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Published at 17th of October 2021 09:45:37 AM


Chapter 88

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Chapter 88.1 – Jack’s first subordinate

Josh Kenny.

Since the Deathbird’s little pirate, Jack, got the gramophone, he has loved it like a baby. This gramophone brought him happiness and at the same time, satisfied his vanity in the bar fight. The Deathbird stayed in Josh Kenny too long, and this day was the time for everyone to return to the ship. Jack had just boarded the ship when he heard that the chief mate was looking for him, and he kept the gramophone in place before going to the first mate.

Jack was a little apprehensive, and after entering the cabin, he first drew the sign of Sea God on his chest: “Blessed be Sea God.” He followed the usual routine to start.

“Blessed be Sea God.” The chief mate also said, and then he said casually: “You are very famous in Josh Kenny recently.”

Jack was more flustered all of a sudden.

An existence like the chief mate can decide his future at will. Is the chief mate dissatisfied? Should he apologize? Did it cause trouble to the Deathbird? A series of questions appeared in his mind, and he began to be as habitually at a loss as before. So, he opened his mouth: “I’m sorry, chief mate.”

The chief mate glanced at him, and he couldn’t tell what emotion the chief mate was feeling at this time.

On the Deathbird, the power of the chief mate is higher than that of other pirate ships, because their captain Rod is taciturn and seldom manages things, so the chief mate is in charge. Many decisions of the chief mate can be implemented directly without going through the captain.

The two of them are very good friends, and the chief mate’s sister is Rod’s lover, which makes their relationship better. Back then, the Deathbird was called the Lightbird, and it was still a merchant ship. Later, the girl died on the bed of a local official, and Rod went crazy. It is said that he colluded with the demons for revenge. He used witchcraft to blacken his ship, and he turned the crew into skeletons and crawled into the official’s mansion in the middle of the night. The next day, the city found that no one survived in the mansion, and blood flowed into the river.

At this point, Lightbird became the Deathbird, and Rod became a pirate.

As for the rumors… actually part of it is true.

Rod originally found the Dark Church and wanted to dedicate his soul in exchange for the clergy to avenge him, but obviously, the rumors about the Dark Church are a bit unrealistic. They are not interested in human souls, mainly because they don’t know what human souls can do.

The people of the Dark Church took away two-thirds of his possessions—as a merchant ship captain, he saved a lot of money, and then Leona Bell, one of the Five Great Emissaries, came forward to help him. Leona Bell is a necromancer, and she did summon the dead to kill at the time.

Later, Rod became a pirate while selling illegal goods for the Dark Church. Leona Bell had habitually tempted him, but he loved his dead lover deeply and remained unmoved. This made Leona think he was pretty good, and this was the beginning of their friendship. Rod learned some necromancy spells from Leona, which made him even more frightening at sea.

Later, in the war between the demons and humans, the Dark Church was in danger, and the person who was in contact with Rod died, and Rod could not contact Leona—she used to come to him, so time passed. Until the second demon realm movie “The Overbearing Demon King Falls in Love with Me” was released, Rod found that the heroine in it was Leona Bell. Only then did he confirm her safety.

But now, he is one of the Four Great Pirates, and now, the power of the Dark Church is greatly weakened. In fact, in theory, he does not need to run errands for the Dark Church. After all, the Dark Church used money to kill people, and he has done so many things for them over the years. The kindness of the necromantic magic is almost paid off…

But.

Rod once said to the chief mate: “I hope the kindness I owe will never end.”

The chief mate was silent for a while, and said, “So you have the motivation to go on?”

“Yeah.” Rod nodded. “There is no special meaning or purpose to live. I don’t have a special pursuit of wealth and strength, but I always need a reason to live… Then, just repay the kindness.”

The chief mate sighed. He stood on the deck and looked at the sea while Rod was looking at the sky. After a long time, the chief mate said, “At least I will be with you.”

“Yeah,” Rod said.

Rod did not have many pursuits. He practiced necromantic spells every day when there was nothing to do, but he was free every day because he put most of his work to the chief mate. His attainment in necromancy is now so high that if he were to die normally from a physical attack he would immediately turn into a ghost.

Because of Rod’s philosophy, the overall atmosphere of the Deathbird is relatively relaxed, so mediocre pirates like Jack can continue to exist. If it were on the ships of the other four pirates, Jack would have been killed or kicked out a long time ago. On the Deathbird, if everyone fails to fight, the captain will choose to release them.

The chief mate was also a little helpless about this, but forget it, this is fine, after all, everyone is useful, and such a relaxed pirate life has attracted many strong pirates to join.

So, for the Deathbird, the chief mate is often the same as the captain.

Therefore, Jack is so nervous.

After taking a look at Jack, the chief mate walked to his desk, opened the lamp cover on the desk, and added some powder to it. The powder is made by grinding bones and some stones, and then the captain applies the necromancy technique. After being ignited, it will emit a bright blue flame. This flame is low temperature and will not worry about the fire problem. Most of the people on the ship use this kind of lighting tool…cough, so Captain Rod is also responsible for illuminating the entire ship in addition to being the main power.

While adding powder, he said: “Every tavern in Josh Kenny is talking about this, the crew of the Deathbird, the gramophone, the pirates who got swarmed. What do you think?”

The chief mate took Jack’s performance in his eyes, and honestly, he was disappointed with Jack. Jack is of average abilities, but there are other people with average abilities on the Deathbird. Those people quickly found their own suitable positions, and they must have this kind of good adaptability when drifting on the sea. But Jack didn’t. He was even being bullied by people from other ships. He didn’t resist, and didn’t come back to say, it was too shameful. Jack’s situation is what a teacher would say in school, “It’s not a matter of ability, it’s a matter of attitude.”

Jack still wanted to talk again, but he suddenly remembered the movie he watched some time ago, and remembered Theodore in “The Evil Monarch”. His fate was unfair to him, but his soul was still strong even when his body was weak. Then he thought of the moving music on the gramophone again, and he felt his fear gradually disappeared, “Johnny has committed public anger, and it is reasonable to be treated like that.”

“Oh.” The chief mate put the lampshade back on, then covered the log box, put it in the drawer, and said casually: “But I heard that you are still being bullied by that person.”

Jack has calmed down. He plucked up his courage and said, “Yes, I was just about to speak to you… They are desecrating our dignity by daring to bully the crew of our Deathbird.”

“You mean for me to lead a group of men to take that whatever ship…”

“The Black Sea, chief mate,” Jack said.

“Oh, okay, the people from the Black Sea and fix it?” the chief mate asked.

“If you can…” Jack hesitated, but he said it anyway.

“If I had gone by my old idea, I would have made the Black Sea pay and then would have had you kicked off the Deathbird because the Deathbird tolerates ordinary people, but does not tolerate wastes,” the chief mate said.

If it was Jack before, he would have been scared to death after hearing this, but now he still has the ability to think after being taken aback, so he cautiously said: “You said it, it’s the “old idea”.”

“Very well.” The chief mate nodded, “Show your worth.”

“I will.” Jack’s voice became firm.

“Do you know what your value is?” the chief mate asked.

“I don’t know, but starting from today, I will work hard to find it,” Jack said.

“You are lucky to be on this ship,” the chief mate said.

“Yes.” Jack said sincerely, “I am very lucky to meet the Deathbird. I hope I can die on her in the future.”

“Very good.” The chief mate nodded. “You go out.”

“Okay, chief mate.” Jack saluted again, “May the Sea God be with you, chief mate.”

“May the Sea God be with you, Jack,” the chief mate said.

Pirates on the sea usually talk like this, starting with “Blessed be Sea God” and ending with “May Sea God be with you”.

After Jack left, the chief mate suddenly remembered his recently read “Lord of Mysteries” which also has a life at sea. They believed in the god of the storm, so they always said “May the storm be with you”. The chief mate sprayed water when he read it for the first time… Isn’t it too unlucky?

Jack felt blood surging when he returned to the cabin, and everything around him changed after he changed.

He feels that Theodore of “The Evil Monarch” gave himself courage, but also thanks to those music to soothe his own anxiety.

Early the next morning, the Black Sea was declared a vassal of the Deathbird, and Johnny was dispatched to the Deathbird. Under the order of the chief mate of the Deathbird, Johnny became Jack’s first subordinate.

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Chapter 88.2 – Love and Demons will be launched soon

In recent days, the magazine has published short stories and BL fanfic related to “Natsume’s Book of Friends”, “The Evil Monarch”, and even “Daughter of the Sea”. The siren princess X the human princess who finally married the human prince, lily(yuri) CP.

At that time, Hill looked very confused, is this okay?

If you snatch my man, I will snatch you…?

After the prince married the human princess, the siren princess became darkened, so she seduced the king by means, and then… er… became the prince’s mother. Hill sprayed water directly when he read it, feeling greatly entertained himself.

The funniest thing is the “Daughter of the Sea” + “The Evil Monarch” fanfic, saying that the Siren Princess got the Lich inheritance, and then various counterattack plots, and finally, the Siren Princess became the Siren Queen, and there’s a harem of three thousand beauty. Hill checked it at the time and found it was Princess Delia’s contribution. He suddenly felt that Theodore’s position was a bit threatened… laughing to death.

These bizarre fans have opened the door to a new world for many people.

He has published all the fanfics that Hill thinks are good, and he wants to run a special fanfic issue in the future, but there is no need to do so now, after all, the number is still small now.

This time, Hill stuffed Snow White in the magazine and changed the seven dwarves to seven black dwarves.

Dwarves and elves, these races once existed in the Magnolia Continent. There are still a few skeletons of them in the Magnolia School of Magic. However, some of them came to the Demon Realm and mutated, and the other part traveled across the ocean and disappeared. As for why they want to leave, it is not stated in the book, but Hill thinks it is nothing more than two reasons, one is for more mysterious beliefs and pursuits, and the other is being forced by humans.

Hill’s goal now is to make humans’ impression of the demon realm better, so he changed the seven kind dwarves into seven black dwarves, and then he changed the hunter into a dark elf sent by the Queen to assassinate Snow White.

Speaking of the assassination of the princess, in Snow White, the hunter felt it unbearable and let her go. And the assassin in “The Witch Hunter” felt that the princess was very pitiful, and he couldn’t bear to assassinate the princess, the result… When Hill was watching this plot, it was so messy he couldn’t bear it, the plot was really dark. The princess in “The Witch Hunter” stabbed him to death with a hairpin when he was doing errands, and the combat effectiveness was still quite strong.

As for the other aspects of “Snow White”, there is basically no change, including the ending.

In fact, Hill has always felt that the plots of many fairy tales are very gloomy, not to mention the childhood nightmare “The Red Shoes”, just mention the “Snow White” in Grimm’s fairy tales. Its ending is that the prince and Snow White made the queen wear the red iron boots danced in the fire, and finally the queen fell down and burned to death.

Hill had no impression of this passage when he was a child, and after reading these fairy tales again when he grew up, he felt that the three views collapsed…

Well, in order to let everyone have a clear understanding of fairy tales, the next issue of the magazine will publish “The Red Shoes”, Hill thought. He’s really considerate of everyone.

In other aspects of the magazine, Hill intends to stop the second volume of “A Song of Ice and Fire” after half of the serialization of “A Clash of Kings”, and then publish the next few volumes directly. At present, the long series in the magazine that Hill is in charge of except for “A Song of Ice and Fire” is “Lord of Mysteries”. The latter is a very calm work, which means that he is slow.

At first, everyone habitually read all the contents of the magazine. The most anticipated novels are the other parts, as well as those short stories that Hill has collected from the Internet, including Andersen’s fairy tales Grimm’s fairy tales, as well as some famous short story writers abroad, works like O Henry. The others are readers submissions.

But in the past two months, the magnificent world of “Lord of Mysteries” has also been revealed, with a new power system and interesting night’s watch—these night’s watch are reminiscent of the night’s watch in the ice and fire, the same name, they are also burdened with heavy responsibilities. But compared to the night’s watch in the ice and fire, they are undoubtedly a lot cooler, and the relationship inside is also warm and funny, which makes people yearn for.

So gradually, “Lord of Mysteries” also has many fans.

Hill thinks it will usher in a surge in fans next month.

Hmm…Because Captain Dunn is going to die next month… from then on, his death can continue to abuse the reader a thousand chapters… for a long time.

As for the selection of the serialization after “A Song of Ice and Fire”, he hasn’t decided yet. Anyway, there is still some time, so just choose a powerful work when the time comes.

Next is the game.

This day, after halfway through the broadcast of “Natsume’s Book of Friends”, a line suddenly appeared on the screen: Advertisement, come back in a while.

Everyone: ???

Someone jumped directly from the stool.

What is this? A commercial interruption?

The feedback from the masses is quite intense.

Hill said that everyone will get used to it.

Anyway, everyone protested but they couldn’t change anything. The screen went black and a line appeared first: Customize a new life.

After a few seconds, the line disappeared, and then a dialog box appeared, which read: your name

Then “Bella” appeared below, a very popular female name.

Then a dialog box pops up: Are you sure to use this name?

Sure.

After the name is confirmed, the next thing that appears is “Please confirm your appearance and customary clothes.”

Hill feels that this setting will make the player feel more immersed in the heroine, otherwise, everyone will have the same look, and the sense of immersion will be less – especially when everyone can communicate offline.

The speed at which these are determined on the screen is very fast, and it flashes in a second or two, but in reality, many women will hesitate and spend half a day here.

Then a line of words appeared:

“Congratulations, you have completed the customization of your virtual life, let’s enter this character and start the journey of love and demons.”

Naturally, these are not needed when a promotional film is released on Earth, but it is different in another world. Everyone has never been exposed to this before, so Hill explained it as simple and clear as possible.

“If only there was no wind that day.”

The petals were scattered like a dream in the dark.

“If only… they had never appeared in my life.”

Then there were several scenes, which are familiar to the Magnolia City and the Josh Kenny people. Some landmarks in their towns were drawn into anime. In addition, the Blackrock Tower in the Demon Realm also flickered.

The girl stretched out her hands to catch the petals.

Then the title appeared—”Love and Demons “

The following small print is: a mobile game that can fall in love with the demons.

“Game, what does that mean?”

“Can you play on the magic phone?”

“Fall in love with the demons?! With what demons?”

As if to respond to her question, the picture that appeared next solved the confusion.

The first thing that appeared was a handsome boy with fiery red hair. He was wearing a black jacket with a white shirt underneath, with flowers on the cuffs, a light-yellow waistcoat, and expensive pockets and brooches. His smile is bright and beautiful:

“What I promised will definitely be done.”

A few words are written beside it:

Zhou Qiluo

Superstar

Race: Fire Elemental Spirit

CV Ruifuer

He was originally sitting on the grass, but the next scene turned into him standing up and reaching out to the screen.

“For you, I want to stand higher.”

At this time, the audience has temporarily forgotten their dissatisfaction with the commercial interruption.

“What a refreshing feeling, very sunny.”

“Fire Elemental Spirit!! Will he cook!! If so, I can!!!”

“My dear Marlene, are you looking for a love partner or a cook?”

“Quite a handsome young man, but not in line with my aesthetics.”

Then the picture shifted, and there appeared the male wearing the glorious paladin armor. His armor is exquisite and gorgeous, white and brilliant like a snowy plain under the sun, and the insignia outlined in silver thread is even more shiny. The iron buckle is gold, in both shoulders tied with a fiery red cloak.

“As long as you are in the wind, I can perceive it.”

The basic information of this character appeared beside him:

Bai Qi,

24 years old,

Birthday: December 14th,

Occupation—

“Is it a Paladin?” someone guessed.

“It’s definitely a Paladin,” another said.

“Are you going to fall in love with a Paladin… It feels good, but isn’t it about the demons?”

Then the picture changed, the paladin’s armor was dyed black, his blond hair faded, his blue eyes darkened, the holy light turned into black mist, and then his voice was low.

“Other than me, I will not put you in danger.”

—former paladin, now death knight.

This slightly dark line stimulated the audience.

“Oohh—meaning I will put you in my danger, other than that, don’t get into the danger created by others?”

“This is so cool! There is a demon style!”

“From a paladin to a death knight! Wow!”

Then the third character appeared. He wore an early baroque style of men’s clothing, but the tones were elegant and simple, with a collar buckled by a lace ribbon around his neck, a long double-breasted coat outside, and a monocle in his gloved hand.

“Today, you belong to me.”

His voice is very quiet.

Xu Mo, Lich. His identity appeared next to him.

“Wow? Lich! I thought the liches were old grandpas like Ali!”

“This lich is so handsome! This line is also very exciting to hear haha.”

“Speaking of which, the lich can control the human body, right? So, it can control the heroine’s body… and he… hmm?”

Then the Lich put on the monocle and raised his jaw slightly, “Emotions will induce people into traps. Now… you still have time to escape.”

The lens was zoomed out, foggy, and you could see the white light reflected by his monocle, while the other eye was emitting a terrible red light.

“…I’m dead.”

“Too handsome…!!!”

The picture changes again, and the character appearing on the screen this time is familiar—the character is based on the overbearing demon in “The Overbearing Demon King Falls in Love with Me”.

“I just want to be king in your world.”

The heroine’s hands holding petals reappeared again. She released her fingers, and the petals were flying up and down, with a shrunken CG image on each petal.

Then the female voice of the monologue sounded again.

“I don’t think I would hesitate so much… nor would I be so happy.”

The back of leaving appeared on the screen, and then two dialog boxes appeared. He left, should I go after him?

One, chase after him.

Two, don’t chase.

Then it automatically chose to catch up, and the background music began to rise high.

The petals are flying, and the petals with the shrunken CG images are floating in front of the screen, presenting pictures of intense scenes.

The demon king came to the camera with a wall slam, leaned down and said in a low voice: “I want your time to stop just for me.”

The fire elemental spirit smiled and jumped from the tree. In the sunset, you can see that his hair is gradually golden-red: “I found you, don’t leave me again.”

The death knight approached the camera step by step: “You can only have me in your eyes.”

The lich stood by the bed and slowly took off his monocle: “Now, you still have time to escape.”

These pictures are from the first perspective, without the heroine.

Then more petals flew across the lens, and many scenes flashed by. In the end, the screen turned dark, and the title of Love and Demons appeared in front of the screen, and then the voice of Lord Demon King: “Finally, I can see you.”

—December 1, the official launching

—We are waiting for you here.

The commercial ends there.

The audience, especially the ladies, exploded.





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