Standing last among those sailors, Byron was shoved roughly onto that narrow gangplank by the pirates.
Just a short distance beneath his feet churned blood-steeped waves and dozens of gaping mouths filled with sharp teeth!
”Thud.“
He could only watch helplessly as the sharks opened their mouths, stirring up turbulent currents in the ocean as they bit viciously towards him!
However, the [Sailing Logbook] formed before his eyes and wrote furiously on its own:
"The ancient blood of the Bayfolk within you begins to boil.
Spiritual sublimation commences!"


In his lifetime, the Devil would serve him, but after death, Faust's soul would belong to the Devil. Especially when he involuntarily uttered the phrase, "Life, you are so beautiful, pray stay," his life would prematurely end, and the Devil would take away his soul. In the end, through a series of events, Faust comprehended the true essence of life: that one must struggle every day for life and freedom to be worthy of enjoying them. The general idea is: one should never be content with the status quo but must constantly pursue knowledge, truth, freedom, and the right to choose. From my understanding, it means: one must wrest 'self' and 'freedom' from the tyrannical grips of both the 'id' and the 'superego.' It also aligns with the essence of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment movement."


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