Ms. Merritt did not respond to these messages. She smiled, put down her phone, took the ice bucket and wine glass to the screening room, poured a glass, went to the window, took a sip, and looked at the scenery outside the window.

It was already late at night, just like in the movies, with only a faint mist filling the mountains and forests. The moonlight tonight was blocked by clouds, the earth was hazy, and the sultry air made people feel irritable. Only the wine in hand could bring some relief.

Sitting back on the couch, she pressed the play button and the movie continued.

The protagonist discovered the conspiracy of the bandaged men. Those bandaged men used some mysterious statues to seduce the crew and tried to infect the people on the ship with plague. Fortunately, the protagonist resolved the conspiracy. He seemed to have mastered some special spells that allowed people to peek into a corner of the world's extraordinary power.

And in the sea, there are also unspeakable monsters lurking, which is far from being as calm as the real sea.

“Fantastic witchcraft, very exotic world view.”

Ms. Merritt was not averse to the emergence of this supernatural power. After all, there were monsters at the beginning of the movie, and the world view background also showed that these monsters needed the power of the witch to purify. It was not surprising that these mercenaries had some special abilities.

Art films have never rejected such settings. It is better to say that supernatural powers are often a theme of romanticism. Even the Nobel Prize will give prizes to magical realism literature. Some idealistic powers are nothing big for artists.

In the movie, the bandaged man thinks the time has come and prepares to launch a surprise attack. The camera falls from these people on the bow and sinks into the sea. After several ups and downs, when they float up again, it is already a storm and the protagonist's fleet is tottering in the stormy waves.

The unprecedented storm suddenly cheered up Ms. Merritt.

The deafening thunder roared and the devastating waves hit the wooden sailboat. Just like the warm spring breeze scene at the beginning of the movie, the storm scene at sea now seemed to overflow the screen.

Ms. Merritt clutched the armrests of the sofa involuntarily. She felt dizzy, as if she was not in a villa in the French countryside, but on a boat, and she could only kneel in submission to the power of nature.

Holding her breath, she saw the protagonist's ship breaking through the wind and waves again and again, but these wind and waves seemed boundless and had no end at all.

At the same time, in the distance, the appearance of the enemy's pursuing fleet adds tension to the plot, and a major battle is about to break out.

The protagonist finds the witch Amber and asks her to calm the anger of the sea.

Amber stood in front of the open window, her face wet by the rain and the waves, the lightning flashed, illuminating her profile, with a beauty beyond human.

She responded and began to chant prayers that sounded like ancient songs, which Ms. Merritt could not understand.

As she chanted this prayer, Ms. Merritt felt her heart calm down.

She saw a beam of light coming down amidst the mighty storm that could be felt even through the screen.

The light penetrated the clouds, pierced through the darkness, and fell on the ship where the protagonist was.

At this time, the movie gave a panoramic picture. In the dark waves, two ships, one large and one small, were tossing in the waves. The warships in the distance were ready to go and had already fired their cannons. The sky was covered with dark clouds and lightning was brewing, but a ray of light fell from the infinitely high sky and illuminated the ship.

The painting-like texture of the picture was so shocking that it made Ms. Merritt hold her breath, as if she was seeing the works of those oil painting masters who used colors to the extreme.

What is revealed in this picture is the spirit of unyielding resistance and the great will that bursts out when human beings face desperate situations.

Ms. Merritt even felt a sense of holiness, like a religious pilgrimage.

Amber at this moment is even more noble than the saint who saved France a hundred years ago.

This isn't just due to special effects.

People with poor acting skills, even with such lighting and such scenes, would just act like they are reciting lines. But Amber, with her dignified, aloof aura and the aura of controlling everything, can still be fully reflected even without the storms around her.

At this moment, she is the most noble person in the world.

This made Ms. Merritt have a strange thought, that is, is there really such a saint in this world, with such extraordinary powers?

However, the good times did not last long. With the approach of the enemy fleet, there was incessant bombardment and the bandaged men followed.

The protagonist's dog, a supernatural creature, also dives into the sea and launches an attack on the enemy's warships.

The camera changes as the dog moves, and it turns into a monster covered with tentacles and eyeballs. It shuttles through the sea and comes to the enemy warship. Its tentacles grab sailors and throw them into the sea, and it rampages on the deck.

A sailor was hit by a cannon, and a cannonball immediately burst out from the black muzzle. The end of the cannonball flew up and hit the ship where the protagonist was. The wood was shattered and some people were knocked flying by the explosion.

The perspective followed the flying man to the second floor of the cabin, where a bandaged man stood in front of the window, holding out his bandages and smoke wrapped around the bandages.

The camera moves forward along the bandage, toward the amber in front.

This series of long shots starts from the protagonist and ends with the protagonist. The camera movement is smooth and shows the intensity and cruelty of the battle. Even Ms. Merritt, who is not interested in such battle scenes, has to admit that this segment is quite exciting, whether it is the production of special effects, the mobilization of personnel, or the arrangement of storyboards, all of which can be called excellent.

The bandaged man fought off the witch who seemed not good at fighting, interrupted her chanting, and fought back and forth with the protagonist for several sections.

Soon, the bandaged man was ambushed by the protagonist and suffered serious and fatal injuries. The smoke on his body began to become chaotic.

A kind of low humming sounded in Ms. Merritt's ears.

For a moment, she felt a chill down her spine, because the voice sounded like someone constantly chanting in her ears, it was so real.

She looked around hurriedly; she was the only one in the huge screening room.

After taking a sip of sparkling wine, Ms. Merritt saw that the bandaged man seemed to be able to bring some disaster. He fell into the water, and his whole body spread out, dyeing the already dark sea water into ink-black.

A huge black shadow appeared in the sea.

In an instant, even though the storm had not yet subsided and the battle had not yet ended, the whole movie suddenly became quiet.

Only a beating sound similar to a heartbeat could be heard.

The sound also made Ms. Merritt feel a throbbing and resonating sensation.

thump--

thump--

thump--

She didn't know what would come next.

She just knew that the big one was coming.