The Death Knell

The Upside-Down Man tilted its head and slid upside down in the air for a while. It put its face close to Su Ming's helmet.

"This is only half of the energy that was stolen from me. Naturally, I have to get back the other half, which is the entire universe."

"Then what? You will return to the endless void and spend the endless future in darkness and loneliness?" Su Ming followed its explanation and gave a hypothesis.

The Upside Down smacked his mouth, and the multiple layers of shark-like teeth inside reflected sharp light.

The human in front of me has a point.

The reason why it was angry was not only because its energy was stolen, but also because it was blocked outside the wall.

For hundreds of thousands of years, there is no way to see the colorful world inside the wall, no way to enjoy the things that thieves enjoy.

This almost drove it crazy. If it was not a concept but a living thing, it would have committed suicide long ago.

But now that I have come in, is it really necessary to turn the inside of the wall into the chaos outside the wall?

No matter how much energy I have, it seems to be no different from before.

It put its fingers into its mouth, as if it were imitating humans to bite their nails, and it was thinking.

"What you say makes sense, but do you want the thief to enjoy everything he doesn't deserve? You humans have too selfish views."

Su Ming shook his head and looked at the big white face close at hand: "That's not the case. Have you ever heard of equivalent exchange?"

"I've heard that. I've recently studied some human history. This is a trading method that evolved from bartering. Although the value of the items does not necessarily have to be strictly equal, as long as both parties to the transaction think they are equal."

It seemed that the Upside Down Man had put in some effort recently, and Su Ming began to wonder if Nabu had tipped it off.

But as long as the other party knows the word ‘deal’, that’s fine.

"Confused man, I'm here to negotiate terms."

For some reason, after returning to Marvel, he always felt that the identity of the Supreme Mage was getting closer and closer to him.

Now I actually said this famous saying subconsciously.

The corners of his own mouth twitched involuntarily. Is this a flag?

The Upside Down Man hugged his arms and legs to his chest and huddled in the air: "Can you represent the world? If so, I am willing to discuss terms with you."

"I can completely represent this universe." Su Ming's heart moved, and he reached into his backpack and took out the gem given to him by Doctor Manhattan. Ancient Yi once said that this was the recognition of the world.

He doesn't know it himself, and Ancient One won't tell him, but the Upside Down is likely to have some understanding of these mystical things.

He held the gem in his hand and held it up to show the Upside Down.

"This is the energy singularity of the multiverse. It seems that you are indeed qualified...it's strange, how could such a thing be in the hands of a creature as small as human beings?"

The Inverted Man's speech is still not very pleasant, although in its view humans are relatively small individuals, after all, it is a concept.

But it's so inappropriate to say it directly in front of human beings.

Su Ming almost made a gesture with his fingers behind his back, but in the end he held it back.

"Let's not talk about whether humans are qualified or not. Let's talk about the issues of 'price' and 'interest rate'."

"You can say it."

The Upside Down Man squatted upside down in the air with great interest, sticking out his tongue while listening to what Su Ming planned to say.

Its magical energy was so powerful that after summoning it, Zatanna passed out.

Su Ming just glanced at her lightly, then used his toes to lift her up and kicked her to the wall.

"Very good. First of all, what I said is related to the long-term research on complex economic systems among humans. If you want more fun, you have to play in a human way."

The Upside Down nodded. It had no objection. Anyway, it basically had the final say on the magic in this world. It just wanted to have some fun now.

"Go on, I can calculate what I will get according to human habits."

"Then we have reached important consensus."

Su Ming's eyepiece flashed a red light, it would be easy to play according to human game rules.

Batman can summon the best financial team in the world with just one phone call. There is always a financial plan suitable for this magical big creditor.

"Hmm, consensus, interesting words."

The Upside Down smiled, as if he had forgotten that Su Ming and Zatanna had been hostile to it.

"To understand profit, which is the benefit you will receive, which will now mainly come from what others owe you, then we must first understand debt and claims..."

Su Ming suddenly transformed into a financial broker on Wall Street and began to explain the introduction of economics to the upside-down man.

Deathstroke is a lone mercenary without an agent. Not only is he good at contract law, but he is also good at financial management.

There are various kinds of knowledge in the soul of the original owner of the body. After the fusion, it becomes Su Ming's. He very skillfully began to teach the Upside Down Man.

The Inverted Man is full of curiosity about everything, and he quickly swims in the ocean of numbers.

He didn't understand a lot of things, but it sounded very powerful.

For example, the human beings in front of us came up with the word compound interest, which is said to be the strongest force in human society.

Of course, Su Ming had little experience in dealings between magicians and magical concepts.

But the experience next door can be copied. As long as it can reach the cost of white magic next door, the wizards here will definitely accept it.

So Su Ming talked about installment payments, mortgage loans, repaying debts for others, and other operations.

After the Upside Down heard that if someone's debt reached a certain amount and did not repay, he would not only be able to directly take back all the magic of that individual, but also the person's body would be his to play with at will.

It drooled with joy.

Su Ming guessed that it probably wanted to express the meaning of 'crying with joy', but its current individual has no eyes.

The Upside Down was indeed very happy. These sorcerers now cast their spells through it. Every time they borrowed a piece of power from it, they had to return a little more within the time limit.

This is equivalent to it not having to do anything and it will become stronger over time.

It naturally does.

But it never thought that in this way, it would be completely bound to the DC world, and both would be prosperous and suffer losses.

With so much fun inside the wall, it will definitely come over with all its ‘capital’ and lend it out in the multiverse.

But if all its users die, it will definitely lose money.

Therefore, when faced with external threats, it must also contribute to ensure that its lending business can continue to operate for a long time.

The fun can go on forever.

He fell into the trap prepared by Su Ming, and he didn't know anything about it. He was already confused by those mathematical algorithms.

However, Su Ming had to admit that the Upside Down Man had great ideas about torturing people, and its loans were outright usury.

But now it’s almost a monopoly business to reverse people. Are you unwilling to use it? Then there are other options.

Heaven, hell, Maia, you can choose.

But how can ordinary people have that qualification?

Just the blood of angels and demons is enough to stop 99% of people. The blood of fairies or monsters required for Maia magic can turn people into half-orcs or something like that.

Anyway, the Inverted Man accepts anything it thinks can be used as a price. If you pay for blood and internal organs, it will accept it; if you pay for extremely intense emotions, it will accept it.

Human emotions, thoughts, souls, and bodies are all universal to it and can be used to repay the price.

And because it is much stronger than the previous Hecate, it means that the strength of the entire magical world has also reached a higher level.

Wild primitive magic has been injected into the DC world, which has become a multiverse of high magic.

The magic that could conjure a glass of water in the past can now conjure a bucket of water, which is of great benefit in resisting future crises.

Of course, Zatanna's strength has skyrocketed, and irony magic has such an advantage. She can suppress Constantine and beat him violently in the future.

They have released key magic, and it is right to reap the benefits.

As for Su Ming's benefits, he will certainly not forget himself. After becoming the middleman of the concept of 'magic', he will naturally have his share of 'commission'.

He only needs one ten thousandth of the 'interest' as a reward for providing 'perfect' advice, and will also help the Upside Down to promote the spread of magic in the world.

This is also an equal exchange.

The upside-down people have always heard big numbers before, but now this one ten thousandth? It agreed almost without thinking.

Su Ming's share will be stored in it in the form of 'magic', and when Su Ming wants to use it, he can withdraw it at any time.

Su Ming didn't need to learn any spells or gestures. As long as he selected a target, the Upside Down would bypass him and release magic on the target.

Magic that is too strong won't work. This magical world belongs to it, and it doesn't want to make the same mistake as Hecate did.

Therefore, the Upside Down was unwilling to provide powerful spells such as changing the world. Su Ming could only "deposit and withdraw" from it, and the amount of magic used each time could not exceed a certain value.

After negotiation, Su Ming replaced all these 'spell slots' with big fireballs.

There are so many spellcasters in the multiverse who have borrowed the power of the Upside Down, and even one ten thousandth is a quite terrifying power.

He felt that his current state of gaining the ability to cast spells through a side door was a bit like a warlock who signed a contract with the devil.

It would be great if Emperor Weishan could agree to this method, but that guy is also a three-faced being, not as easy to deceive as the Inverted Man.

Just as he smiled and taught the Upside Down how to shake hands, a golden light struck him. Su Ming directly used God Killer to receive the attack and disperse the magic.

When he raised his head again, he saw Nabu floating in the air beside him.

"I don't agree with what you're doing."

Su Ming sneered and signaled the Upside Down to give him some time to deal with the internal disputes among humans. The magic floating cloak slowly rose with him.

"What do I need your permission to do? Naboo, who do you think you are?"