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McMillan Warren is a trainee magician who just graduated from the Royal Academy of Magic in Fussen. He came to Yulan City from Fussen Empire last week for a study tour. After all, the Magnolia Magic Academy is the best magician in the Yulan Continent. college.
Before coming to Yulan Empire, he had many imaginations about this place.
Some people say that the Magnolia Empire is the most powerful empire. The Magnolia City is splendid and full of Magnolia flowers. The palace of the Magnolia Royal Family is made of gold and glass.
Some people say that the Yulan Empire has turned from prosperity to decline. The current Yulan Emperor is mediocre and incompetent. Sooner or later, the Eutin Empire will seize the number one position in the mainland.
He had heard all kinds of comments. When he came to Yulan City, it was snowing lightly. This was the first snow in Yulan City in winter. People walking on the street are all dressed gorgeously. McMillan saw a female mage wearing a sea-blue luxurious robe embroidered with silver thread. have no idea). Looking at myself again, the plain dark green hunting jacket was covered with a gray cloak. It was a moleskin cloak, which was worn out because it had been washed too many times. Macmillan subconsciously has an inferiority complex.
For McMillan and the others, having a moleskin cloak is already quite a feat.
In addition to those gorgeously dressed people, the buildings in Yulan City are also very tall and magnificent, especially the huge artistic monster over there-the shell of the tall building is actually inlaid with bright metal! This is simply genius design! A native of the art-loving Fussen Empire, Macmillan immediately admired the architect of the building. It's really beautiful, even on such a gloomy snowy day, the whole building seems to be glowing.
He heard someone call it the "Devil World Mall".
ah? Demon world shopping mall? what is that? Is the Demon Race and the Nether Realm separated
The name is too personal. Macmillan couldn't help scratching his head. He didn't think much of it at the time. He was admiring the scenery of Magnolia City while carrying his luggage, and then found a hotel that didn't look particularly expensive and opened the door. Generally speaking, there would not be many people in such a small hotel. To his surprise, There were quite a few people sitting on the first floor, and they were discussing something excitedly.
"I'm looking forward to it, why is it not yet seven o'clock?"
"I don't know if it will be a promotional video of our Yulan Empire? The promotional video of Mülheim is really cool!"
"Maybe it's Supergirl's new song! Of course 'Hellfront' is fine too."
"It may also be His Highness Greenwald's speech!"
"Your Highness Greenwald, do you think he will be the future Demon King?"
"I don't know if he has other brothers. Your Highness hasn't told us about his family..."
"Your Highness, he must have endured a lot of pressure from the Demon Race in order to get close to humans. Last time, he directly raised objections for us and the Demon King. I don't know if the Demon King will blame him for this."
"I look forward to him becoming the devil... I don't know what we can do for him, maybe spend more money in the devil's shopping mall? Let him make more money? Then the devil should treat him better."
"Oh, His Highness Greenwald must be very poor. After all, the demons still have to pay compensation to humans... His Highness Greenwald also said in the editor's notes last time that he wanted crystal furniture more than glass furniture. How pitiful, as a A prince can only use crystal, not glass."
Yes, this group of people gathered here to watch the promotional film for the fallen angels that Hill was about to screen.
At present, many people are obsessed with "Playing with the Red Moon". After Hill posted a few pop-up windows on the magic phone two days ago, almost all the holders of the magic phone know that there will be a small movie at 7 o'clock tonight ( ... ) read.
Macmillan stood at a loss at the door, did he hear wrong? Are they talking about the Demon Lord? ah? What's going on? Are they talking drama content? He walked over to the bar in a daze, "I want to..."
Before McMillan finished talking about "a guest room", he was taken aback by the people over there suddenly drinking: "It's started, don't make any noise!"
here we go? what started
McMillan turned his head in confusion, and then saw a man dressed as an aristocrat holding a strange magic tool in his hand, and the magic tool projected images on the blank wall over there.
Is it a tool made of projection stone? McMillan was originally an apprentice magician, so he immediately understood what this was.
But apparently... it seems like there's more to it than that.
The first thing that sounded was a beautiful prelude. The lyrics of "Scarborough Fair" were adapted by Hill to make them more suitable for this context.
"Are you going to the floating island
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme
give my regards to an angel who lives there
…”
In fact, the original song "Are you going to Scarborough Fair Parsley..." in modern terms can be understood as "Are you going to the Eastern Vegetable Market / Celery, Chinese cabbage, peppers and garlic"
Hmm... this is too indecent. But it can be seen that the names of those spices in the past are really beautiful.
This song turned out to be an old British folk song, and its origin can even be traced back to the Middle Ages, so its entire style is very in line with the public aesthetics of this period.
McMillan, who was listening to Demon Realm music for the first time, was immediately attracted, his eyes widened, and his mouth also opened wide. What, what music is this? It's so clean, pure, and beautiful... Is this the holy music of the church? It must be... His limited imagination limited by the times and his own experience made him only able to think of this.
Then a magnificent church and burning white candles appeared on the projection.
It really is church music... McMillan thought. Only the gods and the church can have such beautiful music.
However, the light in this church seems a little dark? Such an idea just appeared in his mind, and then black wings streaked across the shadow of the candle. McMillan was taken aback immediately, what is this? what is it
All the pictures that followed made McMillan feel unbelievable. There was a cross placed on the black leather scripture, a statue of an angel wrapped in black chains, and the bloody moonlight shining through the stained glass... All of this is clearly blasphemy!
There was a storm in his heart, and what he felt terrified was that the people around him didn't respond? Instead, look at it with relish? Don't they know what that means
What made him even more horrified was that he himself thought these pictures were beautiful? And that song is also beautiful
What's this? What is the purpose of this projection stone? Macmillan felt restless.
Then the next picture appeared, the angel with black wings was sitting on the top of the church and plucked the harp. Behind him was a blood moon. The church under his feet was dark, dilapidated, gloomy and cold, but it had a very magical and decadent aesthetic feeling.
McMillan couldn't control himself immediately, he blurted out: "Fallen angel! This is a fallen angel!"
"What's the name of the monster?" A mercenary-looking man over there glared at him.
"This is a fallen angel!" McMillan said loudly, "Don't you know? This is a fallen angel!"
"We know, don't shout." A nobleman over there also spoke.
"Shut up or get out of here," said another.
McMillan was inexplicably horrified by the hostility of others. Did he enter some cult organization by mistake? Could this hotel be a gathering place for cult organizations? Should he get out of here now? Shall we go first? His hand picked up the luggage he had just put down, but he found that his feet couldn't move...
The music is so good, the picture is so beautiful...
Or, read it before leaving
An idea appeared in Macmillan's mind.
It's okay to watch it for a while, it's okay... He is not a believer in light, so the God of light will not punish him for watching this thing. Um, well, that's it. I am a firm mage, and I will not be distorted because of a projection stone.
Macmillan convinced himself in this way, so he began to continue watching with peace of mind.
Then a floating island appeared on the screen, an island rising from the sky, four waterfalls flying straight down, and a rainbow appeared under the reflection of the setting sun... Such a shocking and beautiful scenery made many people "wow". Lun couldn't help but "wow". He wanted to say something, but he noticed that the other guests here seemed to want to talk too, but they all restrained their urges, and everyone tried their best to enjoy the projection quietly.
Is the quality of the cult organization so high... Macmillan murmured to himself. Then he found that he missed a picture because he was distracted, which made him a little annoyed, so he hurriedly looked at the projection with his heart. You can't be distracted, you can't be distracted, it is a waste to miss such a beautiful picture.
Finally, there is the scene where the angel saves the land and then turns into a fallen angel. McMillan continues to shout in his heart that this is blasphemy, this is a lie! Then another voice said: How do you know this is a lie... Fallen angels are so beautiful, they don't seem to be evil...
After the projection was over, the guests started chatting immediately, and they were beaming with joy and enthusiasm.
"It's so beautiful."
"I yearn for fallen angels."
"That floating island is really shocking! The Demon World is so beautiful! I really want to go there!"
"His Royal Highness Greenwald said that he would open tour groups to the Demon Realm in the future... Ah, damn it, I want to go when the Demon Realm is recruiting people, but my dad won't let me!"
"Next time the Demon Realm recruits people again, I will sneak over there, maybe some succubus will take a fancy to me."
These arguments made Macmillan's mind blank. What is going on? It's not a drama, it's a real thing...
"Are you... bewitched by the devil?" McMillan couldn't help asking.
His question made the people sitting in the hall quiet, and everyone seemed to be stunned. A man with a purple turban on his head asked in a common language with a Josh Kenny accent: "Aren't you Magnolia?" People from the empire?"
Seeing that the other party could communicate, McMillan quickly said, "Well, I'm from the Fussen Empire. I can't understand what you're talking about..."
"That's right, we were bewitched by the devil!" The noble man who was tinkering with the magic phone at the beginning laughed, "Let me tell you, the entire Yulan Empire has been bewitched by the devil!"
Macmillan couldn't help taking a step back, how is this possible! He wouldn't believe such absurd words! He rushed out of the hotel with his luggage, and faintly heard their conversation behind him:
"Hey, don't scare him! What if he really believes it?"
"In less than a day, he will realize that it's good to be bewitched by the devil, so it doesn't matter."
"That's true."
How is this going? Are you kidding me? Are those people crazy
Macmillan walked into a tavern blankly, and then heard people in the tavern discussing:
"The song just now is really beautiful, is it sung by the sea monster?"
"Fallen angel... so yearning."
"Don't you know that you can believe in fallen angels?"
McMillan backed out in horror, and he walked into the second hotel.
"Are you saying that besides fallen angels, there will be promotional videos for succubi?"
"I look forward to the magic dragon!"
Macmillan stumbled to the third hotel.
"That style is so beautiful. I don't know if the Demon World Mall will promote peripheral products."
"Yes, the fallen angel is so beautiful, I want to dress up as a fallen angel at the next masquerade."
McMillan... utterly dazed.
He stood blankly on the main street of Yulan City, surrounded by brightly dressed people and the same majestic buildings.
What the hell is going on in this world? What happened to the people of Yulan Empire
Could it be, is it true what the person at the first hotel said? Has the entire Yulan Empire been bewitched by demons
How can this be? !
They all look normal, don't they? The Yulan Empire didn't have rivers of blood and corpses all over the ground, and the people along the way were all insane? Not crazy? Shouldn't people who are bewitched by demons have neurotic expressions and crazy expressions
McMillan's mind was in a mess. He stood there for a while, and then he smelled a rather attractive fragrance. He couldn't help swallowing, let's think about it first, let's talk after filling his stomach. It smells really good.
So he followed the taste and walked into the Demon Realm shopping mall next to him.
How did this taste come out... This was Hill's idea. He asked the black dwarf to make a magic device to spread the smell, and activate it every once in a while, so that half the street was filled with the food smell of the restaurant in the devil world, attracting people to eat in the restaurant.
Later, Hill felt that this device could also be used in wars. When the two armies fought, they put the scent-diffusion magic device under the armpits of the black dwarves or under the feet of the goblins. The body odor of the black dwarves and the beriberi of the goblins are quite famous... Hey, this is really killing without blood.
Let's talk about McMillan, the little magician who just came from the Fessen Empire.
McMillan first saw the map after entering the Demon World Mall. The map indicated that the restaurant was on the second floor, so he went straight up to the second floor, and then he found that the food was quite expensive. He thought to himself, is this the price of Magnolia City? However, today there is a special package for one person, and the price is barely acceptable.
McMillan hesitated for a moment, when another scent wafted.
OK, bought it.
The waiter introduced that the ingredients came from where in the Devil Realm, etc. Now that McMillan is dead, it’s good to eat animals... The rest doesn’t matter...
The staple food of the set meal for one person is the beef stick bone hot pot. The beef bone has gone through a series of processes, and then boiled for a full four hours. The milky white bone soup is unbelievably mellow. A straw is sent, which can be used directly to suck the marrow in the big stick bone. McMillan took a big sip of the bone broth and found it to be unbelievably delicious.
This, what is this that was introduced just now? A cow from the devil world? Is the beef in the Demon Realm so delicious
Not many people came to eat at this point. After the waiter brought a small plate of ham, he chatted with McMillan, "Sir, you don't seem to be a local?"
McMillan took a bite of the ham, and almost forgot to answer the other party's question. It took a few seconds for him to react: "Oh yes, I'm from the Fussen Empire."
"This is your first visit to the Devil's Restaurant." The waiter said.
"Yeah, it's really... so, so incredible," McMillan said.
This grilled sausage is really delicious, charred on the outside and tender on the inside. When you chew it in your mouth, you can even feel the delicious fat and rich gravy coming out of it.
"Most of the human beings who ate food from the Devil's Emporium for the first time had your expression." The waiter said with a smile.
"Human... uh..."
"This is all food from the Demon Realm. Most of the products in the Demon Realm shopping malls are produced by the Demon Realm." The waiter said, "In the war agreement a year ago, the Demon Race could open stores in the Human Realm, so this year, The demons have built many malls in the Yulan Empire and Muelheim."
"So it is." This explanation convinced Macmillan, and he tentatively mentioned what happened just now: "Someone told me that the entire Yulan Empire was bewitched by the devil."
"Bewitched by the devil?" The waiter laughed, "Actually, it can be said that in a sense... In this way, "Iron Man" will start broadcasting in half an hour, you can go to the cinema on the third floor to watch it, I think Then you can understand a lot of things."
"What's that?" Macmillan asked.
"Film, a wonderful and unprecedented art form," said the waiter.
Unprecedented art form—the description immediately captured this native from the Fussen Empire.
Half an hour later, McMillan sat in the cheapest seat in the cinema.
At night, McMillan returned to the first hotel in a trance.
The waiter at the bar still remembered him: "Sir, are you back?"
"I'm back." McMillan walked to the bar and said, "I want a room, and..."
"Is there anything I can do for you, sir?" asked the waiter.
"Also, I want to know more about the demons." McMillan said, his eyes sparkling with excitement.
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