novelraw Chapter 342 The Hanged King's Elegy, Act 3
Chapter 342 The Hanged King's Elegy, Act 3
Chapter 342 The Third Act of Tragedy of the Hanged King
The curtain on the stage has not been opened yet.
Ishtar remembered the mask just now: "I'm going backstage to take a look at the mask just now and the actress who was wearing the mask. You guys wait here for me for a while."
Feng Mian called her to stop: "The backstage is definitely dangerous. Those actors are all backstage. They are not normal. There must be something that can manipulate them in the backstage. It's too unsafe for you to go alone."
Maya also agreed: "That's right, and the monster in the auditorium doesn't know where it is yet, so it's hard to guarantee that it will walk around and run into you."
Ishta's face was a bit tangled. She knew that there were many dangers here, but she would always feel uneasy if she didn't go. She must see the mask with her own eyes to confirm it, and then take it back.
Tsuruya suggested: "Let's go backstage together. I also really want to know what happened in the backstage to make so many actors become like this."
Feng Mian shook his head: "No, if we go together, the five of us have too big a goal, and if we act together, we will be discovered easily. It is simply a walking target."
"Let Maya go together, we are here to watch the audience's reaction, Maya will accompany Ishtar to the backstage to see what's going on, and then check the white porcelain mask by the way."
His suggestion was very pertinent, and Ishtar had no choice but to agree: "Okay then, Xiao Ye and I will go backstage together, and you will wait for us in the auditorium. Remember, your own safety should come first in whatever happens."
Feng Mian said good: "You also have to be careful, I have a hunch that there is a very powerful presence in the background, but I can't feel the specific location, you all be careful."
After he finished speaking, Maya and Ishtar stood up, left the audience lightly, moved on tiptoe, and slowly approached the backstage.
Feng Mian observed the surroundings vigilantly, and found that neither the actors on the stage nor the audience sitting in the auditorium behind them had noticed that two people in the first row had left after the curtain was raised.
Not long after they left, there was another rustling sound of cloth rubbing behind him, Feng Mian felt an ominous premonition, and he turned his head abruptly, not caring whether he would be noticed or not.
He only saw a tall figure who seemed to be wearing a long cloak, Feng Mian immediately remembered, isn't that the man who appeared on the stage at the opening?How could he be in the auditorium?Could it be...he is that man-eating monster?
At this time, the black cloak was walking towards the backstage, and the rustling sound of the cloth just now was the result of the cloak dragging on the ground when he was walking.
The moment he saw the back of the black cloak, the ominous premonition in Feng Mian's heart was maximized.
He wanted to stand up almost immediately and run after him backstage to see what the guy was up to, but he suppressed his urge.
It's too unsafe to leave Jiangtang and Crane House here. If something happens, since Crane House has almost no actual combat experience, Jiangtang will definitely not be able to handle it alone.
Even if I go to the backstage, I may not be able to help Ishtar and Maya. I don’t know anything about these heresies, and it’s useless to go. It’s better to stay here and watch Jiang Tang and Crane House.
I hope Ishtar and Maya will be more careful in the background, that black cloak looks very unusual.
Feng Mian looked at the stage again.
At this time, the lights on the stage have changed rapidly, and Gonzalo and the guests have met. They invited a well-informed Duke of Sortino to dinner and killed him. Gonzalo ordered that the murderer be seen. During the process, Anlinda was imprisoned in a monastery.
Then the lights quickly switched to the other side, and Antonio began his revenge plan.
He stood on the stage: "The queen must be rescued first."
The guard asked: "But this is too dangerous. Although she is your mother, she has never done her best to nurture you. There is no need for you to take yourself for her."
Antonio shook his head: "Not only that..."
He didn't finish speaking, but remained silent, the guards couldn't see through his thoughts.
The lights changed again, to the other side of the stage. After Isabella in the monastery was warned by the king later, the masked Isabella became obedient.
She respectfully agreed to all the king's requests, and the white porcelain mask covered her face completely. Only then did Feng Mian see that there seemed to be some mucus at the place where her chin met the mask. This was Ishtar. The said extremely corrosive liquid?
After the king left, Isabella and the maid took out a glass of poisoned wine - they planned to use this glass of poisoned wine to kill Antonio. Isabella has now been completely controlled by the mask and has become obedient to the king , she will do her best to do what the king ordered.
However, when Antonio entered the monastery, the moment he saw the white porcelain mask on Isabella's face, he understood Isabella's plan.
So when Isabella brought out the glass of poisoned wine, he grabbed Isabella's arm and tore off the mask on her face with the other hand.
In an instant, Isabella's mucus-corroded face was exposed.
Antonio acted as if he hadn't seen it, he directly picked up the poisoned wine on the table, pinched Isabella's chin, and forced her to drink the glass of poisoned wine. In an instant, Isabella fell to the ground and died.
Blood flowed from the corner of her mouth, and she lay on the ground without making a sound.
Feng Mian looked at the stage, and was familiar with such a scene. This is not the first actor who died on the stage. Before the actor who played Isabella, several people died on the stage.
What is this bloody drama all about?
No, there is no reason at all. Does heresy need a reason?He asked himself in his heart, the answer is of course no, there is absolutely no reason for them to do things.
Sure enough, those who are not of my race will have different hearts.
Feng Mian looked away, looking at the white porcelain mask that fell on the ground.
Ishta went to the backstage to find this mask, but she didn't seem to expect that the actor wearing it still had a role, and she appeared on the stage again.
I don't know what the current backstage situation is like. All I can do now is to continue watching the drama.
Scene changes on stage.
Outside the monastery, Antonio's bodyguard, Francisco, lost his way in the monastery. When he was wandering aimlessly in the monastery, he happened to come across the room where Anlinda was held.
At this point, the curtain falls again, and the third act is over.
Feng Mian looked in the direction of the backstage, but the figures of Ishtar and Maya had not yet appeared.
Tsuruya was a little worried: "They haven't come back yet, did something happen to them?"
Jiang Tang also nodded: "Yes, this scene is over, and the actors will be going backstage later, and I don't know if I will meet them then."
Tsuruya said eagerly: "Yeah, I don't know what will happen if we encounter it. These actors are not normal. There are only two of them. It is very dangerous if they get into trouble. Why don't we go and have a look?" ?”
Jiang Tang agreed: "That's right, it's not necessarily a good idea for us to disperse now, no matter which party encounters danger, the other party cannot arrive in time."
Feng Mian thought about it, and just wanted to nod.
A black figure suddenly stepped out of the background.
(End of this chapter)