Sand Sculpture Demon King, Online Farming

01.

During the filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean", old Jackson had a conversation with Theo. It was the evening when Theodore met old Jackson in the garden.

Most of the flowers in the garden in winter were withered, but there were also a few flowers that Theodore hadn't seen before. The ice and snow, withered and surrounded by a little bit of life, were quite beautiful. The pavilion in the garden is covered with rush mats, and the seats are naturally soft fur. The lantern next to it was already on, and it looked particularly good in the dim twilight.

Outside the old Jackson is a velvet robe, covered in a moleskin vest, elegant clothes, noble temperament, coupled with such a scenery, so that ordinary people will feel ashamed after seeing it.

But Theodore did not.

In the past, let alone the duke, the lowest baron was unattainable for Theodore.

Theodore has rarely seen such a luxurious scene. He did not conceal his awe, but he was amazed, but he did not feel that he was a humble person. He just stood in front of the old prince with a smile, salute, neither humble nor humble: "Master Duke, Yean."

"Yean, boy."

The old prince thought in his heart that a hero was born a boy since ancient times, and this boy is really good. He knows that Theodore and Princess Lydia are lovers. He is not optimistic about this relationship, but he understands that the relationship can be maintained by His Royal Highness Greenward. When will this relationship end? It is indeed in the hands of Greenward. Old Jackson didn't believe that he was out of good intentions. Now he is well acquainted with the other party's behavioral habits. This Highness may...no, it is not possible, it is absolutely very big.

Because of this, old Jackson thought he had to talk to Theodore.

After a simple greeting, the old duke directly clarified what he meant: "There are some things that Baker didn't tell you. He saw some, but he didn't see it. After all, he was a poor businessman. Now he is a nobleman, but politically. His eyes are still too short-sighted."

Theodore nodded, "In spite of this, Lord Baker is still a very powerful character."

"I admit that." Old Jackson said. Theodore is really a good boy who never forgets his roots. This idea flashed through his mind.

"Thank you, Lord Duke." Theodore saluted again, and then said, "Does Lord Duke have any advice?"

Old Jackson nodded, "There is no advice, it's just a specific fact." Then he glanced at Theodore and said something terrifying: "His Royal Highness hopes that the position of Magnolia is stable, so that he can control the empire more easily. NS."

Unexpectedly, the old duke would come to such a scary remark, Theodor was stunned, and he said "Ah".

"As a collaborator, this is also beneficial to us. But as citizens of the Magnolia Empire, we are expecting a wise man." Old Jackson continued to say even more terrifying words, "This is actually my Royal Highness and Greenward's. One of the contradictions is that we have not stated clearly."

This... Theodore asked cautiously: "The Lord Duke, why did you suddenly tell me this?"

"I'm just telling you the matter," Old Jackson continued: "In addition, His Royal Highness Greenward also hopes that Princess Lydia will increase her prestige among the people."

Theodore was stunned for a moment, "So." These few words are thought-provoking, and when they are connected, they outline a terrible fact.

"That's the end of the story. Then you can do it for yourself. You are not an extraordinary person, and you must have made a decision in your heart." The old duke said.

"I understand, thank you Lord Duke." Theodore said.

"You should thank me." said the old duke, "otherwise you are still in the dark. You should go back, boy, do what you should do."

"Okay, Lord Duke." Theodore didn't stay after speaking. The servant came over and put on a cloak for him.

It was snowing heavily when he left the Jackson House. He stood on the street for a long time until he was covered with snowflakes.

There were carriages coming and going, and pedestrians holding umbrellas looked at him curiously.

Snow fell on the lantern lampshade next to it, and then melted by the high temperature, and then another layer of snow fell, and then melted. As time passed, a layer of ice formed on the lampshade, and the light of the lantern was not bright, but now it is becoming more and more hazy.

"Mom, that brother looks so familiar."

"It's a bit..."

This should be someone who has watched his movie. His current status is completely different from before. Sometimes people will be recognized when walking on the street. Everyone will look at him with respect, just as he did when he saw other adults.

He shuddered, and suddenly reacted, who all this came from. After figuring it out, he raised his leg and returned home, and then wrote two letters.

One is for Princess Lydia, who wants to talk to her about future things, such as what her ideals and plans are in the future.

The second letter was written to Hill, telling the truth about all the words the old duke had said to him, and also honestly said that he was upset.

After doing all this, his heart calmed down. Unload a burden.

02.

After Theodore left, Jefferson, the eldest son of the old duke, walked into the garden. The old duke was drinking golden wine and enjoying the snow in the garden.

Jefferson took the lantern from the servant's hand and waved him away. Then he placed the lantern by the table and asked, "Dad, do you value him very much?" He was naturally worthy of Theodore.

"Whether I like him or not depends on what he wants to do." The old duke replied.

"But he is just a civilian." Jefferson said.

"You have watched so many movies. You should understand that the difference between the strong and the weak is not based on their origin." The old Duke's expression seemed to be wandering, but his attitude today is exceptionally severe. "Not to mention that it is an absolute moment of change, you Was his brain eaten by a vampire bat?"

"I'm sorry, Dad." Jefferson quickly apologized, "I'm too clueless, sorry."

"You should spend more of your mind on where it should be spent." The old duke looked at the cold snowflakes in the night, with a harsher tone: "I don't want you to be a weak person with the name of a duke, you know. Right? You are not the only heir to me."

Jefferson's heart suddenly became frightened. He didn't expect his father to suddenly say such merciless words, but he still accepted the words without complaining: "I know, father, I will review myself. ."

Old Jackson was satisfied with his son’s humble attitude. He nodded, calmed down, and talked about what was just now: “If it’s not what I expected, Theodore should write to Greenward and tell Greenward what I said today. All words."

"This... didn't you say that Theodore had a big picture? Would he be so behaved?" Jefferson asked.

"Don't forget who he is giving all of this now. He has no plans, but if he is smart enough he knows how to change it. If he doesn't tell Greenward about it, I will re-evaluate him. Now. His current position is too important, and we don’t need unintelligent collaborators.” The old duke said.

Jefferson understood, "So Dad, are you testing Theodore for His Royal Highness Greenward?"

"His Royal Highness Greenward is very general, but some of the details are too crude. But because of this, it has the meaning and value of other people's existence." The old Duke said this to Jefferson affirmed, "You have good eyesight."

Jefferson was not happy when he heard it. He also reacted to why the old duke treated him so harshly today. Theodore was younger than him and had a humble background, but now he has reached this point. In such a comparison... Jefferson Sen felt that he was a little bit trash. But he was not discouraged. Instead, he was aroused. He continued to ask the old duke: "Then father, what should we do if he is not smart enough?"

"What do you think?" Old Jackson asked rhetorically.

Jefferson sank to death for a moment and replied: "From cooperation to use, then, then his death is the last time we use him."

"Yeah. Very good." Old Jackson said, "You are more inhumane than your father and I. Has your conscience been eaten by the Magnolia?"

Jefferson coughed, "Hug, I'm sorry, Dad." And wait, the brain was eaten by the vampire bat at first, and then he started to curse with your Majesty. This, this, he still thought he didn't hear it. sweat.

"Your thoughts are right, but I hope that if it is not necessary, it is better to have a little kindness in your heart." Old Jackson did not criticize him, but said, "But the kindness should not harm yourself, more Don't harm the family...otherwise you might as well take a **** road of killing."

"I see, Dad." Jefferson said seriously.

Later, Jefferson did embark on the **** road that the old duke said.

"I'm not as strategizing as my Highness, nor as perceptive as my father, nor as clever as Ollie, so I had to adopt a stupid approach. Sorry." Then he waved his hand lightly and said, "Kill them."

——This is the first step in the growth of the famous Blood Duke of later generations.

03.

When Theodore thought that he had grown quite quickly and had thrown away the people around him a lot, he didn't know that he was jumping back and forth on the chessboard held by the old duke and Hill.

After Hill received Theodore's letter, he wondered how the old prince was so considerate-he certainly saw that it was the old prince who tempted Theodore for him.

Joan Baker is in charge of the business details, and the old Jackson is in charge of the political details. Behind him is the entire demon world... how can he allow himself to fail.

Hill's tactics can be seen by the old duke, and Hill is naturally not surprised.

On the one hand, he controlled the Emperor Yulan and pushed him to the position of faint king. On the other hand, he wooed Princess Lydia and set out to increase her prestige among the people. No, no, it’s not about letting Princess Lydia replace Emperor Magnolia. This behavior has made Emperor Magnolia’s rule more stable. After all, there are people like Princess Lydia and Old Jackson who have solved a lot of things for the country, so it can continue to be maintained. The rule of the royal family.

But at the same time, it also made the personal status of Emperor Magnolia even more precarious.

Over time, will Lydia, who is a royal princess, be dissatisfied? Will it breed desire? Would you want power? --of course.

Will she really inherit the position of Emperor Magnolia? This can't be said, one, she doesn't have this ambition yet, so Hill is cultivating it. Second, it depends on whether Hill is willing to...

In the end, Hill didn't even know the question. One thing that Hill and Captain Jack are very similar is that they have a general premonition about the future development direction, so they will make a general layout in advance, but the layout is not careful. When the time comes, they can act on the spot and play on the spot. Everything around is chess pieces.

As for the church.

The church is not wrong in pursuing theocratic power. What is wrong is that they pursue secular power too much.

Hill once saw this sentence: Let God belong to God, and Caesar belongs to Caesar. The meaning is to divide the church and the country, the state is responsible for the secular happiness of people, and the happiness of heaven is realized by the church—separate secular power and spiritual power.

In this world, all countries have different attitudes towards the Church of Illumination.

The kings of the Oytin Empire were obedient to the Church of Illumination. It was originally the third country on the mainland-the first is naturally the Magnolia Empire, the second is Mülheim, and the third is it. The headquarters of the Church of Illumination is in the Oytin Empire. With the support of the Church of Illumination, the Oytin Empire is becoming stronger and stronger.

The Fussen Empire is a very small country. It does not have much military power, but its level of education is first-class in the mainland. Many mages, ministers, and scholars are from the Fussen Empire. At the same time, it is also the artistic trend and cultural center of the mainland. They have always had their own ideas in politics. The Illuminati Church has encountered a lot of resistance when spreading its faith here. The resistance comes from the people—these cultural people have their own ideas too.

As for the attitude of the royal family of the Fussen Empire... they advocate the rule by doing nothing, they don't care about anything, and no one wants to offend. Most of Monroe's team at the time came from the Fussen Empire, which was also Monroe's home country. The Fussen Empire allowed the Church of Illumination to slaughter a village, which shows their attitude.

As for the Magnolia Empire, we all know that there are basically no forces of the Guangming Church in the Magnolia Empire. The father of Magnolia the Great expelled the Guangming Church from his past when he was young. After Emperor Magnolia succeeded to the throne, the church changed its strategy and began to tout him, so although there is still no church of the Bright Church in the territory, they can barely control the Magnolia Empire. After all, Emperor Magnolia can always be easily deceived.

The Dijon tribes in the West have their own beliefs, but they are nomads and have no fixed territory except for the royal court. The Church of Illumination took the opportunity to build some villages and then traded with the Dijon tribe. Therefore, the people living on that land are gradually being infiltrated and controlled by the Church of Light.

In general, the influence of the Church of Illumination on this continent is enormous.

On the premise of not infringing on the interests of the royal family, they seem to be able to do whatever they want, and they are indeed used to rampant domineering on the Magnolia Continent.

In many cases, the church takes action not because of how evil the other party really is, but because of ‘attitude issues’. Just like the teacher or parent misunderstood the child, and finally found out that it was a misunderstanding, but still had to scold the other party because of the ‘bad attitude’. Kind of similar.

Just like this time, the original bishop of the Bright Church of the Ice Empire intends to let the Demon Realm Mall. After all, the Demon Realm Mall provides them with food for the upper floors every day... It's quite delicious. But now that the Makai Shopping Mall has such a big influence among the people, the people are actually starting to rebel against the church because the Makai Shopping Mall is not happy with the bishop. You have a problem with your attitude, so I have to punish you-shut down the movie theater!

As for what will happen next... The bishop has thought about it. If the Demon Realm Market is completely disturbed by him, he will secretly keep the chef behind, and leave the rest to the Heresy Inquisition.

If the bishop of Winterfell tells the Pope the intention to seal the Demon World Mall, what will happen next?

It is very likely that the church will send a full-time staff to review this matter. If they carefully investigate the Demon Realm Market in the Magnolia Empire, the Demon Realm Market will be sentenced to death in their hearts.

What might happen next?

First of all, the Demon Mall in Winter City will no longer exist, and the next unlucky one is the Demon Mall in the Magnolia Empire. The Church of Illumination will definitely put pressure on the Magnolia Empire. If it were in the past, Emperor Magnolia would have been unable to withstand the pressure to give up cooperating with the Demon World, but now it might not be possible, not to mention that there are two Demon Beauties around him. He got a lot of money from the Devil Mall-Old Jackson divided half of the Jackson’s profit from the Devil’s Mall to Emperor Magnolia, which was enough to make Emperor Magnolia hesitate.

The situation is critical.

04.

"I'm a little nervous," Hill said. "If I say that, would I disappoint you? Monroe."

At this time they were walking outside the Dark Vatican in Famagusta.

Ice-cold spring water was flowing on the plain, and the moonlight shone on the water, gleaming with cold light.

The low battlements were cold, and the cold wind ravaged everything. The remnant snow in the whole town made the whole town look trembling in the winter.

"No, in fact I have always been worried that you will be disappointed in me." Monroe said.

"Why do you say that?" Hill asked.

"I have done a lot of stupid things that can't bear to look back." Monroe said.

"Hmm... There is a saying, if everyone does smart things, then the world will be boring." Hill smiled, "And I always thought you were cute."

Monroe just shook his head.

"I have always liked Paladins a lot. I think they are faithful and look good." Hill said.

"The former can barely make sense, but the last sentence is too..."

"Is it too rich for me?" Hill said with a smile.

Monroe also smiled, "Yes."

Hill walked to the edge of the stream. The water was cold. He squatted down and put his hand into the water to feel the biting chill, and then said, "I'm afraid of death."

Monroe stood beside him, watching him quietly.

"But I am even more afraid that you will die first." Hill said, "I am afraid that all that I have done will be destroyed.... It's cold."

Monroe knelt down and pulled Hill's hand out of the icy water. He took out the handkerchief and wiped Hill's fingers carefully, then took off the knight's iron gloves and held Hill's hand with both hands. . His hands are warm. He used magic to keep his body temperature to warm Hill. When he did these things, his expression was very religious.

"Be with me," Hill said. "This is an order."

Monroe lowered his head and kissed the back of Hill's hand, "Observe the Lord's orders."

Hill looked at Monroe in the cold moonlight for a while, and suddenly laughed, "I really want to eat you." Then he patted the snow particles on his body, and his expression of melancholy was swept away.

Alright, okay, it’s natural to have worries, but it’s just a matter of worrying, just do whatever you need to do next.

He has been preparing for this for too long.

Magnolia the Great. The priest who was bought in Winter City. Emotions that breed among the people. There are also chess pieces arranged by the church headquarters.

Hill read a personal name.

Henry Louis, Dennis Ivan, Teresa Shelley, Anthony Black...

There are some people he hasn't even seen with his own eyes, but his nets are already scattered out.

Next, it's the first confrontation.

Think about the people around him, and then think about what he is going to do. Hill knows that he feels proud.

This is the first battle he fought after crossing into this world.

He must win, and if he fails, his entire policy towards the human world will collapse.

If it succeeds, not only can it continue to develop the Demon Realm Mall, but also the entire Mülheim can be gradually controlled...

So, come on as much as you like.

Hill's expression became cold, indifferent with a little stern. Murder was revealed.

——