The Master of the Strange Realm

"The ancestors foresaw what would happen at the end of the 18th century and foresaw that the family would reach an important crossroads, so he gave us the opportunity to choose where to go next."

He clapped his hands gently, and the door of the reception room was opened again. All the Stuarts brought to Nolan by Salshi II came in, including Dolores.

Jenkins watched them file in, and the Stuarts also looked at a loss.

The drawing room was not large, but there were only two chairs in front of the burning fireplace. In one sat the Stuarts' father and in the other stood Jenkins Willemt.

The door was closed, and due to the surge of air, the fire in the fireplace swayed again, making the shadows of everyone overlap together, like the dancing monsters depicted in "Stories from a Stranger".

Jenkins did not get up, but watched the Stuarts walk in and stand in the reception room. He looked at Sarhi II, who shook his head slightly to signal him not to speak, and then said to his children:

"I had envisioned this day, but I didn't expect it to come so quickly."

His voice was strong, and he didn't want to show his weakness in front of his children.

"But this day will eventually come - before the next dawn, I will choose my successor from among you, he will inherit everything from me."

The old king's eyes swept across the faces of all the children. He saw surprise, panic, joy, and worry. But no one spoke, everyone was looking at him, at the dying man, and at their father.

"One of you will take over the crown on my head and protect the land left by my ancestors on my behalf. This is a responsibility and a mission, so I will use a test to judge who is the most suitable person. "

He looked at his eldest son Sarlotte Stuart, expecting him to object, but the prince just lowered his head and remained silent.

"This will be a very fair test. As for the content of the test - I will use the tools left behind by my ancestors. You have all experienced the Winter Ice and Snow Festival, and you all know the existence of extraordinary people. There are even a few people who have fought with extraordinary people. have had contact with.”

He had something to say, but no one dared to speak, so the dying king continued:

"Tonight I will engage in a contest with Mr. Jenkins Willamette, a contest on a chessboard. You will be pawns in this contest, and your respective performance will be factored into my final selection."

Jenkins frowned, but Salhi II obviously didn't want Jenkins to express his opinion now, and his words were not over yet:

"The background of the chessboard is the city of Loen tonight. You will enter this ancient and decaying city to explore and solve the turmoil that is about to happen tonight. The tools left by our ancestors can allow Viscount William and I to give You guys have some help. But remember, death on the board is real death, this is not a game."

As he spoke, he forced himself to stand up:

"If anyone wants to quit, they can quit now, and I can guarantee that you will be a member of the royal family for the rest of your life."

He stood up not just to speak, but also because he wanted to take out the black and white chessboard under the cushion. He motioned to Jenkins to move the chair and round table, and the two sat across from each other, with the chessboard placed in the center of the round table.

This is a Category B extraordinary item, and it is a terrifying extraordinary item with powerful aura. As Salshi II dripped his blood on the chessboard under the worried eyes of everyone, the square chessboard immediately grew in size until it covered the entire table.

The black and white squares flashed like water ripples. After a few seconds, the chessboard showed a perspective looking down on Loen City from the air.

Houses and streets are as big as sesame seeds and together decorate the city. People who occasionally move in this dark night are not as easy to identify as the tip of a needle. Loen has been fully equipped with street lights. From an overhead perspective, those areas with a warm yellow halo are obviously the main streets of the city. This helps observers compare the reflection on the chessboard with the real Loen.

Tonight, the sky above Loen is covered with dark clouds, and the brilliance of the twin moons is blocked deep in the sky. Dark shadows are wandering around the city, which is not a good sign.

Salshi II looked at the children gathered around the table:

"If you don't want to participate, then stand at the table and watch me play chess with the Viscount. If you want to participate, then choose whose chess piece you want to be. Choose mine, please stand behind me, and choose Viscount Williamt Yes, please stand next to him."

Jenkins believes that most people here feel as confused as he does, but this does not prevent him from understanding the rules Salhi II said. He looked at Dolores, Her Royal Highness the Princess smiled at him, and then walked to Jenkins without hesitation.

As she moved, her siblings began to move too. Everyone did not speak in tacit agreement, but exchanged glances with each other, as if this way they could exchange opinions.

Just when everyone was hesitating, Salshi II added another rule:

"My heir will be chosen from the winner's chess piece."

The eldest prince Sarlotte Stuart stood beside his father without hesitation, with his left arm hanging low and his wooden prosthetic hand hidden in the shadows as much as possible. Then he looked at the hesitant brothers and sisters. I didn't know what the eyes meant. People walked towards Salshi II on the left side of the table.

In the end, Jenkins only had Dolores and two other young princesses, while Salhi II had eight royal family members around him.

Chapter 1709 Chapter 1682 Chessboard Props (One more chapter)

Of course, not everyone chose to join this confusing duel. Three princesses chose to give up the game, two of whom were not very old, and Jenkins understood their choice. But the last one to give up was the eldest princess, Yanni Stuart, who had a strong strength in the competition for the throne.

She smiled at Jenkins, but did not intend to explain her choice. Salhi II did not want to wait for everyone to communicate anymore. He clapped his hands to signal everyone to pay attention to him. The lights in the reception room were dim, and the face of His Majesty the King had a marble-like vicissitude and toughness in the effect of light and shadow.

His voice was still hoarse, but it sounded stronger than before:

"Finally, let me confirm the rules. Tonight, I will have a fair duel with Viscount Jenkins Redanput Williamite. You will be used as chess pieces for both of us. The background of the duel is the night of the 26th of the starry sky and the long night moon in the year 1866 of the Universal Calendar. As members of the royal family, you will participate in a series of accidents that occurred in Loen tonight. The final victory conditions will be determined by me and the Viscount. If a chess piece dies in this duel, it is really dead. But don't worry, after the duel begins, you will still be the one to lead the action. The Viscount and I will only provide some necessary help."

Seeing that no one raised any objections, he announced the official start of the duel. Pointing to the chessboard, he said:

"Now, you can go in."

Everyone didn't understand the meaning of this sentence for a while. In the end, Sallot Stiat walked to the front and plunged into the chessboard. He entered Loen and fell like a feather over Loen. But after landing, he did not integrate into the huge city group, but used a red star as a symbol of identity.

Seeing this, everyone entered the chessboard separately. The chess pieces of Salhi II all used red stars as their identity marks, while the three chess pieces on Jenkins' side were all blue stars.

The two men at the table looked at the night on the chessboard in silence, and the three princesses standing at the table did not dare to disturb them.

"So what are you going to do?"

In the end, it was Jenkins who asked. He put the cat in the blank space at the corner of the chessboard. The black and white kitten immediately lay there and stretched its head to look curiously at the city reflected in the chessboard.

"I am just teaching them the last lesson - if you must become a chess piece, then at least you must have the vision to choose the right chess player."

The king sighed and looked at the chessboard with Jenkins. He spoke, and his voice was loud, like reading a document. Not only Jenkins and the three princesses in the reception room could hear it, but also the royal family members who returned to Rune thousands of miles away in an alternative way:

"On the night of the 26th of the starry sky and the long night moon in the year 1866 of the Universal Calendar, you woke up from a heart-pounding nightmare. It was an ordinary night, but your instinct reminded you that something must happen tonight. You decided to go out and see, at least find out what will happen tonight."

The red and blue stars representing the position of the chess pieces began to move in a small range. Salshi II gestured above the chessboard with his hand, and the perspective of the chessboard was downward, and finally stopped next to Sallot Stuart.

This position is very good, it's like watching a realistic real-life documentary. The eldest prince on the chessboard stood blankly at the bedroom window of a house, but soon turned and went downstairs, then shouted loudly, summoning his servants.

Their voices could also be heard by people outside the chessboard. Sallot Stuart first confirmed whether this was the real Rune. After the old butler asked in surprise why His Royal Highness the Prince suddenly came back, he got a definite answer.

Orders came out from the mansion in the city center. The eldest prince summoned all the people he could mobilize tonight. He knew that now was not the time to hide his weakness.

"You and I will take turns to give orders to our chess pieces. The orders can hint at their actions within half an hour, but whether they will follow the hint depends on the rationality of the orders and their own thoughts. Before dawn, any party that gains full control of Rune will be declared victorious, and I will choose my successor from the victorious party."

This is what Salhi II said to Jenkins. The people in Rune on the chessboard could not hear this voice. Jenkins hesitated for a moment, but still asked:

"What if no party gains the right to rule Loen before dawn?"

"Then let Yani be the queen."

The dying king said indifferently, so Jenkins turned his head to look at the eldest princess at the table. Her Royal Highness tried to keep a straight face, obviously hiding her emotions.

"Then shall we start?"

The king asked, and when Jenkins nodded, he took the lead and said:

"My son Sallot is a man of great leadership. After a brief confusion, he understood the current situation very clearly. The first thing he did was not to send people to inquire about the intelligence around Loen, but to let the servants notify his younger brothers and sisters who were also chess pieces to come and discuss the plan, and they would naturally gather together. Sallot knew very well that the key to this game was his own victory, not a life-and-death fight within the camp."

"So what your chess pieces will do in the next half hour is to gather together to discuss the plan?"

Jenkins asked. Loen is quite large, and everyone's residence is scattered. It may take more than half an hour to gather and discuss the plan.

"Yes, but at the same time, I need to use a prop."

Salhi II said.

"Prop?"

Jenkins didn't understand, and then watched the king sitting opposite him put his hand with the golden ring of power into the pocket of the red thick cotton coat, and then took out a model flag.

This is a wooden square flag, consisting of a flagpole and a flag. The flagpole is a common style, and the pattern on the flag is a blue snowflake with exquisite details, and the background is pure red.

He blinked his eyes and then determined that this was a numbered item. Jenkins searched his memory for the list of items in the Stuart Royal Treasury that Dolores had provided him, which seemed to include this B-05-5-2947 [Blood-stained Military Flag of the Ancient Ice and Snow Kingdom]. The effect of the item is to summon a wooden soldier of the same size as the holder. The soldier's combat power is about the same as that of an ordinary person, so it is a useless item.

"Yes, I'm going to use props."

Sarah II put the flag on the blank space on the edge of the chessboard on his side:

"I used a military flag from ancient times. This flag will strengthen the unity of our camp, and the soldiers will be more brave and good at fighting when commanding troops to fight."

"Is this the effect of this thing?"

Jenkins suspected in his heart, and then asked suspiciously:

"Wait, please explain what props are. I don't remember you mentioning props.

PS: This evening in 2018, the first chapter of Weird Realm was released. Today is exactly two years, so I added a chapter to celebrate.

Chapter 1710 Chapter 1683 War Chess

"Chessboard props are just some small gadgets. Don't you think that adding variables will make our duel very interesting?"

The king smiled and put down the flag. Although the changes could not be observed with the naked eye, the aura on the chessboard became stronger.

"Ladies, please judge, is this fair? "

Jenkins asked the three princesses. The youngest wanted to speak, but was stopped by the eldest princess:

"Jenkins, we are just bystanders and have no reason to judge whether it is fair or not."

Yanni Stuart said, but she had already formed an alliance with Dolores. Even if she gave up entering the chessboard for some reason, she still did not intend to give up the covenant.

The eldest princess smiled and said to her father:

"But Viscount William is right. In order to make this night more interesting, maybe you should let us all know what these interesting props are. "

"Sooner or later, you will cheat all the girls in our family."

Salhi II said to Jenkins, his face was not reproachful, and his tone was not harsh:

"Well, let me explain the so-called props. Although I am not a superhuman, I also know that in the cognition of superhumans, there are some special magical items that can be passed down forever. In this game, we can all take out such items as props to influence the game, but only one prop can be used in each action round, and the use claimed by the prop does not have to be the real use, but the claim must be in line with common sense, and the power it possesses must exceed the power claimed by the user. "

"What kind of strange chess game is this?"

Jenkins muttered in his heart, nodded and understood what Salhi II meant. But then he thought again that the fact that he was a gifter had not been exposed, and Queen Isabella even used her life to test whether he was a supernatural person. If he took out those numbered items now, several people in Loon might not know, but the three princesses present would know...

Salhi II also knew his thoughts, but the old king just smiled and didn't say anything. Jenkins knew that the other party had deliberately arranged it this way, and no matter what choice Jenkins made, it would be disadvantageous to him.

"If I win, Dolores will follow my arrangement to ensure that my secret is not spread. "

He said in a low voice, but the room was completely closed and very quiet, with only the noisy sound from the chessboard. Everyone heard this sentence, and the faces of the three princesses changed.

"Dolores also quickly understood the situation. She is a smart girl. First, she sent people to find Princess Wendy Stuart and Princess Pres Stuart, who were also on her side, and then woke up Ajelina Stuart who lived in the same house to understand the recent situation in Rune. At the same time, she summoned all the people in the city who were loyal to her. "

After listening to Jenkins, Salhi II asked:

"So you want to use props?"

"Yes, of course. "

As he said that, he reached into his pocket and took out a monocle. He wanted to put the glasses on the edge of the chessboard like Salshi II did, but now that position was occupied by a cat sitting there.

"Chocolate~"

He called softly, and then picked up the cat who was very reluctant and still throwing a tantrum. He patted the cat's butt gently. Chocolate kicked Jenkins with his hind paw in dissatisfaction, turned his head and looked at Jenkins, and saw Jenkins blinking at it with his big amber eyes.

"Meow~"

The cat called lazily, and then felt Jenkins stuff a heavy wooden grain into it. Since the cane can grow, it can naturally shrink. This is the size that Jenkins can adjust to the cat that can carry it.

After being put on the floor by Jenkins, Chocolate rolled the "rice grain" with its tail and circled around Jenkins' legs twice. Seeing that no one was paying attention to it, but everyone was paying attention to the chessboard, it swaggered out of the window, and of course its target was Alexia.

"My glasses can help Dolores, Wendy and Priss see through the fog, making it easier to discover those hidden secrets and more easily detect the movements of the city."

As he said, he put the glasses next to the chessboard. When it was put down, Jenkins felt the strange power from the chessboard, making the glasses and the chessboard a whole, not just a separate prop.

"It seems that you understand very quickly."

Salhi II said, and then looked at the development of the chessboard with the people at the table.

The princes and princesses who suddenly appeared in Loen, thousands of miles away, made this seemingly quiet night more noisy. But just as Salhi II and Jenkins said, the Stuarts, as chess pieces, quickly understood the current situation and took active actions.

There were only three people on Jenkins' side. Dolores and the two princesses acted according to his hints, which was consistent with their way of thinking. But the princes and princesses controlled by Salhi II knew very well that once they united around the eldest prince, even if their father defeated William, they would not get the crown in this duel.

Therefore, although Saloter Stuart tried to gather all his members as his father thought, only four people came to his house in the end.

People who looked down at all this in Nolan could easily observe all the movements on the chessboard. The chessboard was very intelligent and could present the actions of different characters on the chessboard at the same time from different perspectives.

In the first half hour, only Salhi II was talking in Nolan's reception room. He kept commenting on the performance of his children, guessing their ideas, and guessing the next step of the game.

The half-hour action ended quickly. In the first round, both sides only summoned their followers and followers. For the time being, no one found any abnormality in the city tonight.

"Then let's go to round two."

The king at the table said, he looked very excited and in a good mood.

"William, this time you can choose, you go first or me?"

He asked Jenkins.

"You go first."