Hunting High School

On Sunday evening, when several young wizards of the Exoneration Hunting Team were discussing "Shadows in the Sun" and "what is an objective and fair report" before the class routine started, in a certain lounge of Alpha Castle, the same The head of a club was having an interesting conversation with his fellow members.

This is a spacious lounge with white and black walls, a bare floor and no blankets. There is nothing else in the room except a coffee table and a few sofas at the main seat.

There are no armor standing in the corner and ghosts hiding in it, and there is no senior portrait hanging on the white wall to serve as a staff for later generations, and there is no golden chandelier and green bonsai hanging on the roof like other lounges in the castle.

The balcony in the lounge is large and has plenty of light, but the sunlight doesn't make the room any warmer. The decoration style of the entire lounge is very plain, even crude. The only decoration materials that can match the size of the lounge are the matte wall tiles surrounding the lounge and the white ouroboros carved on the brick surface. .

At this moment, this slightly shabby lounge was crowded with young wizards in white robes.

Most of them have one or two black borders on their collars and cuffs, and the rest of the wizards with three black borders and no black borders are a minority.

These wizards belong to First University's fledgling society, the Cheung Kei Club.

Because Alpha Academy did not institutionalize regular weekend meetings like Jiuyou Academy, the student union has a very high degree of autonomy, and it is these student associations that maintain the cohesion among students, so most of these associations arrange regular meetings on weekend evenings , forming an interesting contrast with the system of Jiuyou Academy.

Most of the time, the regular meeting of the association is where the cadres report on the work of the previous week, and the head of the association arranges the work content for the next week, occasionally mixed with one or two group building or small evening parties.

Just like today, the head of the Cheung Kei Club, Mr. McKinsey Prano, is playing chess with one of his members.

Serprano, who was seventh in the Star Coin Sequence last year, surpassed Sir Friedman, who was also at the Alpha Academy, and was promoted to Star Knight in the latest Arcana list announced by the Magic Wand in January this year. Sir Friedman only got the title of squire.

It is said that on the evening when the list was announced, Jazz smashed a lot of precious china in his lounge.

Today, when Augustus is still the 'Star King', the closer he is, the more likely he will become the next Augustus. In the eyes of most people, the title of 'knight' is obviously a little more noble than that of 'squire'.

Together with the Cheung Kei Hunting Team under the name of the Cheung Kei Club, it has risen six places in a row in the latest hunting team ranking announced by the First University, becoming the 11th-ranked strong hunting team in the entire university.

With all this good news, the lounge is in a state of depressing joy.

Except for Cole who was playing against Mr. Soprano.

Cole is a second-year student of Alpha Academy. He is thin and thin, wearing a black robe, with gray hair, deep wrinkles on his forehead, and a pair of silver-gray eyes. When he speaks, his voice is short and sharp, and when he looks at people, his eyes are erratic, which always gives people a slightly nervous feeling.

"The Douglas effect," McKinseyplano explained in a casual tone, holding a chess piece in his hand and staring at the board, "meaning that 'everything you do on the outside is reflected in the own portrait', for example, if someone stabs Mr. Dorre Green with a knife, then the knife wound will only appear on Mr. Green's magical portrait, and will not hurt him."

The lounge was quiet, and everyone was chewing on the meaning of Mr. Soprano's words.

Cole sat opposite Soprano, trembling, as if facing an abyss, walking on thin ice. Although he is a member of the Cheung Kei Club, until now, he has not understood what it means for Mr. Soprano to play chess with him.

"The Cheung Kei Club is my 'portrait'." McKinsey Prano raised his eyelids, glanced at all the subordinates in the lounge, and said softly: "All means to hurt the Cheung Kei Club will eventually hurt I."

The atmosphere in the lounge became more and more depressed. Many people straightened their backs and chests, and bravely met Soprano's gaze. It was also mixed with the emotional and excited sobs of some Cheung Kei Club members.

Cole, who was kneeling on the opposite side of the chessboard, shrunk into a ball more and more. He tried to hide himself behind the low coffee table, but the effect of this effort was not obvious.

The fat on Soprano's cheeks trembled, as if smiling.

"I like chess."

He held the chess piece in his fingers, flipped it between his fingers, and moved his gaze from everyone to Cole, and then to Hope. His voice was the same as before, as if he was gritting his teeth, very hard:

"It's not as compact as military chess, where the two sides are always fighting hand-to-hand; it's not like Go, which binds the opponent and is bound by the opponent. There is enough space between chess pieces for players to compromise, but there are also clear rules for players Come on General. Can divination without looking chaotic... What do you think, Cole."

Cole's face turned pale.

"I don't know much about chess, Your Excellency." The young wizard with silver-gray eyes spoke very nervously.

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"It's very simple, I'll teach you." Soprano dropped the chess pieces, then took out a Bible from the drawer under the coffee table, put his right hand on the Bible, and said solemnly: "Pawns who cross the river can eat it." horse."

Then, he took his hand away from the Bible, smiled forcefully at Cole, and said, "Since I answered your question, I hope you can answer my question according to the Bible."

He pushed the bible in front of Cole.

Cole looked at the mottled golden writing on the Bible with some anxiety, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

Behind him, several strong figures seemed to take a step forward inadvertently.

"What do you want to know, sir?!" Cole immediately put his hand on the Bible.

"Chess is an activity full of rules, which represents a kind of order: chess pieces can only move according to the rules. Horses move day by day, phase moves across fields, and pawns move forward step by step. However, if your pawns go deep into the opponent's hinterland, like this."

As he said that, a pawn in Soprano's hand arched forward step by step, until it reached the handsome chess opposite:

"Like this, a pawn can checkmate the old man on the opposite side... This is a kind of sublimation for the life of this pawn! Of course, a horse like you, Cole, does not need to take risks like this pawn. "