Chapter 159 - Friends

'The brain...is not a veteran demon...' Lucifer thought as he realized this.

Right, it is the truth that the brain is not a veteran demon or anything of the sort.

After all, he is just a brain. Although there are monsters or demons who are missing some body parts, they are still capable of fighting.

The brain...is not capable of fighting since...he just does not have a body or anything of the sort.

Of course, there are several ways for one to be recognized as a veteran demon. It is not only by fighting that one can become a veteran demon.

One can also become a veteran demon if one practices his will, mind, and determination.

If one has extraordinary willpower and mental focus, then one could be considered to be a veteran demon.

However, one would have to go through many tribulations, hardships, and ordeals to even have the extraordinary willpower one would need to be recognized as a veteran demon.

That is the reason why...a veteran demon mostly is born through fighting.

By fighting hard and tough battles, their willpower is sharpened and their mental focus gets better and better as they fight.

Most important of all is their determination to stay alive through it all.

And considering that the brain...cannot even put up a fight against anyone else shows that he must not have these qualities to be recognized as a veteran demon.

Naturally, Lucifer doubts that the brain's mental focus and willpower are as strong as a veteran demon's.

If the brain did have qualities like that, then Lucifer would have been able to feel it right away.

What's more, Lucifer is aware that the brain...is a smart guy. Well, it was obvious at this point since the only thing that the brain can do is just think.

Since the brain cannot fight or anything of the sort, the only way he can make himself as useful as possible, for himself, is to become smart.

Lucifer suspected that the reason why the brain even thought of inviting him to go with them to the Luciferian Empire is that the brain has calculated it all.

He calculated it with his brain that Lucifer is not looking to kill them or anything of the sort.

And he also calculated that it would be a lot safer for them if Lucifer goes with them, seeing how he was able to beat Berde so easily without even moving so much and causing a ruckus.

In other words, in a way, Lucifer is being treated as a guard dog right now in exchange for allowing him to go with them to the Luciferian Empire.

It is not really a bad thing since Lucifer can just ignore them if they needed help or anything of the sort.

Well, Lucifer cannot really ignore them at this point since Lucifer is curious about the creator of the illusion magic, which is a kind of information that he would only get from the brain or Berde.

In other words, Lucifer would have to make them talk in a good way...

Of course, considering that the brain is not a veteran demon, Lucifer can always just make his soul talk.

But...Lucifer has also discarded this for the reason...that he might not be able to make the creator of the illusion magic talk to him if he learns that Lucifer killed the brain.

The creator of the illusion magic trusted the brain with his special creation, one that might actually be a new type of magic.

This is not just a simple matter of the creator trusting the brain or anything of the sort.

It is something more special than that, and if Lucifer kills the brain and they happen to have a brotherhood type of relationship, then Lucifer would never be able to make the creator of the illusion magic talk to him.

However, if that was the case, then...Lucifer would have no other way to know the identity of the creator of the illusion magic other than to ask the brain and Berde.

And asking them about it...is a little bit risky.

The fact that Lucifer would even ask about the illusion magic means that he knows enough about how the illusion works.

They might know that Lucifer is strong, but they are sure to get freaked out if they find out that Lucifer was able to analyze the magic circle in just a matter of seconds.

Of course, Lucifer can always leave out details while asking them, but the brain is sure to become suspicious of how Lucifer found out the mechanics of the illusion magic.

And being able to find out the mechanics of the magic just by seeing the magic circle once...the brain and Berde are sure to label Lucifer as some kind of monster, no doubt about that.

No matter how calm they are, being able to do that is just monstrous.

And if they get all panicky and all that stuff, they might not be able to tell Lucifer the identity of the creator of the illusion magic, thus leaving Lucifer in a roadblock.

However, that was not all the issues that Lucifer has in his current situation.

If Lucifer asks the brain about the identity of the creator of the illusion magic, the brain might end up thinking that Lucifer saw it before...and that he is actually an enemy of the creator of the illusion magic.

After all, there is only one common reason why someone would ask something like that.

Even if Lucifer tries to say that he is just curious right after, the brain would just get suspicious.

That is why it is just not advisable to ask for the identity of the creator of the illusion magic in this current situation.

But...there is something that Lucifer can do to better his current situation.

And that would be...to make friends with the brain.

Right...if Lucifer just becomes better friends with the brain, then his current situation would get solved.

Even though it may sound so simple, it is actually not.

If Lucifer became friends with the brain and gets his trust, it would be a lot easier for him to finally ask the identity of the creator of the illusion magic.

What's more, the brain would not be suspicious of Lucifer if he asks something like that.

After all, they were friends.

Of course, friends might become suspicious of each other, but...at the end of the day, the brain would still give it to him.

That is why...all Lucifer needed to do in this situation is to become friends with the brain and then ask.

Such a simple solution to this complicated situation.

Naturally, Lucifer is aware of this simple solution as well.

However...that simple solution is not really that simple...especially for Lucifer.

Why? It is because...Lucifer does not really know how to make friends.

Lucifer has a lot of servants and subordinates. He has an army of servants, and he has hundreds of close vassals under him.

What's more, Lucifer also has a lot of enemies. He has a lot of enemies who would die just to have the chance of killing Lucifer with their own hands.

Lucifer has met a lot of people, but...he does not really have any friends at all.

Lucifer is a prideful demon. If someone is underneath him, he would not even consider talking to him.

He just let go of his pride right now because of his current condition and situation.

But...if this were any other day for Lucifer, he would not even be around these filthy and pathetic demons.

That's just how Lucifer is.

Of course, if someone is equal to him...it is just impossible for them to become friends.

After all, someone who is equal to him is a Hell God or a Heaven God.

And for two Hell Gods to become friends...that is something that could be considered to be unheard of.

That is why...in his very long life, Lucifer has no idea how to make friends.

That was why...the very simple solution to this current situation is not really simple for Lucifer.

It was ironic.

However, this is just the case, and Lucifer knows that himself.

He knows it better than anyone else that he does not know how to make friends.

And that is why...Lucifer has once again hit a roadblock.

And while he was thinking about his current situation and how he would be able to make friends with the brain, the brain was...observing Lucifer.

Since Lucifer is powerful, the brain never really puts his guards down around Lucifer.

In fact, that is something the brain would never do considering that Lucifer is still a threat to them.

Even though they came to an understanding, that is just because they were able to talk.

Who knows what would Lucifer do if he gets bored or something like that.

And while the brain is observing Lucifer, the brain was able to notice something weird.

And that was...

'Hmm? There's something leaking from him...' The brain thought as he 'looked' at Lucifer.