Capítulo 1462: Chapter 797: The Devil King’s Open Scheme

“Oh, such an astonishingly intense Lust! You should know that the Lust of an average lecherous person could only tip my Scales slightly, defendant. If you were to fall into Hell, there would be one more formidable Great Demon in the Lust lineage.”

The exaggerated tipping of the scales seemed to genuinely surprise even Lord Demon King, her consistently cheerful voice now mingled with exclamations.

And this time, she really wasn’t lying.

The Scales of Love and Lust is a top-tier magic weapon, born from the Original Sin of Lust, theoretically able to measure the Lust within every person’s heart.

At the central point of measurement, there is a fan-shaped scale, with each side ranging from 0 to 10, indicating the strength and weight of the Lust being measured, based on the numbers shown on the scale.

Normally, if the Lust of a famously lecherous Emperor from mortal society were extracted, it would only slightly tip the scales to the right by about one notch.

And this would be considered a Lust value of 1.

That’s also the limit of mortal Lust.

After all, the size of a person’s desires is also linked to their abilities; desires without the strength to fulfill them are mere fantasies, daydreams, meaningless.

So anything above 1 would be up to the various extraordinary species.

However, this is just under normal circumstances. Given how vast the world is, there are always a few oddities; if someone’s Lust could exceed the limits of their race, the Abyss would welcome such talent, the Original Sin would generously bestow them with Strength, leading them to ascend to magic.

Actually, each of the Seven Deadly Sins of the Abyss has about one Original Sin scale to weigh the original sins of demons.

However, even as subjects of the Original Sin, most Demons could only hover around level 6 on this scale.

Demons with a Lust scale above 6 are considered True Demons even in the Abyss and can be knighted as Apostles of Original Sin.

The Apostles of Original Sin, favored by the Power of Original Sin, are the nobles of the Abyss, formidable beings with status across the Western Universe.

But now, these scales….

Well, with a snap, it was directly hit to level 10.

It might even be beyond 10, judging by the trembling balance beam that appears to be incessantly shaking; were it not for the maximum Lust scale on the Scales of Love and Lust being only 10, it might have gone even higher.

This situation is truly rare. After all, at levels 8 or 9 is already a famous Demon God in the Abyss; at level 10, such beings stand atop countless demons in the Abyss, renowned as Demon Dukes and Great Demons.

Surpassing level 10, even the well-traveled Lord Demon King has seen it only a few times.

She is quite young, merely over thirty thousand years old; the only time she saw the Scales of Love and Lust in this state was in the past when she boredly wanted to test her Lust towards her teacher with it.

Then she ended up breaking the scales, becoming the wielder of the Original Sin of Lust.

Of course, the position of Seven Deadly Sins Demon God, a life-long goal for other demons, seemed somewhat superfluous to her; her strength and power no longer needed this for validation. Were it not to better harness the power of the Abyss through this identity, she’d hardly bother with it.

Moreover, she did spend some effort repairing the broken scales, adding a small modification to make them more robust.

If not, Miss Astimos suspected the thing might have exploded just now.

Indeed, even though her teacher is a bit weaker now, and not like she was the Witch King when she stormed into the Abyss, the gold-sealed status of Natural Saint does hold substantial weight.

Just like before, the Conscience Devil’s Mirror in the Judgment Court cracked when her teacher caught a glance, this Scales of Love and Lust managed to avoid breaking instantly this time, due to much effort.

And they, the Three Witch Monarchs, spent a considerable effort repairing the Conscience Devil’s Mirror later on too.

Sigh, better to keep special Divine Artifacts sensitive to Demon King’s Authority hidden, lest this teacher blindly messes them up; the grand Three Witch Monarchs shouldn’t just keep tailing behind as repairers.

Thankfully, she was smart today, not foolishly measuring her teacher’s entire desires, otherwise, after boasting all day long, if the Scales of Love and Lust had broken on the spot, it would really have been embarrassing.

Does Lord Demon King not want face?

And beside that, the live broadcast is on? Who knows how many audiences are watching; suppressing all witnesses would be quite troublesome.

Ahem, jokes aside, it’s truly just a joke; the teacher is right here—how could she be so ruthless to silence witnesses, that would be disliked by the teacher.

Well, at most, a large-scale memory cleanup, sending those strong individuals whose memories are hard to wipe entirely to the front lines to dig potatoes, perhaps aiding the latest expansion of the Magic Network, needing more servers.

Miss Astimos couldn’t help feeling lucky.

However, to ensure foolproof execution, she quietly enhanced the Scales of Love and Lust with her Demon King’s Authority.

Finally, the precarious scales ceased trembling.