In another world, Lu Mingfei is learning card making.

Upon hearing the news, the initial excitement quickly turned to cool down in the classroom.

—Today's summoning class wasn't just for the Knights Academy; it was a joint session for both the Knights Academy and the Noble Academy. After both sides unanimously expressed their desire for the 'Holy Grail,' they naturally came to regard each other as enemies.

Of course, teachers would certainly welcome such a thing.

Competition is what motivates students to study hard. Even if this kind of motivational approach doesn't last long, the teachers will eventually come up with new ways to stimulate students' interest in learning.

"Then, let's begin today's lesson—" Professor Sarah gently pointed at the chalk, which floated up and landed on the blackboard to begin writing, "Learning to summon Sorting Cards."

Next, Professor Sarah began to teach the most basic summoning spells.

Summoning is a technique based on magic cards that can summon various things such as spirits, items, and potions sealed within magic cards.

Summoning Sorting Cards uses only the simplest summoning spells, while there are more advanced summoning spells such as Sacrifice Summoning, Fusion Summoning, Ritual Summoning, and Reverse Summoning.

The level of proficiency in summoning spells determines how many magic cards a duelist can use within the same amount of time.

In short, if it takes you 5 seconds to cast a summoning spell, and your opponent only needs 3 seconds, he can act 2 seconds earlier than you.

If your summoning spell has a 30-second cooldown, you won't even be able to cast a third magic card within a minute.

In other areas, such as tactical planning and opponent analysis, flaws can be compensated for, but the flaws of summoning spells are almost impossible to conceal.

It determines a summoner's upper and lower limits!

The task of this lesson is to learn the most basic summoning spell and use it to summon the magical spirits sealed within the Sorting Card.

Yes, a Sorting Card is a magic card, and the process of sorting into a school can be seen as card making!

It uses a very special production method and adds a unique "flavor" for each student. The magical spirits summoned by it can exist for a long time and become the students' most powerful assistants.

Professor Sarah spent half an hour explaining the school rules, another half an hour teaching basic summoning spells, and the last time was left for the students to try them out. Then, Professor Sarah stepped down from the podium (and the books under her feet) and began patrolling the room.

"In the name of Lu Mingfei, summon the spirits!"

Holding the branch card face down in his hand, Lu Mingfei was in high spirits. With a flick of his wrist and a slam of the card, magic—this was the first time Lu Mingfei had felt it so clearly—flowed into the card along with his movement.

In his heart, the spark that belonged to the Planeswalker rose up and surged forth, pouring into the card along with magic.

"wrong!"

Lu Mingfei's expression suddenly changed—he could no longer suppress the flow of magic! This Sorting Card seemed to have no limit, as if it wanted to drain Lu Mingfei dry!

Where he couldn't see, words flickered and changed.

Spark: 1/1 → 0/1

Then, the violent sucking stopped abruptly, leaving a terrified Lu Mingfei slumped in the chair—no, in Professor Sarah's hand.

"That's how the Sorting Cards are designed." Professor Sarah helped him up and placed him in a chair. "To remind you of the consequences of excessive magic draining, so you won't try to forcibly summon high-level cards when you're not prepared."

"Every year there are Summoners who die for this reason, and I am glad that this number has been hitting new lows since the new Sorting Cards were implemented."

"Alright, let's take a look at your familiar."

Lu Mingfei rubbed his forehead, trying to ease the discomfort caused by the loss of the Spark. The summoning of the Sorting Card was clearly quite successful—the card was now radiating brilliant light, and a form gradually emerged from within, landing on the ground.

Lu Mingfei opened the webpage and looked puzzled.

The summoning process wasn't even complete yet, so why did my cheat—this webpage—give out the data ahead of time?

【Magic Spirit: Mechanicus Acolyte】

[Type: Semi-mechanical/Humanoid/Religious Unit]

[Quality: Excellent (Blue)]

[Level: LV1 (Locked, cap will be unlocked as player level increases)]

【characteristic:

Mechanical Modification: This unit has undergone rigorous mechanical modifications, enabling it to adapt to most terrains and environments and operate for extended periods without rest.

Religious worship: This unit possesses extremely noble beliefs, making it difficult for its ownership and command authority to be altered by other means.

Magic Card - Sorting Card Transformation: This unit is created from Sorting Cards, cannot be used in battle, but can be maintained for a long time without needing to return to the Magic Cards for replenishment.

[PS1: Why is your brain so mechanical, yet you learn so slowly? You shouldn't be called an acolyte, you should be called a mech servant! —Ace Botswana]

PS2: I'm sorry, I misunderstood you—Ace Bozana, Cardinal of the Holy Mechanicus, Walker with God, and wanted criminal of the Druid Society.

The dazzling light subsided, transforming into a figure in a red robe. Accompanied by mechanical sounds, the figure knelt on the ground, and a megaphone-like voice began to chant a passage from the Bible:

"Ring the bell once!"

"Push the lever to start the piston and pump!"

As the Bible was sung, the cardinal monks began to respectfully kowtow.

"Sound the bell twice!"

"Press the button, start the engine; ignite the turbine, inject life!"

"Ring the bell three times!"

"Sing in unison: Praise be to the God of Splits!"

...Well, actually, as soon as the woman in red started using the megaphone, Professor Sarah cast a 'Silence' spell next to Lu Mingfei, and only Lu Mingfei was able to fully receive this deafening chant.

You might ask, what has Lu Mingfei been doing all this time? Has he been watching this red-robed monk kowtow the whole time?

Of course not. He was simply following the principle of "checking the controller first when an appliance breaks down," and kept looking at the ward card until he was certain there was no "mute button" on it. Only after the red-robed acolyte had finished kowtowing did he try to strike up a conversation with him:

"Hey buddy... could you please speak in your own voice? This megaphone is so loud. Oh, or if that's not possible, you could turn the volume down."

The red-robed monk trembled slightly, slowly raising his head and emitting a dry, grinding sound.

"Praise be to my Lord! Praise be to the God of all agencies! Praise be to Ohm Messiah!"

"Can you say anything else?"

"Praise be to the God of all machines, praise be to the primordial force, praise be to Ohm Messiah!"

…Lu Mingfei chose to temporarily abandon his conversation with him—or perhaps her? After all, she didn't have an Adam's apple—and instead moved closer to Rong En, beginning to teach him the secrets of summoning familiars.

He began to look forward to what kind of magical spirit his good brother would have; in any case, he couldn't be the only one with a useless magical spirit who only knew how to respectfully kowtow.