Captured alive by the devil, I would rather die than submit

"Hey, this is Fermato Academy."

The person who said this is not me, but the current Demon Lord Goloy. I am really curious how he said this without any shame.

"You have been the devil king for some time, have you never been here?"

On the contrary, Goloy looked at me with a puzzled look and said, "What are you doing here? There is nothing. There is neither fine wine nor women's sex. There is no place to express your desire."

"But has Your Majesty forgotten that the desire for knowledge is also a kind of desire?"

At this time, a one-eyed man in a long robe came over. He had long dark purple hair, only one eye in the middle of his face, a wisp of beard, and a smile on his face.

"I am the head of the academy, Salunga. I didn't know about His Majesty's visit today, so please forgive me for my disappointment."

"Forgive...forgive..."

Goloy pinched his waist casually and nodded in response.

This stupid devil...

"I don't know if His Majesty is here today, what's the matter?"

"Ah... this is the one who wants to come to you to have a look."

"Who is this?"

"Hello, I am the representative of the angels in hell, and my name is Lipatia."

"Ah, is it Mr. Angel, sorry." Salenga and I saluted each other. "But Lord Angel, why do you wear the name of a succubus?"

"This..." I scratched my face embarrassingly.

"This king took it for her. Even though he is an angel, his every move exudes the aura of a succubus." Goloy said with a proud expression.

Salunka stroked his beard lightly, shook his head and laughed.

"Old man, what are you laughing at?"

"Yes, yes, what are you laughing at?"

The two little succubi also asked without regard for etiquette just like Goloy.

"I am laughing at His Majesty's choice of this name."

"Huh? What's so ridiculous about this king getting a name?" Goloy asked.

"Your Majesty, you named this lord angel a succubus. You said that this lord angel exudes the aura of a succubus, but you didn't see the difference between this lord angel and a succubus, Your Majesty."

"What's the difference? I mean...she's an angel, not the same as a succubus, of course, but what do you mean?"

With one hand behind his back, Salenja slowly circled around me.

"Compared to the succubus, this lord angel is beautiful but not coquettish, charming but not flamboyant. Succubus mainly focuses on beauty, but this lord angel focuses on interiority."

"Oh? When you first met her, you knew that she focused on the inside?" Goloy asked a little unconvinced.

"Of course, as an angel, when he came to the school of the demons, he was respectful and not hostile to us demons. On the other hand, His Majesty is arrogant and arrogant, just like the previous demon kings, he dismisses theory."

Goloy felt a little embarrassed, and hurriedly bowed again to apologize.

"My lord, I'm here today to see what the demon magic world is currently researching."

Sarunja turned and stepped forward, and we followed him.

"There is no limit to the magic of the demons. It is an era where scholars are allowed to argue. This may be different from your angels. Of course, this environment has both good and bad. The good thing is that you can argue casually and involve a wider range. But the bad thing is that there is no point to concentrate on, so the development is also very slow.”

Following Salunja's footsteps, I saw that both sides of the academy were filled with demon scholars, some of them were arguing with each other, and some were reading or writing quietly.

Salunga took us to the second floor of the school palace. The second floor is an experimental room divided into several different rooms, which seems to be a place for experimenting with magic.

There were some strange smells and explosions coming from the room.

As I passed these rooms, I saw some demons set up cauldrons inside, and there were many biological specimens and potions.

"Boss, what are you doing?" Goloy asked curiously.

"Does Your Majesty know alchemy?"

"Oh, yes, a silly heresy, not worth mentioning."

"Your Majesty is wrong. Alchemy is an important subject, and it plays a great role in the theory of spiritual embodiment of magic."

Alchemy... Isn't that a science of humans, why are demons also studying this.

Then, Salunga turned around and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Angel, if you are interested, you may wish to have a debate and conduct it in the form of a reply, maybe you will understand it faster."

"Okay, I'm very interested in this." I rushed to say.

"Oh? Are you interested, Master Angel?"

"Ah."

"Then how about Master Angel being the debater? Let the students ask questions one by one, and Master Angel you answer one by one. I think this is also a kind of exercise for the students."

"Um, okay... eh? Me?"

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Sir, ask for a monthly ticket

Chapter 29. Magic Debate (Gageng)

After a while, Salunga arranged the debate conference. The so-called debater is the person sitting on the high platform, and all students can ask and answer it. The topic is not fixed. Of course, the debater can also ask questions. Generally speaking, well-known scholars are the debaters... Now that I'm being asked to go... I really don't know what to do.

Salunja prepared the meeting place, which is in the hall on the third floor. The hall is divided into upper and lower sides. At the front is a high platform. On it are Goloy and I, and the principal Sarenja. In the rest of the place, students are standing and sitting.

Sitting on the high platform, looking at those demon scholars, I felt a little panicked, but this is also a good opportunity to get in touch with the academic world of demon magic theory, and I should seize it.

When everyone was in place, Salenja got up and said loudly: "Scholars and students, today's debate is of great significance. Today's debaters are angels from heaven. This opportunity is rare and learning is endless. If there is a dispute, anyone can ask Lady Lipatia, and now, I declare that the school debate will officially begin!"

Looking at those demons, I nodded first to show my respect, and then said: "Hi everyone... I am the angel Lipatia, and I am a little nervous about being a debater today, but you can ask me questions at will, if you can , I will definitely answer, I know a thing or two about magic theory, just ask questions.”

As soon as the words fell, a demon stood up and asked, "Hello, my lord, I have a question."

"please say."

"In the world, is magic greater than life, or is life greater than magic? If there is no life, does magic still exist?"

I took a deep breath and replied: "If there is no life, magic will not exist. Magic is subjective. It is the interpretation of the elements and the understanding of the elements. If life is not there, the elements will still exist, but it cannot be called For magic."

Afterwards, another demon asked: "May I ask you, what do you think is the meaning of magic?"

"The meaning of magic is the exploration of matter. Even if it is the expansion of the spirit, its purpose is also material. It can lead to huge results through simple inducements. This is the original meaning of magic."

The questions at the beginning were relatively common, simple questions, perhaps just tentative.

After a while, another student asked, "My lord, what do you think of alchemy?"

Alchemy...

"I don't think that alchemy escapes the essence of magic, using simple inducements to cause huge results."

"I don't agree with your answer. Alchemy was born in human beings, and its core is the exchange of equivalent value. To get something, you must pay something of equivalent value. This is the meaning of alchemy."

I smiled and shook my head. "No, this is not the meaning of alchemy."

"Oh? Then dare you tell me, what is the meaning of alchemy?"

I glanced around the hall, and then said: "The meaning of alchemy is actually the transformation of the value of existence. To put it bluntly, alchemy is just the concept of human beings seeking to get closer to angels and gods and become a higher-level existence."

"How should my lord explain this?"

"Alchemy was born in human beings. It was originally a conversion of metals, turning base metals into precious metals. However, in the concept of alchemy, there are only a few substances that can be called precious metals, such as gold, and 'precious' refers to It is this kind of substance that has an extremely stable element structure, and the meaning of alchemy is to transform the unstable element relationship into a stable element relationship through the reconstruction of elements, and the existence value of base metals and precious metals The difference is huge, and the essence is the pursuit of divinity."

"My lord, do you mean that alchemy does not require equivalent exchange?"

"No need, never need, the value is divided into two types, one is the value of existence, the other is the value of elements, for example, angels and demons and humans, angels and demons are all high-level spirit bodies, with abilities beyond human There are many existence values, but the elements that make up human beings and the elements that make up us are the same in many places, this is the equality of elemental value.”

I pursed my lips and said with a smile: "If according to the power of equivalent exchange, to become a god, you must have the value equal to that of a god. Wouldn't it be impossible to achieve it forever? The meaning of the premise of alchemy will be lost, so , alchemy is to change the relationship of matter through unequal exchange, so as to create new things, which is to lure the big with the small.”

At this moment, a young man stood up, dressed in an exquisite robe, bowed, and said to me: "My lord, according to your statement, human beings can also become demons, or angels? After all... the elemental values ​​​​of the three are equal."

"Although the element values ​​are equal, they do not have enough ability to change the material relationship. For example, bugs and humans, bugs and humans have equal element values, but bugs can never become humans, and the same is true for humans. Humans cannot do it later. Small lures big, even if you pay a high price, you can't get the result of becoming an angel or a demon, because this kind of result itself is infinite, and the required conditions are also infinite. Magic uses spiritual power to affect matter, but the spirit After all, the influence of matter is limited, and I think alchemy has already proved this point."

After getting the answer, the young man didn't say much, but returned to his seat.

Afterwards, we had a short discussion on various kinds of magic, such as inner origin, which is to study the composition and change rules of elements, explore the relationship between elements and the change of relationship, and study the essence of the world through the infinite decomposition of elements. Then use the results obtained to change the world.

There is also spiritual science, the discipline that tries to use spirit to change the nature of elements, and studies how to manipulate or change matter itself with subjective will, which is the most difficult and slowest developing discipline.

There are even demons who advocate the most basic fundamentals, which is also called "linguistics" in magic. Results are obtained through assumptions, and then assumptions are made on the obtained and confirmed results, and the unknown world is explored through known objective facts. Symbols in magic are used to study the structure and changes of the world, to infer the past and future, and to infer the facts of the objective world with subjectively created axioms.

Through this debate, I basically understood that the magic theory of demons does cover a wide range, but there is no centralized place, so the development is very slow.

After the debate, I had a brief chat with Salenja.

"Today's debate is really exciting. I didn't expect Lord Angel to have such insights into magic."

I scratched my head and said, "It's not so much my opinion, it's better to say it's the angel's opinion."

Saranga nodded. "My lord is right. Although Angel does not have our academic atmosphere, it is still developing very fast after all. This is what we should learn from."

"You are over-rewarded. In short, I have benefited a lot from today."

"If you are interested, you can come often."

"If I could, I would."

On the way back to the palace, Goloy and I sat in the carriage. He seemed to be very interested in today's debate, as if he had been thinking about something.

Finally, seeing his pensive appearance, I couldn't help asking: "What are you thinking?"

"alchemy."

"what?"

Goloy raised his head and said to me: "Can alchemy really make you a god?"

"Impossible. You can't become a god even if you use your life to pay for it. The result is infinite, and the causes of the result are also infinite. Can you afford it?"

"This is..."

"But ah..."

"what?"

"I advise you, you should correct the situation immediately and let the magic world end the research on alchemy."

Goloy asked puzzledly, "Why?"

"Although it is impossible to become a god, it is possible to become a devil king. Such a discipline that challenges authority is not conducive to your position as a devil king. Your position should be the highest, not something you can get casually."

"It makes sense, it makes sense, I have to pay attention to this, alchemy... what are they trying to do, are they trying to usurp the throne!"

Goloy sighed, and then asked: "Then... what should I do next?"

"I learned about the magic theory world of the Demon Race today. There are many theories related to governance knowledge, and most of these students are very ambitious. You should recruit a large number of scholars and let them take up some important positions."

"This……"

"If you want to keep your position, you should abolish the clan authority you brought from your territory, and reuse the characteristics of the devil king, that is official authority."

"You mean to make those nerds into officials?"

"It's much better for a nerd to be an official than your rude generals to be an official."

"This...let me think about it."

"As you please."

I turned my head and cast my gaze out the window.

Suddenly, my body tightened, and I felt bound by something!

It's Goloy!

"what are you doing!"

"Yeah... After listening to so many magic theories today, I just thought about using magic. Look, isn't the king of the fixed barrier very solid?"

"Let go of me!"

Goloy sat next to me, lying on my lap.

"It's so comfortable..."