Creating Anime In A Fantasy World

The fact that the final part of the premiere featured a collective tribute from all the lead actors and production staff was something none of the audience expected.

However, upon witnessing this special moment at the end of the premiere, everyone present felt that coming to the event was well worth it.

Clearly, this special gesture was an exclusive treat for the premiere, and such a thing would never happen during the regular screenings.

After all, actors and directors aren’t obligated to be present in the cinema every single time.

Due to the special nature of the Headless Horseman and Wiz’s identities, they were not brought on stage, but neither seemed to mind.

With the closing ceremony completed, and after the entire cast and crew of Goblin Slayer had left the stage, most of the audience was also ready to leave.

No matter how good the movie was, once it was over, they had to leave as per the rules.

This included General Wilhelm and Knight Commander Wycliffe, even though Rhine, standing beside them, seemed quite intrigued by the film’s production crew and wanted to stay longer. But as men with high military ranks and responsibilities, both the general and the knight knew their priorities.

Their main reason for coming to the Southern Territory was to discuss the situation concerning the orc kingdom in the west of the empire with the Southern Duke.

“Are we really leaving? Aren’t we going to watch the next movie?” Rhine said with some regret in his voice.

General Wilhelm laughed and replied, “Once we’ve settled matters with the Southern Duke, we’ll come back. Priorities first. Getting to see such a groundbreaking performance today was more than enough.”

Wycliffe chimed in loudly, “The general is right! Don’t push your luck, Rhine. Even though the film turned out to be more interesting than I thought, it’s still just a pastime. We’ve got serious business to attend to!”

“…Understood,” Rhine said with a sigh of frustration. “I was hoping to meet that Goblin Slayer in person. Even though my first impression of him wasn’t great, now I’m impressed. Who knew an adventurer who only slays goblins could be so cool!”

“Haha! That’s because you haven’t seen enough yet. Most of the adventurers from the North are like that: meticulous in every mission and ensuring neither they nor their companions end up in danger. But even I find it hard to read this Goblin Slayer. If I could, I’d recruit him, especially with the looming threat of war with the orc kingdom. Someone like him would be a great asset,” Wilhelm said thoughtfully.

“Speaking of which, did you find the name of the director on the credits familiar? Edward… I feel like I’ve heard that name before,” Wilhelm said with a frown.

Rhine and Wycliffe both looked puzzled.

Clearly, they were not familiar with the name of the director who had created this cinematic marvel.

Wilhelm, after thinking hard for a moment, also couldn’t recall where he had heard the name and eventually let the topic drop.

As the three of them walked through the crowd, still buzzing with excitement over the Goblin Slayer movie, they made their way toward a private teleportation station.

They weren’t the only ones leaving, of course.

Many of those who had just watched the premiere were now spreading the word about the film’s storyline.

As a result, despite the theater not having launched a major marketing campaign, word about Goblin Slayer spread rapidly across Nosrick.

And when Edward announced that the movie would officially begin screening the next day, with tickets still priced at just five copper coins, the news caused a sensation.

…

The premiere of Goblin Slayer was a massive success.

Even Edward, watching from behind the scenes, could feel it.

With the completion of one major goal, he suddenly found himself with some free time.

The work of promoting the film was now in the hands of Baniel, who was already making plans to expand Nosrick Cinema network into the Northern Territorys.

However, understanding that the Northern Territory had a vastly different culture from the Southern Territory, Baniel had decided to visit the North in person before finalizing any designs for the new theaters.

Meanwhile, the Adventurer’s Guilds of both the northern and Southern Territories were frantically beginning their own work.

Thanks to Edward, these once-separated guilds had now united and were working together to improve the guild system.

With the movie finished, Edward suddenly felt a rare emptiness in his life.

He realized it was time to start working on his next film.

Of course, with Goblin Slayer just beginning to take off, there was plenty of time to plan for his next project.

So, with this newfound free time, Edward turned his attention to another matter he had long wanted to tackle.

At Durin Castle.

As the light of the teleportation array flickered, Edward’s figure slowly appeared outside the castle gates.

As soon as he entered the castle, a maid who had not seen him for some time rushed over with an excited expression and exclaimed, “Lord Durin! You’re finally back!”

Seeing Winry so eager to greet him, almost as if she wanted to give him a hug but held back because of her status, Edward smiled and patted her head.

He suddenly realized that he had forgotten to design a teleportation channel between the Durin family estate and Nosrick.

However, since teleportation arrays required immense magical energy, without someone like Edward—a high-level mage—to act as a “living battery,” the arrays couldn’t function properly.

This issue wasn’t exclusive to teleportation magic.

Edward’s plan to sell Imaging Crystal had also failed largely because ordinary people didn’t possess the magic power needed to activate them.

This highlighted a much bigger problem: many magical conveniences couldn’t be enjoyed by ordinary people because they didn’t have the magical energy to power them.

This was the key barrier preventing magical inventions from reaching the wider public: the lack of a universal energy source.

This reliance on mages to channel magic energy also stunted the development of magic-based technology.

Most magical inventions were limited in scope because only a small group of people had the power to use them.

Edward wanted to change this. But he knew he couldn’t do it alone.

While Magic Video Recorder and Imaging Crystal allowed ordinary people to indirectly enjoy the benefits of magic, these items were still essentially exclusive to mages.

Without magical power, they simply couldn’t be operated.

The problem of how to let ordinary people use magical energy was something neither Edward nor the alchemists of the past had been able to solve. It had even led to the decline of alchemy, as there was no practical application for its inventions in everyday life.

However, Edward believed his inventions were not without value.

Unlike the alchemy devices of the past, his Magic Video Recorder and Imaging Crystal had one decisive difference: they could do something that mages couldn’t do on their own!

That’s why Edward was confident that his inventions could change the world. They would redefine alchemy’s place in the magical community.

As he was contemplating these long-held ideas, Edward had barely had a chance to sit down when suddenly, there was a magical disturbance outside the castle.

Startled, Edward quickly made his way to the entrance, where he found Roy, the chief mage under Grand Duke Viktor, waiting respectfully.

Before Edward could ask anything, Roy pulled out a letter from his cloak and said, “Baron Durin, this is from Master Hohenheim.”

“…”

After a brief moment of surprise, Edward carefully opened the letter to find a single piece of paper inside. But he immediately understood its significance: it was an invitation to the highest academic conference of the Mage Tower.

This Mage Tower’ academic conference was, in simple terms, the magical world’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize—or perhaps even more prestigious.

Every time this conference was held, it caused a paradigm shift in the magical community.