Since this is an undeveloped area, there are no maps north of the North Border. If you want to find a specific place, you can only rely entirely on memory. As mentioned before, as a place in the far north, it is covered with blizzards all year round. Even though it is spring now, it still emits a severe cold that is difficult for the living to resist.
At the top of the mountain range there is a forest that still grows tenaciously in the severe cold, and in the deepest part there is a castle. At this moment, in the castle among the mountains, some figures are performing a work called movie inside.
... ... .
Eubustutgart von Einzbern, the old man commonly known as Ahad, was waiting for Emiya Kiritsugu and Irisviel in front of the altar.
When the man in the black windbreaker and the woman in the snow-white dress arrived, the old man stroked his long white beard, and from his deep eye sockets, a gaze that did not seem to age at all fixedly fixed on Emiya Kiritsugu in front of him, and said, "The relic that I have been searching for in Kenelvo for a long time, I finally got it today."
As he spoke, he pointed to the long black box cabinet on the altar and continued, "Using this as a medium, it should be possible to summon the strongest servant known among the 'Sword Heroic Spirits'. Emiya Kiritsugu, remember, this is the greatest help that Einzbern can give you."
"Thank you very much, respected patriarch."
Hearing the old man's words, Emiya Kiritsugu pretended to be expressionless and then bowed his head deeply.
This is the handover ceremony for the Einzbern family participants in the Fourth Holy Grail War. When Emiya Kiritsugu takes over the holy relic of the Sword Heroic Spirit, the person who will represent the old magus family of Einzbern in the war this time will be this magus killer who is not from the Einzbern family.
"Irisviel, how is the status of the 'device'?"
The old clan leader said this and shifted his gaze from Emiya Kiritsugu to Irisviel, who was also prostrating herself on the ground respectfully.
Hearing his words, the beautiful silver-haired woman just smiled and said, "There is no problem. It should work normally after being placed in Fuyuki."
In response, hearing these words that sounded like the beginning of a war, Chief Ahad's eyes shone with brilliance, and he nodded solemnly and said, "This time... no one can be spared. Hunt down all the other six Servants and achieve the third magic - Heaven's Cup."
"Yes, sir."
"Yes, sir."
The magician and the android, a couple with the same fate, nodded solemnly in response to the clan leader's unquestionable words.
... ... .
In order to film the preparations of each Master before the Holy Grail War, Durin took the Snow Flower Theater and other actors to various filming locations for a month. When the other filming was completed, the last and most difficult scene - the preparations of the Einzbern family's participants - began.
Although a lot of time was wasted in these days in order to reach the castle deep in the chaotic realm, Durin was very satisfied with the final result after all the hardships. At least with such a gorgeous building as the background, the opening scene of the movie "Fate Zero" will be more profound, and it is worthy of the risk and time spent in coming to the chaotic realm in the far north.
It took a lot of time to get from the North to the Chaos Realm. After careful calculation, it seems that today is His Majesty the King's birthday. Although Durin has entrusted everything to Scar, he is still a little worried about whether the other party can successfully complete his requirements. However, there is no doubt that as long as the plan goes smoothly, he will contact him later. All Durin needs to do now is to wait patiently.
"It's so strange. I always feel like there's something watching us in this castle."
As the actress who played Saber, Leah had not had her turn to act, so she had been staying beside the director, Durin. When he heard her words, the director simply said, "After all, this is a castle of a lich that is beyond comprehension. Even with Beldia guarding it, there will still be some fearless banshees running in. I wouldn't be surprised even if there are soul-devouring beasts and undead scourges hiding in this castle."
"... ..."
As if she was really frightened by Durin's words, Leah's expression suddenly changed. Almost at the same time, Beldia, who had just returned from patrol, heard their conversation and said directly: "I suspect there are still some unclean things in this castle that have not died, but I am not familiar with this aspect. If I had known earlier, I would have called Wiz along."
"Whatever. No matter what happens, you just need to carry it first, Beldia, and I will teleport everyone away."
Du Lin's words were very rude, but they were also the best survival strategy in the Chaos Realm. However, his words made Leah beside him quite dissatisfied. As an upright knight, the girl immediately said, "Director Du Lin, are you going to give up Mr. Beldia? I won't do such a shameful thing."
"Yes, yes. Then I will just leave you and Beldia here together and let you be eaten until there is nothing left of your soul, right?"
"Director Du Lin, you are just making excuses..."
To be honest, Du Lin is really impressed by why this girl hasn't realized that Beldia is a genuine Headless Knight. Various signs of coming to the Chaos Realm have already revealed this. It's okay that those ordinary actors didn't pay too much attention to it, but how come you, the deputy commander of the Knights Templar, are also an interstellar player
In short, although Leah sometimes makes Durin speechless, at least when it comes to playing the role of Saber, she is definitely the only one who can do it. At least Durin really doesn't believe that he can find another candidate who is so similar to Saber Altria in temperament and appearance.
While they were chatting about the strange situation in the castle, the actors in the distance were ready again. It can be said that Chase is worthy of being a professional troupe manager. Du Lin used to do a lot of things himself, but now with his help, he has become a hands-off boss. He only needs on-site guidance during the actual filming.
Du Lin didn't have too many thoughts about this. After all, he knew that Chase wanted to learn how to shoot movies from him, and he didn't mind him learning his skills, so when faced with Chase's actions, he simply let him do what he wanted.
For him, as long as Chase doesn't mess up when he plays Emiya Kiritsugu, nothing else matters.
As filming resumed, Du Lin accurately completed the subsequent plot according to the script, including the communication between Emiya Kiritsugu and Irisviel about Servants, and the communication between Emiya Kiritsugu and Irisviel about Kotomine Kirei.
Finally, preparations for the filming of the highlight of this shoot—the summoning of heroic spirits—began.
Chapter 82: The army of trolls has arrived at the battlefield!
Chapter 82
There is no doubt that the movie Scar played at the party was "Goblin Slayer". After all, there were bishop-level figures of the church present at the birthday party. If another movie "KonoSuba: God's Blessing for a Wonderful World" was really played, there might be problems, so in the end, he could only choose the relatively acceptable "Goblin Slayer".
As a result, all the audience present were almost divided into two camps: those who liked this movie that was very realistic yet transcended reality, and those who did not like this bloody, violent, and unartistic movie.
That's right, unlike ordinary people who almost universally liked this new form of performance, some nobles with discerning tastes criticized the movie "Goblin Slayer" almost the entire time. Although they didn't necessarily show an attitude of not wanting to watch it, they just kept mocking and criticizing it. They were like a group of model trolls, and even the singer who was showing the movie was confused.
For example, when the story was halfway through and Goblin Slayer was almost killed, several nobles cursed at the same time, "This is too forced. Such a protagonist is simply the author's puppet! He has no soul of his own!"
For example, when they learned about the tragic experience of the Sword Saint, these nobles began to curse, "Does the author have a brain? Why did he give such a beautiful woman such a tragic past? This is too cruel!!"
And at the end, when Goblin Slayer went to the Adventurer's Guild for help, they started to scold the adventurers for being ungrateful, "Fuck, what kind of bullshit is this? The author, please come out! This plot design is totally brainless!" ... ...
In response to this, Scar, who was completely confused, asked around and found out that these nobles were the authors and loyal readers of the adventure novels that were written in the imperial capital before. They usually read too many cool novels, and their minds were full of stories about brainless dragons all day long. At this moment, seeing an anti-routine story like "Goblin Slayer" was simply like seeing something heretical. Even though the special effects of the movie itself were very gorgeous, they couldn't resist the desire to criticize the plot.
When Scar thought about the fact that the movie that Durin had worked so hard on was evaluated completely unfairly by these people, he couldn't help but get furious. If he hadn't managed to keep calm in time, he would probably have had a real fight with these trolls.
In contrast, His Majesty the King, who was sitting in the best seat to watch the movie, somehow produced a complete set of tableware. While everyone else was watching the movie, he ate his food while watching the movie in the distance with his little daughter. He looked very comfortable, but because Scar had asked the servants to turn off the lights before, no one saw this scene.
However, a certain general came up to the King at some point and whispered with him for a long time.
In short, as the movie slowly came to an end, all kinds of discussions suddenly broke out throughout the banquet, and these discussions were undoubtedly directed at Scar who was present at the scene. After all, although it was Durin who produced the movie, these nobles had no way of pulling out Durin, who was thousands of miles away and filming a movie in the Chaos Realm, and scolding him.
Scar, who had been holding back his anger for a long time, was about to have a live PK with these picky nobles, when King Hubbard in the distance said first: "It's an interesting film. Did you make it?"
After hearing what His Majesty said, Scar immediately replied: "No, Your Majesty, the producer of this film is not me, but Baron Dulin Edward who is not here now."
"Durin Edward?"
King Hubbard's expression seemed to have heard of this name before. He then said, "So, is this the birthday present you gave me on behalf of the Mage Tower? To be honest, compared to those flashy magic props you gave me in the past, I like this gift very much. Although it looks like just a small prop for entertainment, it can bring me a lot of fun."
Hearing that His Majesty the King approved of the film, the slight arguments that were originally there in the distance suddenly died down. After all, although these nobles verbally expressed that they hated the film, they had to admit that the film had a certain special charm. At least when these nobles in the imperial capital did not know that the film first became popular among the common people, they could still reluctantly accept this point.
On the other hand, after hearing what His Majesty Hubbard said, Scar shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, Your Majesty, the film presented this time is purely for the sake of Baron Durin and I to show it. The real gift is another one."
"oh?"
Now, even the old king who had been planning to offer a reward became interested. After having experienced something as unexpected as a movie, he would not be surprised even if Scar brought out some interesting magic props.
On the other side, Scar took out all the things in the suitcase and asked the servant beside him to clear a space on the ground.
Afterwards, as Scar completed a series of alchemical operations that seemed completely incomprehensible to outsiders, the images originally released by the imaging crystal gradually changed. The darkness after the movie ended slowly began to light up again, and a "waiting for connection" prompt slowly emerged.
"This is... ... "
All of a sudden, even General Wilhelm, who had just re-watched "Goblin Slayer", showed a confused expression, wondering what this magician that Durin was familiar with was doing.
On the other side, in full view of everyone, as the "waiting to connect" prompt slowly disappeared, a picture suddenly emerged.
"Ahem... Your timing is so unfortunate, I'm currently filming a movie here!"
In the picture, a blond boy was holding a magic machine in each hand with a worried look. He turned his head to look at the filming in the distance, and then turned back to communicate with Scar who was somewhat speechless.
Soon, although there were few magicians present, most of the nobles who had received basic education were vaguely aware of what Scar was doing at the moment, especially General Wilhelm. As a soldier, he could hardly suppress his excitement at this moment when he saw this technology that could change the times... ...
Soon, the people on the set paused for a moment. Du Lin, who had finally recovered, turned around and said, "Ahem, anyway, let me introduce myself first. My name is Du Lin Edward. The Ska Mage over there should have told you my identity, right? I won't repeat it. Finally, what I want to say is... ... is, uh, what should I say... ... .md, I have never done a live broadcast."
Chapter 83: Evil Capitalism...
Chapter 83
Obviously, Du Lin, who had never done live streaming, been an up-host, or even a talk show in his previous life, didn't know how to liven up the atmosphere in this situation. As soon as he spoke, the atmosphere in the entire banquet hall became stiff and awkward.
In contrast, those who saw the scene behind Durin were talking in surprise, obviously curious about where Baron Durin Edward was at this moment.
"Ahem... Never mind. I really can't be a host. Anyway, let me introduce it to you. This is the latest remote communication device made by our Alchemy Tower. It is a communication technology based on the fifth-order teleportation array and the magic recorder I developed that can convert image signals into magic power. Compared with the very expensive teleportation magic, the biggest advantage of this technology is that it does not require the magic power of a great magician to maintain, because it only transmits magic signals converted from images and sounds, so even mid-level magicians and even low-level magicians can use it."
Yes, as Du Lin himself said, the concept of this technology is simply the telephone in the previous world. The difference from the telephone is that since there is a bug element called magic in the basic materials of this world, magic communication does not require wires. It only needs two magic circles as base stations to connect the signal.
And because Du Lin invented the magic recorder, the communication technology in this world directly skipped voice communication and entered the era of video communication.
After all, in a world like this where such an extraordinary concept as magic exists, the development of technology is naturally extraordinary. After all, before the development of technology, the magic of teleportation that can teleport individuals at will had already spread among wizards. Even if this world jumped directly from the Internet era to virtual reality, Du Lin would not be surprised.
Furthermore, the fifth-order teleportation magic is a technical black box that cannot be understood for the time being. In a sense, the technology invented by Scar directly skipped the concept of understanding this technical black box and put the black box into practice.
After hearing Durin's words, all the nobles in the banquet hall showed incredible expressions, especially those nobles who had looked down on Scar before. Now they were all staring at the scene that seemed like the beginning of a new era, and fell into deep thought about the changes that this technology would bring.
"Okay, Scar and I have applied for a patent for this remote communication technology with Dean Hohenheim. If you don't know what the patent is, please pay attention to the next open day of the Mage Tower. Dean Hohenheim will probably announce this personally at that time. Now, I have to continue filming. If you have any questions, please ask me as soon as possible and I will try my best to answer them."
As soon as Durin finished speaking, the whole scene fell into an uproar. After all, Durin was speaking to the King of the Empire. Although this was a normal way of communication between magicians, this was the royal palace. If someone else said this, they would probably lose their heads.
In fact, contrary to the nobles' speculation, the King, whose curiosity was unprecedentedly aroused, did not show any dissatisfaction. Instead, he stood up from his seat and said, "How far can this technology reach?!"
"As you can see, Your Majesty, I am now talking to you from the Chaos Realm thousands of miles away. Although I don't know how the teleportation array can connect signals between two completely unrelated places, the fact is that even if the technical black box has not been cracked, I can still use this technology to communicate."
As soon as the words fell, everyone in the room was shocked. They realized that this young magician was actually in the Chaos Realm thousands of miles away from the imperial capital at this moment. Not to mention how he arrived safely, at least in terms of this technology itself, he has surpassed the times!
"Very good, then is this thing easy to use? Are there any restrictions on its use?"
Hearing the King's excited words, Du Lin thought for a moment and then silently replied, "The limitation is still the same old problem. Ordinary people cannot use magic power, so the magic energy itself can only be replaced by human resources such as magicians. Compared with the teleportation magic that only great magicians can use, this technology only needs to compress the bit rate of the picture, so even a beginner magician can maintain the connection."
Yes, to put it simply, the transmission rate of the magic signal is determined by the magic provider itself. If a great magician can maintain a 4K picture, a beginner magician can only maintain 480P. Of course, in a world where remote communication mechanisms have not yet been born, 480P is already a very powerful picture quality.
After hearing his words, not only the King showed excitement, but even General Wilhelm in the distance clenched his fists.
After all, for him who leads troops into battle, there is no doubt what a cheap, convenient, stable and reliable long-distance communication method means. It will directly change the speed of information dissemination on the battlefield, allowing the army to directly reach a higher level in terms of mobility and intelligence acquisition.
Although the number of entry-level magicians is small, they are still considered a cheap labor force compared to the precious great magicians. The long-distance communication technology that even entry-level magicians can use will bring about absolutely epoch-making changes!
Of course, this technology is of no help to Du Lin himself at the moment. After all, remote video communication technology seems to have brought the world into the 4G era, but since there are a large number of technical black boxes that have not yet been cracked, the only use of this technology is to make phone calls to these nobles when they are free.
As for the common people, since it is impossible for them to have a junior magician as their subordinate who can answer your phone calls anytime and anywhere, this technology cannot be applied to them for the time being. This is also the reason why Durin introduced it to the nobles of the kingdom so casually.
After all, as long as these rich people are interested, they will definitely choose to purchase the patent rights to this technology. At that time, Du Lin can collect a large amount of patent fees even if he sits there and does nothing.
Even if some nobles become interested in magical alchemy, the Alchemy Tower may even attract a considerable amount of investment, and the previous idea of building the Alchemy Tower taller than the Mage Tower may actually be realized.
Just by offering a little useless moral integrity, you can gain a large number of mobile gold coins. Du Lin’s only feeling at this moment is: evil capitalism, it is simply impossible to refuse!
Chapter 84: Summoning the Heroic Spirit Who Saw a Ghost
Chapter 84
"Then, this is the gift from our Mage Tower to your Majesty. Also included is the new patent system approved by all members of the Mage Tower. According to the rule set when the empire was founded that 'mages are not allowed to get involved in politics, and mages have the right to establish laws that only apply to mages', your Majesty should not deny it. Then, Scar will discuss the specific matters regarding remote communication technology and patents with your Majesty. I will go back to filming the movie first."
As he said this, Du Lin was about to unilaterally cut off the remote communication connection. At this time, His Majesty the King, who could no longer suppress his curiosity, suddenly said, "Baron Du Lin, can you let me see the process of your filming? It can also satisfy my curiosity."
"Uh, this..."
Although Du Lin didn't think there was anything wrong with showing this to others, he couldn't help but hesitate when he thought about the possibility of including the Headless Horseman in his live broadcast.
Seeing this, before the nobles could condemn him for his attitude of totally disregarding His Majesty the King, an old king took the lead and said, "Do you think I haven't rewarded you yet? So, Baron Durin, what kind of reward do you think you need? Do you need me to grant you a marriage?"
"ha?"
He had originally thought that the old king would say something to attract him, but when he heard that he was actually going to find a wife for him, he immediately shouted, "No, no, no! I'll just show it to you, Your Majesty, please don't do this to me!"
“… … .”
Marriages between nobles were very common, and there were countless cases of kings granting marriages to meritorious knights. After all, this could be regarded as adding fresh and powerful blood to the royal family, and every monarch would enjoy doing this.
And now, seeing that Du Lin, as a magician, could actually enjoy such an honor, the nobles had no time to feel jealous before they discovered that this guy actually acted as if he had heard something extremely horrible, and almost pissed off to death the nobles who wanted to get such an opportunity but couldn't get it!
In short, after seeing that Du Lin seemed very unhappy, His Majesty the King did not say much. He just smiled and watched Du Lin slowly adjust the live broadcast screen to a hall that looked very gorgeous, obviously intending to continue the filming process.
On the other side, Scar returned to his seat silently. Of course, unlike the mocking attitude just now, the attitude of all the nobles present towards Scar had completely changed at this moment. Surprise, speculation, and jealousy were mixed together, forming a complex torrent of gazes, flowing towards Scar, whose expression did not change.
After all, the other party looked like just an ordinary mid-level magician, but he was able to cooperate with Baron Durin, who was famous in every sense, to create such an epoch-making invention. Some people felt admiration, but others were jealous. After all, there were many mid-level magicians present, and most of them felt that Scar was just lucky to find Durin to cooperate with, and they could do the same if it were them.
But what they forgot was that when they were squandering their lives in the Mage's Tower like they were on vacation, Scar had already been studying magic alchemy under the influence of his brother when he was a child. The gap between them and him in this regard was not talent, but simply the amount of effort they put in.
Soon, in the live broadcast, Du Lin's filming continued. Although there were a lot of invisible onlookers this time, Du Lin was not affected by this. After all, the viewing experience of watching a movie through the camera and watching it live are two completely extremes. Du Lin also did not have to worry about someone stealing the film technology. In other words, he was hoping someone would steal it so that he could collect more patent fees.
With the actors in place, the crucial scene - the summoning of heroes - began in full view of the public.
... ... .
In the city of Einzbern.
"Such a simple ceremony will do?"
Irisviel asked as she watched from the side, seeming to find such simple preparations a little unexpected.
"Although it cannot be done casually, the summoning of Servants does not require any particularly large-scale ceremony."
As he spoke, Emiya Kiritsugu checked the lines of the summoning circle drawn with mercury to see if there were any distortions or unevenness, and continued to explain: "In fact, it is not the caster but the Holy Grail that summons the Heroic Spirits to the human world. As masters, we only need to fix the Heroic Spirits that appear in this world and supply the magic power required to maintain their materialization."
“So that’s how it is…”
After the summoning circle was completely completed under Irisviel's enlightened gaze, Kiritsugu nodded and stood up, placing the Holy Relic of Fate - the scabbard of the legendary holy sword - on the altar.