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

　Comparing the two situations, Diana and Rose gained far more than they risked, and this positive feedback with such high returns can be described as "luck".

　The most valuable thing Dark acquired was merely the young Christina, the "Feathered Serpent God".

　Christina is making steady progress toward "godhood," but it's actually hard to say whether she or the fragments of the "Goddess of Stars'" soul are more valuable.

　Of the divine artifacts obtained from the Temple of Life, the only one that is currently usable is the "Baby Tooth Sword," which has been repaired by Ergani.

　Things like the "Oracle Orb" and the "Bronze Codex" can only be used within the Temple of Life.

　The most valuable thing, however, is the spark of the "Beast of Life." But for Dark himself, the method to eliminate the pathogenic factors of the "Glowing Disease" also has intangible value.

　Diana and her companions obtained from the "Stardust Ruins" a large amount of usable materials, in addition to the "Stardust Armor" and Soul Fragments.

　Although the quality of those materials wasn't particularly high, they were plentiful and contained "Star Power," making them the core materials for crafting "Stardust" magic cards.

　With those materials, they should have no trouble crafting several "Stardust" series decks.

　In contrast.

　Apart from those divine artifacts, there are basically no usable materials in the Temple of Life.

　The monsters born in the temple are all unusable materials. Therefore, it's impossible to directly craft specific decks based on this harvest.

　—Unless they obtain the materials from Christina. But neither Dark nor the professor would do that. Besides the most basic moral principles, it's also because magic cards crafted using materials from living gods would bear the god's own mark, risking the god seizing ownership.

　This is similar to the magic that Dark helped Diana and Rose to create.

　He can also control and use the card.

　The magic cards forged in that way do not entirely belong to the mage. Similarly, the "God Cards" created from fragments of divine soul do not belong to the mage either.

　Take Rose as an example.

　She merely obtained the right to use the "Goddess of the Stars" card. In other words, she was the so-called agent or chosen one.

　This is probably the limitation of the "God Card".

　These "God Cards" are defined as tools that bring mages closer to godhood.

　However, most magic cards that obtain the title of "God Card" obviously do not have such a clear understanding.

　This is yet another major test on the path to becoming a God of Magic.

　Dac and the professors are well aware of this.

　They also tend to conduct independent research and development rather than simply "take it and use it".

　However, this only applies to the individual Archmage.

　For "Magic Path", it doesn't matter whether the "God Cards" belong to a mage, a god, or both. On the contrary, the more "God Cards" one has, the greater the "breadth" of "Magic Path".

　On the path to godhood, most people are merely consumables. They are just kindling for the flame to burn.

　The greater the "width" of the "Path of Magic," the more powerful the Magic God who eventually completes this path will be.

　However, it cannot be said that Rose's approach is wrong.

　This can only be described as two different paths, though different in nature, leading to the same destination.

　However, the final results will likely differ.

　But on the path to godhood, there's no time to look back or hesitate. As long as a new path to divinity can be opened, the means and process are unimportant, and whether the result is high or low is not so important.

　Let's get it working first!

　After recounting his experience, Dak took out the "Baby Tooth Sword" from his suitcase. This divine sword, which could stimulate the growth of "Gluttony," had some use for him, so he temporarily took it.

　"This sword was indeed repaired using the baby teeth of that little girl named Christina."

　As soon as Diana received the sword, she launched into a long sentence. Rose stared wide-eyed, her eyes filled with curiosity.

　Dark nodded. "Although it's a milk tooth sword, it's extremely dangerous." "I can feel it." Diana gripped the hilt, swallowed, and then a drumming sound rose from her stomach.

　"Dangerous, too dangerous!" She returned the "Baby Tooth Sword" to Dark, still feeling lingering fear.

　She already has a big appetite, and if she had this sword, she wouldn't have to do anything else all day except eat.

　"This is a godsend for people with anorexia," Dak laughed.

　There are still classes in the afternoon.

　Diana and Rose left after chatting for a while. Unlike Dark, they weren't "truant" bad kids. After seeing them off, Dark quickly got into the swing of things and began experimenting with the "Gluttony" and "Wrath" runes.

　Most of what he gained from the Temple of Life were intangible assets and assets that could not be liquidated in the short term.

　However, in terms of long-term benefits, it is certainly not worse than "Stardust Ruins".

　Putting everything else aside, these "Gluttony" and "Wrath" runes are essential to him.

　Moreover, in a practical sense, they actually obtained the entire temple, which is the "divine domain" of "Kukuku"!

　The inherent value within it is naturally immeasurable.

　Compared to Rose and the others who need to help the "Goddess of Stars" to revive, they would rather "Kukuku" remain asleep forever.

　"Don't wake up, Kukuku!"

　……

　"System deployed."

　Before trying out the "Rage" and "Gluttony" runes, Dark first summoned the system list.

　After more than twenty days, his crime index changed again.

　【傲慢：90→86】【嫉妒：50→46]【暴怒：72→75】【懒惰：40→30】【贪婪：93-→97]【暴食：92→90]【极乐：91→90]

　It lasted from February 5th to March 1st.

　He consumed "Gluttony" once and "Bliss" four times. During this period, "Pride" was unusually reduced, which was probably related to his frequent contact with things of gods and evil gods.

　"Jealousy," on the other hand, needs no further explanation.

　"Rage" has increased slightly due to research on the "Oracle Orb" and magic runes, all of which are controllable changes based on subjective will.

　"Laziness" has been drastically reduced, but that's still reasonable.

　After all, his diligence these past few days has even surpassed that at the academy. He truly seems to want to dedicate all his time—whether it's eating, drinking, relieving himself, or sleeping—to exploration and research.

　Therefore, he still couldn't control his "greed".

　As for "binge eating" and "ecstasy," they are suppressed to a certain level due to excessive extraction.

　His current reserve of "major crimes" is: v

　Pride: 14.5 Wrath: 0 Greed: 3 Gluttony: 2 Ecstasy: 93.5

　"The 'Elysium' reserve is only two draws away from 100 points," "but research on 'Elysium V' is still ongoing."

　"I wonder if we can develop 'Paradise V' before the World Cup starts."

　Dak patted his head and decided to focus his attention on "binge eating" and "rage" first.

　His first research subject

　It is the "Gluttony" magic mark.

　He already possesses a "Gluttony I" card, which is of great help in verifying magic runes.

　One important point to note in this study is to minimize the consumption of "binge eating".

　He only has two points of his current "binge eating" reserves, and he doesn't want to waste a single one.

　"Ideally, it should hit the target on the first try!"

　He had more detailed data and more complete testing tools in his dormitory. He used theoretical research and experimental simulations to screen for usable magic runes. After a long time, he finally selected a set of double-layered "Gluttony" magic runes with the highest success rate.

　However, due to insufficient "binge eating," the related experiments had to stop there.

　Next up is the "Rage" rune.

　The "Rage" rune is more difficult to research because it lacks "Rage III" as a foundation.

　However, given his current situation, there is no possibility of him mastering "Rage IV V" for the time being, so he is not in a hurry.

　"To refine 'Gluttony IV', you need thirty points of 'Gluttony' and seven more extractions."

　"To refine 'Bliss V' requires at least one hundred points of 'Bliss', and it needs to be absorbed twice."

　"Nine out of the ten quotas for March have been used up, and the last one is reserved for adjustment."

　"The daily 4.5 points of 'Major Sin' seem far from enough."

　Dak was having a terrible headache.

　"Wow—"

　Just as he was about to begin further research on the "Rage" rune, the "Professor Card" in his card pack vibrated.

　It was already 7 p.m. Professor Cazell invited him to dinner.

　Of course, the meal was just a side event; there was a small gathering tonight. The meeting place was a secluded spot behind the teachers' dormitory.

　When Dark arrived, the professors had already prepared dinner for the evening. Those present included Cazell, Steven Harvey, Lily, Ergane, Professor Sylph, Aurora, and Nix.

　Since it concerns the use of the "Sun and Moon Serpent's" remains, it's normal to summon Aurora and Nix.

　Dak greeted her and sat down next to her, chatting very naturally like family.

　Aurora has already learned some of their experiences in the Temple of Life from the professors.

　She and Nix only returned to the academy yesterday.

　She first went to explore the ruins of the British Empire with Emma, ​​Winnie, and Professor Enid Lindbergh.

　The British Empire, according to historical records, was the homeland of the Sun-Chasing Giants. This holds a very special significance for Aurora.

　But for the other three members of the team, exploring the ruins of the British Empire was not as meaningful.

　However, the British Empire's ruins are still divine relics, so if they can successfully explore them, they can gain something.

　They spent a total of two weeks on this expedition.

　Unlike Dark and Diana's group, Aurora's group had no clear information about the ruins of the British Empire.

　Their sources of information were documents in the library and reports of unusual events that had occurred recently around the former site of the British Empire.

　The reports recorded in various newspapers were inconspicuous, and it was already quite remarkable that Aurora was able to glean information about the ruins of the British Empire from them.

　However, based solely on those reports, they were still unable to determine whether the ruins of the British Empire had been unearthed.

　Therefore, from the beginning, they were prepared to "make a wasted trip" and set a secondary goal that was not too far away.

　Fortunately, that secondary objective was not used.

　After they arrived at the site of the former British Empire, they found the "magic gate" leading to the ruins of the British Empire in just three or four hours.

　It was a huge metal door over a hundred meters high, with numerous carvings and totems related to giants engraved on it.

　There are two conditions for activating that "magic door." The first is to decipher the remaining mechanisms in the original ruins. The second is to possess the bloodline of the Sun-Chasing Giant.

　The British Empire was the land of giants, and in the history of giants, it was known as the "Land of Giants".

　The strongest among the giants of that era possessed the power to slay gods.

　They are not "true gods" and have not condensed divine status, but their bodies contain the power of rules.

　It is similar to some mythical beasts recorded in historical documents.

　In the theory of human evolution, some believe that humans evolved from monkeys.

　Giants, on the other hand, evolved from mythical behemoths.

　Aurora possesses the bloodline of the Sun Chaser, the key to entering the ruins of the British Empire.

　But activating the "magic gate" is only the first step. The second step is opening the gate.

　They arrived at the ruins around 2 or 3 p.m. and activated the "magic gate" at dusk, but it wasn't until the next morning that they were able to open it successfully.

　"So what's the way to open the door?" Dark asked curiously while enjoying his food.

　Listening to other people tell their adventure stories is really interesting.

　Aurora remained silent for a long time before finally forcing herself to say, "It's brute force." Dark: "Ah."

　Aurora said, "You have to push hard to open it!" Dark replied, "Oh."

　He buried his head in his food again. "Pfft."