"The 'Shadow Cloak' card," he said, "possesses four powerful effects: repelling, removing negative states, invisibility, and causing blindness."
Sealing, freezing, burning, binding, and petrification, these five negative states each come from the most common restriction type negative states in the light, water, fire, wind, and earth attributes, respectively.
— Among them, the 'Arrest' and 'Shackles' law magics used by Legal Mages all belong to [Binding], while 'Silence' and 'Still' belong to [Sealing].
This card alone cannot remove the [Curse] type of negative state, primarily brought about by dark attribute mana, because shadows cannot dispel darkness. That is its greatest flaw.
Even so, it remains the most useful Phantom Card in the 'Moon' slot. Many cards produced by Superior Phantoms might not be as effective as this one.
The position of the 'Moon' card itself is quite flexible, and the Phantom Cards that can be created for it tend to lean towards control release, invisibility, detection, prophecy, berserk, and illusion techniques, among these secondary domains.
In this slot, the 'Shadow Cloak' from Shadow Demon is undoubtedly the most versatile card—unless the boss has a special mechanism, or one's equipment is specialized for Shadow Cellar, so it must be carried, otherwise the Great Sin Scholars default to carrying this one.
In almost any situation, the Shadow Cloak can be effective.
Even in most cases, players are more troubled by the question of "Should I use Shadow Cloak now or hold on to it?" rather than "This card is useless." Because its tactical value is so high, judging the timing poorly can result in a disadvantageous outcome.
However, in the current environment, Aiwass does not think he will be subject to powerful control effects. His main enemies are the Noble Red Society, primarily made up of members from the Path of Transcendence. And the dark attribute's curse "Shadow Cloak" cannot be dissolved.
Its greatest significance lies in invisibility and the subsequent blinding curse that follows.
The most common invisibility abilities come from the Path of Adaptation, and it is well-known that the Path of Adaptation does not curse—meaning those trying to reveal Aiwass have no way of anticipating the blinding curse that follows the lifting of invisibility.
Invisibility has a time limit, but curses do not. Without dispelling or purifying, that's perpetual; even with dispelling, it requires time... enough for Aiwass or Lily to complete their ambush.
It was as if she had been standing there from the start, and he just hadn't noticed her right away.
Indeed, it was the Authority Path magic "Edict of Invisibility" that came with [Observer in the Shadow] that had prevented Aiwass from being immediately aware of her presence.
—Without a doubt, she had successfully entered the Path of Adaptation.
She glided over, utterly void of footfall sounds... like a moth or a spider.
"I was just checking to see if everything was going well for you, and if you needed my help."
Aiwass gently closed the door.
He glanced over, seeing the grey Codex Book calmly lying next to the pillow.
It had already imparted its stored knowledge to the reader, and now temporarily devoid of mystical traits, it seemed no different from an ordinary book.
"What is its name?"
Aiwass asked as if he wasn't inquiring about a book, but a pet.
"The 'Spider's Silk Sensing'." Lily explained.
She relayed to Aiwass an outline of the secrets contained within—housed within it was a form of special heritage.
Unlike the "Nurturing Secret Sequel," it wasn't about a lost heritage but closer to a kind of "summoning creature" or a method of using an exotic weapon.