The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 40 Sharing Cards
Moran guessed that if he were to use a single card, he wouldn't need magic or a contract as a medium; it would be just like using a magical object.

However, for her, this was a losing proposition, as she couldn't gain any reward in terms of her maximum magic power.

Large-scale production and distribution is definitely not feasible; no amount of magic could sustain such a massive expenditure. However, making a couple for a good friend is still an option.

"Really?" Sylph and Vasita's eyes shone brighter than the midday sun.

Blinded by her friend's sparkling gaze, Moran gritted her teeth and said:
"I'm not sure if cards like the {Book of Cards}, which can guide the development of manifested talents, are feasible. Should I design one and give it a try?"

Her magic has recovered somewhat since last night, and since it's just for designing cards, 1 mana's magic is enough.

“Yes, yes!” Vasita and Sylph nodded repeatedly.

When Moran picked up the cards and started fiddling with them, the two of them held their breath, afraid of disturbing her.

[Card Design: Untitled Card 2]

—【Estimated Consumption: Infinite Mana Magic】

—【Expected Appearance: Appearance Template 1】

—【Expected Function: After binding, it can guide the witch to develop her own talent manifestation.】

"strangeness!"

The only difference is that the design of the {Book of Cards} was changed from "Guiding yourself to develop the Book of Cards" to "Guiding the witch to develop her talent manifestation," but the cost is now immeasurable.

Should we set a limit?

But the manifestation of talent doesn't have a rank!
By the way, witches have ranks.

She made another modification, and the expected function is to "guide Vasita (intermediate witch) to develop the Devouring Stomach," and the card name is also changed to {Devouring Stomach}.

This time, the mana cost has been accurately determined: 1200 mana, the same as her {Book of Cards}.

Just when she thought she had made progress, she summoned the Book of Cards, channeled 1 Mana from the amethyst into the card slot, and added the design template for {Devour Stomach}. After seeing the difficulties in creating this card, she knew it was impossible to succeed.

[Current difficulty: Insufficient understanding of phagocytic pouches. It is recommended to learn more about the function and development of phagocytic pouches, or submit a complete sample of a phagocytic pouch to supplement the insufficient data.]

A lack of understanding of the Devouring Stomach is different from a lack of understanding of magical progress.

She can learn about the progress of magic on her own; for a witch with unlimited potential, this is not an impossible task.

However, the ability to devour stomachs is a unique manifestation of Vasida's innate talent, which even Vasida herself doesn't fully understand, let alone others.

Once Vasita understands her own innate talent fully, this card will no longer be worth creating.

It is expected that if the function is replaced with Sylph's {Box of a Thousand Kinds}, the result will be the same.

It's impossible for Moran to know about the manifestations of their talents before the other witches, and as for another solution, providing a complete Devouring Stomach and the Box of Myriad Things as sample data is even more impossible.

The witch's innate talent is unique; there is no second Devouring Stomach, nor is there a second Box of a Thousand Kinds.

She was able to create the card {Book of Cards} probably because the Book of Cards itself belonged to her.

Although she herself doesn't understand the Book of Cards well enough, the Book of Cards understands itself!
It now appears that the Book of Cards requires not only her magic as an energy source to create cards, but also the corresponding knowledge.

This knowledge refers not only to her own knowledge reserves, but also to the abilities and experience she possesses.

For example, the card {Book of Cards} provides knowledge through its own Book of Cards.

Perhaps in the future, when she needs to supplement her knowledge of magic level progression, she won't need to thoroughly study and quantify the details of each stage of each magic spell. She only needs to learn it once herself, and the Book of Cards will be able to capture the information.

If the corresponding knowledge were a tangible object, such as a Devouring Stomach or a Box of Myriad Things, she could even submit a sample to the Book of Cards to complete the data. "Moran, how is it?" Vasita finally couldn't help but ask when she saw Moran staring blankly for a while.

“It failed,” Moran said. “I couldn’t create cards that neither I nor the Book of Cards knew anything about.”

"It's alright! We'll figure it out ourselves." Sylph comforted her, "Every witch goes through this. Your cards are part of your talent, so it's normal that they can't be easily used by others."

“That’s right! Even witch magic can only share a portion of the power of the manifested talent! What you’ve done is already very impressive,” Vasita said.

Moran was not as disappointed as Sylph and Vasita had imagined.

Although the card designs for {Devourer's Stomach} and {Box of a Thousand Kinds} were a failure and it was a bit of a shame that she couldn't help her friends, she didn't come away empty-handed. At least she learned some of the rules for creating cards from the Book of Cards.

Moreover... it's just that we lack the knowledge to create guidance cards for manifesting talents.

Moran emptied the card slots, recycled the energy, re-imported the {Character Card - Apprentice} template, and even changed the text on the card to witch script.

Thinking that Vasita and Sylph didn't understand the cards she created as well as she did, she added descriptions of the card features.

Then, from the amethyst, introduce 20 mana.
Two {Character Cards - Apprentice - Unbound} appeared in her hand:

"While I can't make cards to guide you in developing your talent manifestations, I can make {character cards}. Here, I'll give you these two. Try binding them!"

Vasita and Sylph held the cards and suddenly realized they could read the words on them.

{Character Card} (Unbound)

[Level: Apprentice] (Can be upgraded to beginner level by spending 100 Mana Magic or other energy equivalent to 100 Mana Magic)

[Function: After binding, personal information, including name, race, rank, magic power, and magic level, can be displayed in real time.]

[Binding Entry] (Unable to bind if card level exceeds limit, please upgrade first)

How to use the cards is crystal clear.

Moran thoughtfully reminded, "Your current magic level should be intermediate. You need to upgrade your cards to at least intermediate level before you can bind them."

So both Vasita and Sylph chose to upgrade their card levels.

After spending 100 Mana, the {Character Card} went from Apprentice to Beginner level.

Another 500 Mana Flowers were spent, and the {Character Card} became intermediate level.

Several hundred units of magic were channeled into the card, and Vasita replenished her magic by consuming the food stored in her stomach, though nothing was visible.

Sylph's energy aura, however, dimmed considerably.

Fortunately, the binding portal has finally been opened.

Regarding updates:
I have a bit of a procrastination problem. The more time I have to write, the more I like to dawdle. It's difficult for me to save up drafts. Once I start writing a novel, I can't stop. Also, I write relatively slowly during the adaptation period of a new book. Sometimes it takes me two hours to write a chapter, and sometimes it takes three to five hours.

Once the stockpile of drafts is exhausted, the update schedule becomes irregular.

Although I am trying to consistently post at 12:30 every day, it is not very effective so far. Sometimes I don't sleep well and can't muster the energy, so I have to catch up on sleep. Sometimes my thoughts are not clear and I write slowly. Sometimes unexpected events interrupt my work, causing changes in the update time.

However, if I don't post a notice of leave, I will definitely update before midnight that night, usually with 2 chapters.

I'll try to build up a little bit of drafts, writing today for tomorrow, and try to stabilize my update schedule.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused!
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