away.

　After Dak finished discussing the general process with Ylwitt and Claire, it was already 2 p.m.

　Having waited until now, the two women had no choice but to depart. The three embraced, and Dark helped them onto the dragon before waving goodbye. Principal Arte appeared silently beside him, grumbling about "leaving without even saying goodbye" as she waved to the taking-off bipedal dragon. Once Alvit and Claire had left the City of Freedom, Dark turned directly to Principal Arte and began discussing the "renaming" matter.

　Of course, he didn't mention Lord Montilfali's idea; he only said that he also wanted to build a "magic city".

　Principal Arte naturally had no objections.

　The two then went together to the "Duel City" that was under construction. They first informed each other about the name change, and then acted as "supervisors" together.

　The renaming of a city mainly involves changes to some design elements. However, those design elements that were discarded due to the renaming can basically be directly used in Dac's own city.

　But apart from that, it's not very universally applicable.

　Because Dac has a fundamental requirement for his city—modernization.

　This modernization doesn't refer to architectural style, but specifically to energy utilization. If he's going to build it, he must build a city that primarily uses electricity as its energy source.

　Urban buildings can retain the shape of castles, but their internal energy must be "electricity".

　As for where the "electricity" comes from...

　This region has limited water resources, but strong winds, numerous plains, and abundant solar energy.

　With the right equipment, generating electricity is not difficult.

　Dark, of course... doesn't have wind turbines or solar power generators. But he has "magical devices"!

　Magic devices that convert magic into electricity already existed. The only drawback was that the current wasn't stable enough.

　However, the magical device that stabilizes the electric current is not difficult to create. The reason this world doesn't use "electrical energy" is simply due to a divergence in technological development paths, not because the fundamental conditions for using "electrical energy" are lacking.

　The construction of this "City of Magic" is itself an experiment. Once the experiment is successful, he can directly transfer the results to his "Magic Heaven".

　With Dark's current level of alchemy, he is already capable of creating his own "magic generator".

　However, "magic" is actually a scarce resource, and its use on a small scale is fine. But large-scale use will inevitably lead to resource shortages.

　Moreover, "long-distance transmission of magic" remains a major challenge that is still difficult to solve.

　Therefore, "magic power generation" is theoretically difficult to popularize. However, "manual magic power generators" can be made.

　What is a "Manual Magic Generator"?

　It is a device that generates electricity by the user injecting magic power into it.

　If it can't be popularized, then it shouldn't be popularized.

　Dark never intended to open the "City of Magic" to the public. The vast majority of those who would enter the "City of Magic" in the future would be people with magical talents.

　For humans with magical talents, magic is a renewable resource, so there is no need to worry about resource shortages.

　If you really have no magic power, you can use a "power card" as a temporary substitute. However, this approach can only solve the problem of using small electrical appliances, such as light bulbs, light bulbs, light bulbs, etc.

　To make the entire city run on electricity, scientific methods are still needed.

　Electricity

　And this is the future research project of the "City of Magic". Dark's expectation for the future of the "City of Magic" is a combination of magic energy power generation and scientific power generation.

　Therefore, he had to write "Physics".

　If Professor Cazell or Ergani were to hand over "Physics," I believe it wouldn't be long before all sorts of generators were produced. But he truly has no free time now and can't write a single thing. He'll have to deal with it another day.

　In a world with magic, city building and renovation have unique advantages.

　For example, there's no need to pre-bury the wiring and conduits; the wiring can be easily handled by ghost-type magical spirits.

　Therefore, the initial architecture doesn't need to be too detailed. The key issue is leaving room for flexibility. This is the most important thing to pay attention to in the initial design. Everything else is secondary.

　His architectural fundamentals acquired during this period were not wasted, so the design was not difficult.

　January 23rd, Saturday.

　After just two days of preparation, construction on the temple in the City of Freedom has begun at high speed.

　Lord Montilfali is very efficient.

　The temple was located somewhere above the "Sun and Moon Temple," not far from the city lord's mansion.

　The land in this area was originally reserved and was designated as a "no unauthorized entry" zone. So, once the site was fenced off, construction could begin immediately.

　As for the temple design, a designer was found on-site. Additionally, a professional temple architect was hired through the Holy See. The basic design framework of the various temples is largely the same; the main differences lie in the details and decorations.

　In short, we need to lay the foundation first.

　The style details can be extracted from the architectural style of the "Sun and Moon Temple" and then the element of "snake" can be added to it.

　In other words, the main elements of this temple are the "snake", the "sun", and the "moon".

　The "abyss" element was not included.

　Although Nix's divine lineage is inextricably linked to the "Abyss," it is clearly not appropriate to display it openly.

　As she grows up, she should also hide this element, otherwise it could easily cause unnecessary trouble.

　In addition, Lord Montilfali is also planning to transform "Serpent Goddess" Nix into a hybrid god and has already begun planning how to promote it.

　She was racing against time to get everything ready before the World Cup Duel Challenge began.

　Then, during the World Cup, they used that momentum to make the "Guardian of the City of Freedom" a household name.

　Although Nix was only a minor god, her early advantage was still very obvious in the early stages of the Age of Gods.

　As long as we can make Hermes known to the world before she is awakened, we can consolidate our advantage.

　Moreover, Hermes' awakening is not the same as resurrection.

　The robe, like the other twelve Olympian gods, is now a consciousness entity.

　According to Chi's plan, they will be fully resurrected at the moment when the "Magic Path" is truly forged, and become the new "Magic God" as the creator of this divine path.

　Before that, Sode could only remain hidden behind the Shinto rituals, playing the role of the "mastermind".

　The awakening and resurrection of a god are two different things.

　The road ahead is still extremely long, and many gods will perish again in the process, falling into a long and endless slumber once more.

　Moreover, even if successfully resurrected, they won't immediately return to their peak condition.

　Generally speaking, this will also be an extremely long process. Some gods may never be able to return to their peak state due to the trauma left by Ragnarok or the events they encounter during their journey from death to life.

　In addition, many gods perish completely and can never be resurrected. Every Ragnarok sees a large number of gods perish completely.

　Then, after the start of a new age of gods, another group of beings will ascend to the divine throne.

　This ensures that the total number of deities remains within a relatively stable range.

　This is the "order" of the world.

　January 24th, Sunday.

　Professor Cazell finished his work in the Free City and prepared to return to the college.

　Dak decided to go with them.

　He had been in the City of Freedom for a month, and had learned and done everything he needed to. It was time for him to return to the academy.

　Professor Mitia, who came with Professor Cazell, will need to stay in the Free City for a few more days.

　As for Principal Art...

　Only today did Dark learn that she had long ago transformed her true form into an avatar. Therefore, on this return journey, only Dark and Professor Kazel traveled together. After bidding farewell to those who came to see them off, they boarded the "Moon Chariot."

　As the massive city gradually receded from view, Dak lowered the carriage curtain and sat back inside.

　Professor Cazell put down his book and asked, "I've been so busy these past few days that I haven't had a chance to ask you what you've learned in the City of Freedom."

　"What did you learn?" Darke asked without hesitation. "Probably 'structure'."

　"Structure?" Professor Cazell asked.

　Dark nodded. "From the structure of architecture to the structure of magic." "Excellent." A smile crept onto Kazel's face. Dark asked, "Professor, how's the research on the Philosopher's Stone going?"

　Professor Cazell shook his head and said, "The research is progressing fairly smoothly, but we've encountered a bottleneck."

　Dark asked, "Bottleneck?"

　Professor Cazell said, "We're missing a key ingredient." Dark asked, "What key ingredient?"

　Professor Kazel said, "The root divinity of the god of the underworld."

　The Philosopher's Stone has been confirmed as an advancement potion for the Netherworld's God-Crossing System. The so-called "Golden Transformation" and "Heroic Spirit Transformation" are byproducts of the research process on the Philosopher's Stone.

　Professors Kazel and Harvey began their research on "goldenification" and "heroic transformation" in an attempt to create the "Philosopher's Stone."

　During Dark's absence from the academy, the two made rapid progress in their research, but in the end, they were unable to create the "Philosopher's Stone" no matter what they did.

　Finally, after countless failed experiments, they discovered that a crucial material was missing in the process of creating the "Philosopher's Stone": the root divinity of the god of the underworld.

　They tried to use "grave element" or "underworld fire" as substitutes, but both attempts failed.

　Ultimately, it was determined that the origin of the god of the underworld's divinity was indispensable.

　Dark thought to himself, "After all, it's a divine medicine that can elevate the souls of the dead to 'Ferrymen of the Underworld,' so it's normal that it requires the primordial divinity of the Underworld God. Could this be the real reason why the 'Golden King' and the 'Heroic King' couldn't create the 'Philosopher's Stone'?"

　Professor Kazel said, "Probably. In any case, the research on the Philosopher's Stone will have to be put on hold until the source of the god of the underworld's divinity is collected."

　Dark asked, "What about living metal?"

　Professor Kazel chuckled, “The research on living metals has been successful, but mass production is still not an option. However, that was a few days ago; now… perhaps the mass production problem has been successfully solved.”

　Dark said, "Then I'll be really looking forward to it."

　Professor Cazell said, "With Ergani involved, this shouldn't be difficult. Speaking of which, you mentioned that a condition resembling 'luminescence disease' appeared in a temple of the 'Goddess of Life.'"

　Dark said, "Yes."

　Professor Kazel nodded and said, "I've almost finished my research. In a while, I'll go to that temple with you. Consider it your extracurricular practice."

　Dark blinked, his face lighting up with delight: "Of course."

　Kazel asked, "What about the golem creation of the 'Golden Kingdom Alchemists'?"

　Dark said, "It's mostly finished. But I want to replace some parts of the golem with 'active metal' to make it more maneuverable, so it will take some more time."

　Professor Cazell nodded and said, "Then let's wait until you've finished creating the 'Golden Kingdom Alchemist'."

Chapter 1429 The Second Generation - Diana (4k)

　Monday, January 25th.

　As the sunlight illuminated the castle, the "Moon Chariot" passed through the barrier and returned to the academy.

　Dak lifted the carriage curtain and glanced at the long-unseen castle, a relaxed smile flashing across his face.