But based on Dark's understanding of Ergane, she probably would not resort to such underhanded tactics.
In any case, if he did not hurry up and work harder, Ergane might one day surpass him by a huge margin!
But Dark Dimon had already been working very hard.
After leaving the headmaster's office, he went straight to the faculty dormitory. In the maids' quarters, he received the newly arrived maids, restarted the "Underworld Flame" project, and had the "Soul of the Moon God" absorb the foundational divinity of the "Moon God" that the maids had brought.
After that, he immediately rushed back to his dormitory and continued researching the targeted refinement of "Shuckle."
Then, that very night, he achieved a preliminary victory—he found the core material for the targeted refinement of "Shuckle"!
"Shuckle" was a creature that did indeed exist in this world. But it was exceedingly rare, existing almost solely in written records. It was impossible to directly use a Shuckle Bug's shell as the core material.
Therefore, he had to find a substitute.
The substitute Dark eventually discovered was the eye shell a species of Bug known as the "Giant-Eyed Beetle" used to protect its single eye.
If his understanding of "Shuckle" had not reached an impossibly profound level, there was no way he could have linked its shell to another insect's eye shell.
After reaching that conclusion, Dark hesitated for quite some time. But after conducting experiments, he discovered that it was indeed feasible.
He then used that eye shell as the core material to redraw the formula for targeted refinement, gradually advancing toward success.
Although he often commented that the students of Fool House generally followed the path of "long accumulation followed by sudden success,"
his own smooth progress at this moment was no less a result