Otaku Translation: The villain only wants to live a Buddhist life Chapter 366

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Chapter 366: Abracadabra, Simsalabim, Please Grant My Wish!

A full quarter of an hour later, the reaction inside the magic card finally ceased.

The light curtain hovering on the surface had completely sunk into the magic card, and an image of an eighteen-sided dice subsequently appeared on the face of the card.

Just as imagined, it was a white dice engraved with eighteen symbols of different colors.

Dark reached out and picked up the magic card, injecting a wisp of magic energy into it.

Based on what the feedback of information from the magic card told him, the name of this magic card seemed to be... (如意骰子)?

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　　[Card name: Wish-Granting Dice]

　　[Type: Item card]

　　[Effect: When cast, according to the attribute symbol facing upwards, the dice will unleash a transformation ultimate of corresponding attribute.]

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Getting an idea in mind, Dark immediately used the Normal Summoning Spell to summon it.

The moment he touched the dice, it gave off a faint cold feeling.

He glanced around. Except for floating above his head, the other magical spirits were either on their little beds craning out their heads or poking out their heads from the edge of the big bed, all lined up in an utterly heartening sight.

And thus right there and then, he threw the Wish-Granting Dice into the air and recited an incantation:

"Abracadabra, simsalabim, please grant my wish!"

As the Wish-Granting Dice spun in the air, the attribute symbols on its eighteen sides lit up one after another. Amidst the intertwining black and white lights, eighteen shades of multicolor lights swirled and sparkled, colorful and dazzling like neon lights.

When it came to an abrupt stop, aside from the symbol on the side that was facing upward, the rest of the symbols were successively extinguished.

The remaining attribute was...

"Normal, huh?"

Several normal-type transformation ultimates instantly flashed in Dark's mind.

These so-called transformation ultimates generally referred to those ultimates that could not inflict direct damage.

Every single ultimate of this type had zero power. Nevertheless, there were some that could indirectly cause damage to the opponent by inflicting abnormal status.

In general, transformation ultimates included but weren't limited to: changing the opponent's or one's own stats, inflicting the opponent with abnormal status or status alterations, restoring one's own physical strength, changing the weather, changing the state of the field, and dispelling abnormal status from oneself and one's own team.

Both 's [] and 's [] fell into the category of normal-type transformation ultimates.

After Wish-Granting Dice determined the attribute, Dark instantly felt himself losing a huge amount of magic energy.

This could basically be regarded as a feature of the [armor card], so he wasn't too surprised about it.

What slightly took him aback was that after absorbing a large amount of magic energy, the Wish-Granting Dice exploded into a cloud of smoke with a "bang"!

When he looked at it again, a tiny magical spirit had actually emerged from the smoke!

Although the magical spirit was only a vague form about the size of a palm, Dark could still recognize its outline at a glance: "Is it Gengar(耿鬼), or Clefable(皮可西)?"

Immediately afterwards, an extremely ominous premonition suddenly arose in his heart.

As the blurry shadow in the smoke abruptly turned around, a ray of white light shot out from within the fog.

Dark only had time to raise his hand to block it before the white light engulfed his entire body.

It wasn't until then that the name of the transformation ultimate appeared in his mind due to the feedback of magic energy. However, it was too late.

→[]!

By the time he realized, Dark had already turned into a palm-sized mini human.

Although his power didn't correspondingly decrease and had instead been compressed inside his body along with the shrinkage of his size, the sudden enlargement of the surrounding environment still made him feel panicked.

Especially when he saw the magical spirits with a bright gleam in their wide open eyes successively coming out from underneath the quilt with burning curiosity.

All at once, Dark realized… he was done for!

……

"Stop licking, stop licking, I'll be completely drenched if you don't stop licking!"

Bearing the magical spirits' onslaught of tongues with a sullen face, Dark secretly swore in his heart that when he returned to his original state, he would make sure to rub them all bald!

……

[Minimize: Shrink the user's body, thereby greatly improving the rate of evasion.]

……

The effect of [Minimize] didn’t last very long.

Merely one and a half minute later, Dark felt a surge of magic energy as his entire body rapidly grew in size and quickly returned to its original state.

He swiftly picked up Sylveon, who had been the most fervent in licking him, and started rubbing it vigorously.

"Mi~~~~♥"

The blissful cry echoed throughout the long night.

……

After Dark finished his revenge, he casually tossed Sylveon to the bed.

Then, he once again picked up the magic card of [Wish-Granting Dice] and injected his magic energy to continue studying it.

After it had been used once, the face of the [Wish-Granting Dice] card turned ash-gray.

Thereafter, just like a magical spirit card, it would need to replenish its magic energy.

Once its magic energy was replenished, it was still necessary to wait for a certain period of time before it could be used again.

This waiting time should be at least more than half an hour.

Otherwise, it would cause damage to the magic card.

The more frequently it was used, the more serious the damage to the magic card would be.

"What an interesting armor card. It can create miracles at the critical moments."

After looking at it for a long time, Dark suddenly realized:

"Emmm, be that as it may, isn't it actually a downgraded version of the skill Metronome(挥指)?"

……

[Metronome: Randomly select and unleash one ultimate from all existing ultimates by waving a finger to stimulate one's brain.]

……

"But it's fine. The fact that it's limited to transformation ultimates makes it more useful than Metronome"

"At least there won't be any particularly serious consequences during the backlash. It can also add some fun to the duel competition."

"Mhm, let me think about it, do I really want to use this during a duel competition?"

"Doesn't it seem like a death-seeking act?"

"Hahaha."

Since it was a weighty issue, Dark decided to think about it tomorrow.

He cleaned up the remnants of the experiment as quickly as possible, made a written record, and then used the magic brain dropper to extract the last drop of [] of the month before getting into bed.

Tonight, what he extracted was still [].

……

Sunday morning.

Dark woke up to the growling of the lion grass.

He opened his eyes, pushed aside the paw pads on his face, and saw the lion grass groaning the moment he turned his head.

Although the gag was still firmly lodged in its mouth, it persisted on desperately churning out sounds through the gap to express its protest.

However, looking at the intensity of its struggle, it was clear that it wasn't as frenzied as yesterday.

As a thought flashed in his mind, Dark flung open his quilt, walked to the iron cage, and scratched the paw pad of the lion grass. Its front paw instantly jerked back—but of course it failed to dodge.

"Has it really become normal? Does [deadly sin] actually have such a function?"

After thinking for a moment, Dark removed the gag from its mouth.

But as soon as the gag was pulled out, the lion grass began roaring again.

But just by hearing the sound, it was obvious that its cry had become less frenzied.

"Seems like it's feasible."

Dark couldn't help letting out a smile. Then, he put the gag back in its mouth.

The main reason for not immediately removing the lion grass' restraints was to protect the shoot on its head.

Next, Dark once again used the magic brain dropper to draw two points of [] from the worm branch, slipped it in through the corner of the lion grass' mouth, and squeezed [Pride] into its mouth.

After ingesting these two points of [Pride], the lion grass once again fell into a "half-asleep half-awake" state.

It gave the impression that its brain had indeed been affected by [Pride] and was gradually changing for the better at this very moment.

The shoot on top of its head was also growing perfectly normally, slowly sprouting out a flower bud.

"Looking at this, it seems that I can inject the last two points of [Pride] by this evening."

"When the time comes, I'll harvest the [] and continue to treat it with another [deadly sin] depending on the situation. Perhaps it'll be possible to really cure its brain."

Seeing that he had grasped a clue on how to deal with the lion grass, Dark suddenly felt enlightened.

During the daytime, he asked the magical spirits to take the other four cat grasses for a nice stroll in the flower garden outside the castle, simultaneously using the chance to improve their relationship with the newcomer dragon grass.

Now that he had five cat grasses at home, let alone the amount of time and energy required to raise them, even the monthly cost of the "" potion alone was rather high.

Fortunately, Miltank was there to help him take care of the cat grasses. Otherwise, Dark wouldn't be able to be so relaxed.

……

The effect of [Pride] was digested and absorbed by the lion grass faster than expected.

Around evening, it had already become revitalized again.

After confirming that it had become more normal, Dark squeezed the last two points of [Pride] into its mouth.

In the count of minutes, the sprout on top of its head that had been facing downward blossomed and bore fruit in the form of a dark golden [Pride Fruit]!

Very carefully, Dark plucked off this somewhat special [Pride Fruit] as he debated on whether or not to immediately start crafting a lion-type magical spirit. As a result, he suddenly found that the lion grass had gone stiff again.

This time, it looked as if it had lost its soul, becoming very sluggish and making him couldn't help but to feel worried.

Fortunately, this bout of sluggishness didn't last very long.

A few minutes later, the lion grass' eyes turned vibrant. Ever since he bought it from up until just now, Dark had never seen such a vibrant look in its eyes.

It seemed as though its "madness" had been uprooted along with the harvesting of the [Pride Fruit], completely disappearing without a trace.

This phenomenon was very obvious—so much so that it made Dark look back and forth between the lion grass and the [Pride Fruit] in his hand, his originally relaxed mood sinking all at once.

"Could this have happened because the [Pride Fruit] had absorbed the trait that caused the lion grass to go mad during the process of its growth?"

"If so, does this [Pride Fruit] contain the madness trait?"

Despite thinking as such, Dark had no way to prove it.

He put the [Pride Fruit] on the table and tried injecting his magic energy to probe it, but he couldn't perceive any difference.

"Are you going to let it out?"

It wasn't until landed next to him and said this while pointing at the lion grass did Dark finally come back to his senses.

"Let it out and take good care of it."

"Okay!"

DemiDevimon promptly flew to the iron cage and released the poor lion grass from the cage.

"Meow meow~"

"Moo moo~"

"Chirp chirp~"

"Rawr rawr~"

The four other cat grasses cautiously came closer, as if welcoming a new friend.

After shaking its head, the lion grass quickly joined the circle of its companions with a spirited look.

The atmosphere in the bedroom gradually became more lively.

……

"What must come, shall come."

"I can't just keep setting it aside."

"Isn't the very purpose of experiment to verify the truth?"

After half an hour of pondering, Dark finally made a decision.

He promptly began to prepare the experimental materials in an orderly manner.

There was still plenty of time tonight, more than enough to craft a magical spirit.

For the past two days, he had already thoroughly thought about the experiment he was about to carry out.

"The crafting method is [Bird & Beast-type—light attribute]."

"The core materials are [Pride Fruit] and []."

"For this type of crafting, the deadly sin fruit has always played the supplementary role."

"What I need to prepare are: , , Active Egg Liquid(活性蛋液), ..."

"Basically, it's the same crafting process as when I crafted []."

"The primary goal is the embodiment of the sun—Coronamon!"

……

Even though he had gotten very proficient at this kind of experiment, Dark still did it with the utmost caution.

After crafting a blank magic card into a semi-finished product, he stopped for a moment, picked out a bottle of powder from the experimental materials, and proceeded to mix it into a bottle of "ink".

The bottle of powder was made by dehydrating and then grinding the core material of a lion-type monster.

Because it contained the lion trait, using it to inscribe crafting magic circle No. 1 could better steer the outcome of the crafting towards a lion-type magical spirit.

So far, everything was going very smoothly.

But while doing the experiment, Dark couldn't shake off his underlying worry.

The possible "madness trait" within the [Pride Fruit] made him feel uneasy.

"Don't be distracted!"

After soaking the tip of his magic energy pen in "lion ink" for a few minutes, Dark cautioned himself not to think too much and waited until he had completely calmed down before starting to inscribe crafting magic circle No. 1.

"Groar!"

The roar the lion grass let out while playing with the other cat grasses made his whole body jerk, nearly flushing all his efforts down the drain.

Fortunately, his right hand's grip on the pen was still as stable as a rock.

With an abrupt finish, the inscription of crafting magic circle No. 1 was completed.

He activated crafting magic circle No. 1 according to the plan, put in [saliva] and other supplementary materials, and then poured the most important [Pride Fruit]-fermented juice into the crafting magic circle for crafting, leaving the lion fang that was dug out from the treasure chest for last!

In fact, Dark wasn't too sure about the quality of this lion fang.

It might be of higher quality than the two-headed demonic being, or it might also be the other way round.

Oftentimes, we couldn't judge the true value of an item from its appearance.

But no matter what, since the experiment had already reached this step, there was no more chance of going back.

He released his grip and let the lion fang fall into the light array.

Plop——

The ripples spread out in circles, as if constantly expanding the possibilities.

At least on the surface, this round of magic crafting did not end in failure.

……

Dark waited for the magic card to form a light cocoon, and then cut it open with a mercury knife after three minutes had passed.

A mud-like liquid mixture spilled out from the light cocoon.

He used tweezers to take out the magic card, rinsed it, and then put it back onto the table that had been wiped clean.