TERMS-MCD=Marshall Carter and Dark
GOC=Global Occult Coalition
MTF=Moblie Task Force
A/N=Working on chapter 56 now. Additionally, I would like to confirm something to all of you regarding Max. Max is a functional crazy person. This is me, the author, officially telling you, the reader of the story. Max is crazy. If it looks like he switched up emotions or something similar, it is on purpose. I AM NOT going to do that shit where someone says 'oh so-and-so is blank' or 'so-and-so went through this and now XYZ'. The Foundation doesn't care. And, honestly I am not a fan of when an author does that. The most he will get is "oh sorry" or something else like it. AGAIN MAX is insane. Like SCP ---Dr. Clef.
Also him doing this shit with the demons WILL backfire on him. I got a mostly stable outline of what happens to him. Remember you dont get something, without paying for it. MAGIC 101.
I will try to make the backfire of this whole demon thing, as less cringe as possible. But, there might be some! cringe.
'Otherworld'
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The sounds of my fingers tapping against the table in the library was the only sound that could be heard. Ashley tried to get me to say what had happened, but I just told her not to worry about it. Ashley was smart, but she liked to talk to people. I knew she wouldn't be able to keep a secret like this.
If she found out, then she would get scared and start talking. Then all the other kids would start to get sad, I didn't want them to be sad. I wanted them to have the best time possible, before I had to leave. Before they would all forget me, and I would never see them again.
It wasn't death, but might as well have been. There was no way that I could win against the Foundation. And, certainly no way I could win against GOC or MCD. My only bet was the serpent's hand. But I didn't want to work with those guys.
Yeah, they might have the mission of wanting to free anomalies. However, I remember something about them causing the world to end or something like that. Their mission was good, but it just wasn't something I could be fully down on. There were some anomalies that needed to die or put in jail or something.
Best to not think about it. At the very least they will let me stay with them until the last day of December. That is a plus.
She said that I would be assigned multiple MTFs. I couldn't remember how many actual MTFs there were, but I remember that each one had a specialty. One MTF`s specialty was literally online games, because there were anomalies in the video game world. This task force would just play games all day. Another task force was assigned to deal with spatial anomalies, and another one was made just to deal with bugs or 'pest' like anomalies.
Needless to say that if I was going to be in each one of them, then I needed to be a jack of all trades. Not only that, but I seriously needed to find a way to keep this library a secret. Not sure how well that will work with the collar and all though.
Safe then sorry and all that right. I guess what I could do, is once that dream eater is defeated and my servant I could use him to transport books? Or something like that.
That would take too long to figure out if it actual works or not. I don't want to go this whole way just to find out that it doesn't work. Maybe put them in the wolf`s stomach? No that wouldn't work, the book would be destroyed or…slimy.
No I needed a summon that would not only find the books I wanted, but could also transport them. I needed a 'smart' demon that was weak, could move fast, and wouldn't take up any space.
There were only a few options really. It was the imp demon, they were smart enough to understand and kind of read. The other was the shadow hunter which was also smart like the imp. Both were the only real options I had.
The imp was good but the problem was that they couldn't teleport. So, I would run into the same problem I had currently with my wolf summons. There was no point in a summon that wouldn't do anything or just did the same thing.
Shadow hunter could teleport. That was their whole thing, they would teleport from shadow to shadow. Or, some species would 'place' a mark on a shadow and if prey got near it. Then that shadow hunter would teleport to the marker and grab their prey. The problem was that shadow hunters couldn't move far past their shadow. So, yes my shadow hunter summon could teleport from real world to this 'otherworld'. If it couldn't reach the book I wanted, then what was the point in it.
I could either get an imp that could fly, grab my books BUT only if I was in 'otherworld' or a shadow hunter that COULD give me books, but if said book was too far away then I wasn't going to get it.
I could get a shadow hunter and 'evolve' it, but those things took too long to evolve. They were ambush predator demons, and it would take forever for it to get long enough to reach any of the far books on the shelves.
I wonder if I could combine them together? But, then I run into the problem of 'will they try to fight back'. I would need them both to be bond to me, to stop them from rebelling. I couldn't have them bond to Ruby like emerald was. No they would need to be bond to me, so that when I fusion them together they would still serve me.
Which means I would have to go out find both of them, bond them to me and do a ritual to somehow get them to be fusion together on the spiritual not physical level. Or I could have a body ready for them, and get them inside. I would still need to fusion them together though.
"ARRGG" I still have to combat the surrounding demons, get a body ready, bond two demons. Fucking look for a shadow hunter, they don't attack things they know are stronger than them. Which means I would have to be sneaky about getting one of them,
Rudy was too weak to be by himself without dying, and Emerald was even weaker. Rudy was a low rank demon. He devolved when I had him bond to me. Yes, he was still the same but he was weaker. Emerald was a low low rank demon.
Okay, game plan. Study life magic like there is no tomorrow. Then when the night hits kill demons, and try to find a shadow hunter. An imp was going to be easy to find, those things are everywhere.
I couldn't do a graft ritual. I would need to do something else. A normal bonding ritual should do. That was an easy thing to do. Defeat the demon, and get them to sign a contract with you. The contract would basically say you work for me or die. It could also say work for me and I will help you get stronger.
It really didn't matter, what mattered was the contract being signed. Once a contract was signed a demon HAD to follow it. The only way for a demon to get out of said contract or deal was for YOU to fuck up.
I would defeat the Imp, shadow hunter and their fusion version self. An imp was a low-low rank demon and a shadow hunter was also a low rank demon. The worse that fusing them together would get is maybe a low high demon if that.
It wouldn't be a strong demon at all. And, if I studied life and holy magic that was a guarantee win for me. Both demons were VERY weak against life and holy magic. Hell shadow hunters couldn't be out in normal light, imps were only slightly better.
With that plan done I got to studying life and holy magic. I studied about the symbols of what makes something 'holy' to call upon it. I also studied 'life' magic, what each cell did. How to make stem cells, how to increase the body`s natural healing, how to create and modify life itself. The runes, symbolism, language, and potential backlash was all I read until the sun went down.
After that I studied for a little bit more, and made my way outside. It was strange but the entrance hadn't been open since…well since that incident with the MTF guys. My guess is that there is a time limit or something on it. Like if someone comes through and leaves then the portal wont open back up until…you know until blank amount of time or whatever.
I didn't worry about it too much. No my focus was on getting rid of these demons. Feeding Rudy and Emerald. The stronger Rudy got the stronger my items got, and the more demons that he could handle. The demons that followed Rudy would in turn followed me. Chain of command.
Based on how we did today I could tell that It was going to take a month to clear out each place, maybe even more. I didn't think I would be able to take the heart of that dream-eater before my time was up at the orphanage. The hunting saw Rudy and Emerald eating good. We only got some smaller demons and whatnot. Nothing too crazy.
When we were done I went back to the library took as many books as I could and placed them in my pouches. I also checked with Beholder to see if my items were done. Every demon I killed I gave to him to make into weapons, armor, pouches, bookbags…hell really anything.
It was stupid, but I thought that maybe I could give the kids some of those things….yeah…not a smart idea. Probably shouldn't do that.
Maybe I could make a camera. Curious I asked.
"Hey big guy, can I get a camera made. Along with more pouches and bookbags?"
"Acknowledged"
The beholder literally turned around, grabbed a VERY old looking camera and gave it to me. The thing looked like it was from the 17th century. It was bulky, made of wood and looked like a fucking giant wood box with a rubber tub at the end of it. I didn't know what this thing was, is there even a camera?
"How do I use this?"
It didn't respond as it just pulled out a book, and gave it to me. So in my hand was a block, and a book.
"Great…thanks"
I really didn't have much time to goof around in this, so just like the other stuff I had. I put them inside the pouch. Figured, I would study during the day too. It would help a lot with management.
'Realworld'
It was about 4p.m. when I was finally able to get some time to look at manual for the camera. With the making actual human bodies, getting the kids to continue their education, and coming up with toy ideas. The only one that the kids didn't like on that list was the school part. Most…all…of the kids were upset that I made them go back to school. I didn't want them to fall behind, and I sure as fuck didn't want them to be uneducated.
Looking through the manual, this camera was amazing. When it took a picture, the photo wasn't a single shot. No, the photo was like a video. It played about 5 seconds of the photo.
So, that means that if we get a group picture whatever the kids do in those few seconds will be on the photo forever. Neat.
"What~you~doing~?" It was Marie, who had came to visit. Thankfully this time she didn't play 'guess who'.
"Looking through this. Got a camera from the magic world."
"WHOA! Really? Can I see? I want to play with it. Let me see, let me see" She tried reaching for the camera, in my hands but I pulled away from her. Let a child, even if she is almost a teenage. Hold a camera that was probably fragile was a horrible idea.
"No. Marie seriously NO!...stop..KNOCK IT OFF!" She backed away from me when I said that.
Deep breath
"Look I get it you want to see this camera that I got. All of you want to see magic items. This is NOT a toy. How about you get everyone, and we can all take a family photo. How about that. We can go around, take pictures of all our siblings."
"That sounds great. Sorry, about the camera. I just…never seen one like that before, and…and….just wanted to play with it."
"That is fine Marie. I will be the camera guy, so lets go take pictures"
With that we left to go take…a lot of pictures, more than I really wanted to.