Pirate Kingship

[Devil in the Bottle] He first felt that the other party was "showing off his skills in front of an expert" and subconsciously wanted to open the bottle and give the other party three wishes.

But thinking that this was the Dragon King's Court of the New World, theoretically there were no other demons except him and a few subordinates, and a trace of vigilance suddenly rose in his eyes.

In addition, he was also responsible for the task of building a colonial bridgehead, so he decided not to care about it regardless of whether it was a clumsy prank or not.

"No matter who you are or what you are doing, as long as I have no desires, no one can do anything to me.

No one knows how to use precepts and rules to defeat the enemy better than us Eastern Continent Transcendents!"

The Eastern Continent is ruled by all kinds of terrifying "knowledge". The unknown weird and cursed spirits from ancient history, myths and legends, and horror stories sit on the throne and herd all living beings.

Mortals can only continue their tribe with difficulty by keeping secrets, keeping precepts, and isolating.

They are even passively divided into the surface world and the inner world. Being cautious and abiding by the "precepts" has long become their daily instinct.

Moreover, the devil in the bottle did not think that in such a place where civilization had stagnated for a thousand years, there would be something he wanted so much that could cause his greed to get out of control.

Snap! Snap!

He walked on the snow in the forest and made a semicircle, just about to get away from the suspicious bottle.

Bang!

The bottle cap suddenly opened by itself, and the true face of the person appeared in a hazy mist.

In the middle was a set of gorgeous tables and chairs that seemed to be made of gold and inlaid with countless precious gems.

On the table was a piece of parchment that looked a bit old, a quill pen with a sapphire nib, a bottle of ink, and a silver tinderbox.

In an instant, even the air in the forest seemed to be filled with the smell of money.

Click!

Just as he looked over intently, the tinderbox opened automatically and emitted a blue flame.

A line of six stunningly beautiful girls in black and white maid outfits walked out in a line, stood on both sides of the desk, and saluted him with their skirts.

Beautiful, elegant, and unforgettable, as if they were not maids but six princesses of noble birth.

Then, a young man in formal clothes and a black bow tie, with a very blurry face, appeared on the golden chair, smiled and raised his hand to invite him to sit down at the table.

"Dear guest, welcome to the eighth pawnshop. I am the owner of the pawnshop. You can call me: Mr. Wednesday.

You are welcome, please sit down."

As soon as the voice fell, a red carpet automatically extended from the golden table to the feet of the [Devil in the Bottle].

Compared with the "Blue Smurf" image that the devil had just fooled George, Duke of Clarence, this pomp and momentum is simply eight streets away.

The Devil in the Bottle, who was originally prepared to ignore it according to the rules of the East Continent, couldn't help but stare in amazement, and a wave of waves surged in his heart.

"This, this, this"

Look at this rich and luxurious configuration.

The pure gold inlaid jewel furniture that shows off the wealth, the golden texture, the pile of shiny pigeon eggs, who wouldn't be confused when seeing it?

The wealth is completely defeated!

Look at the six first-class beautiful maids, even if they are placed in the king's palace, they have to be carefully kept, who would be willing to use them as maids?

For any man, this is equivalent to the ultimate trap for adventurers to capture goblins, and there is absolutely no resistance and air force.

The packaging is completely defeated!

Although no one has ever seen the other party's true face, who doesn't know that "Mr. Wednesday" is the master behind the online financial street?

Legend has it that he is a fifth-level [pawn merchant] of the Jinyuan sequence, with a huge amount of capital flow and countless treasures in his hands.

Together with another Ms. Friday who has appeared more and has a louder reputation, he is called the destined king of business and even the richest man in the world in the future!

He doesn't need to use any control spells on his "customers" at all.

Because even if the most powerful pope on this continent heard this name, he would most likely take time out to listen to what the other party had to say, and beg for alms, no, ask him to donate.

Therefore, the brand effect was a complete defeat!

[Devil in the Bottle] could no longer say the catchphrase: "I can fulfill one of your wishes", but instead subconsciously wanted to blurt out: "Rich man, take me with you."

"The tertiary industry must be built on the abundant materials of the primary and secondary industries.

The most cutting-edge economics and social sciences will only be born in places with the most developed material civilization, and other places can just copy it.

So, is it true that the Kingdom of Hettings where I descended is actually just a poor and remote place on the edge of the Dragon King's Court, and there are countries that are much stronger than them in other parts of the continent?

For example, the power of Mr. Wednesday?!"

When the frustrated [Devil in the Bottle] came back to his senses, he found that he had subconsciously sat in front of the golden table.

Face to face with the fifth-level [Pawnbroker] Mr. Wednesday.

Even though he could not feel the pressure of a high-sequence extraordinary person on the other party, he inferred that the other party might just be a projection randomly projected all over the world and did not see what he had just done.

But he did not dare to neglect the shadow of the tree.

The vigilance that was originally worried about being at a disadvantage also subsided a lot.

After all, the richest man had a meal with you by accident and said that I have a project that you can participate in, but only one share.

When you sell everything you have to seize this opportunity, you will never feel that the other party is coveting your capital. Instead, you will be extremely grateful that the other party thinks highly of you and is willing to help you make a lot of money, right?

After all, how can the richest man lack these little things?

The mentality of both is exactly the same.

Byron only said a name and pulled his head full, without any self-introduction and mental control like the Devil in the Bottle.

He pushed a blank "Faust Contract" in front of the [Devil in the Bottle] and showed him a harmless smile:

"As rumored, my favorite thing to do is to trade with people all over the world, and the financial street is my game.

And the "No. 8 Pawn Shop" run by me personally has all the goods that can be found in the known world: treasures, intelligence, spices, knowledge, various extraordinary raw materials, etc.

Even various extraordinary abilities, beauty, health, time and other illusory things are in sufficient supply.

So, with I will sign the contract and become the supreme customer of Magic Financial Street.

I can provide you with three trading opportunities of unequal value.

Oh, right! ”

Byron stared deeply into his eyes and continued with allure:

“My place is also called the ‘universal wishing machine’ by the guests. Three opportunities are equivalent to three wishes.

This is a blessing that only comes once in a person’s life. Please cherish this opportunity.”

Although it carried one-third of the Faust Contract of the great pirate Flint, the [Contracted Devil], it eventually fell into the hands of Dagon, the [Abyss Nightmare].

But Byron himself and Violet also mastered the "Alchemy of Life". To some extent, it is not wrong to call themselves wishing machines. Ordinary material things are no longer difficult for them.

[Devil in the Bottle] was preempted by Byron, and his attitude changed from "There is nothing here that I can look up to" at the beginning to "I want to take the opportunity to spy on military intelligence and take a good look at what the real rich people in the New World look like".

After his eyes fell on the Faustian Contract, he could no longer move his eyes away, and his eyes widened:

"【Panacea】, 【Alchemy】, 【Book of the Beast Family (Volumes 1 and 2)】.

Agricultural technology 【Ridge farming method】, 【Composting method】, epoch-making industrial technology 【Blast furnace ironmaking method】.

Military technology 【Whale oil copper shell fixed ammunition】, 【Bolt-action rifle】, 【Pump shotgun】, 【Hydraulic boring machine】."

The "Faustian Contract" can use the greed in people's hearts as a beacon and easily project its own power into anyone's inner world.

It can manifest in the spiritual world or in the material world, and always firmly anchor the other party's greed.

Previously, because the "Contract Devil" had cheated too many people, he could easily guess what George wanted in his first two wishes.

At this time, he himself was like a buyer who could never escape the lock of big data, and could not escape the greed anchor of the Faustian Contract.

The Faustian Contract can clearly know what he wants with just one encounter, breaking the weakness and being invincible.

The hands of the devil in the bottle holding the contract began to tremble slightly.

"How is this possible? Let alone the [panacea] that can make people perfectly immortal, and the [alchemy] that can truly change matter permanently.

The value of the mundane technologies behind it alone is inestimable.

During the war, Hastings did not even have the ability to process arms. It is said that most of the weapons of both sides were purchased from abroad.

If we have these technologies, it is enough to build a super arsenal.

Although we have whale oil technology in the Eastern Continent, it is only one of the many strange and cursed objects. There is no whale oil gun that can be easily used by ordinary people as described in the instructions.

Since I saw the [Silver Law], I know that the development path of the New World is completely different from ours. This is actually a great power belonging to mortals.

Aren't they afraid that these things will endanger the status of the rulers?"

What is the most dangerous thing in the Eastern Continent? Knowledge!

What is the most precious? Still knowledge!

Therefore, according to the greedy guidance of the [Devil in the Bottle], the commodities that emerged from the contract were all kinds of knowledge.

He didn't expect much from the closed and conservative knowledge of the New World, but he didn't expect to be "shocked" at the beginning.

So his first thought was to find a way to lock the technological development of the New World with some kind of curse before the two sides really came into contact.

Otherwise, when the source tide rises for a few years or decades and meets the conditions for large-scale colonization, it is still unknown what this continent has developed into.

The second idea was to be anxious and want to take every kind of knowledge home.

Byron, who was across the table, saw with his own eyes that a devil and an angel emerged behind him, and began to fight against each other, quarreling with each other and fighting with blood.

"Oh, the best is yet to come."

The long poem "Faust" tells the story of the devil and the creator each inducing Faust.

The essence is the "animal side" representing chaos and depravity in spirituality, and the "divine side" representing order and sublimation, competing with each other for the "human self" representing freedom and choice.

A person must fight for "freedom" from the two tyrants, the "id" and the "superego".

If you succumb to either side, you will only become a slave of the contract.

If you want to be its master, you must be an explorer with an independent "self", who never stops seeking knowledge and pursues "freedom" and "truth" all his life.

At the beginning, the two tyrants fought for Faust, a few years ago, the pirate Flint, and last year, Byron. Now, every guest who sits in front of the "Faust Contract" is being fought for.

So far, no one has passed the test except Byron, the "man as free as the wind"!

So from the moment the other party sat in front of the Faust Contract, Byron was not worried that he would not buy anything.

Just as [Devil in the Bottle] was shaking with his mind and picked up the feather pen, ready to sign his "real name", which is the "devil's seal" in mysticism.

He suddenly saw that each kind of knowledge was followed by a price tag: "Equivalent knowledge or memory, family affection, love, friendship, choose one."

He hesitated for a moment.

As a fourth-level devil who believes in the Great Red Dragon Abaddon, the [Messenger of the Abyss] and [Lord of the Abyss], he knows better than any other extraordinary person on the path that these things seem insignificant but are actually important components of the soul.

Although the other party did not want to take away his complete soul, the price was indeed very favorable.

But if any part of the soul is missing, it may have a significant impact on the extraordinary path, which makes him a little embarrassed.

The hand holding the pen froze in mid-air, and then he had to move away from the contract with great difficulty.

But at this moment, the content on the parchment added a new part:

"Ignite the light of human civilization, promote the industrial revolution and material explosion [whale oil powered steam engine]!

The prototype has been promoted to a zero-level holy relic. The power of conventional steam engines ranges from tens of horsepower to thousands of horsepower, and the mechanical efficiency exceeds 20%. Like whale oil guns, it can be operated by mortals."

Just looking at the name "Devil in the Bottle", you can only know that this is another whale oil technology invented by the New World people, but when you see the specific parameters behind it, you can't help but stand up.

The craftsmen and naturalists of the Dragon King's Court have been arguing about two different research and development routes:

"One is the extraordinary route, which is to develop the rich source of whale oil to drive alchemical machinery and various magic arrays.

The disadvantage is that mortals cannot use it and it is difficult to promote it on a large scale."

"The other is a purely mechanical route, using whale oil to boil water. The threshold is extremely low, and anyone with hands can operate it for large-scale application (Chapter 407)."

But in the Eastern Continent, there is no [Ladder of Glory] that focuses on stability. What there is is only taboo knowledge that has been developed to the peak.

All the high-level leaders of the major forces are powerful mythical creatures with great power attributed to themselves, or even pseudo-gods.

From the beginning, no one has considered the second route from the perspective of mortals.

Great power has always belonged to the extraordinary. It has been like this since ancient times. What is there to doubt?

Who would create a prop exclusively for mortals to kill themselves?

The current finished product of [Whale Oil Power Furnace] is mainly made of various extraordinary materials. Not only is it very limited when used, but its energy efficiency is also not comparable to that of a steam engine. At best, it is just equivalent to a strange prop.

It has not produced a huge productivity that has turned the world upside down, nor has it transformed into a holy relic.

I said my peak technology is 100,000 tons, and you said your other technology route is more than 80,000 tons.

The word "more" alone is enough to make people imagine, not to mention that the data on paper has already surpassed me.

In comparison, how can [Devil in the Bottle] not break the defense on the spot?

When he saw the price tag at the back: "Equal knowledge or half of divinity", he no longer felt that his soul was precious.

If the leaders of the sects in the Eastern Continent were allowed to trade, not only the soul of a fourth-level mythical creature, but even the souls of their fifth-level pseudo-gods, they would probably be willing to exchange.

But this is not over yet.

[Whale Oil Powered Steam Engine] A new product list appeared below:

"[Sugarcane Bagasse Papermaking], the raw materials of sugarcane bagasse paper are widely available, cheap, long-lasting, and are in the process of transformation into a zero-level holy relic."

If he was shocked when he saw the whale oil powered steam engine, now he was only horrified.

Perhaps in the Dragon King's Court, sugarcane bagasse paper is just a literacy tool, which can greatly increase the number of extraordinary people.

But in the eyes of the people of the East Continent who believe that "knowledge is power", it is a subversive technology, something more valuable than a whale oil powered steam engine.

[Devil in the Bottle]Knowing that sugarcane bagasse paper is very popular in Hastings, he originally planned to secretly get the papermaking technology, but he didn't know that Mr. Wednesday's No. 8 pawnshop had it.

What made him even more upset was that Byron put a roll of white toilet paper on the table, tore off a piece and slowly wiped the big gold ring on his hand.

Anyway, sugarcane bagasse paper is cheap, so it's not a pity to use it.

This thing has been transformed into many categories by the craftsmen branch [Paper Craftsmen], and is seizing the upper-class market at an unimaginable speed.

Therefore, even when [Devil in the Bottle] saw the price tag behind it was: "Half of the Beast", he made up his mind without hesitation:

"Must get it!

Only in the hands of our East Continent can the influence of this papermaking technique be maximized.

In the mythological era, the New Continent was called [Giant Dragon King's Court], the South Continent was called [Beast Paradise], and our East Continent was called [Corridor of Truth].

These knowledge that can create zero-level holy relics have the potential to become new gods in the Corridor of Truth, and I can also gain unparalleled power.

Just like many of the old gods' followers, my ancestors were swept by the blue hole to the Skeleton Coast ruled by the Abaddon Esoteric Cult in the East Continent, adjacent to the Mermaid Kingdom.

It is because of this that I can find descendants with similar blood in the Dragon King's Court, and I also got the opportunity to be the first to enter the New World and establish a bridgehead.

But as an outsider, my origin has always affected my status.

If I can bring these treasures to [Devil Lord], [Death Pianist] Her Majesty Lorina.

Even if the mission here is abandoned halfway, she must at least make me a prince and help me advance to the fifth level! "

Not only that.

He clenched the feather pen in his hand, and a trace of undetectable spiritual light lit up on it. He sneered in his heart:

"How can a mere pawnbroker's research on the soul compare with our devils?

Even pawnbrokers have extraordinary abilities [Contract Fraud], how can our devils not have it?

When we reach the third level, the spiritual transformation is [Fraudulent Aura], which can seize every ambiguity and loophole in the transaction and twist all the terms that are not in our favor into what we want.

For example, sacrifice my subordinate servants and let them pay the price on my behalf!

Even if the soul is really incomplete because of the lack of divinity and animality, Her Majesty Lorena, the fifth-level subordinate god, can personally take action and consume a large amount of "fifth element" to help me complete it again.

This deal can only make money and not lose money! "

However, [Devil in the Bottle] was affected by the "Faust Contract", and just greed moved, just like a flood bursting the dam and could no longer be restrained.

"Anyway, one is exchanged for two, so why not exchange the previous ones together.

Panacea, Midas Touch, blast furnace ironmaking, military whale oil guns, whale oil powered steam engines, bagasse papermaking. I want them all! "

The next moment.

Byron: "Friend, are you willing to exchange your soul for this roll of toilet paper? "

Devil in the bottle: "Yes, I do!"

As the latter signed his name on the contract, the transaction was completed.

A series of knowledge began to flow into the devil's brain. He browsed the series of knowledge eagerly, dancing with excitement:

"Hahaha, you fool who lost the watermelon and picked up the sesame seeds, I will be invincible soon!"

It took a while for the devil to calm down, but he found that Mr. Wednesday had not taken the price he had to pay.

Waved his hand to him and pretended to be generous:

"Mr. Wednesday, I have always believed in fair trade, especially willing to pay for knowledge, please take your payment. ”

But secretly, he had already made preparations to make the subordinate servants pay their own price the moment the contract was activated.

[Devil Duke] Richard and [Kingmaker] Warwick were of the same rank or even higher than him. He could not control them except for extracting commissions, but it was no difficulty to control the puppet George and some other subordinates.

Byron nodded and confirmed again:

"Very good, then your memory, family affection, love, friendship, half of your divinity, and half of your animality all belong to me.

In other words, more than half of your soul belongs to me, right?"

After getting the confirmation from the devil in the bottle, he did not initiate the transaction, but took out another holy relic [the first stock] from his pocket.

But this time, he did not use [sell] like many times in the past, but launched. [buy]!

"Use any property worth more than one gold pound to start buying and become a small shareholder of an organization.

When the equity is greater than 50%, the actual ownership of the organization is immediately obtained, which is not subject to human will. ”

For Byron, there is no need to collect payment. He can just fast forward to "I bought you". What's yours is mine, and what's mine is still mine.

"Wait"

The next moment, the fearless expression of [Devil in the Bottle] stiffened on his face little by little.

Byron clapped his hands.

"Haha, we're done. "

Whether it is the devil's wish or his deal, in essence, it is actually a competition of who has the higher deception skills.

The highest realm of buying and selling is to let the human traffickers be sold obediently when they know that I am also a human trafficker.

There is a story about a smart man circulating on the mainland. A wealthy businessman accidentally fell seriously ill. Before he died, his son was not around, and there was only a servant who had served for many years.

He was worried that after his death, the servant would be greedy for money and his son would get nothing, so he said to the servant: I will leave all my property to you, but you must allow my son to choose any one from the inheritance.

The servant readily agreed, and in the end, the thing chosen by the son was him.

So all the property, including the servant himself, returned to the son's hands without missing a single thing.

Byron has more cards than the [Devil in the Bottle], and the information is more asymmetric. With two-pronged approach, the devil who deceived countless people finally fell into his bowl.

Byron snapped his fingers, the pomp disappeared on the spot, and he also revealed his true face.

The devil's pupils suddenly shrank into needle points:

"It turned out to be you! The great loyal minister, the Earl of Stromgarde [Sea Hunter] Saint Byron! No, no, no, I don't know you, I didn't see your face.

Don't kill me! "

But at this time, he needed the master's permission to move a finger, and he couldn't even close his eyes.

Byron walked up to him with a smile, patted his shoulder and comforted him:

"Don't be nervous, Mr. Leonardo, [Painter of Hell], as long as you can fulfill one of my small wishes, I can let you go."

The latter was immediately refreshed. He might not be good at other things, but he was very familiar with this job.

"As long as you help you fulfill your wish, you will let me go? Really?"

"Of course! We can continue to sign the contract."

Byron grinned and told him his wish:

"My first wish is... three more wishes."

The face of [Devil in the Bottle] turned livid visibly.

He already knew what the other party's fourth wish, seventh wish, tenth wish, thirteenth, sixteenth, and nineteenth wish were.

He couldn't help but wail in despair:

"Ah——! I know, you are not a [Holy Spirit] at all, your true self is actually a devil!!!"