Chapter 638

Have a good trip.

…

Although the capital has been full of people of all kinds recently, most people cherish their lives.

Dark didn't encounter any thieves during this trip, and returned to the Duke's Mansion safely.

After entering the mansion, it was too late, so Dark invited Diana to stay overnight.

Diana naturally agreed. After Dark asked the maid to deliver a letter to the Gretbeer family, she happily went into Aurora's room.

The two sisters were ready to talk all night.

Dark just smiled helplessly and returned to his room.

Then he took a bath, changed his clothes, washed off the dust, sat down in front of the laboratory table, and called out the system panel.

"System, expand the indicators."

[Yes. 】

After a while...

Seven indicators appeared in Dark's field of vision.

[Pride: 98]

[Envy: 43]

[Rage: 77]

[Laziness: 67]

[Greed: 91]

[Gluttony: 78]

[Bliss: 91]

Today is only the seventh night of July, and the data from the beginning of the month has not changed much.

The system's indicator statistics do not use rounding, that is, the numbers after the decimal point are directly omitted.

During this period, except for "envy" and "laziness" each dropping one point, "greed" and "bliss" only increased slightly after being extracted.

The highlight is undoubtedly "Pride"!

"Pride", which was originally drained to only 90 points before today, jumped to 98 points!

"Senior Jeffrey is such a good person!"

Looking at "Pride" that can be extracted six times, Dak couldn't help but sigh.

He didn't bother to care about Jeffrey's reasons for doing things, because that kind of childish trick would not have much impact on him.

On the contrary...

In the absence of experimental materials, he hoped that this kind of timely help could happen more often.

"Anyway, let's have a drop of "Pride" first!"

Every time he drew "Pride", Dak actually felt sympathetic.

Because he had not actually researched the exclusive refining array of "Pride IV", and had not even made any progress.

This made the accumulation of points now have an indescribable feeling.

It was like a little squirrel storing food for the winter, but winter did not come.

When "Pride" accumulated to 30 points, there might be no clue.

At that time, he might have to find a way to use up the 30 points of "Pride".

That would be a very sad thing.

Dak sighed, hugged left and right, and then fell asleep.

...

July 7, after noon.

The weather was slightly cloudy, and a few raindrops fell, but the dark clouds hung in the corners, but they did not fall for a long time, and the weather was sultry.

Phyllis Laman, Brown Eugenie and three other shameless noble men and women came one after another.

When Alvette learned that her baby had invited people to the tea party, she excitedly assigned Oli to give a grand reception.

If she hadn't been on official business, she would definitely fulfill her duties as a good mother and arrange it herself.

Dak was lucky that Alvette was busy with official business, and asked Oli to keep it simple as possible, and entertained the guests in the living room on the second floor.

"Valkyrie... I mean, is the Duke not here?"

Phyllis couldn't wait to ask when she saw Dak, her eyes were full of little stars.

"The situation in the capital has been unstable recently."

Dak replied lightly, and quickly skipped the topic.

Phyllis was visibly disappointed, but once she climbed to the second floor of the mansion, she was attracted by the "paradise" that was scattered throughout the corridor.

She was like Alice entering a dream, holding the hem of her skirt and looking left and right.

The other four noble children followed her, but they were trembling with fear.

It was one thing to come here with a thick face, but what to do after coming here was another.

They were obviously informed by their parents before coming, and they became more reserved than yesterday.

After Dak led them into the living room, he dismissed the maid and made tea himself.

That rather casual attitude made the noble children relax a lot.

Dak didn't really understand why these people wanted to attend the tea party he casually proposed, but it didn't prevent him from fulfilling the etiquette of the host and the guest.

"Try it, the specialty of the Free City - lemon tea."

Under the surprised eyes of Phyllis and others, Dak picked up a square ice cube from the ice box and put it into the lemon tea brewed with cold water.

As the ice and water mixture was blended, the temperature in the lemon tea quickly dropped to the freezing point.

Dak shook the specially selected glass teacup, and then brought it to them one by one.

"Is this ice tea?" Phyllis couldn't help asking.

Dak smiled slightly: "Evening fragrance, one lemon."

…

Just as Phyllis and others were carefully sipping iced lemon tea, Diana and Aurora walked into the living room with a smile.

Phyllis was surprised by the presence of these two people, but did not show it.

The close relationship between the daughter of the Gretbaier family and the eldest son of the Dimon family had long been spread in the gossip circle of noble ladies and young ladies.

However, because the two were not very old, the group of middle-aged women who were very enthusiastic about marriage quickly put it aside.

The noble ladies were quite concerned about this matter.

Especially those of Dak Dimon's age.

Although Dak had a very bad reputation before, there were many nobles and young men who were more outrageous than him.

In contrast, at least he does not have any messy scandals between men and women.

Coupled with his family background and identity - especially the fact that he is the son of the Valkyrie is a plus!

As the popular idol of women in the kingdom, Arvette could become her "daughter" as long as she married Dark Demon, which was really attractive.

Therefore, Dake has always been the top three choice for many young ladies of the same age when choosing a marriage partner.

It was only because he was under age that the gates of the Duke's Palace were not breached.

Now, seeing that Dake is one year shy of turning fourteen, a close friend of the opposite sex suddenly appears next to him. It would be strange if he doesn't receive attention.

Although Phyllis has no intentions towards Dak, who is three years younger than her, she is very happy to be loyal to him.

Seeing Diana sitting down next to Duck without any grudges, she suddenly narrowed her eyes and smiled like a fox that had eaten a big melon.

She couldn't believe that after she walked out of the Duke's Palace today, rumors that Duck and Diana had already been living together would fly out uncontrollably.

Duck himself was still unaware of this at all. He also made a glass of ice lemon for Diana and Aurora, and then said to Brown Eugenie: "Brown, your, um, your trade secrets can be conveniently stored here. Say it here? If it’s not convenient, we can move to another place.”

Brown rubbed his chubby cheeks and couldn't help asking: "But where is the planner?"

Duck then pointed at himself with a smile.

Brown was confused at first, then surprised, and then said in shock: "Did you plan it?"

Dak said slowly: "If you are talking about the proposer of the model easter egg, it is indeed me. What do you want to cooperate with me?"

Brown looked around, calmed down and said, "Shall we change places?"

"Then change the place."

Dark nodded and said to Phyllis and others: "Let Aurora and Diana entertain you first."

With that said, he led Brown out of the living room.

Phyllis looked at his back and hammered with both hands: "A real hammer!"

…

In an empty room two rooms away, Dak asked Brown to sit down and asked, "Tell me about it."

Brown looked at the son of a duke who had just turned thirteen, and suddenly felt a little ashamed of himself.

He was a little nervous, but still said: "That's it. Don't you think the model easter eggs of St. Marian College are very similar to the chess pieces of Magic Chess?"

"The chess pieces of Magic Chess?" Dak suddenly thought and said, "Are you talking about bundling the model Easter egg with Magic Chess for marketing? For example, designing the model in the model Easter egg to be the chess piece of Magic Chess."

Brown nodded quickly: "That's right. Isn't this a very good idea? You see, although the models of model easter eggs have various popularity, in the end they only have ornamental and collection value, and have no actual use value. . But if paired with Magic Chess... they will undoubtedly become more precious!"

Dak narrowed his eyes and said: "But you have to know that the production of magic chess pieces requires costs. If every Easter egg model is changed into a magic chess piece, first of all, the cost will increase dramatically, and ordinary people will not be able to buy it at all. rise.

Secondly, Wizard Chess is, after all, a niche game only spread among magic power owners, and its gameplay is also too complicated. "

Brown subconsciously said: "But we can improve it!"

Dak raised his hand to stop him from continuing: "I understand, you want to simplify the rules of magic chess and improve it into a type that can be played without magic power. In this case, the cost of the chess pieces will also decrease. But since That’s the case, why not just tailor a new chessboard gameplay to the Easter egg model?”

Brown: "This..."

Dak smiled slightly: "Actually, there are ready-made gameplays now, so there is no need to customize them. You know, everyone doesn't like Magic Duel."

Brown had no idea why the thirteen-year-old boy opposite him could say so many things in one breath that he had never thought of since he had only said a few words.

However, Duck already has a relatively mature idea: "The practicality of the Easter egg model is indeed a problem. Different eras and environments will lead to changes in people's shopping intentions.

If there is no practical value, it is indeed difficult to maintain the popularity of Easter egg models. And the audience will become increasingly narrow. A truly cross-generational product should be entertainment for all. "

Brown's eyes widened as he listened. He could no longer understand what Dak wanted to do.

But Dak actually only came up with the idea of ​​making a "Duel Plate" after being reminded by him.

The so-called duel disk was originally a special duel prop used in "Yu-Gi-Oh" to project monster images and card effects.

But that kind of projection prop actually requires very high magic technology.

If all kinds of complex effects and all kinds of incredible chains need to be realized, the resulting duel board will probably be the same as Magic Chess, and can only become a niche product for those who control magic.

So simplification is needed.

Remove the complex special moves, remove the health settings, and only retain the attack and defense of the chess pieces, and at most one direct damage or simple control special move.

The projection manifested by the duel disk does not need to move, it only needs to "launch" the attack.

This will make the whole duel very simple.

As for the gameplay, it can be achieved by adding the rules of Magic Duel and the limit on the number of summons in the turn system.

Finally, in order to popularize the duel disk, we need to develop a recharge card - no, a charging card!

Dak, who almost exposed his sinister intention, continued: "But if we want to imitate the magic duel, it is not convenient to use the Easter egg model. We can equip each Easter egg model with a card that can be inserted into the duel disk, and sell them in bundles. Then, whether you want the Easter egg model or the duel card, you must buy the Easter egg!"

Brown: "..."

As he spoke, Dak's interest became stronger and stronger. He took the banknotes and started designing.