The Unemployed Demon Lord

The cigarette in his hand burned slowly, and bursts of choking smoke rose, making people frown.

Presumably this person is Swinburne, the acting president of Praise of the Big Ghost. He doesn't feel evil at all, but looks like a nobleman with elegant aesthetics.

Swinburne slightly raised his eyelids and looked at Franklin who came in, without any expression on his face.

This man is the current leader of Hao Gui Zan, right?

I can't see the aura of someone in a superior position at all...

Although Swinburne feels harmless to humans and animals, Franklin dare not underestimate him at all.

If I remember correctly, Swinburne was a strong man of the holy rank a long time ago, and it only took one and a half years from the high rank to the holy rank. He is a man of extraordinary talent.

So what is the strength of Swinburne today?Franklin is unimaginable at all, but he must have reached the point where it is unimaginable.

Being stared at by Swinburne immediately made Franklin feel deeply pressured, and his body began to tremble unconsciously, as if being watched by a beast.

Am I going to communicate with this monster next?

It feels so dangerous, I always feel that Her Majesty the Queen is playing with fire and setting herself on fire if she wants to use the ghost to praise her...

Franklin kept muttering in his heart, feeling that he should act cautiously and not allow the other party to exceed the control of the empire.

He lowered his hat, walked slowly across from Swinburne, and sat down slowly. Swinburne flicked the cigarette ash and said calmly, "You are the one looking for me, right?"

Franklin nodded, "That's right."

"Then stop talking about useless things and just talk about the main points." Swinburne's eyes were like hungry wild wolves, and he opened the door to the tip of the mountain. "I heard that you have something we urgently need?"

"Yes." Franklin didn't say much, but replied calmly.

Swinburne picked up the bottle next to him and filled his glass, "Do you know what we need now?"

"I know, the way to revive Youyan Haogui?" Franklin thought it was right, if it wasn't for this, it might not be enough to negotiate terms with Haogui Lizan.

"Oh?" Swinburne raised his head, with a flash of alert in his eyes, "You know us quite well, don't you? You won't be colleagues from other dark guilds, or lackeys of the empire, right?"

Franklin immediately became nervous, worried that his identity would be discovered, so he tried to pretend to be calm and said, "No."

"But you don't even dare to show your face, which makes me doubt your identity?" Swinburne said with a smile.

"You don't need to know my identity, as long as you know that I am of great help to you, otherwise everyone will be separated." Franklin threatened, worried that revealing his identity as a knight commander would affect Her Majesty the Queen.

Swinburne looked at Franklin expressionlessly, and then laughed, "Don't be nervous, everyone has secrets, and I'm not such a ignorant person."

Franklin breathed a sigh of relief. If the other party became furious, he would have nothing to do.

"Then..." Swinburne raised his head and said seriously, "Take out your things and let me see..."

Franklin hesitated for a moment, but obediently handed over the burden in his arms to Swinburne.

After Swinburne opened it, he was stunned looking at the ancient and dilapidated thick cowhide book, especially the densely packed words of the former kingdom on it.

He is also a man of profound knowledge, and at the same time, he is also a holy-rank powerhouse who studies magic. Although he can't fully understand the words of the former kingdom, he can deduce the general meaning.

Swinburne's eyes widened, staring at the code of the former kingdom, as if he had seen another world, full of mystery.

"This is……"

"This is the code of the former kingdom. It records many lost ancient magics, and there are taboos on how to resurrect the dead..."

Franklin said leisurely, looking at Mo Yang in Swinburne, you can tell that he is very excited, and the hotness in his eyes is hard to hide.

"How? Is it something you are eager to get?"

Swinburne regained his composure a little bit, understood a lot of things in an instant, and couldn't help laughing, "Hahahahahaha...

"Uh!" Franklin was a little flustered and asked in surprise, "What are you laughing at? What's so funny?"

Swinburne put away his smile, his face suddenly turned ugly, "Who are you?"

"I..." Franklin's pressure suddenly increased, and he said nervously, "You don't need to know who I am."

"Let me guess..." Swinburne leaned back on the chair and thought for a while, then said seriously, "Are you from the royal capital? No, to be precise, you are from the Queen's side, and you can still For those who have mastered the secrets of the empire, the scope will be narrowed down a lot..."

"Why do you say that?" Franklin suddenly became nervous, and the clothes behind him were wet with cold sweat.

"The code of the former kingdom was captured by the queen a while ago, but now it appears in front of me. Don't you think it's strange? I don't think that a random thief can sneak into the treasure house of the empire, so there is only one possibility, you are The high and powerful people around the queen..." Swinburne narrowed his eyes and looked at Franklin.

Franklin's eyes widened, feeling that his identity had been guessed by Swinburne, but he still couldn't admit that this would threaten Her Majesty's status.

"I'm not, you must be mistaken."

Swinburne said nothing, but put the cigarette in his mouth

He suddenly picked up the wine bottle next to him and slammed it on Franklin's head, causing crystal glass shards to fly!

"Ahhh!" Franklin let out a scream, and was instantly stunned.

Swinburne grabbed Franklin's hair and slammed his head on the table, exuding a huge holy pressure!

Red blood trickled from Franklin's head and spread to the table, his body was suppressed and he couldn't move.

With a burning cigarette in his mouth, Swinburne unhurriedly lifted Franklin's hood and saw his face clearly

"Yo~"

"Isn't this the famous Knight Commander Franklin?"

"What? Are you betraying that old woman, Elizabeth?"

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Chapter 25: Coming

Swinburne was condescending, pressed Franklin's head firmly on the table, and asked in an almost icy tone.

The bright red blood trickled down, slowly spread from Franklin's forehead to the table, and then dripped and splashed on the ground.

Franklin was terrified, sweating profusely, and his eyes were terrified and dazed. Even if he wanted to resist, he was suppressed by Swinburne's overwhelming coercion, preventing him from moving.

Franklin thought about a lot of things for a while, and finally chose to stand on the side of loyalty, deciding to take all the responsibilities and preserve the honor of Her Majesty the Queen.

"Yes! I...I betrayed Queen Elizabeth..."

"Oh? Why?" Swinburne narrowed his eyes and continued to ask.

"Because..." Franklin thought for a while, and had to make up a seemingly seamless lie, "Because I wanted to become the Thorn Knight, but...but I was never recognized, so...so I wanted to destroy the empire..."

"This is your purpose?" Swinburne said with a blank face, biting his cigarette holder, "You want to use us to confront Elizabeth head-on?"

"No... that's right! Otherwise, I wouldn't have given you such an important thing as the former Kingdom Code..." Franklin panicked, and continued to add, "You have been suppressed by the royal families of various countries for so many years, don't you also want revenge? We The interests are the same, and we can cooperate well!"

Swinburne was expressionless, spit out layers of smoke, and suddenly smiled, "Haha, I think you are deceiving me as a child? You are not telling the truth at all."

"Uh...how could it be?!" Franklin suddenly became nervous, feeling that there was nothing wrong with what he said. Why didn't Swinburne believe in himself?

"What good can you do by letting us destroy the empire? Without a sufficiently large profit drive, you can't possibly hand over the law code of the former kingdom to us..." Swinburne paused, and continued to say in a mocking tone, "And just because Who would believe such a naive reason as betraying the Empire if you don't become a Thorn Knight? Are you imagining my IQ as ours?"

Franklin's expression was astonished, his eyes widened and he couldn't speak. He didn't expect Swinburne to be so suspicious. It seemed that no matter what he said, it was difficult to gain trust.

Swinburne didn't have much patience, and stretched out his hand in front of Franklin, and suddenly a blue flame burst out from his hand, burning slowly.

Although the flame is small, the temperature is very hot. The temperature of the whole coffee house rises instantly, as if people are in a stove.

The huge holy-level magic power made Franklin terrified, and he didn't dare to breathe out. If the flames burned on him, he would probably turn into ashes in the blink of an eye.

"There is only one chance before you, either tell the truth or die!"

Franklin's expression became ferocious, and suddenly he lost that calm feeling, only the frenzy for killing remained.

"I……"

Franklin stared wide-eyed at the blue flame in front of him, burning like a will-o'-the-wisp.

He thought about it carefully, and felt that the situation in front of him was related to his life.

To remain loyal, or to save his own life?

In just a few seconds, he chose to live, so that the green hills would not be afraid of running out of firewood.

Franklin swallowed nervously, and looked at Swinburne in horror.

"If... If I tell the truth, can you really let me go?"

"Of course, our Dark Guild has always kept its word." Swinburne said seriously.

"Okay...then...let me tell the truth..." Franklin paused, thought for a while and said, "Her Majesty wants to use you?"

Swinburne put away the flame in his palm, narrowed his eyes and asked, "Using us for what?"

"Your Majesty, she wants you to move around in the empire, take advantage of the trend to promote your threat to the empire, and then the Thorn Knight will kill you and create a hero that the people worship." Franklin said succinctly, and directly confessed all when his life was threatened. .

"Haha..." Swinburne laughed out loud, with a sarcasm on his face, "Stupid queen, has she already started to do whatever she can to consolidate her position? Elizabeth, the old woman, is really a fool? With such a stupid ruler, the empire will perish It's only a matter of time. If my father Palmer returns from hell, does Elizabeth think she can defeat us? What is a mere Great Britain? Even if all the human empires are united, they are as small as scum in front of my father! "

"Uh..." Franklin's expression froze on his face, and he thought that it was so, the only thing missing in Praise of the Great Ghost is the secret method of resurrection, as long as Palmer, the ghost of the flames, is revived again, the fallen Praise of the Goblin will be pouted in an instant !

"I have another question..." Swinburne put away his smile and said seriously, "Why did Elizabeth adopt such an extreme method? It's so strange..."

"Because... because of Elgin the great swordsman..." Franklin paused, and answered honestly, "His activities in the empire...have begun to shake the position of Her Majesty the Queen..."

"Haha, so that's the case. I should really thank Elgin the Great Swordsman. Without him, our long-cherished wish might not have come true so quickly." Swinburne showed a smug smile, obviously in a good mood.

"I...I have explained everything, now can...can you let me go..." Franklin asked tentatively.

"Oh? Did I promise to let you go? You are worthless, why should I let you go away alive?" Swinburne showed a ferocious smile, which seemed strange and unpredictable, and the corners of his grinning mouth seemed to be Like making a grimace, a blazing blue flame suddenly appeared in his hand, as if he was planning to make a move.

"This... this one is different from what you said just now! You promised me!" Franklin's expression was terrified, as expected, he was seeking skin from a tiger, and it was a mistake to accept the queen's task by himself!

"Did you make a mistake? To deal with the enemy, we must pay attention to cheap credit..." Swinburne said with a smile, and the flame in his hand suddenly rose.

Franklin's face was ashen, as if he already knew that he had been sentenced to death...

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Jingle Bell!

The door of the coffee house was pushed open, and the dark surroundings seemed extremely quiet.

Swinburne walked out of the dilapidated coffee house alone, and did not see Franklin.

He was smoking a cigarette that was about to burn out, and slowly moved away from the quiet coffee house behind him in the dark.

Rumble!