Chapter 2. Uhh Mm Whats that? Scary (3)

Im pretty amazing.

The result of the training? The effects of the bat were truly magical.

What should I say its like a martial artist gaining an enlightenment in xianxia novels?

Tyranny really is the best. But one thing thats worrying me is theyre doing so well that I cant really make use of the bat Hum, hum, I mean, Im really sad that humans are only able to work hard when punishment is involved. Thats really the case, I swear. Im definitely not disappointed that I dont get to hit them as much.

Sorry. It sounds like an excuse to me, too.

Anyway, as I trained these children, I was able to find out their specialties.

Omnipotence (noun), to have the quality of superiority in all things.

And even when you learn all that, you cant even get employed

By the way, learning stuff like thats super inefficient. They have departments, right? You just gotta know what you specialize in, right? So why do everyone demand so much from you? Why cant we all just focus on our specialties?

Omnipotence is good, but most end up becoming a jack of all trades. Things actually work pretty similarly to the other world around here. But would I have become the head instructor if I worked like everyone else? No!

I help people dig into their specialties. How? With the bat! Talent grows with the bat! How about people who bats dont work on? Yeah, there are sometimes those who are immune to the bat.

But if the iron bat appears?

The master craftsman dwarves who worked in the creation of the iron bat declared that they had created the weapon of the devil, and listed it as the 2nd strongest demonic weapon the dwarves had ever created.

The 1st strongest demonic weapon of the dwarves is actually listed in the 10 strongest demonic weapons in the continent, so I think that says quite a bit about this bat.

Mm but taking that out would mean that I would have to give up on my humanity, so I never used it save for that one occasion 9 years ago.

Anyway, theres a solution for everything.

And the kids this time are all really distinct.

The first is 102! (He escaped the title of a child a while back)

Hes like a knight. A goody two shoes Boring. But hes learning little by little. He does everything pretty well. If I work him well, hes going to be omnipotent! Because of that, hes getting a lot of love from the bat at the moment!

Second, 46!

Whats hard about assassination is that you may have to stay in cover for 5, 10 years. It needs perseverance! This girl almost seems like she was born to be an assassin.

Lastly, 17! Everyone probably knows at this point, but this girls totally a wizard. The fact that she can change elements is a big plus!

Unlike in fantasy novels, there are no incantations in this world. Incantations are just there to visualize the spell. When you think about it, there are a lot of incantations in novels, but who the hell came up with the incantations? What kind of a chuuni came up with those incantations?! It either came about when a talented chuuni said Fire! Decimate my enemies! and actually killed someone, or if that wasnt the case, it would mean that someone was trying to find incantations when no one even knew magic existed especially high ranked magic, how would you find incantations for that? Its super long.

Here, in the actual fantasy world, its not words that do the work, its your imagination.

Because of that, the 3 major parts of magic here is the contract, imagination, and concentration. Of course, youd need talent to even use magic. The more talented you are, the more energy you would be able to use.

But talent is talent. It is just one of the small annoyances that exist in the world.

Because of that, as long as you can use the 3 major parts well, magic is a pretty nice subject to take up.

First, imagination.

It is to draw images in your head. Magic is a subject of mysteries, but it is also a subject that requires one to know the mysteries of the magic itself.

Thats why changing elements is a hard thing to do. Can you imagine a situation where its snowing, but the temperature is 40 degrees Celsius? You can easily imagine it, but what if you were to make it some true? As long as youre thinking something along the lines of no way in a corner of your head, magic is impossible.

Holy magic isnt called magic for nothing. Its a magic where you imagine a miracle happening, and the gods grant the miracle to you. Your faith would be a big bonus here. Holy miracles dont happen when youre atheist, you know.

Second, concentration.

If imagination triggers magic, concentration requires you to maintain that imagination. If I were to put it simply, imagination is a gas burner, and concentration is butane gas? Lighting a fire is important, but maintaining that fire is important as well. If you dont get it, your magical talent is zero!

Lastly, contract.

Its an ability that doesnt require talent, but rather charm and talking skills. Just like the name says, youre trying to make a contract.

A heaven sent talent? Try fighting with a 1000 year old demon, then. You die. This simple reason is why contracts are one of the three major parts of magic. Of course, if you delve deep enough, its probably the hardest part of the three. If you make a mistake, your soul gets taken, and your family could be slaves for generations.

But, if you do it well? You get a nice slave!

And for that reason.

Today, we shall contract a demon.

Im thinking of testing out a theory.

Isnt that illegal?

17, the future evil archmage, rejected my idea. Hey, that hasnt happened in a while, did it?

Also, what was that about illegal? If youre going to talk about legality this whole organizations illegal

Well, it wouldnt look cool if I responded like that, so

Why would you think its illegal?

When I lowered my voice and said this, 17 mumbled quietly.

Because you would be selling your soul

Thats

There are only two reasons why demons are called demons. They are too powerful, and they want your soul in exchange for their power.

The representative demons of this world are the 72 demon kings of Solomon, the demon of the Qliphoth Tree, the demons of ragnarok, etc etc. Its all full of familiar names. And the abilities and personalities are similar as well!

Because of this fact, I know more about demons than some demon scholars in the empire.

And now, its time to test my theory! If I do this wrong, 17 will lose her soul, but Im too curious to care! Honestly, its going to be a while till I find someone this talented again!

Im saying this again, but one of the 3 major parts of magic is the contract. And summoned monsters are the only ones that requires contracts.

What is a contract? It is a trade. Ill give you my this, so you give me your that. And most contracts with demons are scams.

A soul is something that not even gods can touch. It is something only the real god who created both gods and demons can touch. That is the price for lending a mere strength of a demon? Its a joke.

Compared to a soul, yes. Its shit. A demons strength? Yeah, its amazing. But even gods become limited in strength in this world. But demons? They are different. They can use as much power as they want. Why is that? Its simple. They have your soul. A soul is that powerful.

Yes, its possible to form a contract with a demon. They get weaker as a result, but a demon is a demon. Its still extremely powerful. But they are extremely hard to form contracts with, and even the empire has a percentage nearing zero when it comes to contracting demons.

Can I even do something that dangerous?

Yeah, its a bit dangerous. After all, the empire gets screwed if they fail to form a contract. But.

You can.

I said this with a small smile. She can do it. If I make use of the theory that I formed using the summoned pose that demon kings make, she can do it! Maybe Mm, since its just a theory, my trust in its going down a bit.

But if this succeeds? Well have a great demon as a slave!

Perhaps she sensed my confidence. 17 thought a bit for a moment, then answered confidently.

Ill do it!