For a long time, DC's wizarding world seems to be very orderly, the contracts signed between mages and demon gods are also decent, the level of power is also very clear, and all kinds of institutions are running in an orderly manner, on the surface, this is a fairly civilized society.

And Constantine is the scum of this civilized society, a notorious rotten and liar in the magic world, and for a time he can simply be called a human shame.

But it's not because he's really bad, although Konstantin is a rotten person, he can't hear a word of truth in his mouth, and his private life is also chaotic, but from the standpoint of human beings, he is still a good person, so why is his reputation so bad?

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

Konstantin does not follow the order in this society, but deceives the demon and the angel, and the demon and the angel will naturally try their best to let their followers discredit Konstantin.

Konstantin had no formal psychological and sociological education, especially a lack of sociological knowledge, and over time, he also felt that he was a bad person in the wizarding world, and that the things he did were unspeakable and unspeakable.

But the gap between Strange and him is that Strange has a good teacher, as he said, Ancient One is the most powerful Supreme Mage of all time, she can be said to be the Marvel Wizarding World's Purple Microstar, and she has beaten most of the demon gods who have the idea of beating the earth with her fists.

Then the situation is reversed, and these defeated demon gods can only brag about the ancient one in order not to appear weak, and the name of the Supreme Mage spreads in the universe in this way.

Not to mention Schiller's influence on Strange, even in terms of magic, Strange knew that his teacher was the biggest decent head in the entire universe magic world as soon as he first started studying, and he was the only descendant of the strongest First Gate School, and no matter what he did, he was justified.

So he didn't have any burden at all to deceive those demon gods, and even had a kind of merciful salvation mentality - if he didn't deceive these demon gods, they would have to be beaten by the ancient one, although he squeezed a certain amount of energy from them, but in fact, he helped them save the most precious life, and the other party must not knock one for himself?

This difference in mentality leads to Konstantin, even if he has become a decent person now, he still feels that his tricks to deceive demons and angels are a little unspeakable, and he is worried about how to teach his students these indiscriminate methods for several days, isn't teaching people to fool people really bring bad children?

Although he didn't lie to children, but it was not the same to engage in some pranks in private and organize a large-scale class to teach these fraud knowledge, Konstantin was really worried that he would not be able to speak in class, and he was even more worried that he would be beaten to death by parents who learned the truth if he really talked about these deceptions.

At this time, he met Strange who was invited by Schiller, and in order to let Strange know the general situation of this cosmic magic, Schiller directly threw Strange to Constantine, and at the same time called Zatanna, and the two of them gave Strange science about the magic of this universe.

"So, the magic of your universe is essentially a loan?" Strange asked, looking at the introduction to a book that Konstantin handed him.

Konstantin nodded and said, "Are you guys too?" I really thought there was a place where you didn't have to borrow, it seems that everyone is about the same. ”

"But you're a little different from us here." Strange frowned and said, "Don't you have a universal energy?" Is it a power that can be transformed into any energy? ”

Konstantin and Zatana glanced at each other, and the two shook their heads and said, "Without this kind of thing, the power of each demon and angel is different, and the things that can be done are also different, and 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." Konstantin took a piece of paper and wrote and drew on it, saying, "For example, I am the agent of Beelzebub, the demon king of hell, and I have obtained Beelzebub's gluttonous power from him, but now I want to use the power of fire that can ignite everything, then I will summon the lava demon who is in charge of the power of flames." ”

"After being summoned, he will find out that I am a believer of Beelzebub through the mark in my soul, then he will make a deal with me, in Hell Beelzebub's personality is significantly stronger than that of the Lava Lord, so the power of gluttony is also stronger than the power of flames, and 1 share of the power of gluttony can be exchanged for about 3.3 parts of the power of fire."

"But if you want to use the power of fire, then the Lava Lord also needs to take a cut of it, so in the end, you can only exchange 1 share of the power of gluttony for 2.7 shares of the power of fire."

"And to whom is the price paid?"

"Both sides have to give, when you get 1 share of the power of gluttony, you have to pay 1 share to Beelzebub, and after summoning the Lava Demon King and exchanging it for the power of fire, you have to pay the price of 3.3 shares of the power of fire to the Lava Demon King."

"What shit rules!" Strange said incredulously.

He froze in place and thought for a moment, then stretched out a hand to stop Konstantin and Zatanna from going on, took a blank piece of paper next to him and the pen on the table, and said as he wrote.

"After summoning Beelzebub and signing a contract with him, pay him a 1:1 ratio, right?"

The two 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 the power for them in dynamic proportions, but they have to deduct taxes, right? In other words, the strength of the power itself is 1:3, but when you change, you can only change 1 part of strength to 2.5 parts of power. ”

The two nodded together.

"When you exchange power, you have to pay the price again to the object of exchange, and you pay it according to the pre-tax price, right?"

Konstantin nodded and said, "You summed it up well, that's probably it." ”

"Then if I'm going to use the power of fire, why don't I just contract with the Lava Demon King? Pay the same price anyway. ”

"But Beelzebub can't let you break the covenant." Zatanna stared at Strange with round eyes and said, "If you want to break the contract, you have to pay all the price you have paid before, and the soul will not be free, and you will still have to go to Beelzebub after death, and if you offend him, you will be tortured after death." ”

Strange was speechless, he glanced at the two people opposite, and then looked down at the paper in his hand, not knowing who was crazy.

"And more importantly, if you don't contract Beelzebub, that is, a higher-level demon than the Lava Lord, then the lower-level demon will not respond to your call and exchange power with you."

"Why?"

"Because there's no one to endorse your credit." Konstantin shook his head and said, "If you don't have a big demon with a contract, how will the other demons know if you will run away?" Only when the whereabouts of your soul after death are clear, and the demon is sure that he will be able to recover that part of the price, will lend you power. ”

"Shit thing!" Strange cursed again, and he put his hands in his pockets and said in confusion, "Who originally made this rule?" Was his brain kicked by a donkey? ”

Konstantin sighed deeply and said, "Actually, this is just a superficial rule......

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

This time it was Zatana who opened her mouth to introduce, and Miss Magician also looked very helpless, she propped her hands on the edge of the table, tilted her head to the side, and said as if she had exposed her family scandal: "In fact, in modern times, mages have become a trend of comparison, and it may be that there are some young people who have been bewitched by demons, and they feel that the higher the level of contracting, the more face-saving the demons will be, completely ignoring the fact that higher-level demons are asking for higher prices. ”

"The vast majority of young mages don't actually use such high-level strength at all, they don't have such powerful enemies to deal with, and they don't need very precise energy to do research, and most of these powerful powers they borrowed at great cost have been squandered."

"And the result is that the young mages who are new to the profession see that their predecessors are strong and dashing, so they also learn to borrow those powerful powers that they can't use at all, and as soon as there are many followers of these powerful demons, they have a choice."

"In the later stage of development, many famous demons, such as the Lava Demon King mentioned by John before, their contracts are the one with the highest price, and which human is willing to pay more in order to get their precious contractor slot."

"There are many people who sacrifice their family members and even the souls of strangers in order to gain the favor of powerful demons, just to prove that they can pay more and become better dogs."

Strange cursed a swear word, almost unable to hold back the killing intent in his heart, but he still took a deep breath to adjust his emotions, but at this moment, Konstantin made up for it.

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

"In fact, there are basically no external enemies in the magic world, and almost all the dangers come from mages who are obsessed with losing control of power, but if you can't use stronger strength to kill these people who are out of control, you will die, and you can only let the demon king make a price at the moment of life and death."

Strange pulled over 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 been the case?!!!!

"It's not a long time, it's only the last 1,000 years to gradually evolve to the current level......

"Professor Strange? Professor Strange?! …… Schiller! Schiller! Come on, this professor seems to be a little uncomfortable, he seems to have a seizure! ”

(End of chapter)