Chapter Seventy-Seven: Newspapers and Comic Strips
The bright moonlight reflected the land, the fiery bonfire was blazing, and according to the old custom, the inhabitants of the Isle of War had already burrowed into the warm bed.
But today, in a clearing in the middle of the Isle of Mars, a crowd of Vikings are gathered around a campfire, quietly listening to a story told by a long-haired bard.
“...... Most of the stone dragons had a generous and kind heart, even the earth-shaking dragons that were the size of a small mountain. Therefore, you must not panic when you encounter them, as long as you do not provoke them, they will not take the initiative to attack you, because most of them are dozing off at this time......"
"Haha~"
Hearing the approving laughter of the audience around him, Lagerlof folded the paper in his hand and said, "Alright, this is the end of our story for today." If you want to know the story of the ocean dragon, let's talk about it in a few days. ”
"Ah, it's over so soon!, Lagerlov, can't you talk a little more tonight?" shouted someone who was not addicted.
"yes, tell me a little bit more, it's such a funny little story. ”
......
Looking at the "excited" audience, Lagerlöf spread his hands helplessly, "I also read these little stories in this kind of newspaper, and all of them have been told. ”
"What is this?" someone asked with immediate curiosity.
"This is a publication invented by the new leader of Tequila Island, the dragon warrior Green, to educate the inhabitants about dragons. Hehe, I have a lot more here, if you want to see it, you can take it and see it first. With that, Lagerlof pulled out a thick stack of newspapers from his cloth pocket and distributed it to the inhabitants of God of War Island.
As soon as I got the newspaper, someone noticed something special, "Lagerlöf, what kind of paper is this, why haven't I seen it yet?" I thought you had parchment in your hand. ”
"Haha, old Hart, haven't you been to Kings Island lately, such paper has been selling like crazy there. ”
"I heard that it was also invented by the new leader of Tequila Island, and what is it called "Caihou Paper", it is really a mouthful of words. ”
......
Cole, the old fisherman, was fortunate enough to be given a newspaper, but unfortunately he was illiterate.
Just as he was about to give it to someone else, he suddenly noticed an interesting thing, on the other side of the newspaper, there was a whole page of pictures that he could read even if he didn't know how to read.
These drawings are all related to dragons, and the appearance of dragons looks a bit funny and figurative.
Through the burning bonfire, the elder Cole couldn't help but look behind him one by one, and then he realized that the pictures were coherent and a story......
I don't know how long later, when old Cole rubbed his somewhat dazed eyes and looked up, the people around him were all looking at the newspaper in fascination, apparently they had also found these interesting pictures.
"Lagerlöf, this picture story is obviously not finished, do you know what happened next?"
"Hehe, not for the time being, but when the new newspaper comes out, the following story will naturally be known. ”
"When will it come out?"
"A week! Tequila only publishes one of these newspapers a week. But next time you'll have to pay for it. Lagerlöf naturally told the story.
"How much?" asked Old Cole.
Such comic strips were much more interesting than the stories that could only be told by people in the past, and although he wanted to know what was going to happen next, he couldn't afford it if it was too expensive.
It's just that when Lagerlöf said the price, he suddenly grew his mouth in surprise, one piece and one or!
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"Ciel, are you used to being here lately?"
Hearing Green's question, a teenager lying on the table who was concentrating on drawing raised his head, he was the boy with a terrifying dragon that Green helped during the original selection contest.
When Green became the leader and was in great need of people, the young man immediately took the initiative to come to Dragon's Tongue Island, and there were more than twenty terrifying dragons with him.
"Hehe, it's good! I can eat and sleep well every day here, and everyone takes good care of me. Hill smiled shyly, "By the way, Green, I've already drawn next week's comic strip, you can take a look." ”
Taking the draft from Hill, Green read it carefully and nodded in satisfaction.
The outstanding talent of the young man in front of him was a complete surprise for him.
He had planned to popularize dragon knowledge to ordinary Vikings in the form of newspapers, but at this time he had to face a very real problem - the literacy rate of Vikings.
As a people who value culture and the arts, the Vikings would stay in their houses during the cold winter months to carve beautiful utensils, make beautiful jewelry, and listen to the old legends told by their elders..... But because of the constraints, even if they have a lot of time, learning words is a luxury for most of them.
In order to be able to carry this plan forward, Green immediately thought of another form of disseminating knowledge - comics.
But it's not so easy to turn a story into a picture form, and it was at this time that Green discovered Hill's talent for drawing.
As a result, the method of promoting dragon knowledge has now shifted to the form of bard storytelling combined with comic strips.
When the Vikings discovered the benefits of knowing this knowledge, they naturally took the initiative to gather this information, and that was when the real power of newspapers exploded.
"Green, so you're here. While Green and Ciel were chatting about the aftermath, Princess Victoria showed up with Maria.
"Your Highness, what are you?"
"We're going back!" she and Maria had been on Trotaki for a long time lately.
"Okay, then I'll send you back. ”
Perhaps seeing the sketch in Green's hand, Princess Victoria said a little unhappily, "After I go back this time, I may not be able to help you draw." ”
Hill wasn't the only one who did the newspaper drawings, Princess Victoria was also involved, and she loved it.
"Haha, Your Highness, don't worry! ”
"Huh?" Princess Victoria wondered in her heart, did Green have to fly to Kings Island every day to find her?
"You'll know then, Your Highness!" said Green, smiling, "this is a surprise." ”
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In Castle of Wonderland, in a beautifully decorated room, Princess Victoria stretched her waist slightly, revealing her beautiful curves, but no one could appreciate this pleasing scene at the moment.
She clenched her fists a little angrily, and said that she wanted to surprise herself, but it had been three days since she came back, and nothing had happened, so she waited until the next time......
"A terrifying dragon! How did it end up here?"
"It flew towards His Highness's room, stop it. ”
Princess Victoria, who was in a daze, heard the shouts of the guards, and immediately walked to the windowsill, and a small terrifying dragon with a backpack flew straight to her side.
After signaling to the guards not to worry, Victoria pulled out a piece of paper from the dreaddragon's cloth pocket.
"Your Highness, put the sketch in the backpack of the Dreaddragon Dragon, and it will bring it back to Tataki. 」
Is this a surprise?
Victoria pouted helplessly, what a fool!
She touched the dreaded dragon's head, then fed it a few more dried honey fish before putting her sketch into the dreaded dragon's backpack.
When the horror dragon stretched out its head and rubbed it against her, and was about to leave, she hurriedly stuffed another piece of paper.
There wasn't much information on the cut white paper, just a big pig's head.