Chapter 319 - Cap 318: Demons Part 2

I was surprised to hear about this Demon, at first I was thinking about not getting into this problem, but it seems that this Demon has exactly the kind of person we are looking for. 

I have been learning about magic from Érica and Irina, apart from them I can only count on what I learn by reading the magic books we already have. 

But now I have the chance to get a famous Mage on our side, with that I will have a more experienced and knowledgeable person to teach me. 

This Mage can still be useful teaching Erica and Irina who have been learning on their own this whole time with no one to help guide them. 

I had already made up my mind that I would get this Mage on our side, I imagine it must be easy to convince him, I won't let an opportunity like this pass me by. 

After deciding that I leave the Dungeon with Elsaris, the other two went to the mansion to get a magic crystal where Érica will put the magic that Beatriz will use to follow this Demon. 

When I left the Dungeon I realized I was having an argument with the two Dark Elves, I couldn't hear since there was a sound barrier around everyone, Freya must have done it. 

Before reaching them, I see Sophia talking to the two of them and I let them solve the problems. 

Soon the discussions stop and everyone is calmly sitting on the floor inside the boat. 

"Already finished?"  (I) 

"Yes, we had some people who didn't seem to want to believe our job offer, but we were able to work it out."  (Nira) 

"Good job, Nira."  (I) 

"So everyone did?"  (I) 

"Yes, they would be idiots if they didn't accept such an offer."  (Nira) 

"Perfect, let's start this now."  (I) 

I wave my hand in front of everyone and activate the Blood Servant skill using my Aura through it. 

Soon the iron bondage collars around their necks break, that while the red energy leaves my hand, I don't use my Aura fully because I don't want to use mine powerfully on anyone. 

Just one Blood Servant should be enough for these people, no one can get any skills from me, luckily this skill won't take that much of a toll on me. 

A few drops of blood come out of my body going to these people, their bodies absorb my blood but do not undergo any change. 

Then I see everyone kneeling in front of me, some are even crying, probably because they know they are no longer slaves, I wait for everyone to calm down before making them enter the Dungeon where I charge Freya to show the Dungeon to the new residents. 

With that resolved I call everyone to gather inside the boat, so we started to discuss what each group did today, Beatriz had already left to spy on the Devil. 

Elsaris and Érica were present as were all of the other groups so we talked about what we did, everyone looked at me like they understood what I had done as I told the story about the three scoundrels Nix and Layla made disappear. 

Everyone told me what they did giving me an overload of things to pay attention to and a huge flow of information. 

After hearing all about what they did earlier during the day, I tell everyone to go do what they should do, tell Kira and Elsaris to go together with Jay and take care of everything as they are going to the Black Market to buy the illegal books. 

Freya also told me that she bought a lot of seeds thinking it would be useful when we started building farms, I had already thought that I can set up farms on another floor of the Dungeon, these seeds will be very useful at that time. 

During the night while some stayed on the boat to watch, I entered the Dungeon to have a conversation with Ivan and Vanessa, I called the two to talk in the mansion room. 

I told them what Kira, Samira, Elsaris, Beatriz, and Érica told me about the Devil being a prince of a minor Kingdom, I also passed on to them the information we had at the time they got it from the Assassin's Guild. 

"What do you think about this situation?"  (I) 

"This could be a big problem, something bigger than you think master."  (Ivan) 

"From the crimes described in this information we can assume they are extremists, so what they are doing is going to be a big deal."  (Vanessa) 

"Explain your assumptions to be more clearly and completely, I don't understand why you think the situation is so bad."  (I) 

"Let me start then, for this Devil to be impersonating a prince is not an easy thing to do, he would need help from insiders to do that, but the problem is that we don't know how long he's been doing it or how many Demons can there be in that Realm."  (Ivan) 

"The information we have of the Kingdom only says that it was founded 50 years ago, what I find strange is the rapid growth of their military forces, I find it difficult for them to be so strong to conquer three smaller Kingdoms in such a short time."  (Ivan) 

"It can only mean that something is happening in this Realm, something potentially very dangerous."  (Ivan) 

"What Ivan said is something I agree with, but I noticed something else."  (Vanessa) 

"I come from another continent, where I came from there were Realms of all races, this includes the Demon race, because of that I have a better idea about Demon culture."  (Vanessa) 

"Demons are beings with strong desires, their culture was built for them to release those desires in the most positive way possible."  (Vanessa) 

"Greedy Demons become merchants, Very proud Demons look for ways to become noble, Demons with a lot of sexual desire build a harem for themselves, etc."  (Vanessa) 

"But Demons are not as evil as the people of this continent say, the master has to realize that they also need to live in cities and have their own laws and rules."  (Vanessa) 

"So how could they release their desires without breaking these laws."  (I) 

"The first thing the master should know is that Demons can be the proudest race there is, because of that they don't like to feel inferior to others."  (Vanessa) 

"For a greedy Demon the easiest way to satiate their greed is with money, so they work harder than anyone to achieve financial success, they never pass up a good chance of making money which makes them excellent traders."  (Vanessa) 

"If a Demon with great lust wants to build a harem for themselves, then they will have to win over the people they want in their harem, in addition to being able to financially support that harem."  (Vanessa) 

"Couldn't they kidnap people or even buy sex slaves?"  (I) 

"That would be the easy way of doing things, if you do that you are not just breaking the law, it will be proof of your incompetence, you are showing other Demons with the same desires that he or she is inferior by resorting to despicable methods to reach your goals."  (Vanessa) 

"I didn't know about these things, so they use pride as a way to keep members of their own race from falling astray, that would normally be impossible."  (Ivan) 

"For any other race it would be impossible, but the Demons' pride is very strong, they would even die to fulfill their desires, they are a somewhat obsessive race."  (Vanessa) 

"A well-known story is about one of the greatest Mages among Demons, the wish he always wanted was to be immortal."  (Vanessa) 

"There were many things he could do to fulfill that wish, he could have become a Vampire since there are Vampire bloodlines that only Demons can possess, he could have become a Necromancer to become an Undead, etc."  (Vanessa) 

"Those would be easy paths, his pride wouldn't allow it, he wanted to fulfill his wishes with his own ability, so he studied magic and alchemy his whole life, when he was old he managed to create a Homunculus body that in theory would never die as long as he had mana."  (Vanessa) 

"That's a very high level of obsession, he spent his whole life for this, I imagine he must have done the same as Lyra, put his soul in this body, right?"  (I) 

"Exactly, what I want to show is that instead of trying to suppress your traits, the Demons chose to use those traits of your race in a constructive way."  (Vanessa) 

"The people of this continent may not know it, but Demons are excellent trading partners, that's why they will never break a contract they've made, that's part of their pride, even the most lying Demons take their contractual agreements very seriously."  (Vanessa) 

"So why can't Humans and Demons get along?"  (I) 

"Because of their very different cultures, the way they live, the way they see the world, and many other reasons."  (Vanessa) 

"But the main reason is the hatred that these two women feel for each other, this hatred has lasted so long that it has become a prejudice within both races."  (Vanessa) 

"I loved your explanation Vanessa, but you got a little lost on the initial subject."  (Ivan) 

"That's right, thanks for reminding me Ivan."  (Vanessa) 

"The reason I start to explain about the Demons is that there are people in their race who are extremists, this type of person is considered despicable in their own race for tarnishing the pride they believe so much."  (Vanessa) 

"They are also supremacists who think their race is superior to all others and has the right to do what they want, however, they want."  (Vanessa) 

"The master said that this Demon pretending to be a prince did multiple rapes in this Realm, that's something only an extremist would do, take the easy way out."  (Vanessa) 

"For Devils, life is like a game, taking the easy way is something they would never do."  (Vanessa) 

"If there's an extremist here, then they're planning something horrible, there's also a good chance the demonic nobles on the other continent don't even know about it."  (Vanessa) 

"I can understand that, extremists are always a problem, take the Church of Light, for example, divided because of extremists in their religion."  (I) 

"So you guys think my decision to finish off this Demon and take this Mage in his thrall might be a bad one?"  (I) 

"Actually it just makes me want the master to continue with what he planned."  (Ivan) 

"I have strong ties to this continent and I don't want to see a disaster caused by ignoring a problem we saw in advance."  (Ivan) 

The conversation with Vanessa and Ivan was very productive, when we finished and were heading back to the boat, I was dragged by Diana back inside the Dungeon with Érica following us.