Chapter 7: The Grand Show
The theme of the whole show is the story of how the elf queen of the jungle captures her prey. It opens with Luna's narration, followed by a gorgeous dance and acrobatic performance against the backdrop of the palace, combined with Fayel's magical light and shadow effects, which amazes the audience inside the tent.
When the scenes are connected, several clowns exaggerate their performances at the right time and make people laugh. Inside the tent there was a lively sound of organs and flutes, as well as the rhythm of drums. As the music sounded, the color of the torches inside the tent changed to a mysterious blue-green,
A golden throne appeared in the center of the stage, and on the carpet in front of the throne lay a huge black bear, and a pair of long legs wearing golden gorgeous boots were gracefully stepping on the black bear's thick back.
Looking up along the long wheat-colored legs, red tulle hung from the sides of the throne in cascades, and they were loosely tied around the thin waist by a thin golden belt. Further up is the intricate embroidery and feather leather weave of the fitted bandeau top, which is embellished with glittering gemstones, perfectly framing the plump and bouncy twin peaks.
A fluffy shawl of crisp white feathers draped diagonally over Zoya's sexy collarbone, hanging down the throne's backrest with her gorgeous reddish-brown curls. The golden and royal blue eyeshadows exaggerated the teasing eyeliner, the queen's dark blue eyes were even more mysterious, a glittering crown was slightly crooked on Zoya's head, and the golden tassel veil covered the lower half of her face, making people regret not being able to see her face completely.
"The Queen's land is rich and peaceful, so the Queen always finds life boring, and even her ministers give different wonderful programs every day to make the Queen smile. Although Luna's voice could not be seen, the girl's soft narration was still clearly transmitted to the ears of every audience.
A tremor of the earth came from outside the tent, and as it got closer, a barbarian over seven feet tall burst into the room. He was wrapped in only a large piece of animal skin, which was casually fastened to his strong body with a belt. A mess of hair covered his swarthy face, and ornate and dangerous tattoos covered his strong chest.
As soon as he entered the field, he let out an amazing roar at everyone, wielding a long whip that was more than ten feet long. The pitch-black leather whip made a piercing sound of slapping through the air in his skillful swing. The audience erupted in exclamations, and many of them were timid, even planning to turn around and run away. But when they turned their heads, they found that at the exit of the tent, a row of green eyes appeared.
This time, as if in response to the barbarian's roar, the owner of the row of eyes also raised his head and let out a terrible howl. The creatures then slowly walked down the passage left in the audience to the performance area in the middle. As their figures gradually exposed to the light of the torches, it turned out to be a pack of gray-black wolves.
All the spectators were frightened and did not dare to move, for fear of irritating these beasts and being bitten and killed as prey. However, the wolves ignored the hundreds of people around them and walked to the performance area in unison. A row of iron frames was sent up at some point, and a row of lit fire rings were placed on them. The wolves that quietly appeared, under the suppression of the barbarians, jumped over the fire ring one by one against their nature.
When everyone finally realized that this was a beast taming show, the nervous people who almost peed their pants shouted out in relaxation. Some people cursed, some applauded, no matter what the performance was after, it must be a performance that they will remember for a lifetime.
The reserved queen was apparently not interested in the beast taming show, and the sweaty waiter reluctantly hurried away the barbarian and his wolves. To the left hand of the Queen, a man sitting in silence suddenly stood up. Shrouded in white robes, he was tall and thin, and his backbone hand held a staff made of various bone inlays, and he looked like an evil magician.
"The queen has a magician named 'Grey Ghost', who is good at all kinds of magic, and on this day he sensed with a magical crystal ball that a group of adventurers were passing through the queen's territory, the magical forest. So he made a suggestion to the queen to let his men capture the adventurers and let them tell them anecdotes from afar. As Luna explains, the magician, known as the "Grey Ghost", pulls out a glowing crystal ball from his bosom.
The torches all around them suddenly went out, and only the glow of the floating hot air balloons above them shone down from the high sky. The background curtain of the palace was silently halfway opened, and the light of torches lit up in the depths of the trees in the distance.
Three travelers appeared in the sight of everyone from afar, they seemed to be lost in the dense woods, and they were trudging hard, hoping to get out of this strange forest as soon as possible.
The traveler was actually a traveling prince from another country and his two retinues, and the queen was so pleased with the crystal ball that she ordered him to be captured for her own collection. So the magician with infinite power sent his powerful magic warrior to capture the prince. ”
With the narration, the "gray ghost" didn't know what to throw on the ground, and a strange blue fire exploded more than one person high, and then more than a dozen strange black shadows emerged from the flames.
With a wave of his hand, the shadows rushed into the woods, and after a while, the torches in the distance shook violently, and the sound of weapons clattering. The audience craned their heads, and those in the back row stood up, their eyes wide on tiptoe, hoping to see what was happening.
The fierce exchanges and shouts were getting closer and closer, and soon they were in front of the tent. There were three adventurers, one was a swordsman, one was an archer, and one was a young squire. Many people have seen the swordsman play, that is, the noon king of the big stomach, Dill, who is wearing a small crown on his head at the moment, indicating that he is playing the identity of a prince.
The young squire wielded a flaming knife and fought with the shadowmen around him. All the joints of the strange black shadow man's body seemed to be able to twist in any direction, and with the claw-like weapon on his hand, it didn't take long for the boy to disarm. The archer's archery skills are very good, but unfortunately after successfully shooting three black shadows, he was also outnumbered. Zuihou is left with only the "Prince" continuing to wrestle with the Black Shadow.
Few people in the audience knew swordsmanship, they only knew that the movements of the "prince" were light and good-looking, and many times they could only see a sword shadow and hear a series of metal knocks, but they couldn't see how they fought. The strange black shadow man was constantly cut down, less and less, and when he arrived at Zuihou, he was left with a particularly thin and flexible man who was still fighting with the "prince".
Dan, the actor of the Dark Shadow Man, and Dearlando, who plays the prince, have long been familiar with this kind of hand-to-hand combat, and they jump from the ground to the high platform to the side, and then to the crisscrossing tightrope pulled by the flagpole in the air. The bright fireworks bloomed at the right time, and in the flickering fireworks in the sky, everyone held their breath and admired the life-and-death struggle in the sky.
In fact, this high-altitude tightrope show can be seen not only inside the venue, but also the crowd of onlookers who are attracted by the acrobatic performance outside the venue and have not yet dispersed. Everyone stopped what they were doing and waited with bated breath for the outcome of the battle.
Finally, after more than a dozen hand-to-hand encounters, the Black Shadow Man was pierced through the heart by the "Prince" with a sword, and fell heavily from the sky, bursting out a large cloud of smoke and falling into the heavy curtains. The audience erupted in exclamations, sighs, and praises, and applauded.
The "Queen", who had been sitting still, suddenly stood up, she raised her scepter and pointed at the "Prince" on the wire, and a huge fireball erupted from the cane, smashing at Deirlando. The tightrope Diarrando immediately flashed to the side, jumped onto the trapeze flyer on the other side, and pulled a swing across the entire tent.
Zoya "Queen" stepped on the arm of the squatting guard next to her, and several jumps also got on the swing. Her muscular figure danced gracefully in the air, and with each finger or scepter skimming, a flash of fire or lightning struck Diarando, who was also flying in the air on the other side. And so a splendid magic battle broke out in the sky.
Deerlando precisely matched Zoya's gestures, dodging those flashy electric fireballs, faithfully showing how fierce this battle of magic should be. In fact, most of the special effects are done by pyrotechnics and Fayer's little tricks. However, the audience inside and outside the stadium was fascinated and fully engaged. You don't need to open the star box to feel the crystallization of human excitement and excitement inside.
After a few back and forth, Dearlando caught up with Zoya, snatched her scepter, and held the queen tightly in his arms. There was a small exclamation from the audience, clasping their hands in anticipation of what would happen next.
The "Prince" firmly controlled the "Queen", and the two of them pulled a ribbon from the air and slowly spun and landed on the ground. They looked at each other intently, and then the "prince" lifted the queen's tassel veil, and then kissed the queen's delicate red lips, and the queen kissed back affectionately.
Although the prince defeated the queen, but the first time he saw the queen, he fell in love deeply, he felt that he had met the destined goddess, so he offered his loyalty and aiqing. Luna's explanation sounded slowly.
The "prince" in the field took out a bright red rose from his body, symbolizing Aiqing, and he solemnly offered the rose to the "queen" and knelt down on one knee to kiss the "queen's" hand. In the dim light of the audience, only a beam of light shone on the handsome men and women in the audience.
When everyone thought that the story was going to end like this. The queen suddenly smiled triumphantly and gently pushed the "prince" away. A large puff of smoke suddenly appeared from the stunned "prince", and when the smoke disappeared, only a vigorous cheetah wearing a crown was left in its place!
The audience was stunned by this unexpected turn of events, and they watched as the light gradually dimmed, and in the fading firelight, the queen caressed the top of the cheetah's head, and led the cheetah to turn and walk into the curtain, merging into the darkness.
"So, the Queen of the Forest's collection has added another one today!" As Luna's soft music began to play, the torches in the arena were lit again, and the crowd of singing and dancing returned to the tent, as if the magical scene just now was a dream.
At Zuihou, all the performers returned to the stage to greet the audience. The applause and cheers were so loud that they almost toppled the tents, and the people who were shocked by the performance and could not say a complete sentence could only shout loudly! Raindrops of coins, handkerchiefs, flowers and hats were tossed into the middle of the arena, and the audience affirmed the wonderful circus performance with generous rewards.