MTL NOVEL Chapter 61
Chapter 61: Dark Demon’s Second Mana Spirit Card
“Meow meow meow!”
Dark held the Grass Cat Plant on his lap, scratching its chin while carefully observing the bud on top of its head.
Overall, the Grass Cat Plant instinctively protected its bud, preventing any damage.
Dark suppressed the urge for “just one more drop” and attempted to form another hypothesis: “If I don’t increase ‘Pride,’ can I make the bud bloom through normal cultivation?”
After all, autumn was the season when the Grass Cat Plant flowered and bore fruit.
With this thought, Dark finally managed to suppress his impulse.
Given the relatively stable situation at hand, there was indeed no need to take such risks.
The brain is after all the most complex system in the human body, and even a slight mistake could cause irreparable damage.
Relying on the self-control he had honed this month, Dark successfully steadied his mind.
But he quickly had a new idea: Even if the bud doesn’t bloom, couldn’t he still conduct an experiment?
While the bud cannot move, the Grass Cat Plant itself is a fleshy stem with hair similar to cactus needles.
The absorption and conversion of ‘Pride’ cannot be 100%.
What leaks out might spread throughout the body.
So, could he use cat hair as experimental material?
With this thought, Dark flipped through “Mana Spirit Conjure — General Handbook,” quickly finding the “Avian-beast Kin – Grass Attribute” and “Plant Kin – Grass Attribute” Basic Conjure Methods.
For now, the Grass Cat Plant did not show other attributes. Based on its ecology, it appeared to be an Avian-beast Kin from the outside but was fundamentally a Plant Kin.
Thus, he would conduct experiments along these two paths.
He first copied down both Basic Conjure Methods, one for convenience and the other to familiarize himself with them.
Then, he selected ten long hairs near the emblem-like area on the Grass Cat Plant’s head, washed them with water, dried them, and pressed them flat.
Next, he confined the mischievous Grass Cat Plant to the balcony.
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Everything was ready.
Dark enthusiastically began his experiment.
Professor Kazel did not assign related homework in this class, but it was merely a buffer for the students. Next Monday’s Mana Theory class would focus on experiments, requiring students to bring materials like hair and plant organs.
Of course, if the students were motivated, Professor Kazel was always willing to lend them the lab keys.
Dark didn’t need this anymore, as he already had his own small lab.
First, he brewed the magic potion, then processed the materials.
Although the “Basic Conjure Method” contained “Basic,” it was actually much harder than the method for making Magical Beasts.
To create a Magical Beast, one just followed the steps, and apart from the many steps, there wasn’t much difficulty.
But the Basic Conjure Method involved more complex conjure arrays, and some potion brewing required very high standards, where a single mistake could lead to failure.
Throughout the entire process, as long as one step went wrong, it often meant starting over.
Fortunately, only basic materials were used.
The materials Dark bought over the weekend were just right for this purpose.
He first made a small bottle of Spirit Nectar according to the steps.
Spirit Nectar was fundamental for nurturing pseudo-life forms and was widely used in Mana Spirit Conjure.
Almost all Basic Conjure Methods utilized this special magic potion.
Additionally, Brain Leaf Essence Water was a versatile magic potion.
Afterward, Dark also prepared a bottle of Brain Leaf Essence Water.
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The preparation took about half an hour, with each potion and material made in duplicate or more.
During the potion-making process, Dark never felt restless. He always maintained an enthusiastic state, so the potions he produced carried a sense of “spirit.”
Next, he took a blank Mana Spirit Card, laid it flat on the table, evenly smeared the Spirit Nectar, and dripped one drop of Brain Leaf Essence Water.
After it slightly dried, he applied a thick green “plant oil” and sprinkled grass attribute “attribute powder.”
“Attribute Powder” was a conventional powder divided into 20 attributes.
Its manufacturing process was very complex, and usually, people bought finished products.
Dark bought a complete set of Attribute Powders.
Then, he needed to draw the 7th Conjuring Array, first combining the materials with the blank Mana Spirit Card.
This was the first major step.
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It took him a total of 55 minutes.
On Dark’s desk now lay a highly completed semi-finished Mana Spirit Card.
This type of Mana Spirit Card had a green face, belonging to “Plant Kin – Grass Attribute.”
“The final step.”
Dark took a deep breath, picked up the Mana Pen, replaced the mercury axis with “Chlorophyll Potion,” and started drawing the 1st Conjuring Array.
This time, it only took 14 seconds!
The 1st Conjuring Array was completed!
The moment the circuit connected, the entire conjuring array emitted a faint green light!
Dark carefully used tweezers to pick up a cat hair and placed it above the 1st Conjuring Array!
The hair gradually disappeared under the green light.
But the light from the 1st Conjuring Array did not intensify.
After weighing it for a moment, he added a second, third, and finally all ten cat hairs.
The light intensified slightly but became very unstable.
Dark’s eyes rolled, and he cut a bit of his fingernail and put it in.
Instantly, the green light burst!
All the materials were consumed, and the Mana Spirit Card turned into a green cocoon.
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“Is this complete?”
With a hint of doubt, Dark took out a mercury knife about 0.5 centimeters wide, injected mana, and carefully sliced open the green cocoon.
As he sliced, green light continuously shot out from the gaps.
But when the cocoon was split into two halves, it suddenly turned into green liquid and collapsed!
“Did it fail?”
Looking at the Mana Spirit Card submerged in the liquid, Dark used tweezers to extract it and rinsed it under the faucet.
Once it was clean, he examined it closely on the other side.
On the card face, there was a green, viscous substance.
“A green Slime?”
Dark couldn’t help but think of a very common underground creature.
[Card Name: Trash Slime]
[Type: Elemental Card]
[Level: ?]
[Race: Elemental Kin]
[Attribute: Grass]
[Mana: 100]
[Attack: 0]
[Defense: 0]
[Ultimate Skill: Enhanced Acid]
[Enhanced Acid; secretes enhanced acid to quickly digest substances swallowed.]
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“Ah, a trash slime?”
Dark’s hand trembled, almost dropping it.
“So, is this a success or a failure?”
“How can you have zero attack and defense? Why don’t you just go to the toilet?”
After recording the data for the “Trash Slime,” Dark wasn’t truly disappointed.
Since there were data showing, it meant that the concoction was successful.
Whether it could find a use from trash was the skill of a Magus.
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