Otaku Translation: The villain only wants to live a Buddhist life Chapter 374

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Chapter 374: (魔导书记)

Anyway, they were all materials of little use, so of course he would put in as much as he could.

As Dark continued tossing in the materials, he inadvertently recalled the situation when he crafted [] last year.

He couldn't help but smile, thereafter flicking a little bit of inside.

As a result, in that instance, the crafting magic circle no. 1 shone brightly, its reaction becoming obviously intense.

"Is it enough?"

As a switch flicked in his mind, Dark immediately concentrated and used his magic energy to adjust it.

Just a moment later, all the materials were sucked into the light array.

Subsequently, the crafting magic circle no. 1 rapidly shrank.

But the materials this time were clearly way too diverse. Even after the crafting magic circle began to shrink, it took quite a lot of time to continue smelting.

Afterwards, a large amount of impurities was spat out.

The pitch-black filthy mixture of solid and liquid impurities was so foul smelling that all the magic spirits cried out in distress.

glanced at the experimental table with disgust, and then opened the window with its ribbon-like feeler to quickly ventilate the room.

It wasn't until a few minutes later that the magic card finally formed into the anticipated light cocoon.

Dark quietly wiped his sweat, put down the hand covering his nose, and prepared to draw the lottery!

……

The magical spirit Dark was hoping for the most was of course , one of the three starters in the first Pokémon series. After all, it was part of childhood memories and had an added sentimental value.

But magic crafting was never as simple as getting whatever you wished for.

He held his breath, took out the from the shelf, and cut open the light cocoon. Immediately, a pool of even more fetid black water gushed out of it.

"What on earth has been crafted here?"

Dark hurriedly covered his nose again, using only one hand to get a tweezers to carefully pick out the magic card from the black water and rinsing it under the faucet.

After the stains on the surface of the magic card were gradually washed away, a trace of light shone through.

It was the purple light that rarely came out among the magical spirit cards crafted by Dark!

White, blue, purple, orange, golden.

Among these five colors, the quality of the purple card was just average.

But in fact, Dark was already very satisfied with it.

"To be able to craft a purple card using only these materials, it seems that my luck in magic crafting is really pretty good."

Dark was so happy that he couldn't wait to bring the magic card covered with water droplets in front of him.

"This is?"

Upon seeing the face of the magic card, Dark abruptly frowned.

The image displayed on the card wasn't any of the magical spirits he had previously guessed.

"Lately, I keep feeling like there's a lot of things out of my grasp."

Dark couldn't help but rub the center of his brows, gradually relaxing them.

Then, he put down the magic card and quickly cleaned up the filthy smelly things on the table.

Tidy up the tabletop first, and then check the magic card.

No rush.

……

A few minutes later, he once again picked up the magic card that went beyond his expectations.

What was displayed on the card was actually a magic book that looked quite similar to the emblem of Magister House!

He originally wanted to use the skin to craft a frog type magical spirit, but what ultimately became the "core" seemed to be the book 《》 itself?

Although he totally couldn't understand the principle, to do it so casually and still end up with a successful crafting was already lucky enough.

But this magical spirit that looked like a magic book—just what kind of function would it have?

Dark first thought of [] who was also an "item", and then thought of the Pokémon [] (托洛姆), making him have more expectations for this magical spirit that looked like a magic book.

"I can finally study it properly."

Dark injected his magic energy into the magic card and promptly received its feedback.

……

　　[Card name: ]

　　[Type: ]

　　[Level: ✪✪]

　　[Race: ]

　　[Attribute: fairy-type]

　　[Magic energy: 1000]

　　[Attack: 0]

　　[Defense: 0]

　　[Ultimate: (自动书记), (自动召唤)]

……

"A 2-star magical spirit named [Magical Scribe], is it?"

"This should be my second 2-star magical spirit. It can actually make up for the lack of 2-star sacrifices."

"The magic energy is 1000, which is the peak value for a 2-star."

"The attack and defense is 0, which means it's completely unsuitable for direct combat."

"But it's not like this kind of magic book can directly participate in battle anyway. It must be an auxiliary type."

"Let me see, its two ultimates..."

The most important elements of magical spirit cards were their star rankings and ultimates.

Ultimates were the key that determined whether or not a magical spirit card was useful, while the star ranking was the key that determined whether or not the ultimates would be effective.

Dark first looked at the first ultimate—[John's Pen]!

"The name of this ultimate reminds me of a certain magical book library with one hundred and three thousand grimoires… I wonder if it has the function of automatically casting magic?"

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[John's Pen: Can automatically record text, images and other information.]

▲

"That's it?"

"Isn't this basically the same as getting a notebook with automatic transcription?"

After figuring out the function of [John's Pen], Dark couldn't stop his expression from darkening.

But only three seconds later, he had a shift of mind and suddenly became happy again. "Being able to automatically record text and images—that doesn't seem too bad?"

In fact, this ultimate was very shoddy for a normal magister with average capacity of magic energy.

But for Dark, whose magic energy recovery rate alone was enough to offset the magic energy consumption of his magical spirits, it was equivalent to actually having an automatic recording machine!

Furthermore, he could even use [] to awaken its intelligence.

Once the intelligence of this [Magical Scribe] was raised to a level close to human, it would be far from being as simple as an automatic recording machine—at the very least, it would be an automatic writing machine!

An automatic writing machine would make people feel deadly envious!

This was equivalent to evolving from a paper notebook to a computer!

When he thought of this, Dark faintly felt as though he had found a treasure.

"No hurry, there's still another ultimate!"

Resisting the urge to immediately use the [deadly sin card], Dark looked at the second ultimate—[Auto Summon]!

[Auto Summon]—the name of this ultimate would initially cause people to have an unrealistic expectation.

But with [John's Pen] as a precedent, Dark's mindset had become a lot calmer. Thus, he didn't feel any disappointment after figuring out its function.

Instead, he even felt quite delighted.

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[Auto Summon: Record a summoning spell which can be used to do a summoning in the magister's stead. The subject of recording is limited to the magister themself.]

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"Recording summoning spell, automatic summoning... This is really great! As long as I record the Normal Summoning Spell, I'll no longer have to spend nearly half an hour to summon [Leomon] in the future."

Dark first thought about the convenience it would bring to his daily life, and only afterwards did he begin to ponder about the duel aspect.

He immediately realized that the ultimate [Auto Summon] would also be quite useful in duels.

According to the information description, the summoning spell recorded in [Magical Scribe] must be something mastered by the magister themself.

Even though each summoning would consume 100 points of magic energy, the summoning speed and CD time would be consistent with the subject of recording—the magister themself.

If what was recorded was "Normal Summoning Spell", it meant that the speed of normal summoning would be twice as fast. He could even consider using Normal Summoning Spell to summon a 4-star magical spirit!

If what was recorded was "tribute summoning", it meant that he could entrust the task of "tribute summoning" to [Magical Scribe], or, in the situation where there were enough sacrifices, summon two high ranking magical spirits at the same time.

In addition, no matter which summoning spell was used, it could free up more decision-making time for the magister.

Making good use of [Magical Scribe] would definitely greatly increase his combat power.

"But now the question is, with 0 attack and defense power, will [Magical Scribe] be able to survive in the duel arena for long?"

"How long is the CD time for [Auto Summon] to switch its recorded summoning spell?"

"Let's first summon it and take a look!"

Thinking so, Dark immediately used Normal Summoning Spell to summon [Magical Scribe].

The [Magical Scribe] emerging within the summoning light was about the size of a 4K paper and more than three centimeters thick. It was completely different from 《Blood Sacrifice》, its core material.

But when Dark held it in his hand, he didn't feel the slightest weight.

Just like its race, fairy-type, this [Magical Scribe] was a spirit of the grimoire. It looked solid and sturdy on the surface, but was in fact illusory and intangible.

With just a little force, his fingers passed through the book.

It could be seen that it was switching between virtual and real states.

This form was akin to a ghost, naturally possessing an extreme immunity to physical attacks.

And without needing to test it out, he could guess that its spell resistance was most probably correspondingly low.

In actual combat, he could keep [Magical Scribe] by his side, but in the duel arena, it was comparable to a magic ball—an object that needed to be protected.

Fortunately, its size of a 4K paper wasn't overly big, and its incorporeal property could also allow it to hide in some small gaps to protect itself.

……

"In the name of Dark Demon, magic summon!"

As a brilliant dark golden light illuminated the bedroom, a light sphere of [Pride] floated out of the surface of [Pride I] and instantly plunged into [Magical Scribe].

Just a moment later, the grimoire that was floating motionlessly in the palm of his hand began to tremble violently.

It was as if an ancient creature who had been sealed inside a glacier was awakening from its eternal slumber after the glacier melted.

A connection between mind and body was taking place.

[Magical Scribe] had gained the hard-to-obtain intelligence!

Although Dark had already grown accustomed to it, granting a pseudo-life form the intelligence of a higher life form was indelibly a power that was akin to a miracle.

And amidst this miracle, [Magical Scribe] was ushered into a new life!

This magical spirit, who in actual battles could at best assist in summoning, had achieved a comprehensive upgrade in value!

"Magical Scribe 0001, hereby offer my loyalty to master!"

What made Dark extremely surprised was that despite not being a magical spirit from Digimon, it actually mastered the ability of "language" right after awakening its intelligence.

Although its voice was mechanical and unnatural like an AI, it was clearly speaking out of its own will.

"0001 is such a mouthful, let's just call you 01, Zero One."

"Yes, master. I am Zero One, I am Zero One, beep beep beep, beep beep beep."

"..."

Watching the Magical Scribe happily dancing in circles in the air, Dark suddenly realized that beneath its "intellectual" appearance, it was most probably hiding a "goofy" soul.

He pondered for a moment before suddenly asking, "Zero One, now that you have the ability to discern sounds, can you convert them into written record?"

"I can try, I can try, beep beep beep!"

"Attempt failed, attempt failed, beep beep beep!"

So noisy!

Dark quickly asked, "What's the reason for the failure?"

Magical Scribe immediately responded, "Report to master, Zero One is illiterate, beep beep beep!"

"Oh right!"

Dark took a deep breath. This was indeed a problem.

But who could've thought a book would actually be illiterate?

"Seems like I'll have to teach it from scratch again. But since Magical Scribe can automatically record text and images, it shouldn't be bad at learning. Now there's another question..."

Dark couldn't help but look at Magical Scribe who was still spinning in circles as he randomly picked up a pen from the table. "Zero One, can you record real-life images, such as... this pen!"

"I can try, I can try, beep beep beep!"

Magical Scribe finally stopped spinning. It automatically opened to the first page, and then started recording while facing the pen.

The process of recording was just like the process of sketching.

On that page, an entire pen was drawn at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Aside from the fact that it was colorless and two-dimensional, even the smallest details were exactly the same!

This was more than just a sketch—it was practically a photograph!

"Excellent!"

At this moment, Dark had a new understanding of Magical Scribe.

The function of [John's Pen] was much more powerful than he had imagined.

In the future, whether it was taking study notes or sketching landscapes, everything would become much easier.

He could also save time on drawing when coming across murals that needed to be recorded.

Through some education, if [Magical Scribe] could gain the ability to process these graphic information, it could undergo a further transformation.

"Always stick with me from now on."

"Thank you, master... Hmph! It's not like I'm happy because I can be with master all the time! Beep beep beep! Beep beep beep!"

"Mhm? Still under the influence of [Pride], huh? That's fine. Now let's test the function of [Auto Summon]."

……

The testing of [Auto Summon] was very simple.

Dark took [Magical Scribe]'s magic card in his hand, injected his magic energy, formed a magic circle, and proceeded to cast "Normal Summoning Spell".

The moment the summoning succeeded, it was completely recorded by [Magical Scribe].

From now on, [Magical Scribe] would always perform Auto Summon using this template until the summoning spell was switched.

With this function, it would be very convenient to successively summon the magical spirits in the dormitory or other places.

The limitation was that only one summoning spell could be recorded at a time.

Furthermore, the CD time for switching between summoning spells was as long as one hour, making it basically impossible to switch as he pleased.

But even so, it was already a very useful ultimate.

Even with a bunch of "junks", he was able to craft such a rare and useful magical spirit. He really should stop asking for too much!

"A man who's never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant."

The smile on Dark's face gradually bloomed.

"Beep beep beep! Beep beep beep!"

"In the name of Dark Demon, magic summon——[]!"

……