I am the Executioner Dragon, but a cute mod

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A crisp sound rang out, but the tree remained unmoved. Jackson, on the other hand, was in so much pain from punching the tree trunk that his eyebrows furrowed, but he still forced himself to maintain the punching posture.

At this point, the chat erupted in mockery:

[The Clown is Really Ugly]

[Like that monkey, the one who juggles balls in the circus]

[My dad is the only one who doesn't laugh when he sees this.]

Looking at these comments, Jackson felt a little disappointed. He thought he would become very strong after becoming a hero, but it turned out that he was no different from before.

At this moment, Shia looked at him with a smile:

“Brother Jack, don’t just stand there. Didn’t you want to know why my cooking is so good? I’ll teach you.”

Upon hearing this, Jackson was taken aback. Although he didn't know when he had said such a thing, he realized that this was a good opportunity to ease tensions with Shia.

He responded with a "okay" and hurried towards Shia. A clear fist mark was left on the tree trunk where he had just hit it.

Chapter 197: I Like You

Although Jackson had never cooked before, under Shia's tutelage, he managed to roast the strange bird quite well. That evening, he and Shia enjoyed the bird together and spent the night around the fire.

The next day, the two continued their journey. Perhaps because the area was sparsely populated, Jackson and Shia were increasingly likely to encounter monsters on the road.

Examples include a ten-meter-long green python with diamond-like eyes, a stone with a giant mouth, a fifteen-meter-long loach-like creature, a hunched-over pig-headed man with sharp spikes, and a creature with duck feet, a sheep's body, a lion's mane, and whale horns.

With Jackson's current strength, without armor and weapons, he had no chance of winning against these creatures. So, he had no choice but to bully the weak and fear the strong along the way, killing the weak monsters little by little, and his physical strength gradually improved.

After several days of living a life of hunting wild game, killing weak monsters, and avoiding large monsters, Jackson's physical strength finally surpassed that of humans.

He then punched the tree trunk, his entire fist disappearing into it. It's easy to imagine that such a punch could cause anything from a broken bone to instant death.

"I guess I've stepped into the realm of the extraordinary." Feeling the power within his body, Jackson became interested and imitated the movements of characters from fighting games, performing a set of military boxing.

Of course, Jackson had not received professional training and was not a fighting genius, so his military boxing routine was a mess and looked like a drunkard going crazy.

Realizing this, Jackson immediately regretted it. He thought: In Shia's eyes, I must look incredibly stupid right now. My image is going to be ruined again.

But to everyone's surprise, when Shia saw Jackson's silly expression, she didn't mock him; instead, she smiled genuinely.

“Brother Jack, stop playing around. I’ve found a stream ahead. After traveling for so many days, it’s a good time to take a bath and relax.”

Upon hearing this, Jackson was stunned, his mind not quite processing it. When he came to his senses, his blood boiled: "Take a... a bath...?!"

Jackson's breathing quickened as many familiar scenes flashed through his mind. He was just as excited as he had been when he envied the protagonist.

However, the reality was certainly not what he thought, Shia continued:

"Brother Jack, I'll go take a shower first. I'll call you when I'm done."

Upon hearing this, Jackson's heart sank, and he stammered:

"Aren't we supposed to shower together?"

"What are you thinking about!" Shia said coquettishly, her face flushing red. She turned her head away, not wanting to pay any more attention to Jackson for the time being, but after thinking for a moment, she added:

"Don't peek..."

After saying that, she headed towards the stream.

Watching Shia storm off in anger because of his slip of the tongue, Jackson took a deep breath, filled with extreme regret. He slapped himself repeatedly, saying:

"You shut up! Why do you have to tell everyone everything?! Now I must look like a frivolous guy in Shia's eyes! Damn it!"

But what's done is done, and there's no use in regretting it. Jackson could only sit there, waiting for Shia to finish her shower before apologizing to her.

After becoming a hero and killing several weak monsters, Jackson's physical abilities improved in all aspects. With his hearing, he could hear the sound of rushing water in the distance.

With his mind activated, a snow-white image appeared in his mind, suddenly stirring up Jackson's heart, which had finally calmed down.

He swallowed hard, the images in his mind growing increasingly daring. Just as he was about to reach a certain point, he suddenly realized that if Shia found out, she would definitely hate him.

Snapped!

He slapped himself hard to calm himself down, but this scene was witnessed by Shia, who had just finished showering.

As expected, she misunderstood something, and awkwardly approached Jackson, lowering her head and remaining silent.

After a long pause, she finally spoke:

"Brother Jack, you don't need to hurt yourself like this, actually..."

She paused mid-sentence, unsure whether to continue, but then she looked up at Jackson, as if suddenly filled with immense courage:

"Actually, from the moment you saved me, I decided to stay by your side forever..."

The words were spoken very softly, so softly that one could hardly hear what Shia was saying if one wasn't listening carefully, but Jackson heard them clearly.

He stared at Shia, whose cheeks were flushed, opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

He had never encountered this situation before, nor had he even imagined it. At this moment, he could only look at the comments and pray for a solution.

However, the comments were:

[Damn, is this some kind of freebie?]

[You damned bastard! I'll never forgive you!]

[Ahem, now it's my turn to play. Ugly Bro, are you selling your account?]

Seeing these comments that offered no help to him, Jackson suddenly became anxious and tried to turn his head away from Shia's gaze.

But Xia cupped his face in her hands, forcing him to look into her eyes.

Now Jackson knew he had no room to run away. He took a deep breath and mustered the courage to say those four words:

"I like you……"

After speaking, Shia paused, as if she hadn't heard clearly, and asked, "What did you say?"

Jackson said:

"Although it was a hasty decision, you are the only person who doesn't mind my appearance. I'm so happy to have met you. If it weren't for you, I might have been captured by slave traders and sold to some nobleman with unusual fetishes long ago..."

I said, "I like you... I like you!"

Upon hearing this, tears welled up in Shia's eyes. She immediately hugged Jackson and gently kissed his forehead.

And so, they confirmed their relationship and their feelings for each other deepened. But apart from that, they did nothing further. They continued their lives as usual, traveling, hunting weak monsters, and avoiding powerful monsters.

Firstly, Shia lost her parents when she was young and didn't quite understand what confirming a relationship meant; she just felt that this way she could be with Jackson forever.

Although Jackson understood what this meant, he was unwilling to harm Shia, not because of the live broadcast, which could be turned off at any time, but because his affection for Shia had penetrated to the depths of his soul.

Finally, thanks to the tireless efforts of Jackson and Shia, the two sides successfully reached the border of Filikan and were about to enter Valska, the ice field.

Legend has it that the icy plains are home to white dragons adapted to their environment, as well as powerful ancient warriors.

Jackson had already imagined himself taming a white dragon and becoming a cool dragon knight. At that time, he would definitely be the coolest guy in the world.

Perhaps, by taming the white dragon, he can escape his unregistered status, rise through the ranks, and live a happy life with Shia.

With these expectations in mind, Jackson and Shia officially entered the territory of Valska, embarking on a journey to find the ancient heroes, the extraordinary beings who survived the Great Flood.

As for Lilith, after two days of observation, which is about six months in the small world, she found that the players did not pose much of a threat to the small world. On the contrary, the modern knowledge in their minds accelerated the development of the small world to some extent.

"It seems that letting players enter the small world was the right decision..."

Chapter 198: The Concealment of the Small World

Among the players who entered the small world, quite a few chose the human faction. They were randomly born in the continent. Some starved to death because the surrounding area was desolate, some froze to death on the ice plains because they did not have warm clothes, some were killed by monsters, and some were captured and sold into slavery.

Among the players who chose the human faction, Lilith favored Jackson the most, after all, Jackson was the first among these players to become a superhuman, and he also had a free female companion by his side.

This situation seemed like the protagonist's template, so Lilith gave him more attention.

As for players outside the human faction, what surprised Lilith the most was the players who joined the dwarf faction.

Because the island where the dwarves live is rich in minerals, their metal smelting technology is very advanced. Players who choose the dwarf faction know that other continents exist, so they suggest building warships to travel to those other continents.

The Dwarf King agreed to the proposal, not because he unconditionally trusted the player, but because the dwarves already had enough metal tools, weapons, armor and other equipment to arm all of them, leaving a large number of dwarves with nothing to do.

To exhaust the dwarves, the dwarf king announced the construction of steel warships. As for how to make the steel warships float on the water, that was a matter for the craftsmen to consider.

While human players were experiencing the beggar/slave simulator, dwarf players were already forging iron—in the physical sense.

Players in the elf and orc factions have it much easier. Elves are essentially plant-based beings. Although their appearance and thinking abilities are no different from ordinary people, they are born with an aversion to conflict. After all, water and the sun can satisfy almost all their physiological needs.

Orcs have a "guilt-induced death" mechanic, so they easily reveal their true feelings to each other, and they don't worry about being hurt even if the other person is a complete stranger.

Players in the orc faction are safe, but the reason they chose the orc faction is because of the beast-eared girls, right? But on this island, there's only Fury.

As for the demon race, as a race that is inherently competitive and arrogant, the demon race has a strict elimination mechanism from infancy.

Before reaching adulthood, they must undergo nine trials. If they fail even one, they are physically eliminated. Every demon who survives to adulthood is an elite among elites.

Players who choose the Demon faction live in misery and deeply regret their choice. However, since they chose the Demon faction, they did so to experience what it's like to be a villain, which is a very obvious sadistic trait.

The famous psychologist Sigmund Freud once said that S has a tendency towards M, so after experiencing the high-pressure environment inside the demon race, players gradually got used to it and even enjoyed it.

Congratulations! Congratulations!

Finally, there's the impact of [Small World] on reality. To be honest, although [Small World] is labeled as a hardcore open-world game, anyone with a brain knows that "perfectly simulating the five senses" is a technology that is not possible in this era.

After the closed beta test of [Small World] began, many people speculated that it was a real world. The reason it didn't cause a sensation among all of humanity was because the Japanese government intervened.

In an effort to suppress the news that [Small World] is the real world, the Japanese government claimed that it had recently mastered the technology to perfectly simulate the five senses, and created the game [Small World] specifically to test the technology.

Some people believe this news, while others don't. However, since it has official backing, this real-world phenomenon existing within the game hasn't caused a global sensation.

However, it's definitely going to be a huge hit.

While the Japanese government can provide the basic principles behind the technology that simulates the five senses, they cannot even explain the principles behind the 100-fold time flow between the game and reality, and can only state that it is "classified technology and will not be shown."

The difference in time flow alone has attracted a large number of players interested in the game, with the most popular live streams on the official website having tens of millions of online viewers.

With so many people online at the same time, the server should have been under tremendous strain, but strangely, the live stream didn't experience any lag; it was just that the barrage of comments was so numerous that it even blocked the view...

Now, at least hundreds of millions of people have witnessed the existence of the small world. As a result, the world that should not exist will become one of the infinite possibilities.

Lilith closed her eyes, sensing the existence of the small world just as she had sensed the pixelated game of Space City that Amelia had created.