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The Epidaurus Theater is a stage for artists to show themselves, and it is also a place of pilgrimage for artists.

Although this ancient theater is located in the Giant Kingdom, it does not belong to any one party.

Noble dragon species, nobles in the dark, mysterious witches, all kinds of existences will gather in the Epidaurus Theater on that day.

No country or organization can afford the price of occupying the entire theater.

[Hermes's Traveling Hat], the richest in the entire Tartarus continent, and even a giant chamber of commerce that completely monopolizes multiple industries, announced that it would be responsible for opening the Epidaurus Theater. In less than two months, the working capital was in a state of emergency, and the budget exceeded more than ten times.

Is it difficult to hire those artists? No, those artists will not need [Hermes's Traveling Hat] to find them. They can hear the sound of the Epidaurus Theater opening, and the sound of them being selected, and they will come here like devout believers.

The biggest expense is to maintain this ancient theater.

Legend has it that this is where humans worshipped and sang praises to gods during the Age of Gods. This theater itself is a giant prop of a very large scale.

Because it is too old, every time it is started, it needs to spend a huge amount of materials to repair it.

[Hermes's Traveling Hat] has made psychological preparations, but it still has to bleed a lot of money to maintain it again because the person who opened the theater before repaired the Epidaurus Theater indiscriminately.

[Hermes's Traveling Hat] paid such a huge price, and the purpose is also very simple, that is, to promote culture and convey the ideas of various ethnic groups.

Commonly known as product placement.

Hanging goods from various races on artists, including but not limited to armor, props, accessories, and even potions.

This is a project proposed by a senior partner named Herbie Hermes, inspired by the ancient slave gladiators who would promote sponsors' goods before fighting.

Is Herbie the kind of noble person who is willing to pay out of her own pocket to promote and spread the culture of various ethnic groups?

That is definitely not, her goal is to monopolize.

With the arrival of strangers, the world's pattern has changed dramatically. The biggest impact is not that the monsters were defeated, but that the species that were once considered a group of monsters have become a nation.

For example, orcs, such as sky giants.

But so far, the only people who can trade with these races that were once monsters without any scruples are foreigners.

These races are eager to integrate into this world, and the best way to integrate is commodity trading.

And Hebi seized this opportunity and took all the goods of these races into his own hands by selling on behalf of them.

Of course, selling to foreigners will definitely be a loss, so just sell to people other than foreigners.

Various royal families, earls, huge organizations, even dragons and dark nobles are all targets.

On the huge stage of Epidaurus Theater, these valuable commodities are hung on the most dazzling artists on the stage.

Those audiences have to see it even if they don’t want to.

Even if the audience doesn’t care, they can convey the idea that these races are friendly and hope to understand each other, and they can also achieve their goals.

In this way, [Hermes's Traveling Hat] can become a bridge between those races that have just turned from enemies to neutral and the forces of various kingdoms, making huge profits while constantly pulling strings and expanding its trading network.

This is not a gamble, but a conclusion that "this is a good deal" was reached after careful calculation.

But an accident still happened. Foreigners intervened and used extremely vicious means to force the artists to give up the opportunity to appear, making the advertising completely ruined.

This is not the worst.

If you can't advertise, then just treat it as a very, very, very expensive firework.

Many princes, dark nobles, and dragons all want to watch the performances in the Epidaurus Theater. Just the fact that [Hermes's Traveling Hat] is willing to open the theater so that they can enjoy the performances and the singers' singing has earned their favor.

But the foreigners snatched up all the tickets to the Epidaurus Theater.

Epidaurus Theater is a super large prop. If you want to enter the auditorium, you can only use the prop [Epidaurus Theater Admission Ticket].

Well, those people with extremely high status will not come unless they are willing to stand outside the theater.

Herby's plan failed, and all the investment of [Hermes's Travel Hat] was wasted. The worst thing is that [Hermes's Travel Hat] must continue to invest resources in this project.

Because for the Chamber of Commerce, reputation is the most important. If you say you want to open Epidaurus Theater with great fanfare, you must open it.

Now, [Hermes's Travel Hat] can only watch its investment become someone else's wedding dress, and this feeling of frustration spreads to almost every employee of [Hermes's Travel Hat].

The most serious among them is undoubtedly the person responsible for maintaining Epidaurus Theater.

The theater maintenance staff almost looked at those foreigners who occupied the magpie's nest with hostile eyes.

Most of them were experienced in the maintenance of Epidaurus Theater in the past. Seeing those foreigners who used this sacred Epidaurus Theater as a place for fun, they hated them.

However, there was an exception.

She was a nun foreigner, and the theater maintenance staff had a good impression of her.

Part of the reason was that this girl was originally selected by Epidaurus Theater.

But the main reason was the girl's seriousness about the stage.

It was not a pilgrimage-like yearning like the previous qualified candidates, but a simple seriousness, serious about her singing, serious about the stage, and serious about the empty auditorium.

Even in the middle of the night, the girl was still singing.

Listening to the girl's singing, the maintenance staff moved faster. Under the magical power of the [singer], their fatigue was dispelled.

At this moment, the noisy sound destroyed this beauty.

A group of foreigners dressed up in fancy clothes appeared, both men and women, frivolous and chaotic.

The theater staff frowned with a headache. They couldn't understand how a voice with the [singer] could make such a harsh sound.

In any case, the appearance of these foreigners meant that the girl's singing was over.

The girl stood in a dark corner of the stage, with her hands crossed, her thumbs entwined, and her eyes lowered from time to time looking at those foreigners eagerly.

She wanted to walk towards those foreigners and become one of them.

Finally, she mustered up the courage and took the first step.

"Ahem, ahem - make way - there's something dirty here -"

A theater staff member swept the ground with a broom, like a sharp knife drawing a clear dividing line between the girl and those strangers.

The girl retreated in fear.

Other theater staff gave thumbs up.

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