Chapter 57: Chapter 57
Mart looked at his potions, he was suffering from the desire to acquire something valuable, and he did not plan to stop, he grabbed the fifth fourth rank demonic potion, drank it, and the overflowing demonic energy circulated in the direction of the book, a few minutes later he only felt a tingling in his body, he had exceeded the threshold of pain, at that very moment he began to perceive the demonic energy in the environment and the system notified him:
[Acquired attribute: energy sensitivity (30)]
"What is that attribute?", Mart asked in his mind.
[Energy sensitivity: the host will be able to perceive and absorb demonic energy from the environment (current rank: 2)].
"This is complete hell," thought Mart, who picoseconds later considered how ironic his comment was because he was a demon.
Mart could barely and barely move the arm he had been taking the demonic potions with at will, even so he tried a little harder and reached for the potion removed the lid with his teeth and drank it while thinking, "I’m not going to stop; I spent a lot of gold; that technique should be mine."
[Trait greed activated: you will get triple everything you earn].
"There is nothing to be gained at this time, it’s a pity," Mart began to force his body to absorb the demonic energy he could sense in the environment, because his energy was running low again, when he felt he was about to collapse, the system notified him:
[Higher Level Mana Absorption Technique (Acquired)]
"How is that possible?" wondered Mart still trembling as he slowly turned to the next page where was drawn the face of a smiling demon and the following words:
-You did well.
-You can feel the energy of the environment.
-It was worth the pain, wasn’t it?
-Only my disciple would be able to do it.
If those were the 4 comments of my master, the third drawing was a test of life and death, that is what my master told me when I left, he also told me that if I had not been able to do it, I would have exploded and he would have had to pick up the remains of his only disciple among terrible shame. Well, if you, who read this, do not understand what I say, it is because you could not grasp the essence of the technique hidden in the three drawings, go to the next pages, if you are lucky there will be more opportunities.
"Crazy bastards," was all Mart could think.
Bang!
He fell unconscious on the desk.
[Laziness trait activated]
[Emergency: The host will hibernate until he recovers his health and demonic energy].
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In a sumptuous room, with a large bed with silk blankets made from the threads of demonic spiders, white walls, a golden ceiling and wooden floors; Nirian was in front of her dressing table, she activated a demonic diagram and on the other side of the mirror appeared a man with bluish black hair, deep black eyes, pale white complexion, with imposing black horns on each side of the forehead, and with a blue gem in the middle of the forehead, his look was solemn, at that moment he was wearing a black shirt, and pants of the same color.
-What has happened, my dear daughter? -asked Archduke Alcariz in a solemn voice.
-Father, they gave me information related to those who attempted against me and my companions, possibly they are trying to do something in the Academy, should I inform the director? -asked Nirian respectfully.
-How did you get the information? -asked the archduke.
Nirian showed the dark ring on his finger.
-You swore before Alvat. -Said the Archduke with a frown, he did not look happy, after that, he asked. -Did you not consider that we could obtain that information by other methods?
-I apologize, father; but the person who gave me the information has the lineage of one of the 10.
-What does this person want? -asked the Archduke, who was now more interested in the information.
-1 000 000 gold coins, and that people important to him not be implicated, he also wants everyone who knows the information he will give to swear before Alvat that they will fulfill the pact. -Nirian answered immediately.
-Who does he want to protect? He only asks for a small amount of money, it must be a very important person or persons. -The Archduke indicated.
-He said he will offer, one third of the information if he gets half of the demanded payment, the rest when his conditions are met. -Nirian explained.
-I will send Lila, wait for her, she will bring the money, we need to verify the accuracy of the information, if it is useful I myself will talk to director Persec to take care of those traitors, rest for now, and keep doing things well, I am proud of you my dear daughter. -After those words that despite their warm content had a cold tone, the mirror returned to normal.
Nirian sighed, walked and lay down on the bed while remembering the day when Mart came out in the middle of that darkness and saved them, "Why are you hiding? Are you worthy of the S class? Mart Sevec."
A few days later, Mart woke up, it was daylight, but he was alone, he was in his room, and he hurried to sit at his desk to make notes about his latest experience. After writing a bit he concluded in his notebook:
"It is quite possible that the fourth drawing was a distraction to release the stress caused by the third drawing, if one knows that there is something even more difficult to overcome, the mind will consider what one is suffering as minuscule compared to what must be overcome to reach the desired reward."
Mart closed the notebook, looked out his window, it was less than an hour before the students finished their classes.
"System how long have I slept."
[Host has hibernated for: 7 days, 17 hours, 12 minutes, 23 seconds.]
"The truth is that now I feel and control my demonic energy better," Mart thought heading to the bathroom to then go to the coffee shop, before leaving he saw a sheet of paper sticking out of his desk, when he took it out he read a note in Iristel’s handwriting.
"Miss Alcariz asked for me two days ago; she managed to raise the money without any problems? I’ll have to meet with her; I think it can wait until tomorrow," Mart thought and then put the note in the demonic bag.