"The Golem and the Crimson Solitary Diamond"
"Frost and Snow"
"As the relatives of Xueqi, our wish is to die in the cold iron.
As twins connected by blood, our desire is to live and die together.
There are too many of your wishes, only one can be fulfilled, and I will choose it. ”
Portal from the previous issue: Loose-leaf entries (Part 1). Today's first play is called Frost Deer and Snow Doe, and the corresponding realistic prototype should be: the legendary twins of Norse mythology, Frey and Freya. The words "oyster" and "牝" should be read together with the English translation of the name, referring to: the male and female deer related to frost and snow.
Perhaps by coincidence, or perhaps secretly arranged, Freyr and Freya are the stepsons and stepdaughters of the ice goddess Scatti. But in Norse mythology, they have changed into a different picture. Freya, known as the "God of Beauty", and Frey, the radiant "God of Plenty", became monsters of the two deer-headed people here.
Frey and Freya
Among the different works, the rewriting of Norse mythology is also strange. In kokable Norse mythology, Frey once fought an unarmed duel with the "growler" giant Beli for the sake of his wife, Gurd. Eventually, Frey cleverly used the big antlers to kill the other side.
But since the leader of the Crimson Orchestra likes to watch tragedies, the repertoire here may have magiced the story: Frey lost to the giants in this duel and died with his sister Freya. They even died under the "big antlers" of the former weapon, and thus became the monster of the terrifying deer-headed man.
Frey holds antlers and fights Stel
Here are some other interesting things to talk about. Frey, the "god of the sun", once possessed an artifact: the Sword of Victory, which would fly alone on the battlefield to kill the enemy with the hope of the sword bearer. But also in order to get the favorite female giant Gurd, Frey had to make the sword lose its magic. As a result, when the twilight of the gods came, Frey, who had lost his Excalibur, could only use the antlers as a weapon, and was forced to engage in a final duel with the flame giant Syltel, and finally died in battle.
Yes, there are two very key elements here: the weapon is again the "antlers" and the enemy is the "Stel". The antlers confirm the previous conjecture here, but the battle with Syltel is completely contrary to the myth. On the continent of Terra: We stand against myth, and the exterminator Stel becomes our most powerful agent, and her Dusk Magic Sword will kill Frey and Freya. In this twilight of the gods, we are on the opposite side of the gods.
Freya in God of War 4
Of course, this is probably not the first time we've seen a similar plot, and Freya, who appeared in "God of War 4" as a "Forest Witch", eventually had to embark on the road of blackening. The specific effect of the play "Frost and Snow" is that in the next battle on this level, the attack power and health of all our units are +15%. In the face of strong enemies who live and die together, we burst out with more powerful forces. But has anyone ever thought that the camp we are in really represents "justice"?
The Glow of Herria
"In the most critical moment, the heroes set from the sun and traveled over the peaks of Mount Herria to Minos."
The next play, Light of Heria, corresponds to a realistic archetype of a theatrical technique called "deus ex machina" in classical Greek drama. In simple terms, it refers specifically to: when a literary work is stuck in a stalemate and an insoluble plot appears, a character who can break the siege suddenly appears, creating an unexpected plot development.
In ancient Greek theatrical performances, this kind of "mechanical séance" is more interesting: when the protagonist is in a desperate situation, the backstage performers will use the special mechanisms of cranes, cranes and other mechanical devices to carry the inferior actors who play the gods to the stage, so that the story can progress. The repertoire here, "The Glow of Herria", is exactly that.
In the module of the operator Pallas, the name "Herria" was mentioned: it was a mountain located in Minoan. As the description says: "In the most critical moments, the heroes set from the sun", Minos, ancient Greece, actors, drama, these elements can find a one-to-one correspondence here, so the conclusion is thoroughly verified.
Mechanical Séance: Sweeping Monk
But it has to be mentioned that although the "mechanical séance" looks cool, it often attracts great controversy. For example, the sweeping monk in "Tianlong Babu", or in the recent manga "One Piece", there is such a mechanical séance called "Nika":
Mechanical Séance: The form of the sun god Nika
Speaking of which, the effect of the show is also obvious: in the next emergency operation at this level, a random elite operative temporarily joins the formation to support the operation. Rhode Island's "mechanical séance" is, of course, the exclusive operator of the four outrageously strong meat pigeon mode. Feeling that the game is getting more and more difficult to play later? It's okay, we came to the battle on the elevator.
The Wolf Mother of the Seven Hills
"The lessons of the wolf mother leaving the nest are insurmountable."
The repertoire to be performed is called "Sette colli's Mother Wolf", which corresponds to the realistic prototype of the Roman city, the myth of the construction of the city, the legend of the she-wolf raising baby. The director had long ago talked in detail about the legend of "she-wolf baby-raising" in Aosta's examination.
Rome, also known as the "City of Seven Hills". The real-life city of Rome was built on seven small hills on the plains of the lower Tiber, hence the nickname "City of Seven Hills", corresponding to the name of the play: The Wolf Mother of the Seven Hills.
The legend of "she-wolf baby-raising" is not complicated, and the general story can be summarized as follows: the founder of the city of Rome, the Romulus brothers, were exiled since childhood, but they were rescued by a she-wolf with milk and raised. In the end, they killed the royal capital, took revenge on Xue hate and established the city of Rome. To this day, the roman city emblem is still a she-wolf watching two boys.
The city of Rome
But the focus of the play is on its intro description: "The wolf mother leaves the nest, a lesson from the past." "Why is it called a lesson from the past? Because: cutting the grass without removing the roots, there will be accidents. After the Roman king's brother Amulius usurped the throne, he killed everyone, but only threw the twin brothers into the basket and threw them into the Tiber, and finally they were saved by the wolf mother who left the nest, completing their revenge on themselves.
In the Scarlet Troupe's repertoire, such a mistake is no longer repeated: the rules are insurmountable, and the usurper kills the twin babies in their infancy. This is also why in the icon of the play, the famous "she-wolf baby-raising" scene below does not appear, but only a she-wolf who looks back. With the wolves behind her, she didn't have to choose to leave the nest anymore, so the two children were already dead. The myth is extinguished, and the tragedy is staged again, as the leader wished.
She-wolf brooding
The effect of this repertoire is that in the next emergency battle of this layer, the movement speed of non-leader enemies is -50%. In the end of the legend of the founding of Rome, the brothers succeeded in taking revenge and successfully establishing the city of Rome with the help of everyone. Today, the true leaders of the city of Rome are gone, and no one else has the ability to resist.
09 "Golden Feather Beast"
"Pure gold feather beast pure gold egg, pure gold feather pendulum swing, pure gold cub quacking, pure gold and people what to do?"
The final play, The Golden Fowlbeast, corresponds to the european folktale "Golden Egg", which tells the story of a goose that lays a golden egg. This story must be familiar to everyone, about a pair of farmers accidentally picked up a goose that lays a golden egg. Greedy, they are not satisfied with a golden egg every day, cut open the goose's intestines, and eventually find that there is nothing.
Golden Feather Beast
But what I want to talk about here is not just a fairy tale in Aesop's fables. Isaac Asimov, a world-famous science fiction and popular science writer, also wrote a short story based on the theme of "Golden Egg". But from the perspective of science fantasy, he uses the "golden egg" with the breath of life as a guide, linking the isotopic transformation of metals and the deep fear of nuclear in the Cold War.
The same is true of the head of the Crimson Theatre Company, and the story of the "Golden Egg" in his repertoire is further derived: he satisfies the fantasy of the original farmer and his wife, allowing the golden egg to hatch successfully and grow a golden goose with golden feathers. Finally, the main idea was named in one sentence: Even if it is true as people fantasize, what does it have to do with you humans?
A Goose Laying a Golden Egg
The effect of the play is: in this layer, when entering the next unexpected encounter, you will immediately get the source stone ingot +3. This is an extra wealth given to the doctor by God, don't be greedy, don't fantasize about getting more, and don't go back to the roots. Being content with that.
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