The chess tournament is divided into a qualifier and a final, and the qualifier has three divisions, one each for the Academy of Magic and the God of War Academy created by the Church of the God of War, and the third zone is reserved for people outside the academy.

The games played in each district will be recorded by the elves and the score of each game, which is calculated according to the rule of three points for win, one point for a draw, and zero points for minus.

After 10 rounds, the top 8 with the highest score will move on to the following tournaments, and if they happen to have a tie, the first to reach the top 8 will be taken, and the next player will be brushed out.

This year's Elven Chess Tournament is actually quite advantageous for Solomon, because since the Academy of Magic fully supports the Asturias Alien Plane War, there are some magicians who will not come to participate.

For example, like Klausa, who was Solomon's strong opponent in the chess battle, although he personally wants to rush back and compete with Solomon in the chess battle, it is best if the mysterious Mr. Tyrant can also reappear, so that he has a chance to take revenge.

But the truth is that even if the tyrant shows up, Klausa will not have this chance, because he is now participating in the family's xenotopic campaign.

The three dukes controlled the interests of Asturias in Farucion in the early stage, and even the royal family could not intervene too much, and now it has become a quagmire, of course, it is also borne by the three dukes.

Their rivalry with other nations on the Otherworld's Plane forced them to put aside old grudges and even bow to the royal family in exchange for support.

In this case, of course, the support forces that the family can send as much as possible.

Klausa was also successful in the Academy of Magic, and he also took over a small group, and the family needed his service at this time.

So he was fighting at Faroución at this time. It's unlikely that you'll be there.

Other magicians are not enthusiastic enough about this event. There is also a reason for the prizes of this edition. The prize is a blank summoning seal, which is exactly what Solomon needs, and it is a great thing for other summoners, but it is a bit of a chicken for other mages other than summoners.

Even if ordinary mages have learned some summoning techniques by the way, they are the lowest level of elemental summoning techniques and the like, and they don't need to summon the seal, for them, after getting the summoning seal. Either they are used to exchange with others for other things they need, or they are simply sold by others.

Otherwise, because of getting a set of such prizes, you have to become a summoner?

Therefore, when the chess tournament was held in the past, the magic academy had the largest number of people in the competition area, but this time there were quite few people, and they were almost passed by the God of War Church Academy.

The division of Burrengalia is specially set up for the students of the God of War Church Academy, and only their people are allowed to sign up.

The third place is reserved for outsiders, including wild mages, wandering warriors, or specially invited players who are interested in participating in chess tournaments.

Among them, people who are specially invited are sometimes people from outside Asturias. There was even a year when the Church of Light sent its paladins to participate, and they made it all the way. Achieved a good result of 3rd place.

Most of the time the champions are produced within the Academy of Magic, and a small part of the time between the Academy of Magic and the Church of War Academy.

It's not that the Church of Light is bad, but after all, they don't turn the Elven Chess into a daily show that is akin to entertainment like the Academy of Magic and the Church of War.

In the Church of Light, they believe that the Elven Demon Chess is imitating the creation of the gods, so it is not allowed to be used on the surface, but in its internal high-level, they are also aware of its role in the war.

Therefore, the tournament that Solomon is going to participate in now is worse than in previous years, both in terms of number and quality.

For a real player, this may be frustrating or boring, but for Solomon it is exactly what he wants, which means that he will be able to win the championship more easily.

The same was true for him in the qualifiers, as Solomon swept all his opponents with a winning record and advanced to the finals.

The tournament is for low-level and middle-level mages, and Solomon has been top-notch in the Little Arcana district as a tyrant and his original name, and in chess battles, he can rival the middle-level mage Cheng Dù, using strategy and command to make up for the lack of strength caused by the difference in the rank of the upper mage.

Now that his strength has also come up, he is also a summoner, this time for those blank seals, he is bound to get it, so he has also updated his information in the Elven Demon Chess Management Department, and he does not hesitate to expose most of his strength, including the Ghost Eye Spider King, but he retains the Meteor Burst Flame Array, as well as the ability of the flesh and blood on his body to cause him to transform into a demon.

With the Ghost Eye Spider King, the vast majority of participating mages, even if they have family help and give any assistance in advance, they will not be able to take advantage of it at the beginning.

Moreover, the Ghost Eye Spider King is a serious projection summoning for Solomon, even if there are no new rules, he only needs to update his information, which is also a normal means, and the magic chess system should be recognized and allowed to be used by summoners in chess battles.

This is also one of the starting advantages of summoners in elven chess, otherwise they will not be as good as ordinary mages in attack, and it will be impossible for other mages to be opponents in chess battles.

Of course, Solomon is an exception, as he is actually a mage and summoner on his current path, and although his research in defensive magic is a little weaker than that of ordinary mages, this can be compensated for by other means in the future.

On the contrary, the strengths of summoners and ordinary magicians are fused into one in him, and when it is practicable, the effect produced is far from being as simple as one plus one equals two, it is equal to three, or even equal to four, which has been shown in the actual combat he has experienced in the past few times.

He can use the summoned beast to contain the opponent, and then in addition to the summoned beast's attack, he can also use powerful magic to take advantage of the attack.

He has abundant magic power to support such consumption, and has recently obtained the qualification to summon the Ghost Eye Spider King, which adds up to the sum of this qiē, which can be said to be below the intermediate level, whether it is a mage or a warrior, or other summoners who want to fight against him, they will face nightmares.

This was the case in the qualifiers, against Solomon and against Solomon there was hardly a decent opponent. was directly swept by him like an autumn wind sweeping leaves.

to the back. People know it's him. There are those who take the initiative to admit defeat.

So he advanced to the finals and became one of the eight people representing the Academy of Magic, and the God of War Church Academy also decided eight people to participate in the follow-up finals, only the third district was there, and the number of people was always scarce in the past, and this time was no exception, only six people participated, and finally all advanced to the finals.

This shape was surprisingly advantageous to Solomon. Not surprisingly, he has a great deal of confidence that he will win the chess championship, unless there are some powerful chess players on the side of the God of War Church Academy.

After participating in the chess match, Solomon quietly came to the commodity exchange.

Derek wasn't there, and he was met by Kindleberg, the president of the Commodity Exchange.

After the two exchanged pleasantries in his office for a while, Solomon made his intentions clear.

Kindleberger was a little surprised after listening to Solomon's words.

"You mean you want us to be involved in supporting your legion formation?" asked Kindleberg.

"Yes, I don't know if you're interested. If you are willing to agree to contribute a part of the capital, the future supplies of this army and the merchants of the army will be handed over to you. ”

"Huh. Solomon, I'm glad you thought of us for the first time, and it seems to be trending right now. Kindleberger laughed.

He was referring to the "banks" that were now emerging, and the "banks" actively investing in small armies that were trading and fighting in other planes such as Yogudral.

These "banks" began to appear on a large scale after being stimulated by Solomon's new type of banking, most of them were run by former goldsmith merchants, and some merchants were involved, and if Ranson had not died, perhaps the loan sharks would have appeared in front of people under the name of "banks".

They ostensibly began to imitate the Franklin Bank model, taking deposits and then investing abroad.

However, the difference between the bank and the old goldsmith lending industry is that you also have to pay interest on the deposit, which is different from the previous goldsmith to help people save money and collect other people's custody fees.

So they quickly realized that it was a troublesome thing to have their savings in their hands but not be able to invest them.

It was because Asturias first liberalized the trade of its own merchants to the Alien Plane, and then further opened the restrictions in order to allow the civil forces to enter the war and help relieve the pressure on the royal army and the ducal army.

This makes more and more people want to take risks, businessmen want to take risks, and unwilling wild mages and wandering knight warriors also want to join this adventurous army.

If it weren't for the fact that the teleportation threshold had not been successfully broken, I am afraid that there would have been more adventures.

Now to join this adventurous trend, it is necessary to invest a certain amount of money, traders who are good at trade used to need to customize the magic box to convert it into a shuttle box, and the guards themselves need to arm themselves to ensure the safety of teleportation.

So it hit it off, and the new bankers began to invest in these adventurers, both secured and unsecured.

Now it is a prosperity for the time being, because although Asturias is under heavy pressure in the two heteroplanes, due to the vigorous mobilization of domestic forces, and these adventurers who borrowed money to run there have also more or less shared the pressure, holding back part of the opponent's forces, making the situation stalemate, and allowing the plane trade road to be temporarily unblocked.

"I'm sorry, Solomon, but we think this investment may be too risky. You know, actually, we wanted to put together the guards of the merchants belonging to our commodity exchange and put them under your command, but this is not the case. Kindleberger said apologetically.

These two situations are completely different, in the latter Solomon is equivalent to working for the merchants and becoming a chief of the guard, while in the former, Solomon is exchanging part of his future benefits with the merchants.

"I understand. Solomon sighed that now such banks were popping up like wild bees, and that the chaos would not last long, and that if the situation in Asturias was unstable and the trade routes were affected, those who risked money could go bankrupt, and those who borrowed money would be affected.

Kindleberger sees this too, but the current boom has beset it and made people go crazy.

Solomon stood up and shook Jindelberg's hand, "I couldn't convince you this time, but it doesn't matter, maybe I'll come again next time, and I'll convince you with a better reason when the time comes." ”

"I hope so. Kindleberg smiled as well, "Also, we all very much hope that you will consider being the commander of the General Guard again, and if you change your mind, you can always come to us." (To be continued!)

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