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** Zazu makes one with Death in ''Darkness Falls'' [[spoiler: in order to save his father from being executed by King Ahadi. However, [[LoopholeAbuse Death just kills his father personally, as opposed to King Ahadi doing it.]]]]

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** Zazu makes one with Death in ''Darkness Falls'' [[spoiler: in order to save his father from being executed by King Ahadi. However, [[LoopholeAbuse Death just kills his father personally, as opposed to King Ahadi doing it.]]]]it]]]].



* ''FanFic/InnerDemons'' has a couple of metaphorical examples. First off, Rarity outright refers to [[TheDragon Trixie]] willingly agreeing to serve [[BigBad Queen!]][[FaceHeelTurn Twilight]] in her evil in exchange for power as selling her soul. Meanwhile, [[spoiler: Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo]] pledging loyalty to Queen!Twilight after she [[spoiler: [[PlotRelevantAgeUp ages them up]] and gives them their Cutie Marks]] fits the thematics a little better.

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* ''FanFic/InnerDemons'' has a couple of metaphorical examples. First off, Rarity outright refers to [[TheDragon Trixie]] {{T|heDragon}}rixie willingly agreeing to serve [[BigBad Queen!]][[FaceHeelTurn Twilight]] in her evil in exchange for power as selling her soul. Meanwhile, [[spoiler: Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo]] pledging loyalty to Queen!Twilight after she [[spoiler: [[PlotRelevantAgeUp ages them up]] and gives them their Cutie Marks]] fits the thematics a little better.



** Dark World!Diamond Tiara made one with Discord: to be driven insane and become his first [[TheDragon Dragon]] in exchange for being able to be with her mother. [[spoiler:A resurrected Scootaloo takes issue with her because of this: unlike Discord's other minions, she ''chose'' to be his minion, but [[KarmaHoudini got off easy.]] To her surprise [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Diamond agrees with her.]]]]

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** Dark World!Diamond Tiara made one with Discord: to be driven insane and become his first [[TheDragon Dragon]] in exchange for being able to be with her mother. [[spoiler:A resurrected Scootaloo takes issue with her because of this: unlike Discord's other minions, she ''chose'' to be his minion, but [[KarmaHoudini got off easy.]] easy]]. To her surprise [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Diamond agrees with her.]]]]her]].]]



* In the finale of ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfTime'', [[TheChessmaster Professor]] [[ManipulativeBastard Moriarty]] offers Literature/SherlockHolmes a SadisticChoice: Holmes's soul, or Watson's slow, tortured death. And goes as far as to have ''Watson's bad arm broken''. Horrified and desperate, [[FaceHeelTurn Holmes agrees]].

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* In the finale of ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfTime'', [[TheChessmaster Professor]] [[ManipulativeBastard Moriarty]] {{M|anipulativeBastard}}oriarty offers Literature/SherlockHolmes a SadisticChoice: Holmes's soul, or Watson's slow, tortured death. And goes as far as to have ''Watson's bad arm broken''. Horrified and desperate, [[FaceHeelTurn Holmes agrees]].



* Uryuu does this in Fanfic/AlabasterOrchestra much like in canon, though his plans are apparently up in the air with [[spoiler: Ichigo remaining loyal to the Emperor and refusing to assist him.]]

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* Uryuu does this in Fanfic/AlabasterOrchestra much like in canon, though his plans are apparently up in the air with [[spoiler: Ichigo remaining loyal to the Emperor and refusing to assist him.]]him]].



* ''FanFic/TheCountsWorld'': Dimentio strikes a very ''LittleMermaid''-like one with a shady Shaman in "Springtime for Dimentio," transforming him into a Boo (so he could court [[VideoGame/PaperMario Lady Bow]]) in exchange for his voice.

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* ''FanFic/TheCountsWorld'': Dimentio strikes a very ''LittleMermaid''-like ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''-like one with a shady Shaman in "Springtime for Dimentio," transforming him into a Boo (so he could court [[VideoGame/PaperMario Lady Bow]]) in exchange for his voice.



* In ''Fanfic/ForgedDestiny'', this is [[NebulousEvilOrganization the Greycloaks]] only unifying factor. The only thing their members seem to have in common is a desire to summon [[spoiler:Salem]] and ask for a wish. [[spoiler:Merlot]] asked for the power of the Grimm while [[spoiler:Tyrian]] asked for a fair and just ruler. [[JerkassGenie Neither]] [[KarmicTransformation were given what]] [[DespairEventHorizon they truly wanted.]]

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* In ''Fanfic/ForgedDestiny'', this is [[NebulousEvilOrganization the Greycloaks]] only unifying factor. The only thing their members seem to have in common is a desire to summon [[spoiler:Salem]] and ask for a wish. [[spoiler:Merlot]] asked for the power of the Grimm while [[spoiler:Tyrian]] asked for a fair and just ruler. [[JerkassGenie [[JackassGenie Neither]] [[KarmicTransformation were given what]] [[DespairEventHorizon they truly wanted.]]
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* In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' story ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', Satan Girl is locked up in an inescapable cell when she hears a voice asking if she wishes freedom. She agrees before asking who the voice’s owner is and what it wants in exchange. Darkseid breaks her free, teleports her to his location, puts her to sleep and "harvests" her child.
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* In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' story ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', Satan Girl is locked up in an inescapable cell when she hears a voice asking if she wishes freedom. She agrees before asking who the voice’s owner is and what it wants in exchange. Darkseid breaks her free, teleports her to his location, puts her to sleep and "harvests" her child.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' story ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', Satan Girl is locked up in an inescapable cell when she hears a voice asking if she wishes freedom. She agrees before asking who the voice’s owner is and what it wants in exchange. Darkseid breaks her free, teleports her to his location, puts her to sleep and "harvests" her unborn child.
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*In ''Fanfic/ForgedDestiny'', this is [[NebulousEvilOrganization the Greycloaks]] only unifying factor. The only thing their members seem to have in common is a desire to summon [[spoiler:Salem]] and ask for a wish. [[spoiler:Merlot]] asked for the power of the Grimm while [[spoiler:Tyrian]] asked for a fair and just ruler. [[JerkassGenie Neither]] [[KarmicTransformation were given what]] [[DespairEventHorizon they truly wanted.]]
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* The ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' fic ''Fanfic/TheVow'' plays a variant of this. Ten years following [[VillainProtagonist Lord Shen's]] banishment from Gongmen City, he's approached by Master Oogway who asks Shen to design a way to keep the fallen Kung Fu prodigy [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Tai Lung]] restrained. As payment, Oogway tells Shen the location of an abandoned mine rich in metals that are usable in crafting cannons. It's made pretty clear that Oogway considers the entire affair of transacting with the disgraced, ambitious and mass-murdering noble to be this trope, which Shen -- who greatly dislikes Kung Fu masters -- notes with satisfaction.
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* Happens in one [[Fanfic/TheMansionverse Mansionverse]] story where the Hatbox Ghost actually summons a slew of infernal demons who insist a deal be made to justify the InconvenientSummons. The Ghost Host manages to trick them on Hatty's behalf with some clever LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler: when the time comes to seal the deal, he hands them the standard form for a damnation contract… the one that states the demons will take possession of the soul "once the contractor is dead". Since Hatty's already a ghost, the contract is in fact null and void.]]
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* In the story ''Fanfic/ADream'', the main character Valiant [[spoiler: brings himself back from the dead]] by making a deal with the most beloved entity he could find: Santa Claus. He briefly wishes he had made the deal with Music/TheBeatles instead.
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* In ''Fanfic/TheMLPLoops'', Pinkie Pie offers one of these to Svengallop once he finally pisses her off enough. Applejack immediately leaps in to stop the deal, and states that while Pinkie Pie ''can'' deliver, it's a bad idea all around. Sure, he'd get his soul back next loop, and probably no more tarnished than it already was, but it's the principle of the thing. (Pinkie just wanted a spare soul as a chip for the next time she and the ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' Elder Gods had a poker night.)

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* ''FanFic/SonicXDarkChaos'' has quite a few from [[{{Satan}} Lord Maledict]].
** Tsali vowed to serve and follow Maledict if he would help the fox get revenge on the Seedrians. The Devil promptly turned him into a Demon Lord and revived him in exchange for eternal servitude.
** Venus ritually sacrificed several of her fellow Seedrians to Maledict for the power to protect her people from Tsali. [[BodyHorror He answered]], although [[SelfInflictedHell not in the way she expected]]. [[spoiler: The rewrite reveals that Maledict actually warned her of what would happen - and she took the chance anyway]].
** The [[AllThereInTheManual author's notes]] reveal that numerous historical ([[spoiler:Genghis Khan, King Herod, Josef Stalin, Julius Caesar]]) and fictional ([[spoiler:Gerald Robotnik, Mammoth Mogul]]) figures used this trope too.

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** Tsali vowed to serve and follow Maledict if he would help the fox get revenge on the Seedrians. The Devil promptly turned him into a Demon Lord and revived him in exchange for eternal servitude. \n** Also, Venus ritually sacrificed several of her fellow Seedrians to Maledict for the power to protect her people from Tsali. [[BodyHorror He answered]], although [[SelfInflictedHell not in the way she expected]]. [[spoiler: The rewrite reveals that Maledict actually warned her of what would happen - and she took the chance anyway]].\n** The [[AllThereInTheManual author's notes]] reveal that numerous historical ([[spoiler:Genghis Khan, King Herod, Josef Stalin, Julius Caesar]]) and fictional ([[spoiler:Gerald Robotnik, Mammoth Mogul]]) figures used this trope too.

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** Tsali vowed to serve and follow Maledict (and condemn the girl he loved to AndIMustScream) if he would help the fox get revenge on the Seedrians. The Devil promptly blessed him and saved his life in response [[spoiler: and secretly altered his brain so he would never feel remorse]].

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** Tsali vowed to serve and follow Maledict (and condemn the girl he loved to AndIMustScream) if he would help the fox get revenge on the Seedrians. The Devil promptly blessed turned him into a Demon Lord and saved his life revived him in response [[spoiler: and secretly altered his brain so he would never feel remorse]].exchange for eternal servitude.


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** The rewrite implies that Dr. Eggman made one with Maledict as well, after Maria and Gerald Robotnik were killed by GUN. Eggman [[FreudianExcuse wanted to get revenge on humanity for destroying his family]]; Satan gave him a genius-level IQ and affinity towards machines, in exchange for [[StartOfDarkness commanding him to hunt down the Chaos Emeralds and helping to conquer the universe]].
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* ''FanFic/TheEquestrianWindMage'': When [[ArcVillain Ganondorf]] arrives in Equestria during Season 2, he recruits [[VideoGame/StoryOfTheBlanks Grey Hoof and the Bone Fiends]] to [[VillainTeamUp serve him]] by offering to lift their curse in exchange for service. However, Vaati is GenreSavvy enough to know that they're more useful to Ganon as undead, and therefore Ganon is unlikely to hold up his end of the deal.

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* ''FanFic/TheEquestrianWindMage'': When [[ArcVillain Ganondorf]] arrives in Equestria during Season 2, he recruits [[VideoGame/StoryOfTheBlanks Grey Hoof and the Bone Fiends]] to [[VillainTeamUp serve him]] by offering to lift their curse in exchange for service. However, Vaati is GenreSavvy enough to know knows that they're more useful to Ganon as undead, and therefore Ganon is unlikely to hold up his end of the deal.
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** Will/Van first makes contact with [[EldritchAbomination A'lek'hol'an]] during a near death experience. He offers to save her and give her enhanced magical powers, in exchange for her becoming his avatar. Not having much of a choice, she accepts.
** Phobos later frees Tracker from his [[SealedEvilInACan imprisonment]] and offers him a job hunting rebels. Tracker agrees, but does not actively submit to Phobos' control.

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** Will/Van first makes contact with [[EldritchAbomination A'lek'hol'an]] during a near death near-death experience. He offers to save her and give her enhanced magical powers, in exchange for her becoming his avatar. Not having much of a choice, she accepts.
** Phobos later frees Tracker from his [[SealedEvilInACan imprisonment]] and offers him a job hunting rebels. Tracker The undead hunter agrees, but does not actively submit to Phobos' control.
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** The backstory reveals that Grindelwald made a series of these in order to increase his powers to (according to Loki, who would know) "godlike" levels.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Ripples}}'', this happens a couple of times:
** Will/Van first makes contact with [[EldritchAbomination A'lek'hol'an]] during a near death experience. He offers to save her and give her enhanced magical powers, in exchange for her becoming his avatar. Not having much of a choice, she accepts.
** Phobos later frees Tracker from his [[SealedEvilInACan imprisonment]] and offers him a job hunting rebels. Tracker agrees, but does not actively submit to Phobos' control.
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* In ''[[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-10229/litmouse+Father+Goose+and+the+Black+Knight.htm Father Goose and the Black Knight]]'', Xander and his Slayers sometimes offer demons and vampires a deal for information. The reward varies from getting a pass the next time they meet to, when they're truly desperate, picking up their tab for the next month at a given demon bar.

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* The ''FanFic/PonyPOVSeries'' has [[spoiler: Diamond Tiara agreeing to free [[SealedEvilInACan Discord]] in exchange for him curing her mother's insanity (though to be fair, she didn't know who she was dealing with until the very end). Surprisingly, Discord actually keeps up his end of the bargain, but it seems that since he swore on [[EldritchAbomination His Parents]], he didn't have much choice in the matter -- and in any case, he managed to completely [[BreakTheCutie corrupt Diamond and break her to his will]] in the process, so he still screwed her over.]]

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[[spoiler: Diamond Tiara agreeing to free [[SealedEvilInACan Discord]] in exchange for him curing her mother's insanity (though to be fair, she didn't know who she was dealing with until the very end). Surprisingly, Discord actually keeps up his end of the bargain, but it seems that since he swore on [[EldritchAbomination His Parents]], he didn't have much choice in the matter -- and in any case, he managed to completely [[BreakTheCutie corrupt Diamond and break her to his will]] in the process, so he still screwed her over.]]


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* In ''Fanfic/TheBridge'', Bagan gathers several {{Kaiju}} and offers them several boons if they agree to serve him. When Grand King Ghidorah and Legion tried to tell him to shove it, his response is to send them all to their knees in pain and threaten to kill them where they stand if they don't accept. Once they accept, he keeps his word and grants them their boons. [[spoiler:He's still screwing them over, because he told them that they would conquer the universe under his leadership, but he's really an OmnicidalManiac and he's just biding his time until their efforts allow him to regain his full strength. Once that happens, he plans to wipe out all life, including them.]]
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* In an [[http://thornfield13713.tumblr.com/post/129788702243/can-you-do-an-medieval-au-prompt-with-princess untitled]] ''Franchise/EverAfterHigh'' fic, Milton Grimm offers Raven and Briar a deal: they can abandon their inherited [[YouCantFightFate destinies]] (which are both ''very bad'', in different ways) ''if'' they take up each other's. They agree, but the resulting BadFuture is only slightly better than it would have been otherwise (and perpetuates the oppressive Legacy system).
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* In ''FanFic/ZeldasHonor'', this is the underlying reason why Naar and every man in his army is able to revive from the dead moments after they die. [[spoiler: Naar made a deal with Barrachas, a Hunger demon of the old world, loyal to Demise. In return for immortality, Barrachas requested Naar to spread the war to Hyrule and other lands to continually find fresh bodies for him to further link together using shards of the Fierce Deity Mask. This accumulation of souls would eventually be used for the revival of Demise]].
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* Common among fics taking place in the GravityFalls Fanfic/TranscendenceAU, where Dipper and other demons derive their powers from making deals.

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* How the plot of ''FanFic/OneFootAnotherMultiverseSI'' starts. After being run over by a train main character Poe makes a deal with Marvel's Mephisto to save his life not knowing who he is.
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* FanFic/TheCountsWorld: Dimentio strikes a very ''LittleMermaid''-like one with a shady Shaman in "Springtime for Dimentio," transforming him into a Boo (so he could court [[VideoGame/PaperMario Lady Bow]]) in exchange for his voice.

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* FanFic/TheCountsWorld: ''FanFic/TheCountsWorld'': Dimentio strikes a very ''LittleMermaid''-like one with a shady Shaman in "Springtime for Dimentio," transforming him into a Boo (so he could court [[VideoGame/PaperMario Lady Bow]]) in exchange for his voice.
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* In ''FanFic/BeingDeadAintEasy'', Yami Bakura says he'll help save Joey if he gets the Millennium Puzzle in return. Joey adamantly refuses, so Yami Bakura makes an offer to Seto Kaiba instead--Joey's life for [=KaibaCorp=].
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** The [[AllThereInTheManual author's notes]] reveal that numerous historical ([[spoiler: Genghis Khan, King Herod, Josef Stalin, Julius Caesar]] and fictional ([[spoiler: Gerald Robotnik, Mammoth Mogul]]) figures did this too.

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** The [[AllThereInTheManual author's notes]] reveal that numerous historical ([[spoiler: Genghis ([[spoiler:Genghis Khan, King Herod, Josef Stalin, Julius Caesar]] Caesar]]) and fictional ([[spoiler: Gerald ([[spoiler:Gerald Robotnik, Mammoth Mogul]]) figures did used this trope too.
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* The [[AllThereInTheManual author's notes]] reveal that numerous historical ([[spoiler: Genghis Khan, King Herod, Josef Stalin, Julius Caesar]] and fictional ([[spoiler: Gerald Robotnik, Mammoth Mogul]]) figures did this too.

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** Tsali vowed to serve and follow Maledict if he would help the fox get revenge on the Seedrians. The Devil blessed him and saved his life in response [[spoiler: and secretly altered his brain so he would never feel remorse]].
** Venus also prayed to Maledict for the power to protect her people from Tsali. [[BodyHorror He answered]], although [[AndIMustScream not in the way she expected]]. [[spoiler: Interestingly, the rewrite reveals that Maledict actually warned her of what would happen - and she took the chance anyway]].

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** Tsali vowed to serve and follow Maledict (and condemn the girl he loved to AndIMustScream) if he would help the fox get revenge on the Seedrians. The Devil promptly blessed him and saved his life in response [[spoiler: and secretly altered his brain so he would never feel remorse]].
** Venus also prayed ritually sacrificed several of her fellow Seedrians to Maledict for the power to protect her people from Tsali. [[BodyHorror He answered]], although [[AndIMustScream [[SelfInflictedHell not in the way she expected]]. [[spoiler: Interestingly, the The rewrite reveals that Maledict actually warned her of what would happen - and she took the chance anyway]].
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** [[spoiler: Later subverted when it is revealed that Grogar has no interest in souls whatsoever. He agreed to the deal because he wanted to empower Sombra so that the tyrant could plunge Equestria into darkness, and due to things that Sombra was unaware of, Grogar had a loophole in the contract so that he could always do away with Sombra later if he proved ineffective.]]
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* In ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/237992/who-is-this-lord-tirek-you-speak-of Who Is This Lord Tirek You Speak Of?'', King Sombra gained his dark powers by sacrificing his blood relatives to Grogar. In the present, he attempts to keep the Mane Six as {{Sex Slave}}s so that he can have a steady supply of children to sacrifice and dramatically boost his powers.

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* In ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/237992/who-is-this-lord-tirek-you-speak-of Who Is This Lord Tirek You Speak Of?'', Of?]]'', King Sombra gained his dark powers by sacrificing his blood relatives to Grogar. In the present, he attempts to keep the Mane Six as {{Sex Slave}}s so that he can have a steady supply of children to sacrifice and dramatically boost his powers.
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* In ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/237992/who-is-this-lord-tirek-you-speak-of Who Is This Lord Tirek You Speak Of?'', King Sombra gained his dark powers by sacrificing his blood relatives to Grogar. In the present, he attempts to keep the Mane Six as {{Sex Slave}}s so that he can have a steady supply of children to sacrifice and dramatically boost his powers.

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