After everyone had excused themselves, Nightingale spoke, "Half a month of free time? Didn't you decide on this just two days ago?"
"Don't sweat the details," Roland said, feigning nonchalance. "If I didn't say it like that, do you think she would have agreed immediately? If Lorgar didn't agree, this script would have to be replaced by Joan, but the latter still can't communicate normally, and only relaxes in front of Lightning and Macy. Even with May's guidance, it probably wouldn't work. So I said it so solemnly, and she couldn't refuse… It's also one of the skills of negotiation."
"Okay, I'll give you that…" Nightingale pouted and muttered softly, "But why do I feel like that's not the real reason she agreed?"
"Uh, what did you say?"
"No, nothing," she whistled and stuffed a piece of dried fish into her mouth. "About the things in the Far South, is it really okay?"
Roland shrugged, not digging any deeper. "If it were before the Great Migration, it might have been quite unfavorable news. After all, no one knew what life in Clearwater Port would be like. But now it's too late for conservatives to sabotage. The fact that Chieftain Burning Flame will write a letter to inform Lorgar proves this—since they chose to stand against the people, they are destined to not stir up too much trouble."
There is a five-hundred-strong new recruit stationed at both Dragonfall Ridge and Clearwater Port. However, he does not intend to use this force to penetrate deep into the desert. As long as Brian, who is still stationed in the Southern Territory, is notified, the latter should know how to deal with it.
The stage of persuasion and demonstration of power has passed. Now if anyone wants to disrupt the order, he doesn't mind letting the opponent taste the iron fist of dictatorship.
It's just that this kind of trivial matter is not worth investing too much energy in. Roland shifted his attention back to the Time Imprint.
It has been more than half a month since the Evil Moon descended. In the past, the focus of work in Neverwinter City would undoubtedly have shifted from construction and expansion to defending the city. This didn't even require much publicity, as people were already itching to prepare for battle against the Evil Beasts.
However, strangely, the entire northwest was silent. Not to mention large-scale mixed-breed beast swarms, even sporadic Evil Beasts were hard to find.
Lightning had once flown to the Hermes Plateau, and the situation there was the same—the flag of the Graycastle royal family flew on the walls of New Holy City, nuns carried bricks back and forth, repairing new bunkers, and the Garrison of Coldwind Ridge had also entered the defense line, but the end of the snowy plain was a blank slate, as if the Fertile Plains were frozen over.
After some discussion, the Ancient Witches concluded that perhaps it was the demons who blocked the invasion of the Evil Beasts for them.
It makes sense to think so—although the ruins of Taquila are just an inconspicuous spot on the plain, behind them must be the demons' complex transport network and outposts. I'm afraid those Evil Beasts have already been wiped out.
In any case, the border is peaceful, and the progress of various construction projects has slowed down due to the heavy snow. In this era of extreme lack of entertainment, a little free time will be magnified several times. Just look at the witches who are addicted to playing cards and banquets in the castle every day to see how serious the situation is. The most taboo thing after a great victory is complete relaxation. In order to keep the city active and also give the witches a way to release their magic power, the idea of making a movie came into being.
Roland had already seen the effect of the Time Imprint in the Mirror Church of the Old Holy City. Its completely realistic picture and sense of presence can almost be said to crush later generations of 3D photography—in a sense, it is a reproduction of the scene. Before the breakthrough in virtual reality technology, this kind of imprint has irreplaceable application value.
Just an ordinary stage play can make the townspeople watch with relish. What will be the reaction if it is replaced by a realistic, three-dimensional movie?
Therefore, it is not difficult to understand why May was so excited and even somewhat lost her composure when she heard this idea and personally experienced the imprint brought back from the Old Holy City. For them, this is definitely an epoch-making creation. If they can leave their mark on it, they will definitely be remembered by the entire theatrical world.
Of course, she probably finds it hard to imagine that not long after the advent of movies, they have become an unstoppable force that replaces theater and leaps to become the crown of the performing arts field.
However, the Time Imprint also has some non-negligible shortcomings. Not to mention that the raw materials can only be obtained from the demons, first of all, it cannot change the content that has already been recorded—according to Agatha, a set of "Time" can continuously record for about six hours. As long as magic power is injected, it will capture the scene facing the magic stone and stop when cut off. This also means that if there is a mistake on the way, there will inevitably be flaws. The only way to eliminate it is to activate it for more than six hours, causing it to start from the beginning. Of course, the previously filmed parts will also be covered.
Secondly, the imprint cannot be reused.
Like Listening, Time is also a special combined imprint. However, the former is to cut the base after forming resonance, making it two parts of listening and speaking, while the latter is the opposite. There is also a groove at the top of the crystal base. When the last magic stone is embedded and given the blood of magic power, no matter how much content is recorded, it will change from capture to release. This process is irreversible, and stripping the magic stone will completely destroy the imprint. For recording history, this is obviously an advantage—as long as it becomes the release state, you never have to worry about important content being erased.
But when it comes to making movies, this is very troublesome.
You can't see the performance effect in real time, and a single scene must be formed at once without any mistakes. This seems impossible to do.
However, Roland still found a solution.
That is to let Asha rewind the scene first.
That way, no matter how many times it fails, it is not considered official filming. Only when all aspects are perfectly coordinated, the "photographer" holding the Time Imprint enters the scene to record. Since the rewind ability can fast forward, slow down, and pause, as long as it is handled properly, even bullet-time special effects can be reproduced.
As for the problem that rewind has no sound, it can be left to Echo for secondary dubbing.
Now all the conditions are ripe, and all that remains is for the actors to enter the scene. When he thinks about how much of a sensation this thing will cause after it comes out, Roland's heart is full of expectations.
……
After washing away the sweat in the castle bathroom, Lorgar returned to her room with a towel on her head.
Before her tail was completely dry, she threw herself on the soft bed.
A day of sparring had almost exhausted all her strength. Her whole body seemed to ache, but she felt very happy. Regardless of whether her skills had improved or not, at least she had finally gotten rid of being idle.
She should be able to get a good night's sleep next.
At this moment, the corner of her eye caught a glimpse of the yellow book placed on the bedside table.
Ah… that's right, the script.
Lorgar pricked up her ears, took off the towel, untied her robe, and got into bed, then casually picked up the script.
That Ms. May Lannister seemed to have said that any drama needs to be familiar with the story content first, and if there is anything you don’t understand, you can ask her at any time.
But this is not what the Third Princess cares about.
She just wants to know, in the Chieftain's mind, what kind of person is she?
Since it is a story specially created for her, perhaps it can be used as a reference.
Lorgar took a deep breath and opened the cover.
Then a line of title came into her eyes—
《Wolfheart Fate》