Chapter 169: Old Sage

The AM Grand Theater was completed ahead of schedule due to great expectations!

In order to speed up the construction, the city hall hired the Arcanists of the Masked Mage Society to come to the construction site and give the workers advanced acceleration techniques, and the figures of the workers flew around the construction site, like a group of Flashes, and after paying the price of twelve workers to die of overwork, the theater completed all the construction projects three days before the deadline.

The three-storey theatre, which covers three times the size of the original Five Flask Hotel, stands above the bridge over the river and is a marvel of Am's architectural history.

This time, the citizens of Waterdeep could no longer boast that they owned the largest theater in Faerun, and the Am's Grand Theater in Askatra City replaced the position of the Grand Theater of Waterdeep City as the number one theater in the continent of Faeren.

The citizens of Acheng and Ammu are proud to have the largest theater and the best theater company in Faerun, and a poll conducted by the City Hall showed that popular support has increased significantly, with Mayor Bailana's approval rating soaring from the danger line of 18 percent to 79 percent.

So much so that the female mayor smiled from ear to ear when she attended the cutting ceremony for the completion of the Grand Theater, and at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, she enjoyed the scene of the whole city cheering and cheering for her for the first time in the eight years of her rule.

As soon as the theater was completed, the Bredlow Theatre Company moved in and began the final preparations for the new play.

According to the company's public announcement, the new theater will also be equipped with and debugged the "Dwarf Technology Projector Version 2.0" made by special effects artist Cameron.

The original dwarf technology projector has been reduced to pieces in the theater bombing, and after the troupe hired Yao En, the projector lens group was upgraded, using more new technologies, the clarity of the projection illusion is higher, the color saturation is better, and it can provide special effects illusion projection that surpasses "Titanic".

In addition to the upgrade of the image system, the sound transmission system and the acoustic structure of the theater have also been carefully planned, which is very in line with the law of sound propagation, making the music and the dialogue of the characters more clear, pleasant and highly restored.

In real-world parlance, the new theater uses new technology, upgrading from the ordinary screen to the IMAX big screen, and the sound system from ordinary sound to Dolby HD surround sound.

As the harvest festival approaches, many travelers rush to the city of Askatra from all directions, which is also a common scene on the eve of the harvest festival in Askatra in previous years.

After the harvest festival, the Ammer would embark on a journey with their goods, and before that they would buy a large number of goods, hire caravans, and purchase travel supplies. Before they set out, many people looking for jobs would come to the city of Ascatra in search of positions in the caravans and earn gold.

This is one of the busiest times at the port of Azcatla, with ships docking and departing from the docks.

A large ship docked in the harbor area, and from this ship stepped an old mage with gray hair and a slender beard, wearing a red robe, holding a magic staff, wearing a pointed magic hat, and holding a sepiolite pipe in his hand, and took a puff from time to time.

A gorgeous piece of magical equipment and his profound and wise gaze, as if he saw through everything, showed that this was a high-level mage with extraordinary strength and wisdom.

"Lord Ilminster, here we are."

He was accompanied by two young and beautiful harpists, who respectfully guided him down the bridge.

One of the two girls was a bard, sweet-looking and innocent, and the other was an assassin wearing a hood, and her beautiful and delicate face hidden in the hat could be faintly seen.

"It's a busy, prosperous, rich city."

The old mage took a puff of his cigarette and squinted his eyes as he stood on the bridge and looked at the capital of gold coins: "However, behind the great wealth, there is evil hidden. There are many shadowy places in the city, and a crisis is brewing in the midst of prosperity. ”

"You're right, this city is a capital of sin."

The harpist frowned, gritted her teeth and said hatefully: "The people here have been deceived by evil people, and they have framed and expelled the Harpist Alliance, driven out the only righteous secret organization in the city, and are willing to fall into the abyss. ”

"Melonia, poor girl, it seems that you and Lucitre have had a very difficult experience in this city."

The old mage smiled kindly, but he shook his head: "The evil of the world is endless, just like light and shadow, black and white, justice and evil are two sides of the same coin, we are opposed to evil, but we must also tolerate the existence of evil, because there is no absolute light. ”

The young female harpists did not understand the old mage's words, and they could only dispel the idea of continuing to tell the legendary mage about Luo Feng's black state.

They had made many attempts along the way, but they were all diverted by the old mage with specious proverbs.

If this legendary figure in the Harper's League, the chosen choice of the goddess Mystra, and the legendary mage of extraordinary strength, would have acted in a righteous manner, the villain who had harmed her so badly would not have been able to eat and walk around!

It's a pity that this legendary mage rarely interferes with the main material world, and he didn't come to Askatra City to avenge the expulsion of the Harpist Alliance, in the old sage's opinion, a truly knowledgeable mage should know when to avoid using his mana.

It's really infuriating to say it, one of the purposes of Ilminster's visit to Am is to enjoy the stage play of the Bredlow Theater Company!

The world is so difficult and dangerous, the wicked are rampant like demons, but the old mage comes to relax, which makes the two female harpists completely incomprehensible.

Ilminster has spent years in seclusion in the Valley of the Shadows, having spent much of his time in Waterdeep, and is even rumored to have played a pivotal role in bringing the current lords of Waterdeep to the pinnacle of power and forming an alliance of harpists.

Waterdeep is home to the largest theater in Faerun, and the old mage was fascinated by the art form of stage plays during his stay in Waterdeep, and he was a long-time theater fan.

He loves literature and art deeply, and even the members of the justice organization he formed are mainly bards who can sing and dance, which can be seen.

The news that the Braidro Troupe had made a huge sensation in Am's performance of "Titanic" slowly spread as the caravans slowly spread, and after the Ambro merchants arrived in Waterdeep, they boasted that they had the best troupe in Ferron and watched the greatest drama in the history of the continent of Ferron for more than 20,000 years.

Many of the citizens of Deepwater dismissed this, believing it to be a braggadocio of the always loud-mouthed Am.

However, it wasn't long before the Waterdeep merchants who had returned from Amm brought back news that the Amber merchants were right.

At this time, the ups and downs of Waterdeep City were greatly shaken, and many people embarked on a journey to Amm in order to see the stage play.

Those who were lucky enough to get lottery tickets to enter, or paid a high price for black market tickets to enter Waterwater, were shocked, only to know that the original stage play could still be performed like this.

The fame of the Bredero Theatre Company has spread beyond the borders of Am, and with the fermentation of time, following in the footsteps of the caravans that travel to and from Am, the influence has spread.

Even Ilminster, who lived in seclusion in the Valley of the Shadows, heard about this, and could not hold back the restless heart of the theater fan, he walked out of the hermitage, selected two harpists from the harpist league who had been stationed in Ascatra as guides, and set sail from Waterdeep to the capital of gold.