Edmond Codreth

**Edmond Codreth** is one of the black wizard contracted to the Demon King of Incarceration and is only one of the three currently in Helmuth.

## Personality

Edmond, much like the Demon King of Incarceration’s other two contracted mages, is described to be a eccentric and unique individual. And much like like Amelia Merwin, Edmond is similarly as evil and self serving.

As described by Gavid Lindman, Edmond aspires to transcend the limits of humanity by continuously improving his genus as a human and become an entirely new species. He aspired to become a new breed of human by abandoning everything that made him humanlike, such as his thoughts and behaviors. By refining his demonic power to the extreme limits of what mana could reach, he planned on undergoing metamorphosis and becoming a new breed of human.

Unlike, Amelia Merwin and Balzac Ludbeth, Edmond chooses to stay in Helmuth and is an acknowledged member of its hierarchy, with him having successfully fostered good relationships with Gavid Lindman and Noir Giabella, two of the the three Archdukes of Helmuth and gaining significant political power. As shown, Edmond’s friendship with the two archdukes are strong enough that they trust him enough to put him in a high position in Helmuth, as shown where they entertained the idea of removing the Black Dragon from power, the two considered Edmond a worthy and capable replacement for him.

## Abilities

As one of the three wizards contracted to the Demon King of Incarceration, Edmond is one of the most powerful Black Wizards in the world.

* **Contract with the Demon King of Incarceration:** As one of his contracted mages, The Demon King of Incarceration likely possess a direct connection with Edmond and can monitor his actions through their contract. Through this contract, Edmond can use and access the powerful demonic mana of the Demon King to fuel his black magic.
* **Black Magic:** Edmond is known to be one of the most powerful Black Wizards world and possess immense knowledge and skill in black magic.
	+ **Demon King Ritual:** Using the Kochilla Tribe in the Samar Forest, Edmond initiated a gigantic ritual that would allow him to evolve and transform into a Demon King by using a gigantic ritual situtated across the entirety of the Samar Forest. As noted by Balzac Ludbeth, Melkith El-Hayah and Lovellian Sophis, the Ritual itself is highly sophisticated form of Black Magic, requiring a gigantic amount of human sacrifices in order to complete Edmond’s ascension into a Demon King. As seen, the ritual required that several bone towers, created from the bones of the sacrifices, to be constructed and built across the Samar Forest, these towers would then siphon and collect the souls of the sacrificed victims and send them to Edmond, the Tower’s would additionally begin siphoning the natural mana of the Forest in order to further empower his transformation. As noted by Edmond, this ritual will allow him to not only devour Raizakia, who bound himself to the Samar Forest, but also allow him to potentially steal the World Tree’s power to empower his transformation.
* **Necromancy:** While Edmond considers this form of magic distasteful, he does also possess sufficient knowledge and skill in necromancy to create a instant undead army using the deceased corpses littered across a battlefield.
* **Divided Consciousness:** During his ritual in Samar Forest and during the war in the forest, Edmond showcased the ability to divide his consciousness in order to handle, manage and process the information of multiple locations and situations happening across the forest. A shown where he had one part of his consciousness handle and manage the ritual, another to control and defend his body and fight in the battlefield, another to keep track of the Death Knight’s fight against Eugene and another to keep track of Hector.

### Signature

Edmond’s signature spell is called the **Cube**. As stated by Edmond, his signature was absent from nearly all weakness and grants him nigh invulnerability as it provides him with an impenetrable defense and immortality. The spell itself works by Edmond conjuring a black lines around himself that then forms into a cube shape with him inside it, It was nigh impossible to magically pierce through the cube once activated and It would be impossible for anyone to leave even a scratch on the cube without far exceeding Edmund’s reservoir of power, which included his use of Vladmir and the Demon King’s Dark Power. In addition, Edmund possessed immortality far exceeding that of high-ranking demons while he was inside the cube. Even if an attack penetrated the cube and damaged Edmund’s body, the Dark Power filling the cube would instantly heal his wounds. Edmund’s Signature was stated to be arrogant. While it was near perfect, offering him an invincible shield against any and all attacks and provided him with immortality, it offered him nothing in terms of offense. This was by design, as Edmund considered himself the embodiment of the ultimate attack and he himself would simply fire his powerful offensive magic from within the cube’s safety.

## Items

* **Vladimir:** Edmond possess the magic staff Vladimir, one of the only two staffs created from a Dragon Heart.

## References

1. ↑  Chapter 290: The Footprint of the God of the Land (4)
2. ↑  Chapter 290: The Footprint of the God of the Land (4)
3. ↑  Chapter 287: The Footprint of the God of the Land (1)