Similarly, General Wilhelm and Knight Commander Wycliffe who were sitting in the audience were also completely attracted by the story in the movie. The former was okay, after all, General Wilhelm was the kind of person who could come and go freely at a banquet, but a certain Knight Commander used to be a ruthless person who could make an entire banquet end in unpleasantness. Even he was watching the movie with relish now, so you can imagine how attractive "Goblin Slayer" was to him.
In fact, it was true that for Knight Wycliffe, both the banquet and the stage play were too fake. Not only were the performers fake, but the audiences in the audience were also fake to the point of making him sick. Therefore, over the years, Knight Wycliffe had never been integrated into the aristocratic circles of the imperial capital, and most of the titles he left behind were bad names such as "iron lump" and "war maniac".
For him, he would rather fight the enemy with his men for several months than stay in such a fake place for two days.
Therefore, after watching the movie "Goblin Slayer", Knight Commander Wycliffe could not take his eyes off it, because in his eyes, the world in the movie seemed real. He could even feel the murderous aura bursting out when the Goblin Slayer killed. He had forgotten that this was a story and regarded it as a reality right in front of him.
He even suspected that this strange man named Goblin Slayer really existed in the fields of the North. Every morning after checking whether there were any traces of goblins around his house, he would go to the Adventurer's Guild alone. He would watch indifferently as the adventurers scrambled for task lists, and finally take on all the missions to subdue goblins that no one was willing to take. It was because of the existence of such a man that the crisis-ridden North had a little more security, and the frightened villagers had confidence.
It can be said that after understanding the Goblin Slayer, Knight Commander Wycliffe's greatest wish was to recruit him as a member of his team. However, when he thought that a man who only made a living by killing goblins would definitely refuse his invitation, a smile unconsciously appeared on the corner of his mouth.
His casual smile was seen by Rhine, who was sitting nearby and happened to glance at him. The young knight suddenly showed a look of horror.
After all, this was the first time he saw his teacher laugh since he became the Knight Commander's disciple. The scene was even more incredible than seeing the Headless Knight greeting you on the street in broad daylight.
But at the same time, Rhine could understand why his teacher laughed. It must be because he felt a sense of empathy when he saw someone who was similar to him. It must be because he felt hope when he saw a desperate soul being redeemed little by little...
When the movie ended with the plot of Water City, all the audience breathed a sigh of relief. They were satisfied with the series of life-and-death battle scenes, and were also happy that Goblin Slayer gradually walked out of the shadow of the past during the course of the movie.
Just when everyone was looking forward to what powerful enemy would appear next, the final battle slowly unfolded as Goblin Slayer opened the weeds covered with footprints.
Chapter 62: End of the Premiere
Chapter 62
When the last battle began, the audience had only one feeling left: gorgeous!
Yes, for the audience, a special thing about the final battle of "Goblin Slayer" compared to the previous battles is actually its battle part, which is as gorgeous as a special effects movie from another world, or it can be said that due to the existence of magic and martial arts, the battles in this world themselves come with special effects!
Due to the particularity of the extraordinary world, most of the audience present are actually just ordinary people. They have neither gorgeous magic nor powerful swordsmanship. For them, the showdown between the strong can really be called a rare sight in a century. After all, unless you have the courage to watch the battle on the front line, otherwise you will stay in the safe city and will never see a battle in your life unless a monster attacks the city one day.
In this situation, when the audience enjoyed a visual feast presented by the top adventurers from the North, they screamed one after another. The feeling can only be described in one word: wet!
By the way, I got wet because I cried while watching it, don’t think too much about it.
That's right, when the actors for the final battle were being selected, a large number of genuine top adventurers from the North came running over wanting to show off, so none of the adventurers finally selected were lower than silver level. And these people were so ferocious when they showed themselves. To put it in a metaphor, they were great magicians holding the Chibaku Tensei to smash a group of poor goblins.
Therefore, the final effect of the photo is undoubtedly quite refreshing, and the level of gorgeousness alone is definitely not low!
In comparison, the previous film "KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World" also had some impressive battle scenes, and the Headless Knight's strength was beyond everyone's imagination, but since "KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World" is essentially just a silly comedy, most audiences would not care too much about how exciting the fighting scenes were, and would focus more on the funny plots.
At the moment, "Goblin Slayer" is a complete battle show, or an IQ battle show. The most exciting part of it is that the protagonist unexpectedly uses unimaginable methods to eliminate the enemy, so after entering the role, the audience will be unconsciously attracted by the exciting battle.
Now, after experiencing the dark yet refreshing battles of Goblin Slayer, the audience suddenly enjoyed the battles of authentic top adventurers. It felt like getting admitted to a desired university major immediately after getting good grades in the college entrance examination!
All of a sudden, the atmosphere in the entire cinema reached its peak. People had forgotten the bad experience they had at the beginning of the movie and were immersed in the exciting life of the adventurers.
Similarly, at this time, General Wilhelm and Knight Commander Wycliffe, who were watching the movie, were also shocked by this carefully filmed battle scene. It can be said that the war exercises routinely held by the army were not as exciting as the battle in the movie. After all, the army did not have so many fourth- and fifth-level sword soul sword masters, let alone a top-level magician to help set off fireworks.
In the eyes of Knight Commander Wycliffe, the bloody battles in the movies, including the previous battle with Goblin Slayer, gave him a kind of pleasure similar to watching sword slaves fighting to the death in the arena in the Orc Kingdom!
At this moment, he had abandoned all his prejudices against movies and devoted himself to the film.
Finally, after the adventurers’ magnificent battle ended, the plot finally came to the finale, Goblin Slayer versus Goblin King!
Before the battle began, a group of people were quietly discussing whether there was a gap between the fighting power of Goblin Slayer and the Goblin King. However, when the real battle began, most people did not expect that the battle would become a one-sided beating. They originally thought that with Goblin Slayer's strength, it should be no problem to fight Goblin King alone, but they did not expect that the goblin would be so powerful after growing into Goblin Queen, and even Goblin Slayer almost fell.
But fortunately, everything was under Goblin Slayer's control in the end. When the audience saw the golden wall of light slowly appear, they sat back in their seats as if they had taken a reassurance pill.
It was not until the Goblin King's memories were revealed that most people realized the reason why the Goblin Slayer slaughtered the goblin cubs at the beginning. At this time, the questions that lingered in the audience's minds at the beginning of the movie reappeared, and this movie that made everyone so excited ended.
Looking at the lively scene in the Adventurer's Guild at the end, everyone was moved by the twisted personality of Goblin Slayer who was redeemed a little by his companions. Knight Commander Wycliffe, who was watching this scene, couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief and murmured, "Let's watch the movie together next time..."
"Oh? Even you can say such things?"
When General Wilhelm said those playful words, Rhine showed an expression that he didn't know how to describe. After all, his teacher who only knew how to fight and kill actually said something like "Let's go to the movies together next time". Rhine doubted whether he would be silenced when he returned after seeing this scene... ...
After the movie ended, as the cast and the ending song played by Wiz slowly appeared, all the audience present showed expressions of feasting their eyes and started a heated discussion.
The topic they talked about the most was undoubtedly the protagonist of this film, Goblin Slayer. After all, the image of the protagonist created by the movie "Goblin Slayer" is definitely fresh to the audience in this world.
In the past, the protagonists of stage plays mostly had their true faces concealed by makeup, and their speech was not only affected but also awkward. However, the characters promoted by the church were all brave, generous, and courageous bright figures who were more saintly than practical. This was even more so the protagonists of the Long Aotian novels that were popular in the imperial capital in recent years.
In comparison, although Goblin Slayer never revealed his true identity and remained silent throughout the film, the audience could feel that he was flesh and blood. Although his behavior was the same old routine of being brave and righteous, his bloody performance made his authenticity soar.
While everyone was chatting with each other, someone shouted first.
"Brother... Goblin Slayer?!!!"
A young boy was discussing with his friends the Goblin Slayer's handsome and unique killing method when he suddenly saw a figure slowly walking out from one end of the premiere stage and shouted out involuntarily.
And then, the whole venue suddenly became boiling, because the person who came was none other than the Goblin Slayer in full armor and most of the actors in the movie "Goblin Slayer"!
Chapter 63: Invitation from the Mage's Tower
Chapter 63
At the end of the movie, there was a collective tribute from all the leading actors and crew members, which was something that none of the audience attending the premiere had expected. But when they saw this segment at the end of the premiere, the only feeling of those present was that this premiere was not in vain.
Because it is obvious that this special link is the special treatment of the premiere, and there will never be such a good thing when the film is officially released in the future. After all, actors and directors are not obliged to wait in the cinema all the time.
However, due to the special identities of the Headless Knight and Wiz, they were not allowed to go on stage this time, but the two did not seem to have any objections to this.
In short, with the end of the closing ceremony, after the entire crew of "Goblin Slayer" walked off the stage, most of the audience present were ready to leave. After all, no matter how good the movie is, they still have to leave according to the rules after it ends.
The same was true for General Wilhelm and Knight Commander Wycliffe. Although Rhine seemed to be very interested in the film crew and wanted to stay and watch, as a general and a knight commander of the Empire, both of them knew the importance of the matter. Their main purpose of coming to the South Territory was actually to discuss with the Duke of the South Territory about the next matter regarding the Orc Kingdom west of the Empire.
"Are you leaving just like that? Don't you want to watch a movie?"
Hearing Rhine's slightly regretful words, General Wilhelm just smiled and said, "Let's come back after we have discussed the matter with the Grand Duke of the Southern Territory. After all, business is more important. It is enough for us to enjoy such an epoch-making performance this time."
Similarly, Knight Commander Wycliffe on the side also said loudly: "General is right, you little brat, don't be so arrogant, even if this movie is more interesting than I expected, it is just entertainment after all. We have work to do now!"
"yes... ... "
Seeing the two elders say such things, Rhine sighed helplessly and said, "I still want to meet that Goblin Slayer. Although I had a bad impression of him at first, now I think for the first time that an adventurer who can only kill goblins can be so handsome!!"
"Haha, that's because you don't have much experience, Rhine. Most adventurers in the North are like this. They treat every mission meticulously and never put themselves and their companions in danger. But this time, even I can't quite figure out this Goblin Slayer. If possible, I really want to recruit him. After all, facing the possible war with the Orc Kingdom, such talents are really rare."
"By the way, does the name of the director on the cast list look familiar to you? Du Lin Edward, I feel like I've heard of him somewhere..."
Rhine and Wycliffe both showed confused expressions at General Wilhelm's frown. Apparently, neither of them knew the identity of the director who invented the movie. After being puzzled for a while, Wilhelm couldn't remember when he last heard this name. So he shook his head helplessly and stopped talking about this topic.
Soon, passing through the crowd of onlookers who were looking forward to the movie, the three of them walked towards the dedicated teleportation station while chatting about the plot related to "Goblin Slayer".
There were many other viewers who were in a similar state and had just watched the premiere, some of whom had revealed some of the plot of the movie.
Therefore, even if the cinema did not deliberately promote it, the new movie "Goblin Slayer" spread throughout Northrick at a terrifying speed, especially when Durin announced that it would be officially opened for screening the next day and the price of the official movie ticket was still only five copper coins each.
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The premiere of "Goblin Slayer" was a huge success, which even Du Lin, who was behind the scenes looking at the audience, could feel. After briefly completing a goal, he suddenly became free.
Banil was preparing for the promotion of the film. He was ready to expand the Northrick Cinema to the North. Of course, because the culture of the North was very different from that of the South, he did not rush into the design of the cinema. Instead, he decided to do a field investigation first.
As for the Adventurer's Guild, the two Guild Masters have now begun their work in a hurry. Because of Durin, the Southern Adventurer's Guild and the Northern Adventurer's Guild, which were originally independent of each other, have united together and started working together to make the Adventurer's Guild better.
So, after realizing that he had nothing to do after the filming of the movie was completed, Du Lin felt a rare sense of emptiness. And it was precisely because of this emptiness that he realized that he needed to put the filming of the new movie on the agenda.
Of course, "Goblin Slayer" has just started, and there is still a long time for it to spread. He has enough time to slowly prepare for his new film.
Therefore, under this circumstance, Du Lin, who had been free for a long time, could finally temporarily shift his attention to another thing he had always wanted to do.
Edward Castle.
As the light of the teleportation array flickered, Du Lin's figure slowly appeared outside the castle gate. When he returned to the castle, a maid who had not been seen for a while ran over with an excited expression and said, "Lord Edward, you are finally back!"
Seeing that Wen Li was reluctant to express herself due to her status and wanted to give him a hug, Durin just smiled and touched her head. Then he realized that he seemed to have forgotten to design a teleportation channel between the Edward family and Northrick. However, since the teleportation array requires huge magic power to take effect, without a great magician of Durin's level as a human power bank, no, a human power bank cannot be used normally.
Of course, this problem does not only exist with teleportation magic. A big reason why Durin’s previous plan to sell the imaging crystals separately failed was because ordinary people simply do not have the magic power to drive the imaging crystals.
And this is also the key problem that many magical conveniences cannot be enjoyed by ordinary people, that is, energy itself cannot be equally available to everyone.
The magical alchemical creations made on this basis are similar products, which require the magician to mobilize magic power to use.
This can be said to have greatly compressed the development of magic in this world. After all, technology that is promoted by only a small number of people and cannot be applied in the market will often only stagnate.
This is the situation that Du Lin wants to change, but it is obviously not enough for him alone. After all, even if the magic recorder and imaging crystal allow ordinary people to indirectly enjoy the convenience of magic, these two things are essentially still the privileges of magicians, because without magic power you can't drive them at all.
As for how to enable ordinary people to use magic as an energy source, Durin in the past, or all the magical alchemists in this world in the past, could hardly take even a step on this path, which directly led to the decline of magical alchemy, or it could not get off the ground at all.
However, Du Lin believed that these two inventions were not meaningless, because compared with those magic alchemy creations that were all denied in the past, the magic video recorder and the imaging crystal had a decisive difference! 10 _2,0 0 379,92
In the past, the magical alchemists, who were already extremely rare, invented magical alchemy creations such as staffs that could launch fireballs and rings that could absorb magic from the air...
For most magicians, what these magical alchemical creations can do, they can just use magic themselves, so why add this middle link
Therefore, magical alchemy has been a bottomless pit until now. No matter how much resources are invested in it, it will not make a splash, until Durin invented the magic video recorder and imaging crystal.
Yes, there is a fundamental difference between the magic recorder and the imaging crystal and previous magical alchemical creations, that is, these two alchemical creations can do things that magicians themselves cannot do!
This is why Du Lin is so sure that this technology can change the world, because it will change the most fundamental problem, that is, the status of magic alchemy, a discipline that has always been rejected by the mainstream magic world, in the magic world! !
Thinking about these things that he had been thinking about for a long time, Durin had just returned to the castle and had not even sat down yet when suddenly, a fluctuation of magical power was heard outside the castle.
In response, Du Lin was stunned for a moment and hurried to the door.
Then he saw the great magician he had met last time, Roy, the chief magician under Grand Duke Victor, standing there respectfully.
Before Du Lin could ask any questions, Roy took out a letter from his arms and said, "Baron Edward, this is what Dean Hohenheim asked me to give to you."
"... ..."
Du Lin was stunned for a moment, then he opened the letter and found that there was only a piece of paper inside. However, all the imperial mages including Du Lin knew the meaning of this piece of paper. It was an invitation to the highest academic conference of the Tower of Mages.
As for the Supreme Academic Conference of the Tower of Mages, to put it simply, its status in the magic world is equivalent to the status of the Nobel Prize in another world, or even higher, because in this world, almost every convening of the Supreme Academic Conference of the Tower of Mages will have an epoch-making impact on the magic world.
Chapter 64 The organization decides that you will be the dean of the branch
Chapter 64
The Tower of Mages, also known as the Imperial Mage Academy, is an academic tower founded by the first great sage of the empire. It is the dream place of all magicians and the top institution where the truly talented magicians of the empire gather. It is also the most prominent building in the imperial capital. Even the royal palace and the Holy Cathedral, the headquarters of the church, cannot compare to it. It is almost equivalent to the symbol of the imperial capital.
The reason for this is said to be that when the empire was first established, the human race was in decline, and the hard-won efforts to unite and keep warm were brutally suppressed by the combined forces of alien races. As a result, a large-scale war between humans and alien races eventually broke out. According to the history books of the empire, that was the first defensive war launched by the empire for self-preservation.
In that war, the foreign coalition forces pretended to nibble away at the gate of the Western Fortress, which had not yet been designated as the Western Territory at that time, before attacking. In fact, they bypassed the southern border and went straight to the imperial capital, the Imperial City, in an attempt to capture the capital in one fell swoop.
In response to this, faced with the massive invasion of the alien coalition, the imperial capital was nearly breached. The remaining 300-odd senior mages, led by Roland, the first great sage who had just broken through to the sixth rank, forged a huge barrier to protect the entire imperial capital. They forcibly blocked the alien offensive for three days and three nights until reinforcements arrived. The classic patriotic war was thus declared a victory, allowing the empire to gain peace for a thousand years.
Because of this deed, the status of magicians in the empire has risen rapidly since then, and they soon became the most important force in the empire, and it can be said that they are the most favored force by the royal family. Even every generation of kings will receive some advanced studies in the Tower of Magicians.
Although not every monarch has the talent of a magician, or the number of monarchs with the talent of a magician is actually extremely small, the time spent studying in the Mage's Tower can often broaden their horizons and allow them to make many mage friends, so this tradition has almost been maintained.
One of the biggest reasons why the Mage's Tower has achieved its current status is that a treaty called "Mages are not allowed to get involved in politics" was signed at the beginning of the establishment of the empire.
It is precisely because of the establishment of such a treaty that magicians have become the most useful and least threatening force for kings and nobles. They do not have to worry about incompetent people being available, nor do they have to worry about their subordinates becoming too successful and threatening their masters, so there is no reason not to increase their efforts.
In contrast, a certain church that has always claimed that the king's power is divinely granted has been suppressed over the years. This is because the main belief of the empire is still the God of Light. Otherwise, a dictatorial monarch hundreds of years ago might have directly threatened the Pope at the time to declare the independence of the monarchy. Although it still claims that the king's power is divinely granted, in fact, any discerning person can see that the church has no right to interfere in political affairs at all. It can be said to be quite miserable.
Of course, although every student of the Imperial Mage Academy can see the tall Mage Tower not far away when they look up, only the most core magicians can enter this tower that gathers the wisdom of human magicians for thousands of years.
The magicians who have access rights are not necessarily the real core of the Imperial Magician Group, but at least they must be high-level magicians who have made outstanding contributions.
... ... ..
Looking at the figure in front of him silently leading him around in the Mage Tower, Durin, who didn't know what to say, just looked at this familiar environment helplessly, and then found that Roy brought him to the door of a familiar hall, which was the lecture hall where Durin gave his "Alchemy Revolution" in the past.
The lecture hall is a place where magicians of the Mage's Tower share their magical discoveries and accept honors. Basically, magicians who have made major discoveries in magic will report to their superiors and then make their research public in this lecture hall.
No one knows when this system started, but it is precisely because of the existence of this open academic system that the empire's magicians have become more and more outstanding. Now, the number of great sages alone is almost breaking into double digits.
After all, every magician who can enter this tower has the right to read all the magical materials that humans have researched so far. Therefore, as long as you have enough talent to study all the sixth-level forbidden spells, it will be easy to become a great sage.
Of course, the reality is that most people can’t figure out any of them.
It should be noted that the martial arts of the knights are still in the inheritance mechanism, and ordinary people have no access to the most advanced martial arts. In contrast, the magicians have achieved a commonality of knowledge, allowing knowledge to be spread almost unconditionally among talented people.
This is why there has not been a warrior who has reached the sixth level so far, but the number of great sages of magicians is increasing year by year.
Following Roy into the lecture hall, Du Lin soon discovered that the lecture hall was already full of people. A large number of magicians who usually only focused on their own research gathered here at this moment.
At the same time, the status of the magicians sitting in this lecture hall is not low. Just with a casual glance, Du Lin found several familiar great magicians. In addition, there are a large number of magicians who he does not know but can sense the powerful aura sitting on the scene.
Looking at the famous lecturers, tutors, head teachers and teachers of various subjects of the Imperial Mage Academy sitting upright, it was the first time that Durin saw a large lecture hall full of people. He followed Roy to sit in the back. But even though Durin deliberately did not show off, he was still aware that most of the people present were staring at him, and most of their eyes revealed confusion as to "why is this kid here".
I didn't expect that so many people still remembered me after I hadn't been back for so many years. Du Lin showed a subtle expression and shrank back a little. He still remembered how Du Lin had messed with these old wizards in this highest institution of wizards. He couldn't cause trouble again now.
Soon, the door of the lecture hall was opened again, and the main person of this meeting, the great sage Hohenheim, the dean of the Imperial Mage Academy, finally arrived.
In response to this, in front of everyone's eyes, this great sage who stood at the top of the empire looked dusty and had stayed up too late. He quickly said, "Well, since everyone who should be here has arrived, I won't waste your time."
A wizard's time is extremely precious, so whether it is a reminiscence or an academic presentation, he or she will generally pursue extreme simplicity. The kind of long speech that a high school principal gives that lasts an entire afternoon will never happen in the Wizard's Tower.