Chapter Forty-Nine: Act I

"Do you remember all the lines, Lord Asker?"

Wilhelm was gone, and only his voice was left as a narrator.

"Hmm." Asker rolled his dead fish eyes.

I miscalculated, I should have brought Medea here. With her psychic ability, she can easily tear open this mental space, and she doesn't need to play any drama with Wilhelm at all.

Although according to the forums, Wilhelm has no ill will towards players who enter the dungeon, but acting is such a thing...... It's really much more troublesome than fighting monsters.

If not for the team...... Forget it, bear with it for now.

"You should be a little more passionate." The narrator said, "The male protagonist you play is a talented and active hot-blooded genius swordsman boy, and he should never use such a weak voice. ”

"I'm not a hot-blooded personality in the first place." Asker said.

"There's no requirement that an actor's personality must be consistent with the character." The narrator says, "But you have to at least pretend, right?" Your Excellency, please, be dedicated, okay? ”

"Ahh Yes. Yes. Asker shouted helplessly, "Alright, come on." ”

"Okay, the first act, it's about you going out of the mountains to fight the bandits, and then you accidentally met the besieged Holy See team, and you arrived and rescued Miss Meranda."

"Meranda is Mi'er, right?" Aske asked, "She's only in her teens, and she's still of elven blood, is that okay?" ”

"No problem, Meranda in the script is originally a petite girl." The narrator says, "As for the bloodline, don't you think the Elven Priest is surprisingly attractive? I want to adapt the settings appropriately without detracting from the charm of the original work. ”

"I don't think so." Asker drew his sword, "Let's get started." ”

"Okay." The narrator said, "Also, since you are all experienced professional mercenaries, the fight scenes don't need to be staged in the style of a fake, so let's play something realistic?" ”

"You mean a real fight?" Asker thought to himself that this was still a bit of a copy, "That's fine." ”

"I am very grateful for your understanding." The narrator says, "So, the first act of the first quarter, start shooting!" ”

The narrator's voice was gone, leaving Asker alone standing in the middle of the mountain path, surrounded by dense forests.

Then, a prelude performed by double bass, trombone, woodwinds and accordion sounded, exuding a cheerful and lively atmosphere.

This copy also comes with a BGM ...... Asker thought helplessly, and heard the narrator begin to read his lines in a low voice.

As a short musical film adapted from a fairy tale, the structure of Wilhelm's play is relatively simple, and the narrator briefly explains the setting to the non-existent audience:

The male protagonist Solomon was raised by a retired old knight in the mountains since he was a child, so he has practiced a strong swordsmanship.

Later, the old knight died, and he happened to hear that a giant dragon had snatched the imperial artifact Azure Sword, so he planned to go out to the mountain to defeat the evil dragon and recapture the artifact.

In the first scene of the first stanza, Solomon, who was walking on the mountain road, happened to encounter a wave of bandits.

As soon as the narrator's words fell, several figures appeared in front of him, tied in turbans, carrying axes, with dark complexions and hideous expressions, which were the classic images of bandits in the stage play.

"Look, there's a lonely traveler there!" The bandits shouted in unison, their voices ridiculous, apparently lacking in spirituality, as Wilheim said, "Let's tie him to a tree and slash him with an axe!" ”

"Just in time!" Asker began to recite Solomon's lines, pressing his sword and shouting, "You thieves of the mountains, today is your death!" ”

Several bandits rushed forward, and Asker drew his sword and turned sideways to avoid the slash of the bandits at the front.

Dragon Cut! Half Moon Slash! Ascend the dragon slash! Eagle Sword!

Under his smooth and swift sword skills, in an instant, several bandits were all slain, and blood flowed out of the wounds of the corpses, converging into expanding pools of blood on the ground.

Then the picture freezes.

“ng! Card! The narrator's voice rang out, "Your Excellency, you're trying too hard!" ”

"What do you mean?" Asker frowned, "Didn't the script say that Solomon used his gorgeous sword skills to kill these bandits?" ”

"yes, gorgeous, do you have any misunderstanding of this word?" The narrator says, "Why are you so easy to kill your enemies?" It's too fast! Before the audience could see it clearly, the villain fell to the ground and died, and they only questioned that the play was too fake. ”

"Where's the audience, aren't you watching alone?" Aske complained.

"You can't let the water go just because I'm the only spectator!" The narrator says, "Well, I'll give you a little bit of audience effects." ”

Immediately, there was a cacophony of noise, as if Asker was really in the opera house, facing countless chattering audiences.

"How's it going, is there a passion now? One more time, this time gorgeous! Handsome! You can try to knock the bandits' weapons into the air, then put a sword against their necks, and say a few beautiful lines that you can play on the spot, and you don't have to worry about my script, just make the audience feel their blood boiling. ”

"It's a nuisance." Asker said.

So the picture moved again, the cheerful BGM sounded again, the corpses on the ground disappeared in an instant, and several bandits appeared in front of them.

"Look, there's a lonely traveler there......" The thieves finished reading their sticks and swooped down with their axes.

This kind of flawed enemy still wants me to forcibly drag out the fight and add drama, which is a bit difficult. What other lines are handsome...... Asker thought to himself, just standing still with one hand on his sword, as the bandit's axe was about to slash at him.

Sideways to dodge, to put it mildly, he flipped his wrist and stumbled the bandit with the hilt of his sword, then slammed his knee into his abdomen, knocking him to the ground.

The thieves behind were stunned when they saw this, as if they didn't expect the leader to be overturned in such a few blows, and then one of them took off his weapon and flew out, and Asker didn't draw his sword, but just swung his scabbard and hit the opponent's wrist, causing him to drop his weapon in severe pain.

Then the scabbard raised its backhand and slammed into his jaw, knocking out a mouthful of teeth.

Before the last thief could react, the unsheathed sword was placed around his neck, and indifferent words came to his face:

"Do you want to dance, too?"

"Cards!" The scene freezes, and the narrator says passionately, "It was a great fight, Mr. Asker." But what does that last line mean? Dance? ”

"It's just that I'm beating you all over the place." Aske said nonsense, "We call it 'dancing' back home. ”

"Well, that's good." The narrator commented, "The word 'dance' is more tense than being knocked off. 'Do you think of dancing too?......' It's great, so let's move on quickly. ”

The other side.

Mi'er was listlessly escorted by the "bandits".

In fact, she had the urge to pull out her pistol and shoot these guys to death countless times, but her pistol was only a syringe gun after all, and the bullet was also a so-called healing needle, which could not kill people at all.

Meranda in the script is such a weak girl who is powerless, and after the Holy See team was killed, she was captured by bandits, and in the sad and depressed BGM, she waited for the male protagonist Solomon to save her.

"Ahh Most High God, why should I suffer misfortune! ”

"If I can't escape the fate of being humiliated, then I might as well die a miserable death now."

……

Her crying voice was extremely clear, soft and strong, and faintly explosive power that could not be underestimated, which made Wilhelm behind the scenes also admire. Unexpectedly, this young girl, who has always been expressionless, actually seemed to be reborn at the first audition, showing Meranda's uneasiness, despair and misery at this time.

Then Asker jumped out of the side of the road, and his lazy movements made Wilhelm collapse suddenly. Compared with the half-elf girl with acting talent, the performance attitude of the leader of this mercenary group can be described as extremely improper.

"Stop! You thieves......"

His voice was lazy, not so much playing the role of the fledgling hot-blooded young swordsman Solomon, but more like the sword saint Solomon who had long been invincible in the world and was seeking defeat alone, so he couldn't lift his spirit.

Mi'er was not surprised by this, because this was the usual tone of the regiment leader. So according to the description in the script, she raised her head in disbelief while crying pear blossoms and rain, and her eyes showed a bright glint of hope.

It was as if the princess in distress had seen the prince who had come to save her.