Becoming a Lord in Another World Starts With Farming – Chapter 166

Chapter 166: The Devil’s Weakness

“It seems you’ve run into some trouble.” Owen had long heard the conversation between the two parties. Although he didn’t know the secrets involved, it didn’t prevent him from knowing which side he should be on, and that was, of course, his own side.

Helping the princess fight the queen, helping the other side rescue the princess—none of that was as important as a Devil. Therefore, Owen’s gaze never left the black magic book in Shuliya’s arms, because the Devil’s aura emanated from there.

When he noticed Owen’s gaze fixed on the black magic book, Shuliya immediately bristled.

This black magic book was now his ambition, his hope, his future, his life. He absolutely would not allow anyone to have designs on this book. Therefore, his watery eyes narrowed, his cherry lips parted forcefully, his delicate face contorted into a fierce expression, and he opened the first page of the black magic book. He recited one of the clauses in the contract signed by the first batch of people on Queen Island, which was to fight unconditionally for the royal bloodline.

The ten Queen Island soldiers who had fainted stood up automatically like puppets. Although their eyes were vacant, they accurately picked up their muskets and aimed at Owen.

“I have to say that although the Gunpowder Queen almost destroyed the entire royal family, she did bring some good things.” Shuliya’s posture became elegant, and he even had the mood to provide commentary.

There was no helping it. Although Shuliya had awakened his magic power, he had not yet gotten used to being a spellcaster after more than ten years of living as an ordinary person, let alone how to deal with a spellcaster.

Therefore, when Shuliya saw the ten Queen Island soldiers aiming their muskets at the outsider who was eyeing his magic book, he felt much more relaxed. After all, even the most powerful warrior on Queen Island could not dodge the shots of ten elite musketeers in the narrow cabin. So, he leisurely continued speaking.

“The muskets these soldiers use are not the common goods outside. Every one of them is a fine product made by Queen Island craftsmen. They can accurately hit a wine bottle within fifty meters, and their power is enough to pierce through two layers of chest armor.”

These statistics were at most equivalent to a large-caliber pistol in Owen’s previous life, but in this world of hand-crafted muskets, they were undoubtedly top-notch. Not many forces could equip their soldiers with muskets of this level; only Queen Island, with its abundance of skilled craftsmen, had the conditions to do so.

The question was, could Owen be dealt with by just a few muskets?

“Shut up, you fool! That is a wizard, a powerful wizard ten times, a hundred times stronger than you!” The Devil was almost driven to laughter by his contractor.

Actually, the Devil hadn’t reacted at first because Owen’s bloodline concentration and grade were too high. Even in hell, it was not a common commodity, and it was impossible for him to be from this world. So, he fell into deep thought for a while until he was awakened by his contractor’s foolish actions.

Shuliya did not doubt the Devil’s words, but he misunderstood the Devil’s meaning.

The Devil was telling him to yield quickly, after all, losing some face was better than losing his life. However, Shuliya had grown up in the royal family. Although he was not favored, his education never included the concept of yielding upon meeting someone. Instead, it emphasized the importance of eliminating restless individuals immediately. Therefore, he ordered the soldiers to fire.

As gunpowder smoke filled the narrow cabin, the Devil was really close to being driven to tears by his contractor’s stupidity. If he hadn’t been sealed, he would have personally cleansed his contractor and sent him off before Owen could even make a move. But now, he could only wait and see. He hoped that the other party was only interested in the contractor and not a sealed Devil.

The cabin lights were dim, and Slime Queen had adjusted her body’s transparency, so Shuliya didn’t notice that Owen was surrounded by a thick layer of gelatinous substance until the lead bullets sank into the air. Then, he realized something was wrong.

Because of the properties of non-Newtonian fluids, the lead bullets did not penetrate deeply but only stopped at the surface. As the slight dents recovered, the ten lead bullets fell to the ground one after another, sending a chill down Shuliya’s spine. Only then did he understand what the Devil meant.

“Who are you?” The reality of his inferior strength brought Shuliya back to his senses. He intended to resolve the issue through conversation. Unfortunately, his previous actions had just given Owen a good excuse.

“Slime Queen, divide.” Owen glanced at the flustered Shuliya, returned a smile, and then ordered.

Slime Queen had various characteristics but not many attack methods. However, it also depended on the opponent she was facing.

Slime Queen ejected lumps of gelatinous substance, like stone bullets being thrown. Therefore, even though it was gelatin, its power was enough to knock someone unconscious.

Shuliya, who had just been imposing and confident of victory, was knocked unconscious before he could even speak. Fortunately, it was gelatin; otherwise, his face would have been ruined.

Owen didn’t know that this had actually put Shuliya in a difficult situation.

Although Shuliya possessed the bloodline of a witch and had been activated by the Devil using a secret technique, his gender was still there. No matter how he used it, he couldn’t compare to a real witch. Therefore, the Devil planned to transform his contractor. Unfortunately, the transformation was interrupted halfway through.

If Owen knew, he would definitely ask which half had been transformed, because Shuliya’s appearance and figure were still quite good, and he might not necessarily…

“Come out and talk.” Owen controlled the Top Hat Puppet to pick up the black magic book on the ground and said to the Devil inside.

The Devil did not refuse because delay wouldn’t change anything. The seal only had a loophole, it wasn’t broken.

Of course, the Devil could also choose to wait a few hundred more years until the seal was worn away by time.

The problem was that by then, the Devil’s fate wouldn’t be much better. It was highly likely that he would be obliterated along with the seal.

Furthermore, Owen’s bloodline, soul, and body held a great attraction for the Devil. If he could obtain them, it would be worth paying some price.

Therefore, as Owen’s voice fell, some water mist gathered on the black magic book, and a bit of demonic power seeped out, dyeing the water mist black and forming the face of a Devil.

Although the Devil had been as careful as possible, Owen still sensed a bit of his true strength. The other party was unexpectedly weak.

It was difficult for a Devil to enter the material world. Most of the time, a Devil would send part of his power and knowledge into the material world as bait, waiting for prey to take the bait and fall.

Most of the black magic books of unknown origin in the material world were products of hell Devils and were also their common tactic.

These black magic books described things in an exaggerated way, making people think they were referring to hell demons.

But just like online dating, how likely was it for the target of online dating to be a beautiful woman? One should still have some awareness.

To make the other party believe, to make the other party worship, to make the other party indulge and fall, to sign a Devil contract under the drive of desire, and finally have their soul fall into the Devil’s hands—this was the Devil’s usual method.

However, there was another possibility. If the Devil encountered a more valuable target, he would invest heavily and send part of his essence into the material world.

Theoretically, this part of the essence could replace the main body and wouldn’t dissipate as easily as power.

But at the same time, once the essence was damaged, it would be an irreparable loss for the Devil’s main body in hell, and he might even fall in rank. This was more terrifying than death for a Devil.

In short, this was a ready-made weakness.