The Seventy-Two Demon Gods, also known as the Seventy-Two Pillars of Solomon, are recorded in the first part of the book "Sorcery Skills" (Ars Goetia) in the occult book "Solomon's Key" (transliterated as "Lemon Guyton"). The seventy-two demons have their own positions (commander, duke, marquis, earl, etc.), management teams and their own seals (i.e. pillars). It is said that they can be summoned to gain abilities, assistance or knowledge.
Some of the seventy-two demons look like animals (crows, wolves, etc.), and some are more grotesque (such as biological hybrids). But there is often no distinction between good and evil, both demons and gods. The origin of the so-called "Solomon's 72 Pillars of Demons" first appeared in an important demonology document, "Solomon's Lesser Key" (Lemegeton).
The oldest version of this book was published in the early 17th century; it is estimated that it was written before the French Revolution. According to this book, Solomon, the great wise king of Israel in the Bible (the historical Solomon reigned from 961 to 922 BC), was actually an excellent demon summoner.
Legend has it that King Solomon made a contract with the demon king Berial and gained the power to command all demons in hell. He used his magic ring to print on the neck of each demon to drive them to serve him. In return, he will give his soul to Berial after his death.
It is said that among these demons, in addition to the seven kings of hell, the most powerful are the seventy-two princes and nobles of hell, who are also known as the seventy-two demon kings of Solomon.
He wrote down all the incantations he summoned, which he called "Solomon's Key", which contains many books, among which the "Small Key of Solomon" has the most mysteries. Here, the 72 great demons known as "Solomon's Heroic Spirits" are mentioned.
Solomon sealed them in bottles and summoned them when they were useful, driving them to do things that would bring glory to the empire of Israel. However, after Solomon died, the Babylonians invaded. They saw the bottles that sealed the demons and thought they were treasures, so they opened the bottles, and these great demons were released into the world. … Their number is 72.
Looking at the information in his hand, Regulus Black made his own analysis.
If Harry Potter, a wizard, is used as the background, King Solomon is probably a very great wizard, and is good at summoning, and is an excellent demon summoner.
However, Regulus Black has reservations about summoning. In his opinion, King Solomon is more like a master of alchemy, and he is famous for creating demons through alchemy. People who say that he is a demon summoner have misunderstood. .
The reason why King Solomon himself did not explain it was purely because of the huge gap in the culpability between the two.
One is to summon the devil to drive him. No matter what evil he did, it was the devil's problem. King Solomon only showed strength.
The other is that he made a demon by himself. No matter what the demon did, it was his own responsibility, and because of the technology of making demons, he would be looked upon with hostility and even prying eyes.
Regulus Black's family is a family of dark wizards. There are no restrictions on the use of various black magics, so the entire family is devoted to research in the field of black magic.
Regulus Black, who has grown up watching various experiments on black magic since he was a child, has long wanted to create his own demon, or a lower-level demon, or a familiar. However, Regulus Black was unable to produce any results until he died in the Black Lake and became an Inferi. In fact, the Black family's long-term experiment has never been successful.
However, as a man of three generations, Regulus Black looked at the matter of summoning demons from another angle and came to a very simple conclusion. It was because of his lack of understanding of demons that the summoning kept failing.
Just like summoning a heroic spirit in the Holy Grail War, the summoner himself needs to know something about the heroic spirit to be summoned.
Looking at the demon summoned by King Solomon, summoning a demon requires knowing the name of the demon, the shape of the demon, the attributes of the demon, and the skills of the demon. In short, the more detailed the better, and then the last step, which is far beyond the Summon the required sacrifices. Although doing this is a lot of waste, it is like a rich man spending money. If you spend more money, you will eventually have the opportunity to win money. How can you succeed if you don't spend money! How can you become stronger without spending money!
This is why King Solomon can summon 72 demons, because he is the king of a country and the person in charge of the country's wealth. He has money, leisure and time. Finally, he is a wizard, and he happens to be good at the magic of demon summoning. .
The result is that King Solomon used money, time and luck to refine 72 demons. It is probably not that he does not want to refine more, but that he has run out of imagination. After carefully checking the attributes and job descriptions of the 72 demons, there are many They are all repetitive, no matter how many there are, it is based on the minds of wizards at that time, that is, these abilities, rights, attributes, job descriptions and images.
Regulus Black didn't need a huge number like 72 to summon demons, he just used the 12 constellations as a model to summon demons.
It just so happened that a certain artist had drawn a demonic version of the 12 constellations, and Regulus Black used them directly.
Starting from the time he got the cow pasture back, Regulus Black personally visited the pasture every seven days. While inspecting the work, he took away the cattle heads, internal organs and water that had been sorted from the pasture.
In some remote areas of England, Regulus Black carefully set up magic circles. Tons of sacrifices were piled on the magic circles. The bloody sacrifices became the best objects for alchemy, but there was only a small chance of failure. It is very high, and it has only succeeded in defeating a Taurus demon so far. Afterwards, the demon was sealed in place by Regulus Black.
The Taurus Demon is 3 meters tall, with powerful muscles all over its body. It has very high anti-magic properties. Regulus Black did not give it complex properties, but only set a single 'strength' property.
Although he summoned this Taurus demon, Regulus Black still lacked the means to control it. He did not expect that the summoning would be successful, so he did not prepare the control means. Fortunately, it was sealed in place, otherwise it would be a disaster wherever he placed it. .
Today, Regulus Black summoned a demon in another place. Although it was a random selection, he also used the spell "Show me the way" before choosing. So when Regulus Black used "Phantom Movement" After Xing' arrived at his destination, he found himself in a sheepfold.
There are only three or five sheep in the low bungalow, but this is obviously the most suitable place to summon the Aries demon according to intuition.
Waving the wand [Silver Jade Bone], which is the most suitable wand for summoning among the four wands, a rune array composed of magic power is carved on the ground, occupying the entire sheepfold, as if in a Draw the largest circle in the square picture.
Then the sacrifices were piled up, and a large amount of internal organs and sewers were piled up in the magic circle with a wave of hands, which made the sheep scream in horror. Although the sheep's IQ was not high, they also knew what the smell of blood was. Because this smell represents death.
However, Regulus Black cast the 'Silent' curse on the surrounding sheep with a wave of his hand, and then a 'Muggle Expelling Curse' was hit on the wall of the sheepfold.
You are the warrior spirit of the zodiac.
You are a great demon from the abyss of the earth.
You are a hybrid prince of humans and demons.
You are a rare craftsman among demons.
You are my summons and my slave.
You can kill anyone who is my enemy.
You can execute your judgment on all my enemies.
Offer sacrifices here for you to receive and enjoy.
May you appear in this world and be used by me in this lifetime.
Summons the Zodiac Demon Aries.
Tons of sacrifices piled into a hill were like melted ice cream. With the magic circle as the center, the pile of sacrifices all sank into the ground. Even a few sheep nearby were brought inside. In the end, only the sacrifices were left. The extremely clean magic circle below was shining with blood.
After waiting for a while, Regulus Black was a little disappointed. It seemed that he had failed. The same was true when he summoned Taurus. After failing dozens of times, he successfully summoned Taurus.
Just as he was about to turn around and leave, blood emerged from the magic circle like a fountain. An evil figure with huge curved horns slowly stood up from the blood fountain.