Mythology: Ragnarok

Chapter 164 Popularizing Basic Knowledge about Demons

Why does Agreed hate succubi? Here we need to add some background information about succubi.

As the exclusive demons of the 'Lust' faction of the Seven Deadly Sins, succubi actually have no gender. Succubi can even freely create their own bodies according to their needs. After all, as the toilets of all worlds, they need to ensure that they can arouse the lust of any race in order to absorb their souls and life essence.

They love playing this game to break their prey's will and then drain their souls, and don't fucking ask me how I know!!

If you still harbor any illusions about succubi, I advise you to give up. A succubus's body is essentially just a lump of rotten flesh, and as demons of the lustful camp, they are completely unaffected by lust, or rather, they are like stones devoid of feeling in terms of sex. Their behavior in bed is mostly just acting to please you. So I really don't understand why some people like succubi. In essence, you can buy a doll from a store, which is better than them. At least a doll won't absorb your life force and soul, right?

Here's another very basic piece of demon knowledge for you: demons are divided into seven factions, also known as the Seven Deadly Sins, namely 'pride', 'greed', 'sloth', 'wrath', 'envy', 'lust', and 'gluttony'.

Each faction of demons possesses unique demonic abilities known as 'Sin and Punishment'. Therefore, you can also understand the Seven Deadly Sins as seven demon classes, each with its own exclusive abilities and skills. In order to master these unique abilities and skills, the demons of the Seven Deadly Sins must relinquish their desires for their respective sins.

What does this mean? It means that the demons of the sin of pride are not arrogant; they are calm, humble, and cunning strategists. The demons of the sin of greed are not insatiable; they are ruthless and perfectly follow the business rules they have set. The demons of the sin of sloth are the most diligent. However, the demons of the sin of wrath are special. They still feel anger, but they are the progenitors of a special power called 'anger.' So, the demons of the sin of wrath are not incapable of anger, but they can perfectly control their anger and transform it into terrifying power. The demons of the sin of envy are easier to understand; they are narcissists who are easily self-satisfied and only appreciate their own narcissism. The demons of the sin of lust, also known as succubi, do not feel any pleasure from things like reproduction; they are purely ascetic beings. The demons of the sin of gluttony have lost their appetite, so they can use this to control terrifying devouring power, but they are not driven mad by the terrifying hunger brought by this devouring power.

Then you might ask, "According to what I'm saying, aren't demons ridiculously strong?" Ah~ you're absolutely right. Demons are among the most terrifying creatures in the universe. At the same time, Hell is a place where all gods are terrified, because even the so-called strongest God Jehovah and his angels dare not approach it, since entering it means certain death.

Don't think I'm bragging. Every demon lord of the Seven Deadly Sins is no less powerful than Jehovah. In terms of individual power, apart from the nine worlds of the World Tree, no god dares to boast that their divine kingdom can rival Hell. If it weren't for the fact that the demons residing in the Sea of ​​Souls are "illegal immigrants" in the legal sense and not recognized by the Prime Material World, which ultimately means that demons have to pay a huge price to enter the Prime Material World and are easily expelled, there would be no place for other beings in this multiverse.

So why do many gods and their followers deliberately create numerous legends and stories to denigrate demons? Because demons really don't do anything good. The demons who are most adept at eating are those who commit the sin of greed. I think you can imagine what other demons would do for their souls. So, stories of punishing evil and promoting good by killing demons naturally became a means for those who believe in gods to spread their faith and a hypothetical enemy.

At first, the demons were also angry and even tried to change those foolish rumors. However, the demons of the sin of pride put forward a different idea. They advocated accepting the belittling with equanimity because it would make their prey despise them, which would be beneficial to their hunting. After all, what is face worth? Is a soul more important?

The demons were instantly enlightened, and from then on, they ignored these insulting stories and even secretly rejoiced. Just as the Sins of Pride had predicted, these stories made hunting much easier for the demons, because those laughable lowly creatures actually thought demons were weak?!

The phrase "You laugh at the demons for being trash, the demons laugh at you for being idiots" perfectly encapsulates all the stories about demons from that era. Those were the demons' favorite times, when they wantonly slaughtered cities and destroyed nations in the material world, reaping countless souls. There were even some complete idiots who wanted to become demon-slaying warriors and offered themselves up for them to kill. The demons now reminisce about that era, calling it the "buffet" era.

But later, the gods who believed in the gods couldn't stand it anymore. What would happen if all the believers died? They didn't have the ability to fight against the demons themselves. So they had to strengthen the demons in the story to warn their believers. Unfortunately, the effect was still not obvious. So the gods had no choice but to tell their believers some tricks for dealing with demons, and that's when things started to improve.

There is actually a very efficient way to deal with demons: know their true name. Once their true name is revealed, the material universe will sense their existence and banish them back to hell located in the Sea of ​​Souls.

Then you might ask, guessing the name of a demon is countless times more difficult than guessing a random 26-digit password, so how can you guess it?

Then you're mistaken again. Those who can enter the Seven Deadly Sins are all high-ranking demons with a lot of influence. There are only tens of thousands of them in total. Basically, the gods who believe in them all know their names. They just give their followers a roster and let them try it out themselves. The probability of one in tens of thousands is actually quite high.

Because it takes a very long time for a high-ranking demon to absorb the souls of other life forms using a body that has been smuggled over, and there are only a handful of high-ranking demons, encountering one demon on thousands of inhabited planets is already considered a high probability event. Therefore, this method is actually the most reliable. Just take human lives and try it one by one, and you will eventually get lucky and drive the demon back. Incidentally, only high-ranking demons of the Seven Deadly Sins can escape the Sea of ​​Souls and smuggle into the Prime Material World.

However, there's no need to panic or be afraid of encountering demons. If that day ever comes, and you're not a demigod or on the demon roster, then resistance is pointless. It's best to just give up. After all, most demons are willing to give their obedient prey a peaceful death, and the probability of you encountering a demon is lower than the probability of you being struck by lightning. There's really no need to be anxious.

Alright, that's enough about the basics of demons. Let's get back to the main story.