The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman

For a long time, the magic world of DC seems to be very orderly. The contracts signed by mages and demon gods are also decent, and the level of power is also very clear. Various institutions are running in an orderly manner. On the surface, It's a fairly civilized society.

And Constantine is the scum excluded by this civilized society, a notorious rotten person and liar in the magic circle, and for a while he can be called the shame of mankind.

But this is not because he is really bad. Although Constantine is a bad person, he can't hear a word of truth, and his private life is also very chaotic, but from the standpoint of human beings, he is still a good person. Then he Why is his reputation so bad?

Generally speaking, the order of the DC magic world is false, because it is not human beings who make this order, but demons and angels. They need such an order to exploit human beings, so they will naturally maintain the stability of this society.

Constantine did not follow the order of this society, but deceived the devil and the angel. The devil and the angel would naturally try their best to get their followers to discredit Constantine.

Constantine had no formal psychological and sociological education, especially lack of certain sociological knowledge. Over time, he also felt that he was a bad guy in the magic world, and felt that the things he did were unspeakable and ostentatious. Not on the table.

But the difference between Strange and him is that Strange has a good teacher. As he said, Ancient One is the most powerful supreme mage in history. She can be said to be the heavenly purple of the Marvel magic world. MSI, forcibly defeated most of the demon gods who wanted to attack the earth with their fists.

Then the situation is reversed. In order not to appear weak, these defeated demon gods can only brag about Gu Yi, and the title of Supreme Mage spreads in the universe like this.

Leaving aside Schiller's influence on Strange, even in terms of magic, Strange knew from the very beginning that his teacher was the most upright leader in the entire universe of magic, and that he was the strongest number one. The only direct disciple of a sect, no matter what he does, he is justified.

So he has no burden at all to deceive those demon gods, and even has a compassionate mentality of saving the world - if he doesn't deceive these demon gods, they will be beaten by Gu Yi. Although he has squeezed a certain amount of energy from them, But in fact, it helped them save the most precious life, so the other party must not knock one for themselves?

This difference in mentality caused Constantine to feel that his tricks of deceiving demons and angels were a little hard to explain even if he became a decent person now. He was worried about how to teach these dirty tricks to his students. Oh my god, isn't teaching people to fool people really spoiling children?

Although he has not cheated children, there is still a difference between doing some pranks in private and organizing a large-scale class to teach these scams. Constantine is really worried that he will not be able to speak in class, and even more worried If I really talked about these tricks eloquently, I would be beaten to death by the parents who learned the truth.

At this moment, he met Strange who was invited by Schiller. In order to let Strange understand the general situation of this cosmic magic, Schiller directly threw Strange to Constantine, and at the same time called With Zatanna, the two together give Strange Cop the magical knowledge of this universe.

So, the magic in your universe is essentially borrowing? Strange asked, looking at the introduction in a book Constantine handed him.

Constantine nodded and said, Is that the same for you? I really thought there was no need to borrow money. It seems that everyone is similar.

But you are still a little different from us here. Strange frowned and said, Don't you have a kind of universal energy? It means the power that can be transformed into any energy?

Constantine and Zatana looked at each other, they shook their heads and said: There is no such thing, every demon and angel has different powers, and the things they can do are also different. To do something The corresponding demon must be summoned.

What about the contract? Isn't it necessary to contract a fixed demon? If you contract a fixed demon, how do you use the power of other demons?

Equivalent exchange. Constantine took a piece of paper and said while writing and drawing on it: For example, I am the agent of Beelzebub, the demon king of hell, and I obtained Beelzebub's gluttony from him. power, but now I want to use the power of flames that can ignite everything, then I have to summon the lava demon king who is in charge of the power of flames.

After being summoned, he will find out that I am a believer of Beelzebub through the mark in my soul, then he will make a deal with me. In hell, Beelzebub's personality is obviously stronger than the lava demon king, so the power of gluttony is also It is stronger than the power of raging flames, and 1 part of the power of gluttony can be exchanged for 3.3 parts of the power of raging flames.

But if you want to use the power of flames, the Lava Demon King also needs to take a percentage from it, so in the end, 1 part of the power of gluttony you get can only be exchanged for 2.7 parts of the power of flames.

Then who will pay the price?

Both sides have to give. When you get 1 part of the power of gluttony, you have to pay 1 part of the price to Beelzebub. After summoning the lava demon and exchanging the power of flames, you have to pay 3.3 parts of the price of the power of flames. To the Lava Lord.

What shit rules! Strange said in disbelief.

He paused for a moment to think, stretched out a hand to stop Constantine and Zatana from continuing to talk, took a piece of white paper next to him and the pen on the table, and spoke while writing.

After summoning Beelzebub and signing a contract with him, you have to pay him a price in a ratio of 1:1, right?

The two people on the opposite side nodded together.

If you want to use the power of other demon kings, after summoning other demon kings, you have to exchange power with them in a dynamic ratio, but they have to deduct taxes, right? That is to say, the strength of the power itself is 1:3, but in exchange At the time, 1 power can only be exchanged for 2.5 powers.

The two nodded together again.

When exchanging power, you have to pay the exchanged object again, and you still pay at the pre-tax price, right?

Constantine nodded and said, You summed it up very well, that's about it.

Then if I want to use the power of flames, why don't I directly contract the Lava Demon King? Anyway, I have to pay the same price.

But Beelzebub can't let you break the contract. Zatana stared at Strange with round eyes and said, If you want to break the contract, you have to pay all the price you paid before, and the soul You can’t be free either, and it will still belong to Beelzebub after you die, and if you offend him, you will be tortured after death.”

Strange was speechless. He glanced at the two people across from him, and then looked down at the paper in his hand, not knowing who was crazy.

More importantly, if you have not contracted Beelzebub, which is a higher-level demon than the Lava Demon King, then lower-level demons will not respond to your call and exchange power with you.

Why?

Because no one endorses your credit. Constantine shook his head and said, If you don't have a contracted great devil, how will other devils know whether you will escape? Only the whereabouts of your soul after death is clear. , the devil is sure that he can recover that part of the price, so he will lend his strength to you.

You shit! Strange cursed again, and he put his hands in his pockets and said rather puzzled, Who made this rule in the first place? Did he get kicked in the head by a donkey?

Constantine sighed deeply and said, Actually, this is just a superficial rule...

Strange's eyes widened immediately, and the expression on his face read brightly, There are still masters???

This time it was Zatanna who introduced the introduction, and Miss Magician also seemed very helpless. She put her hands on the edge of the table, turned her head to one side, and said as if she was exposing her family scandal: In fact, in modern times, comparisons between mages have been common, and it is possible There are some young people who are bewitched by the devil, and they think that the higher the signing level, the more face the devil will have, completely ignoring the fact that higher-level devils charge more.

The vast majority of young mages actually don't need such high-level power at all. They don't have such powerful enemies to deal with, and they don't need very precise energy to do research. Most of the powerful power they borrowed at a huge price Wasted.

And the result is that young mages who are new to the industry see that their predecessors are powerful and unrestrained, so they also learn to borrow those powerful powers that they don't need at all, and as soon as these powerful demons have more followers, they will have room for choice.

In the later stage of development, many famous demons, such as the lava demon that John said before, their contracts are for the highest bidder, and which human beings are willing to pay more can get their precious contractor quota.

Many people sacrifice their family members and even the souls of strangers in order to gain the favor of powerful demons, just to prove that they can pay more and become better dogs.

Strange cursed a foul word, and could hardly hold back the killing intent in his heart, but he still took a deep breath to adjust his emotions, but at this moment, Constantine made another stab.

And in order to force the mages to consume more power, and then borrow more power to pay more, the demons control these mages who have lost their minds to fight other mages.

In fact, there are basically no external enemies in the magic world. Almost all dangers come from mages who are addicted to out-of-control power, but if you can't use stronger power to kill these out-of-control people, you will die yourself. At the critical moment of life and death, you can only Let the devil set the price.

Strange tremblingly pulled a chair beside him and sat down. He was afraid that he might faint if he continued to stand, so he stretched out a trembling hand and pressed it on the paper and said: ... How long?

What?

How long has this been going on?!!!!

It's not too long, it has gradually evolved to the present level in the past one thousand years...

Professor Strange? Professor Strange?!... Schiller! Schiller! Come on, this professor seems a little uncomfortable, he seems to have a seizure!