Chapter 72: Eevee Galloping Under the Moonlight [4]
The evolution process lasted about sixteen minutes.
As the “Bliss” emblem on Black Diarumon’s forehead gradually faded, it demorphed into an Imp Beast in the light, turning its back on Dark as it flew back to its perch.
Though this was expected, Dark still felt a bit disappointed.
The Imp Beast immediately regained consciousness and struggled out of Dark’s embrace, flying back to its perch and turning its head away from him.
Dark faintly heard it muttering repeatedly, “Imp Beast lost its dignity. Imp Beast wants to die. Where is the Abyss?”
Abyss is empty, devils walk among men.
Dark chuckled and then summoned the “Trash Slime” to help him clean up the residue from his experiment.
About one and a half hours later, the “Bliss III” CD was ready again.
It seemed that aside from the flaw of “losing control,” this “Bliss III” mana spirit card was quite complete in other aspects.
Of course, the 50-credit blank mana spirit card was also crucial.
Dark didn’t rush into a second experiment; instead, he finished eating the takeout brought by the Imp Beast first, then began the final procedure for tonight.
The unexpected evolution of the Imp Beast made him look forward to Lil’Eevee even more.
Just like with Digimon, elementals could also evolve.
Although the principles behind their evolutions were completely different.
Since the “Bliss” emblem had a symbol pointing to the moon, perhaps it possessed moon power just like “Pride,” which symbolized the power of the sun.
And Eevee, such a life form, could bask in moonlight and evolve into Moon Eevee!
…
“Mana Summoning.”
Under the Imp Beast’s gloating gaze, Dark took out the [Magical Beast: Eevee] card and summoned Eevee.
“Eevee?”
Then…
Swipe!
Evolve!
BGM!
This time, it really evolved!
Under the light of “Bliss III,” the “Bliss” emblem also appeared on Eevee’s forehead.
A pinkish moonlight released from its forehead enveloped its tiny body.
Eevee – Moon Eevee!
Unlike a standard Moon Eevee, this Moon Eevee had black fur with pink ring patterns.
Black represented night.
Pink represented bliss.
It was a moon envoy walking in the night, a charming elemental symbolizing bliss.
…
[Card Name: Moon Eevee]
[Type: Elemental Card]
[Level: ????]
[Race: Avian-beast Kin]
[Attribute: Evil]
[Magic Power: 1500]
[Attack: 1600]
[Defense: 1900]
[Ultimate Skills: Moonlight, Evil Fluctuation, Shadow Ball]
…
“Three skills!”
After evolving, Eevee became a four-star orange card.
Moreover, it was an extremely rare orange card with self-recovery skills!
As everyone knew, the biggest problem with mana spirit cards was their lack of endurance.
“Magic Power” was both the lifeblood and energy line of mana spirits; using skills consumed magic power, and standing still also consumed it.
Without a magus for support, a four-star mana spirit with 1500 magic power could only last about 30 minutes and couldn’t use any skills.
But a mana spirit without ultimate skills was like a soulless being.
Therefore, magi usually equipped some charge cards in their decks.
Mana spirits with self-recovery skills could perfectly solve this issue.
Moon Eevee’s first skill, “Moonlight,” was a powerful recovery skill!
[Moonlight: Restores 1/4 of maximum magic power. If under moonlight, it can restore up to 1/2 of maximum magic power and provides continuous magic restoration of 4 points per second!]
In addition, the area attack skill “Evil Fluctuation” and the single-target burst “Shadow Ball” greatly enhanced Moon Eevee’s versatility.
What was most impressive was its defense value of 1900!
While Black Diarumon’s attack was top-notch among four-star cards, Moon Eevee’s attack was slightly weaker but its defense was undoubtedly at the top!
Attack could be supplemented by skills, but defense was a hard metric.
Comparing Moon Eevee with 1900 attack and 900 defense to Black Diarumon with 1900 attack and 900 defense, Moon Eevee’s strength was evident.
…
But before Dark could revel in joy, Moon Eevee pounced on him.
The Eevee family, with dual characteristics of cat and fox, never hesitated to use their tongues.
However, Dark already had experience dealing with Black Diarumon and quickly subdued it.
Perhaps he should get another “Bliss III” and enjoy the feeling of having two at once?
The thought flashed through his mind.
But Dark quickly shook his head.
The flaws of “Bliss III” were obvious.
The “Bliss” produced by the goddess statue and his own “Bliss” had significant differences and weren’t worth much research.
Frequent experiments and making the Capital Sin series mana spirit cards were mainly aimed at understanding the Capital Sin.
Improvement in strength was just a byproduct.
Reversing priorities was unwise.
Thus…
There was no need to go to that temple anymore.
As for the flower cards, collecting finished products might be more feasible.
…
The night dragged on.
When Dark·Daimon steadied his heart, a despairing cry echoed from within the temple.
“How could this happen? A whole month of effort!”
Dozens of masked cult members in black robes knelt before the goddess statue, wailing desperately.
“Goddess, please forgive us!”
The goddess statue, unmoved by Dark’s profane acts, slowly opened its eyes!
She was born from the moon and descended upon the earth;
She was both the moon deity and the earth mother…
Night was her eye, day her slumber.
Dark did not know that choosing daytime inadvertently avoided a calamity.
The goddess statue, with a slit open after accepting the cult’s “sacrifice,” had eyes that flowed with a gentle, water-like tenderness.
But a thin veil obscured it, making it sacred and awe-inspiring.
Only a vicious crack on her delicate cheek marred her perfect aura.
Cult members lay prostrate on the ground, trembling.
But no one noticed the statue’s eyes had slightly opened.
The cult had been established almost a year, yet this level of error was unprecedented.
No one knew why the goddess statue, nearly repaired, had developed another crack.
When everyone knelt, a faint pink mist seeped from the statue, entering their bodies and influencing their thoughts, clouding their minds.
The goddess’s voice sounded in their ears, a little hazy but mostly mysterious.
The leader of the cult, feeling the goddess’s forgiveness, wept and kowtowed: “Great Moon Goddess, continue to guide us. The path illuminated by moonlight is our path of worship, for the goddess!”
