Otaku Translation: The villain only wants to live a Buddhist life Chapter 364 Part 1

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Chapter 364: Demon Subduing the Adversity

The crafting of [] had significantly increased Dark's strength.

Although the maximum attack power it could achieve in 's hands might still be inferior to , it was certainly less difficult to land three consecutive [] than five consecutive [].

Therefore, its versatility would undoubtedly be higher.

Furthermore, it also had a very strong potential for growth.

Not only could Honedge still evolve, Gatomon was also capable of evolving!

—the evolution that resulted from the fusion of Gatomon and —would most probably lack the qualifications of the Brave One, but if he could make it evolve into , it would likely possess the qualifications of the Brave One.

On top of that, if Gatomon learned some swordsmanship from , then...

In short, Dark had great expectations for the future of [Honedge] and [Gatomon].

……

"Alright, go get to know the family."

Dark patted Honedge who had recovered from the [Lust] state and entrusted it to Gatomon.

The Brave One and the holy sword—these two magical spirits were destined to become the closest partners.

When Gatomon, feeling happy inside, stretched out its hand, Honedge's hand-like ribbon wrapped around its wrist.

This behavior was somewhat similar to Sylveon.

But Gatomon suddenly frowned and asked, "Are you absorbing my magic energy?"

"Sword?" Honedge let out a sound, expressing its confusion.

Brushing it aside, Gatomon directly turned to look at Dark who was clearing away the experiment table.

Dark smacked his forehead and said, "I almost forgot about it—Honedge does have the habit of attaching itself to people and absorbing their energy. After all, it also possesses the ghost attribute, it's of the same kind as ."

"Misdreavus~" Like a balloon, Misdreavus floated in front of him and vigorously shook its head.

Dark helplessly stroked its head and said, "Yeah, yeah, I know what you're absorbing is fear."

Then, he turned to Honedge and warned, "Honedge, you're not allowed to absorb Gatomon's magic energy!"

"Sword..."

Honedge instantly became a little downcast.

It was pretty much still unaware about the rights and wrongs of this kind of conduct. It was probably just treating it as an act similar to breathing.

Coupled with the influence of [], its desire for what it wanted would be stronger than most.

But the master's command had to be obeyed.

Although Honedge was disappointed, it still reluctantly retracted its ribbon.

But at this time, Gatomon suddenly grabbed its ribbon and said with a frown, "You can absorb it, but you have to get my permission."

"Sword-sword?" Honedge instantly perked up and turned to look at Dark.

Dark looked at Gatomon in surprise, waiting for its explanation.

Gatomon concisely answered, "[] can sufficiently provide the energy it needs."

What Gatomon meant was that Honedge could offset its own magic energy consumption by absorbing Gatomon's magic energy.

In this case, even if Honedge wasn't recorded in [Wonderland], it could still remain outside at all times.

It wouldn't have to be like and Misdreavus who would be recalled into their magic cards the moment Dark went to sleep or left the dormitory.

"That's indeed a good idea," Dark commended.

"Then, I'll leave it to you to take care of Honedge."

Although he immediately realized that Gatomon was aiming to completely dye Honedge in its magic energy, this was something he would actually be happy to see happen.

……

By the time everything was finally settled, it had struck one o'clock past midnight.

Without doing anymore things, Dark got into bed and quickly fell asleep.

The next morning, in a rare occurrence, he woke up later than usual, so he simply skipped his morning exercise.

A new week had arrived.

After Monday's classes ended, Dark went to the library with a clear objective in mind.

Most of the materials in his hands had yet to be converted into combat power.

The most intriguing among them was the living metal.

But in his plan, he would wait for the secret passage to reopen before finding a way to craft it into a special armor.

Until then, the goal was to obtain an access card and accumulate enough knowledge needed to craft it.

Aside from that, the bloodthirsty ax… had been given to Meowth as a replacement for the [].

In fact, Dark had currently not yet learned how to turn magic items into item cards, so he decided to keep it in Meowth's hands for the time being.

When he learned how to do it, he could just exchange it for another thing.

Then, the ones left were the lion fang, magic crystal coins and the eighteen-sided crystal.

He was set on using the lion fang to craft a lion-type magical spirit, but as for the magic crystal coins, he still had no idea.

As of current, the only one that was ready to be crafted was the eighteen-sided crystal.

Dark’s initial idea was to turn it into a dice with eighteen attributes. As for what the final result would be, it didn’t really matter.

According to Alvette's trinity armor crafting technique, only the armor made by oneself could be used for the craft.

Dark wanted to have a go at making a high-level armor so that he could gain some experience for his later use of the living metal.

"The first thing is to find the magic symbols that represent the eighteen attributes."

"The next is to pick out eighteen types of attribute materials that can be used to carve symbols on."

"Lastly…"

After spending quite a long time, Dark finally found a copy of 《(属性符号讲解)》 from the library.

He temporarily set aside other matters and put all his energy into studying 《Deciphering Attribute Symbols》.

After three days, he finally had a certain understanding of the twenty attribute symbols—including light and shadow—and the meanings behind them.

Although his understanding wasn't deep enough, he could only stop at this point.

During this period, he always put aside some time to practice wood carving. As his proficiency increased, his carving speed became progressively faster.

On Thursday night, he spent a lot of time crafting all the wooden carvings into armors.

Even though they were merely armors of the same level as [], they were very helpful in improving his armor crafting proficiency.

There were a total of thirteen magical spirits. Aside from Sylveon and Gatomon who already had their own, he needed to craft eleven more armors.

After all, he had to be fair to all of them.

Putting all his mind into it, Dark finally crafted these eleven wooden carvings into armors.

Among them, the one that belonged to Meowth was a small shield it had carved by itself. It was a pity that the small opening in the center that was intended to be inlaid with [Shield Turtle Jade] could only be filled by a magic crystal coin. Although the final product was on the same level as [], it could ultimately only be used as a toy.

But judging from its appearance, Meowth was obviously very happy and proud about it.

It made Dark feel happy as well.

Altogether, these eleven pieces of wooden armors cost him a total of 1.3 points of deadly sin.

Broken down, it was 0.8 points [], 0.3 points of [Lust], and 0.2 points of [Greed].

Coupled with the [Pride] and [Greed] that he had both extracted twice in these four nights, his remaining reserves were:

[Pride]: 8

[Lust]: 0

[Greed]: 3

……

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