Ch.425[Episode 425] Cinematic

Thus, Sir Dominic completed the motion capture and was able to configure his skill set.

Fortunately, Sir Dominic’s skill [Cinematic] passed without any issues.

The reason was that while others’ ultimate skills were designed to reverse crisis situations, Sir Dominic’s skill was oriented toward consolidating advantages already gained.

Now that the motion and skill issues were resolved, there was virtually nothing left to do.

All that remained was simply waiting for the release date.

“The release date will probably be in one week, or perhaps two weeks.”

“Is that so?”

Sir Dominic questioned the director’s statement.

“I think it would be most effective to recruit Hime and release it as the Enchant trio.”

“Indeed.”

Sir Dominic nodded at the director’s words.

“Then, will the trailer be released around that time too?”

“That’s right.”

Sir Dominic said this as he exited the first-floor lobby.

“I’ll drive you home.”

“Hmm. Then I won’t refuse.”

Sir Dominic didn’t reject the director’s offer to give him a ride.

He was tired, having been awake for over 30 hours.

So the director drove Sir Dominic home.

“Well then, I’ll contact you again on the release day. I hope you’ll definitely try it out.”

“I will.”

Sir Dominic shook hands with the director.

…

“You’re back?”

Sir Dominica greeted Sir Dominic.

“Sir Dominic is home?”

Lady Alice also addressed Sir Dominic, as if not wanting to be outdone.

However, Sir Dominic merely nodded mechanically, went straight to his room, lay down on the bed, and tried to sleep.

That’s how exhausted Sir Dominic was.

“…What on earth happened?”

“I know. Why didn’t he come home yesterday?”

Sir Dominica and Lady Alice looked at each other, tilting their heads in confusion.

In just a few days, Sir Dominica and Lady Alice had become quite close, dropping formalities with each other.

“…Could he have found a woman?”

Lady Alice said with a terrifying expression.

“That’s impossible. You know Sir Dominic’s personality.”

Sir Dominica shook her head.

Since Sir Dominica was a parallel world version of Sir Dominic based on him, she didn’t think at all that Sir Dominic would have woman troubles.

“Then is it that Heroes of Legend thing that’s the problem?”

“Maybe.”

“What on earth is Heroes of Legend that it could keep Sir Dominic occupied for over 30 hours?”

Lady Alice burst out angrily, unable to understand.

“And to make him this exhausted, no less.”

“Who knows.”

Sir Dominica shrugged, indicating she didn’t know.

In truth, Sir Dominica thought Sir Dominic didn’t look much different from usual, but it seemed to be a problem for Lady Alice, who hadn’t seen him in a while.

Lady Alice thought for a moment, then spoke to Sir Dominica with a determined attitude, as if she had reached some conclusion.

“I think I need to find out about Heroes of Legend.”

“?”

“They say if you know your enemy and know yourself, you can fight a hundred battles without danger, right? So shouldn’t I first know the enemy?”

Lady Alice spoke sharply, already defining Heroes of Legend as the enemy.

“Well, if that’s what you want.”

Sir Dominica respected Lady Alice’s decision.

“Good. Let’s go together.”

Lady Alice immediately stood up.

“Huh? Where are we going?”

“Downtown. But I don’t want to go alone, so please come with me.”

Lady Alice had been reluctant to go out alone since being taken to the police station for misusing her strength, not to mention having been kidnapped outside once before.

In such circumstances, it wasn’t strange for Lady Alice to ask Sir Dominica for help.

However, Sir Dominica raised an issue that Lady Alice hadn’t considered.

“What about Dominia?”

“Ah, right.”

Lady Alice thought of Dominia sleeping soundly in Sir Dominica’s room.

Being young, Dominia needed a lot of sleep, but how confused would she be if she woke up to find Sir Dominica and Lady Alice gone?

She might even cry out of fear.

“It’s not good to take her along either… what should we do…”

Lady Alice bit her lower lip anxiously.

Fortunately, the worry didn’t last long, thanks to Sir Dominica’s clever solution.

“What are you worried about? We can just search the internet.”

“Ah.”

Sir Dominica said this and searched for Heroes of Legend online.

It seemed the mode itself had existed during the alpha test, but disappeared briefly after the beta test started, only to return recently as version 2.0.

“It’s a game mode. It says you can play it on PC too?”

“On PC?”

That evening, Heaven Delivery delivered two gaming computers to Sir Dominic’s house.

Of course, along with ergonomic chairs, desks, and various peripherals.

…

A few days later.

“The Count, catch the Count!”

“Charm is on cooldown. Ah, I died.”

“Ah, we lost.”

“Well, that’s it for me.”

“What? Let’s play one more!”

Lady Alice shouted, almost pleading with Sir Dominica who was getting up after playing just one game.

Lady Alice looked quite disheveled—her hair was messy, her clothes were like those of a slob, and the area around the computer was full of snack crumbs and trash.

Anyone could see she had become addicted to the game.

“We agreed on just one game.”

In contrast, Sir Dominica looked perfectly normal.

In fact, this incredible mode had endlessly tempted Sir Dominica, but her amazing mental strength, which could already withstand the threats of Stars, could easily overcome this level of temptation.

As you can tell from the situation above, this Heroes of Legend mode was highly addictive.

Various characters and diverse skills.

It was becoming addictive because the AOS mode was easier on the body than relying on special techniques for physical combat, while still providing flashy effects to see immediately.

This was why the AOS mode accounted for over 45% of mode share in Gacharand.

While Sir Dominica and Lady Alice were arguing about whether to play one more game or not, Sir Dominic came out of his room.

Unlike usual, Sir Dominic was wearing a pirate outfit, and Sir Dominica knew exactly what kind of outfit it was.

“That’s the Enchant outfit, isn’t it?”

“Huh? Enchant? Eh? Pirate? Why a pirate?”

Sir Dominica recognized at a glance that it was the Pirate Knight Sir Dominic skin.

Lady Alice was puzzled seeing Sir Dominic in a sudden pirate costume.

“Why are you wearing a pirate outfit? Is there a reason?”

“Ah, it’s nothing special.”

Sir Dominic said, putting on a red bicorn hat.

“Today is the day of the collaboration between Heroes of Legend and Enchant.”

“I see… Wait, Heroes of Legend?”

Sir Dominic nodded at Lady Alice’s question.

“Yes. As it happens, I’ll be appearing in Heroes of Legend.”

“Enchant. It’s been a while since I heard that name.”

Sir Dominica reminisced at the mention of Enchant.

More precisely, she was thinking about the Sir Dominic version of Enchant.

The story of a pirate knight, ninja, and prototype android trying to escape a laboratory.

This game had helped Sir Dominic rise from tier one to tier two, provided an opportunity to become friends with Hime, and was the catalyst for finding his sister Remi through Zero.

In other words, the game Enchant was like Sir Dominic’s first step into Gacharand.

With such a memorable game collaborating, it’s no wonder he put so much effort into his costume.

“Wait, how are you getting there?”

Sir Dominica suddenly asked Sir Dominic, as if she had a good idea.

“I was planning to walk… do you have a better suggestion?”

“I do.”

Sir Dominica made quite an interesting proposal to Sir Dominic.

“You have that airship, right? Why not paint it black with a white skull, like pirates would use, and arrive in that? Wouldn’t that be more impressive?”

Sir Dominic pondered Sir Dominica’s words carefully.

And he thought Sir Dominica was right.

“Indeed. But I’m in a hurry now. Don’t you think there’s not enough time to go buy painting materials?”

“What are you worrying about?”

Sir Dominic’s concern was reasonable, but Sir Dominica dismissed his words and said:

“If you look in the warehouse, there should be a painting kit. We never check all our rewards thoroughly, so there’s bound to be at least one painting kit among them.”

Sir Dominica’s suggestion sounded plausible.

“Indeed. I should take a look.”

Sir Dominic said this and headed to the warehouse.

And he actually succeeded in finding several painting kits.

“This feels like heaven is helping us.”

Sir Dominic said this and began painting the airship with the kit.

Shortly after, a formidable pirate airship rose from Sir Dominic’s house, displaying an impressive flight.

Its destination was the Black Group.