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Chapter 1332 - 586: You Can’t Be Incompetent, Can You?_2

Chapter 1332: Chapter 586: You Can’t Be Incompetent, Can You?_2

"Although this thing can indeed store Black Magic Power, its magic power capacity is much less than that of a real Secret Art Crystal. Depending on the quality of the raw materials, it’s roughly only one-tenth to one-third of ours, and each Crystal has only one surface that can store a magic circuit."

"At the same time, because the properties of the Magic Power cannot be repeated, in theory, each person can have a maximum of twelve of these Crystals in their brain, which means each person can have at most twelve fixed secret techniques."

"Moreover, since these are disposable, they have a fatal flaw compared to Secret Art Crystals: they can’t actively produce Magic Cards, nor can they actively convert ordinary magic into Black Magic. Also, precisely because there are no Magic Cards, the Black Magic on these Crystals is basically fixed; once inscribed, it’s very difficult to replace."

"That’s still not bad," said Mu You.

Even though the Watchman had pointed out so many drawbacks in one breath, it couldn’t cover up the greatest advantage of these things: they could be mass-produced!

Being able to mass-produce meant that everyone had the opportunity to own a full set of Crystals, and in the future, players could have the chance to change class to Sorcerers, mastering the ability to fight with Black Magic...

Besides, there was no need to worry about being replaced by these faux Sorcerers with their truly secret techniques; after all, these artificially created Sorcerers could only have up to twelve types of Black Magic at most.

Moreover, because these people could not convert Black Magic on their own, the Magic Cards that could switch Black Magic with one click would become precious circulating goods, and the Magic Cards could only be produced by members of the Arcane Association, which would significantly increase the value of each member of the association.

Of course, all of this was predicated on their ability to find enough Echo Stones first.

"Are these stones very rare in the Real World?" Mu You looked at the Lamp God and asked.

"Not particularly rare," replied the Lamp God. "These stones are seldom seen because they’re used infrequently, only necessary for making a very small number of special tools. Due to low demand, the supply is naturally scarce. However, if one were to seriously excavate them in the Sky High World, there should still be a good number to be found."

"That’s a relief," Mu You sighed with relief. With hundreds of millions of players mobilized, as long as it wasn’t something as unfathomably rare and unmarketable as the Authority Stones, it shouldn’t be an issue.

At this point, the Medicinal Plant Gatherer looked at the Watchman with some curiosity: "You just said that these Crystals cannot actively convert secret techniques. Since their Crystals cannot actively create Black Magic, where does their Black Magic come from?"

"That’s the key point! Would you believe it? The Black Magic they possess actually comes from scrolls they found in various ancient ruins!" the Watchman explained, as he started to pull out Magic Scrolls from his ring.

Scroll after scroll, soon the table was piled high, with at least hundreds of them.

Mu You walked over to take a look and noticed that they were all various small to medium-sized Black Magic Scrolls. There were a few large Black Magic scrolls as well, but they were scant, totaling less than a handful.

"Did you confiscate all these from members of the Fandom Association?" Mu You asked the Watchman curiously. For loot, this seemed to be an excessive amount.

"Only a small part of it. Much more was scavenged from their Treasure Room."

"Treasure Room?"

"Yeah, we captured their Treasure Vault, and we didn’t leave a single thing behind. Aside from these, there were also a lot of White Magic scrolls and various books," the Watchman said.

Mu You now took the matter seriously and sat down beside him: "Tell me, what exactly happened."

"Alright, it all started when I ran into this somewhat silly Priest. I joked with him that I was the true Sect Hierarch of the Secret Art Society conducting an undercover inspection, and he believed me right away, offering to follow me..."

The story was undoubtedly complicated, but the Watchman’s gab was never scared of complications. He began his tale from the start, and after rambling on for over three hours, he finally managed to relay the convoluted story.

In truth, Mu You could have simply merged memories to know everything, but since there were other people listening, he patiently didn’t interrupt and let the Watchman talk to his heart’s content.

After listening, Mu You was speechless.

He had done more than just rob their Treasure Vault; he had practically usurped their nest, replacing the position of their Sect Hierarch from its roots!

Yes, the Watchman was now the real Sect Hierarch of the Secret Art Society, with all of the members below him successfully brainwashed, while the high-ranking ones had been captured and executed by his devout followers. Now, the whole Secret Art Society was at his beck and call.

"So what happened next? Where did all those fools you subdued go?" the Medicinal Plant Gatherer asked, nonchalantly classifying the people brainwashed by the Watchman as ’fools’.

"They disbanded. The moment I became Sect Hierarch, I immediately announced the dissolution of the Secret Art Society and told them to go back to their homes and find their own mothers," said the Watchman.

The Medicinal Plant Gatherer frowned: "Why disband? Even though they’re fools, at least they were a force that would listen to orders..."

"Because it’s too much trouble. Managing the daily lives of a bunch of people? I don’t have the patience for that," the Watchman explained, shrugging his hands. His reason was very straightforward: laziness.

Mu You rubbed his temples helplessly. Well, it’s not really the key point anyway. The main thing was that their action had reaped huge benefits, nearly emptying the entire guild’s wealth, which was a thousandfold more than what they initially contributed in terms of their lifespan.