Chapter 715
Anton thought that showing the trailer for Avatar: The Way of Water to Terun and his family was a mistake. Instead of pacifying their persistence in knowing sothing about the second movie, Terun, his wife, and his two kids beca more excited. Even Terun and Glenda behaved like children and could not settle down. They kept babbling about the fact that they could not wait until the next day to watch the second film.
Anton did regret a little that the version of Avatar he had shown them was the regular one, not the Imax version. He thought that the 3d version was ten tis better than the regular version. Nevertheless, the movie was an epic one that titillated the imagination of every brownie folk, from kids to the very old.
Inside his room, Anton continued leveling up his Diablo characters until he got tired enough to sleep. Early the next day, he was flabbergasted to learn that Terun and his family only slept for a couple of hours. Terun and Glenda admitted that everyone was just too excited. They could not even wait until after lunch and tried to persuade Anton to show them the movie after breakfast.
He learned that so of the elders t with Terun to try to ask Anton if they could watch the second film in the morning and the third film after lunch. Their reasoning was simple. Because the village was buried in snow, they could not do regular work or chores anyway, so why not spend it watching films?
Anton just sighed and agreed to let the brownies watch the film early. Avatar: The Way of Water would be shown starting around nine in the morning, then everyone would go to lunch. Then, around two in the afternoon, the third film, which was Avatar: Fire and Ash, would be shown. Anton was a little surprised that the brownies planned to have a party after the movie.
Terun admitted to him that parties, from simple to extravagant, were a regular thing for the folks, especially during winter when they had nothing to do. The brownie’s excuse was that since they worked hard during the other season to accumulate the resources they could use during winter, then it was just right to consu them in a happy environnt.
“Are you not worried that your resources would run out before the winter ends?” Anton asked.
He then learned that because of the magic that the brownie wielded, they had resources in abundance that a lot of other communities inside the forest traded with them in the middle of winter. Even the forest elves.
“Why is that? I assud that the forest elves would have the sa magic as you?” Anton asked.
“Well, they’re not focus in gathering food. They specialized in combat or the arts, so the majority of ti was spent elevating the things they were interested in,” Glenda answered for Terun.
After breakfast, everyone went to the village hall. Anton was still surprised at how large their hall was. It was built against the largest tree in the village, which was located at the very center of the village. It was warm inside since apparently, so of the folks made sure that the fire was kept going, since they knew that the movie watching would be held that day.
Anton asked Terun if they were not worried about the fireplace consuming a large amount of wood, and Terun said that only a small part of the fuel was wood. The rest was mana stone, and only very little of it was consud for the fire. Most communities inside the forest did the sa thing. Instead of using the trees for fires, they use mana stone.
“So so of the forest folks go to Ormunda to delve into dungeons for mana stone?” Anton asked.
“No. The forest is extrely large, Anton. It has its own dungeons. Not to ntion that wild dungeon that sprang up now and again,” Terun said.
“What are wild dungeons?”
“Because of the forest’s magic, dungeons would be born, and since those dungeons are young, they would have one to two floors. Once soone conquers it and takes the dungeon core, then the wild dungeon will collapse,” Terun said.
Terun’s statent opened Anton's eyes to many things he did not know about. Specifically about dungeons. He had to admit that ever since he started delving into dungeons, Anton had not made an effort to know more about them. He did not know about dungeon cores and that once they were taken, the dungeon would disappear. Based on that information alone, he knew that the dungeon cores of the dungeons in Ormunda were probably protected by the Ormundans.
“What’s the use of dungeon cores?” Anton asked Terun.
“Depending on the age of the dungeon, it’s basically a more powerful mana stone, but even the very young dungeon’s dungeon cores are probably worth a thousand high-level mana stones. That’s why any adventurer lucky enough to stumble into a wild dungeon would beco instantly rich.”
Terun expanded that the probability of so unknown adventurer stumbling into a wild dungeon was extrely rare. Anton thought that it was comparable to winning the lottery.
Once the hall was ready, Anton did not delay any longer and started the next film in the Avatar franchise, which was Avatar: The Way of Water. Since he had recently seen the film, Anton decided to place himself at the back and level up his Diablo characters while everyone else was watching the movie.
Because his attention was with his Diablo System, Anton did not see that the brownie folks were fascinated by the underwater scenes.
When the movie ended, the brownies cheered again. Everyone returned ho for lunch, including Terun and his family. Anton followed them ho and ate with them, then, without any delay, they returned to the village hall.
Anton was not surprised that everyone was there already. He just sighed when he realized that instead of seeing the day-to-day lives of the brownies, they looked the sa as anyone who was excited watching movies, like the Ormundans and his other friends who beca cinephiles. Terun did tell Anton that their elder ntioned that the snow would subside the next day. That ant that the brownies' lives would return to normal, but it was still going to be limited since it was still the middle of winter. Anton decided that he would not delay his journey anymore and would resu his travel the day after tomorrow.
Everyone was already waiting for Anton to show them the third film in the Avatar franchise. He did not delay anymore and started the movie. After the film, everyone was in a celebratory mood, so the party started soon after.
Anton was surprised that a lot of food was prepared already, and Anton and Glenda admitted that the brownies prepared for them last night, since everyone was too excited about watching the movies, so they did not sleep.
During the party, so brownies who traveled the forest for different reasons, like visiting relatives or trading. They were regaled with stories about the films, and all of them had expressions of deep regret that they had not arrived early enough to have seen the films.
Anton was surprised that there were so forest elf visitors who ca with the newly arrived brownie folks, and he learned that they were there for trade. Terun told Anton that their elder wanted to speak with him.
They returned ho first to rest, and soon, the elder arrived with so of his delegation to Terun’s ho.
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