The battle was still going on. The fight between another bandaged man and the mercenary leader Acorus was full of strength and grace. However, with the monster beneath their feet becoming restless, no one could escape.

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Defeated and falling into the water, Ayame looked at the light projected on the water, she stretched out her hand, but more darkness enveloped her body.

In an instant, all the ships were swallowed up by the nameless darkness and sank. Only the eternal and unchanging sea occupied all Ms. Merritt's thoughts.

When humans are in the deep sea, they will be in a superposition of two states: confinement and openness.

In that dark and gloomy world, some unknown things are stirring, arousing the deepest fear in human hearts.

The vastness of the ocean and the various creatures hidden in it give people endless reverie and unstoppable imagination.

Since ancient times, the ocean itself has been one of mankind's fears and has been deified along with the sky and the earth.

Now, Ms. Merritt feels the same way.

For a moment, she felt like she was suffocating.

It was an indescribable feeling of being shut in. The air in the screening room suddenly became heavy like sea water. Even breathing became difficult. Ms. Merritt couldn't help but hold her breath. She felt a stuffiness in her chest. Her legs struggled unconsciously like a drowning person.

In this situation, she saw a huge, unimaginable black shadow rising from the bottom of the sea. All the people who fell into the water, the fragments of ships, the shrapnel of shells, everything seemed small and insignificant.

In that huge black shadow, even death cannot be called eternal.

The drowning victims were wrapped in black, without a sound or movement. No one knew what their final fate would be. Were they devoured and torn apart by the shadows, dying in agony? Or were they dissolved and disappeared, without any consciousness? Or were they directly teleported to the sea several miles away, safe and sound?

The unknown is the greatest fear.

Ms. Merritt even felt that the whole room had darkened.

The oppressive, humid early summer air in the southern French countryside penetrated into her lungs like a ghost, and like sticky glue, blocked her airways bit by bit. As the clouds obscured the last ray of moonlight, the screening room became pitch dark, with only the projection screen emitting a faint glow, illuminating the room.

Silence, with only the sound of the ocean current passing by her ears, occupied Ms. Merritt's body.

She stretched out her legs, grasped the armrest of the sofa tightly with her hands, her eyes widened, and her whole face was ashen, like a drowning person.

Until, the camera was pulled out of the water, and it was the protagonist's face, and he was pulling the camera's main perspective and dragging it to the surface of the water.

For the first time, Ms. Merritt thought this man was so handsome.

She discovered that it was the heroine Amber who was pulled up.

There were only the wreckage of ships all around, and even the corpses of those unfortunate victims could not float on the water. Amber spit out a lot of sea water, and she lay on the wooden board, her whole body wet.

Ms. Merritt noticed that her body, which had been charred by the use of the prayer, had recovered, and the moonlight shone on the girl's body, making her whole body glow.

French films focus on showing the beauty of young girls' youth, and in the current shot, there is a messy sea, a huge black shadow that may appear at any time, cold moonlight, and in the middle of it, a pure and flawless girl. This is a scene that is enough to touch the heart of any audience.

What makes Ms. Merritt feel relieved is that the director did not immediately arrange the emotional drama between the hero and the heroine as in some traditional movies. The two of them drifted on the sea like survivors, intoxicated by the illusions reflected in the matches. After drying their clothes, Amber fell asleep holding the dog, and the hero was also very gentlemanly and just stood by.

Some directors like the suspension bridge effect, which is manifested in that there must be ** before a big battle, or a kiss scene after a crisis. Ms. Merritt believes that this simply means that they do not understand how to portray emotions step by step, and can only use this method to force two people together.

And now, in the interaction between Amber and the male protagonist, all Ms. Merritt sees is a bewildered girl and a persistent mercenary, and the two help each other and overcome difficulties together.

The drifting fish on the sea make people feel uneasy, but the dog can still catch fish. The two people and the dog are roasting a fire on the wooden board. The girl eats food that is not "elegant" for the first time. She is excited and excited after encountering the island. The interaction on the beach makes people feel calm.

Even though there was still a long and dangerous journey ahead, and even though they were now on an isolated island and struggling to survive, at least now, the two of them didn't have to worry about anything else and could just be with each other.

Ms. Merritt was very familiar with this feeling. She thought about it for a moment and found that this was the daily life portrayal that the island country's films were very good at. Unlike European and American films, many films in the island country do not have many clear goals or rhythms. Many times they just depict the daily life of the protagonist and the people around them, but they do not make people feel boring. On the contrary, these little bits and pieces make the characters more full.

Many art films in Europe and the United States are truly arty, the kind that can make people fall asleep. The various neon-lit scenes, montage, stream of consciousness, and actors with gloomy faces all stimulate people's sleep nerves.

When Ms. Merritt saw this scene, she couldn't help feeling melancholy.

Because Amber is a girl who has been burdened with responsibilities since she was born, she may have grown up according to the plans of her family and has no freedom of her own.

And now, without a doubt, is the freest time in her life.

Ms. Merritt is well aware of how rare such moments are, because she knows that later in the story, they will surely continue their journey and eventually reach their destination. The freedom and comfort they have now are just a fleeting dream, and they will always wake up.

This feeling of how fleeting the good times are is like a light wine that goes down your throat but then lingers in your heart.

The so-called mono no aware may be such an emotion.

Even when she saw the protagonist discover the pirate camp and was able to steal the pirate ship and continue to his destination, Ms. Merritt felt a sense of loss.

There is no doubt that her heart has been entangled by the characters in the story and she is completely immersed in it.

Drifting on the sea, they arrived at Changfeng Island, pretending to live on the island as a brother and sister and teasing the little girl. Amber said that she wanted to give up her responsibilities and stay here as an ordinary girl. This plot accurately hit Ms. Merritt's heart. She felt that this was the warmth and healing she wanted, a growth plot that combined literature and art.

Even looking at Lu Ban, he felt that he was quite handsome.

Who doesn’t have a girly heart?

If the story ended here, Ms. Merritt's reason told her that it would definitely be imperfect.

But she also hoped that the story would end here.

However, the director certainly didn't want the story to end like this, so a turning point occurred.