Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors
Chapter 83 - 78: The Curtain Falls

Chapter 83: Chapter 78: The Curtain Falls

At this moment, the main entrance of the theater.

The bandits were still frantically trying to escape, but the fire around them had grown larger and the burning beams on the roof began to collapse. Under the scorching flames, several bandits tried to climb over the wall like the Wandering Warrior, but all failed, their bodies ignited, writhing in pain on the ground.

At the main entrance, Chu Ge, leading the local militia, fought desperately to hold their ground. The militia already had a numerical advantage and, with the addition of majestic righteousness, the bandits could not escape.

Everything seemed to be going according to plan perfectly.

However, as Chu Ge looked towards the inside of the theater, the opera troupe was still playing, and Su Xianjun on the stage was still singing, as if everything happening outside had nothing to do with him.

"Look at the city by the torrential river, Yingwu Island broad, Yellow Crane Tower high, silence of dogs and chickens, the dismal human presence, depressed marketplaces. Only feeding the jackals enough, such beautiful drawings of the city discarded. My ears filled with cries, the sounds of powerful drums, the neighing of proud iron horses..."

Chu Ge couldn’t help but remark, what is called professionalism?

There is a stipulation in opera, once you start singing, you must finish even if there is no one in the audience. Because from all directions, there are listeners, one human and seven spirits. Even if humans do not listen, there are spirits, dimly present, listening.

Of course, this might sound a bit superstitious, but it is greatly helpful for ensuring quality of performance, maintaining backstage order, and paying attention to theatrical morality.

At this time, Meng Yuan, who was playing Su Xianjun, was seriously practicing this, fully fitting into Su Xianjun’s character.

Chu Ge couldn’t help but think, this Meng Yuan is no ordinary man!

Not only did he sing amazingly, but he also maintained composure like a mountain about to crumble before him. The theater was about to be engulfed in flames, the fire almost reaching his costume, yet he remained so calm.

Truly deserving of his fame as a hardcore player!

But what he didn’t know was that the reason Meng Yuan was still performing on the stage was mainly because he didn’t know what else to do now...

It seemed the mission was to attract the bandits’ attention with the opera, letting the fire consume the theater more smoothly. This was all part of Su Xianjun’s mission.

Now that the mission was completed, what else could he do?

Fight in the battle?

He didn’t have any combat talents! Not even a weapon in hand!

Meng Yuan had only chosen the talent for singing, what else could he do besides continue singing?

Might as well keep singing. After all, there was still a long part left.

...

Outside the theater, Yun Ying agilely dodged an attack from a large cross spear.

"Zhao Haiping’s side must be finishing soon, right?

"We might need both of us to practice more to handle this Eastern Barbarian General."

Yun Ying had tangled with this general for a long time. Although he hadn’t been injured, he hadn’t been able to inflict any damage either.

The Eastern Barbarian General, though he couldn’t ride a horse and his mobility was greatly reduced, was clad in heavy armor and wielded a cross spear with a large range, making it difficult for Yun Ying to find an effective approach.

He also considered attacking the weak points in the armor, but Yun Ying had no room for error.

The Eastern Barbarian General could withstand many of his attacks, but just one touch from him, and Yun Ying would be doomed.

So, Yun Ying didn’t dare to act rashly, merely containing.

Fortunately, time was on his side. Once the bandits inside the theater were eliminated, the militia could swarm in and exhaust the Eastern Barbarian General to death.

Just then, a strand of black smoke drifted from afar and merged into the body of the Eastern Barbarian General!

Immediately after, the Eastern Barbarian General let out a painful roar, his body seemingly swelling up, black light shining from his eyes, faintly emitting bursts of black air!

Yun Ying was taken aback.

Because he had never seen such a thing before!

During their previous encounters in the Trial Illusion, he had fought the Eastern Barbarian General countless times and knew his moves back and forth, but had never seen this situation of being infused with black air and swelling up.

"Could this be a special mechanism in the ultimate Trial Illusion? Does the boss in the instance have a second stage?

"According to the plot setting, is this historically the state of being possessed by demons?"

Yun Ying didn’t have time to think it through, as the Eastern Barbarian General’s cross spear slashed down at him again!

He dodged once more, and what should have been an ample dodge became perilous, the cross spear grazing his body and smashing into the stone ground next to him, sending chips of stone flying!

"The power and speed are indeed different from before, the difficulty has clearly risen!"

The adrenaline surged within Yun Ying as his senses heightened due to a strong sense of crisis, avoiding several fatal attacks in succession.

However, he still found himself in an increasingly dangerous situation.

Just then, he heard someone chanting loudly nearby.

"To solve the flying flowers that shade the sun and moon, not knowing the earth has clear frost!"

As soon as the words fell, an inexplicable invisible force seemed to descend from the sky, instantly enveloping the Eastern Barbarian bandit!

The cross spear, originally held high, suddenly veered off target, and the Eastern Barbarian General let out a painful scream, the black air around him seeming to be instantly crushed, weakening significantly.

Yun Ying turned to look, only to see Chu Ge, after exhausting his majestic righteousness with that strike, also looking pale and gasping for breath, apparently at great expense.

"It really worked!"

Although Chu Ge’s body was drained, there was a look of joy on his face.

He had guessed before that since historically there were demons according to the game’s plot setting, there might be some methods against demons.

Wouldn’t scholarly righteousness be effective?

So, he had prepared several poems on the spot, to be used at this critical moment to channel the overwhelming righteousness as an offensive measure, and he didn’t expect it to actually work!

But he couldn’t be happy for too long, because the demon that possessed the Eastern Barbarian General was already enraged and charging at him!

The demon’s fury was understandable.

Because it had thought that the cursed Restorer was playing Gao Ze, it had been trying to kill Gao Ze all along. Yet this unassuming member of the opera troupe suddenly employed the overwhelming righteousness that could directly damage demons.

What did this mean?

It meant that this Restorer had hidden too well, not opting for a special identity, and nearly had played it like a fiddle!

But it was not too late.

It seemed impossible to alter this historical slice now, but if it could kill the Restorer once, then this time it would still be considered a success!

Seeing the Eastern Barbarian General aiming his spear at himself again, Chu Ge couldn’t help but turn pale.

Again?

Why did this scene seem familiar?

He didn’t hesitate, he just ran!

After all, having rehearsed countless times, his reaction and speed in fleeing had greatly improved.

The Eastern Barbarian General, furiously wielding the cross longspear, wanted to stab Chu Ge directly, but after being suppressed by the overwhelming righteousness, his speed was greatly reduced. Draped in heavy armor, he couldn’t catch up for a moment.

However, after running some distance, Chu Ge stopped and dodged behind someone.

The Eastern Barbarian General glanced at the person standing in front of Chu Ge and was momentarily stunned.

It was Yang Xinyan!

The previously timid leader of the opera troupe was now holding a barbarian blade in each hand, calmly blocking his way.

Behind the Eastern Barbarian General, Yun Ying also caught up.

Slowly approaching from front and back.

Now, it was the demon’s turn to be confused.

Who exactly was the Restorer?

Naturally, if these were native residents from the historical slice, ordinary people, then they would naturally be disturbed by the demon’s power, and would naturally feel fear.

Particularly Yang Xinyan, who had clearly been corrupted and altered, but why had he inexplicably come back now, posing as if he were a god descending to earth?

And the ordinary opera troupe member being able to wield overwhelming righteousness was even more suspicious!

"Kill... kill!"

"Kill you all!"

Under the crazy erosion of the demon’s power, the consciousness of the Eastern Barbarian General had completely succumbed to madness, and the demon had also begun to suffer from the resistance of the historical slice, but it couldn’t care less anymore.

In the situation where the alteration had definitely failed, it just wanted to find that accursed Restorer!

The Eastern Barbarian General swung his cross longspear, while Zhao Haiping and Yun Ying coordinated an attack from different directions, their cooperation surprisingly in sync.

Because they both clearly understood the movements of the Eastern Barbarian General, they knew roughly what he was about to do as soon as he moved, so their synchronization was extremely high.

Together with Chu Ge’s assistance from the side, even the Eastern Barbarian General, empowered by the demon, couldn’t hurt them for a while.

But conversely, they couldn’t take down the Eastern Barbarian General either for the moment.

Because the Eastern Barbarian General was not only clad in heavy armor but was also controlled by the demon, being stabbed or slashed a couple of times did no good.

The two exchanged a glance.

The cross longspear chopped over again, Zhao Haiping swung his barbarian blades with all his might to meet it!

The clash of weapons rang out, both barbarian blades were knocked away by the cross longspear, and Zhao Haiping felt a sharp pain in his wrists, his arms going numb.

The 100% pain sensation was indeed too intense!

The longspear of the Eastern Barbarian General was also shaken slightly, losing balance a bit.

Yun Ying seized the opportunity and leaped forward, directly jumping onto the back of the Eastern Barbarian General, who had swollen to nearly two meters in height due to the demon’s power. Her Longsword pierced through the gaps in the armor, deeply stabbing into his back!

The Eastern Barbarian General let out an angry roar, but the longspear in his hands could do nothing about Yun Ying on his back, only reaching behind to try and grab Yun Ying off.

But just at that moment, a figure leapt from a nearby rooftop, tracing a perfect arc.

This was a perfect opportunity, a man’s rage erupting in an instant, the dagger pierced accurately into the gap between the helmet and the armor, a strike at the throat!

Then, Xia Ruoling’s dagger twisted, chopping off the entire head!

A man’s rage, blood spills five steps, the land blanketed in white, today is the day!

If even the emperor could be beheaded, what more a mere bandit general?

A dark aura emanated from the body of the Eastern Barbarian General, seemingly trying to disperse to find another host, as if it still had unresolved matters, but it quickly failed, dissipating into nothingness.

Clearly, the demon had failed to understand even in death which one in this historical slice was the Restorer.

In its final moment of dissolution, it looked towards the opera house.

The entire opera house was now a sea of flames, those bandits who couldn’t escape were all buried within.

"Not because of dreams of rise and fall, where will the deep emotions of children go..."

On the stage, Su Xianjun’s song finally came to an end as he took a bow.

Flames twirled around, as if the grand curtains of the stage were slowly closing.

All was set in stone.

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