The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

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　The remaining magical spirits that can be evolved using "Greed IV" will not undergo much change.

　Therefore, after this test, he rejoined Professor Kazel and Professor Harvey's laboratory to continue his research into the mysteries of "Golden Power" and "Death Power".

　The final result wasn't that important; he had already learned a lot from the research process he conducted with the two professors.

　Of course, it would be even better if we could gain something from it.

　In just two short days, Professor Kazel had gained a considerable understanding of the "Golden Transmutation Array." He cut off a portion from the "Golden Mummy," used that material to make a disc inscribed with the "Golden Transmutation Array," and then placed a "Golden Core" in the center of the disc as the array's eye.

　This time, the magical artifact they created, the "Golden Disc," successfully activated a portion of the power of the "Golden Alchemy Array," turning a piece of experimental material into gold!

　Although the gold reverted back to raw material in less than three or four seconds, the experimental material did indeed transform into gold during those three or four seconds.

　This alone surpasses the previous "gilding" device. This shows that Professor Kazel has a basic understanding of the core principles of the "Gold Alchemy Array," but his understanding is not yet deep enough.

　But this breakthrough from scratch means that a complete analysis is only a matter of time.

　Moreover, it will most likely not take long for him to completely decipher the "Golden Alchemy Array"!

　Maybe Dak will get a taste of the soup too...

　In the past, he wouldn't have had this confidence, but Ergan's "Blessing of Wisdom" had indeed raised his intelligence, giving him the hardware to understand the Golden Alchemy Circle. He didn't expect to be able to completely analyze the Golden Alchemy Circle like Professor Kazel.

　He only needs to understand the most basic part, that's enough.

　After all, his heart contains the [Golden Seed], which already allows him to use it.

　[Golden Power].

　As long as he understands the basics, he will most likely be able to do it in a short time.

　Turning stone into gold

　Meanwhile, Professor Harvey's research on the [Power of Death] also...

　A breakthrough has been achieved.

　Although the power of the [King of Heroes] is called the [Power of Death],

　That was actually just a temporary name for Dak; it was itself a kind of thing between life and death.

　The special power between them.

　Professor Harvey extracted a portion of the [dead] from the [diamond-shaped black diamond].

　Death

　The force successfully transformed a dead white mouse into a special being "between life and death".

　After careful examination, Dark confirmed that the Heroic Spirit was at least related to the [King of Heroes].

　They look about 80% alike!

　After Professor Harvey confirmed it, he burst into laughter and continued his research.

　Their interest in investigating this matter grew even stronger.

　The most unique aspect of the Golden King's (Golden Power) and the Hero King's (Death Power) is that they are not divine powers, but they possess power comparable to that of gods.

　It is evident that the "Golden King" and the "Heroic King" must have been based on these two powers, communicating the laws to forge their divine status.

　They certainly possess further authority.

　However, no divine power was used when creating the "Golden Elemental Seed" and the "Heroic Spirit".

　There are two main guesses about Dac.

　The first possibility is that both the "Golden Elemental Seeds" and the "Heroic Spirits" were created before they became gods, which is why divine power wasn't used. The second possibility is that divine power wasn't used to avoid (Ragnarok).

　Those "golden men" who emerged from the coffin like the "Golden King" are nearly immortal, much like the "heroic spirits" who exist between life and death. If they were divine creations, they would find it difficult to survive during Ragnarok.

　Since they are not gods, if they are destroyed, they are truly dead. Unlike the "Golden King" and the "Heroic King," they have no possibility of resurrection.

　Just like now, they have both come back to life.

　It is not divine power, but it is comparable to divine power.

　There is nothing in this world more suitable for mortals to study than these.

　If they can thoroughly study this, Professor Kazel and Professor Harvey might even be able to retrace the two paths to divinity trodden by the "Golden King" and the "Heroic King."

　After all, the path of magic and divinity is still in its infancy, and Professors Kazel and Harvey both have achievements outside of magic.

　Just like Principal Arte, who possessed magical powers, they too could choose to follow the path they were good at.

　However, given the current situation, both Professor Cazell and Professor Harvey prefer to consider those two paths as "backup plans," as a second option if the path of magical divinity proves unfeasible.

　After all, the path of magic and divine power was groundbreaking.

　Dak himself prefers to forge his own path rather than follow in the footsteps of those who came before him.

　The research continued until 2 a.m. before the group finally dispersed. If they didn't have classes the next day, the professors would never have stopped. Dark, diligently absorbing the vast amount of knowledge he had learned from the professors, returned to his dormitory after saying goodnight to everyone.

　Although it's good to strike while the iron is hot, there are simply too many topics he wants to research.

　That night, he completely forgot about his research on "Pride IV" until he returned to his dormitory.

　But it was already 2 a.m., so it was obviously impossible to pick up the research and continue.

　Dak could only convince himself to "talk about it tomorrow," and then he meditated and fell asleep.

　The following Monday was the second Monday after summer camp began.

　Dak slept until 7:20 before getting up. He quickly washed up and had breakfast, then grabbed his bag and ran to the classroom.

　Today's lesson won't cover magical theory; instead, it will focus on the "New Rules of Duel"! The second-year instructors are Professor Cazell and Professor Pavajohns. Due to their excellent reputations within St. Marian Academy, many upperclassmen want to attend their classes.

　However, their own professors were also giving lectures on the "New Rules of Duel" on the same day... They could easily skip their own professors' classes and come to the second year anyway, so they had no choice but to give up.

　As soon as Dak entered the classroom, a commotion arose. The students were very excited.

　Although the learning content of the previous week was also very important, it was indeed not as attractive to them as the "duel".

　Among the second-year summer camp participants, besides Dark, there were only two boys, Witt and Klein. They naturally huddled together, and their chatter grew louder and louder as their emotions rose, almost matching Robert's.

　Dark walked into the classroom and sat down in the same row as Diana and Rose.

　This morning's theory class covered the "New Rules of Duel," while the afternoon's practical class was our first dueling practice since summer camp began.

　Although most students had practiced dueling outside of class, this was the first time they had done it in class.

　Of course, there are also people like Dark who have never practiced the new duels at all.

　The "new rules of dueling" explained by Professors Cazell and Jones are certainly not just the basic rules of dueling; they tend to talk more about how to expand from the basic rules to make dueling more "free".

　That's right, today's theme is "freedom".

　Previously prohibited behaviors in magical duels have been completely overturned and restarted after the "New Duel Rules" were announced.

　If a duelist fails to correct their ingrained thought patterns in time, they are likely to suffer a great loss in subsequent duels.

　The simplest example is "view occlusion".

　In previous magical duels, it was not allowed to intentionally obstruct the opponent's vision.

　The current dueling rules completely lack this provision; duelists can obstruct their opponent's vision without any problem, even by throwing lime or sand.

　Among the duelists' magical spirits, many possess ultimate moves that can be executed with ease.

　at this point.

　The only difference lies in whether the duelists have made prior arrangements.

　In short, today's theory class exists to help students correct their thinking and break through existing frameworks.

　The second-year students were clearly quite familiar with this as well.

　Before the class even started, they were already scrambling to discuss how to exploit loopholes in the rules.

　Diana and Rose were also chattering away. Dark, on the other hand, turned his head to look out the window, quietly enjoying his handsome appearance. Today, it wasn't really the students' turn to shine.

　At five minutes to eight, footsteps suddenly began to approach.

　The perceptive students instinctively stopped talking and turned to look towards the door.

　Before long, a group of elderly professors with gray hair poured in through the back door. Then, starting from the last row, they neatly filled all the seats in the back.

　Among the group of older professors, there were a few younger ones, but they were all graduates who had stayed on at the university in the last two years.

　Dark also spotted the senior who had won the championship in the previous Easter Duel Festival, along with him, in the upper and lower grade groups.

　In addition, senior student Debranel, a recent graduate of the Magic Academy, was also among them.

　They were hardly noticeable among the group of elderly professors. The second-year students stared wide-eyed at these professors who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, completely bewildered.

　"Wait, isn't that Professor Armstrong sitting by the window? I think I've seen his picture in the textbook."

　"And that round-faced old man sitting in the last row, could he be Professor Alfred?"

　"My God, isn't that Professor Gatling?! I just finished reading his biography!"

　The second-year students subconsciously lowered their voices and chatted with each other.

　After all, the professors they specifically mentioned were all accomplished and respectable figures in the field of magic.

　It is very impolite to call them by their names in front of them like this.

　"Where did they come from? Are they all here to teach us?" Dark heard Klein say very quietly.

　Then Witt said, "That shouldn't be the case. I heard that many professors who weren't very good at dueling before will be coming out... They should be 'students' like us."

　Klein stammered, "Professor Gatling, if we're students together, what about the dueling practice this afternoon? Are we going to have to attend classes with these professors?"

　Witt paused, then quietly swallowed, muttering, "Probably not, the students and professors should be divided into groups... and aren't there still a lot of upperclassmen?"

　"Ha." Klein relaxed considerably after being reminded. "That's true. The practical classes are all together. Even if we weren't divided into groups, there would be upperclassmen to cover for us. Oh dear, what a pity. I was hoping to get to work with my dream professor—"

Chapter 1122 Ordinary Victories No Longer Apply (4k)

　Professors are a treasure. That's beyond doubt.

　Even though some of them are not good at fighting, some are pure theorists, and some have only been magicians for less than two months.

　St. Marian Academy is a very old academy that is impartial in its stance on race. As a result, many of its professors have lived long lives, some even before Merlin pioneered magic technology.

　To preserve these treasures and living assets of the college, St. Mary's College has established a very comprehensive retirement system.

　Professors who have served at the college for more than fifteen years and are about to retire can freely enjoy the vast resources of St. Mary's College, even if they do nothing afterward.

　In fact, the dungeons that can reliably produce high-quality rare materials and the library that has almost all kinds of books are enough to attract professors to stay in the academy forever.

　Moreover, the academy has no constraints on them. As long as they remember to come back once a year to let the academy know they are safe, St. Mary's College will not care whether they live in the academy or somewhere else.

　Many of the professors currently attending classes live a secluded life outside the academy, enjoying a comfortable retirement by collecting their pensions once a year.

　If this event had not been such an unprecedented upheaval, many professors would still be enjoying their grandchildren throughout the kingdom.

　Of course, they have now regained their vitality, and everyone's mind has become smooth again after being incorporated into Ergani's "wisdom sequence".

　All the symptoms of aging, such as memory loss and rigid thinking, have disappeared.

　If it weren't for their physical advanced age, they would almost believe they had returned to the peak of their intellectual life.

　Today, these professors are united in their efforts, each aiming to embark on the path of magical guidance. Their understanding and desire for the future are even stronger than those of the younger generation.

　Of course, some professors live in faculty dormitories year-round, but students normally wouldn't pay any attention to professors who aren't in their classes. Even countless brushes and glances don't leave an impression on them.

　However, very few of these professors possessed formidable combat skills; the vast majority were indeed just dueling novices.

　They were all born during a time of war, and while serving as professors, they also held their own racial stances. Many professors with formidable combat skills resigned their positions during the war, went to the battlefield, and never returned.

　Take Professor Armstrong, for example, who left his name in the textbook. Although he is now a mage, his original profession was a goblin craftsman and one of the designers of the goblin airship.

　He was also one of the first goblins to fly thousands of meters into the air in a goblin airship. When designing the goblin airship, he made full use of magical technology, adding many advanced technologies such as invisibility modules, mental interference modules, and artillery modules.

　However, his magical skills were somewhat unbalanced, and he developed entirely in the area of ​​alchemy.

　Moreover, he's incredibly unlucky; after all these years of using random crafting, he hasn't managed to get any rare Magical Spirit cards.

　In addition, he disliked fighting, so he gave up on magic duels.

　Unexpectedly, he has now taken up dueling again, and as a newcomer to dueling, he is making his debut at an advanced age!

　In addition, although few in number, there are also powerful mages. The most famous of them is Professor Gatling, whom Klein greatly admires.

　Professor Gatling can be considered the developer of the Magic Cannon technology.