Chapter One Hundred: Pirates

  After the fall of Parliament Hill, prices in Erland gradually stabilized, and trade activities in Thunder Ridge returned to normal. In this increasingly populated Thunder Ridge, apart from those industries founded by Mo Yan himself, some wealthy or middle-class Sart people also began to set up small workshops and factories in the city, producing common goods on the mainland.

  Nowadays, having a store of one's own in Thunder Bluff is not a difficult thing. The bank that was initially deserted in the city has started to boom. Every day, many people exchange their gold coins for rows of numbers on deposit slips, and the bank recently launched loan services.

  As long as there are some collateralizable items, a loan can be borrowed with much lower interest than those private lenders. Many people use their houses bought at low prices in the beginning to borrow money from banks as funds to open stores or small factories.

  For these small industries, Thunder Bluff has been taking encouraging measures, not only exempting them from three years of tax but also rewarding those who do well. These measures have not only made the city's commerce start to flourish, but also made the Salteans and Dwarves in the city have a good impression of the monster lord. Some people who have lived here since Thunder Bluff was established even began to support the Minotaur lord.

  In the dining hall of the White House in Thundercliff, Mo Yan wiped his mouth and stood up from his seat, saying to Emily and others: "I'm full, you guys enjoy your meal slowly, I have something to deal with so I'll leave first." After finishing speaking, he left the dining hall, leaving behind several people with different expressions.

  "He seems to have been eating very quickly lately." Emily said softly, looking down at the roasted foie gras on her plate after Mo Yan disappeared through the restaurant door: "And once he's done with things, people don't even know where he's run off to. Is he hiding something from me?"

  "Is the newlywed wife worried about her husband's infidelity?" Lirien, with sharp ears, propped up her chin and smiled at Emily, who looked a bit downcast: "Your expression is really cute, have you ever thought of becoming his real wife? He's very strong, in every aspect."

  "You... what are you talking about?!" Emily's face immediately turned red, and she shouted at Lirius in annoyance: "How could I possibly worry about those things?! And even if you didn't remind me, I already know that the wedding was just a show, there's no relationship between him and me! And don't use your dirty thoughts to measure everyone!"

  "Is that so?" Lilith said with a sneer, "Then why didn't you divorce him as soon as you returned? The Council City has already been breached, and your marriage is no longer relevant. If you don't separate now, it will be difficult later."

  "I...I..." Emily was taken aback by Lirien's question. If she really didn't like the wedding, shouldn't she have brought up divorce as soon as they got back? Why had she put it off? But then Emily thought of an explanation and said, "I just temporarily forgot, that's all. Every day I'm busy dealing with city affairs and copying so many documents, how would I have time to think about those things? By tomorrow, I'll definitely bring this up with him!"

  Emily finished speaking, lowered her head and cut the goose liver made by Mo Yan with a knife, as if the goose liver was that cow-headed person. Lirien looked at the girl in front of her without saying anything, smiled quietly and ate her own food, occasionally feeding some to Vivian who was leaning against her.

  Mo Yan, however, walked through the corridor with a dish of food and arrived at the depths of the Party Guard's barracks. There, a short-haired woman without hands or feet lay on a bed, quietly staring at the ceiling above her head, lost in thought.

  "Lucy." Mo Yan pushed open the door and walked in, propped up several pillows on the bed to let Lucy lean against them, and began feeding her with the food in his hand. And Lucy also quietly opened her mouth to eat the food that Mo Yan was feeding her, without showing any resistance.

  It has been several months since she was brought to Thunder Cliff, and at first, she was constantly struggling with Mo Yan, unwilling to do anything according to his wishes. But after several months, she had slowly learned to submit to the demon in front of her, quietly executing some not excessive orders.

  Because in these few months, Mo Yan has been constantly taming the woman in front of him. Mo Yan, who had received special training in this aspect, knew how to make a captive lose their resistance consciousness and slowly become obedient. When Aruba was first caught by Mo Yan, he only used more than ten days to make him call himself brother.

  In just a few months, Mo Yan was able to complete his training and although the warrior in front of him did not completely obey his commands, she had begun to learn how to submit. Even her pride could not last for long, and eventually, she would become Mo Yan's possession.

  "Today I was thinking about something." Mo Yan fed the last bite of food into Lucy's mouth, then took out a napkin and wiped away the oil stain from her mouth corner, asking: "If you're feeling bored, I can bring some books for you to read. Lying down like this every day must be very boring, right?"

  "That's because...because you, Master, cut off my hands and feet." Although she was still a bit reluctant, Lucy finally shouted out the title that Mo Yan required. Because she knew that if she didn't do so, what awaited her would be another painful torture. Lucy, who had already developed an inner fear of Mo Yan, was unwilling to suffer those unbearable pains for such trivial matters as titles.

  "Ah... I suppose it's because of this. " Mo Yan looked at Lucy's limbless body and patted her head, saying: "However, this is not my fault. If you hadn't come to find me on your own initiative back then, I wouldn't have even gone to see you. Now that things have turned out like this, being killed or having limbs cut off are all your faults."

  Lucy didn't refute Mo Yan's words, in fact it was just as he said, if they hadn't wanted to kill the powerful demon in front of them, they wouldn't have fallen to such a state. And those four people who were killed by the Minotaur, no one knew where their souls went, whether they entered the Temple of War God or not.

  "Never mind, maybe next time I'll try to find a way to restore your limbs, after all this is a world of magic." Mo Yan thought for a moment and said: "So let's proceed with today's training, first the usual routine of shouting 'My master is my only one, I must obey my master's orders' a hundred times, then..."

  At this time, on a rocky reef by the sea in Fish Scale Bay, Catelyn was watching as the fish monster Gal trained monsters with a wooden prosthetic leg and a huge hook for a hand. The port town that Mo Yan had established was almost complete now. What was needed next was to build an army to protect it, and Gal had already taken on this task.

  As a sea-side demon, Fish Monster Galt has high intelligence. Although not as smart as the mermaid, it is already enough to take on the responsibility of commanding. Currently, he is integrating and training nearby demons according to Mo Yan's requirements. And Kedilia, as the current highest leader of the port town of Yulin Bay, cannot bear to see that fish monster she dislikes the most, training all the demons gathered on a vast beach.

  The vast beach is now occupied by a dense array of demons, apart from the enormous number of sea sprites. There are also fish monsters that can use simple weapons, bone-throwing and tentacle-wielding needle squids, as well as giant crabs with huge pincers. Now, according to Mo Yan's requirements, Gal has divided these demons into dozens of small teams and formed two legions.

  "What's that?" Kedriya, who was getting a bit bored, suddenly saw several black dots appearing on the horizon. After a while, when those black dots got closer, she could see clearly that they were several human ships. On each ship, there was a black skull flag flying above the mast, and a group of daring pirates had arrived in this monster-infested Fish Scale Bay.

  "Hehe... finally, there's something to do." Recently somewhat bored Cadyria looked at the pirate ships and burst out laughing. She turned her head towards Gal who was training his demonic beasts and shouted: "Fishhead! Your army has a mission now, go capture those few ships for me, and bring back all the men alive!"

  There's no inspiration today, should I write another chapter?

  Hmmm... If it's still not released after a while, then there will be only one chapter left.