I am a director in Ark. If I am not banned, I will be considered successful.

But before Mainna could catch his breath, the bombardment of the Leitania Warlock's Originium Skill had just weakened, and the general who followed immediately put his long sword next to Mainna's cheek and kept scolding:

"Don't stop! Keep going!"

"..." Marner did not reply, but stared at the general's saber. The Gallic soldier he had just saved at the cost of his life had already died...

He couldn't save anyone, couldn't do anything. All he could do... was to continue rushing to the battlefield like the people around him, carrying out a meaningless charge. Their deaths... were equally meaningless.

After that, there were several more charges, and the three Gallic soldiers called by Mainna fell one by one... and the more they charged forward, the more corpses of soldiers were seen in the surrounding scenery.

In the end, even the bodies of the soldiers were piled up into mountains of corpses... Mainna and his last comrade even had to rely on the bodies of their comrades to resist the attacks of the Leitanian warlocks' Originium skills.

These scenes constantly irritated Mainna's nerves - he had never been so miserable, and he had never hidden under the bodies of his comrades and used their bodies as cover.

Behind them was the general's tough supervision of the battle, and every advance resulted in the death of large numbers of soldiers.

And he... couldn't do anything.

With repeated charge, only the last comrade with broken glasses was left by Mainna's side. He and that comrade continued to move forward in a daze under the artillery fire and Originium skills.

"boom!"

Suddenly, a huge fireball exploded in front of Mainna. This time he did not dodge - he thought all this was arranged by Chen Qi, but the impact brought by the fireball this time was obviously different from those that would not cause any pain when hitting the body.

This time, Mainna was really dazed by the blast. He was not injured, but he felt a huge impact that almost knocked him unconscious.

In a daze... Mainna opened his eyes, he did not hear the familiar "click" sound, his mind was in a trance, but everything around him brought him back to his senses.

More and more corpses... scorched earth from bombings... Everything made Mayenna, who had just come to her senses, realize that this nightmare was not over yet...

"Shhh!!"

"Charge! Charge!"

All of a sudden, a familiar whistle made Mainna turn around abruptly, only to see that on the high ground in front of the pile of corpses, the Gallic general was still supervising the battle firmly, ordering all the soldiers to charge forward under the bombardment of Leitania's Originium skills!

Every soldier who charged forward, without exception, became a victim of this war... Mainna saw that his colleague with broken glasses timidly took a few steps back.

However, his behavior further angered the general. The general waved his saber while taking out a small firearm with his other hand and roared:

"Don't retreat! Forward! Forward!"

"I will kill anyone who dares to retreat! Gaul doesn't need deserters!"

As he said this, the general actually fired several shots at the soldier's feet. The soldier with glasses finally couldn't withstand the pressure from behind and rushed out of the bunker trembling...

But it was still worthless. Almost in an instant, he was torn to pieces by the Originium skills of the warlocks of Leithania and became the next worthless victim.

"Charge! Charge!" The general was still shouting loudly, but at this time, he seemed to feel something and subconsciously turned his head to look behind him.

At that moment, what he saw behind him was a thin figure holding a sword high - at that moment, the man who originally had golden eyes had his eyes soaked with blood.

Those eyes that were originally filled with repressed yet stubborn justice, now flashed with only madness and uncontrollable anger!

"puff--!"

Almost in an instant, Mainna picked up the weapon from the fallen soldier without even hesitation. After his sword cut off the general's head, a blood mist almost instantly dyed his body red and cleared his mind.

"Hahaha……"

"Bang."

Looking at the general whose body and head were completely separated, Mainna gasped heavily. It seemed as if he had spent a thousand times more strength than usual to do this. He couldn't even hold the sword in his hand steadily, and it fell directly to the ground.

At this moment, it seemed as if everything around him had stopped, leaving Maenna alone to watch this scene...

This was his first time killing someone from behind.

Moreover, he killed without hesitation and with almost no thought, he did what he could say was an instinctive act.

After all the anger and madness were vented out in one breath, Manna's reason gradually took over, and he slowly began to understand what he had just done...

He...is out of control.

It was obvious that he had suppressed all his sense of justice and former pride ever since his brother and sister-in-law went missing. In order to protect the Lin Guang family and his two nieces, he was determined to never do anything impulsive or out-of-control, as if he was saying goodbye to his younger self who overestimated his own capabilities.

He had his own things to protect, so he absolutely could not lose control... But this sword made Mainna feel it for sure... He still couldn't do it.

But he didn't regret it. Even if all this was fake, he still didn't regret swinging the sword.

"Ku! Mr. Mauna! Great performance! The tension of this scene and your micro-expressions are very well done. It really looks like you have hurt your superior for the first time on the battlefield!"

What brought Mainna back to his senses was the voice of Chen Qi not far away, and Mainna shuddered almost immediately, only to find that the battlefield around him had turned into nothingness at some point.

"Uncle Maenna!" X2

Running over from the filming crew nearby were Mainna's two nieces. Before he could react, his two nieces came to his side one after another and looked at him with worried expressions.

"Uncle Maenna, are you okay? What happened just now was all fake! Everything is fine!"

"Yes, Uncle Maenna, don't doubt yourself because of what happened just now, you didn't kill anyone!"

Margaret and Maria were both very worried that their uncle, who had been silently protecting the Lin Guang family and hiding his edge for the Lin Guang family, would doubt himself because of what happened just now.

However, what they didn't know was that when looking at the faces of her two nieces, Mainna's self-denying thoughts were immediately untied.

...Yes, he has found the reason why he wants to swing the sword and what he wants to protect.

This has nothing to do with honor, but he completely understood that in war, if one wanted to hold the bottom line and gain glory like the ancestors of the Lin Guang family...but the price of this glory was based on the sacrifice of these soldiers.

If... this is the glory of the Linguang family... then he would rather not have it.

He was destined not to become a "knight" because the justice in his heart could only illuminate too few things.

What he wants to shine is not the glory of the Linguang family, nor the glory of the knights... He only wields the sword to protect the people he wants to protect, his conscience, humanity, and the justice in his heart.

This is enough, everything else... is meaningless to him.

"I'm fine, Maria, Margaret - I don't need to worry. Instead, you should take good care of yourselves. I hope this baptism can make you more mature."

"You are all old enough to be independent. Don't be like me. I couldn't even control my own pressure on the battlefield. This is a disqualifying decision for a knight of the Linguang family, unless you never want to be a knight again."

However, even though he suddenly understood the truth, Mainna still did not show her weakness as an adult in front of her two nieces. Instead, she quickly put on a stern face and left the scene in the same tone she usually used to teach them.

"Is this the end of it?" Tallulah looked at Mainna who had left the scene and asked with some concern.

"Well, it looks like Mr. Mainna has gotten out of his predicament. I now believe that Mr. Mainna will be able to perform his best in our last scene."

As Chen Qi was sorting out the previous shots, he couldn't help but sigh - from beginning to end, Chen Qi did not have any NGs in this scene with Ma Enna, which means that Ma Enna completed the "one-shot" shot without his knowledge.

Moreover, this is almost a one-shot shot of an entire battle. Usually, a long shot lasting several minutes already places extremely high demands on the actors. It is almost impossible to shoot in one shot like this.

Of course, Chen Qi still needs to do some post-production editing. Although the effect of one-shot is good, it will be meaningless if it affects the audience's viewing experience - of course, the long shot can still be guaranteed, and that is enough.

However, the scene just now did surprise Chen Qi a little. After all, in the script, Emile, played by Mainna, killed the general by accident. But Mainna's performance this time could be said to be better than the original - he killed the general from behind and even chopped off his head.

In this case, perhaps from the audience's perspective, the death of this general might make the audience's emotions explode more violently. Chen Qi thought about it and decided to keep this shot.

The end of the last war scene also marks the end of the filming of "Brave Heart". The time for this anti-war film to be released on Victorian soil again is not far away.

Chapter 104: The filming of "Brave Heart" is over. What gift does Zhongyue give to Chen Qi?

For everyone, with the end of the last war scene, the difficulty of subsequent filming was reduced a lot at once, and finally everyone in the crew, who had been immersed in the war for who knows how long, breathed a sigh of relief.

In the last scene of "Brave Heart", there is finally no smoke and scorched earth of war. Although everything around is ruins and traces of war, the fresh scenery and sufficient light are enough to make everyone in the crew, who can hardly distinguish reality during this period, return to a relaxed mood.

"…It's been two hours. Wasn't it said to be the last scene? Why hasn't it come out yet?"

At this moment on Rhodes Island, Kal'tsit was waiting outside the scroll, looking a little anxious and uneasy. She heard that today was the last scene of "Brave Heart". Chen Qi promised that this scene would not take long to shoot and everyone should come out of the scroll soon.

It was not easy for Kal'tsit herself to enter the picture, because Chen Qi said that this scene was a very important part and everyone needed to perform to the end. If Kal'tsit was here, it would easily make several leading actors nervous.

Kal'tsit was a little worried... She knew very well that the war scenes shot before Braveheart had caused many people to have psychological problems. During this period, everyone in the medical department worked part-time as psychologists to help everyone in the crew solve their problems.

Kal'tsit is worried that such a long war will cause irreversible psychological damage to Amiya... Although Amiya does not have many scenes and is not in the picture most of the time, Kal'tsit is still worried.

Finally, with a wave of movement in the painting in front of her, Kal'tsit finally reacted. She stood up from her seat immediately and soon saw the familiar long-eared girl of Carters who walked out first.

"Amiya, you finally came out, you..."

However, before Kal'tsit could breathe a sigh of relief, she immediately noticed that there seemed to be something wrong with Amiya's condition... She saw that Amiya's two long ears were drooping weakly, her pupils were red, and she was biting her dry lips, looking like she was trying hard not to cry.

"…Amiya, what's wrong with you?"

"Doctor Kelsey..."

However, as soon as Amiya raised her head and saw Kal'tsit, she almost couldn't help crying again - but she held it back.

Amiya held back her tears with all her strength, wiped them away with her sleeve, and then said to Kal'tsit with unprecedented seriousness:

"I will work hard."

"what?"

"——Let this land never again experience such wars and such sufferings. I will lead everyone in Rhodes Island to prevent such things from happening again."

"Amiya?" Kal'tsit was a little confused. Why did Amiya look like she was about to cry just now, but suddenly pretend to be strong? But she could feel that although Amiya's mental state was a little bad, her willpower had been improved unprecedentedly.

Willpower and the ability to withstand pressure are essential passive skills for a leader. Although Kal'tsit feels that Amiya is still young, she already has the ability to take charge of things on her own - she is just a little immature, so she needs her guidance.

But now, after only two months in the painting, how could Amiya have changed so much? Could it be that the war in "Brave Heart" caused Amiya to transform?

Although she didn't know the reason, Kal'tsit smiled with satisfaction as she looked at Amiya who seemed to have grown a lot.

"...That's good, Amiya. You're very tired. Go back and rest."

"Yes, I won't force myself, Dr. Kelsey."

Amiya was very obedient this time. It seemed that because she was too tired and the shock she received was too great, she needed to take some time to digest what she saw today.

Soon, everyone in the crew came out one by one in front of Kal'tsit. However, all of them looked not in a good mental state. They were listless, as if they had suffered a huge blow.

——Even Margaret and Shining were like this. Kelsey looked at Margaret with a gloomy expression and Shining with a sad expression as she slowly closed her eyes. She was also full of curiosity about the movie shot by Chen Qi.

What kind of movie, what kind of ending, could make someone as strong as Margaret and as calm as The Shining become so emotionally depressed?

"Director Chen Qi, you... wouldn't have written an ending where everyone is wiped out, right?" Kal'tsit couldn't help but ask when she saw Chen Qi walking out of the scroll and looking at the depressed people.

"How can that be possible? Art is not about seeing how many people die or how many knives are used." Upon hearing this, Chen Qi shook his head and answered Kal'tsit's question;

“The death of a character in art is often valuable and elevates the theme. He has fulfilled the meaning of his role, so his death is impressive.”

"The kind of people who use swords for the sake of using swords, and die for the sake of dying, have no meaning at all. I will not write that kind of ending. That kind of death is meaningless and as light as a feather."

"... Then I can say that I am looking forward to your film and hope it can achieve the expected effect, Director Chen Qi."

Kelsey nodded in understanding. She had to say that she approved of Chen Qi's artistic processing method. But she didn't come here to wait just to praise Chen Qi.

"Director Chen Qi, a messenger from Yan Country has come and asked me to deliver this item to you."

"Yan Country?"

Chen Qi was also slightly stunned when he heard this. To be honest, he had traveled through time for some time now, but apart from Longmen, he really didn't have any connections in Yan Country.

After Chen Qi received the package, he opened it and found a letter on the top. He immediately read: "Mei Xi, Nian Shou - Shuo?"

"Shuo?! A letter from big brother?"

However, as soon as Chen Qi opened his mouth, the figures of Nian and Xi poked their heads out of the scroll. The two girls did not look very well, especially Xi, who looked like she had just cried, with traces of tears on her face.

But when they heard that it was a letter from their eldest brother, the two girls walked out of the scroll. Nian immediately tore open the envelope and took out the envelope inside to check, while Chen Qi had a book in his hand.

"What is this?" Chen Qi looked at the book without any words on it, and Kal'tsit shook her head and replied:

"I don't know, but the messenger from Yan Country said that the item inside was given to you by its owner, and asked you to accept it yourself."

For him? For his elder brother Zhongyue? Chen Qi was also a little confused. Could it be that his movie has been spread to Yan Country? Even his elder brother in Yumen knew that his two little sisters were filming in his crew?

But judging from the eldest brother’s attitude towards giving gifts... he doesn’t seem to object to his two younger sisters filming in his crew. Is this good news?

[It is detected that the host has discovered a new rare item. Do you want to add the rare item to the "Treasure House"? 】

"Income." He heard the voice of his system after a long time. During this period, Chen Qi did not want to cash in the items because he had no shortage of mineral disease inhibitors and was not in any danger for the time being. He just wanted to hoard reputation and act like a hamster. So he immediately included this rare item.

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the rare item, "Unknown Martial Book". The effect of this item has been displayed to the host.]

[Unnamed Martial Arts Manual]: A martial arts secret manual written by Zhongyue based on his own thoughts and feelings. It contains Zhongyue's own understanding of martial arts, and records in detail the use of fists, feet, palms and various weapons, as well as a profound internal skill.

This is a priceless treasure that falls into the hands of any martial artist. It can be said that it can cause a bloody storm in the martial arts world. But now, Zhongyue is giving it to you as a thank you gift for taking care of his two sisters.

This item will give the host the following enhancements: Yan Country Martial Arts (Minor Accomplishment), the reputation value given to the host by the "Sui" camp is increased to 2.0 times, the favorability of the "Sui" camp towards the host is increased by 30%, and "Sui" blood.

All of a sudden, Chen Qi put this martial arts secret book into his treasure house, and immediately felt a burst of heat surging into his body. After a moment, Chen Qi felt warm all over and felt full of strength.

"Is this the blood of the year? I don't know what it's good for... but I feel like I should be able to defeat ten of them without any problems."

"But if I now have Sui's blood... then wouldn't that make me related to Nian and Xi? *Yan Country's Essence*, then wouldn't that make me the thirteenth fragment?"