Chapter 58: The Hero's Tombstone (Happy Double Day to All)
Kswick, "Rose Square".
When the little crystal suddenly descended and exuded the aura of a top-level creature, the crowd immediately erupted in exclamations and screams, and they retreated as if swept by the tide, and the panic and fear almost condensed into substance.
"Monster!"
"Dragon, dragon!"
"It's over, it's over......"
"Good, it's scary!"
In a short moment, a large area was vacated around the "curtain", although they knew that this was the scene in the Grand Theater of the Kingdom of Rentat, but the subconscious fear came from an instinctive reaction, and they couldn't control it at all, and there was no better "special effect" than the "real dragon" on the field!
Similar situations have arisen in cities of different sizes, such as Kuks, Salivar, Pefors, and Samara, where some are afraid to retreat, some are completely sluggish, and some feel like they are dreaming at all.
Although it has been difficult for humans living in non-remote areas to see dragons since the heyday of the ancient magic empire, as the eternal villain of the stories of generations of bards, people's impression of dragons has not diminished with the passage of time and birth, old age, sickness and death.
Breathing subconsciously, their legs couldn't help but tremble, even from a long distance, Banus and Ali were still full of fear of the dragon in the "Veil", if they hadn't been frightened, they would have turned and fled.
Suddenly, Ali woke up: "She's at the Kingdom Coliseum." Near the dragon!"
Just as his terror and fears were about to drive him mad, Princess Amantha, the only opera singer standing on the stage, said in a recitative with singing characteristics: "My most precious treasure is my courage and chivalric faith, and no one can take it, O abominable dragon, kill me, or be slain by me, there is no third choice!"
Yes?
The same astonishment popped up in the minds of all those who didn't understand what was going on, ma'am, you are an opera singer, not a real knight!
Hey. Don't...... Finally? Banus, Ali and the others came back to their senses a bit.
When the princess sang, the "unaffected" band was also playing, and the tense, restless, hurried, and tragic melody made everyone really empathize!
The singer and opera singer who plays the princess "stares" at the dragon in front of her with her heart pounding. Because she had rehearsed it a long time ago and Xiao Jing deliberately restrained her dragon power, she was not affected by the relationship. She was barely able to control her body and voice without trembling. He continued to sing his own lyrics.
And this subconscious fear of the situation made her hormones secrete, and made her feel that she had performed at the best level she had ever performed, and the trembling of the nobles below at the same time proved her feelings.
The same thing. The band was also not influenced by Long Wei, so that they could continue to play.
Listening to the princess's tragic and lofty aria, which made the flesh shudder, Banus and Ali shuddered, completely recovering from the dragon's influence.
"You really hired a giant dragon to play the role of a money-hungry dragon?" Banus felt that there was something wrong with his words, but the hormones secreted in extreme fear made him excited and excited now, and it was difficult for him to think calmly.
Ali let go of his worries and looked intently at the little crystal, after all, the chance to actually see the dragon was very rare, and the last time Her Majesty the Queen got married, the scene of the "Atomic Master" riding the dragon was described and praised by a bard, who all claimed to have witnessed the spectacle at the scene, so as to enjoy the envious gaze of the crowd and increase the credibility of the story.
"Maybe it's a magician's illusion?" he looked at the thick neck of the little crystal, translucent like crystal scales, and reflexively asked.
The audience next to him said excitedly: "It shouldn't be illusion, Her Majesty the Queen, Her Majesty Prince Evans and the magician in the box are all legendary powerhouses, god-like existences, how can they not see through illusions, in this way, they can only see the 'princess' singing alone, which is disrespectful to them, so, it must be a real dragon......"
He was also affected by hormones, and he couldn't stop talking as soon as he spoke.
"Makes sense, oh, real dragons......"
"The kingdom and the Magical Council were able to turn a dragon into an opera singer!"
In an exclamation, the little crystal on the stage answered the princess's challenge, it leaned back, the two paws in front of it were raised, and kept beating its chest, letting out an "angry" roar:
"Ahh
Wow! All the audience below the high level were once again frightened by the dragon's majestic emanation and "terrifying roar".
"It's terrifying!" said Banus, clenched into his fists, but there was more excitement than fear in his voice.
"It's terrifying, it's terrifying...... Duchess Jane patted her chest, looking frightened, but her eyes were staring at the stage, her eyes revealing unprecedented excitement, mixed with a touch of fearful excitement.
Around all the "live broadcast squares", most of the audience had similar expressions, such an opera was simply unheard of, too exciting, too exciting, and so good!
Ali swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "The 'princess' is so powerful, standing in front of the dragon is not intimidated, look at the ...... around"
"Valkyrie......" Banus looked at the "curtain" intently, and thoroughly understood the "meaning" of the Valkyrie.
In the box, Natasha looked at Lucien suspiciously: "What kind of little crystal's movements and roars are a bit weird, what did you think when you designed it......
Fernando also glared at Lucian, how could he make the little crystal do this kind of action and let out such a roar? It was a dragon, not something else...... But this little guy is quite suitable for this......
"I designed several sets of movements and roars, and Little Crystal chose this one herself, and she felt that this would best show off its 'majesty'. Lucien laughed.
Natasha raised an eyebrow. Rubbing his chin: "From your laughter, I seem to understand a little, the rest of the actions and roars must be even more unbearable, Xiao Jing naturally thinks this set is great in comparison." ”
Lucien smiled: "The result of the choice only depends on the design of the option, hehe, isn't this good?
"That's good!" Natasha said with a smile.
On the stage, the final battle was triggered, and the princess's knights had recovered from the dragon's might and were about to follow her charge.
The princess opened her throat with a resolute expression. A sweet and touching song hit everyone's heart directly with the accompaniment of the band.
The vast majority of people are before doing something that is important to them. There are always memories of the good past, and in the moment of danger or near death, what can be recalled are definitely the best and most impressive pictures of life, and the princess obviously remembered the prince before the charge. I remembered the love that had sweetness and pain.
With her singing. Most people who have had emotional experiences or yearn for emotional experiences are immersed in this song. Ali looked at the "curtain" in a daze, imagining the one in his heart, imagining the gap between the two that could not be crossed. For a moment, he felt both sweet and sad at the same time.
A song ends with another one, this time a chorus of knights, the tune is warm and far-reaching, as if it is a reproduction of a good life with their families, which makes them gradually full of the will to "protect", and also makes the audience understand the meaning of "protect".
At the end of the day, the princess sang loudly again, breaking this warmth, and the melody was tragic and tragic in the fierce progress, expressing the determination to either die in battle or kill the dragon.
In front of the real dragon, the princess is surrounded by a knight fighting to protect the homeland, and the melody played by the orchestra is in perfect harmony with the atmosphere, and most of the audience has the anger of the same enemy, the courage to face the behemoth, and the tragic and sacred sense of sacrifice to protect relatives and lovers.
This feeling moved them to themselves, and made Ali clench his fists, if he is not even afraid of death, then what is there to be afraid of? No matter how far away there will be a day when it will be over, as long as you take the first step!
Woo!
The horn of the charge sounded, and the melody suddenly became fierce and urgent, so that the nobles and ordinary people who did not stimulate the strength of the blood force grasped anything around them that could be grasped, and everyone felt the heroism, firmness and surging of the real charge.
This kind of music will never be forgotten by them, this "melody of the charge" always reverberates in their hearts, and they can find more classic music in each scene than the previous one, but now, they understand that "Charge" is the core and most classic part of this opera!
The fierce battle began, and in the "horn of the charge", one knight after another fell, and there were fewer and fewer people around the princess.
Eventually, the princess stabbed the dragon in the heart at the cost of an arm.
Little Crystal clutched her abdomen in "pain" and fell to the ground and kept rolling, pressing the stage to creak.
The princess fell to her knees on one knee and looked around to find that her companions had lost their breath.
The melody changes again, sad and magnificent, desolate and mournful.
The princess raised her head slightly, and her mouth opened, as if a song burst out from the depths of her soul:
"Heroes never die"
"It's just going to fade in people's memories"
Banus shuddered, feeling a tremor from his soul to his body, and the ethereal and sad but implicitly determined and tragic melody hit his soul directly.
He couldn't describe this feeling, but he only knew that the song shook him deeply, allowing him to forget everything around him, and completely fell into the "world world" created by the song.
......
"Bury my bones, don't erect a tombstone"
"This fertile plain and bustling city is our best tombstone!"
Drops of crystal tears condensed in the corners of the eyes of most of the audience, and quietly slipped down, and the princess drew her long sword and walked back with difficulty, leaving only a firm and straight back.
The curtain slowly fell.
"It's one of the best operas I've ever heard, and it doesn't get much better than it!" Oliver excitedly congratulated Lucien after a few moments.
Natasha blinked, "I think so too, Lucien, thank you for your gift." ”
"By the way, what's the last aria called?" Oliver asked impatiently.
Lucien smiled, "Hero's Tombstone." ”
At this time, the vast majority of the audience really woke up, and the Kingdom Theater erupted in fierce and enthusiastic applause, the squares of the large and small cities of the Kingdom of Holm erupted in thunderous applause, and the other three countries in the strait and the major cities of the Northland coastal corridor also had volcanic applause.
In a study on the top floor of the Royal Magic Tower in Holm, Hathaway sits behind a desk with a curtain of water reflecting the scene of the Grand Theater of the Kingdom of Rentat.
A soft hum echoed through the room, but it seemed a bit out of tune...... (To be continued......)
PS: Happy Lantern Festival and Valentine's Day, everyone~