The popularity of this topic far exceeded everyone's expectations, and even people who were not interested in playing cards had to buy a few cards to take a look.

How exaggerated is this matter?

The Dragon Mark Family, which had already negotiated a contract with Carl, sent someone to redraft the relevant matters in the contract.

They hope to increase the selling price of Spirit Cards and increase Carl's share of the profits as the inventor.

But Carl refused.

With Udyr as a living example, many rangers in Storm Bay, especially those who had been employed as animal tamers in the early years, began to collect materials everywhere, trying to cultivate a powerful spirit that met their requirements to serve as an animal companion.

All of a sudden, the monster materials that were originally thrown into the trash as scraps were actually worth a few copper coins.

If the source of the material has recently been contaminated by the aura of a high-level beast or monster, it can even be sold at a higher price.

"Oh~, I am also a ranger and an artificer, why did the path I chose happen to avoid the two professions that can obtain pets! Brother Carl, I am so sad~ wow~"

The night after the popularity of the Spirit Card was hyped up, Lisanna, who had just returned from get off work, shed the image of the chief of the Public Security Bureau that she had worked so hard to maintain, threw herself into Hope's chest, and complained to Carl.

She cried so sadly, as if a large part of wonderful experiences had been lost in her life.

But how could Carl, who grew up with Lisanna, not hear that Lisanna was crying fake tears? He could even tell that the rhythm of Lisanna's crying was the ballad used by Vana City to commemorate a half-elf female ranger.

This is what he taught Lisanna.

"Okay, stop crying! I never thought that one day you would use the same method I taught you to use against your parents against me. If you want a pet, you must at least have a spirit card, right?"

Before she finished her words, Lisanna had already taken out a Spirit Card from somewhere.

And her eyes seemed to have stopped shedding tears, as if a faucet had been turned off.

Hope and Nia were somewhat envious of this extraordinary talent.

"Okay, you're waiting for me here, girl! Let me see the spirit of this card first."

Reaching out to take the card from Lisanna's hand, Carl placed it aside and summoned the spirit inside.

It was a large dog with gray fur, and looked somewhat like a wolf, but its appearance made Carl subconsciously feel that it was a dog.

"Generally speaking, spirits with great potential often appear as infants in their early stages of life. You..."

Looking at the dog spirit that looked like a husky, Carl was speechless for a moment.

"Hey, brother Carl, please work harder and help me gather a more powerful spirit!"

Lisanna held her face on each side with her hands, tilted her head, and looked at Carl with a sweet smile.

If it were a young man who was just beginning to fall in love, his heart would probably be struck by her current appearance and his heart would beat fast.

But as someone who has taken care of Lisanna since she was a child, Carl is naturally immune to the aesthetic aura of Lisanna.

However, as Lisanna's half-brother, Carl found it difficult to resist her sister-like coquettish offensive.

"Don't try to trick me. You have to develop the habit of doing things on your own. There will always be times when we are not around, and when that time comes, you may not have that much time to rely on yourself.

How about this, you go collect the materials yourself, and when you find a spirit that satisfies you, Nia and I will help you complete the final stage."

Carl's idea was to let the spirit in the spirit card serve as the core of the thinking logic of this artificial life form servant, and then Lisana would infuse it with magic to enable it to complete the transformation.

As long as the machine designed by Carl can meet the ability requirements of the spirit to a certain extent, it can have good combat effectiveness.

The only downside is that such artificial servants are similar to golems, with a complicated production process, and they cannot be stored in a spirit card and taken away at any time like the spirit of Udyr Ranger.

However, it still inherited the advantage of not being easy to actually die, and because of the effect of the infusion ability, the connection between the actual artificial servant and Lisanna is even closer than the animal companion contract.

"Hey~, Sister Hope, Sister Nia, Ying~, look at him~"

Seeing that Carl was deliberately making things difficult, Lisanna immediately turned the tables and tried to get her sisters-in-law to settle the matter.

However, because Ying looked similar to her, Lisanna did not call her Sister Ying.

Carl's deliberately drawn-out sweet ending made it a little cloying, but Hope and the others really liked it.

This little thing really inspires the maternal instinct in all female creatures, except her own mother.

Being stared at by four pairs of watery eyes, Carl was somewhat overwhelmed.

After sitting in his seat and thinking for a while, he said, "Then I will take a step back. The materials for your spirit card can be obtained by us when we go out hunting. Anyway, I will not let these people in Storm Bay do things for you. Keep your public and private affairs separate."

Like an old cadre, Carl pointed out his bottom line.

It's not that he's exaggerating, but if people like them don't set a good example, Joanna and the others who actually do the work will be in trouble.

Today it was Carl who asked them for help, and tomorrow maybe others would do the same. If this continues, Storm Bay today might become worse than the Storm Council in the past.

"Lie~, got it! Humph! Anyway, you have the ability to support so many wives, so it doesn't matter if you have me as a sister? Even if you support me forever, it won't cost you much!"

After making such unspirited remarks, Lisanna unsurprisingly received a dignified gaze from Carl.

Seeing this, she stuck out her tongue, hid under the double team of Hope and Nia, and hugged them proudly, sending a provocative look to Carl.

"Hey! You little bastard!"

Rolling up his sleeves, Carl acted like the way Lisanna's parents scolded her, and cheerful laughter suddenly rang out in the bastion.

…

However, at the same time, as the source of the "hot search" for Spirit Cards, Udyr is hiding from pursuit in the dark wilderness.

However, he was not betrayed by his card-playing friends who wanted to kill him to get his cards, but the debts left over from his dissolute days in his early years came back to haunt him.

This is probably one of the negative effects of being "famous". The enemy can easily find you even though you are hiding very well, and they will set up a killing plan against you when you least expect it.

"Damn it! I shouldn't have gone out hunting today. I was thinking of trying my luck and condensing a flying spirit to serve as an animal companion on the road, but I almost ended up becoming someone's meat on the chopping board!"

Holding two revolvers, Udyr dodged the bullets behind him with undisguised regret on his face.

(End of this chapter)