stackyFACTSWhy take a vow of poverty when you can just summon a demon to find a chest of gold?
Why take a vow of poverty when you can just summon a demon to find a chest of gold? During the Middle Ages, an underground network of rogue Catholic priests used their literacy and knowledge of Latin exorcisms to practice demonic magic. They wrote grimoires detailing exactly how to force spirits to reveal hidden treasures, effectively trying to use the dark arts as a get-rich-quick scheme because farming was far too much effort.
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