Card Apprentice Daily Log

Date- 1 April 2321

Time- 10:25

Location- Sky Blossom City, Southern Watch military base.

"Well, I am waiting," I said impatiently, looking at three young soldiers who looked lifeless as if they had given up on their lives. They didn't look this down when Anna had them do 100 pistol squats on each leg.

"Rookie Todd, answer the man," Anna ordered sternly.

"Yes, commander." Todd turned to me and said, " Master Wyatt, I am Todd O'Reilly. My fate ingredient is this black steel armguard. I want a weapon-type origin card suitable for my first origin card, 'Weapons Master.' "

"Umm… so you already have one origin card. Can I see its card info? That way, I can make better judgments for creating your second origin card." I heard Todd wanted an origin card that would help him showcase the full potential of his first origin card. So I needed to know what his first origin card's specifications were.

"Sure, please go ahead." Said Todd and he passed me his Golden grimoire.

[Card Name: Weapons Master

Card Type: Origin Card

Card Rank: Unique Grade

Card Rate: -/-

Card Durability: -/-

Card Effect: The user can achieve the highest mastery of any weapon they wield based on its grade.

Additional Effect: Resonance, Enhanced Intelligence, Enhanced Dexterity, Enhanced Strength.

Note: Common Grade weapon - Proficient

Uncommon Grade weapon - Elite

Rare Grade weapon - Master

Myth Grade weapon - Grandmaster

Legend Grade weapon - Sage ]

Resonance: The user's personal mastery of a weapon can increase the proficiency of the weapon they wield.

For example, If the User has Master level mastery with Swords and then wields a common-grade sword, he can still display Master level sword proficiency despite the card limitations of the origin card.

"Interesting origin card, and one more thing, since you have already forged an ego gem, you must have started comprehending rules. What rule have you gained insight in?" Based on my unproven theory of the effect of the card apprentice's origin cards on their rule comprehension irrespective of their ego gem's synchronization rate, I guessed that Todd had to comprehend a weapon-related rule since his origin card was highly weapon originated.

"I have comprehended the Spear Rule. And gain ultimate mastery in Swift meaning of Spear Rule. And super mastery in the accuracy meaning of Spear Rule." Todd narrated and added, "Master Wyatt, because of my spear rule, I would appreciate it if you created a spear as my origin card."

"Noted. But answer me this, do the comprehension rate of the spear rule increase when you equip a high-grade Spear card in your grimoire." This was only a hunch, but I believed the higher the grade of spear Todd equipped in his grimoire, the faster was his comprehension of spear rule. Because that hoe his origin card work. This hypothesis of mine was in accordance with my theory about the effect of the origin cards on rule comprehension irrespective of their ego gem's synchronization rate.

"I never noticed it, but now that you speak of it, the comprehension of my spear rule increased drastically as I switched to the military-issued Rare garden spear from the university-issued uncommon grade spear. Does this mean despite my average synchronization rate, I have a way to increase my rule comprehension." Todd asked me enthusiastically.

"I believe that the origin cards have a effect on rule comprehension irrespective of their ego gem's synchronization rate. This is only a theory of mine. I still need a lot of evidence to back it." I said.

"If I didn't know you didn't leave the Sky blossom city your whole life, I would have called you out for plagiarism.

The theory you speak of has already been proven and is called the Origin rule theory. This is high-level information only available in the top ten university libraries. So most people don't know the effect of their origin card on their rule comprehension.

Wyatt, if you ever think of publishing any of your theories or findings, run it through old Lorenzo or Luna before posting. To avoid any counts of plagiarism. And also, we need to enroll you in the top 10 universities soon. Someone of your talent level cannot be wasted in this black water city." Anna explained that some researchers had already proved the theory I spoke of. Since Anna is also familiar with this theory, it should be well-known in the upper community.

"I see. It seems the libraries of the top 10 universities are a treasure trove of knowledge." Imaging the vast knowledge accumulated by the top 10 universities thanks to millennia of research work, I couldn't help but get excited about visiting the morning star university library.

"So Wyatt, what kind of card do you plan to create for this rookie." Asked Anna.

"You already know what you want me to create, so why ask?" I knew why Anna chose me over her family's platinum or diamond grade card creationist. She wanted me to create an origin card similar to Susan's origin card Slime Armor.

Slime Armor could take the form of any armor card feed to it. Anna wanted me to create a similar card for Todd with a minor change. Instead of feeding Armor cards, we would feed it weapon cards so that it can morph into any weapon fed to it.

"So you saw through my intentions. Give me an earful later but for now, tell me whether the card I am thinking of is possible or not?" Anna asked eagerly.

"It is possible. The only question here is how much are you willing to invest in this particular card creation." I answered confidently.

"Name a price. I will tell you whether I can afford it or not." Said Anna flaunting her wealth.

"Mimercornium is the highest quality ingredient that I can use right now. Fifty pounds of it would be enough for me to build a good origin card for him." Anna asked me to name a price, so I named the highest and the best A-rank ingredient I could think of to create Todd's origin card.

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