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Chapter 418: Dark Demon’s Ritual Crafting
On the top of the spiral clock tower, Medea Bartholomew stood alone inside the pumpkin carriage.
She closed her eyes and stretched her right hand out of the window. Water-like ripples emerged from the tips of her fingers, accompanied by continuously flickering starlight.
Ever since Silver rushed out of the pumpkin carriage, Professor Medea had been using astrology to make adjustments to the ritual.
She was doing all she could to suppress the backlash of Professor Silver’s joining on the ritual so that it wouldn’t abruptly change and could proceed.
She knew very well that before the starlight representing Ophelia Bullard shone again, she had to make sure to maintain the overall progression of the ritual.
As for the rest, she could only leave it up to Professor Silver who had entered the ritual and Dark and the others who were already in it.
Fortunately, things didn’t continue to develop in a worse direction.
The "magic crafting" that was interrupted for some reason was suddenly reactivated, and everything seemed to be back in order!
But at this moment when accidents often occurred, Professor Medea did not dare to relax.
She immediately took over Ophelia Bullard's work and made emergency adjustments to the entire ritual, forcefully dragging the direction of the ritual back to its original course.
"It's finally back on track..."
Medea's forehead was faintly oozing with sweat.
Because tonight's matter concerned Ophelia Bullard's life, she had done a divination beforehand.
Although the result of the divination was still foggy, it was overall leaning towards positive.
She never expected so many errors to occur during this period.
"I hope nothing will go wrong..."
……
At the same time, Professor Silver, who turned into wind, had already whizzed into the secret passage.
She was incredibly fast, crossing all obstacles and arriving outside the demon king castle in just a few minutes.
After pausing outside for a moment, the wisp of breeze immediately rushed in and soon entered the hall.
The sight of [Wonderland] having occupied half of the hall took her aback, but then her eyes quickly turned to the other side of the hall.
"Dark, White, Robert, Tom..."
She first confirmed the safety of the students present, and then saw Ophelia Bullard lying quietly in the center of the blood magic circle.
Whoosh——
As the breeze swept in, Professor Silver materialized right next to Dark Demon and immediately asked, "What's the situation?"
……
Dark Demon was not surprised by Professor Silver's appearance.
He answered with a little relief, "The final crafting segment has been reactivated, but the direction of the ritual has changed."
Professor Silver lightly frowned and asked, "What's the change?"
Dark continued to observe the progression of the blood sacrifice and said, "The [demon king] needs to enter the vessel in order to be reborn."
"Demon king, vessel?" After doing a quick scan, Professor Silver almost immediately deciphered the meaning of Dark's words.
She couldn't help but look at Bastemon who was skillfully manipulating blood energy, a feeling of luck intermixed with fear flaring up in her heart.
It was precisely because she had deciphered the meaning of Dark's words that she could recognize the peril.
If it wasn’t for Dark's magical spirit having possessed the talent of Blood Magic and responding in time, Ophelia Bullard would’ve probably become a real corpse.
At this moment, her heartbeat was rapidly rising. It took a long time for her fright to subside.
All of a sudden, a strong blood-red light rose up from the blood magic circle which had been almost entirely redrawn in Ophelia's blood.
Under the effect of the magic circle, Ophelia Bullard's body slowly floated up.
White, who couldn’t help coming closer, nervously clenched his hands.
Ryan Hex lightly shook his cane, his expression unclear.
Robert unbudgingly stood aside, dripping with anxiety.
The sound of chanting drifting in the air suddenly turned hurried.
Little by little, an indistinct form came out of Ophelia Bullard's body under the effect of the blood sacrifice.
Although Ophelia Bullard's appearance could not be discerned from that form, it should undoubtedly be her soul.
A trace of nervousness appeared on Dark's face.
The next step could not afford even the slightest mistake.
Bastemon's expression was solemn. Having come into contact with the blood sacrifice method for the first time, she was walking on eggshells.
After successfully separating Ophelia Bullard's soul from her body, she drove it to merge into the blood energy, fuse with the blood to form a thin blood string, and then enter the jar containing Vlad the Vampire.
"Meow!"
Suddenly, her expression changed. After entering the jar, the blood string actually broke away from her control and plunged into the center of Vlad the Vampire's eyebrows!
A blood-red dot appeared between the eyebrows of the little baby curled up inside the jar.
"The crafting has started!"
Dark's resolute voice allowed Bastemon to relax her nerves.
The familiar crafting magic circle no. 1 bloomed from the center of the blood magic circle, instantly covering it and initiating the crafting process.
There was no doubt that the ritual had once again entered its final stage.
Next, they only had to wait quietly, and the "ritual crafting" that used the entire ritual as material would automatically start and proceed until the end.
——The original plan was indeed as such.
However, that was the crafting method intended for [Vlad the Vampire].
During the crafting process, [Vlad the Vampire]’s sense of self would be worn away, turning him into a magical spirit without any sense of self.
Even if Ophelia Bullard's soul completely replaced [Vlad the Vampire]'s soul and consciousness under the force of the ritual, it would similarly be worn away.
In order to preserve Ophelia Bullard's sense of self, Dark had to add a necessary ingredient—and that was [deadly sin]!
Although he was still uncertain about its principle, Dark knew very well that [deadly sin] could indeed play a role in preserving the sense of self.
The question now was how much to add and how to extract it.
As for the type of [deadly sin], the uncontested choice would be [Lust]. There was no doubt that [Lust] was the most suitable for vampires.
However, Dark didn't bring his magic brain dropper, so if he wanted to extract [Lust], he had to use another method.
Fortunately, he had the good habit of putting all available cards into his card pouch.
Thereby, he reached into his card pouch and pulled out a [flower card]!
The face of this [flower card] was dotted with fiery poppies, exuding a kind burning sacrificial beauty.
In regards to using [flower cards] to extract [Lust], Dark was already an expert at it.
The only problem was that the [Lust] that had been injected into the [flower card] was very difficult to reuse.
But relying on the driving force of the ritual itself, the [flower card] cast into the crafting magic circle should be forcibly dissolved and then absorbed.
To put it simply, now that the general trend had been established, the entire ritual would push for the successful crafting of the new magic card.
Dark took the [flower card] in his hand, pinched it with his fingers, and injected his magic energy.
With the injection of magic energy, the poppies on the flower card suddenly ignited with a flame-like red light.
Dark immediately stopped the injection, and then tossed out the [flower card].
[Flower cards] could absorb [Lust] through the transmission of magic energy.
But except for some special designs, an outburst would occur once the absorbed [Lust] exceeded 1 point.
Therefore, Dark meticulously controlled the output of [Lust] between 0.9 and 1 point to prevent an outburst from happening.
But a single piece of [flower card] was certainly not enough.
He looked at the crafting magic circle that had swallowed the poppy [flower card], and then quickly cast in the second and third [flower cards] that had been injected with [Lust].
One point of [deadly sin] could craft [deadly sin Ⅰ].
Three points of [deadly sin] could craft [deadly sin Ⅱ].
Ten points of [deadly sin] could craft [deadly sin Ⅲ].
Even after putting in three [flower cards] in succession, Dark still felt apprehensive. After careful consideration, he continued to add in eight [flower cards].
In this way, a total of eleven [flower cards] were cast in, with the [Lust] points contained in them just exceeding 10 points.
At last, Dark stopped his operation and put the last three [flower cards] back into his card pouch.
Originally, if [Lust Fruit] was used, only seven points of [Lust] would be needed to produce a fruit that could achieve the effect equaling ten points of [Lust].
But without any [Lust Fruit] at hand, he had no choice but to use a bit more Lust points.
It wasn’t until he stopped did Professor Silver finally ask, "Dark, what’s the purpose of adding in these eleven [flower cards]?"
As Dark's expression relaxed, he answered, "It’s to preserve Ophelia Bullard's sense of self."
Although he also had a way to make the magical spirit regain its sense of self after the magic card was successfully crafted, he always believed that the sense of self gained in that way was different from the original sense of self.
"It seems like there's no need for me to intervene much." Professor Silver couldn't help revealing a sincere smile, "With the ritual having progressed to this point, theoretically, there won't be any more variables popping out. Although the final result is a little different, Ophelia's soul and consciousness has ultimately been preserved. With this crafting, the demon king bloodline in Ophelia's body should’ve also been removed."
Dark nodded and said, "Next, we just have to wait for the ritual to end to extract Ophelia Bullard's soul and consciousness from the magic card, and then re-inject it into her body to revive her. But as for the follow-up, I can only leave it up to the professors."
"Don't worry." Professor Silver gratifiedly said, "This may seem difficult to others, but it’s not a big deal in Saint Marian Academy. I happen to know a professor who’s very proficient in the secret art of soul transfer. When the time comes, I’ll personally ask for his help."
"That's good."
Dark, too, finally put on a faint smile.
He turned to look at White and nodded at him.
White was so thrilled that his eyes instantly welled up with tears.
……
Under the force of the ritual, the rest of the crafting process went extremely smoothly.
When the final crafting was completed, "Vlad the Vampire" within the jar had been completely crafted—even the jar itself wasn’t left behind. The blood magic circle covered underneath the crafting magic circle no. 1 suddenly emitted a magnificent blood-red lightbeam, rushing straight to the sky.
Meanwhile, the crafting magic circle no. 1 swiftly vanished, leaving behind only a slowly rotating blood sphere amidst the lightbeam. The blood-red light emitted by the blood magic circle was then rapidly absorbed by the blood sphere.
Very quickly, the lightbeam dimmed down and disappeared, all the blood-red light absorbed by the blood sphere.
When Dark slightly reached out his hand, the blood sphere fell into his palm, as if possessing consciousness.
Originally, this step should’ve been done by Bastemon, but she had reached her time limit during the crafting process, so it was now up to her master to take over the job.
After moving the blood sphere to his left hand, Dark took out his magic pen with his right hand, injected his magic energy while tapping on the top of the blood sphere, and then swiped down and cut out a crack.
As the blood sphere bloomed outward along the crack like a flower, a blood-red magic card appeared in the center of his palm.
Dark carefully picked up the magic card, and then turned back to glance at the people around him, his gaze briefly pausing on Professor Ryan Hex before retracting.
Professor Silver restrained her emotions and said, "Let’s check it first."
Dark nodded, injecting his magic energy into the magic card with utmost caution.
Because this magic card wasn't crafted using the standard blank magic card, its overall style was completely different from that of ordinary magic cards.
The back of the magic card was as crimson as blood, depicting a blood pattern with the characteristics of the Blood Race.
On the front side, the borders were framed in gray, with a bat's wing on each side.
The face of the card was also drenched in blood red, covering what was inside.
It wasn’t until Dark injected his magic energy that the spread of blood red was pulled apart like a curtain, revealing the actual scene.
In it, Ophelia Bullard was sitting with an awkward expression.
But seeing her with such a lively expression, Dark couldn't help but smile.
If she felt embarrassed, then so be it!
Anyway, it wasn't him who felt embarrassed!
Dark observed Ophelia Bullard's appearance with a happy look. After being crafted into a magical spirit, except for the delicate features of her face, the rest of her appearance had undergone a pretty big change.
The most obvious was that her originally jet-black long hair, which had gradually turned blood red over time, had now turned into a cherry blossom pink color.
With pink hair and red eyes, her face appeared to look younger, but her skin was still sickly pale.
She had a pair of fine bat wings and was clad in a black dress with red lining. A black parasol with fangs as its ribs hung diagonally by her side.
Ophelia Bullard, who was reborn with [Vlad the Vampire] as her foundation, had undoubtedly become a real vampire—at least, before her soul was transferred back to her body, she still had to continue to live as a vampire.
As for the name of the magic card, it was [Vampire Fraulein(吸血鬼千金)].
This magic card named [Vampire Fraulein] exuded a faint golden halo. It was an authentic golden card.
However, its level was lower than Dark had expected—it was only a 7-star golden card.
This was truly unexpected.
Dark originally thought that it would be at least an 8-star, or possibly a 9-star.
……
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