Chapter 388 – Mythology Academy
『Of course… Even if you don’t have to learn this ability from me, you who can read the law of cause and effect, albeit in a rudimentary way, are the ability to learn naturally after some time. However, if I shorten that time, it won’t be a loss to you either!!』
“…I have no choice but to admit it.”
“Excellent idea! Would you like to make a wish?”
“Before that. Let’s clean up and go.”
『What do you mean?』
Seong-il knew very well that the devil would talk as if he would remove his gallbladder right now, but if he made a hasty wish without clearing up the details, he would be in trouble.
Because of this, he decides to clear up the contract with the devil before making a wish.
“A while ago… Didn’t you say that you need to provide something ‘extra’ to make a wish properly? What is that?”
“Ah… That’s it… It’s really nothing.”
“Stop talking bullshit and tell me clearly.”
A demon who blurts out his words as if he were talking about trivial things. However, Seong-il did not intend to take that matter lightly, so he waited for his answer without yielding the slightest bit.
『Well… Actually, the content of the wish is a bit excessive to solve the remaining one episode. In fact, there is no problem in making that woman ‘free’ even in the first circuit. However, giving the ability to nullify Tala’s ‘unfair’ contract at any time is more like an additional wish…』
“…So, stop talking and tell me what you need. Be clear. If it’s too much, I’ll just let it go.”
『Umm… Half of your magic power…』
“…Half each?”
『Of course, it is not something that will be taken forever. It’s just the same case that you use magic and consume it.”
“Is that enough?”
『…In addition, I need one dose of the potion that saved you from death when you fought the devil today.』
“I’m going to kill you like this…!!”
After talking as if a wish would solve everything, when the devil demands a precious artifact like an elixir as an additional offering, Seong-il feels dumbfounded.
“Hey!! You madman!! What a precious Major Artifact!! You asked for it?! Did you run it?!”
『Um… Then, would you just do it by simply getting her out of her contract? As I said earlier, at that level, one dose of the potion is actually unnecessary.”
“Hmm…”
『The reason I want an offering is to create an artifact of similar value to that potion. It’s just impossible for me.”
“…What is that artifact?”
『As I said before, an artifact that allows you to forcibly cancel that fraudulent contract at any time.』
“Like…”
Seong-il was tempted by the devil’s words that he would make an artifact that could kill Tala with one dose of the elixir. As he seems to be in trouble, the devil suggests the next best thing to Seong-il.
“Then what about this? You may offer the high-level magic book you wrote as a tribute. It’s worth it…”
“That’s even worse.”
Unlike Elixir, which can be regenerated in any amount after time, Seong-il rejects the devil’s proposal as it is an item that can be lost once it is lost.
‘Even though I didn’t want to see Tala’s bastard…’
There are still two doses left anyway, and the elixir will be regenerated next week, so Seong-il stops worrying and asks the devil.
“…There are 2 doses of potion left in the bottle. You only need 1 dose of the ‘potion’ inside, right? Only potions can be offered as offerings.”
『That’s enough! And the magic…”
“Fuck… I want a lot of things.”
『Ah, don’t you want to provide magical power? If that’s the case, you don’t have to provide it.”
“Huh? Suddenly?”
Seong-il is puzzled when he suddenly overturns the contract. The devil begins to explain to him in detail whether or not to use magical powers.
『The reason you need your magical power is to transfer that woman’s contract to you. That’s why you need your own magical power.”
“…What if I don’t give them magic power?”
『It just ends with making that woman truly free. In that case, you will lose your coercion towards that woman, right?』
“Hmm…”
『If it were me, I would choose to just give mana and force her woman. Because that side can reduce the variable. If it gets caught in her conscience, if she does, I can set her free in the future.”
“Hmm… That’s right.”
A holy day that agrees with the devil’s explanation. While he is asking questions like that, he constantly uses 『Sensation』 To monitor him to see if he is telling lies.
『Now… Then, would you like to make a wish?』
“…Before you go overboard, there must be something you need to do in advance? Should I put up my true name and swear not to retaliate against me in the future under any circumstances?”
『Haha, you learn so fast, right?』
‘A bastard…’
It was clear that the devil was trying to overlook this process, because if Seong-il had written a wish in his diary, the contents would have been omitted due to a ‘mistake’. He curses the devil’s tenacity and begins to thoroughly check that nothing is missing.
『My name is Hermo Cripius!! A serpent that eats darkness born from an infinite void, it transcends time and space and controls fate, contracts, and knowledge!! By my name I swear! I will not retaliate against the person in front of me, Han Seong-il, no matter what situation comes my way!!! In any way!!!!』
The powerful power felt in the screams of the diary. Through 『Emotion』, Seong-il really feels that this guy won’t harm him. In addition, how strong is the binding power of the oath that that ‘name’ holds.
‘…Fuck, the longer the devil’s modifier is, the stronger and more dangerous he is. Still, the binding of the oath seems real. It’s fortunate…’
After the devil swears so strongly, Seong-il, thinking that he has a safety device, sighs lightly and tells the diary.
“Previously.”
“What? Wasn’t the story already over? Are you going to change your words again?”
Perhaps the devil is starting to get annoyed as well, and I can feel the anger in his handwriting. However, Seong-il expresses his thoughts to him without batting an eye.
“Wait. I have to tell the person over there about my wish with you.”
『You have to…?』
“Because I have a different opinion from you. First of all, I need to ask for the woman’s consent and make a wish.”
『Haa… In that case.』
A demon who doesn’t particularly like Seongil’s words. Even so, he seemed to believe that Yudi would not be able to refuse an offer from him and Seongil.
“Hey.”
“What…Why?!”
Seong-il talks to himself with a book that gives off an ominous energy that has been floating in the air for a while, frantically talking about himself.
Seong-il explains to her the story he had with the diary.
“…So. This is what happened. What do you want to do? Shall I free you from the contract with Tala?”
“That… Isn’t that a lie? Ho… Are you trying to shake my faith in Tala and fuck me…?”
“What bullshit. Did you forget I swore an oath earlier?”
“Ah… Uh… Uh…”
Yudy is speechless at Seongil’s explanation. She ponders her thoughts for a moment, then throws her chained body forward violently and bows down to him.
“Please!! Please!! Release!! Freedom to my soul…!!”
“If so, what can you do for me?”
“Anything!! As long as it doesn’t hold my soul… Anything…!!!”
“…Don’t forget those words.”
After that, Seong-il turns his back and approaches the devil’s diary.
“Are you ready?”
“…Yes. Let’s begin.”
『Whoop whoop…!!!』
At Seong-il’s words, the diary naturally starts writing down his wishes automatically. Seong-il, who had read all the written information, nodded his head with a nervous expression when he saw that there was no problem with the contents.
“Give me a drop of that woman’s blood.”
“…”
Seong-il, who is extremely careful because the binding force on him has disappeared. Since he learned at Mythology Academy that it is good to mix demons and horses to a minimum during contracts, he doesn’t ask unnecessary questions and does what he says calmly.
“Ugh!”
She lightly exhales her strong energy, causing scratches on Yudi’s fingertips. Then the blood flowed out. The diary floats it in the air, brings it to himself, and begins to write a lot in bizarre characters that cannot be recognized.
『Give me your tribute. And magical power.”
Nod
Seong-il did not want to mix words with him. After lightly nodding his head to express his agreement, he took out the elixir and sent one dose into the air with telekinesis.
After that, Seong-il holds the elixir bottle in his arms, secretly opens his inventory, and puts it there so that he can’t mess with the bottle.
“Good…!! Good…!!”
The diary keeps muttering madly, as if excited by the upcoming freedom. In addition, Seong-il feels that a huge amount of energy is draining from his body.
“Okay…”
Seong-il frowns thanks to the diary that draws out his inner strength without mercy. However, he grits his teeth and watches the bastard’s tricks.
Ji profit!! Jjiik!!
Diary torn to pieces. I feel that strange seeds of darkness remain in the scattered diary.
Almost all of the diaries are destroyed, and before Seong-il sees only two diaries that are quite familiar, they appear to him.
“Take it.”
“…This?”
“One is yours, one is your slave’s.”
“…Slave?”
“Okay. After that Talara broke the contract with miscellaneous things, he picked out the advantageous points from the existing contract and handed them over to you appropriately. In the future, whether you kill that woman, save her, or free her soul, it’s all up to you.”
“What about the other one?”
“It belongs to that woman. That contract will bind her woman, and on her side will give her her power.”
“…Strength?”
“Okay. Talala is a major artifact that can forcibly destroy the fraudulent contract that the worms have committed.”
“What?!”
Knowing that contracts with divine beings are usually impossible to break easily, Seong-il looks very surprised. As if enjoying his expression, the devil continues to speak in a sinister voice.
“Because this is my specialty. Ah! Please note that not all contracts can be unlocked. It can only be used on people who have entered into a ‘fraudulent’ contract like that woman.”
“Right…”
『The karma of a guy named Tala. How dare you misuse the sacred contract like that. As a demon who makes contracts his business, he couldn’t stand it!!』
‘What did you say about the devil…’
『Now…Then shall we prepare for a farewell?』
The time when Seong-il was bewildered by the devil’s sudden work ethic. Dark spirits that seem to be the essence of demons start charging at the elixir floating in the air.
‘Come to think of it, why didn’t I use the elixir?’
Seong-il wanted to use it to bring Yudi back to life after killing him because it was said to be an offering for breaking the contract. However, seeing the devil using the elixir only after the contract is over, he frowns and watches the situation.
“Good!! Good!!! With power this powerful, I can use it to restore my body!!!!!”
‘No way…!!!’
The elixir and the demon’s soul begin to mix. The two powers, which had been wriggling and devouring each other for a long time, soon merge completely into one.
Guess…!! Guess…!!
A scene that has become quite familiar through the battle with the ‘lord of the abyss’ the previous day. Obviously, it was a scene of the devil descending into the material world and incarnating.
『Khahahaha!! I, Hermo Cripius, have returned!!!!”
‘Oh my god…’
A huge black snake with a head the size of a house. In the space where it was being incarnated, it was leaping madly into the sky as if it would fill the inner plane of infinite holy days.
“…”
Shocked by the terrifying sight, Seong-il stares blankly at the scene. And soon after, the snake, which has completed a huge body so long that you can’t see the end, lowers its head to the floor and faces Seongil.
『Ah… Freedom is always sweet…』
Gulp…
Seong-il, realizing how much of a terrifying monster he had resurrected, backs away in fear.
“What are you afraid of? I am not a devil so foolish as to break the oath I made by name.”
“Ah… I…”
『Don’t worry. The reason I’m locked in that goddamn diary is because I failed to fulfill my oaths and contracts, so how can I bother you?”
“Hmm…”
Seong-il feels that his words are the truth. He asks him with a very tired expression.
“So… Why aren’t you leaving?”
『Why? Are there any ‘gifts’ left?』
“Ah…!!”
How to read causality. Seong-il freezes at the moment when he realizes that there is a present he had forgotten because of his nervousness.
‘This… The knowledge that this great guy gave me must be amazing…?’
