Chapter 18: Mage Chess
In Charlotte's room, a flash of magical light flickered and flickered.
He lacked the means to contact Dema and Dinah, and Vivien and Lolita, who rushed to Icewind Castle, had already made contact, but they were still some distance away from Icewind Castle, and it was very likely that it would be too late in terms of time.
Charlotte holds the royal crest of Icewind in her hand and tries to use it to contact Sylvia. However, after the badge went on and off, nothing changed. And this time it was worse than the last contact, last time, there was at least a process of retrieving information, but this time the badge in Sylvia's hand was like being lost in the Void World, and there was no response.
"Still can't get in touch?" Charlotte put the badge in her arms and opened Sylvia's journal as she lay down on the velvet bed.
In fact, what if she finds it? Tell her everything? Will Sylvia kill Evan or Vivien Leigh? With her character, there's a good chance she'll take a quick cut to end it all.
Charlotte was in a difficult dilemma.
Naturally, he didn't know that at this time, Sylvia had already entered the Sky City of Rivadeo, and was playing a game of unimaginably large and complicated mage chess with Edwin, the Lord of the Stars.
The two sat at opposite ends of the palace, and between the two, the chessboard battle was in full swing. The complex chessboard has long gone beyond one world and reached the macro realm of the multiverse, with tens of thousands of forces controlled by both sides, and information on armies, production, politics, diplomacy, etc., can only be measured in billions.
Hundreds of millions of instructions were given almost every instant, allowing the forces on the chessboard to act according to their own thoughts, and the intricacies of mind data processing far exceeded that of any supercomputer Charlotte had ever known in her previous life.
Edwin suddenly opted for a tentative game. In Mage Chess, each side can pause ten times to restore the depleted spirit and calculate the macro strategy for the next step. But this time, Edwin didn't stop there.
"Princess. Edwin took a sip of the tea cup in his hand, and the young man who was as warm as jade was as beautiful as a woman in her twenties, "Do you still plan to continue?"
"Why not?" asked Sylvia as she sat upright, her expression grim.
"If you go any further, you will go beyond the realm of legends. Edwin smiled slightly, as if he was shining in a void, "Although I know that the princess has no emotions, can act with complete reason, and her strength cannot be measured by legend, but she is not a king in the end. If it continues, I'm afraid that the princess will collapse in the sea of consciousness. β
"Edwin, what do you think I'm here for?" Sylvia smiled coldly, gesturing to her left chest, "I'm here to tell you that I've found my heart. No oneβa god or a kingβwould try to take my heart. I know what you're thinking, but I'm telling you, you're the one who retreats. β
Edwin's smile faded, and he asked, "You are really the good daughter of His Majesty Russin! β
"What a very arrogant junior. Sylvia pointed to the board, where there was a second counting down, and now the number jumped to 30, which meant that the Mage would end the timeout after 30 seconds, "You'll regret using your precious timeout for this boring conversation, and remind you that there's not much time left." β
Generally speaking, the king has gone beyond the realm of mortals, and if he is not the same root king, he will not be called the king by the juniors.
Edwin understood what she meant, and he glanced at Sylvia with a look of dismay. The Frozen Lake Princess of the Magic Empire looked at the chessboard, no longer interested in talking. As her title suggests, it is as tranquil as a glacial lake, and no one can catch a glimpse of the raging undercurrents beneath the ice.
"Are you the king?" Edwin asked one last time before the pause ended, "the Star Throne that can deceive me, you are the new generation of Illusion Lord?"
The board reopened, and Edwin had to focus on the game. The two sides continued to play, and suddenly, Sylvia stopped the board, she did not choose to take a timeout, and in that short period of time, Edwin was given a valuable opportunity to develop.
"Who knows if it's true or not?" Sylvia said with a smile on her lips, "This is in return for your wasted timeout, and don't complain about my inability to win." β
She said, turning her attention back to the chessboard.
On the other side, Edwin was sweating on his forehead, and he realized that there was a fatal hole in the big game he had laid out. There is a chess piece that jumps off the board and becomes an evenly matched chess player, no, that is a glorification of the situation. It is correct to say that he was stupid enough to treat an evenly matched chess player as a pawn on the chessboard!
Following this line of analysis, he thought of a deeper possibility.
"Edwin, if you die now, that storm that will sweep through the multiverse will be inevitable. So, in order to reduce the losses, I'd rather release my once powerful enemy, the Calamity Witch!"
At that time, Zoe, the Lord of the Structure, approached him and asked him for advice on the location of the Witch of Calamity on the pretext of diverting the attention of the gods. Now think about it, Zoe...... Did he really release the Calamity Witch for this reason? Did he already guess that Sylvia was the second generation of Phantom Lords?
If so, has the king who controls his destiny unwittingly become a pawn in the hands of others?!
Click.
The chessboard sounded, and it was Sylvia who chose to take a timeout.
"What's wrong?" Sylvia's voice was mocking, a feeling that was impossible to have before, and it made Edwin realize that Sylvia had indeed found her heart, "Your heart is messed up, the chess game is messed up. Edwin, are you afraid? Do you fear when the game goes beyond your expectations? In this way, the power of prophecy is really not a good thing. β
Edwin held the teacup, his hands trembling slightly. He took a sip of tea, and when he looked up, a strange smile appeared on his face, "No! I'm excited." Senpai, I'd like to ask you a question, does Zoe-senpai know that you've achieved the throne?"
"Who knows. Sylvia picked up her tea, "But in the dark underground, he deliberately avoided meeting me. β
"Then I guess, you have to worry about Zoe-senpai. β
"I know. Sylvia nodded, "That's why I'm looking for you and not Zoe." I've worked with him, and I don't know much about him, but I know a rough idea of what kind of person he is. He was a saint, and the so-called saints, like me before me, were madmen. β
"One is absolutely sane and the other is absolutely emotional?" I don't agree much, because the so-called kings are all chaos! are madmen!" Edwin smiled at the corner of his lips, and he turned back into the boy who always had a warm smile, "So why do you think I'm going to retreat?"
"Let a king retreat? I don't have such crazy thoughts, I'm just warning you to make you more worried. Sylvia pointed to the board again, and the readings in the air were no more, no less, just 30 again, "But I think you'll be willing to share some valuable information with me after this game of mage." We have never been friends, but we have common enemies. β
"Alright!" Edwin set his eyes on the game, "let's wait and see, if you win me, I may have more worries as you wish." β
Click!
The chessboard rises again, this time the two top beings in the multiverse no longer communicate, and devote all their energy to the complex chessboard with the multiverse as a chess game.