After the hardship of repeatedly completing tasks to scrape together enough material fees, they finally had a chance to obtain compensation of equivalent value.
The second-years had gathered in the Magic Theory laboratory classroom early. Everyone eagerly discussed methods for creating Phantom Bugs, as well as the mistakes that might occur during the synthesis process.
Of course, what they cared about most was which type of Phantom Bug the people around them had chosen to create.
If it was only for breaking illusions and revealing hidden things, the cheapest Feather Phantom Bug was already more than sufficient.
Though the Light Attribute Spirit Phantom Bug was rarer than the Feather Phantom Bug, as a two-star Magitech Card with no real support system and rather low strength, its rarity had little practical significance.
In some people's eyes, choosing to synthesize a Spirit Phantom Bug was more a display of "wealth."
In other words—
Lots of credits.
Willful!
And Dark was far from the only one so "willful."
There were not many "rich kids" among the second-years, but there were not few, either.
There were always people capable of earning a large number of credits through their own efforts.
Diana and Rose, for instance, had slaughtered their way through the Newbie Tournament on Saturday morning. They had not even spared those third-years who had only just joined the Duel Club, earning themselves quite a few credits in the process.
Emma and Sara, meanwhile, seemed to have always been well-off.
Diana and Rose had no intention of wasting their credits on crafting Spirit Phantom Bugs. Though they had some credits to spare, they still chose the Flying Type Feather Phantom Bug.
Emma and Sara, however, had clearly made the same choice as Dark.
"Ring, ring, ring."
As the class bell rang, Professor Kazel