Academy’s Weapon Replicator chapter 235

Chapter 74 The Devil (8)

──I will grant your wish. instead,

So many fables, legends and myths that start like this.

The devil is always lurking behind it.

“I think Ambush made an offer to the devil. I don’t know what method they used, but it seems to have succeeded in summoning a demon.”

“What kind of price did the devil want from Darkbu, and in return for that he got the knowledge and power of mana injection?”

“… … Ambu knew it would be like that.”

“yes?”

I don’t know what devil’s book Ambu read and did such a crazy thing.

They have some misconception about the devil.

“The devil doesn’t keep his contract properly in the first place. They just use the name ‘contract’ to attract people.”

“Are you saying that even though humans give what the devil wants, the devil doesn’t give what humans want?”

“On the surface, it seems like giving. Contracts with the devil are not made solely by the power of the devil. The exchange of conditions and prices to be offered in the form of rituals for summoning demons, human wishes, and contracts. All these forces come together and manifest as the power of wish.”

So the devil can make human wishes come true.

Even if he himself has no knowledge or no abilities, the power he summons, the price that humans give him, and the power of contract formation make his wishes come true.

“But in the end, humans realize that it leads to absurd results.”

When demons make a pact with humans, they usually want the soul of the wisher. Even in the game Etius, information in many books tells it.

Of course, the person in the dark must have prepared for it. Even if he sold his soul, he must have had a heart to strengthen mankind by completing mana injections.

But no matter how much he was determined,

Whether he made a noble sacrifice that even put his own soul on the scales,

The devil has no interest in such things.

“People are afraid of the devil taking human souls out of their pact with the devil, but that’s not really what they should be afraid of. You have to be afraid of the cruelty of not even keeping a contract on the subject of taking souls.”

The devil knows the human psychology well. Especially in the reward psychology.

A clumsy mind that believes that a contract that is enough to sell one’s soul will be rewarded with honesty and fairness.

“In this case, what the dark room was empty of was the knowledge to create mana injections without side effects.”

“You mean the devil didn’t give you that knowledge?”

“I would have given it. I have to fulfill the contract. But contracts like this always have pitfalls.”

“What is a trap?”

“Knowledge is a law that only makes sense when used. And knowledge and the things it creates are two different things.”

At my words, Philly made a sound as if she knew what I was saying.

“… … The devil is targeting the ‘thing’ made using that knowledge.”

“Yes. It was probably intercepted during the experiment. The knowledge was given, the contract was fulfilled, and from then on it has nothing to do with the contract.”

However, it is unusual for a demon, who is basically indifferent to human wishes, to be interested in the object.

Usually, it is common to do things like ‘monkey hands’ that aim at gaps in wishes or intentionally distort them to make wishes come true, but make them more unhappy.

Simply put, it’s playing with humans.

It seems that such a demon is very interested in human experiments and intercepts them.

“Then what was born from that experiment… … .”

“Yes. It is the monster that aimed at the Emperor.”

Metamorph’s catastrophe.

He has the ability to imitate the person he saw.

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Not only the appearance, but also the flow of mana from the inside.

“Originally, it must have been a way to eliminate the side effects of mana injections. If you can create the exact same mana as the target, there will be no side effects even if you inject it.”

“At that time, I wouldn’t have been a monster with an ego as it is now. There would be no need for that.”

“Yes. The devil must have made it that way.”

Metamorph’s catastrophe that should have been originally a mana injection.

It is unknown what the demons were aiming for with their abilities and turning human experiments into monsters.

Well, I’m locked up in my workshop right now, so I’ll take it easy and find out later.

“You arrived while we were talking.”

Me and Philly went down all the stairs in the basement.

It’s been a while since I’ve been here, but the sight I saw was completely different.

Once the door to the room where the Dragon Heart was kept was already smashed, and a foreign reverberation of mana remains. Maybe it’s the devils.

And above all, it smells like blood.

“The devil has tampered with human experiments. When humans make a pact with the devil, there must have been some kind of gate in the ritual so that they could meet. It must have been ‘Dragon Heart’ that was used as a medium. It’s a mana crystal that’s perfect for summoning demons.”

“So there are signs of intrusion here. That’s amazing. You didn’t intend to use the Dragon Heart itself as a mana injection, but to use it to summon demons.”

“It may have been after the demon summons had already taken place. Dragon Heart is only a medium and will not be destroyed, and after making a contract with the summoned demon, the demon returns and the gate is closed again. When that happens, all that’s left will be minor intrusions.”

However, as long as the Dragon Heart remains in place, the devil will be able to open the gate again and come here.

The fact that the dragon heart was hidden and fixed in place to keep it precious became a stepping stone for the devil to come back here.

“… … Let’s check inside.”

“yes.”

We walked slowly and entered the room with the Dragon Heart.

And he found blood scattered all over the place. It was as if he had been subjected to a horrific massacre, but there were no corpses to be seen. only full of blood.

Besides, the ‘sixth sense’ tells me, this blood must be,

“It’s not one man’s blood.”

“How many?”

“It’s a significant number. It’s been a long time, but I can’t count.”

If it’s just to kill people, sometimes blood doesn’t come out that much. Of course. I’m not trying to draw blood.

Moreover, as expected, this blood was not the result of a ‘murder’.

“It seems that the contract has been completed.”

“… … Then the master of this blood,”

“Yes. It’s an ambulance.”

[You have completed the subquest.]

[Sub Quest: Thinning out]

•Description: The group that planned the mana injection belongs to the dark department. Execute them at Philly’s orders.

• Goal: Eliminate the mastermind and collaborators of the plan.

•Reward: Separately paid according to quest performance. Missing some of the mastermind or allies, losing rewards if you kill someone else in the darkbuoy, or failing if you kill someone who isn’t in the darkbug.

•If you fail, you lose Philly’s trust.

[Check Reward]

– The mastermind of the plan was killed by the devil.

– The plan’s collaborator was killed by the devil.

[Compensation has been withheld. We are currently checking.]

I smiled bitterly at the alarm on my smartwatch.

This quest, I did not touch anything, but it was solved. Was there even confusion because the quest wasn’t set as a third result?

Instead of a dark part, something more troublesome has appeared.

“The dragon heart is still there. It looks like you have used up a lot of mana.”

Philly narrowed her eyes and looked at the Dragon Heart. As she said, the triangular ring has now lost much of its brilliance and faded.

Due to the summoning of demons, the contract, and the call of Mizonas, many demons have appeared on the gate here, so the vast mana deserves to be exposed.

‘… … It’s a little strange.’

But I felt a different sign inside that dragon heart.

Ambu used this dragon heart to summon demons and make a contract. maybe it’s satan

Satan’s direct subordinate, Mizonas, is currently fighting Atjie.

Although Atjie has a superior ability, the fact that a confrontation is established can infer Mizonas’ power.

In addition, a multitude of demons poured into the open gate with this dragon heart.

‘… … Isn’t Dragon Heart already over the limit?’

I’ve swallowed dragon hearts myself, and I’ve dealt with them. Although it is not exact, you can guess the size of the force it has to some extent.

With my intuition like that, it is normal for Dragon Hearts to be exhausted and disappear.

If so, how does the Dragon Heart still maintain its shape?

“Then what do we do now?”

I woke up from deep trouble at Philly’s question.

“It’s a little pricey, but I’m going to break this.”

“A dragon heart?”

“Yes. Then there will be no connection between here and the other world, and no more demons will come.”

The demons that have already appeared will be taken care of by the Zodiac, and if you leave Mizonas to Atji, it will be okay.

If you break this heart, it will be the end of the immediate case.

“… … like. I don’t think I can use it for my husband if it’s been consumed like this anyway.”

Philly nodded with a slightly gloomy face.

I slowly reached out to the dragon heart.

Moment.

[A moment before that.]

An unfamiliar, gloomy voice hit his ears.

[Sorry to interrupt, but excuse me for a moment. Please forgive my rudeness.]

An overly polite voice. After that, the shape gradually formed on top of the Dragon Heart.

Me and Philly looked up to see the figure.

The pale-skinned man had a beautiful appearance, but before that, his wide-spreading wings stood out.

And I knew right away.

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Not the wings of a bat, but the wings of a bird.

It was reminiscent of an angel, but the black color was so deep and dark.

Among the Seven Deadly Sins, only one has the wings of a black bird.

“… … Satan.”

[Nice to meet you. frontier. There was a lot of misunderstanding with each other on this matter.]

Satan has spoken to me.

The very gentlemanly gestures and tone of voice actually raised my boundaries.

“Get it wrong.”

[right. I deeply apologize for all the harm I did to the human king and the threats my men made to humans. It wasn’t originally planned like this.]

“But even now, a guy named Mizonas is still installing it, and bats are flying around in the Imperial Palace?”

[Sure. That’s why I didn’t come here on my own.]

Saying so, Satan stretched out his hand.

Moment.

Awesome liquid-!!

Suddenly, a sound that seemed to suck in air resounded from the dragon heart,

“aah!!”

“aah!”

The gate opened in front of Satan, and black things from all directions were sucked into the gate.

It was a swarm of demons who had completely lost their bodies here and passed their souls to the other world.

‘Opening the gate itself is said to have borrowed the Dragon Heart, but it is only the power of interest to force the demons back.’

Moreover, seeing the demons scream, it seems that they are forcibly sucking them in.

To drag all those countless demons into your world at once with a single gesture.

And the last after all the demons are sucked in.

“Ouch! gagging! Sa, Satan… … !”

In Satan’s right hand was the neck of Mizonas.

[Okay, I’ve put all the demons back. Will you accept my apology?]

After saying that, Satan threw even Mizonas over the gate. In the first place, holding it with his own hand was to appeal to me.

“… … Pretty gentle for a demon of wrath.”

I said. It was kind of like a question.

Satan opened his eyes wide for a moment at my words and then laughed out loud.

[ha ha ha. Isn’t it obvious?]

“Of course?”

[There is no way the person in charge of anger can be engulfed in anger.]

that word.

Those words spit out as if they were very common sense.

I got a hint of a question I’ve been thinking about.

‘okay. Of course. A person in charge of anger cannot be intoxicated by anger. It’s not about being ruled, it’s like being controlled.’

The demons in charge of sin are the ones farthest from it.

Demons are not drunk with sin.

“I just like anger. It is my nourishment for the emotion of anger. Prefers the angry person and chases the angry situation. It is the role of sinful demons to enjoy it.”

“… … Right.”

Then with the same logic.

The demon of sloth ‘Belphegor’ will also not be the devil swallowed up by sloth. It must be a role that grants sloth.

‘First of all, later.’

I stopped thinking and asked Satan.

“Then did Satan, the demon of wrath, come all the way here to apologize?”

“Sure. This is completely my fault, and I deserve an apology. That was the biggest reason.”

… … the biggest reason

“Then will you come back? I have to destroy this dragon heart now. I’m so nervous because it’s in front of the devil.”

I said with a smile.

Simply put, it was about turning it off.

[Ah, before that.]

Satan shook his head.

[I would like to make a suggestion, how about it?]

As if it was nothing, Satan said.

Apologizing is the biggest reason, but he talks about it,

I knew all too well that the story I’m going to tell you was the true intention of going here in person.

“proposal?”

[okay. I’m not talking directly.]

Satan lowered his eyes and looked at me.

[The monster you imprisoned.]

It was almost as expected.

[Give me back the disaster. It’s not something you should have.]

It’s not worth having.

To say that, I was really wary of meeting him.

I asked with an undistorted smile.

“I said it was a proposal. If I give him back, shouldn’t I get something too?”

[Well then. Sure. I don’t know why.]

Satan nodded as if he understood deeply.

and said

[Your life will be spared.]

He said in an overly polite voice.

[Not only you, but all the citizens of the Empire, no, all of humanity will not die at my hands. I could take out the heart at any time and trample it, but I won’t. I decided not to.]

With a gentle gesture, he spread his hands and said.

[In other words, I saved the entire human race. Isn’t it okay to get that monster back as a reward for saving mankind?]

The devil of anger is like that.

He said with a face that did not even look for anger, even after washing his eyes.