Card Apprentice Daily Log

Chapter 2443: Dominant Gene

Date: Unspecified

Time: Unspecified

Location: Myriad Realms, Lil Red Storm Realm, Ceed World, Trophy Section

As I pointed at Redfall, the nine Frosling corpse puppet spirit cards wouldn’t even bother to glance towards him. I could sense ‌collective disdain and disgust from the cards when I mentioned Redfall. It surprised me as I thought they were spooked by his cold gaze, but no, they just didn’t think he was worthy of being their card apprentice.

”Why? Is it because he is a primordial calamity daughter gem?” I asked, feeling their actions were like the pot discriminating against the kettle for being black. After all, these cards were also made using primordial calamity daughter gem, making them part primordial calamity daughter gem.

Thinking of this, it dawned on me that these card spirits were only part primordial calamity daughter gems. They weren’t like my other primordial calamity daughter gems that were converted into a primordial calamity daughter gem. They were the spirit born from a part of primordial calamity daughter gem that the Frosling corpse puppet spirit cards retained after their creation.

No wonder these guys were able to put their feelings above mine. They were spirits of primordial calamity daughter gem but also, at the same time, they were also spirits of the cards I created.

How do I put it better?

Let’s take the birth of a human baby as an example. They were basically their father’s clones except for the part that they got from their mother. Ultimately, making the baby the best of the two of them together.

In the card spirits’ case, my primordial calamity daughter gems were a part, and the other part was the natural card creation and spirit formation process.

I don’t dare to claim my part was exactly half as in the case of a human baby. That was because the fact that the card spirits could rebel against me proved that the natural card creation and spirit formation process was more dominant than my primordial calamity daughter.

Thanks to my primordial soul pupils, I soon knew the natural creation process was dominant in the creation of the Frosling corpse puppet spirit cards over my primordial calamity daughter gems both qualitatively and quantitatively.

Hence, though the card spirits were not completely free of my control, the card spirits’ will could not only choose to ignore my control but challenge it until I forced them to submit. Yes, they could strengthen their already powerful wills further to completely free themselves from my control. I believe that was why they were searching for a card apprentice that I didn’t control.

Unfortunately for them, their card creationist wasn’t just some card apprentice, but a hybrid between a Viltronian, a World Calamity Tree and a Celestial with access to the primordial energy and pixie dust. Regardless of how strong their wills got, they could never get rid of me. Thinking of this, I found their combined rebellion against me funny and cute.

But this also surfaced a fear scenario in my mind: me losing to a being I created. It’s not like it was the first time something I created came back to collect my head. The superhuman serum I discovered on Earth was a prime example of that. I discovered it to fight the fucking Viltronian bastard or at least buy me time until I found a permanent solution. But in return, it became the tool for him to take over Earth even faster.

Therefore, I couldn’t help but take a second glance at the nine card spirits before me, wondering who among them would come for my head later. It was entirely possible as Card apprentices had many weird physiques, traits, and innate cards. Who knows, one of them could be a fated ingredient of some card apprentice and could completely erase my control over them with one baptism. The possibilities were endless, but the chances were near ‌nil.

But hey, a miracle was also a possibility.

I couldn’t help but shake my head in dismay thinking, ’One cannot underestimate anyone in the Myriad Realms, even the card spirits you created.’

I awoke from my thoughts as the card spirit began to bug me about taking them to choose their card apprentice. Now that three of their sisters had chosen their card apprentice, they couldn’t wait to find their own. Their extreme competitive relationship didn’t allow them to be outdone, but at the same time they were relieved that their card apprentice wasn’t their narcissistic creator or one of his bloodkins.

”Yes, wait here. When I return, I will bring a bunch of powerful card apprentices you can choose from,” I assured, hoping they would stop spamming my mind, by sharing their feelings and thoughts about how they couldn’t wait to choose their card apprentice with me.

Even though I couldn’t tell them whom to choose as their card apprentice, I can make sure who they could choose from. I know the card spirits could be stubborn, but I’m stubborn too. Now it was the question of who could hold on longer. I was in no rush, but the card spirits were. Their competitive nature forced them to at least keep up with their sisters as soon as possible if they can’t outdo them.

However, the card spirits protested my arrangements, saying they wanted to go out with me and choose their card apprentice based on kismet instead of arranged meetings.

”Are you kidding me? What do you take me for, your card pimp? I’m your Card Creator, damn it. Besides, what if you guys ended up choosing some stranger or my enemy? Do you take me for a fool or just ignorantly believe you are the smartest ones around here? Damn it, girls, I am too mad to even look at you. You better behave till I come back,” I lost it listening to card spirits demanding me to take them to find card apprentices worthy of them.

Actually, I wasn’t even that mad. I expected such a reaction from them. I just wanted to see how these card spirits would react to my outburst. To get the maximum effect, I decided to storm off the trophy section with Louis and Redfall.

Arriving out of the trophy section, as I spied on them I found that the card spirits had long forgotten about my outburst and were wandering in it. Shaking my head in disappointment, I decided to head to the Card World without any more delay.

Just as their master stopped peeping and headed his way, one of the card spirits found the floating island covered in array formations sealing the storage card containing the Elder Anesthesia Dragon. It immediately called its sisters, and together they began to circle the island, and only they knew what was going on each of their minds.