Anime Magic Card Era Chapter 66 66: Rewrite and Reorganize, Material Manufacturin

"So right now, Mana can reflect Seven-Star attacks." Luke turned the implications over in his head. "Combined with the Spell To's power boost, Magical Hats' teleportation, and now Magic Cylinder's reflection, she can handle multiple sa-tier opponents simultaneously."

The loadout was becoming genuinely frightening. A Six-Star Spellcaster with equipnt that gave her damage amplification, spatial repositioning, and attack reflection. Any opponent who rushed Mana with a big attack risked having it thrown right back in their face.

"And with the Eye of Timaeus on top of all that…" Luke's eyes narrowed. The fusion would push Mana to Seven-Star Legendary. At that point, she'd be operating in the sa tier as the Abyss Predator that had required the Red-Eyes Black Dragon to kill. "If we ran into another Predator-class opponent, I might not even need to sacrifice Black Star. Mana alone, fused with Timaeus, could handle it."

"Master, did you make a new card?" Two slender arms wrapped around him from behind, and a familiar scent filled his nose. Mana's voice was soft and sleep-warm against his ear.

She'd felt his level increase. That was enough to wake her from a dead sleep. After materializing her outfit, she'd floated over imdiately, drawn by the new energy signature like a moth to a fla.

Her chin settled on his shoulder, and her green eyes locked onto the Magic Cylinder card in his hand. Sothing flickered behind those eyes. A resonance. A pull.

This card felt right in a way that went beyond the usual compatibility. The Spell To had strengthened her. Magical Hats had expanded her options. But Magic Cylinder felt like it had been built specifically for her. Like it had always been hers, and Luke had simply given it a physical form.

She wasn't wrong. In the ani, Dark Magician Girl and Magic Cylinder were practically inseparable. The image of her shouldering the twin cylinders was burned into the collective mory of an entire generation of fans.

"Yeah." Luke noticed the way she was looking at the card. He pulled her around to face him, then pressed Magic Cylinder against her chest the sa way he'd equipped the Spell To and Magical Hats.

The card dissolved into her body without resistance. Her aura spiked, a noticeable increase in presence and power, though not enough to push her quality up a tier. She'd need more equipnt cards for that.

"Master, this new card is… special." Mana's expression was a mixture of delight and mischief. She understood the effect intuitively. Attack reflection. An enemy's most powerful strike suddenly reversing course and slamming back into them. Ironic justice at its finest, and it appealed to her on a fundantal level.

For anyone fighting against her, Magic Cylinder was going to be infuriating.

"So," Luke said, watching the mischief dance across her face, "don't I deserve a reward?"

"Mm!" A bright, wordless sound. Mana's cheeks flushed, she leaned forward and pressed her lips to his cheek, then with a quick wave of her hand, the curtains drew themselves shut.

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So ti later.

"Co to think of it, there's an upgrade card for Magic Cylinder." Luke touched the spot on his cheek where Mana had kissed him, his mind drifting back to the Yu-Gi-Oh card pool. "Barrel Behind the Door. In the original ga, it doubled the reflected damage and had a search effect."

If he could build it in Magic Card Civilization, even with reduced effects, the combination would push Magic Cylinder from devastating to absurd. Reflected damage tis two. That turned a Seven-Star attack bounced back at its source into an impact that hit like an Eight-Star strike.

He filed the idea away. Future project.

"Ti to see what the Second Authority actually does."

He opened his status panel.

*「 Luke rcer 」*

Level: Nine-Star Commander

Authority 1: Fantasy Forge / Simulated Crafting

Authority 2: Rewrite and Reorganize / Consu mana to rewrite a designated material, reorganizing it into a material the user requires. The reorganized material maintains equivalent quality to the original.

Tools: Card Editor, Card Index

Materials: Bug Heart, Puppet Key, Dark Night Veil, Radiant Moth Cloak…

Skill: Extract

Card 1: Dark Magician Girl

Card 2: Red-Eyes Black Star Dragon

Equipnt: Spell To

Counter Cards: Magical Hats, Magic Cylinder

Special Card: Eye of Timaeus

Luke read the Second Authority's description three tis.

"This is broken."

Materials were the eternal bottleneck for every Card Master in existence. From beginners to Sovereigns to Immortals, every single one of them was constrained by what materials they could find, buy, or harvest. Entire expeditions into dangerous Dinsional Planes were mounted for the sole purpose of acquiring specific ingredients. Card Masters died chasing materials.

Rewrite and Reorganize cut through all of that. Any material Luke didn't need could be converted into one he did. Sa quality tier, different substance. Waste beca opportunity. Leftovers beca building blocks.

It was, in practical terms, a material manufacturing system limited only by Luke's mana reserves and the quality ceiling he could currently process.

"Equal quality exchange ans I can't create sothing from nothing. But I can turn ten useless green-tier materials into ten green-tier materials I actually need. That's not nothing. That's everything."