In the audition hall of the Garanord National Center for the Performing Arts, all the 32 members were in place, except for a few who could not arrive due to their own reasons. But the hall was full of 156 people, and there were even many poets standing by the fence at the back of the hall, all of whom were attracted by the repertoire that was said to be very new and unique.

The audition hall is almost entirely modeled after the circular stage of the main hall of the Grand Theater, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people, and the stage formed by the roots of the World Tree under the lighting uses a fan-shaped stage similar to a circular stage, so that poets who have never performed on the stage in the "Circle of Glory" can adapt as much as possible to the stage environment they will face in the future. However, in order to actually climb the "Circle of Glory", the young poets of Qingsan Mei must first be voted by more than half of the 26 committee members present.

As one of the performers, although she also served as a member of the committee, she was unable to exercise her authority in this vote, which was also to avoid the judgment of the committee members being too affected by emotions and other factors outside the play.

Above the stage in the hall are two huge translucent amber blocks with an area of 20 square meters, which are the magical "light screens" used by Barnier Hawkins in his open-air lectures, and the eight amber that can amplify the resonance of the actors' voices and music, these magical creations are all made of the resin of the World Tree Garlanod and supplemented by rune formations, and their functions are mainly fulfilled by the wonderful divine power of the goddess. In the actual stage application, because the position of the actors is always changing, the two pieces of amber are controlled by two spirits with extraordinary mental powers, and these two "projected amber" will faithfully imprint the sight of the two professional "photographers" and the smiles of the actors in the eyes of all audiences. Therefore, even in the main hall of the large theater, which can accommodate 10,000 people, the actors, who were not much bigger than ants in the eyes of the audience in the back row, were able to present their rich and delicate performances in front of their eyes through the huge projection amber.

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As the lights above the auditorium dimmed and the low, tense music began to play, a dimly lit figure appeared on the dimly lit stage, looking around in horror, as if something terrible was chasing him behind him - this is "Shiro" of the cowardly era played by Gru in a cameo appearance. He followed the demon team that invaded the forest into the ancient elven kingdom, and was separated from the retreating army after the defeat of the army.

Dressed in tattered clothes, the goblin's green skin is covered with a dark layer to achieve the effect of dressing up as a coward. On the other side of the stage, the voices of the searcher rangers rang out, and in the center of the stage, the "cowardice" who had nowhere to run vows that as long as he could escape with his life, he would spend the rest of his life to repay the other party, no matter who the other party was.

At this time, a young elf boy appeared in front of the desperate "White".

"Are you and your family lost?"

The cowardly demon who had been found to have nowhere to hide gave up the struggle, he had seen too much killing in this war, and even the powerful beings like the fire demon and the snake demon that he longed for the most in the past were just expendable warriors in the war. On the brutal battlefield, their lives are as fragile and fleeting as those of cowardice. Therefore, although "White" had the opportunity to do something to the elf boy in front of him, he gave up his last "effort" because of mental loss.

But he didn't expect that his "weak" behavior like a weak person ushered in the only ray of life for himself, and the elf boy hid him in his storeroom, covering him to escape the rangers again.

"Why are you helping me?" Gru asks his savior in his slightly pungent elven language, which doesn't take much into account the goblin's acting skills, and for the little manager, the elf's language itself tastes his "true colors".

"You're at war with our kingdom, aren't you?" the little boy didn't have to go out of his way to deduce anything, he was born with a cute appearance without any scheming, "When you grow up, you can't fight with our elves again! This is the condition for me to help you, as your benefactor, you must keep my request firmly in mind, as long as you keep it in mind, Ash will be very happy!"

After parting with the elf boy, Gru's cowardly demon swore to himself in the darkest corner of the stage to the great will of the abyss: "If I have the chance, I will definitely repay him for saving his life!"

Then he looked back at the elf boy who waved goodbye to him again, and the protagonist of the Demon Era, "Shiro", just walked out of the edge of the stage and disappeared from the audience's sight.

After a short intermission, the slightly lighter music began to sound again, and Elvia's "Qing" appeared under the stage lights, and the delicate illusion of Princess Devi, who had seen the real snake demon in the lower half of her body, was enough to look like a real snake tail.

With the classic inner monologue interspersed throughout the repertoire, the young poet began to formally display his talent in front of the members of the highest art of the kingdom.

"My leader is a snake demon like no other, with distinctive white scales that are so beautiful that they are dazzling. It is said that she once went deep into the kingdom of the elves as the vanguard of that great war, and although she already possessed the power beyond the six-armed snake demon, she never chose to advance in that direction, and like all the 'predecessors' who experienced and survived that war, she was extremely eager to set foot on that rich land again. But for some reason, I always felt that she was different from other demons, perhaps because of her extraordinarily devout belief in the Great Abyss, or because she was far more lenient and friendly to her subordinates than the other leaders......"

On stage, Elvia "wriggled" the snake's tail and walked from one end of the stage to the other, and she didn't open her mouth at all in the process, and the result of this voice-over, narration-like effect was the specially treated resonant amber on her body, which also needed to be combined with the excellent spirit of the young poet and the special talent of the "soul singer" to finally create such a "ventriloquist" effect. It's like an inner monologue in a movie, a new way of interpretation proposed by Andre.

Then the shape makes people feel amazing, and the white played by Atena appeared in front of the audience, with charming makeup painted on the corners of her eyes, with her smart eyes and unique charm full of affinity, Pu successfully engraved the image of "white" in the audience's impression as soon as she appeared.

The story after that tells the difference between "White" and other high-level demons through a few small details in daily life, this unique snake demon with a slightly mild temper does not have much surprise in the eyes of the elves, but as "Qing" continues to count and complain about the "maverick" places of her leader in her heart, the mother and daughter who complement each other successfully make "White" leave a very deep impression in the hearts of the audience.

The twist of the story comes from the fact that Bai found a unique treasure that seemed to originate from the will of the great abyss on the way to lead a team to inspect the territory, and the snake demon who pursued it in her heart decided that this was an affirmation of the will of the world for her own insistence, so she had her own thoughts, and ordered her subordinates not to spread the word about it.

However, the matter was finally revealed, such a "betrayal" was originally a common thing in the demon world, and the white treasure attracted the covetousness of a powerful abyss lord from the common leader of all the demons in this land...... Although Bai was only one step away from the upper demon venerable, she had almost no power to resist in the face of the lord's strength.

At the most critical moment, Bai's former subordinate Qing covered her to escape the encirclement and suppression of the lord, and because the matter was revealed, she had to die with her original leader.

"Don't worry, Qing. I'm not going to leave you alone. When they were at their most lost, Bai said to Qing confidently.

"I really made the stupidest decision of my life at that moment!" said to himself with chagrin and regret.

The next story becomes more tense, and Shiro ushers in what can be called the most important advance in her life at this most critical time - she has finally broken through the shackles of the high-level demons and obtained a new bloodline with infinite possibilities! She holds her treasure in the dark cocoon and waits for the opportunity to transform into a butterfly and become a high-ranking demon!

However, this is also her weakest moment, the Qing who guarded her several times wanted to leave her alone to escape from the lord's search, but in the contradiction felt that it was difficult to escape the lord's pursuit with her own strength, so she had to stay by Bai's side and wait anxiously in the hidden cave until the moment when Bai broke out of the cocoon......

So the story ushered in the first climax - Shiro, who has completed the advancement, has the unique ability to change his legs and even change the details of his appearance, and this ability can also be used on the body of her follower Qing, who successfully evaded the encirclement and suppression of the lord through this ability to change their appearance drastically, and wandered all the way to the "Broken Sky Mountain", which symbolized the defeat of the demon army back then.

"It wasn't until this moment that I understood how different she was from the others, and that her goals were much more determined and at the same time much crazier than those who had set foot on Garlanor again......"

Shiro sacrificed the Dark Orb whose magic began to crumble, and succeeded in opening the door to Garlanord under the watchful eye of the Abyssal Will—a temporary gate large enough for two people to pass through safely!

"From now on, Qing, you will be my sister......" Shiro, who set foot on this beautiful land again, said to Qing, who was still in shock.

From then on, the story began to be cheerful. Bai Heqing, who successfully disguised himself as a half-elf, found Ash who saved Shiro's life in the forest, and in the rain and fog effect created by magic, the cheerful rhythm brought an amazing song "fate" to all audiences.

The bright music highlights the throbbing emotions of young Ash when he meets two beautiful "half-elf" women, and then he is even more surprised to find that the two young ladies have chosen to stay in their village for a long time!

Although life in the forest is always full of inner complaints that Qingna sounds malicious, this traditional snake demon is also unwittingly assimilated by the kindness and long-standing civilization of the elves.

With the exciting "Today you are going to marry me", Bai and Ash, who didn't know the inside story, finally got married. While they are living a happy life, Qing, who is gradually becoming cheerful, also meets his "destiny" in this small forest village......

However, a happy life is always so precious, and the high-ranking Horned Demon Overseers, who had managed to escape Bai and Qing by mistake, were ordered by their lord to search for the whereabouts of the two defectors no matter what. After a few years, the Horned Demon Overseer "Black" led his men to follow the clues all the way to the top of the Shattered Sky Mountain, and then they found the shattered Dark Orb, and realized that he could no longer be forgiven by the Strict Lord, Black discovered the true purpose of the Dark Orb through guessing. With the help of the remnants of the orb, he sacrificed the lives of his men, successfully crossing the barrier between the two worlds and reaching Garlandia.

The cunning black lurks in the shadows of the forest to recuperate, and only when he is sure enough does he begin to make waves in the forest......

By tracking down the damage caused by Black, Shiro, who realized that this matter was related to herself, had a strong sense of responsibility because she had already been assimilated by the elven civilization, and she secretly helped Ash's own brother, who was the leader of the rangers, while successfully killing Black, she accidentally revealed her subtle flaws as a demon in the eyes of the legendary druid Hemingway.

The suspicious druid secretly investigated the origin of the two sisters, Bai and Qing, but finally came to a conclusion that made him feel extremely frightened - these two sisters turned out to be high-level demons who had been hidden in the elven village for several years!

Hemingway secretly warns Bai that if the sisters don't leave the forest on their own, he will expose her true colors in front of Bai's husband Ash. And how could Shiro, who was deeply in love with Ash and pregnant with Rokka, be willing to listen to the other party's arrangement!? She in turn used the lives of the whole village as a bargaining chip to threaten Master Hemingway, if he was not willing to pretend to turn a blind eye, Shiro would pollute the water source of the entire village with the power of curse!

If you want your compatriots in the village to be harmed, Master Hemingway must first make the villagers realize the true colors of Bai and Qing, but you must know that the two snake demons have already made the residents of the village trust them after several years of hiding and operating.

So the Serpent Sisters fought a fierce battle with the Druid Master at the water source, far from the village...... However, in the middle of the battle, Bai was bound because of the fetal gas and was about to give birth, and Bai, who realized that it was impossible to do anything, asked Master Hemingway to swear in the name of the goddess of the earth, promising to spare her sister and child, and the kind Bai took the lives of the whole village as a threat, which was originally just a cover - she was good at the power of change and illusion, and she did not have the ability to pollute the water source of the village and poison the lives of the villagers.

In the end, Master Hemingway relented, vowing that he would spare the snake demon's sister and the innocent child in her womb as long as Shiro agreed to accept the prison of the watchers, and Qing swore never to set foot in the Whispering Forest again in his lifetime......

At the end of the play, Qing finds her sweetheart, the young poet Andrew, who reveals her true identity in front of her sweetheart with tears in her eyes, and then ruthlessly leaves the elven kingdom - if she does not keep her promise, the life of her "sister" Shiro will be threatened...... At this time, Qing is no longer the lonely snake demon she was back then, she has long regarded Bai and Ash as her real relatives.

In the end, Andrew, who was unable to accept the truth for a while, wanted to follow in Qing's footsteps and leave the forest after careful consideration, but the snake demon understood that his sweetheart, as an immature poet who was too idealistic about good and evil, could not achieve true happiness in the cruel reality outside the forest, so Qing left the forest alone with a lot of regret, leaving Andrew alone with a heartbroken heart singing "remember".

"Who remembers who first said to love me forever......"

"I held hands with you and said that we would go to the end together......"

"My dear why, maybe you don't understand the reason why two people who love each other wait for fate to declare that they are destined to separate......"

Most of the audience who love art are very emotional, and the remorseful singing of the young poet on the stage disturbs the mood of everyone present, and even many elves who have been immersed in this tortuous love have already shed tears for the young lovers.

With the change of light and shade on the stage, the dusty Qing walked alone in the bleak wilderness, the sound of the Van Jia harp that touched people's heartstrings quietly sounded, and the sad and stubborn singing poured out from the lips of the young poet.

"That's the person I love day and night, how do I express it, will he accept me?"

"Maybe I'll never say that sentence to him, I'm destined to wander the world, how can I be concerned?" and mockery and accusation of his own fate.

"Time is like a flowing stream, I can't come back and can't regain it, only the weak me is left to live up to the cold-blooded ...... of the year"

The accompaniment of the poets behind the scenes began to become more and more intense as Elvia's singing began to become more and more intense, and some of the excited audience members in the seats even stood up without realizing their excitement, so this heartfelt behavior attracted the audience in the back row to follow suit.

"Look at the flowers floating in the sky, withering at the most beautiful moment, who will remember the world she has been to......" The lost green looked back as if looking in the direction of the forest, and was indignant for the "sister" who had put her on a completely different life path, fate was so unfair, why did the best person need to endure the most unbearable miserable end - the imprisoned snake demon would never see her husband and newborn child again for the rest of her life.

On the curtain call, the elf controlling the light curtain made the white face appear in front of everyone's eyes again, and the maternal snake demon seemed to be holding his child and smiling in the afternoon sun.

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At the end of the play, the audience in the hall fell into a depressing silence, and did not come back to their senses for a long time. Behind the scenes, Elvia hid in the corner and watched the reactions of the committee members in the field worriedly, with unspeakable apprehension in her heart.

"My good girl, you sang the song 'Lost Girl' just now!" Atena hugged her daughter tightly from behind, and at that moment she seemed to be suffering from the loss of her daughter because she had grown up and gained a doomed love.

"Mother, we can make it, can we?" the young poet lady clutched her mother's warm palm.

"Even if you don't have confidence in yourself, you have to trust me a little more, right?" Andre, as a screenwriter, passed by the leading mother and daughter and walked onto the stage where the "lights" were brightened again, "'Green Snake' will be a milestone that injects new vitality into the performing arts of the Whispering Forest!"

The committee member gently pushed her daughter, and now it was time for the members of the repertoire to come on stage and be judged by the audience.

As the screenwriter, starring, accompanist, and behind-the-scenes members walked onto the stage one by one, sparse applause began to sound in the dim audience, as if people had suddenly been awakened, and the applause quickly became more and more enthusiastic. The audience, whether they were seated or squatted on the steps because they had no seats and had been standing for too long, all stood up straight with excited expressions, and sent their own affirmation and encouragement to these troupe members who contributed to such a shocking play for them in the most simple way.

-- In the hall, which only accommodated less than 200 people, the applause was like a tidal wave, wave after wave, and it lasted for a long time. Thanks to my generous reward from Gofan, I really didn't expect that book friend to 150905... It's you, too, this vest is too obvious, right?