NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 20: Chapter 20: The Beginning of the Arrogance Series Magic Cards
Chapter 20: The Beginning of the Arrogance Series Magic Cards
Dark wasn't overly surprised by Professor Kazel's sudden appearance.
He presented his results to the professor and took the opportunity to inquire about the problems he encountered during the crafting process.
Professor Kazel was astonished that Dark had managed to successfully create a [Refined Emotion Card] on his own.
He casually provided various answers while examining the emotion card Dark had crafted, finally exclaiming in admiration, "Dark, your understanding of emotions is unexpectedly profound."
"Is that so?"
Dark was bewildered.
Because he genuinely didn't know he had ever studied emotions...
"Sometimes being too humble isn't good," Professor Kazel winked. "You should be proud of yourself. When I was your age, I was still playing with mud in the dirt."
Then he turned and said, "If you want to continue, remember to return the key to my office before five o'clock this afternoon."
Dark: "Yes, Professor!"
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"Two blank magic cards remaining."
Dark is gaze swept over the last two blank magic cards before summoning the Little Devil Beast.
"Magic Summoning!"
Before the Little Devil Beast could react, a sphere of light shot from the [Joy Card] and struck the back of its head.
Instantly, its naturally fierce expression softened into a lighthearted air.
"Happy?" Dark asked.
The Little Devil Beast nodded foolishly, "Happy."
"Good to hear."
Dark smiled and tucked the [Joy Card] into his cardholder. He finally had his first self-made magic card!
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After instructing the Little Devil Beast to keep watch, Dark is expression turned serious.
The [Joy Card] was just a trial run; the real experiment was about to begin.
He disregarded the "Voice of Joy" potion and directly proceeded to the second step, stewing the various materials into a paste and setting it aside.
This "paste" served as a "sealant," much like a washer between a screw and a screw hole.
With this layer of "paste," the sealed "emotion" wouldn't leak, reducing the conflict between the enchantment array, materials, and magic card, and preventing the nature of the infused emotion from being easily corrupted.
If successful, it could also act as a "protective film."
Dark sat down on the chair, took out the Magic Brain Dropper, and slightly heated it with an alcohol lamp to activate it.
Then, he once again employed the "dragonfly dipping water" method, touching the tip of the Magic Brain Dropper to his temple, gently squeezing the "Magic Brain" and releasing, repeating this process multiple times.
No fine control was needed, as only [Arrogance] was currently overflowing from his mind.
As wisps of extremely fine black lines were drawn into the Magic Brain, [Arrogance] finally decreased from 111 to 110!
"Eek"
The Magic Brain Dropper suddenly shrieked!
Dark immediately stopped pressing and immersed its tip in water.
Upon touching the water, the Magic Brain Dropper naturally quieted down.
Dark then removed it, shook off the water, and the Magic Brain Dropper ceased its shrieking.
Afterward, he placed the tip of the Magic Brain Dropper against a blank magic card and forcefully squeezed the Magic Brain!
The small amount of [Arrogance] stored within the Magic Brain was entirely expelled!
Soon, this blank magic card was also dyed a rich, dark gold.
Once the dark gold color on the magic card became uniform and smooth, Dark applied the pre-stewed paste to the surface of the magic card.
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The subsequent steps were as before.
Having had one successful experience, Dark is technique became much more proficient.
He quickly completed the crafting of this [ArroganceⅠ]!
From its appearance, this [ArroganceⅠ] was only different from the previous one in that it had an extra protective film.
But its actual effect remained to be verified.
Moreover, he didn't plan to experiment here.
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"It's about time to return the key to Professor Kazel."
Dark cleaned up the traces of his experiment and left the laboratory.
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Five o'clock in the afternoon.
He returned to his bedroom and summoned the Little Devil Beast to prepare for the experiment.
Everything that could be done had been done; this was almost a make-or-break experiment!
The Little Devil Beast, being the clever child it was, immediately knew the suffering it was about to endure. It promptly folded its wings, covering its head, "Protest, protest, a familiar's life matters too!"
Dark gave a kind smile, "Don't be afraid, it won't hurt."
Little Devil Beast: "No, no, o(>﹏<)o no way!"
"Magic Summoning!"
Dark pinched the [Arrogance] magic card between his index and middle fingers and activated [Summoning Arts]!
In an instant.
The magic card activated!
As expected of [ArroganceⅠ] crafted using the [Refined Emotion Card] method.
Even the black light emitted after activation had a more advanced feel.
And the dark gold sphere of light that flew out of the magic card was also rounder, flew more smoothly, and was swifter.
Before the Little Devil Beast could react, it was struck by the sphere of light.
It froze for a moment, as if its brain circuits were switching from "mischievous" mode to "arrogance" mode.
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After this moment, its previously "wronged" expression instantly transformed into an arrogant and imperious one!
The entire Little Devil Beast's aura underwent a drastic change!
It raised its head, and the first words out of its mouth were, "How dare you force yourself upon me against my will, do you know your crime!"
Dark: "Huh?"
The Little Devil Beast arrogantly declared, "I shall bestow upon you the grace of petting as atonement!"
Dark, still bewildered, reached out and stroked its head, continuing until it squinted its eyes in satisfaction, emitting comfortable groans.
Afterward, Dark wrote in his notebook:
"Excessively strong arrogance has a probability of damaging the brain."
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Card Name: ArroganceⅠ
Type: Magic Card
Effect: Causes arrogance in the target.
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Undoubtedly, this [ArroganceⅠ] had a better effect, and the duration was also longer.
The Little Devil Beast only returned to normal after twenty-one minutes.
Moreover, the [ArroganceⅠ] card did not shatter after activation.
Even a very faint sphere of light flew out from the Little Devil Beast's brain and returned to [ArroganceⅠ].
Inputting magic power, it was found that the black light emitted by [ArroganceⅠ] was very weak, but it was continuously recovering.
This meant that this [ArroganceⅠ] was already a reusable magic card!
Although its practical significance was minimal.
From a research perspective, this was undoubtedly a significant breakthrough!
This proved the sustainable development potential of the [Arrogance] series magic cards and laid a solid foundation for the development of [ArroganceⅡ].
Emotion is a power.
The Seven Deadly Sins are even more of a power with immense potential!
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Another fifty-nine minutes passed, and the light emitted by [ArroganceⅠ] returned to its normal intensity.
"Estimated CD: 59 minutes."
To test whether the effect would weaken upon second use, Dark activated [ArroganceⅠ] again.
Little Devil Beast: ???!!!
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The final experimental results showed that.
[ArroganceⅠ] was still relatively stable, and there were no signs of weakening for the time being.
From a magic card inspection perspective, this magic card was almost a finished product!
Dark also believed so.
He looked at the last remaining blank magic card.
He planned to next test the limit of [Arrogance] that this 10-credit blank magic card could bear!
For this, he would need to borrow a [Thought Bottle] worth hundreds of credits from Professor Kazel again, which could store emotions.
Perhaps, this is the composure of a top student!
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