Chapter 1648 No Time to Die (XI)

For a long time, the magic world in DC seems to be very orderly. The contracts signed by wizards and demons are also formal, the power level is also clear, and various institutions are running in an orderly manner. On the surface, this is a very civilized society.

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

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

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

Constantine does not follow the order in this society, but cheats the demons and angels first, then the demons and angels will naturally try their best to let their believers discredit Constantine.

Constantine had not received any 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 was that Strange had a good teacher. As he said, Ancient One was the most powerful Supreme Sorcerer in history. She could be said to be the Purple Star from the sky in the Marvel magic world, and she beat most of the demons who wanted to attack the earth with her fists.

In this way, the situation was reversed. In order not to appear weak, these defeated demons could only praise Ancient One, and the name of the Supreme Sorcerer spread in the universe.

Let alone 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 upright leader in the entire universe magic world, and he was the only direct disciple of the strongest and largest sect, so no matter what he did, it was justified.

So he had no burden at all when he cheated those demons, and even had a compassionate mentality of saving the world - if he didn't cheat these demons, they would have to be beaten by Gu Yi. 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 cheat demons and angels are a bit hard to say. He has been worrying about how to teach these despicable methods to students for several days. Isn't it really a bad thing to teach people to fool 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 fraud knowledge. Constantine is really worried that he will be speechless in class, and even more worried that if he really speaks eloquently about these scams, he will be beaten to death by parents who know the truth.

At this time, 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. Together, the two of them taught Strange about 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, "You guys too? I really thought there was a place where you didn't have to borrow money, it seems everyone is the same."

"But you guys 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, wrote and drew on it, and said, "For example, I am the agent of Beelzebub, the devil of hell. I got Beelzebub's gluttony from him, but now I want to use the power that can ignite everything. 's Flame Power, then I have to summon the Lava Lord who is in charge of the Flame Power. "

"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 Lord, so the Gluttony Power is also stronger than the Flame Power. One Gluttony Power can be exchanged for about 3.3 Flame Powers. "

"But if you want to use the Flame Power, the Lava Lord will also need to take a cut, so in the end, the one Gluttony Power you get can only be exchanged for 2.7 Flame Powers. "

"Then who should pay the price? "

"Both sides have to pay. When you get one Gluttony Power, you have to pay one price to Beelzebub, and after summoning the Lava Lord and exchanging the Flame Power, you have to pay the price of 3.3 Flame Powers to the Lava Lord. "

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

He stood there for a moment, thinking, and then he reached out a hand to stop Constantine and Zatanna from continuing. He took a piece of white paper and a pen from the table, and wrote as he spoke.

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"After summoning Beelzebub and signing a contract with him, you have to pay him a price at a 1:1 ratio, 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 part of power can only be exchanged for 2.5 parts 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 haven't contracted Beelzebub, 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: "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 those powerful powers that they can't use 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 before, 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 more, 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 on, this professor seems to be a little uncomfortable with the local climate. He seems to have an epileptic seizure!"