"Hey, the sculptures here are so weird!" Joshua looked around as he stood in the middle of the sculptures.

"What method does Joshua need to use to crack this game of chess?" the second game between Geraint and Arthur officially began.

"Joshua is in the same game as we are, but the challenges he faces are a little more daunting. "It was Arthur's turn to take the lead.

"So Joshua's game isn't as simple as a game between the two sides?"

"That's right, the contest between you and me is one-sided. We just need to control our own pieces to defeat the opponent's pieces. Joshua was not so lucky, he would be besieged by both black and white. Arthur moved the "soldier" in front of the "king" forward by two squares.

"Lord Arthur, I can't believe that you will continue to use the 'King's Domain' as a start. Geraint moved his "Soldier" in front of his "Knight" forward two squares, "This time I'll try the opening of 'Knight Charge'." ”

"Actually, I'm just as concerned about what Joshua will learn if he reaches the fourth level. Arthur laughed, and flew one of his "Bishops" to the center of the board.

Joshua in the middle of the chess game is unaware of the dangers and challenges he will face. He walked around the "chessboard" with joy, looking at the strangely shaped sculptures, and touching them with his hands from time to time. "The sculptures are neatly arranged, and they all sit in the middle of the lattice. But why are the first rows on both sides the same shape? only one side is black and the other side is beige. Or the second row of sculptures is interesting......" Joshua came to the center of the beige sculpture complex, carefully observing each sculpture.

"Huhu ~ There is a sculpture of a knight in the second grid on the border line. Joshua saw a tall steed in front of him, and on it sat a knight in armor and a helmet. The long sword in the knight's hand was pointing forward. "When Uncle Geraint used to be a knight, I don't know if he was so handsome. ”

"Is this a castle?" Joshua's gaze quickly shifted to the sculpture next to the knight.

"No, it seems to have wheels under its feet, and it is a strange sculpture, much like the chariot used by the Knights. Joshua looked the statue up and down.

"Well, there is also a sculpture of the archbishop in the church next to them. Are the two in the middle the king and the queen?" Joshua ran to the very center of the bottom line of the "chessboard" again, "This crown is so carved like it, haluha!"

"So how did Joshua pass the test? I don't think he knew how to play this kind of chess......" said Geraint, not worried.

"Knight Geraint, I don't know if you've ever seen the alchemy artifact of the Aika family, the Diamond Mithril Statue?" Arthur replied suddenly, "Actually, the test of the fourth layer is equivalent to facing the siege of thirty-two Diamond Mithril statues at the same time. It's just that the way the pieces move follows the rules of war, and they don't move around at will like the Diamond Mithril statue. Joshua could pass the test as long as he could quickly get rid of the 'kings' on both sides. ”

"I wonder if he can master this method and get the key to victory. I'm afraid he'll keep fighting with all his pawns, and it's even worse if he loses the battle and is sent back to the third layer. Geraint shook her head vigorously.

"As long as you can defeat the 'king' of one of the sides, then the rest of the pieces will be at your disposal. But this creates a very contradictory problem. "Because if you want to defeat the King, you must destroy the vitality around the King. However, once you have defeated the king and taken command of one side, you will find that you are likely to still be on the weak side, because you are already far behind in terms of strength. Of course, this is the time to test the wisdom of the trialists. ”

"Hey, I don't know what trials will await me in this layer. You're not going to let me just swagger through easily, are you?" Joshua walked back to the center of the platform and looked around.

At this moment, the sculptures on both sides suddenly began to vibrate. A soldier-shaped statue in the front row of the beige sculpture complex suddenly began to move in the direction of Joshua. The entire sculpture moved rapidly against the ground. Joshua was startled and quickly took a few steps back. The statue of the soldier suddenly stopped there after moving a distance of two squares.

"Oops, it scared the hell out of me. These statues actually move on their own!" As soon as the words fell, a statue in the shape of a soldier in the black sculpture group on the other side also began to move, pointing in the same direction as Joshua. Joshua quickly jumped sideways to the side, dodging the statue. But what he didn't expect was that the soldier statue that had been stationary in the two squares in front of him just now suddenly rushed from behind him, and Joshua was caught off guard and was directly knocked out of the air by this "soldier".

"It hurts me...... Joshua got up from the ground, and found that more statues were starting to move away from their original positions.

"What's going on?" Joshua's eyes were filled with images of moving statues, as if they were all moving consciously in his direction. In the midst of the shifts, Joshua felt that he was surrounded by these statues and could no longer find his way out.

"Can't we destroy those pieces?" asked Gerant, suddenly.

"These chess pieces are carved from sacred stones unique to the divine realm, and their surfaces are harder than diamond mythril statues, and ordinary weapons simply cannot shatter them. "Only by following the rules of the game can these pieces disappear." ”

"I remember Joshua learning all sorts of things in the court since he was a child, and he should have been exposed to this kind of war chess. It's just that the rebellion many years ago has made him lose his memory, and I wonder if he can still recall this kind of war chess move. Geraint thought to herself.

"Bang bang bang!" Joshua became embarrassed by the siege of the two sculptures. From time to time, there was a loud collision on the board, which was clearly the sound of Joshua being knocked off by the pieces. "Damn!" Joshua drew his sword and slashed at the nearest "soldier." "Boring!" A crisp sound sounded on the chessboard, the statue was undamaged, and Joshua felt his jaw crack.

"Goddess of Light, what are these statues made of? Not even a sword made of iron ore unique to the Fire Kingdom can be broken. Joshua blew hard into his mouth to relieve the pain.

"The pieces will move in turn according to the rules to attack the trialist who enters the board. Once you can't get out of trouble for a long time, the checkerboard under your feet will start to change, and there will inevitably be two squares, one black and one white, for you to fall back into the third layer of space and start from scratch. "Arthur explains to Gerante the biggest test of the fourth level.

Joshua kept jumping back and forth, dodging the attacks of the pieces.

"The middle area was so dense that I had to run to an open area. Joshua quickly ran like the boundary of a chessboard, and when he reached a relatively open area, the suddenly approaching black statue in the shape of a "knight" burst out of the diagonal letters and rushed towards Joshua. Joshua gathered his fighting energy into the body of the sword and shot a golden sword light. However, the sword light did not stop the knight's footsteps, and after a loud noise, the "knight" still killed on the checkerboard where he was, and the golden sword light had long disappeared without a trace.

I saw that the eyes of the "knight" on the statue suddenly flashed a red light, and the horse under the knight's crotch jumped high and stepped on Joshua's head and face. Joshua's eyes were quick, and he quickly jumped a square diagonally behind him. At this time, White's "chariot", which was in a straight line with Joshua, also rushed towards him at great speed. He jumped high and jumped on top of the sculpture as the chariot moved to the grid he was on. Just as he was triumphant, the chariot suddenly began to spin in place, and Joshua was thrown out of the sculpture before he could gain a firm footing. "Oops...... Joshua felt the world spin and he fell heavily to the ground.