In the afternoon, the sun lay lazily on the clouds, and the warm sunshine shined through the thick clouds on the busy people coming and going, making people feel indescribably lazy and just wanted to have a good sleep.
In Farasi's study, Alina clapped her hands and said with a smile: "Ryan, are you going to die? Hurry up and admit defeat!"
Reid also gloated and said: "Poor Ryan, you are too bad, right? You have lost three times in a row."
Ryan sat there, completely unaffected by others. In the short period of time during Victor's test, he had already learned how to calm down without being affected by the outside world.
Ryan kept scanning the chessboard in front of him, carefully thinking about the dilemma in front of him: his royal infantry was almost slaughtered by Farasi, while the extremely offensive knights were suppressed by Farasi's archmage. One corner of the board cannot move. Now that Ryan can move freely, except for the king with the crown on his head, the only ones are the two poor elite archers.
It was obvious that this pitiful force was powerless against Farasi's legions of two archmages, four knights, and a priest.
The thing Ryan and Faras are playing is called "Imperial War Chess". It was a game thought up by an officer under Fernando I after he pacified the mainland. It uses some carved lifelike chess pieces and a huge painting to draw a large number of squares. A grid map is used to simulate a battle between two armies.
Originally, Ryan planned to relax a little with everyone. After all, tomorrow is the third game of the Leisi team. Everyone in the team has been working very hard during this period, so it is just a good time to take this warm half day to relax.
So during lunch, Ryan asked Faras what games he could play for fun, and Faras blurted out: "Imperial War Chess!"
Faras and Red are relatively familiar with this kind of game. The two of them played a game first, mainly to explain the rules to everyone. Then at everyone's unanimous request, Ryan and Faras started the real first game.
Ryan's level was no match for Farasi. In a moment, his two archmages fell into the ambush laid by Farasi.
In order to rescue his most powerful archmage, Ryan had to mobilize a large number of troops to attack the position arranged by Farasi, hoping to open a gap and rescue his archmage. However, Farasi used the terrain to eat them one by one. .
In the first game, Faras wiped out Ryan's army at the cost of six royal infantry and won easily.
Next, Ryan became more familiar with the rules of the game. As for the first time he blindly moved the chess pieces and fell into Farasi's trap, he used his brain carefully and decided to use the army to guard a few key points and prepare to defend to the death.
Originally, Ryan's idea was to follow Farasi's example in the first game and use the terrain to eliminate the opponent one by one. Unexpectedly, Farasi's two archmages stayed together for two rounds, and then released the forbidden curse!
Looking at a large number of his elite troops being defeated by Faras using forbidden spells, and then picking them up with a smile on his face, Ryan wanted to cry without tears. He felt that this was definitely a conspiracy, because Faras did not say that the two archmages were staying together. The forbidden spell can be released in 2 turns. If he had known this situation earlier, Ryan would never have been stupid enough to gather his chess pieces together, and then sit back and watch Faras gather the two archmages together and deliver this fatal blow. What's more, you can use it yourself in the first game, so you might not lose.
In the third game, after consideration, Ryan decided to strike preemptively. He divided his forces into two groups from the beginning and attacked Farasi's palace at the same time, preparing to defeat Farasi as quickly as possible.
However, Faras soon came up with a countermeasure. On the one hand, she used a small number of troops to contain Ryan, and on the other hand, she used a large number of troops to form a local superiority, and played a war of attrition with Ryan.
After some strenuous thinking and fierce battles, Lane's high-level army was completely consumed by Farasi's low-level army.
When Ryan discovered Farasi's intention, he only had a few knights left, and these three knights were suppressed in a corner by Farasi's archmage. Even if Ryan could get these knights out, he wouldn't be able to change the overall situation much.
Ryan thought for a long time and had to sigh deeply and push down his king piece to admit defeat.
Alina jumped up excitedly and said loudly: "Haha, Ryan lost again."
Ryan said a little depressed: "Maybe I can't play this game at all?"
Faras smiled and comforted Ryan and said, "Don't be angry, Ryan. In fact, you have just started learning, and many of the rules are unfamiliar to you, so losing is inevitable."
Ryan smiled self-deprecatingly. He pointed at the chessboard and said, "This thing is very well made. The person who invented it is really smart."
Faras nodded in agreement, and explained: "Yes, it is actually quite complicated. It originally appeared to comfort the generals under His Majesty Fernando who had nothing to fight, so it was naturally very complicated. Look at how big it is. It has a chessboard, a large number of complex terrains, and confrontations between various arms. Many people have to play it for a long time before they can truly become familiar with all its rules."
Farasi said: "Lian, you have just started learning, so it is normal for you to lose. When I played with my sister, it often took several days to finish a game. Even every move, I had to think about it for a long time, and I didn't even eat. I even got scolded by my mother for eating!”
When Farasi talked about his mother, his eyes suddenly turned red. Ryan knew that Farasi was thinking of her mother who died young. He quickly held Farasi's hand empathetically and comforted him: "Don't be sad, it's been so long. Besides, I have everything to do with it.”
Faras didn't want to shed tears, she raised her head slightly, and her eyes met Ryan's in the air.
He expressed his feelings to her with his eyes: "I will love you well, protect you, prevent you from being wronged, and make you happy forever." She saw the sincere feelings in his eyes: "Even though I lost my mother, my sister is no longer around, and my father is busy with his own affairs, but I am not alone because I still have him!"
A tenderness slowly emerged in the hearts of the two, narrowing the distance between the two hearts; sparks of love burst out from the eyes looking at each other, and the power of love seemed to stop time. At this moment, he ( She) only has the other person in her eyes, because the other person is the whole of her life. He or she is destined to be intertwined with his or her other half in this life, sharing each other's joys and sorrows.
As early as when Ryan and Faras looked at each other, Reid pulled Alina to the other side of the study. At this time, it was better to leave their own space for these close lovers.
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