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"Just start like this?"

William was a little skeptical. Although the world background of the "Saints and the Brave" series is not as grand as "The Lord of the Rings", at least the general background setting should be explained, right? Why did they start so directly?

If the opening scene was deliberately set without any dialogue in order to create atmosphere, William could still understand it to some extent.

But now the plot should have officially begun, right?

Why not give a little backstory?

What about the story of the three goddesses creating the world? What about the origins of the saint and the hero? No background is given at all. How can this be possible?!

"What nonsense."

William couldn't help but feel annoyed when he saw this, but no matter how angry he was, the movie didn't explain any background story at all.

Of course, there is some introduction to the professions and abilities of the four adventurers in front of the camera.

The swordsman's swordsmanship, the martial artist's boxing skills, the magician's magic, and the priestess's healing abilities are all displayed.

But this superficial explanation, as long as you have a little understanding of the background story of Western fantasy, you will know that it has nothing to do with the background of "The Saint and the Brave".

During the communication among several members of the adventure team, the audience learned that they were all new adventurers and that they were on a mission to exterminate goblins.

Based on the content of the conversation between the three people, the audience had a general impression of the enemy of this mission - the Goblin.

Goblins are the weakest monsters with no special features except for their large numbers. They have strong night vision and can raid villages and rob women at night.

Of course, viewers who have watched the trailer know that goblins can be very troublesome if they gather together. Although there is no saying in the West that "swarms of ants can kill elephants," everyone understands the general idea.

But according to the swordsman, there is only a small group of goblins in the cave, and it should be easy to deal with them.

Even though the four-member team were all novices, the audience didn't think they couldn't handle a few goblins.

The reason why everyone has this impression is mostly due to the illusion created by the image design of the four adventurers.

Generally, people like them who have bright appearance and full of self-confidence are usually the protagonists of the story, and the protagonists all have a halo.

After all, this isn't some American horror movie, right?

In fact, Nanaya believes that the combination of the four-member team at the beginning of "Goblin Slayer" in the original work should be based on another classic Japanese RPG game "Dragon Quest".

Otherwise, why would there be a martial artist in the background story of a Western fantasy world... After all, the character designer of "Dragon Quest" is Akira Toriyama.

In fact, in the Western fantasy world trend that has emerged in Japan since 2010, the image of the hero in most stories has more or less some shadow of "Dragon Quest". Especially the metal headband makes people think of the hero at first sight.

As a master of bad taste, how could Nanaya miss such a good opportunity? After obtaining the consent of Square Enix, the production company of "Dragon Quest", Nanaya made the image of the male swordsman more similar to the hero than in the original work.

This image made William a little unhappy. After all, he was a fan of "The Saint and the Brave" rather than "Dragon Quest".

"Could it be that the director is an undercover agent sent by Square Enix?"

Seeing the spirited adventurers in front of the camera, William curled his lips.

William would never admit that he was jealous of the swordsman who was surrounded by three girls.

[Let the current charge explode for me! ]

William took a sip of his iced cola and complained to the swordsman on the screen.

Then, his dream soon came true.

Not long after the four entered the cave and explored, they encountered a skeleton totem. The exaggerated shape scared the four people and the audience under the dim torch light.

"How cunning."

Luvia muttered quietly as she looked at the reactions of the audience around her.

Because she knew the script, Luvia paid special attention to the scene in the corner, where there was indeed a fork in the road.

But this fork in the road is very hidden. Audiences who watch the movie for the first time will definitely focus on the skull totem and ignore the fork in the road, just like the four people in the camera.

"This guy definitely did it on purpose."

"Yeah, he's such a bad-hearted guy."

Rin, who was sitting on Luvia, nodded in agreement. According to Nanaya, these scenes might become a reason for those fans to watch the movie again.

"I say..." Luvia rolled her eyes at Lin, "When are you going to get off me?"

"Wait until you release my neck first."

"You're dreaming!"

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Just like she had an argument with Rin in real life, the priestess played by Luvia on the screen also had a conflict with her fellow female magician.

Because she felt that Luvia was moving too slowly, the female magician urged her to move faster. The magician was somewhat dismissive of the priestess's concerns.

"Her personality is just like the female monitor when I was in school." William couldn't help but complain.

Ed nodded in empathy: "Yeah... a bit like my wife, she's often so impatient too."

"…"

William decided to ignore this guy who was showing off his girlfriend. This guy was as annoying as the swordsman on the screen.

"Sure enough, let the current charge explode for me."

singleton William Bonney gave a shout out.

It was as if responding to his words.

The next moment, something strange happened.

"●●!"

Several goblins suddenly jumped out from the dark corners, carrying broken daggers, sticks, broken guns and other weapons, and attacked the priestess and the female magician.

The female magician reacted quickly. She threw a flaming arrow and burned a goblin to death.

But it was useless, as more goblins rushed up and pinned the female magician to the ground.

Here, Nanaya did not use the flashbacks from novels and comics. Such scenes would be very tense in the animation, but would greatly disrupt the overall rhythm in a live-action movie.

However, Nanaya did solve this problem in other ways. The first was to describe the abilities of the bento trio before entering the cave.

There is a very famous 80-20 theory in the world.

If you want to use 20,000 words to describe a majestic Taimanin being ravaged by monsters.

Instead of using 20,000 words to describe the humiliation suffered by the Taimanin, it would be better to use the first 80% of the words to describe how heroic and capable this heroine is, to build up her character, and then use the last 20% to describe how she was turned upside down and then met with a murderous death.

Such a contrast will shock readers much more than direct writing and will be easier for readers to remember.

Nanaya used this technique. From the introduction of the characters to the current battle, there is a total of 10 minutes of plot time. During this time, Nanaya kept adding scenes for the bento trio.

The audience was left with the impression that the three of them were very reliable, and then in the 11th minute, all of a sudden, all of their prestige was gone.

The first to suffer was the female magician. When the goblins got close to her, they pinned her to the ground and made her unable to move. Not only were her glasses crushed by the goblins' feet, but even her magic cane was broken into two pieces by the goblins' mocking smiles.

No matter how vicious the words of the female magician were, they had no substantial effect on the goblins.

On the contrary, perhaps because he thought the female magician was too noisy, the goblin directly stabbed the magician in the stomach with the dagger he carried with him at all times.

Nanaya sipped his drink and smiled smugly, "Tsk tsk, that's why the mage adds intelligence. All the points for lighting spells are added to strength. Look how smart Gandalf is."

Hearing this, Shion broke out in a cold sweat: "That's not the case at all..."

The other audience members in the theater were stunned by the magician's experience. They didn't expect that the girl with glasses who was so arrogant the previous second would become disabled the next moment.

Just when the audience and the priestess were at a loss as to what to do, the swordsman and martial artist who had been exploring the way ahead arrived.

"Drink!"

The swordsman killed the goblin with one blow, and used his sword to disperse the remaining goblins that surrounded his companions.

[It seems that the female mage made a mistake just now? ]

Seeing the swordsman fighting bravely on the screen, the audience felt a little relieved.

Then--

A goblin stabbed the swordsman's calf with a dagger before he died. In his panic, the injured swordsman accidentally swung his sword into the rock wall.

As a result, the swordsman's head was smashed into a pulp by the goblins who rushed over, and then his body was dismembered.

"Puff——"

The entire scene changed so suddenly that many viewers did not realize what had happened until the goblin proudly raised a bloody broken arm.

Nanaya also heard the sound of many people spitting out their drinks. The audience's surprised reactions made Nanaya feel secretly happy.

However, what happened next was even more shocking. The female martial artist, who let the priestess take the female magician away first, killed a little goblin and then kicked a huge goblin.

This special individual, which looks like the Hulk among the Goblins, looks extremely strong, and it is the kind of existence that you can tell at a glance is not something that human flesh can resist.

And that was indeed the case. The female martial artist screamed as she was grabbed by the opponent and thrown directly against the wall.

The goblins first used sticks to hit the female martial artist who had been hit hard to calm her down. Then they tore off her clothes.

"Ah!!"

The one who screamed was not the female martial artist on the screen, but Kiritsugu who was sitting near Nanaya.

"Ir...Iris, you..."

Kiritsugu covered his eyes and made a sound of pain.

"Ah, ah."

Iris had an angelic smile on her face, but judging from the movement of the two fingers she extended, the criminal who had just attacked Kiritsugu was definitely her.

"Kiritsugu, you can't watch this scene."

"I'm 35, Iris!"

Kiritsugu complained unwillingly.