1:199 Visiting the Demons (Part II)

"Going back?" asked Grand Duke Hall, with a look of pity.

"Yes. Before, it was said that the haode operation was also smooth (?) When it was done, I thought it was time to go back to the farmstead. You can't always be cheeky to bother you here here in the Southern Knights, can you?" Arthur said euphemistically.

"So?" said Grand Duke Hall, grimacing, "I wanted to keep you for a while to see what kind of person you are. "Haven't you observed enough?" said Arthur helplessly. There's been so much going on in the past few days that it looks like a whole century has passed. Hall wants to investigate Arthur's character, so it's time to find out enough, right?

"What is your character, I do know a rough idea. But there's still some kind of [chaos] in your personality, and I'm really trying to figure out what that is. "I don't dare to entrust you with the whole future of Pantoraken until I find out." "You don't have to give me the future of Pantoraken! I said I don't want to be king anymore!" said Arthur angrily.

"I'm going to keep watching that. Hall put on an intriguing expression.

Arthur felt a little angry, and Hale kept observing, observing, and observing as if he were some kind of experimental animal—isn't that annoying?!

"So be it. Perceiving Arthur's impatience, Grand Duke Hall made a condition, "You stay one more day, just one day." I want you to do one thing with me. "What's the matter?" asked Arthur. He just wanted to settle the matter quickly, pay back the favors owed to Hall, and then leave with his knights as soon as possible.

"Play chess with me. Hallau.

"Chess?!" ten minutes later.

"Come in. Hale, the Heavenly Knight, pushed open the door to the chess room, "This is the first time in ten years that I've invited someone to come to my chess room again." "It was a small lounge converted room, and apart from the two chairs, there were ten chessboards neatly arranged in the center of the room.

The pieces on the board were scattered, and it looked like Hall had played an earth-shattering game against someone before. Although Arthur did not know much about chess, he could see the intricacies of the game.

"Is this a draw?" said Arthur.

"Hehe, it's not. We've just been [coercive] against each other for a full decade. Grand Duke Hall said.

Hall walked over and touched a magic mark on the side, and the flag moved automatically, returning to its original position, and immediately took on the opening position.

"Are you okay with the ruined chess game?" asked Arthur.

Hall smiled and pointed to his head, "It's not destroyed, it's all kept here." Moreover, the young man who was fighting against me is no longer on this shijie, and I'm afraid this is an eternal endgame. Arthur didn't speak, marveling at Hall's superhuman memory and wondering who the chess player was who was playing against Hall.

Of the ten boards, he had seen several moves. I've seen it, but I can't remember where I've seen it.

The head hurts again.

"All right, Grand Duke," Arthur said as he walked to a chessboard, "let's have a game." Which board are you going to use?" "Which board?" Hale smiled, "Arthur, you misunderstood. These ten chess boards side by side are a chessboard. This is my own game, [Clan Wars]. He picked up one [of the king] and said, "Think of the sixteen pieces in each board as a knightly order, and this is the head of the knights." Do you remember yesterday's twenty-man legion battle? What I want to simulate is a battle that's ten times bigger than this. "When my army eats all ten of your kings, it will be when your country will perish. That's what I created, war on the chessboard. Hallau.

Isn't it just chess, but it's ten times larger, what's so special? Arthur thought to himself.

After briefly explaining a few rules to Arthur, Hall said, "Look, chess pieces can move from the borders of one chessboard (legion) to the borders of another. Except for this rule, the rest of the rules are similar to those of chess. But the battlefield is ten times bigger, and there are many places that you thought were borders and could no longer walk, but they have become walkable. Can you adapt to this rule?" "Well, I don't know if I don't actually play with it. "But I can understand the basic rules." "He really didn't know what Hall was planning. The next game of chess can find out the character of people?

Afternoon.

Arthur has been checkmated. His Zuihou legion was surrounded by countless chess pieces from all directions, and he knew in his heart that the strength of one legion could not resist the encirclement and suppression of six legions at once.

"Throw in the towel. Grand Duke, you're really strong. Arthur said.

"Huh, admit defeat so quickly?" Hall was shocked, "Do you still have chess to move?" "No, if you continue like this, losing is inevitable." Arthur said that his three remaining soldiers, two knights, a bishop, and a castle were no match for the overwhelming force of Hall.

"Hmph, young man, it's too early to give up. Well, so be it, my pieces and yours are swapped. Let me teach you how to crack this endgame with your current pieces. "Arthur was meant to be angry. Hall is so arrogant that he wants to use the few remaining pieces of one legion against more than forty pieces of six legions?

But he held back, he wanted to see how Hale could do it.

"Alright, let's swap. "If I can use your pieces to turn the tide," Hall said, "you'll stay and play the next game with me." Arthur was depressed. Was this a ruse used by Hale to keep himself? However, this kind of endgame that is impossible to solve no matter how you look at it, even if you exchange it, there is no way to solve it. Afraid of what.

An hour passed again.

King Arthur's Zuihou was eaten by one of Hall's Zuihou's soldiers. There was only one king and one soldier left on the entire chessboard. Such a tragic battle, in exchange for a war in reality, has long been to the point where corpses are strewn all over the field and rivers of blood are flowing.

Arthur was speechless. He lost to Hall twice in a row in a single game. This is a great disgrace.

"Arthur, you have a huge flaw, which I see from this game. Hallau.

"You're too kind to a woman. You're afraid of losing any of your pieces, but I eat more and more, and Zuihou doesn't even have a piece left. You are not only too merciful to your own pawns, but also to the enemy's pawns. Just now at the 1622nd step, your [knight] could have eaten my [bishop], weishenme, do you hesitate?" "If that happens, your queen will come and eat my knight." Arthur replied.

"So what, let that knight be eaten, and then your castle can be my queen. Hall asked.

"I just don't want to see this lose-lose situation" "As a result, I will eat all the pieces and lose the whole war." Hallau.

Arthur was silent for a moment.

"Goo. There was a thunderclap in his belly, and Arthur realized that it was dusk and it was time to eat.

"Hmph, okay, you go and rest. I'm looking forward to the next pair with you. "However, I advise you to think seriously about how to do it, and then come to me to play chess." I'm not going to show mercy next time, you're going to lose badly. ＂＂haode。 Arthur left the chess room in a huff.

It's naïve to want to win without sacrificing anything. But Arthur still didn't want to sacrifice any of his companions.

He's such a fool.

After returning to the room, he said to Bediwell, who was still packing up, "No need to clean up, it seems that we will have to stay in the Southern Heavenly Knights for a few more days." "Oh, okay. Bedi said.

"Great. Tristan said.

"What are you happy about?" said Arthur, displeased.

"Of course I'm happy. Tristan smiled, "There are high beds and soft pillows here, you don't have to take turns standing guard at night, you can eat and drink well, and there is no smell of cow dung from your farmhouse, I have no problem staying here for a long time!" "Okay, you can stay here when we go back, anyway, you are the prince of Iceland, and there is no problem in being a guest here." Arthur said.

"That's not going to work. Tristan said, "I'll follow Bedi wherever he goes." If your messy operations put Bedi in danger again, at least I can protect him personally. "Oh, Haode, you like it. Arthur said indifferently. He looked thoughtfully out the window.

"Arthur," Bediwell asked, "what will Ryder do if we leave the Knights of the South?" "I don't know. "Leave him here, perhaps?" said Arthur, "and he can't be left here anyway, lest he be a traitor and cause trouble to the Knights." "Ryder won't do that. There must be some misunderstanding of this. "Bedivel Road.

"You really trust your friends. Arthur said, "Knowing the face but not the heart." He may have been your friend in the past. However, after so many years, no one can say what kind of person he has become. "I know that his essence is good. I know that his good nature will never change. Bediwell retorted.

"People who are not inherently bad can sometimes do very bad things. Arthur said, "Human nature is selfish and cruel." No matter how kind a person is, if he is given enough motivation, he can destroy a shijie. "Ryder knows right from wrong, he knows that there are things that can be done and things that can't be done. "Bedivel Road.

Arthur looked at Bedwell with a look of 'you're not saved' and sighed.

"What has he done that deserves your trust in him?" asked Arthur.

The werewolf boy looked at the knight and didn't answer. His friendship with the rabbit people is not clear in a few words.

"Very well, let's check it out. Arthur said.