Arcane Lord

The fourth day of May.

The [Arcane Puzzle] project of the Snow Melting Competition has been temporarily postponed, and the specific time is still uncertain. This has also spawned many exchanges and interactions among spellcasters.

This morning, Xia Duo and Niya arrived at the square in front of Nese Palace early, preparing to go to the exchange meeting through teleportation. The location of this exchange meeting was very special, it was located underground, and there was no ground passage.

Although the straight-line distance from Giles Tower to the underground temple is short, it can only be traveled by teleportation.

The teleportation with the prepared coordinates was very smooth and could be called a perfect teleportation. Shado and Niya arrived in a spacious rotunda almost at the same time.

Looking around, they were located in the center of the hall. Seats had been placed around them, and tea, snacks, and fruits were all available. At this time, except for him and Niya, four people had already arrived here.

One of them is a woman, probably the organizer Belera.

Seeing two more people arriving, Belera's eyes lit up and she smiled. She wanted to apply for the advanced laboratory of Giles Tower. One of the requirements was to organize five exchanges with the participation of at least ten high-level mages. Yes, this is already the third time.

There are already six people this time, and there should be ten people!

And during the snowmelt competition, there are many spellcasters coming to Severnton, so maybe all the targets can be completed quickly!

Looking at the people again, Belera stood up subconsciously. How could she not know Her Royal Highness the Princess's students? Before, she had only distributed invitations through familiar mage friends.

Although she suddenly received an inquiry from Niya last night, she was not really prepared for the other party to actually come. Whether it was the other party's princess student status or the achievements of the arcanist, Belera felt nervous.

Don't be rude!

Thinking like this, Belera immediately went up to him and saluted respectfully, "Welcome to Mr. Savile. This must be Master Shado. The [Arcane Puzzle] you created is very profound and of extraordinary significance. We just Still talking about it!”

"You're welcome, just call me Master Niya." Niya responded calmly.

Xia Duo also calmly looked at the woman in front of him. She was about thirty years old, with long black hair tied behind her head, a bit like a conch shell. She had a flash of magic aura on her body, and she obviously had a certain amount of wealth.

Xia Duo felt a little ashamed of the other party's praise. Although he had already made it clear that [Arcane Puzzle] came from his hometown, he was still the creator in the end.

However, he is also proud that this form of gambling game can be recognized. After all, it is a reflection of the wisdom of the ancestors in his hometown.

"Master Belera, I am looking forward to this exchange meeting." Sha Duo replied politely.

"You two, let me introduce you!"

With that said, Belera quickly called over the three previous companions and introduced them very enthusiastically that they were all from the Seven Towers.

Except that she herself is from Giles Tower like Niya, one of her three companions is from Gustav Tower, and two are from Morien Tower.

After a while of greetings, everyone took their seats. Niya was placed next to Belera, while Shado sat on the other side of Niya.

The next step is to wait. The invitation letter contains the time when the exchange meeting will start. Of course, if you can't understand the elf text, it will be a tragedy and you may miss the time.

What Belera said before seems to be true. They were really discussing [Arcane Puzzle] just now, and now while waiting, they started chatting again.

While chatting, they each summoned the projection of the chess board and chess pieces, and started playing a simplified version of [Arcane Puzzle], which is chess.

Even Niya was a little moved. She looked at Xia Duo and whispered: "Let's play the next game. Anyway, it's idle."

"..."

Xia Duo is not surprised that Niya can play chess. After all, [Arcane Puzzle] was submitted to the princess through her. Is it really okay to just teleport the exchange meeting into a chess exchange meeting?

But seeing that Niya had even summoned the chessboard and chess pieces, he couldn't refuse and had to obey her.

This kind of projection summoning can actually be classified as a [magic trick], manipulating light and shadow to form a specific pattern according to one's own will, but here, it becomes a chessboard and chess pieces.

When he actually started playing, Xia Duo immediately felt a completely different feeling from playing chess on earth. Demonstration of spell casting requires concentration, but at the same time, chess is a mental sport, which also requires concentration.

Fortunately, maintaining this almost static projection does not require much effort. With the ability of an arcanist, it is naturally effortless.

But even so, Xia Duo felt like he was undergoing focused training, and it was not the boring boring training. Playing chess was also improving his thinking ability.

Combining concentration training and thinking training, it's no wonder that Xia Duo often hears people mention [Arcane Puzzle] recently.

I see!

In Xia Duo's opinion, chess is very ordinary, and he doesn't even associate it with the aspect of focused training. The so-called [Arcane Puzzle] only adds the link of chess players assisting the chess pieces in offense and defense, which is essentially an indirect spell duel.

This is somewhat nondescript. It mixes a purely intellectual game with external factors. The strong player can not even lose a single piece, and the pattern falls into the inferior position.

It's really not as good as projected chess, which not only gives full play to the role of intellectual training, but also takes into account concentration training.

…

When the chess game reached the middle, more people were teleported over from the hall. However, as soon as they came over, they saw three projected chessboards hanging high, and they were all stunned. In this case, they didn't even mean to remind them at all.

They either gathered around to watch, or called their acquaintances to start a chess game.

Beginners like Niya are obviously not as good at chess as Xia Duo. While maintaining the chess game and dealing with Nia, Xia Duo still has enough energy to observe the surrounding situation.

Seeing the teleportation exchange meeting slipping into a chess exchange meeting step by step, Sha Duo had no choice but to remind him, "Niya, we've almost arrived. Is this the end of the game?"

"Human?" Niya was stunned. She finally remembered the business and couldn't help but blush. She had been so obsessed with the chess game just now that she even forgot that she was in the underground temple at this time. She thought she was in her own residence!

Half of the chessboard projection between the two disappeared in an instant. Seeing this, Sha Duo also canceled the projection and also sent a reminder to Belera, who was only separated by Niya.

There's still some time left before the exchange meeting starts, but it's almost there.

As an organizer, Belera actually asked the participants to remind them. While blaming herself, she also immediately reacted and sent reminders to other participants.

At this point, the temporary chess exchange meeting ends, and the teleportation exchange meeting officially begins.

"Everyone who comes here is a friend who agrees with the exchange meeting format." After a brief opening, Belera directly announced the start of the exchange meeting, "As the initiator and organizer of this exchange meeting, it starts with me. Bar!"