Chapter 279: That's the Feeling 2 in 1 |
Chapter 279: That's the Feeling 2 in 1
After walking out of the professor's dormitory, Dark looked up slightly and just happened to see sunlight shining down on him, causing him to temporarily lose vision.
He closed his eyes, lowered his head, then opened his eyes again, sighing uncontrollably.
Sometimes, things don't work out the way you'd thought they would.
The older you get, the more regrets you have.
That's why adults always want their children to have a happy and fulfilling childhood.
Because once they grew up, the things they could easily get when they were would no longer be that easy to get anymore.
The wish to have a laid-back life may seem simple, but it’s actually very difficult to achieve for most people.
Dark held up the transparent bag and looked at it against the sunlight. Three transparent hairs were reflecting a colorful glazed light under the sunlight.
The core material used to make Eevee and Ditto.
As for whether it could be used for [Ultimate-Transform] crafting, it needed to be tested in practice.
The original [Ultimate-Card] crafting was not a mature technology.
Students making their efforts to find the corresponding core materials in order to make some ultimate cards was also a kind of thinking process.
Probably, Professor Cazer also didn’t hold out much hope that the students would succeed in crafting [ultimate cards].
For him, it was probably already enough that the students could learn more in the process of crafting.
......
Dark returned to the dormitory and put the hair of the Phantom Magic Beast away carefully before he went out again and ran to Traveller Street.
Because of the Rookie League yesterday, a large number of first-year students chose to come to Traveller Street on Sunday to purchase materials, so today's Traveller Street was filled with people he was familiar with.
In particular, some of the places selling the necessary basic materials were already occupied by first-year students.
It took Dark some time to get through the line and bought all the basic materials. He bought a total of six packs, each worth 100 credits or less depending on the quality of some materials.
The six packs corresponded to three Phantom Magic Beast’s hairs and three chances to make [Ultimate: Milk Drink].
At the end of the six crafting, if there was still nothing to be gained, he would choose to stop in time.
......
It was two o'clock in the afternoon when all the materials were purchased.
Dark went to the [Kitties Flower and Tree Shop] before returning to the dormitory, but left after just a quick look around.
The development of cat grass seemed to have encountered some technical difficulties, and it would probably take some time and luck to have a new breakthrough.
After that, he did not stop at Traveller Street, and returned to the dormitory directly with the materials he purchased.
A small portion of the materials in his hand was raw materials that had not been processed, and he needed to process them according to the textbook before he could bring them to the classroom.
In addition, at least three bottles of cow grass juice also needed to be extracted.
Therefore, today was destined to be a busy and fulfilling day for Dark.
......
The next day.
Monday.
Professor Silver introduced Ritual Summon in the Summoning class and praised Elvis Kevin for his Ritual Summon in Rookie League.
Then the second class was the magister's long-awaited Magic Theory class!
"Come to think of it, it's been a long time since we have done any experiment in the class." Dianna's voice was full of excitement.
The victory in the Rookie League had netted her a full 150 credits, and she had spent a lot of it on materials!
At a time when most students were strapped for credits, Dianna was having a great time.
But she felt inferior when she turned her head and saw different bags by Dark's seat.
She couldn't help but be shocked and said, "Dark, Dark, how many packs exactly did you buy?"
Dark gestured the number to her.
Dianna covered her mouth in amazement, "Can you even use them all in one class?"
Dark said lightly, "I can continue after class."
"While it's hot." He added after a slight pause.
......
Professor Cazer came to class a few minutes early, waving his wand and talking to the students for a while before the class began, his wrinkled face full of kindness.
He was completely different from the "drunken" state he was in yesterday.
Although it was said people would expose their true natures after getting drunk, perhaps he also had a cold side internally.
But in reality, everyone had multiple sides. A single side would only appear in novels and comics or films that were deliberately set up this way to emphasize the character.
"Ring, ring, ring!" The bell that rang on time was like a dividing line that cut the inside and outside of the class into two worlds.
No matter how Cazer felt outside the classroom, he couldn't help but calm down when the class began.
Professor Cazer knocked on the blackboard and slowly said, "I am not the only one researching the crafting technique of [ultimate card]. But everyone's research progress and results are different, so what I teach and what other magister professors teach, will not be the same. If any of you are able to master my technique, you can call yourself my student when others ask."
As soon as the words left his mouth, the students below the podium began to whisper to each other about it in low voice.
The student in Professor Cazer's words was obviously different from the "student" in the sense of the academy.
That kind of relationship was just like the relationship between Claire and Dark. There was knowledge inheritance involved, and it was much closer than the average relationship between a student and their professor.
Despite appearing to be an old goblin, Professor Cazer's reputation outside was very big.
As the only remaining alchemy master from the old days, as long as one mentioned his name, one could get a lot of benefits.
A young Sage like Claire, who was famous because of her ability in battles, had a reputation in academia that was not comparable to that of Professor Cazer.
To be recognized by him as a "student" was obviously honorable!
All of a sudden, everyone was excited.
Even Dark could not help but be more serious.
His relationship with Professor Cazer was indeed good, but there was still a clear line between them.
If he could become a "student" recognized by the professor, then he could melt that line a little.
Of all the first-year professors, Professor Cazer was the one he respected the most.
He sometimes would even subconsciously position him as a kind grandfather.
......
After a short pause, Professor Cazer continued, "We will now begin to review the content of the previous lesson and explore further. Remember to take notes."
After that, he tapped the chalk with his wand. Then a crafting magic circle appeared on top of the chalk.
Just a few moments later, the chalk was transformed into a magic doll-like existence under the effect of alchemy magic.
As he gently waved his wand again, the chalk jumped up and began to write on the blackboard itself.
This seemingly casual action actually made Dark fall into a moment of daze. He could not help but wonder to himself: "Since he has this kind of magic, why does he have to stand on a low stool on his toes to write on the blackboard sometimes?"
Maybe it was because he didn't want to show off his skills.
Maybe he liked the feeling of holding the chalk.
Who knows.
......
Anyway, with the previous motivation, the students' attitude when taking notes was obviously much more serious.
→It didn't matter whether they understood or not, they took the notes first.
After about half an hour, the review of the theoretical knowledge and the demonstration of the specific steps were completed.
The students would have an hour to concentrate on their experiments.
After a quick glance, it could be seen that most of the students had prepared only one pack of materials. At most, some consumable materials were prepared more.
But there were usually only one or two things that were different in the expensive material, which were the core part of the material.
After all, with their level of knowledge, it was difficult to determine what core materials corresponded to what ultimate, so they needed to prepare one or two more.
Dark prepared [Phantom Magic Beast's Hair] and [Shuckle Brand Cow Grass Juice].
Dianna prepared a nail, which was said to be taken from the claws of some kind of bear-like magic creature.
And Rose prepared a small piece of shell belonging to a Mirage shellfish species.
The shell was dotted with colorful crystals that would glow in the sunlight.
During the preparation stage, Dark couldn't help but take advantage of the last row to observe the other students' materials.
The one he was more interested in was Emma, but Emma's sitting posture was so upright that he could only see a golden glow from his perspective.
This reminded Dark of the Christmas present Emma had given him - an ancient gold coin!
"Where did she find so many ancient gold coins?" Dark murmured to himself curiously.
......
Dark withdrew his eyes from Emma's body and naturally looked at Robert and White, who were also in the last row.
Since the last two weeks, both of them seemed to have suddenly grown up and stopped screwing around in class, so they had actually accumulated some credits.
Although still strapped for credits and the quality of the material was questionable, they finally prepared enough materials for this lab session.
Dark took a quick glance and noticed that there were a bunch of mechanical parts on Robert's table. It made him wonder what skills Robert was trying to extract.
On the other hand, the only thing on White's table was a small bottle of dark red liquid, which seemed to be blood that had been processed.
Dark also couldn’t figure out what skill White was trying to extract.
......
"To each his own way, I guess." Dark shook his head, and then focused his attention on the preparation of the experiment.
The crafting of the [ultimate card] had three core crafting magic circles.
The first one was to "identify".
The second one was to "read".
The third one was to "reconstruct".
These three core crafting magic circles were special crafting magic circles that had been adapted by Professor Cazer for "ultimates".
They were not numbered and not even publicly available.
Most students did not realize the value of these crafting magic circles.
They just followed the steps written by Professor Cazer on the board and started their experiment little by little.
Starting from boiling the magic potion and handling the materials, although there were inevitable mistakes in the middle, it was much smoother than last semester's crafting experiment.
In the end, students who could enter Saint Marian Academy were above the baseline in terms of magical talent.
Even a dummy like Dianna had a very high magical energy talent.
And a dummy like Robert was actually very good in muscle and magic energy coordination.
In terms of the magic experiment, their magic energy conduction efficiency and control ability were much better than ordinary people.
Not to mention White's all-rounded talent.
Professor Cazer was walking back and forth in the classroom, nodding in satisfaction.
The growth of the students was visible to the naked eye, and as a professor, he also felt a sense of accomplishment.
Soon, he came to Dark's side.
He did not sober up until after noon yesterday.
Then he recalled Dark's visit.
When he thought that he had sold the hair of Phantom Magic Beast to a student for 1000 credits a piece, Professor Cazer could not help but want to cover his head.
Headache!
In the past, he was proud of his ability to stay sober while being drunk.
Now he almost hated himself for not being able to pass out after getting drunk...
The price of 1000 credits a piece was the market price - and most of the time, people couldn’t even buy one even if they had money. But he was after all a professor, and he should sell it to students at a discounted rate.
Basically, 1000 credits could buy three pieces!
But he couldn’t take back what he’d sold out.
So he was already thinking about how to give back the 2,000 extra credits Dark had paid.
"What does he need?" Professor Cazer could not help but stop at Dark's side.
In his eyes, Dark's talent in magic experimentation was very high--or rather, his alchemical talent was very high!
If it was in the last era, he would definitely have taken him as his alchemical apprentice.
But in this day and age, alchemy had become a thing of the past. After much deliberation, he felt that it was better not to mislead people.
It was alright to teach something like Spiritual Concentration Art, which could help one build the foundation.
But if he taught Dark too many things from other systems that were too complex, it was very likely to end up leading him astray.
Because between different systems, there was a conflict in some core concepts.
He had to make a lot of effort to reverse the perception when he switched from being an alchemist to a magister.
......
Unwittingly, Dark no longer felt constrained by the fact that Professor Cazer was standing behind him, watching.
His actions were as smooth as ever, and he was able to correct some of the inevitable mistakes he encountered in time. With six times more base material, he had enough leeway to redo the experiment.
In about ten minutes, his desktop was filled with all kinds of materials, packed in various dishes, beakers, and test tubes.
This time, he still had the luxury of using a blank magic card that was worth 50 credits.
In the next ten minutes.
The blank magic card was already coated with all kinds of materials, stacked layer by layer half a finger high.
He drew the crafting magic circle number 7 on the top of the material, and then applied the downward pressure little by little, by pressing the magic energy pen at the center of the magic circle.
The whole stack of materials was gradually refined and incorporated into the magic cards, bit by bit.
When this process was over, Dark's forehead was already covered with a fine layer of sweat beads.
He put down the magic energy pen, took the towel on the side, wiped off the beads of sweat on his forehead, and then began the next step - drawing the three core crafting magic circles!
These three crafting magic circles must be drawn in one go, and they required fine control of magic energy.
Many students would fail in this part.
But for Dark, whose magic energy level increased day by day, this was not too difficult.
After only half a minute.
The three crafting magic circles were perfectly drawn.
Immediately after, he injected his magic energy to activate them.
The three beautiful magic circles glowed instantly!
[Identify]
[Read]
[Reconstruct]
[Oo○]
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