Chapter 1944 – 1944. The Dark Moon
“See you again. At that time, prepare proper offerings, not garbage like now.”
Astaroth deliberately waved at the camera and then disappeared. The heavy air disappeared in an instant. My body felt cool from the pressure that was gone. Instead, the bloody smell of 167 people stung their noses.
‘After.’
I sigh inwardly.
Summoned 72 demons and ended quietly.
It is safe to say that this was an achievement that will go down in history. Perhaps for the time being, the world behind the scenes will be noisy about this.
‘How many viewers are there?’
About 12 million people.
As soon as I saw that figure, the corners of my mouth curled up. I didn’t have to endure it. ‘Cause I’m wearing a mask
We also confirmed the donations. A total of 17 billion credits, excluding donations from the ‘Black Snake’. There are over 20 VIPs who have shot more than 500 million won. They all sent secret messages.
「Iron Golem sponsored 500 million credits!」
「We are preparing to summon the devil. I’m trying to summon one of the 72 demons. Up to three sponsors were attached. Offerings are being prepared in good faith. Would you like to join us?」
「SOFT sponsored 500 million credits!」
“I want to do indirect advertising. It should not be overtly advertised, it should be exposed subtly.”
「Cold Blue sponsored 1 billion credits!」
“I really like the show.”
「The weapon company sponsored 1 billion credits!」
「Would you like to use our company’s weapons during the battle royale? If you use the weapon we designate, we will give you more money.”
‘Ignore everything related to demon summoning for now.’
I was lucky this time. Astaroth wasn’t summoned by me, it’s as if he appeared in person. And he was kind to me. I’m not sure the other 72 demons are like Astaroth.
‘Even Astaroth might act capricious again sometime.’
I decided to take all the advertising related work. With a little care, you can make a lot of money. There was no reason to refuse.
“The audience reaction… I like it too.’
-And! Astaroth!
– Devil eyes!
– I got an erection as soon as I saw it.
– It’s a woman, but it gets wet right away.
-But what is the sudden fall of five-colored lightning? Was Astaroth really kidding? It was too real to be called acting.
-72 A lot of people don’t know anything about demons. 72 Devils are demons only in words, but in reality they are no different from gods.
– Fuck anyway. The real Astaroth has appeared! Amazing, Great!
-If only each sacrifice had been taken and prepared, a kingdom could have been destroyed.
-What is the identity of the owner? I saw earlier that Astaroth was entangled. If I messed up too…
-Is there an Elemental Mage who is more loved by demons than Warlock?
– When is the next broadcast?
-This broadcast will become a legend.
Perhaps now the number of viewers will drop by more than half. Because Astaroth won’t appear in the next broadcast. I don’t even intend to summon a demon.
‘Starting from the second broadcast, I shouldn’t show myself.’
It was obvious that VIPs and viewers would ask to summon the devil.
‘It won’t matter. Prisoners will be sent here after receiving the mana removal procedure anyway. And viewers recognize me as a 7th level wizard. In addition, Astaroth openly showed kindness to me.’
Those who covet this show or have a grudge against me will have no choice but to give up. Those who know even a little bit more about the 72 demons, especially.
‘I’ll just have to keep supplying prisoners.’
But I don’t have to go out on my own.
‘Because the money has accumulated.’
Now that the money has been raised, you can subcontract.
‘I just need to give the mercenaries a request and capture the criminal.’
That is how the system is completed.
‘I’ll be able to suck the money away later.’
I ordered the hosts and staff to wrap up and used the World Door to return to Neo London.
• • •
The workshop in the basement of the Neo London mansion.
I quietly closed my eyes at the center and began to contemplate myself.
Five-colored lightning that fell on Astaroth. That lightning forced my astral to expand. The expansion method was like creating space by detonating a bomb. Originally, you have to work hard and expand slowly. So that Astral doesn’t collapse, so that my body can handle Astral.
Start self-introspection.
Contrary to concerns, there is no problem with the expanded astral.
‘It’s too stable to be called an astral that was forcibly expanded. Hmm?’
Something is annoying Should I say heterogeneous? I focused on that part.
Then knowledge came into my mind.
It is magical knowledge that I do not have. Even in the original memory of the previous life, there was no such knowledge.
‘Forcibly engraved knowledge.’
As I slowly savored the knowledge, I was astonished.
‘This is an astral vision?!’
Among mages, there are extremely rare ones with unique astral and mana rods. Congenital ones and acquired ones. Those who are acquired are those who have trained their astral and mana rods in a way that has been secretly passed down from ancient times called astral vision.
Even if you give money, you cannot find it, and even if you are lucky enough to find it, you will not be able to learn it if you do not meet the conditions such as constitution.
‘This astral vision is perfect for me. It’s like a vision made for me.’
So it was a bit suspicious. I wondered if it was Astaroth’s trick.
However, this astral vision was too attractive not to master it. Even if you learn this right away, you will never lose a 1v1 battle with a wizard of the same class.
‘That’s because I’ll be able to demonstrate the same power as a 7th grader.’
We weigh the pros and cons of when you’ve learned this and when you haven’t. No matter how many times I thought about it, it was more beneficial to learn it despite the insecurity of knowledge from an unknown source.
‘I have done countless dangerous things. There will be more dangerous things in the future. Do you think I’ll give up every time it’s dangerous?’
Astral Engraved Astral Vision’s name is Phase Astral (Phase Spirit).
Creating a virtual astral and mana rod and operating them simultaneously.
It’s just impossible. Astral is the spirit. Make another astral like that? It is the same as creating another spirit.
‘It’s not about splitting the mind in half. It means that the two bodies will be operated differently with one mind.’
It was unbelievable.
The human spirit is weak. It is common sense that if you touch it too much, even the slightest touch will cause it to collapse or be smashed. Phase Astral puts a merciless load on the mind. As if it doesn’t matter whether his mind is broken or not, he overworks it and forcibly creates a phase astral.
I was sure of success. Why? Because I was already making a phase astral. My mind was fine. It’s so fine that I wonder if this is a dream.
‘Now I’m making a phase mana rod.’
My eyes were closed, but I could clearly see the phase astral.
It resembles a small universe. It would be correct to say that the universe has been compressed to the size of my head.
The shape of the astral depends on the wizard. Astral is also a kind of image. The reason I visualize astral as space is because in the original game, astral was seen as a cosmic image when playing as a wizard.
From the phase astral soon little starlight leaked out. The starlight arrives at the designated place and connects the light to form a path.
Succeded.
Without a single intrusiveness or mistake. It was so easy that I wondered if this was right.
[Phase Shift]
Change existing astral and phase astral. You can stop worrying about the load that originally accumulates on the Astral and Mana Rods.
‘If I use Memorize, a level 6 secondary magic, I’ll be able to fire magic at once.’
I smiled bitterly. Astral was forcibly expanded and rose to 6th grade, but the mana load remained the same, so the use of memorize was at a disadvantage compared to other wizards. Because Memorize stores the spells in the Mana Rod.
‘Each magic requires a different mana load to store. The higher the level of magic, the greater the mana load required for storage. It’s hard for me to use since I have a small number of mana rods.’
Phase Astral and Mana Rod are a different story. In terms of games, it would be like changing skill sets in an instant. Regardless of the cooldown time.
[Phase overlap].
Overlap astral and phase astral. Concentration instantly rises and the output of the mana load increases.
“The load on the body builds up quickly. It looks like it will be difficult to maintain for a long time.’
I opened my eyes. I was going to use a simple magic, but I was startled by the reflection of my face in the knife on the desk.
Starlight was shining in both eyes.
Like the other me who was forcibly dragged and confronted by the five-colored lightning.
‘… Right.’
Astaroth’s attitude and astral vision that’s too good for me.
I became convinced of what I had vaguely guessed.
‘Astaroth saw the future me, and the future me called me using Astaroth, even though I don’t know how.’
To give me Phase Astral, the astral vision.
‘… Is that possible? The future that Astaroth saw must be an unstable future that is only a possibility.’
In this world, the concept of a parallel world exists only virtually. Real parallel worlds do not exist. So there is no such thing as a parallel world that is the future.
‘No matter how much I think about it, I don’t know. Anyway, this power is mine.’
Phase Astral had another ability. It was hard to try right now. Because there are problems with proficiency and so on.
‘What’s more important is the future me. The future me was definitely on top of Metatron’s corpse.’
That is, I killed a transcendent being.
‘Am I going to achieve transcendence in the future? That’s awesome.’
Laughter leaked out. It was hard to concentrate on making an additional mana rod quickly.
• • •
Time passed and it was the day of the maid academy visit.
