"I didn't guess that. Magellan smiled lightly, he didn't seem to worry about winning or losing at all, and he was not hostile to his opponents, "There are six kinds of pieces on this chessboard, and in order to distinguish them from each other, they have different shapes......"

Magellan said as he tapped the pieces on the board one by one.

"Wheels, horses' heads, elephants' heads, warriors in armor with bows and arrows, ordinary looking old men, and a large number of ordinary warriors with weapons in hand. ”

"Among them, there are four kinds of chess pieces, more than one, that is, of course, the so-called four divisions, chariots, horses, elephants. ”

These were all messages that Magellan had received from the natives on his way to the country, and his linguistic talent had never been wasted, and this time was no different.

"Of the four types of chess, only the elephant with the head of the elephant I don't know the rules of the move, and the horse represents the cavalry, to show its mobility, this move is the most suitable, I told you, I have seen another game very similar to it. ”

"Aren't you afraid of guessing wrong?"

Su Mo listened patiently to this long explanation, he really wanted to know the answer.

"For a long time, human beings have influenced each other far more than anyone could have imagined, and there is no coincidence in the world, and two games so similar are by no means unrelated. ”

"Then go ahead. ”

Su Mo seemed to suddenly lose his patience, he put away his smile and began to move the chess pieces.

The two had a brutal exchange in a short period of time, and half of the "soldiers" who were originally in touch were consumed, and Su Mo's advantage was maintained, and his elephant soldiers were extremely conspicuous on the suddenly open chessboard, occupying a key position.

They remained silent, and then Magellan first stopped the mere exchange and moved his other knight.

"Won't you try the chariot first?"

Su Mo smiled and let one of the soldiers take a step forward, dodging the knight's threat.

"Not at all. ”

Then Sumo completely gave up the temptation and began to attack with all his might, and his chess move finally appeared, full of dense mutual guards and ubiquitous traps, ignoring Magellan's possible misguessing of the rules.

The battle on the chessboard really began.

Time passed quickly.

......

"Draw chess. ”

Vayu sighed, the expression on his face full of regret.

"You're good," said the countess, with a meaningful smile on her face, "I thought I would win." ”

"In your opinion, if a god can make a draw with you, it's a good thing?"

"Isn't it natural that the gods aren't good at games?"

The titans seemed to want to say something, but eventually swallowed the words from his mouth.

"I'm curious, why haven't you broken the rules all the time?"

"I'm not the kind of vain person who likes to show off to others, and if you want to know the answer to a question, you exchange it for the answer. ”

Vayou smiled: "Yes." ”

"All games always follow the same rules, which is enough to avoid most mistakes, for example, I don't put back the pieces that left the board, and I don't take two moves in a row. Then, I knew of a game similar to this one, which helped me with a lot of ideas, including important moves for several types of pieces. Of course, at this point, I didn't get enough information, and next, it was you who helped me get all the rules I should know. ”

"The two of us don't say a word at all in the game, and there's no way I'm going to tell you the rules. ”

"Of course, that's cheating, I mean, every move you make. ”

The countess picked up a beautiful transparent chess piece and looked at the lifelike, extremely expressive steed and horse head: "If you foul, you will lose, in a real game, this rule must be valid for both sides, so you don't dare to foul, and every move you take is a demonstration, for this game where the board is not large, but there are many types of chess pieces, the rules of each chess piece must be simple." ”

Vayu nodded: "I see, it's amazing, for a mortal who is not a Brahmin, your wisdom is amazing. ”

"So," the titanus smiled, "what do you want to know, ascetic?"

"On the other side of Mount Meru, is Magellan facing the same game as I am facing?"

Vayu sighed: "You guessed it, why?"

"As I said, the gods are not good at games, and the beginning of this ascetic practice requires a game that can determine the ascetic's abilities, not too simple, but not too difficult, and most importantly, not to let the ascetic lose the possibility of victory because the outsider cannot understand. ”

"So in the end, that's all that's left to choose from," Vayu nodded, "In the body poison, all mortal actions are under the watchful eye of the gods, you've seen similar games before, we know." ”

I took this sentence as a reward for the question I had just asked. ”

The countess smiled and stood up.

"Your austerity has officially begun, outsider," Vayu rose from his long body, casting a shadow over his massive body, and then the giant god leaned sideways to reveal the Heavenly Gate behind him, "Don't be too surprised. ”

The countess followed the giant god towards the gates of heaven, and it was not until she stood below that she fully felt the grandeur of the building, which made her seem incomparably small.

Then the countess walked through the gates of heaven.

She looked up, smiled, and sighed.

"It's amazing. ”

Where the cold wind could not reach it, it was a paradise of prosperity, green grass and flowers, clear streams and laughing gods everywhere as far as the eye could see, and in the distance a huge golden temple hidden in a canopy of tall trees.

It's not a city, it's more like a paradise.

"I heard that the Asura is attacking?"

"That's outside of here, the walls of the Heavenly Emperor City are naturally different from the mortal cities, but you don't need to see those. Vayo smiled and rose into the air, "Your austerity has officially begun, and finally I will give you a piece of advice, the gods are not bad at games, but the games between them are not something that mortals can understand. ”

......

Magellan smiled and waved his hand at Su Mo, who disappeared into the air, and then looked down at the green valley.

"First, the gods can't read minds, second, the gods who like games like to talk, and third, the gods believe in divine power over wisdom, and the so-called Brahmin practice has nothing to do with wisdom. ”

He muttered to himself in his heart, and then sighed: "I have no chance of losing. ”

"Arrogance is against the Dharma, mortal. ”

A beautiful woman appeared in front of Magellan without warning.