Luigi was different from the others. After he boarded the Phantom Dolphin, he used his long tail to stabilize his body. Then, he stood up and bowed in all directions.
It was as if he wasn't standing on the back of a dolphin, but on a stage where countless people were watching.
The fire circle had not appeared yet, nor was there any disturbance. Even so, Luigi still closed his eyes and began to hum a gentle melody.
The moment he heard the first melody, he knew that Luigi had chosen "Ode to the Sea Spirit".
It was a hymn, a sacred hymn that praised the countless creatures living in the sea.
As per normal, "Ode to the Sea Spirit" would start with a small splash, which would slowly raise waves. By the end, the audience would see the magnificent sea and the beautiful creatures swimming in it like fairies. When the song reached the climax, it would slowly return to silence. The creatures in the sea bid farewell to the singer, and the beautiful melody would continue until the end.
At the beginning of the song, there was music but no lyrics. At the climax, there was both music and lyrics. At the end of the song, there were no lyrics, only accompaniment. This was a kind of echo between the beginning and the end.
Luigi didn't have a harp as an accompaniment, and he couldn't start singing before the audience got into the song. So, he chose to hum.
He used his extremely gentle voice, which sounded like a fluffy feather tickling one's ear. He hummed quietly and performed the beautiful prelude before the magnificent song.
As Luigi hummed, the audience who were still applauding all quieted down.
The host's voice also stopped.
Even the wind in the sea seemed to have stopped blowing.
Everything became silent, and only Luigi's humming could be heard. It drifted leisurely, lingering in the ears and penetrating deep into the quiet soul.
Finally, the prelude ended. It was time for the opening song.
The opening song of "Ode to the Sea Spirit" was about how the singer met the creatures living in the sea.
In the original version, the singer first met a group of dolphins that were happily swimming in the sea.
Luigi didn't change the lyrics, so his opening song was also about how the singer met the fairy-like dolphins.
Even without the accompaniment of a humming song, just the lyrics alone were enough to make the audience think of a beautiful scene that was as real as a dream.
After the singer and the dolphin met, they embarked on their journey to the ocean.
Now, Luigi's interpretation was completely in line with the Divine Will of the 《Magnificent Sea Spirit Praise》. In fact, this Divine Will had even spread to the surroundings.
The Illusory Dolphin under his feet seemed to be able to see the scenes hidden within the heavenly song.
And under this kind of Divine Intent, the Illusory Dolphin also gradually changed.
The last time Laplace had boarded a dolphin, he had completely treated it as a means of transportation, or rather, a vehicle. The dolphin was like an inanimate object.
But this time, the Phantom Dolphin seemed to have been activated by the song, displaying an unprecedented level of intelligence.
Moreover, there was more than one dolphin.
One, two, three … A large number of porpoises floated up from the silver ocean. They were like singers in hymns, following Luigi and moving forward with his singing.
The Phantom Dolphin's swimming posture was no longer stiff, but rather graceful and nimble.
There were even many Illusory Dolphin spinning in the beautiful song, and following the melodious rhythm, they jumped out of the water one by one.
When Laplace saw this scene, the tight string in his heart also loosened. Just the scene of the Illusory Dolphin jumping out of the water was already a kind of performance.
This was definitely a bonus.
While the audience was immersed in the performance, a few people in the air were whispering to each other.
In Laplace's opinion, although this was only the beginning, it was basically set. The Illusory Dolphin dancing, the audience holding their breath, this situation had never happened before.
As long as it could be maintained, the score would not be low. It could even be said that it was not impossible for him to get full marks.
As for the end of the 《Magnificent Sea Spirit Praise》 that they were most worried about, this could be put aside because the countdown below had already reached one minute, and now Luigi had not even finished playing the prelude. It was basically impossible to play to the end before the countdown.
If there were no accidents, Luigi should reach the end around the middle of the song.
Therefore, there was no need to worry about the ending being lousy. They would not be able to hear the end anyway.
Angor really wanted to hear how Luigi would fill the hole in this incomplete work, but it seemed impossible now.
Since Luigi's score would not be low, Laplace began to think about what to do next.
Laplace looked at Angor. "Do you think Gleipnir has room to improve her score?"
"… I don't know what the beast tamer track is like right now."
Laplace: "I mean, just like how you taught me and her before."
Laplace pointed to himself and then to the rabbit girl.
The rabbit girl's score was probably higher because Angor taught her how to "act cute". Laplace's score was obviously higher, which meant that Angor told her to take advantage of the rabbit girl's popularity, and she did it successfully.
These were all outside of the competition, and they had nothing to do with the competition itself.
If Angor could help them, could he do the same to Gleipnir?
Angor thought for a moment and shook his head. "Most circuses work with astrologers. If the track this time is related to astrology, we can use Gleipnir's usual astrology skills and say something ambiguous to fool the audience. But this track is about animal taming, and it's difficult to combine animal taming and astrology. I can't do anything about it. "
As for letting Gleipnir act cute? Well … that would probably only get boos from the audience.
Taking advantage of Luigi's popularity? Not really. Luigi's "Ode to the Sea Spirit" stirred up the audience's emotions, which would only fade away as time went on. At this time, the audience was probably still immersed in the story of "Ode to the Sea Spirit". This was the so-called "Sage Hour". It was basically impossible to take advantage of someone's popularity at this time. After all, one could only take advantage of people's popularity when they were popular. Calm refractory period meant that one could not take advantage of people's popularity.
As a result, Gleipnir, who was behind Luigi, had a hard time.
He had to rely on his animal taming skills to pass the track steadily, or he had to create something better than Luigi's to pull the audience back into the frenzy again. Only in this way could he gain more points.
However, all of this didn't seem very likely at the moment.
"The most important thing for Gleipnir is not to improve his score. The most important thing is to clear the stage."
The Beast Taming Track was a new and unknown track. Passing it was the priority. Everything else could wait.
"I also agree with his point of view." Gleipnir paused and looked at Angor. "Speaking of which, I still have Bila's whip. Are you sure you can do it? "
Gleipnir's words sounded a bit provocative, but Angor could tell that Gleipnir really cared about Angor's last track.
The Beast Taming Track? At least she had her Wonderland item.
Was Angor really going to be fine?
Angor said that the track might have something to do with Camouflage, but it was only a guess. What if it wasn't? What if Gleipnir asked Gleipnir to perform magic?
Angor looked at Gleipnir and smiled. "I know a little bit of magic too. As long as it's not too far from the topic, I'll be fine. "
Gleipnir frowned. He chose to trust Angor.
Laplace gave Angor a thoughtful look. She felt that Angor was just as confident as Luigi after entering the special dream. Did he have something else up his sleeve?
Laplace gave it some thought and found it reasonable. Angor was the owner of the Dream Crystallization. Even though Angor had yet to fully control the Dream Crystallization, he must have gained something during the process. It was reasonable that Laplace had a trump card.
And Laplace's guess was correct.
Angor did have something up his sleeve. And he had a lot of it. His most useful trump card was to use the Tree of Authority to interfere with Wonderland, but it would take some time.
But now, he realized that the most suitable trump card was not necessarily to control Wonderland.
The special dream prevented all items from the outside world, including the shedding of scales. However, it did not prohibit authority.
In other words, it could not prohibit authority either.
Even if Wonderland was a core authority, it could only prohibit the child authorities of the system. For example, the Gate of Dreams was a child authority of the law of space. The law of space could prevent the opening of the Gate of Dreams, but the law of space could not affect the Evil Mist, the tree civilization, or the Membrane of Rhythm … because these were not child authorities of the law of space.
Wonderland was not a core authority either. It was on the same level as most of Angor's current authorities.
Since they were on the same level, how could he stop them?
For example, he could still log off in a dungeon created by Wonderland. This meant that Wonderland and the Dream Gate did not belong to each other, nor did they interfere with each other.
If he could use the Dream Gate, he might be able to use other authorities as well.
However, Angor had never entered a special dream before, so he never thought about it. This time, when he entered the "Sunshine Circus", he finally noticed it.
The only pity was that the other authorities he had were not fully displayed in the Dream Crystal. Only the first sign of the weather was revealed.
Still, it was enough.
Even though his current ability was weak, Angor was confident that he could use it to clear a race track.
He could even use it to help others. However, he did not need to use it for the previous three tracks. Besides, he might not be able to reach 75 points even if he helped them.
She was doing well now. Even without his help, she was doing well.
As for whether he should help Gleipnir in the future, he could always think about it later.
…
Luigi finally reached the second half of the race track, surrounded by a large number of dolphin.
He could already see the flying clown's head on the other side of the river.
At the same time, the ring of fire finally appeared.
Luigi did not pay much attention to it. He was still immersed in his "Hymn of the Sea Spirit".
Moreover, as the climax of the hymn approached, Luigi had no time to care about anything else. He was completely immersed in the hymn.
The first climax was the encounter with a solitary whale. This whale, which was not accepted by its own kind, joined the singer on her journey as she sang enthusiastically and cheerfully.
The second climax was when the singer met a tortoise carrying an island on its back. The tortoise loved the creatures on the island, but the creatures on the island panicked when they found out the truth. The singer's arrival helped the tortoise to express its feelings and solved the problem.
At this point, everyone saw the same scene. In the dark sea, a bonfire party was being held on the back of a giant turtle. The theme of this bonfire party was … reconciliation.
The third climax … Luigi was about to sing when he suddenly felt something wrong.
After the first two climaxes, almost three minutes had passed. It was reasonable to say that the five-minute time limit of the Ring of Fire racetrack was over … or even over.
Why did he feel like he was still on the dolphin's back?
As Luigi continued to sing, he quietly opened half of his eyes and looked outside.
What he saw almost made him lose his tune.
Rings of fire appeared in front of his eyes and extended all the way to the other side.
Previously, there was only one ring of fire. What was going on with so many rings of fire now?
He also noticed that there was a countdown clock hanging around the neck of the giant clown on the other side of the river.
As more and more rings of fire appeared, the countdown clock kept increasing.
What's going on?
Luigi was not the only one who was confused. Everyone in the sky was wondering the same thing.
While the others were still trying to figure out what was going on, Angor whispered, "Did we trigger a hidden plot?"
The bunny girl happened to be sitting right next to him. She heard Angor's words and looked at him curiously.
She still looked timid, but her curiosity overcame her social anxiety.
"W-what do you mean by 'hidden plot'?"
Angor glanced at the bunny girl and whispered, "It's nothing. It's just that the mastermind thought it was a pity that Luigi could only sing half of the hymn, so he decided to let Luigi sing the whole thing."
The 'mastermind' Angor was referring to was the Dream Creator.
Sunlight Circus might look real, but it was still someone's dream. As long as it was a dream, the Dream Creator had the right to interpret it.
The Dream Creator probably thought that Luigi's performance was beyond imagination, so he used this method to "prolong" Luigi's life.
Generally speaking, this was a good thing.
The only thing Angor needed to be careful about was whether Luigi's ending of "Ode to the Sea Spirit" would be too lame.
He considered. Even if the game ended badly, the overall score should not be too low since it was a good one.
With that in mind, Angor put away his wandering thoughts and carefully listened to Luigi's song.
Angor was curious about how Luigi would end "Ode to the Sea Spirit".
(End of Chapter)
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