Ars Goetia – The Boy Called Incompetent Uses 72 Demons To Become Unstoppable

Chapter 56 - Degradation

“Forget everything you have just learned!”

Berito, who had been watching us the whole time, insisted.

“Huh?”

I couldn’t help but say that.

What do you mean with forget about it?

We’ve succeeded in creating so much material.

“Alright! Alchemy is not about creating something. It is about destruction!”

Berito put his hands on his hips while declaring this.

“So yours is no alchemy at all. It’s just an exotic technique!”

It was true that I did not understand what Berito was saying.

What does he mean by alchemy being destructive?

“Mr. Berito, I would like you to elaborate on that.”

“Hahaha, I’ll tell you.”

He looked at me and said, “Mr. Norman, can you produce the iron ball please?”

That’s possible with the alchemy I just learned.

I recited the incantation, “Iron, arise!”

Then an iron ball of reasonable size appears in my right hand.

In reality, I had to take out a lump of earth and transform it into iron through alchemy, but by performing these processes in an instant, it made it look like iron had appeared out of thin air.

“So, I got the iron out…….”

“Then can you give it to me?”

So I gave the iron ball to Berito.

“Now I’ll teach you true alchemy.”

The moment Berito said that, the iron ball rusted.

“What?”

I was surprised by the phenomenon that happened right in front of my eyes.

The iron ball that Berito was holding was covered in rust and before I knew it, it was shattering into pieces.

“Hahahaha, this is the essence of alchemy!”

“No! This is not alchemy at all! It’s just degrading matter.”

Degradation of matter.

It is true that this may not be alchemy.

But there is no doubt that this will be a weapon once you learn it.

“Well, Mr. Berito. I wonder if I’ll be able to do the same thing.”

“Hahaha, with my guidance, it will be easy!”

“Kid! You don’t need to learn anything from this guy!”

I don’t know what to do.

I would love to learn Berito’s alchemy, but I don’t think Zagan would be convinced by that.

Isn’t there some way to convince him?

Oh, there’s only one way.

“I see……. I’m sorry, but I’ll have to give up on learning Berito’s exoteric arts.”

“Well, that’s very wise of you, kid. I like that. I’ll be glad to help you in any way I can.”

And immediately Zagan is in a good mood.

“What? You do not want to learn my alchemy? That is unacceptable!”

Berito, on the other hand, became angry.

It seems that Berito has some pride in his alchemy.

“Orobas, stop Berito.”

“Ha, yes, sir!”

He instructed Orobas, who had been standing by all this time, to stop Berito because he seemed to be getting out of control.

Orobas and Berito started to fight.

“You can only move out one at a time, so Zagan should move out first.

“I see.”

That’s why I’m going to let Zagan go first.

“If you need anything else, kid, feel free to summon me. I’ll help you.”

Zagan said to me as he left.

He seemed to like me a lot.

Alright.

“Listen! My alchemy is closer to the essence than Zagan’s! How can you not learn it?”

“I won’t let you mess with the master! Calm down!”

Berito and Orobas were still fighting with each other.

“Berito, please teach me your alchemy.”

“Mmmh? I thought you were not going to learn my alchemy?”

“No, that was just a lie to convince Zagan.”

Yes, I lied in order to convince Zagan.

In the first place, it is a lie that you can only leave one at a time.

It has already been proven that two of them can leave at the same time.

“I see, you are as clever as the demons.”

The demon praised me for being devilish.

I don’t really think that’s true.

“Then I will teach you my alchemy.”

Berito began his alchemy course.

Berito’s alchemy is consistent in that it degrades matter.

However, there are various kinds of deterioration, from the rusting that he showed us earlier, to decomposition, decay, liquefaction, and even transformation into poison.

“It’s not going to work out, is it?”

“Indeed……”

Unlike Zagan, Berito was the type of person who taught things through his senses. It seems that Berito himself does things with his senses, and everything he explains is vague.

I’ve been having trouble with this for a while now.

“I wish I could tell you directly what I feel…….”

Surely, that would make it easier to learn.

Wait a minute.

I have a better idea.

“I’ll try to capture a part of Mr. Berito in a seance. If I do that, I might be able to understand your alchemy.”

“Well, that’s interesting.”

I don’t know if that will really work, but it’s worth a try.

That’s why I’m going to do it.

“I command thee strictly in the name of Norman. I command thee, in the name of Norman, to dwell in my body quickly. Fill me with thy knowledge and power. Thou shalt fulfill all my wishes faithfully within thy power. Come – Berito, the 28th!”

I cast a seance spell.

I was conscious that only one-hundredth of Berito’s spirit was to be seized.

Then, as usual, a foreign substance entered my body.

I was conscious of gathering it in one place.

What? It’s good that I’ve collected it, but where should I put it in my body?

The palms and backs of my hands were already covered with four different sigils.

So where should I carve them next?

After thinking about it, I carved a certain spot.

“How is it? Is it carved?”

“Yes! Yes, it is firmly engraved!”

I asked Orobas to check.

Apparently, the sigil had been successfully carved.

The place where it was engraved was the right eye.

I can’t see it myself, but I’m pretty sure I have the pattern on my right eye.

Now that the seance is over, I’m going to try to degrade Berito’s substance.

“Iron, arise.”

First, I created an iron ball.

Then, I felt the spirit of Berito in my right eye.

Then, Berito’s magic formula flows into my mind.

I see, so that’s how he melted the iron ball.

Now that I understand, I try to put it into practice.

“Delitia.”

Huh? It doesn’t work.

The iron ball is still there.

I thought it was going to work.

Why is that?

And I can think of one reason why it’s not working.

In the past, all of the magic had only been performed from either the right hand or the left hand.

If that was the case, then this time, I would have to use my right eye.

Wouldn’t it be necessary to bring the iron ball close to the right eye?

In fact, I bring the iron ball near my right eye.

Then chant on it.

” – Delitia.”

With a crunch, the iron ball rusts.

It worked.

“Apparently, it worked.”, Berito said.

“I wish I could do the same thing after cancelling the seance.”

– The first thing I did was to try to degrade the various materials with Berito in the seance state.

I’ll try to remember what I felt at this moment.

“-Thou, 28th Berito. Since thou hast manifested thy power in my body as I commanded, I authorize thee to leave to a suitable place. I command you to leave peacefully and quietly.”

I cast a spell to break the seance.

Then Berito’s spirit disappeared from my body.

“Is it gone?”

I asked Orobas if the sigil in my right eye was gone.

“Yes! It’s gone!”

It seemed that Berito’s spirit had been safely removed from my body.

I wondered if I could do the same thing now.

I closed my eyes and remembered the sensation I had just experienced.

I then recited a spell.

“Delitia.”

Any luck?

It was not as smooth as the seance, but little by little and at a slow pace, the iron ball was indeed corroding.

It was awkward but successful.

After that, I repeated the degradation of various materials over and over again.

The more I repeated the process, the more smoothly I was able to exercise my magic, and eventually I was able to degrade them at the same speed as when I was seizing Berito.

Once you have seized a demon, if you learn the demon’s magic, you can handle it even after you have released the seance.

It was a great learning experience for me.

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