Chapter 1648 No Time to Die (XI)

Chapter 1621 No Time to Die (XI)

For a long time, the magic world in DC seemed to be very orderly. The contracts signed between wizards and demons were also formal, the power levels were also clear, and various institutions were running in an orderly manner. On the surface, this was a very civilized society.

And Constantine was the scum excluded from this civilized society. He was a notorious scum and liar in the magic circle. For a while, he could be called the shame of mankind.

But this was not because he was really very bad. Although Constantine was a scum, he never told the truth, and his private life was also very chaotic, but from the perspective of humans, he was still a good person. So why was his reputation so bad?

In general, the order of the DC magic world was false, because it was not humans themselves who made this order, but demons and angels. They needed such an order to exploit humans, so they would naturally maintain the stability of this society.

Constantine did not follow the order of this society, but lied to the devils and then the angels. Then the devils and angels would naturally try their best to let their believers discredit Constantine.

Constantine did not receive a particularly formal psychological and sociological education, especially lacking 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 unpresentable.

But the difference between Strange and him is that Strange has a good teacher. As he said, Ancient One is the most powerful Supreme Sorcerer in history. She can be said to be the Purple Star from the sky in the Marvel magic world. She beat most of the demons who set their sights on the earth with her fists.

Then the situation is reversed. In order not to appear weak, these defeated demons can only praise Ancient One, and the name of the Supreme Sorcerer spreads in the universe.

Let’s not talk about Schiller’s influence on Strange. Even in the aspect of magic, Strange knew at the beginning of his study that his teacher was the biggest and most decent leader in the entire universe’s magic world, and he was the only direct disciple of the strongest and largest sect. No matter what he did, it was legitimate.

So he had no burden at all when he lied to those demons, and even had a compassionate and savior mentality - if he didn’t lie to these demons, they would have to be beaten by the Ancient One. Although he squeezed a certain amount of energy from them, he actually helped them save their most precious lives. Wouldn’t the other party kowtow to him?

This difference in mentality led to Constantine, even though he has become a decent person now, still feeling that his tricks to deceive demons and angels are a bit hard to say. He has been worrying about how to teach these despicable methods to his students for several days. Isn’t it really a bad thing to teach people to deceive people?

Although he has cheated children a lot, there is a difference between doing some pranks in private and organizing a large-scale class to teach these scams. Constantine was really worried that he would be speechless in class, and even more worried that he would be beaten to death by parents who knew the truth if he really spoke eloquently about these scams.

Just then he met Strange, who was invited by Schiller. In order to let Strange understand the general situation of the magic in this universe, Schiller directly threw Strange to Constantine, and called Zatanna at the same time, and the two of them taught Strange the magic knowledge of this universe.

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

Constantine nodded and said, "Is it the same for you? I really thought there was a place where you didn't have to borrow money. It seems that everyone is the same."

"But you are a little different from us." Strange frowned and said, "Don't you have a universal energy? That is, a power that can be transformed into any energy?"

Constantine and Zatanna looked at each other, shook their heads and said, "There is no such thing. Every demon and angel has different powers and can do different things. To do something, you have to summon the corresponding demon."

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

"Equivalent exchange." Constantine took a piece of paper and wrote and drew on it. While saying: "For example, I am the agent of Beelzebub, the demon king of hell. I got Beelzebub's gluttony power from him, but now I want to use the power of fire that can ignite everything, so I have to summon the Lava Demon King who is in charge of the power of fire."

"After summoning, he will find out that I am a believer of Beelzebub through the mark in my soul, and then he will trade with me. In hell, Beelzebub's status is obviously stronger than the Lava Demon King, so the gluttony power is also stronger than the fire power. One gluttony power can be exchanged for three fire powers."

"But if you want to use the fire power, the Lava Demon King also needs to take a cut, so in the end, the one gluttony power you get can only be exchanged for seven fire powers."

"Then who should pay the price?"

"Both sides have to pay. When you get one portion of gluttony power, you have to pay one portion of price to Beelzebub. After summoning the Lava King and exchanging it for the power of flame, you have to pay three portions of the power of flame to the Lava King."

"What a shitty rule!" Strange said in disbelief.

He stood there thinking for a while, stretched out a hand to stop Constantine and Zatanna from talking, took a piece of white paper and a pen on the table, and wrote while talking.

"After summoning Beelzebub and signing a contract with him, you have to pay him the price at 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 at a dynamic ratio, but they have to deduct taxes, right? That is to say, the strength of the power itself is 1:3, but when exchanging, 1 portion of power can only be exchanged for 5 portions of power."

The two nodded together again.

"When exchanging power, you have to pay the price to the exchanged object again, and it is paid according to the pre-tax price, right?"

Constantine nodded and said, "You summarized it very well, it's probably like this."

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

"But Beelzebub can't let you break the contract." Zatanna stared at Strange with round eyes and said, "If you want to break the contract, you have to pay all the prices you paid before again, and your soul cannot be free. It will still belong to Beelzebub after death. If you offend him, you will be tortured after death."

Strange was speechless. He glanced at the two people opposite him, and then looked down at the paper in his hand. He didn't know who was crazy.

"And more importantly, if you are not contracted with Beelzebub, that is, a demon of a higher level than the Lava Lord, then the 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 big demon, how do other demons know whether you will run away? Only when the destination of your soul after death is clear and the demon is sure that he can recover that part of the price, will he lend you power."

"Shit!" Strange cursed again, his hands He said puzzledly: "Who made this rule in the first place? Did he get kicked in the head by a donkey?"

Constantine sighed deeply and said: "In fact, this is just a superficial rule..."

Strange's eyes widened immediately, and the expression on his face clearly said "There are still masters???"

This time it was Zatanna who introduced them. Miss Magician also seemed helpless. She supported her hands on the edge of the table and turned her head to one side, as if exposing her own family scandal, and said: "In fact, in modern times, wizards have been competing with each other. It may also be that some young people have been bewitched by the devil. They think that the signing level is The higher the level, the more respectable the demons seem, completely ignoring the fact that higher-level demons charge higher prices. "

"Most young mages don't actually need such high-level powers. They don't have such powerful enemies to deal with, nor do they need very precise energy to do research. Most of the powerful powers they borrowed at a huge cost are squandered."

"The result is that young mages who have just entered the industry see that their predecessors are powerful and cool, so they also follow suit and borrow powerful powers that they don't need at all. As these powerful demons have more followers, they have room to choose. ”

“In the later period, many famous demons, such as the Lava Demon King mentioned by John, have contracts with the highest bidder. Only the human who is willing to pay more can get their precious contract quota. ”

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

Strange cursed, and could hardly hold back the murderous intent in his heart, but he took a deep breath to adjust his emotions, but at this moment, Constantine added another knife.

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

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

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

"What?"

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

"It's not that long. It has gradually evolved to the current level in the past thousand years..."

"Professor Strange? Professor Strange?!... Schiller! Schiller! Come quickly, this professor seems to be having an acclimatization problem, he seems to be having an epileptic seizure!"