For the people of Karamay City, as long as rain or other bad weather did not interfere, heading to the cultural and entertainment plaza outside the eastern gate after dinner had become a nightly routine. Built with investment from the New Moon Merchant Guild, it was where they spent their evenings enjoying themselves.
The most eye-catching part of the plaza, and naturally the one that drew the largest crowds, was the enormous area in its center used to screen Mana Illusion Films.
At seven sharp every evening, the New Moon Merchant Guild sent dedicated staff to play Illusion Films through the Mana Illusion Projection Device there. The screenings were free and continued until ten at night.
At first, people had come merely out of curiosity. But as the New Moon Merchant Guild continued airing its various documentaries and serialized Illusion Films, they quickly became captivated by the stories.
Recently, the Illusion Films the New Moon Merchant Guild screened for free included a documentary introducing the cultural sights of different regions of the Sains Continent, as well as two serial dramas, one about the Race War and the other about the lives of modern commoners. Every one of them was immensely popular. After watching a single episode, people were hooked and could not help wanting to keep watching.
Over the past two days in particular, the series set during the Race War had reached its climax, with the allied human forces about to clash with the great army of the Elf Race. That made the people of Karamay City even more unwilling to miss a single scene.
Some people from the countryside outside the city even arrived more than two hours early, traveling from villages dozens of kilometers away just to secure a good spot to watch.
Amid this excitement, dusk