Chapter 29: Gluttony
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Devil Magic responded to the emotions and desires of its wielder and the stronger the emotion or desire the stronger the spell.
Those emotions and desires that provided the strongest increase in power for Devils were those that were tied to the Seven Deadly Sins. Pride, Wrath, Lust, Gluttony, Sloth, Envy, and Greed.
It made sense that Devils would be fueled by Sin when he thought about it. As they were not human, they would not see the Sins as anything inherently wrong like many people did. For Devils, Sin was a fact of life. Literally.
According to Akeno, normal Devils didn't usually use the Seven to increase their power because they were hard to control despite being the most useful so it wasn't common to use them. Most Devils used other emotions to power themselves up if they found it necessary.
There was also the fact that some of the Sins were not as useful in combat.
Some, such as Sloth or Gluttony, were less than useless in combat. Laziness had no place on the battlefield.
Neither did Envy or Greed, though if a Devil was fighting to gain something that could change since they could apply in that case.
Lust, like Envy or Greed, could provide power in combat, though it would be under specific conditions.
Although if any Devil could weaponize Lust it would be Issei.
Pride would only work for Devils that were sure of their strength and there was a risk that, if they began to lose, their Sin would begin to weaken them instead of strengthening them.
Wrath, however, was by far the easiest to use in combat. But the main problem with Wrath was that it was also the hardest to control, requiring a will strong enough to ensure that the Sin did not consume the Devil and weaken them.
She also said that Sacred Gear users had a side-benefit to the "emotion increases power" effect as their Sacred Gear could grow in power the stronger their emotions were when they were using it.
While it was disappointing seeing as that he didn't have a Sacred Gear to take advantage of that increase, he decided to focus on using the Sin that he felt the greatest connection to so that he wouldn't handicap himself. It hadn't taken Lelouch long to figure out what Sin fueled him the most.
His Wrath. Wrath towards all those who he deemed his enemies. It would explain the cold rage he felt inside his chest whenever he was angry. His Wrath was spiking and increasing his power according to his emotions.
However, it wasn't solely the emotions or desires related to the Sins that made a Devil's Magic strong.
If a Devil didn't have good enough imagination, then even if they were the strongest they would be unable to use their powers to their full potential.
A Devil's Magic was fueled by their emotions and desires, with those related to their Sins the strongest focus, and if a Devil had a creative mind then, should they have enough magical power, their ability to learn was theoretically limitless.
The only spells a Devil would be unable to learn would be those they literally couldn't due to not being a member of a certain family and thus lacking certain traits.
Lelouch had a disadvantage as a Knight because, except for the Pawn, the Knight granted the lowest magical reserves out of all the Evil Pieces.
That was partly why he chose to use Wrath as his focus to increase his powers, so he could offset his normally lower reserves.
He had fulfilled about a dozen Contracts by now, but his power had only doubled once after his first.
After his first pact, it had taken another eleven Contracts for him to get such an increase. Yet he was still only a Low-Class Devil.
Apparently Devils classified each other based on Classes. The Class System was designed based not only on actual base power but potential as well.
As a result, any heir of the Pillars, the remaining Pureblooded Devil families in the Underworld according to Akeno, was automatically considered to be a High-Class Devil.
Potential was usually determined in part through Rating Games, which had intrigued Lelouch when Akeno had explained them to him, but there were other options should a Devil choose to take them.
Unfortunately for him, despite being fueled by a healthy amount of Wrath, which increased his base power and being quite imaginative, he had a limited repertoire of spells available to him as a Low-Class Devil.
Unless he wanted to dedicate time to learning standard spells for his Class, he'd need to develop his own. And that was one of the things he had been working on the past week of training with Akeno.
He hadn't had too much progress, but he had enough to the point he was satisfied for the moment.
He had two spells that were unrelated to his Power of the King, as he and Koneko had settled on calling his first spell since, not only was it accurate, but, in Koneko's words, it was "badass".
The Knight and Rook pair had many talks with one another over the past week or so and Lelouch could finally say without feeling like he was lying to himself that he truly had a friend in this world.
The other two spells he had created were easily used so he chose to focus on them for now, he already knew what he needed about his first spell and wanted to make sure he didn't try and learn too many spells at once.
He wanted to focus on the two he had created over the week and master them before moving on to other, higher, tiers.
It was possible for a Devil to work their way up, but it would take a tremendous amount of power and ability to do it quickly.
Lelouch would be stuck for the foreseeable future, though he decided to set his current goal to be Mid-Class by the end of the school year instead of immediately shooting for High-Class.
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