After much deliberation, Dark ultimately decided to use the first core material: the seed of the Healing Flower!
The Healing Flower itself was an extremely inconspicuous little yellow flower.
However, the place where it truly grew was an exceedingly perilous land, and it was one of Claire's gains from traveling the world.
The seed in Dark's hand was not actually a real seed.
It had been refined from the essence of Healing Flowers collected by Claire, a specially made material intended specifically for upgrading "Paradise."
The other two core materials were the same.
Even if he did not use them for now, he could save them for future upgrades.
After deciding on the core material, he began studying the various details.
Dark tried mixing the various Magic Potions needed for the upgrade and, through repeated practice, mastered the inscription of the special Transmutation Array.
It was not until after noon that Dark brought all twenty Magic Spirits into the laboratory.
Although the information on the first ten Magic Spirits did not need to be entered again, all twenty Magic Spirit Cards had to be present during the third stage of information adjustment.
The Magic Spirits had learned last night that Dark was going to upgrade "Paradise," and they entered the laboratory filled with anticipation.
The ten Magic Spirits that had joined later were especially excited.
To them, joining "Paradise" meant more than merely leaving the Watcher Alliance. It also carried a special sense of ceremony, along with a faint sense of honor.
It was as if becoming part of "Paradise" meant truly becoming family.
Their magic power would meld together within "Paradise," like bloodlines intertwining—more intimate even than blood relations.
"It's starting!"
Dark took a breath, turned around, picked up a stack of Magitech Cards, and waved them at