01.
demon world.
It was a beautiful spring day, and Hill woke up early in the morning. After seeing the good weather outside the Blackrock Tower, he thought of taking a walk.
The political games in the past few months have exhausted his brain, so during this period of time, he has no new moves, and has just developed the old things step by step, which happens to be a solid foundation. Hill made such an excuse for his mental laziness.
Through the last incident, the demon world has had a period of stable development for the time being. Hill also learned from Theresa that the Pope wanted to recuperate and develop believers steadily. Joke, develop believers? How could the speed of the church compare with the speed at which Hill developed believers? ... Well, believers can be understood as fans here in Hill. Hill couldn't wish for the Pope's idea, and he was temporarily relieved.
While eating breakfast, Hill asked Irwin to notify the dragon Gormon and Hutchinson, the person in charge of the encyclopedia, to come over. He planned to go for a walk in the morning to relax himself before throwing himself into intense work.
The railway of the black dwarves was almost built next to the Blackstone Tower. After breakfast, Hill and the two of them walked along the railway to the outer ring until they came to the grassland. Now spring is deep, and the grassland is a thousand miles away under the blue sky. But it's not all green, and it's also full of flowers of various colors. Clump after cluster, colorful and messy, there are cosmos, goldenrod, chamaejasma, wild poppy...they stretch their bodies in the breeze, and the sea of flowers undulates.
Hill only knows a few common flowers and plants. He originally planned to do a little bit of flower knowledge by himself, but found that there are too many types of flowers and plants. There are countless varieties of common cosmos, and some of them have nice names. Summer Dream, Striped Candy, White Butterfly, Sea Shell, Daydream... These are the names of cosmos cultivars.
So it's impossible to get started for a while.
Hill gave up studying for the time being, and was going to learn as he pleased. When encountering flowers he doesn’t know, he usually uses the mobile phone’s online image recognition function. The species that can be recognized are named according to the names on the earth, and those that cannot be recognized can be named randomly—these are all recorded in Hutchinson’s encyclopedia up. As a result, Hill also got a lot of flowers and plants that can be used as medicine. He handed these over to the tauren druids who are good at herbalism, and asked them to develop some practical medicines and mass-produce them.
This is the entire Demon Realm, and if all the resources in it are used well, they can bring economic benefits.
In addition, Hill chose a part of it to process into scented tea. These scented teas with various functions are quite popular with human women. Hill's advertisements are quite bluffing, such as "drink a cup of tea, kiss a flower" or something, this advertisement makes some romantic aristocratic ladies want to stop.
Over time, Hill found that he could blurt out the names of many flowers and plants after going to the wild, and he could also tell some of their effects, but he knew that he was just getting started, and this field looked like that from the outside, but a little Once you understand it, you will find that there is something wrong with it. It feels good.
The lifespan of the devil is very long, he has time to learn many things, he learns slowly, and one day he will become almost omniscient. After such a YY moment, I immediately felt quite refreshed haha.
Later, he told this idea to Monroe, and Monroe thought for a moment, and said, "Accurately speaking, everything you mention now is logical."
"Uh... Is it my illusion? I think you seem to be sarcastic..." Hill was a little uncertain.
"It's also a skill to be able to tell everything clearly." Joan Baker next to him chimed in, "Whether you actually know it or not. I don't mean to be sarcastic, really." He actually put on a sincere look expression.
Hill said dryly: "Because I have the guidance of Marxist philosophy, I have a proper understanding of everything."
There is nothing wrong with this response.
02.
"It's really lush." The demon dragon Gormon sighed, and he said to the paladin Hutchinson next to him: "This used to be a desolate land, and it became like this later."
"Why?" Hill asked.
Gormon looked at Hill with some surprise, and Hill guessed that the devil should know about this in theory. But Gormon still replied: "Because this is the place where a certain generation of devil kings fell."
"Oh." Hill seemed to understand.
"The blood of the devil king permeates this land, and this land is revitalized." The demon dragon Gormon said, with a melodious tone when he said this, with a bit of a troubadour feeling. But Hill had never seen such a thick troubadour.
Hill thought for a while and said, "I seem to have found a way to control desertification..."
The demon dragon Gormon was taken aback: "My king? Calm down?"
"That's all I said, I hope I'm not so green when I die," Hill said.
The demon dragon Gormon was taken aback again: "My king? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine..." Hill decided not to talk nonsense, otherwise the dragon would be scared to death. "What about the dark elves at that time?" he asked. He now knew that all the elders of the dark elves were devil kings and idiots.
"He stands here and blends with the plants, and flowers bloom on his corpse." The demon dragon Gormon bent down and plucked a small white flower from his feet, "The dark elves named this flower after the elder's surname ,Morning Star."
Hill took the little white flower from Gormond's hand, and he saw red mucus on the severed stem, like blood.
The wind blows, the fragrance of flowers on the grassland bursts, and there are other breaths
Hill turned around if he felt something, and saw Albrecht standing in the grass.
They looked at each other and he saw the 'Morning Star' in his hand.
Then he half knelt down, bowed his head and saluted, "My king, Albrecht Dark Moon is at your service."
The wind blew, and the grass blades fluttered into the sky.
Hill looked up at the blue sky, thinking, the weather is really nice.
02.
Hill: "I should know about the grassland and morning star you mentioned."
Gormond: "Yes, my king."
Hill asked: "Then you know why I pretended not to know and asked you again?" He wanted to see how far the dragon Gormon could figure it out by himself.
Gormon pondered for a while, then said solemnly: "I understand what you mean, my king."
Hill: "Say."
Gormond said: "You mean you have been reborn, not the old you, you tell me you don't know these things, in order for me to say it again, you re-remember these things with a new attitude live."
Hill: "..." This brain reinforcement has reached a terrifying level.
The more Gormon spoke, the more excited he became: "Just like the Lower Realm was renamed the Demon Realm by you, this is a sacred ceremony, both for you and for the entire Demon Realm."
Hill: "Wait, you calm down...
Gormond was so excited that he couldn't help himself: "It means that we have thrown away the glory of the past and the shame of the past. We will use a new attitude to forge new glory for the demons and the demon world!"
Hill took a long breath and finally said, "...don't come here."
terrible.
03.
It has been two months since the closure of the Demon Realm shopping mall, during which time swords were on the verge of breaking out and murderous intent was on the rise.
Under the initiative of Bingdi, they held a tripartite meeting.
The representative of Milheim is the Minister of Finance, the representative of the demons is the death knight Gordenia, and the representative of the Church of Light is Theresa Shelley.
Gordenia is a man who is not easy to talk to, he doesn't even need to act, he is ruthless enough to be direct, and Teresa is also a hardliner who refuses to give in, so the three parties became quite stiff for a while.
Then the priest who accompanied Teresa persuaded him, and Teresa "woke up like a dream", saying that he would handle it well.
Then in the next negotiation, Teresa stepped forward. He analyzed the current pros and cons in a mature and calm manner, and finally proposed to send a large team of paladins in the Demon Realm in exchange for the Church of Light’s non-interference in the Demon Realm shopping malls from now on. . —Of course, the premise is that the Demon Realm Mall has not crossed the line.
On the surface, this is a lucrative business for the church. After all, the treaty signed at the beginning allowed the demons to conduct commerce and trade in the human world. If you have to study carefully, the church "made a mistake" this time, but everyone knows in their hearts that this kind of treaty is used as a reference. In contrast, stationing a whole team of paladins in the Demon Realm is definitely a great insult to the Demon Race.
If Theresa Shelley could do this, his status in the church would definitely rise a lot.
Gordenia must have put on an unhappy expression, and Theresa Shelley also became imposing. The negotiation between the two sides scared the people of the third-party Ice Empire, and she kept muttering to the Minister of Finance of the church, The church is getting more and more self-willed... Then Theresa Shelley privately said to the chancellor: "As long as you and the royal family behave well, the church will continue to support you."
Although the Minister of Finance had a cheeky face, his words almost made him blush.
The conflict between the royal family and the church suddenly became more acute. Teresa asked the accompanying priests to go back to report the situation, saying that the bishop of Winter City had handled the relationship between the church and the royal family in a mess, and she needed the Pope's permission to deal with a group of people. As a deterrent, ask the Pope to believe in himself.
Then the Pope and Teresa held a magical ceremony and had a long-distance conversation.
Pope: "What are you going to do with permission?"
"Treat some people," Theresa replied.
The pope asked: "Is it the peace faction of Mülheim? Are you planning to forcibly control the royal family?" According to Teresa's usual style, he would indeed do such a thing.
Unexpectedly, Teresa replied: "No, I plan to deal with a group of main fighters. They have played a lot of negative effects on the stable development of the church, and this will also ease our relationship with the Ais family."
"I remember, you are the main fighter." The pope said.
"Yes, Your Excellency the Pope, I can't wait to take the sword to the battlefield tomorrow, but I choose to follow your policy, and my reason tells me that you are right. I will show my hatred for the demons in front of you and my colleagues, That's because I trust you, and I think there are certain hatreds that have to be remembered, that have to be brought up over and over again," Teresa said solemnly.
The Pope was very satisfied with Teresa like this: "Then I will wait for your good news, child."
"Okay, I promise to surprise you."
After cutting off the communication, Teresa lowered her eyes with deep eyes.
"Yes, it definitely surprised you very, very much."
Then he raised his head and looked at Hill and Monroe:
"Captain, Lord Demon King, how is my performance?"
Teresa asked, showing a lively smile at the same time.
Hill was wearing a sapphire blue coat with gold trim, a white shirt and a silk scarf, with trivial ornate decorations. He looked a bit like a suave nobleman in the south, but Teresa knew how terrible he was, and knew that he had How worthy of his awe. At this time, the other party was shaking the wine glass, with a faint smile.
Monroe stood by the window. The snowstorm in Winter City has lasted for too long. I don't know how many people will die in this snowstorm. Before Teresa asked him, that was what he was thinking about.
Hill clapped his hands casually, and then smiled: "Very good, Teresa, no, it seems that it's time to change the title." Hill raised the wine glass in his hand and smiled meaningfully: "Cheers to Bishop Shelley."
"You are enough." Monroe over there looked at Hill helplessly. He was always helpless with Hill's bad taste. But every time he said he didn't want his body but was very honest, and then he walked to the table, Teresa had already poured him ice wine, just like when he was his vice-captain, and then Monroe raised his hand. Glass, "For Bishop Shelley."
Theresa also raised her glass, "Cheers."
The wind and snow were howling outside, and the windows were cracked by snow particles. I can slap others anytime. Hill speeded up and drove over in his head.
"Since the captain has become the pope, I have to work hard as the vice-captain." Teresa said, "Oh, by the way, Lord Demon King, I remember you like paladins, so this time I specially chose a paladin." The brigade of paladins is stationed in the Demon Realm, and you can use them as you please, all carefully selected by me... "
Wait, why is Captain Monroe emitting cold air
04.
A lot has happened in the past two months. The Church of Mülheim has undergone a big change, and the new bishop Teresa has re-established a good relationship with the royal family. This made Teresa even more new at the church headquarters, and felt that this young bishop really knew how to advance and retreat, and was resourceful.
The third season of "Natsume's Book of Friends" has finished playing on the magic phone, and the projection stone DVD has also been released. At present, the magic mobile phone is playing the early plot of "Magic Girl Madoka". Hill added a lot of warm and sunny passages in the early stage, striving to penetrate the concept of "magic girls are beautiful" into the hearts of the audience. However, the current response from the audience is mediocre. Unlike the full age of "Natsume's Book of Friends", the plot of magical girls does not attract some men, but Hill is not worried about this at all. It went up slowly.
He plans to play "Cardcaptor Sakura" after playing "Magic Girl Madoka", and after heals everyone, he will release "Magical Girl Me" to hurt everyone's eyes, so that everyone can see the muscular magical girl! Hehehe... This is the anime serialization plan for the last few months. Hill felt that after these few films, he could start a full-length boy manga.
In terms of movies, the popularity of "Pirates of the Caribbean" has subsided a little, but the peripheral products of Pirates of the Caribbean in the Demon World Mall are still selling very, very fast. Everyone has also noticed that the title of the movie is Pirates of the Caribbean 1, which means that there will be a sequel in the future. The calls for a sequel have never stopped, but Hill has no plans to make a second one right away.
Soon the Fireworks Festival of the Yulan Empire will arrive. Usually there will be a makeup parade in the evening of the fireworks festival. This year, at a glance, the parades on the street are no longer heroes in legends and stories, but characters from movies and animations. There are groups of Captain Jack, groups of arrogant evil kings, shirtless and overbearing demon kings in coats, siren princesses, female pirates... and so on.
Those impersonators of Captain Jack tried to imitate his wobbly appearance, but they bumped into countless people and stepped on countless feet during the parade, so Captain Jack tragically became the most unwelcome character on the night of the fireworks festival. It's also a little funny.
There are a large group of fireworks in the sky, and many people in the streets and alleys are playing with small fireworks.
The king will hold a grand banquet on this day, and of course Hill was invited to participate... well, he is actually the food provider for the banquet. Now Emperor Yulan is very smooth at calling and calling the mall in the Demon Realm, and he never pays... Hill thought bitterly.
Theodore was not invited, so Princess Lydia was a little out of her wits at the banquet.
The food at the banquet was very rich. The meat on the grill was served directly on a skewer. The meat was browned, steaming, and dripping oil.
Rock sugar elbow made of white wild boar. The elbow is carefully stewed with various spices, soy sauce and rock sugar soup on a low fire. The surface is an attractive golden red sauce. Mixed with the fat of the white-spotted wild boar itself, the sauce is thick, the meat is delicate, and it tastes very bomby, making some people almost howl.
In addition, there are steamed meat in bamboo tubes, including beef, chicken, and diced sausages. The bamboo tube locks the gravy, and all the steamed soup is sucked back by the meat in the bamboo tube, so it tastes full of gravy, and it is soft and tasty. With the fragrance of the bamboo itself, you will never get tired of eating it.
There is also stewed radish with beef, the beef is crispy and soft, the gravy is thick, it tastes fat but not greasy, and it is quite mellow.
In addition to these meats, this banquet also provided a variety of ice cream and fruit sundaes. Different kinds of sundaes, topped with winter snow sweet peach jam, strawberry jam, blueberry jam, cherry syrup, etc., and some crushed pulp. The mellow taste of the cream and the sweet and sour taste of the fruit complement each other perfectly. Not only does it taste sweet and cool, but it also smells tangy, plus it looks good... Hill thought, selling one gold coin is not too much.
For this kind of banquet, although you can't get money from Emperor Yulan, just treat it as an advertisement for the Demon Realm Mall.
Troubadours are playing and singing, and beside them are nobles dancing cheerful ballroom dances. There are long dining tables on both sides, with a variety of food on the dining table, and candlesticks in the middle, and the candles are shining.
It's like being in a TV show. Hill put down his fork, thinking so.
No matter how long it takes to travel here, there will still be a momentary sense of estrangement.
However, this sense of estrangement will also bring a sense of freshness, let's take this as an exciting trip first. Hill thought.
The banquet would last almost until dawn, and Hill left in the middle.
Together with Irwin and the ghost Binns, he went to the magazine office to capture the lonely Theodore as a guide, and started wandering around Magnolia City. On the day of the Fireworks Festival, vendors on the street will sell a kind of flame wine, which tastes more exciting than ordinary beer, but when you drink it, you will burp a phantom of flames from your mouth.
After the beer is poured into the glass, there is a lot of foam, and it takes a long time for the foam to calm down. Hill shook his beer glass and kicked Theodore, "Be happy and order you in the name of His Royal Highness."
"Okay. Your Highness Greenwald." Theodore was a little dumbfounded.
Two aristocratic ladies walked by, and they were chatting about the fireworks festival of "Love and Demons".
Hill bought another spark stick from the peddler, and then they sat on the wall of Yulan City and watched the fireworks while blowing the cold wind.
"Damn it, why is yours brighter than mine?" Hill asked, looking at the cold fireworks in the hands of the ghost Binns.
Erwin had an idea, and he allocated part of his strength to make Hill's hand-held fireworks brighter, but accidentally caused an explosion, and Hill's face was blackened.
Hill: "..."
Erwin: "..."
Erwen trembled, "Yes, can you leave me a whole body? My king..."
This is really... In the end, Hill put Irvin in the fireworks with a black face and put them on the fireworks. Irwin exploded in the sky, forming a love pattern.
Hill burst out laughing, feeling no anger at all.
Erwin is too cute.
"It's a good holiday," Hill said.
"Indeed." Theodore said, "By the way, Your Highness, remember to hand in the manuscript tomorrow, as well as the editor's mobile phone, and it's best to talk about the fireworks festival..."
"...Shut up. Can you not press the manuscript on this beautiful day." Hill's face darkened again.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness."
Fireworks bloomed in the night sky, and many people on the street pretended to be demons.
"Look forward to the day when demons and humans can really mix together for festivals like that," Hill said.
Theodore smiled, "That's how we are now, Your Highness."
"Yes." Hill also smiled.
Relaxed and cheerful atmosphere after tension.
In a strange festival in a foreign country, everything is full of novelty, but it feels good to be surrounded by familiar people.
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