Neville had bought precious time, and if the thief had followed the normal process, Harry would have gotten closer to him.

For Neville's kind of expression, although Harry was shocked every time, he also had resistance, at least he wouldn't pester Neville to ask questions like Hermione did.

However, how could he give an answer to a question that Neville himself didn't understand.

"How did you do that?"

"Well, first of all, get serious......"

"And then?"

Neville thought hard, but he couldn't explain the next point, so he jumped.

Then he sped up and ran and crashed into it, and the door shattered...... That's probably it. ”

Hermione: "......"

Leaving the hiccups aside, Neville and the others headed for the next room. It was pitch black and they couldn't see anything, but as soon as they stepped inside, the room suddenly lit up with a shocking sight.

They stood on the edge of a huge chessboard, with black pieces in front of them, all taller than them, as if carved from something like throwing black stone. At the other end of the room, facing them, were white chess pieces.

There is a door behind the white pieces, and it seems that you have to go through the white pieces. Considering that this is a chessboard, there is a high probability that they will need to win the game in order to clear the level.

But the problem is that Neville is negligible, and neither Hermione nor Harry are good chess players, they just know the rules, just like Harry and Ron have never won chess.

If it weren't for the previous level, Harry might still be wondering what would happen if Ron was here, but now he just had to pat Neville on the shoulder and give him a "I'm so optimistic about you" look before he stepped back and watched. And it's better to stay away from Neville and not get in the way of Neville's business.

"Isn't it a bit ...... for us to do this? Not quite a fit?"

Hermione used a lighter word, after all, watching her teammates brush alone and paddling on the side to watch the play is always a bit irresponsible. Whether Neville can handle it or not is one thing, but whether he chooses to help or sit idly by is another matter.

"Do you know how to play chess?"

"No...... Too will. ”

Although Hermione used a euphemism, the subtext was clear. Harry looked at Neville who had taken out the Iron Knuckle and put it on, without the slightest nervousness or worry, and said to Hermione, "Then let's see how Neville solves it, because we can't be better than him." ”

Although she didn't want to admit it, Hermione still knew that they still had to hug Neville's thigh. It's just that this feeling is very bad, Hermione is a little unconvinced, she will definitely practice chess when she goes back this time.

Neville found a place to stand, and as Black's pawn, he stood directly opposite White's king. He had to save a lot of face this time, so he didn't rush over and smash those chess pieces, but just like the door before that was guarded by a powerful spell, this level shouldn't be so simple.

The piece he took his place had already left the board, and according to the rules, white went first, and a white pawn on the opposite side moved forward two squares.

For chess, Neville only knows that it is a victory to eat the opposite king, and when it is his turn to act, he takes two steps forward, which is still learned from the opposite white chess to know that the [pawn] can take two moves.

Unfortunately, the white pawn on the opposite side is diagonally opposite Neville, and according to the rules, the white pawn that eats diagonally can attack Neville on the next turn. According to the normal rules, the piece represented by Neville is considered to be captured and counted as a game.

The white pawn swung the knife in his hand and slashed at Neville, which is generally not on his own turn, and the chess pieces cannot be moved, but the problem is that Neville is not really a pawn.

With a twist of his waist, Neville dodged the knife sideways, and instead of retreating, he rushed to the white pawn, and raised his fist at it to slam his head and face.

Although it was a disadvantage to fight empty-handed, Neville still smashed the pawn into pieces, and the knife was picked up by him instead.

Neville's move must have been in the mind of the professor who set up the level, so when he [fouled], two pawns took two steps forward at the same time, but the problem was that Neville was not in their range.

"It's not that simple!"

Although Neville was confused, Harry and Hermione had already seen something, and as a penalty for violating the rules, White could move two pieces at a time, which was equivalent to one more turn. If you do fight against each other, then Black will undoubtedly be in trouble, because before you kill the opposite king, your own king may have already hit the street.

But the question is, even if he knew that there would be a penalty for the [foul], what could Neville do?

Neville's pawn directly opposite him is only [Bishop] three squares away from him, and next to the bishop is [King], in other words, Neville can attack White's [King] by advancing two more times.

So he took two more steps forward, and directly opposite was the Bishop, and on the slope was the King. At this time, Neville was still quite relaxed, because he would be able to defeat the [King] in the next round, and he would be considered to have cleared the level.

However, he fouled again.

Because [Pawn] can only walk two squares except for the first step, and can only take one square at other times.

Perhaps because of Neville's successive fouls, the punishment escalated, and the bishop opposite him picked up the cross and smashed it at Neville.

This time, White's pawn can also perform actions outside the rules, which means that he also has the power to foul.

Considering that there were two chess pieces that could be moved before, then in addition to the bishop, there was also a chess piece that could also take the form of [foul].

As we all know, although the [Queen] can walk straight and diagonally, and is not limited by the number of steps, it cannot be crossed. But this time, the Empress stepped past the pawn diagonally in front of it and came to Neville's back, drawing her sword and stabbing at Neville.

The front and back strikes, whether it is a cross or a long sword, the taste of falling on the body must not be pleasant. However, Neville didn't feel it at all, because it was too simple, as long as he knocked down the [King] diagonally in front of him, the level would be over.

That's what he thinks, and that's what he does.

Suddenly he burst into flames, dodging the cross and the sword, and swung his sword at the white king.

"Khooth!"

The king, who was not unarmed, drew his sword to block Neville's sword. As far as Neville's feeling is concerned, these chess pieces have a lot of strength, and if he were just an ordinary person, I am afraid that the knife in his hand would have been knocked off a long time ago, and his arm would even be broken.

Neville's attack seems to count as one turn, and when it's White's turn to act, it's not a chess game, it's a fight!

All the white pieces that could still move all squeezed towards Neville, no rules, no rules, just trying to knock Neville down.

It has to be said that Neville's save zài is indeed foul and cheating, because whether it is the previous door or the current pawn, their resistance to magic spells is obviously much higher than physical resistance.

If it is a normal wizard, they will find that their magic spells are very bad when attacking the chess pieces, but they can't use their wands to kill the chess pieces, so the only way to eat the chess pieces is to follow the [rules].

But for Neville, this qiē is just to make things what he does best, and maybe he should have done it in the first place, after all, time is precious.

"This must have been set up by Professor McGonagall, who used Transfiguration to transform the pieces and bring them to life...... However, she probably didn't expect to have such a way to pass the test......"

Harry's expression was very exciting, and on the huge chessboard in front of him, Neville was performing a show of "which is the best in figurine-dismantling skills".

Picking up the sword he had snatched from White's king, Neville smashed all the other pieces one by one. As for the original target, White's [King], by this time it has long been reduced to a piece of debris. However, Neville didn't expect that he needed to break much more than just that one piece, in fact, except for the white pawn who quit at the beginning, the remaining thirty-one pieces were all his enemies.

However, it didn't work, Neville did this kind of thing very smoothly, he was like one of those generals in the game, carrying a long sword to open a peerless on this battlefield, and the chess pieces around him were also considered to be local chickens and dogs under his sword.

In just over a minute, Neville smashed all the pieces and left the board for the door.

Walking all the way to the door, Neville didn't encounter any obstacles, and it seemed that the level was really passed, so he turned around and waved his hand, motioning for Harry and them to come too.

Walking on this huge chessboard, Hermione had mixed feelings, and to put it simply, Neville had shaken her worldview-

If brute force can solve a qiē, then why do you need a brain?