Du Lin's voice fell slowly, but it was like a thunder, resounding through the hearts of all the lecturers around him, making them open their eyes wide immediately.
Chapter 194: The screening of "Steins;Gate" ends! (Part 2)
Chapter 194
The top of the Mage's Tower.
After reading the content of "Steins;Gate", many great sages immediately felt the same depression as everyone else.
After all, when it comes to the interruption of updates, no matter how high the status of the person being affected is, everyone will want to immediately pick the person out and beat him up.
Of course, as the most intelligent magicians in the empire, the great sages present did not behave too embarrassingly. After being depressed, they immediately came to their senses and analyzed the movie.
“Although this version of Steins;Gate is a little less enjoyable than previous movies, there are still many things worth pondering.”
"Yes, this is the first time in my life that I have seen a story based on imagining the future. I even feel like I have been enlightened."
"Let's not talk about the various magic alchemy props in it, the structure of the world view in the story alone is very interesting. Its world view has a complete system of researchers, and each researcher has his or her own duties in this system, doing various advanced research. Moreover, the people who lead these studies are just ordinary people without special abilities."
"In the world of Steins;Gate, there are no magicians, so the task of breaking down the world and searching for the truth falls on ordinary people. And ordinary people can actually use experiments to study the world..."
"In a sense, this once again overturns the principle established when the Mage Tower was first established, that is, magicians are extraordinary people chosen by God, shouldering the responsibility of guiding mankind and exploring the truth."
"In the past, all magicians were proud of being magicians. Although an almost mutually beneficial equal system was established within the magician community, it was in a sense too conservative and simply put magicians against the millions of ordinary people in the world."
"But in our world, there is a supernatural power called magic. Ordinary people can't even see the various elements of the world and have no ability to conduct magical experiments. This also confirms the fact that magicians are the chosen ones."
"But this is just our personal opinion. If one day, the power of magic can really be used and studied by millions of ordinary people, then the development of magic will be beyond imagination."
"Is this really possible..."
“This may be the future.”
"… "
The conversation among the many great sages fell into silence at this point.
In an instant, all kinds of visions about the future came into their minds. Combined with the various details in "Steins;Gate", every great sage felt as if his spirit was shocked.
"It seems that the changes in this world are beyond our imagination. Our Mage Tower can no longer stand still and should keep pace with the times."
"What's the meaning?"
Dean Hohenheim's remarks surprised the other great sages, who didn't know why he said such a thing.
Dean Hohenheim thought for a while and then said slowly:
"Perhaps, we mages can no longer stand still like before, but should serve as a member of this empire and guide the future direction of this country."
"this… "
Hearing Dean Hohenheim's words, the other great sages were all shocked. They obviously did not expect the other party to say such shocking words.
But seeing Hohenheim's expression that clearly showed he was not joking, many of the top magicians present suddenly fell into deep thought and began to think about things related to the future of this country and even the future of mankind as a whole.
…
The first day of the Southland Frost Film Festival has ended, but the audience's enthusiasm obviously did not dissipate so easily.
After leaving the cinema, all the audience members immediately went to various bars to brag about their movie, which was actually just to start communicating with like-minded people who had watched the movie.
Although His Majesty Hubbard was a king, he still participated in this grand exchange, smiling and chatting with people around him about his experience of watching the movie.
As they didn't know that the person standing in front of them was the King of this empire, the people of the southern border were extremely "enthusiastic", and all kinds of things that could and couldn't be said came out of their mouths at once.
During the conversation, the group talked about everything from the plot of the movie to actor gossip, then to trade in the southern border, and finally even to the situation in the empire. It can be said that they talked about everything under the sun.
Even His Majesty Hubbard was surprised at the extent to which the people of the Southern Territory could talk. Many of them even said more advanced things than some of the professionals in the Empire.
After this, His Majesty the King suddenly realized that due to the developed printing industry in the empire, the cost of printing books was not high, so in fact most people were not isolated from information dissemination.
Although general books do not have pictures, the text alone is enough to convey a lot of content. Coupled with the low illiteracy rate, books from traditional industries can greatly enhance people's knowledge.
What's more, in terms of pictures and videos, the newly emerging movies and television are about to fill this gap.
Although this world cannot be said to be experiencing an information explosion, it is only one step away from rapid information circulation.
The majority of the people are definitely not ignorant.
This fact shocked His Majesty Hubbard greatly. It can be said that the first half of his life spent in the palace battlefield had not brought him more benefits than these few days among the people.
For this reason, he couldn't help but become more determined in his heart to completely resolve the resistance to the development of television and movies within the empire before he abdicated, so that the cultural information industry of the entire empire could usher in a real prosperity!
"I've seen everything I need to see. It's time to leave."
Thus said His Majesty Hubbard to himself in the evening.
The knights beside him suddenly became serious. After all, although they played the role of friends of His Majesty the King outside, they actually did not forget their identities as subordinates.
Although Princess Amy was still somewhat reluctant to leave, she also knew that this trip was not a legitimate one. If she returned too late, the entire palace would probably be in chaos.
Similarly, the orc prophet who was chatting with the people of the southern border also secretly focused his attention, secretly complaining that he seemed to be too obsessed with the movie, so much so that he forgot to collect information about the empire and was instead obsessed with superficial plot exchanges.
At this moment, just as both parties were about to leave, the back door of the tavern was suddenly opened, and Saeki came over carrying a cart of printed books.
Facing the confusion and puzzlement of the crowd, Saeki just said calmly:
"The FateZero Heroic Spirits Setting Collection and the Steins;Gate Character Collection written by Director Du Lin are now on sale in various parts of the Southern Territory. Each volume is priced at 2 silver coins. If you need them, you can come to me to buy them."
“Fuck!”
All of a sudden, everyone in the tavern became excited after hearing the bartender's words. They all gathered around the bartender and started scrambling for the booklet that cost less than a few copper coins.
This shocking scene left King Hubbard stunned for a while, and finally he smiled and led the knights to join in the looting.
Chapter 195: Fate Zero Setting Collection (Part 1)
Chapter 195
Imperial School of Magic.
After a brief exchange, the great sages wanted to leave and go back to their own places, but they didn't expect Du Lin to suddenly come over, holding a stack of pamphlets and saying:
"Why are you in such a hurry to leave? I have some small gifts for you."
"A small gift?"
Hearing Du Lin's words, many great sages were surprised, and then took a booklet from him one by one.
"Fate Zero Heroic Biography and Steins;Gate Setting Collection?"
"Yes, of course this is just a publication, and the content included is not complete. The complete collection will not be released until the two movies are fully broadcast. By the way, due to the large number of prints, I also gave a free copy to every student and teacher at the Imperial Magic Academy as a student benefit, so the money does not need to be reimbursed by the Mage Tower."
"My goodness, you are crazy about making money, right? You can even make this kind of money?"
"Haha, if you don't make money when you have it, you're a bastard. Although I'm not short of money at all now, I still have to make the money I should make. Otherwise, how can I make Magic Alchemy rise completely? This all costs money, and a lot of money!!!"
In response to Du Lin's remarks, Dean Hohenheim immediately covered his face and said that he did not know this student.
But in the end, his curiosity about the setting collection made him open the booklet in his hand, and he began to read it bit by bit with other equally curious great sages around him.
…
In the square.
The students were about to leave after seeing the movie end, but suddenly saw members of the student union walking towards them from a distance, carrying stacks of booklets.
The students were confused at first and didn't know what this was about, but after seeing the title on the cover of the booklet, everyone became excited!
"Fuck, don't push, don't shove, don't grab, we all have it!!"
Student Union President White shouted loudly, trying to maintain order, but the students ignored his intention and rushed forward to grab the booklets.
During this period, there were even cases of people using magic to cut in line or push others out.
Seeing the scene becoming increasingly chaotic, Student Union President White and Vice President Diana suddenly felt helpless, as they were unable to stop this group of people's actions.
Fortunately, the lecturers who were chatting on the platform in the distance saw the situation here and rushed over as soon as possible.
Professor Stritch even created a fourth-order mental storm on the spot, which made everyone's heads buzz and they fell silent on the spot.
"Really? You are so disrespectful to behave like this. You are bringing shame to the magicians."
Professor Stritch said this and took away two books on the ground.
Many students felt angry and helpless when they saw this scene. After all, in the wizard world, strength is the basis of speaking. When a fifth-level magician speaks, no matter how dissatisfied you are, you have to listen obediently.
With the intimidation of Stritch, the lecturers were happy not to have to maintain order. After taking two booklets each, they left in a swagger.
Soon, with Stritch's supervision, the students quickly began to line up, take their own booklets one by one, and happily open them to read the specific contents.
In this regard, Piccol and Dylan from the Magic Alchemy Department did not participate in the competition from the beginning, because as members of the Magic Alchemy Department, they had already received things directly from Scar, which could be regarded as an internal benefit of the Magic Alchemy Department.
"Oh, I see. So this is what the past of these heroic spirits was like."
Piccol sighed as he flipped through the book.
Since only two-thirds of the "Fate Zero" movie has been shown, there are only three servants explained in this biography, namely the deceased Lancer Diarmuid, Caster Gildred, and Assassin Hassan the Hundred Faces.
In addition, regarding the Master, the setting collection also gives an explanation in a small amount of text on the last page. After all, the content of the Master is far less rich than that of the Heroic Spirit. For example, Ryunosuke Akutagawa can be summarized in a few sentences.
Of course, this is also because the identities of some masters are related to the later stories. For example, Kiritsugu Emiya, whose mystery will be solved in the subsequent plot, will not be described in the setting collection.
On the other hand, Dylan was flipping through the "Steins;Gate Setting Collection", in which the explanations of various plots answered many of the confusions he had while watching the movie.
What surprised him even more was that at the end of the book there were actually methods for making various magical alchemical props. The various detailed tutorials seemed to be telling all magicians that as long as you are interested, you can restore these magical alchemical props.
There's even a version for ordinary people, and quite a few magical alchemy props can be made by ordinary people.
These things shocked Dylan so much that he wished he could go back to the magic alchemy department right now and find materials to restore all the magic alchemy props inside.
Many magicians present shared the same sentiment as him. Influenced by the movie, most of them developed a genuine interest in magical alchemy.
…
In Edward's tavern.
After buying the setting collection, everyone, including King Hubbard and the Orc Prophet, started flipping through it immediately. After a long while, everyone gradually looked up from the books and began to discuss in surprise.
"So that's how it is. Diarmuid was a loyal knight who pursued honor and fought for his lord and friends. But I didn't expect that he would later steal his lord's wife and elope with her. This is really unexpected."
"Yes, and he was unwilling to fight with his former comrades in the end, and he always upheld his loyalty. It's a pity that his act of taking his wife away was too unacceptable, so it was reasonable for his lord Finn to kill him."
"When you think about it, after becoming a Heroic Spirit and participating in the Holy Grail War, Diarmuid still encountered a similar situation as in his lifetime. Although it was not his will, in a sense, this is already a kind of fate, or a curse."
"Is this the curse of the spearmen? Fortunately, there aren't many spearmen in our empire. Since martial arts are easier to use with swords, most soldiers are swordsmen."
"Speaking of swordsmen, Saber's situation isn't much better."
"Well, of course, we don't know Saber's life story yet. I guess we'll know when the next Fate movie comes out."
“It’s really something to look forward to.”
The audience said so and continued to read.
Then, when they saw the assassin Hassan, everyone gasped.
Apparently, they didn't expect that Hassan actually refers to more than just one hero, but a religious group consisting of 19 generations of Hassan, all of whom are named Hassan!
Of course, these are not the most surprising things. What surprised everyone present the most was Caster Gildre's background story.
Chapter 196: "Fate Zero" Heroic Spirit Settings Collection! (Part 2)
Chapter 196
Caster Gilderrey was originally a landed nobleman. When the country was in danger, he served as an officer and fought against foreign enemies.
During the battle, he met a special comrade-in-arms named Joan of Arc, and the two worked together to fight the enemy, achieved great feats, and were even hailed as national heroes.
However, the good times did not last long. After a battle, Joan of Arc was captured by the enemy and eventually labeled a heretic and burned at the stake.
Although Gildre tried his best to rescue her, he ultimately failed.
After Joan of Arc was burned at the stake, Gilderoy suffered a great mental trauma and eventually retired to his own territory to study alchemy.
He was already insane and hoped to discover the secret of alchemy by using blood. He tortured more than 300 children to death and committed an astonishing crime.
In the end, he who was so obsessed with evil also met his destruction. He was burned at the stake and disappeared completely.
It can be said that compared with the stories of the other two heroes, Caster Gildred's story is much more eventful and grand, and the character of Gildred is also more three-dimensional.
Of course, the most important thing is that the era in which Gildre lived is in a sense very similar to the current empire, and the people of the empire are more likely to resonate with it, and even feel that such a person really existed on the land of the empire.