Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 208: Mass Meme, Playful Evil Spirit

Looking at the five torn limbs held in the Mithril Guard's hands at this time, they had all turned into wooden dolls.

The clown's amazing tricks caused exclamations from the onlookers around.

Moreover, [Bone-eating Clown] Koraskin is not an unknown person in this sea.

The reason why he got the strange nickname "Bone Eater" was because of his superb clown tricks.

It has reached the point where it can secretly steal the bones from the enemy's body without the enemy being able to react.

Once touched by his hands, there will definitely be no good ending.

Unfortunately, under the coverage of the Golden Law, the entire Taiman Islands is the royal territory and dragon's nest of Regent Catherine, and there is no such thing as a sneak attack.

Realizing that the crazy [Bone-eating Clown] was not dead, Catherine was shocked but remained calm. She shouted coldly:
"How ridiculous! Do you think we [Mithril Knights] are like those fragile beast tamers? Without the protection of the beast tamers, we are helpless against your attacks?

Die! "

He stomped his right foot, which was wearing mithril boots.

A brilliant silver halo exploded from her body, manifesting as a three-dimensional "Mary Chesky Circle" composed of lines, numbers and formulas.

White light was emanating from his mouth and nose, and the silver moon bracelet on his wrist instantly expanded, transforming into a giant two-handed sword emitting a cold glow.

Although it is a giant sword, the superior performance of mithril makes it no heavier than an ordinary swift sword, and it feels like a goose feather in the hand.

Clang——!
With the perfect integration of the body, Mithril Hand, and sword moves by the "heart flow", he twisted his body and swung his sword.

With a flash of cold light, the clown's two pale arms flew straight into the sky.

The sword's momentum continued, flashing once, flashing again, and flashing three times.

Not only the arm that flew into the sky, but all the gift boxes within three meters around her were cut into pieces in an instant.

The secret sword technique among the highest arts [Ritual Circle].

Offer sacrifice to any enemy who dares to step into this circle and grant them absolute death!

The supreme art only unlocked the lowest level of "Swordsman's Sword", but the wanton murderous aura still made people's hair stand on end and their bone marrow freeze.

Even though there were several Level 3 transcendents watching nearby, no one dared to step forward to test the power of [Circle of Sacrifice].

Catherine realized that there was something obviously abnormal about this clown, and that was definitely not an ability that a normal clown should have.

After one move, he did not let down his guard.

Instead, he exercised the power of the king - he defined his own laws and silently ordered in his heart:

“As the regent, I hereby declare that the leader of the Clown Pirates, [Bone-eating Clown] Koraskin, is a wanted criminal.

There is no place to hide or take shelter in the king's territory. Death penalty is imposed!"

An invisible pressure suddenly descended upon the battlefield.

This kind of instant death decree usually doesn't work on people of the same level, but Catherine doesn't believe that this elusive guy can be really unharmed until now.

as predicted.

As soon as Catherine finished speaking, the limbs of the puppet, which had been thrown aside by the Mithril Guards, suddenly shook violently.

The broken wounds were connected by countless transparent threads and were about to be reassembled into a complete clown.

"Ah, this puppet is actually Koraskin's real body! Want to launch another sneak attack?"

“Even though the Clown Tricks are amazing, they are essentially just a combination of various illusions and supernatural powers.

Nothing can change the essence of his life.

There must be something seriously wrong with this guy."

"I heard that some time ago he led his flagship, the Circus, deep into the 'World Serpent - Celestial Circulation Belt', which is very likely to hide a new continent.

Not long after, they encountered something unknown and fled back to the Bantaan Islands with heavy losses.

But he told everyone he met that he had made an important discovery and would soon regroup and re-enter the celestial circulation, and his name would go down in history.

This guy must have encountered something that was extremely beneficial but also extremely dangerous."

Catherine also heard the whispers of other onlookers and roughly determined the current state of this [Bone-Eating Clown].

"Human nature has clearly begun to deviate from divinity and is constantly falling into the direction of bestiality.

If it doesn't get a strong enough anchor in a short period of time, it will probably really turn into an evil monster.

Why would such a troublesome and annoying guy come to our territory?

Don't let me know who is behind this lunatic who is about to lose himself, or I will make you pay."

His mind was racing, but his hands were moving quickly.

He immediately ordered the Mithril Guards to swing their weapons, smashing the puppet limbs around them into pieces and cutting the silk threads into pieces.

Only one of the puppet's heads reacted the fastest. It opened its mouth wide and inflated itself rapidly like a balloon again.

When the Mithril Guard stabbed with his spear, the head that had expanded to the size of a carriage exploded instantly.

Bang!
A large amount of sticky colored paint, which was not sure whether it was brain matter or blood, was scattered all over the streets.

The disgusting stench, like biological weapons, filled half of the port area.

Under their cover, few people noticed that many fragments of the puppet's head were also flying far away.

The colorful wig, the glass eyes, the painted wood blocks, and all the other parts were normal.

Only the ball-like red nose flew the farthest, and it actually flew out of the port area with the impact force and landed on the beach by the sea.

Then it squirmed slightly and grew a bunch of pale tentacles like a clown's mask, supporting the tip of its nose.

This is the only part of his body that has real flesh.

The nose with a bunch of tentacles growing out was about to continue fleeing towards the sea, but was suddenly stepped on by a military boot that fell from the sky.

"squeak"

He struggled desperately and made strange shrill cries, but he couldn't get free.

“After receiving the alarm, we returned not too late and barely made it in time to finish the work.

My sister is becoming more and more violent.

But what on earth is a bone-eating clown? "

The one who fell from the sky was Byron who had hurried back. He and Catherine received the invasion alert of the Golden Rule at the same time.

He immediately said goodbye to Bruch, who put on the mask again, and his fiancée [Fairy] Rigrael, who was wearing Tirryl's skin, and rushed back to the Taiman Islands with Jacqueline, who still hadn't woken up.

The [Golden Rule] is the strongest eye in the sky, and even a nose cannot escape it.

Catherine did not take action only because she found that Byron had returned and wanted to take care of his sense of participation.

"Jacqueline's cheap cousin is seeing more and more secrets.

Before I advance to the third rank and reveal my identity to the Lancastrian party, I had better not let her out of my sight.

This guy has the potential to do great things.”

He threw her onto the beach.

At the same time, he threw an [Echo of History] towards the Nose, which had obviously run out of power, and tried to read the information on it.

"quack"

First, I heard a few strange clown laughs, and then the beach in front of me twisted, and a series of strange scenes like a circus emerged.

The colorful scene was hard to see clearly, the nose was filled with a strong smell of blood, and the brain felt as if it had ridden dozens of roller coasters and made me feel nauseous and want to vomit.

At the same time, there were shadows all around, and a group of weird clowns in different costumes were walking towards him step by step with weird smiles.

It was not until the Storm Signet Ring's ability to resist the curse was activated that Byron suddenly came to his senses and his face changed:
"Cursed Spirit!"

At this time, new words appeared on the logbook in the right eye:
“Part of the Bone-Eating Clown Koraskin, leader of the Clown Pirates.

[Level 0 Cursed Spirit: Life-threatening Clown] is polluting"

Due to the level of both parties, Byron could only read this much information.

However, the mid- and high-sequence extraordinary people, as well as the top leaders of various countries are not unfamiliar with the name "The Joker".

The immortal cursed spirit [The Clown]:
“Long before the clown profession was created, the prototype was just a disguised murderer who used cruel means to cause a large number of missing children.

Eventually he was caught by angry citizens, who retaliated by peeling off his skin alive.

Later, the human skin that was paraded through the streets turned into a cursed object due to strong resentment: a wig, a red nose, and a three-piece suit.

Also called a 'clown suit'.

The appearance of a clown was born in the world for the first time.

It will bewitch humans into wearing it, but once they put it on, they can never take it off. Instead, it will completely grow together with the wearer and then slowly turn into a man-eating monster.

Until the next time you are killed.

Moreover, the clown suit has the property of "playing with life". As its power increases, it can tease fate and make it impossible for any prophecy to lock on to it.

The power of fear continues to be unleashed, and the Joker's power continues to grow.

Eventually it contaminated an entire city on the Old World, turning its hometown and birthplace into a huge and terrifying black fairy tale paradise.

"Not only that.

It also used the paradise as a medium to open up a gap between the real world and the Sea of ​​​​Source, allowing many dark fairy tales in historical legends to invade the real world with the paradise as the core.

It caused a massive and extraordinary natural disaster.

Just like the holy relics, a rating of zero means that the Joker is powerful enough to threaten the entire world.

The image of the clown has become synonymous with terror.”

Byron recalled the various clowns he had seen since childhood, and subconsciously shuddered:
“How in the world could anyone find this funny?
They have stepped firmly into the uncanny valley of mankind, okay?"

Scholars from the Tower Sequence compiled a list of the things humans fear from "least human-like" to "most human-like."

It was discovered that when things are "human-like, but not quite human-like", they can trigger the strongest fear in the audience.

This is it: the uncanny valley.

Corpses, ghosts, and clowns all fall into the uncanny valley.

However, in the mainstream concept, why do residents of the Old World think of the clown as a comedy character?

This is because the Church's [Night Watch] department really can't think of a good way to seal the other party.

The only way is to mobilize the Silver Law, pay a huge price, and make meme modifications to the entire reality.

Starting from the bottom of the collective subconscious of the entire human race, most people are no longer afraid of the image of clowns, and are even forcibly associated with funny things.

Of course, this also leads to some unpredictable side effects, called a "memory bias effect":
The public's collective memory of history often does not match the facts.

For example: You clearly remember that a celebrity died many years ago, but suddenly you see the news of his memorial service in the newspaper.

There is a serious deviation between collective memory and reality. If you think carefully, there are many similar things.

At the same time, a new profession called "Clown" appeared in the Hall Sequence.

Every clown who brings joy to the audience is a dam used to seal the [Life-threatening Clown].

Even so, some scholars conducted a questionnaire survey and found that more than a quarter of the respondents still firmly stated that they were afraid of clowns.

This is the most instinctive survival response of human beings and it is difficult to eradicate.

It also gives the terrifying [Life-threatening Clown] enough power to break through the clown's mental defenses from time to time.

Little by little, they are transformed into evil spirits and monsters similar to themselves.

The contaminated clown will gain strange mutant abilities based on the five clown tricks: disappearance, change, prediction, levitation, and perspective.

Sometimes the Joker will respond to the ritual and send part of the cursed clown costume he is attached to, such as a strand of hair, to the real world.

Forming various secondary cursed objects.

It is said that wherever there are humans and fear, there will be clowns.

The Bone-Eating Clown is not the first fallen being contaminated by this cursed spirit, nor will he be the last.

And after seeing the super-sized existences such as the Kraken's Touch, the Thousand-Faced Serpent Hydra, and the Mother of Creation Lilith.

Byron suspected that the Joker might have reached that level of transcendence.

And unlike those dead existences before the epoch, it is still alive!

(End of this chapter)