Volume 2: Funeral Song of Crows Chapter 31: The Beginning of Dispute
The black velvet curtain slowly fell, and the sound of hurried footsteps and props moving could be heard behind the stage.
A gentleman in a neat suit, with a serious expression and a moustache on his face, walked onto the stage. He bowed to the audience and then said:
"Dear audiences, dear guests, welcome to the Theater of Ecstasy. I am the butler 'Reason' serving the manager of this theater, Mr. Valk. While the backstage staff are preparing, please allow me to introduce to you the great tragedy that will be performed tonight. This event takes place in..."
"Hey!"
The rational introduction had just begun when it was interrupted by Valk, who was sitting next to William. He stretched his hands into a trumpet shape and shouted to the gentleman on the stage:
"Stop wasting time. Time is running out. Skip your background introduction that's long enough to make that bipolar patient named Deadblood fall asleep, and get straight to the point! Quick, quick, quick, fast forward to the point where rivers of blood are flowing. The audience loves to watch this!"
The onlookers nearby also booed and pointed at the stage, some even took out paper balls from somewhere and threw them onto the stage.
"But Master... Dragons, there are dragons."
Rational, who kept dodging the paper ball, opened his mouth and whispered to Valk.
It was also at this time that the ground of the entire theater began to shake, a long whistle sounded behind the curtain, and a long column of fire emerged, illuminating the surrounding dark curtain and reflecting the shadows of the busy staff behind it.
And a silhouette of a dragon.
A large number of staff members in charge of lighting effects and other stage equipment were ignited by the breath. They jumped down from the platform screaming and ran around holding their burning heads. Several strong men carrying buckets of water rushed out from the stage and hurriedly stopped them, then picked them up and pressed their heads into the buckets.
In response, Valk burst into a sharp, wild laugh, and said as he laughed:
"Hahahaha, right, that's right, that's it. Good things always come unexpectedly. Where's the circus? Let the circus come quickly! Let's have a circus first to warm up the crowd!"
Following His voice, several animal trainers holding rings and whips really ran out from the stage, and they all passed under the curtain. Then the loud sound of whips continued to echo, and the giant dragon on the stage finally blew a few breaths, let out a whine, and finally fell completely silent.
"Oh, by the way...if there are any members of the Dragon Protection Association here, please rest assured. The dragons in the theater are all raised by the Moon Realm, and no wild dragons were injured during the performance."
After Valk finished laughing wildly, he turned around and spoke to the audience behind him.
After saying this, He looked at William and said it again.
"Um……"
William didn't know what else he could say except "hmm".
When the stage calmed down again, the "reason" in a suit and tie wiped the sweat from his forehead, picked up the prompt card in his hand and said:
"Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy the most popular tragedy in the Moon Realm in the past five hundred years, "The Fall of the Judgment Seat", which will be performed soon. The prologue - the beginning of the dispute. To ensure the best viewing experience, when the performance begins, please take good care of your children and don't let them cry. Friends who carry spell mediums please don't use spells with too much light during the performance, otherwise our staff will ask you to leave..."
“Bang!”
A mangy dog hit Reason head-on in the face, knocking him to the ground on his back.
William turned to look at Valk who was sitting next to him. The other party said while throwing something:
"Enough of that nonsense, let's get started! Start, start!"
Several staff members hurriedly climbed onto the stage, lifted Reason up and carried him down. However, the dog that Valk had thrown out was safe and sound. It ran under the feet of the staff members, jumping and hugging them, and was finally kicked into the audience by an impatient staff member.
After this farce-like preparation was over, a clear bell rang, followed by the melodious and soothing sound of a harp, and the velvet curtain was slowly unveiled along with the music.
The stage was decorated as a magnificent hall, with an obsidian round table placed in the center of the hall.
There were thirteen seats at the round table. Except for the one facing the hall door, all other seats were occupied.
Of course, not all of them are human.
Half of the round table was occupied . In addition to the dragon, there was also a crow, an elf, a humanoid shadow, a lich, and seven people with different costumes and very distinctive features sitting beside the round table.
William was able to recognize the identity of each of them just by the characteristics of their clothing.
There is no doubt that this scene is meant to recreate the Round Table Hall of Dusk Fortress.
But why bring a real dragon to the stage? Dua King usually transforms into a human form.
"Because drama requires such exaggerated forms of expression. If everyone on the stage were humanoid and had no special distinguishing features, the audience would quickly lose track of who was who."
Valk saw William's eyes drifting towards the dragon from time to time, and explained to him very patiently.
At this moment, the originally soothing harp sound suddenly gave way to a few discordant and harsh notes, as if hinting at something.
The harsh music ended, and a man wearing a breastplate with a lion emblem stood up. He picked up a piece of parchment, looked around, and said:
"Although I think the result will be the same this time, let's start voting..."
Byron Lionheart, the fifth seat of the Judgment Seat, and the supreme leader of the three knightly orders under the command of the Endwatch.
Before joining the Tribunal, he was the Knight King of the Baroque Kingdom. Due to suspicion, he was stripped of his title by the Territory King Fox III and exiled to Lengyuan in the north. Later, he was recruited by William to join the Tribunal, commanding the secular forces of the Salvation Alliance in the End Watcher, and was responsible for in-depth communication and coordination with the seven kingdoms.
Byron took a deep breath and said:
"Then, those who agree that the Tribunal and the End Watch should be disbanded, please raise your hands."
Including the golden dragon and the elf, a total of six people raised their hands.
The man looked at the people who raised their hands, sighed helplessly, and then continued:
"Then, those who hope that the Judgment Seat and the End Watcher will continue to exist, please raise your hands."
He said and raised his hand.
A total of six people raised their hands.
Byron put his hand down, and asked in confusion:
"It's six against six again. I don't understand how long we have to repeat this boring game. What's the reason that makes you so eager to abandon the order that we have established with so much difficulty along the way?"
For a moment, no one spoke at the round table.
After a few seconds, the dark swordsman Blake, who was sitting next to him wearing half-body armor and holding a huge sword as thick as a door panel on his right hand, spoke:
"There is only one reason. The last order that person gave before leaving was to disband the Tribunal, so we should respect his wishes."
After Blake finished speaking, the slender elf girl with golden hair said:
"Besides, the connection between the Moon Realm and the real world has been basically severed, and the age of myths and heroes is about to pass. From now on, it should not be up to us, but the mortals who should choose their own destiny. We should no longer interfere in this devastated world that has just been saved..."
Byron interrupted the other party seriously:
“Remedios, remember that this is the world we saved.”
