Chapter 60: Chapter 60
After class Mart went to his room, and pulled out a sheet of paper and began to draw his cursed diagrams, with all the symbols that when put together became formulas that gave the pencil drawn diagram a sinister look that in the end gave the sheet of paper a stale look until the sheet turned to dust.
"Lo imagine, apparently what increases the efficiency of a curse is the identity and intention of the creator which must be intrinsically embodied in the cursed diagram to create a curse which in the end can be considered as a living spell."
After reaching a conclusion with which he was satisfied, Mart stood up and walked to his bed, closed his eyes and a few minutes later someone knocked three times on the door.
Mart got up, walked to the door and there stood the sultry Menna in her maid’s uniform. Menna didn’t hesitate and walked in while telling him with her usual enthusiasm:
-Your girlfriend delivered the message to me what did you want to see me about?
"mmm, she seems to have forgotten how nervous she was the other day," Mart thought as he saw Menna sit on the edge of the bed.
Mart dragged his chair over to sit in front of Menna and earnestly said:
-I need you to go to the herbalist store "the orchard of the past", you must have already heard of it, it is located at the farthest point of the Academy. Talk to the manager and tell him that I sent you to go and buy three level 5 dark shadow pills.
Menna looked thoughtful, then looked at Mart and asked:
-Would you ask Iristel to go to such a place?
"Apparently she thinks the place is dangerous, but I think it can be solved", after thinking about it, he told her:
-Hire two guards.
- "To be safe in that area I will have to hire two fourth rank warriors, that would cost around 100 gold coins each, do you agree to that? -After finishing speaking, Menna waited for Mart’s decision.
-If that makes you feel safer, hire them. -Although Mart was pained by the expense on the guards, he preferred not to be stingy at the thought of what he was, willing to pay for the pills.
Mart stood up took out the ring Nirian gave him and handed it to Menna.
She saw that the ring contained 500 000 gold coins, at that moment she smiled and was going to make a joke, but Mart stepped forward and told her:
-There are jokes that should not be showered; I would not like to offend you.
[Greed trait activated: you will get double everything you earn].
After hearing Mart’s words she understood that she should not joke with him about money-related matters.
Mart approached the door of the room and said to him just before leaving:
-Earn my trust, I promise you won’t regret it; I need trustworthy people.
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After leaving his room Mart went to the library, where when he arrived he saw the student he had scared some time ago, as Emy was not there he tried to pass by but the student watched him all the way making him feel uncomfortable. Mart decided to go back and asked him in a polite tone:
-Did something happen to Emy?
The student just shook his head and then handed a letter to Mart who took it and opened it immediately.
"I’m fine, if you wish to see me, I’ll be in my classroom in the afternoons.
Emy Rinvetz (class S).
Mart was surprised, he never considered what class Emy was in, and now that he saw it he was speechless. Mart kept the note in his ring, and said to the student:
-I thank you, I’ll repay the favor if I get the chance.
As he had lost a lot of time while he had been resting for more than 7 days, he knew that he had little time to be able to read the book "demonic hearts" completely, so he hurried and went to look for it in its respective shelf. After taking the book in his hands, he went to the desk he had used last time, while he was observed every so often by the green-haired demon with glasses who was at the reception desk, with a new book about demonic artifacts for war.
Mart sat down and opened the book to the next page, at that moment the book "demonic hearts absorbed demonic energy in a constant but balanced way, so Mart felt that he would have the opportunity to advance more in the reading of that book so strange, and in that way what he read was the following:
Now, forget the above if it wasn’t useful and if it was congratulations, you are on the right path to becoming a medium demon. After surviving the first test, I mean the reading of the first book, the next book I had to read had a dark green paperback cover with title written in red paint, the title was "Chimeras".
Yes, the second book I had to read was about chimeras, their peculiarities and how to defeat them. It was through this book that I discovered how the power ranks were classified in the ruin period.
Back then there were three main ranks, and each rank was divided into three stages or lower ranks. Below I will show you the classification of the power ranks:
- Prince rank: first rank, second rank, third rank.
-King rank: first rank, second rank, third rank.
-Emperor rank: first rank, second rank, third rank.
The first rank being the weakest point, and the third rank the top of the main rank.
Remember, the above rankings are typical of the period of ruin.
But based on those power rankings that also matched the chimeras you can understand that not all chimeras were powerful, despite being creations of the ancients, there were many flawed creations among which some were created that way by the whim of their creators.
I’m sure you’re wondering what rank the lesser demons were in. The answer is that there were very few who excelled among them and those who did at most became princes of the third rank, that is, when I first read this book I was a prince of the third rank, now you know that you must strive. Also, the chimera that devoured my mother and that my master defeated with ease was a king in the second rank, that’s why my master punished me with a confinement in my room to study steadily, because according to him with my power I should have been able to escape with ease, as he proudly boasted that at my age he was a professional escape artist. Yes, he said those words with pride, although what surprised me most was to learn that a being as powerful as my master was, had once been weak.