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It's a fairly good read, even if the plot is nothing mind-blowing the writing style is better than average. I'd say it's over middle of the ballpark, 3.5ish. Story premise:MC is a transmigrator and regressor. He has a natural compatibility with demonic stuff, which makes his magic lean towards the darker side of things (as if the title wasn't a dead giveaway). The big protagonist uniqueness comes from being able to use that affinity to make a sort of 'empty contract' with nothing, basically a bridge for mana from the demon realm for him to use. Which shouldn't be possible.Plot starts on the second round. In the first go he was new to the world so almost immediately fooled and forced into s*avery, then passed around before falling under control of a more powerful warlock & demon that wanted to use him as a vessel for a descent into the world. That situation didn't end well for any of the parties involved. This time around he's keeping things under wraps, powering himself up a lot easier because it's a path he's already familiar with, getting FLs as allies using event knowledge, setting up the groundwork for avoiding bad things that will happen, building a support base, grabbing valuables that haven't been discovered at this point in time, etc. General regression hijinks, nothing too new so far. He's mostly in it for himself, not aiming to be a hero or save everyone.-----------------------------------If I have a criticism, it's however many chapters in and I'm still wondering when the title is going to be relevant. The one indication so far has been from a character who was in process of being removed from the plot by him anyway. We're told how being a warlock/necromancer is a massive red flag, but everyone he's let onto the secret (first the FLs, then some others) seem pretty chill about it after initial surprise. And not particularly bothered about being combat buddies with someone's skeleton.I mean, there are reasons built for each main character being on his side that get stronger over time, and groups allied with him do so because they need his support, but I'd think on a purely cultural upbringing & common sense level people would be a little less nonchalant and accepting about that. In general everyone seems to be willing to trust him with their lives, families and valuables within a few days of meeting.-----------------------------------Translation is solid, few mistakes but overall everything is nicely coherent.