Chapter 374 - Chatting
In the Demon Realm, near the portal constructed by Zenarth.
Here, the Farruci emissaries had set up a temporary camp for the actors of the Black Swan troupe and the Weissenasche Theatre from Norland. Banshees, invisible to the human eye, were patrolling the sky.
They would warn Joshua of any dangerous creatures entering the film set.
"Perfect! The second act is over! Everyone, take a break."
Joshua said to all the actors on the set.
The second act consisted of the actors just arriving on Pandora. The scene been constructed as an outpost built by human beings on Pandora.
When Joshua's voice fell, the "futuristic" scene full with steel devices and buildings gradually faded.
It slowly changed back to the scenery of woods.
"I still can't believe what I just saw was an illusion."
"Have you seen those giant Mage golems? And those futuristic magic muskets."
"Is it really possible for us to one day live in this future of steel and iron?"
Although the Black Swan Troupe and some of the actors from the Weissenasche theatre have completed the filming of the second act, they were still immersed in the "future" world constructed by Joshua.
Whether it was the costumes worn by the actors or the architectural style, Joshua had discarded all of Farruci's gorgeous artistic styles. Instead, he had chosen for the beauty of 'cold-blooded steel'.
At the same time, Joshua had also made some small changes in the settings. For example, he had replaced the heavy mechas of the original film with the existing magic golems of this world.
"Purple Mage, how is your mana consumption?"
Joshua looked at the purple mage standing beside him. The magic inscriptions surrounding her body had just disappeared, and the brilliance of her staff gradually dimmed.
"I consumed a small part of it when making the airship that can travel through the turbulence of space. Give me some time to recover." Purple Mage closed her eyes and began to recover her magic.
In the distance, the actors of the Black Swan Troupe and the Weissenasche Theater were in high spirits.
Filming of this movie was equivalent to watching an immersive sci-fi movie for them, with the added benefit of also playing a role in it!
Any fan would have loved to pay extra bucks for such an experience.
"Maybe I should have a cameo role in it too?"
Ciri, who was watching from the side, said what Joshua was thinking too.
"When filming the final battle, everyone that we can use will be used, so there will definitely be a role for you."
Joshua checked the shots and pictures taken by the Day Banshees just now.
The illusion constructed by Purple Mage was so perfect that Joshua didn't need to be picky at all. Most of the shots taken by the Day Banshees had the effect that Joshua wanted.
"Ciri..."
Purple Mage had already opened her eyes. Although she was carrying out Joshua's filming task, she had plenty of time to teach Ciri illusion magic when resting.
"Teacher, let's have the lesson here."
Ciri found a small chair and moved it to Joshua's side. Purple Mage didn't seem to mind if someone stole her knowledge and started the lesson straight away.
Joshua's knowledge of illusion magic was basically zero, and it was futile to try to steal it anyhow. He spent his time as usual on the Mage Forum.
Judging from the daily chatter on the Mage Forum, nothing special had happened to Norland in the time that Joshua was gone from Norland.
Joshua closed the subforum with the daily miscellaneous talk and clicked the Magic Research subforum. The title of one of the posts quickly attracted Joshua's attention.
"Help, my friend has a strange disease. He seems to be seeing many terrifying visions and is in a state of high tension..."
Poster: Frost Owl
It was a rather short post. This kind of help post was very common on the Mage Forum, but the symptoms described by Frost Owl felt a little … familiar.
"Can you describe what visions they saw?"
Joshua ignored the comments made by Yellow Mage about the magic addiction stones and replied.
"My friend is a little out of his mind now. He just keeps mumbling something like 'don't come near me'."
In less than a second, Frost Owl gave Joshua a direct reply. It seemed that the situation on his side was very urgent.
Seeing this, Joshua was basically certain that this was something caused by an inquisitor.
Those assassins trained by Nation of the Holy Church had a special ability that could affect the thinking of normal creatures and make them see some kind of terrifying vision.
In other words, Frost Owl's friend had been hunted down by the heresy tribunal?
"Do you know what caused this? My friend's condition is getting worse."
Frost Owl replied to Joshua again. Joshua could feel the anxiety of the other party between the lines.
"This seems like a complicated situation. What is your messenger id? I'll tell you the details in private."
Joshua also responded immediately.
"Messenger id? I haven't used that 'magic' yet, please wait a moment."
After Frost Owl sent this message, Joshua waited quietly for more than a minute before he received the number.
Joshua had been spending some time on improving the messenger function and had officially opened it to the public, but there were not a lot of people who used it.
Still, the most efficient way to communicate with friends was via messenger. Joshua got Frost Owl's messenger id and immediately became friends with him.
"Hello!"
Frost Owl started texting him after just a minute and sent a smiling dwarf emoji.
"We'll talk about greetings later. First, I'll upload this file."
Joshua sent him an audio file that he had stored on his magic network terminal.
It was an elf poem sung by Tylene. The voice of the frost elf should be able to alleviate to a certain extent the spiritual corruption brought about by the inquisitors.
But if Frost Owl's friend had already become too corrupted mentally, Joshua would be helpless.
"A file? What is that?"
As he typed this, Frost Owl sent another emoji, this time of an owl with a tilted head.
It was part of the owl emoticon package that Ciri had made and updated at the request of Grey Mage.
"Just click it to accept. You are the holder of a leaf of the World Tree, so the audio file will be downloaded quickly. It can save your friend." Joshua typed and replied to the other party.
