Chapter 274: Darkness Descends Quietly

The chess player sighed: "Do you have to chat in such an awkward way?"

The Emperor picked up his cards: "This meeting is also part of the gambling game, and in general it is all about words, psychology and hole card competition." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoI haven't had a good time since I got here......"

The chess player agreed, with deep feeling: "It's because you can't find a suitable enemy, right?"

"Yes, it's hard to find a confidant! You can barely count one, but it's a pity that what you like is board games!"

"If you want to have a good exchange, don't complain about this anymore!"

Zhang Xuqian continued to deal cards.

Pai Huang said: "Okay, gossip, tell me your true purpose." ā€

"I'm here to hire you and your army!" said the chess player bluntly.

ā€œā€¦ā€¦ In order to deal with the threat of the Albarez Empire?" the Pai Huang had obviously already guessed, so he didn't have any surprised looks, but his tone was still a little unhappy, "At this point, the situation and status of our two families should be equal, right?

The chess player laughed: "Because now I am the employer, and you have a conflict with the empire, confrontation is inevitable, and now I will pay and cooperate with you in action, how do you think you earn it?"

Pai Huang shook his head: "To be honest, I don't really need your cooperation and support. You know, you're just fighting the enemy, and I've really defeated the three Protectors and Twelve Shields here!"

"Don't play with words! you can repel the enemy's crusade, and Brantish has just taken refuge with a lot of strength, right?" the chess player pointed out sharply, "I heard that when you fought Brantish, you suffered a great loss, and you should know best what the twelve shields really are terrible." Moreover, you have been able to settle here in large part because the Empire has not really wanted to manage this yet. Their emperor has not returned for a long time, so the entire empire is running at an inefficient level, and there is no incentive to use troops abroad. And once their emperor returns to the throne, then this will inevitably become the first target of the imperial soldiers!"

The player pointed to the ground at his feet with his finger.

Pai Huang couldn't help but ask, "How do you know so many things?" His intelligence channels are already the top. Because it is a paramilitary organization, and it also has to search for its companions who are scattered in all directions, so the Second Special Wizard Brigade has paid special attention to intelligence gathering at the beginning of its establishment, and now their intelligence network has spread throughout Ishgar, but due to the closed situation of the Western Continent, the information about the Albarez Empire has always been in a scarce stage.

The chess player said proudly: "Because I have chess pieces and branches that are active there all year round!"

After a brief exchange, the card emperor immediately agreed to the player's suggestion, after all, the other party has a non-negligible intelligence advantage, and this alone makes it impossible for him to refuse the cooperation between the two sides.

The chess players were also well prepared, and they had already decided that the other party would agree to cooperate, so they immediately threw out the next specific cooperation plan.

"Because the situation is still relatively urgent, and the Imperial side may launch a retaliatory attack at any time, I need you to immediately send men to take over the island that was originally garrisoned by the chess pieces. The Empire will not send a large-scale army yet, but high-level combat power will inevitably appear, so you don't need to send too many people, just pick the real main force, preferably in person!" the chess player looked at the two in front of him.

"Hey, you're too polite, aren't you?" the Emperor grumbled, "And what's the point of your decision this time?

He said that he couldn't understand that since the two sides had decided to form an alliance, Pai Huang naturally felt that the stronger the other party, the better. After all, the enemy they had to face this time was an empire that ruled an entire continent! It was equivalent to the Sainz Resis Empire in the world of Adras, a powerful and suffocating existence.

The chess player pondered for a moment and said, "It makes sense for me to make such a decision. Because during this year's Great Demon Fighting Exercise, there will also be a major incident in the royal capital of Crokas, and it may even be a more serious incident than here. It was directly related to my chess game, so I had to deal with it seriously! For this reason, I even persuaded Woz to cooperate with the chess pieces temporarily, so it can be said that I have put together my best strength to deal with accidents. ā€

"What else could be more difficult than those twelve shields?" the Emperor wondered.

"Who knows?" the player shrugged, "If I knew what was going to happen, I wouldn't have to ask the Woz guy to help, we're still opponents!"

It is only when there is a change of events that threatens the game itself that the player actually cooperates with Woz, as against Gerf and Akunororia.

So now the chess player is very worried, this time his ominous premonition, could the source be because of Akunororia? The information held by the chess player shows that the original name of the Great Demon Fighting Martial Arts was "Dragon King Festival"!

If that's really the case, I'm afraid it's really not enough to rely on the strength of the chess pieces alone, and basically I can only rely on Woz to see what his "dragon slayer" can do.

The chess player sighed in his heart that he had really spent too much energy on things other than the normal chess game...... To be honest, this is not the chess game he wants at all, and it is so difficult for him to honestly play the next game of chess!

The chess player couldn't help but feel tired and sighed heavily.

……

Return to the scene of the Great Demon Fighting Competition.

It was the second day of the Great Demon Fighting Martial Arts that had just been carried out, and he was crazy about dodging the ball. Players are required to dodge the "cannonball balls" fired from 100 turrets in a limited space.

In short, it's another crazy project, and the speed and density of those balls are desperate. However, it is undeniable that this is also a very exciting project, and it is difficult to have something to watch.

But at this time, the huge stadium was silent, and after the final result of the game came out, the audience fell into a suffocating dead silence. Even the pumpkin referee and the commentator who was in charge of enlivening the atmosphere were speechless for a while.

The oppressive atmosphere lasted for more than ten seconds, but it felt unbearable. Then the audience began to hear a "buzzing" conversation, as if they wanted to release all the repression just now, at first deliberately lowered their voices, but as the whole people around them joined in the discussion, people's voices also let go.

The crowd was full of voices, and the pumpkin referee standing in the center of the arena only felt that the voices on all sides formed a huge wave of sound, and he was overwhelmed at once. He opened his mouth and tried to say a few words, but found that the voices blessed by the amplification magic were drowned out by the waves of human voices on all sides, and they couldn't be transmitted at all!

"This ......" pumpkin referee had to wait helplessly for the audience to calm down on their own.

The pumpkin referee knew that it was no wonder that people reacted so violently, because the results of the game were really shocking!

With the referee's order, the game began. Then just one minute later, the game was over!

Because at this time, on the square platform, there was only one person left standing proudly - the eldest lady of the sword-biting tiger, Mineba!

Competitors from other places were knocked out of the field almost instantly!

In fact, as early as before the game, Mineba's meaningful question was already mentally prepared that she would definitely use some way to indirectly "attack" her opponent and knock them out. Not only her, but all the other contestants also have this intention, as the pumpkin judge said, as the Pumpkin Judge said, as a magician, prohibiting direct combat does not mean that you can't fight, and the rules themselves have countless loopholes to drill, which is also an important attraction of Crazy Dodgeball!

But no one expected that Mineba's attack would be so violent and exaggerated. While the others were still getting used to the rhythm of the game, Mineiba had already launched a full-scale attack!

Mineba's magic, the "Absolute Territory", is among the best even among the rare spatial magics. Unlike Mestre's space jump, which is just pure movement magic, "Absolute Territory" is a powerful top-level combat magic that is both offensive and defensive. Combined with Mineba's strong magic and her own qualities, she is already an invincible magician in a sense! If there is no rule of "direct attacks are prohibited", she can even directly use magic to throw her competitors out of the field!

Even if similar moves were restricted, it wasn't a problem for Mineba. As she said, since you can't shoot at people, it's pretty much the same to spell the ball. After briefly familiarizing themselves with the ball speed and flight trajectory, the colorful and chaotic magic array spread all over the field, and at that moment, all the balls that entered the range of the magic array were shifted and appeared directly in front of the other players!

In the face of such a sudden "attack", even a first-class magician like Zhu Bi'an could only hold on for a few more seconds. In the end, it is precisely with these short seconds that the two to eight players can be judged.

The game had just begun, and the audience hadn't even had time to open their voices to cheer and cheer when they found that the game had been abruptly terminated!

Not only were the players who were knocked out of the tournament confused and couldn't figure out what was going on, but the spectators who watched it all happen couldn't accept it for a while. That's why there was an embarrassing cold situation just now.

Mineba stood proudly in the middle of the platform, but she was satisfied with the silence.

It should be so, be surprised, be hopeless! True strength does not need to be praised by others, such a deathly silence is its best foil!

"Now, I declare that the winner of Dodgeball Madness is...... Mineba!" The pumpkin referee is finally able to carry out his duties normally.

Mineba greeted the crowd's cheers and walked down the platform.

"That's exactly what happened!" Mineba's thin lips curled, "Sure enough, the Sword Biting Tiger is the strongest...... No, it should be the Sword Biting Tiger I am in that is the strongest guild!"

Back in his group, Mineba was warmly welcomed by several others. Sting and Lufas did not hesitate to praise her achievements. There is no element of exaggeration in this at all, and the strength shown by Mineba is indeed worthy of such praise, her strength and prestige in the guild have long surpassed that of the head leader, Germain.

However, at this time, Mineba did not pay attention to what was happening around her, did not notice the praise of her companions, as if she did not see them, and left their seats despite the fact that the game was still in progress.

The rest of the Sword Biting Tiger couldn't help but look at each other, and then they had to let the eldest lady move freely. In the hierarchical Sword Biting Tiger, the eldest lady has authority second only to President Germain, and no one can dictate her actions except the president himself. So the eldest lady's actions have always been more capricious, and leaving the field halfway or something is just a small thing, anyway, they still have Xue Nai as a substitute.

In the narrow corridor inside the arena, Mineba's figure suddenly disappeared as she walked, and then a colorful spherical distorted space appeared in the distant field, and Mineba stepped out of it.

At this time, Lululuya, who had shrunk down and obediently stayed in the audience at Fairy Tail, raised her head, and only her natural spatial ability detected this abnormal spatial fluctuation. But she quickly lowered her head again, but someone was using spatial magic, and there was no threat, so she didn't need to pay attention.

In the camp of the demon tail, the atmosphere is a little dignified, after all, it is still a rival relationship, and the sword bite tiger Mineba is so strong, it is definitely not good news for them.

Mebis reminded his members, "That woman's magic is so powerful that she's almost reached the highest level of spatial magic. Don't be careless when you meet her!"

Noticing Mebis's frowning brows, President Makarov asked, "Is there anything else wrong, the first generation?"

"How? It feels strange. The woman's magic ...... It seems to be beyond the rank she should be. Mebis's turquoise pupils looked straight ahead, as if replaying the scene that had just happened, "Her degree of control over spatial magic is too exquisite!"

In the game just now, Mineba controlled a huge space with a diameter of 100 meters in one fell swoop, and later on this basis, he controlled the position of more than 600 balls with incredible precision, projecting them in front of everyone else! And this level is already beyond the upper limit of Mineba's current ability.

After all, Mineba is only a first-class magician who has mastered top-level magic, but she is not a top-level magician yet.

Natsu jumped suddenly: "So, there was a problem with the previous game?"

"No, in fact, even if her control is a little worse, it will not be someone else who wins in the end. Mebis shook his head, "Absolute Territory is inherently overwhelming in this project!"

After saying that, Mebis shook his head and shook off these thoughts: "Okay, don't worry about it! In short, if there is a project to meet her again in the future, be careful to deal with it, I believe that our Fairy Tail Wizard will not lose to her!"

Mebis waved her small fists to cheer everyone on, but her eyes were completely focused on the three S-class magicians, and Mebis knew that only they had enough strength to fight against Mineba.

……

On the outskirts, after confirming that no one was nearby, Mineba swung a space warp ball, releasing a mass of black unidentified objects of indefinite shape from inside.

"Hehe, how's it going?" the black mass twisted in mid-air, turning into a vague human shape, "I'm not lying, am I? I can indeed take your magic a step further!"

The black figure floated in front of Mineba, a hoarse and distorted voice emanating from his body.

Mineba didn't like his smug gesture, and once again condensed the spatial anomalous orb in his hand: "Pay attention to your attitude, you are still my captive now, thank you for not escorting you to the Senate!"

"Hehehe, do you really think I'm going to care about such a threat?" Dark Shadow, the leader of the Eye of the Dream, Forbertol, let out an ugly laugh, "Do you really think I'm going to be stupid enough to just run to Crocas and launch an attack? You know, Crocas at this time is a place that he doesn't even want to approach the Gate of Hades! Before I came, I had already prepared the means of 'resurrection'! Even if you completely wiped out me here, I would still wake up again in the headquarters...... It's just that some of the memories and magic will be lost. ā€

"But you obviously don't want to die so easily!"

"Yes, that's why I chose to cooperate with you!" said Forbertol, "I know that you, the Sword Biting Tiger, are only looking for great strength and corresponding status......! At least you, Miss Mineba!"

Mineba didn't interrupt his transformation, just listened quietly.

"So, as I said, come join me, and I can make you stronger! if you don't mind paying the price to be stronger. ā€