DKIE CH73: Perfect Shot

The city lord’s focus was different. He thought for a long time but couldn’t figure out why it was to “create a person” and not “create a demon.”

Luka was taken to the guild hall to rest.

Dusk quickly ended, and night fell. The sound of “kacha kacha” could be heard from time to time inside the fortress.

The quill pen was methodically assembling a bionic puppet with gears.

Death is an important part of war movies. If all actors are used, the fighting will be much more restrained. Using puppets can perfectly solve this problem.

With the visuals guaranteed, Luka seized the time to write the script.

“First, there must be a gnome race…”

Gnomes and goblins are also common in modern mythology, but they don’t exist in this world.

Everyone has their own expertise. Luka was a natural at writing plots and said what he had thought of before:

“The gnome race’s ability is set to ‘creation.’ They can imbue items with more than three attributes and are naturally strong.

The outer gods coveted the war hammer created by the gnome race and, in alliance with the sea god race and the giant race, launched a bloody war against the gnome race.

The only surviving royal family member was rescued and joined the expeditionary army. Later, in a battle at a meat grinder of a battlefield, he successfully obtained the power of the god of forging.”

Outer god invasion, racial genocide, bloody revenge… These plot points, when mixed together, had not been overused in this era, at least.

For at least several eras, no one on the Saint-Demon Continent had cultivated to godhood again. There was a natural desire for becoming a god, which could be considered a hot element.

“I haven’t thought about the settings for the other races as prototypes. I need your suggestions.”

The quill pen tilted its head. “Why is the plot this time so normal?”

Then what about all the suffering he had gone through before?

Luka was silent. I guess you just didn’t catch the good times.

The quill pen was equivalent to a walking knowledge base and gave sound advice.

“The dragon race can be kept, just change their appearance, like in your first book, without wings. The elf race can be evolved into the feather race.”

This clan was famous for its feather clothes as battle equipment. The feather race could give them a sense of immersion.

“…You can also use some of the extinct races from history, such as the shadow race and the sand race. The demon race can be directly classified into the blood demon race, the heart-eating demon, etc.”

The quill pen suddenly asked, “What role are you going to play?”

Without thinking, Luka said, “The most handsome one.”

How can you attract fans if you’re not handsome?

“…”

Luka’s identity was sensitive and not suitable for being directly classified as human or demon. A new race needed to be constructed.

Thinking of his considerable talent in space, the quill pen pondered and said, “The void race.”

Luka’s wings were itching to move. That sounded pretty cool!

“Then should I find the dragon race to do some wing maintenance?” The void race would definitely have to show off their wings.

The quill pen gave him a deep look. “Natural beauty is enough.”

The two of them discussed the settings for a whole night, and Luka polished the script for the first few major scenes of the main character.

Unexpectedly, the quill pen discovered that the void race’s scenes were actually very few, totaling only a few minutes.

“That’s it?”

Luka smiled and nodded.

In film and television dramas, there was never a shortage of characters with few scenes but who left a fleeting yet unforgettable impression on the audience.

If this character could also effectively appear at a critical moment, then they would be a lifetime’s white moonlight.

He was busy for a night.

As soon as the day broke, Luka began to hire the city’s citizens to build the required film sheds.

This time it was a real big production. The dwarf race was already picky. At the very least, they had to feel that they were being taken seriously.

Creating people, scripts, sets… Moke’s masses, who were good at different jobs, formed a team. Just preparing for the project took nearly a week.

After the preliminary work was in place, it coincided with the great news from Berlanie’s side. The actors had all been found!

Two days later, Luka stood on the city wall, looking at the dense crowd in the distance.

Ten thousand dwarves was not a small number. After signing the actor confidentiality agreement with the dragon race, they arrived in four batches within a day.

Berlanie did not come back with them. He flew to the desert to circle around, looking for terrain where a road could be built.

He didn’t forget to send a reminder on the terminal: [The dwarf race is the best at being lazy and cunning. Remember to be careful.]

Luka roughly sized them up. The average height of these dwarves was about 1.45 meters. Their limbs were short but their muscles were overly developed, and their small eyes were bright and cunning.

With the arrival of the dwarf race, Moke City instantly became noisy.

“I heard that Moke City is full of mixed-bloods and remnants.”

The actor’s agreement promised to ensure their safety in the Demon Domain, and these dwarves communicated without any inhibitions.

Unlike Klin Sentry Tower, Moke City was not only full of mixed-bloods, but it also lacked powerful strength.

The demon citizens in the city couldn’t help but feel heartbroken when they heard this, but they could only endure it because of the city lord’s prior instructions.

This feeling of being angry but not daring to speak out gave the dwarf race a sense of spiritual pleasure.

A bearded dwarf spoke up at the right time. “Alright, watch what you say.”

In fact, they were singing in chorus, and there was no room for others to interrupt.

Loud communication turned into whispers.

High up, Luka saw this scene and narrowed his eyes. “I estimate there are some people sent by the Holy Court to cause trouble.”

Making an example of one is the best method, but unfortunately, it is not applicable here.

This clan was surprisingly united. If he really killed one, the Holy Court would probably be overjoyed.

The quill pen also admitted that this was an extremely strange race. Throughout history, no force had been able to form a true alliance with them.

Luka thought for a moment. “Let’s go, let’s go pick the actors first.”

The giant race, one of the enemy forces, was easy to find. He just had to have the demons in the city use an enlargement spell and change their appearance.

The main problem was the dwarf race.

Being stubbornly protective of their own had its merits. At least among the more than ten thousand dwarves, there were no conflicts arising from competing for the high-paying leading roles.

Luka personally selected a few dwarves with very memorable appearances.

Among them, the actress was named Nellie.

Nellie’s face was only the size of a palm, her lips were slightly thick, and she was one of the few in the dwarf race with a relatively outstanding appearance.

The king and queen were played by the bearded dwarf and a woman with her hair piled high.

The actor playing the prince was in love with Nellie in real life, and he played her brother in the movie.

Luka distributed the script for the first scene in turn.

The plot was very simple: the princess of the gnome race traded for a rare consumable, happily rode a griffin through the bustling city, and returned to the grotto city-state to compete with her brothers in the art of forging.

Nellie’s makeup and styling were personally guided by Luka’s staff.

The costume was both neat and luxurious, the ears were changed from semi-circular to pointed, and the skin color and hairstyle were also distinguished from the dwarves.

After a cursory glance at the script, Nellie was only concerned with looking in the mirror and didn’t pay much attention to anything else.

Soon it was time to rehearse.

“Ah, father, mother, look what I found?”

Without any surprise, any trace of acting could be seen.

The dwarf playing the father was also very perfunctory and didn’t even remember his lines. “What did you find?”

The mother and brother came over. They happened to know the actress. When the acquaintances’ eyes met, they burst out laughing.

Filming required a large amount of magic stones to be burned. This kind of completely unprofessional attitude and messy performance was burning money every second.

Nellie smiled and waited for Luka to lose his temper.

She had grown up in the clan, surrounded by stars.

The Holy Court had heard that Luka was recruiting actors from their race and had specially contacted her before, giving her many benefits and asking her to be a little ‘spontaneous’ in the filming once she was selected.

However, the expected outburst of anger did not happen.

Luka very calmly directed the staff to move the equipment and switch to the next filming location.

A total of three scenes were filmed in one day, each one worse than the last.

Luka did not show any displeasure throughout the entire process, which on the contrary made Nellie a little confused.

After the filming was over, Luka even directly said to the quill pen, “Let’s go, let’s go back and continue creating people.”

Nellie couldn’t believe it and dug her ears. The sun hadn’t even set yet. What were they going to create?

No one could answer this question. They could only watch as the two figures left side by side.

The actors were lax, and the director was even more relaxed. The next day, Luka directly announced that there were no filming plans.

He was preparing for the most important war scene to come, waiting for the factory to rush to produce the required clothing.

While waiting, the city lord of Moke came, saying with a headache, “Those dwarves are picking fights from time to time, and some of them want to eat extra free meals.”

Moke City was weak, but the city lord was not. He had wanted to make a move several times.

As he was speaking, his gaze suddenly focused.

On the table not far away was a thin piece of paper. Under the light, the words “summary of the main actors” were particularly eye-catching.

The ink was not yet dry, so it should have been written not long ago. With a scan of his divine sense, the content was clear at a glance.

Nellie: Attitude is tough and arrogant, two-faced, but actually a little insecure.

According to Luka’s observation, whenever a tall and beautiful female demon passed by, Nellie would subconsciously avoid her gaze. After the other party had walked away, she would whisper and pick on her.

Kai & Qiong (playing the king and queen respectively): A slacker attitude, but with academic rigor.

These two would be particularly serious when it came to filming forging scenes.

Paye (playing the prince): A muscle man who lacks thought. His attention is all on Nellie when filming.

“This is?”

“Getting a feel for them. As a director, you should have the most basic understanding of your actors.”

On the table were samples of items needed for the war scene.

Luka’s slender white fingers caressed the rough edge of the horsewhip, and he said with a smile, “Once you understand their personalities, it will be very easy to train them.”

Looking at his gentle smile, the city lord of Moke inexplicably shivered.

The quill pen was the exact opposite.

His gaze followed the fingers caressing the horsewhip. In an instant, he only felt that the air in Moke City was too dry, making one thirsty.

…

During the severe winter, it snowed, but Moke City had not had any precipitation for many days, and the climate was getting drier day by day.

Today was the day to film the scene of the country’s survival.

When Nellie came, she was still wearing very exquisite makeup, and a very gorgeous silk scarf was tied around her neck.

She deliberately walked in front of Luka to show off.

The other extras were wearing armor and standing on the desolate Gobi. To prevent accidents during the fight, they were each required to wear restraining equipment, so much so that even casting a cooling spell was very tiring.

The complaints of the dwarf race were endless.

“Hurry up and film.”

“It’s so hot.”

Amidst the chaotic complaints, the sound of heavy footsteps suddenly came from within the city gate.

—The actors playing the giant race were coming out of the city.

The enlargement spell elongated their original features, making them look slightly ferocious. The moment they saw the giant’s costume, the dwarves who were still complaining all turned cold.

Any race that has survived to this day has more or less experienced war.

The clothes the giant race was wearing now, at first glance, looked a bit like a race they had a grudge against in history.

Even if it was only thirty percent similar, it already made them very unhappy.

The scorching sun blazed. The appearance of the giant race had a self-silencing function.

Luka shouted in a low voice, “Everyone, stand in your respective positions. The weather is so hot, if you don’t want Miss Nellie to get sunburned and peel, then cooperate!”

The past two days, he had been like a soft persimmon. Suddenly being so fierce, even Nellie was subconsciously stunned.

Why was it for her? But she really didn’t want to be in the sun for a long time.

Nellie was very popular in the clan. The other dwarves cooperated and walked to the valley. The giant race’s actors walked in the opposite direction towards the slope.

After confirming that the surrounding area was cleared, Luka nodded at the quill pen.

In an instant, all the bionic puppets were deployed to the front row.

With the addition of the puppets, the number of the two armies rose rapidly, creating an extreme sense of pressure.

“Action!”

The command was like a gunshot.

The giant race couldn’t wait to launch a charge.

These days, the citizens of Moke City had accumulated a lot of anger towards the dwarf race, and they finally had a chance to vent it.

The specially made stone club weapons were waved high, and the heads of the bionic puppets in the front row were smashed in half on the spot.

Never doubt the quill pen’s craftsmanship. The self-destruct magic on the gears was automatically activated, and the blood packs inside broke, making the whole scene extremely bloody for a time.

In the final friction of the mechanical gears, there was even a shrill roar.

The sound echoed in the empty world, and the faces of the loosely standing dwarf race turned livid.

The giant race’s clothes had already made them very unhappy, and now a nameless fire suddenly erupted in their hearts.

On the other side, after being called abandoned people for several days, the enlarged demons, after smashing the bionic puppets, charged forward with great momentum.

Dark clouds briefly appeared in the sky.

The emotions on both sides began to become irritable.

The distance between the two sides was less than a thousand meters, and the fishy smell from the evaporation of the blood packs rushed over along with the advance of the army.

The dwarf race was completely enraged.

“Charge!” One by one, they picked up their weapons and were about to fight.

However, the restraining inscriptions on the armor were extremely dense, and a few of the charging dwarves were directly thrown out.

The quill pen and Luka, one in mid-air and one on the ground, continuously released spells that diluted magic power to prevent loss of control and accidental injury.

The color of the bionic puppets’ armor would be different under the sunlight. A giant accurately picked up one, stared at the real dwarf behind it, grinned, and directly tore off one of the puppet’s arms with his teeth.

They called them mixed-blood remnants? That’s right, they were just that barbaric.

“Cowards.” Looking down from above, the giant spat out an insulting word that had been used against dwarves in history.

It was easy to get angry even when joking and playing around, let alone a group battle of tens of thousands of people now.

The dwarves had long forgotten that this was a play. Anger and frustration instantly erupted.

Seeing that the time was about right, in the high sky, misty thin threads hung down from between the quill pen’s fingers. He temporarily controlled a dwarf to shout out a line.

“Death before dishonor.”

The irritable and easily angered dwarf race all echoed, “Death before dishonor!”

The whistling fierce wind blew, and the giant race’s shouts of battle also rose one after another.

An infinite difference in size. The giant race ferociously waved their weapons, and the dwarf race directly took out their weapons and equipment.

Luka, who was controlling the scene in secret, was not surprised that this would happen. He had even had the quill pen help him carve a formation on the battlefield a day in advance.

At this moment, he timely activated the formation.

The magic power on both sides was suppressed, and the attacks they released were like loud thunder but small raindrops.

Under their anger, it began to develop into the most primitive game of flesh and blood.

Who knew that one of the giants was actually not weakened much. His speed was surprisingly fast, and he rushed directly into the dwarf race’s group, smashing towards one place.

“Nellie!”

Paye, who was playing the prince, subconsciously stood in front of her. More nearby clansmen subconsciously protected Nellie.

Seeing her clansmen being thrown away like garbage one by one, and the yellow sand blowing a blood mist, she couldn’t use her magic. Nellie staggered back a small step in a daze.

She could no longer distinguish whether it was the blood from the bionic puppets’ blood packs or the blood of her clansmen.

For the first time, Nellie felt the shadow of death.

“Cut!”

The picture froze in an instant.

The most ferocious giant rationally put away his stone club. In fact, he was played by the city lord of Moke, who was specially invited by Luka.

Afterwards, Luka waved away the giant race actors.

On the rolling sand dunes, at a glance, it seemed to be all broken limbs.

Luka slowly walked towards the actress who had fallen to the ground. Next to her were the broken bionic puppets.

After a long time, Nellie finally came out of the play. Her eyes, looking at Luka, were almost spewing fire.

“You!”

But Luka bent down.

The final scene’s photo unexpectedly appeared in Nellie’s eyes.

In the picture, the woman’s curly hair was messy in the yellow sand, the alarm in her eyes was accurately captured, and in front of her were the fallen clansmen.

The wild beauty of the dwarf race can only be highlighted in a specific environment.

A drop of blood from a blood pack splattered on the corner of Nellie’s eye, like a gorgeous scar.

The most perfect battle-damaged makeup, a rose burning in the war.

For the first time, Nellie was struck by her own beauty. It was a beauty that shook the soul.

Luka helped Nellie up and showed her the video from the day before. “The ruthless war, compared with the happy life before, I think the audience will be very shocked.”

Nellie was currently in a state of mixed and complex emotions. When she suddenly saw the scene from before, she immediately felt a sense of shame, as if she had been exposed.

She had been filmed so ugly before!

“What is this you’ve filmed? Film it again,” Nellie said without thinking.

Who knew that Luka’s attitude suddenly turned cold. “Magic stones are very expensive. As long as it’s not an important scene, it’s fine.”

Without giving the other party any chance to refute, he directly announced that filming was over. Luka went to help the staff collect the equipment. Nellie wanted to go forward and speak several times but had no opportunity.

…

For a whole day, Nellie’s heart was like an itch.

Next, whether it was eating or resting, she would inevitably think of the video that was not well-filmed.

Her clansmen cursed today’s scenes, but they couldn’t find a vent. After all, it was just a play. In the end, they could only swallow this depression alone. However, they all affirmed Nellie’s life’s shot.

“Even the elves can’t compare to you!”

“Really, before… before it was also very beautiful, but the final shot was really…”

Too charming.

The more they said, the more Nellie became convinced that the scenes filmed the past two days were black history, and she wished she could destroy them all.

At night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse.

A petite figure in a cloak, while looking left and right, quickly knocked on someone’s door.

After a long time, Luka appeared, sleepy-eyed.

“Good evening, Miss Nellie. You are as beautiful as the moonlight tonight.”

For the first time, Nellie ignored the compliment and said quickly, “I’ll pay. We’ll reshoot the first scene.”

Luka frowned, seemingly very troubled. “I’m sorry, the lost wages for the other extras for a day, the food expenses, and the magic stone fees are not a small expense. Actually, you acted well at that time. There’s no need to be so nitpicky…”

Bang!

Nellie’s arm suddenly pressed against the door, and her fist left an imprint on it.

She gritted her teeth. “No matter how much it costs, I… will… pay.”

Excerpt from Luka’s diary:
Director’s principle: never do anything to make things difficult for the actors.
Nellie [gritting her teeth]: Reshoot, I beg you.
Alex: Watching the show.
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