After completing the practical data testing for Perseus's Eye, Locke immediately spent eight hours swiftly writing four papers.
One was a magical plant data report submitted to Lilith's Cottage's Combat Department for use in the competition; another was a research report on magical plants capable of defending against specific magic—Curse Magic; the third detailed the practical method of using Magic Vine grafting and cultivation to develop magical plants with magical counterattack capabilities against defensive magical plants, along with various techniques for improving the method's success rate.
The final paper concerned Perseus's Eye's purification ability when reflecting Curse Magic, as well as the specific mechanism by which it harmed Vampires.
In short, a single experiment and a single product could yield a whole stack of high-value papers. Locke could even assign some less important sections to the three students he supervised, allowing them to get their names on a few lower-scoring papers as well.
Locke had already examined the unconscious Howard and confirmed that the purifying energy of this plant-based magic harmed Vampires through two forms of damage.
One had a structure similar to Holy Magic.
The other had a structure similar to Dispel Magic.
After repeatedly refining his wording, Locke wrote at the end of the paper, "The purifying energy of Perseus's Eye is more akin to the natural restraint Life Magic has over Undead Creatures such as Vampires. It is a natural evolution produced after life adapted to the concept of the Vampire Curse."
"This purifying energy can inflict burning damage and the like upon Vampires, much like Holy Magic, but the damage is gentler than that of Holy Magic. At the same time, it possesses a dispersive property that Holy Magic lacks: it can disperse the Blood Curse energy entwined within a Vampire's blood, restoring that blood to