Full-Time Magister: Summoning Eight Demons at the Start.

Chapter 4 It is not scarcity that is a concern, but inequality.

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After much trouble, Lü Cheng once again pulled the Holy Lord out of hell.

"So, Holy Lord, can you answer my question now?" Lu Cheng politely served the Holy Lord hot tea.

"If I tell you this, my brothers and sisters will kill me when they come out," the Holy Lord said quietly.

"But Ximu has already told me some things," Lü Cheng said.

"I am a descendant of an immortal god, and the one who happens to be the one who counters you. The power of demons cannot corrupt my soul unless I willingly accept it. Therefore, you took a huge risk and signed an eternal pact of yin and yang balance with me."

"This is the only way for you to leave hell."

Although he didn't know how he came to be a descendant of an immortal god, this sword, this immortal god's token that restrained the Holy Lord, truly existed.

He didn't completely believe Ximu's words. Demons aren't all loving each other, so to find out the truth, he had to get the answers from different demons.

Shendu is the most intelligent, selfish, and hypocritical of all the demons, and also the most difficult to deal with. However, perhaps it is fate that he happens to be the one who counters Shendu!

Once other demons leave Hell, they become free beings. The contract between him and other demons only grants him demonic power, not the ability to control demons.

Only the Holy Lord!

The Pure Yang Sword on his body allows him to send the Holy Lord back to hell at will!

No matter when!

Even if the Holy Lord recovers to his peak in the future, he will be unable to do anything about him!

"In a sense, the two of us are actually the closest partners." Lü Cheng poured hot tea for the Holy Lord.

"I can control you, but I can't control the other demons, so I can't trust them."

"You're the only one I can trust!"

The Holy Lord sneered, "You want me to help you deal with the other demons?"

"Don't forget! You are a descendant of an immortal god, my enemy!"

"And they are my fellow demons!"

"Fellow demons?" Lu Cheng asked with a strange expression.

How could you say such a thing?

"Who left hell to rule the earthly kingdom alone? Who broke their promise?"

"And finally, who was it that personally defeated the little demon dragon who was about to rule the world?"

"You can't even tolerate your own son, yet you treat other demons as your own kind?"

"Holy Lord, it's just the two of us here, there's no need for all that formality."

"Ximu betrayed your so-called Demon Alliance so that I could bring him out first next time. Why can't you betray them too?"

"Anyway, it's not your first time. Practice makes perfect."

The Holy Lord's expression remained unchanged. "That was in the past. I did betray my people because of momentary greed, but things are different now. You are different!"

"What's different?" Lu Cheng asked.

"Because I am a descendant of that so-called immortal god?"

"Because I happen to be able to control you?"

"Holy Lord, you understand this better than anyone: there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests. Otherwise, you wouldn't have chosen to betray your demonic brethren and rule the earthly kingdoms alone, nor would you have chosen to help humanity defeat your son."

"You are selfish."

"Now, among the eight demons, I can only subdue you. Are you content with that?"

"It's not scarcity that's the problem, but inequality!"

"..."

The Holy Lord narrowed his eyes slightly.

This kid isn't innocent!

He had also dealt with the descendants of immortal gods, during the time when he ruled the earthly kingdoms alone, and there were humans who were protected by immortal gods.

Those descendants of the gods had no tokens to send him back to hell, but the immortal divine aura emanating from them would still restrain his power.

Therefore, he cannot face those humans.

Those descendants of the gods were all upright and righteous, unwavering until death. No matter what temptations he offered, they never wavered!

Just like a saint!

So, after his attempt to seduce failed, he changed his strategy.

If demons cannot harm saints, what about humans?

Human greed, selfishness, and hypocrisy are in no way inferior to those of the devil!

The only difference between them is strength!

If he can't tempt a saint, how can he not tempt humankind?

Driven by self-interest, those ridiculous descendants of immortal gods all died at the hands of their own people!

"You don't seem to be a descendant of an immortal god," the Holy Lord said.

It's a bit like Saint Seiya.

A descendant of an immortal god, possessing overwhelming divinity!

They don't understand human nature, they are only thinking about saving the world, they can only see the demons in front of them, but not the dangers hidden behind them, so without exception they are all betrayed by their own human compatriots whom they trusted.

But the Saints are different; they have the goals of saints and are aware of the wickedness of human nature.

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The Saint who sealed him away, through his control over human nature, turned his subjects against him and ended his reign!

The human before him clearly possessed the aura of an immortal god and had a token that could restrain him, yet he was completely different from the descendants of gods he had dealt with before.

From the moment this kid agreed to accept the demonic contract and bring him out of hell, he had already sensed something was wrong.

Now, this kid actually wants to turn the devil against us?

Using demons to subdue demons?

This is not something a saint would do!

This kid isn't innocent!

"Do I not look like it?" Lü Cheng picked up his teacup.

"What are the true descendants of immortal gods like?"

"Just like the true saints you humans talk about," the Holy Lord said.

"Selfless, loving, kind, all-encompassing...a bunch of idiots."

The descendants of immortal gods are even more powerful than the Saints, and the protection from the gods can even allow them to fight demons head-on!

However, they did not understand humans and were destined to fail!

"I see... So, are you willing to cooperate with me?" Lu Cheng asked.

The Holy Lord hesitated for a moment, "How can we cooperate?"

To be honest, it's so unbearable to be the only one who's being restrained and could be sent back to hell at any moment!

The saying "It's not scarcity that we should worry about, but inequality" is true!

"You helped me subdue the other demons, and in return, I can respect you," Lu Cheng said.

"Respect?" The Holy Lord narrowed his eyes slightly.

How do we show respect?

"For example..." Lü Cheng poured the Holy Lord another cup of hot tea.

"Like this now."

"We can have an equal partnership. I won't boss you around, I'll respect your wishes, I won't force you to do anything, and I won't just throw you back into hell like I did before, only to pull you out without a word."

"Simply put, I can treat you as an equal partner, not a dog to be ordered around."

The Holy Lord's expression froze.

His current situation is indeed no different from that of a dog!

The original Yin-Yang balance power contract only meant that he would give half of his power to this human. However, Zhou Lan and the others were worried that he would betray them again, so they placed a restriction on him!

Once he leaves Hell, he cannot disobey this human's orders!

Otherwise, he can't do anything!

This restriction will remain in place until all the other demons have escaped from Hell!

If he wants to escape this situation, he must find a way to get this human to release all the other demons!

Fortunately, Zhou Lan and the others still had some conscience and didn't tell this human about the effects of the restriction, otherwise...

He really did become a summoned beast!

(End of this chapter)