Hyperdimensional Warlock

Chapter 2770 Old Stone and Star Chess
After Luigi disappeared.

Everyone was still thinking about what this poet who suddenly came and left suddenly did.

Doakes moved faster than anyone else, picking up the mask on the ground with lightning speed.

In his opinion, if the poet talks to him and asks him to solve the problem, then the things left behind should be his... Of course, Kael also has a part of the credit, well, I will give some help when I return to the sandworm market It can be regarded as making up for it.

Doakes flipped through the mask happily, but soon his face darkened.

"What kind of junk is this?!"

Doakes came back cursing, hesitated for a moment, and handed the broken mask to Angel.

He really couldn't see what this mask was, and there was no trace of extraordinaryness. The only thing worth mentioning was that he didn't know the material of this mask.

Among the people present, the one with the strongest ability to identify materials was undoubtedly Angel.

Angel didn't understand what Doakes meant at first, but after taking over the mask and observing carefully, Angel understood somewhat.

Angel: "This mask is carved from old stone."

Old stone?When Angel said the name, everyone present, including Earl Hei, looked puzzled because they had never heard of this material.

Doakes: "You mean, Old Stone?"

Old stone is a kind of stone, and the largest production area is located in the Seventh Gendi State of the Stone Sang Dynasty, which is where the punk theme park is located.Old stones are generally used to increase the hand feel of alchemy weapons. After grinding them into powder, wipe the alchemy weapons with non-stick leather paper to make your alchemy weapons more handy in battle; in addition, you can also Use the same method to maintain extraordinary props.

For ordinary wizards, the role of the Old Stone is dispensable.But for wizards on the blood side who pursue to fight with weapons and break through the limit, the old stone is still more useful.

The reason why Doakes asked whether the old stone is old stone is a question of cultural tendency and expression.

In Fan Continent, in addition to discoverers and inventors, cultural advantages dominate the naming rights.For example, all the names related to steel gears and steam machines are dominated by Yirong Kingdom, which has such a cultural advantage.Another example is the Duchy of Wunong, because there are almost [-]% of the breeding flowers and plants in Fan Continent, so the Duchy of Wunong also has an advantage in naming flowers and plants.

Countries with cultural disadvantages, besides accepting such naming, have another choice: newly created terms.

To put it bluntly, it is the spiritual victory method of self-comfort.

This has led to some items having different names in different regions.

This kind of situation is actually relatively rare in the wizarding world, because supernatural items are mostly rare, and naming has its own rules.However, there are exceptions, that is, things that are not too rare, but can barely be regarded as extraordinary items. Such things will be subject to geographical and cultural dissent, and have different expressions.

Old Stone, in Doakes' view, is a very popular product.According to the translation, it seems that it can also be translated into Laoshi.That's why Doakes asked this question.

But Doakes forgot to consider that Angor was born outside Fan Continent, and was not 'polluted' by Fan Continent's set of cultural dissent. All he said were standard terms.

If the standard wording is also unclear, it can only be said to be ignorance, not cultural dissent.

Angel shook his head at Doakes: "It's not the same."

After a pause, Angel sighed slightly: "Actually, this is the first time I've seen Lao Shi. I thought Lao Shi was a legend before, but I didn't expect it to exist."

Angel was recorded in the old stone in the book in Margaret's dark grid in Naraku City, Nightmare Realm.

In reality, Angel has never seen any records related to Laoshi in any books.Therefore, he even once suspected that Lao Shi was actually a legend.

But when Lao Shi was held in his hand, the "server" in the thinking space was quickly activated. Through detailed analysis, Angel's dusty memory was opened, and the information about Lao Shi resurfaced.

"What is the old stone, is it valuable?" Doakes' eyes lit up.Since Angel saw it for the first time, doesn't that mean that the old stone is of high value?
Everyone also looked at Angel one after another. Could it be that this "ordinary thing" that seemed ordinary to them really had something to do with it?

Angel pondered for a moment: "It's worth it, maybe it's worth it...but it depends on how it's used."

"What do you mean by 'also count'? Are there any prerequisites?" Doakes asked anxiously.

Angel: "It's not a prerequisite, but..."

Angor was just halfway through speaking when he suddenly stopped.

Doakes didn't ask, because everyone present didn't pay attention to Lao Shi at this time, but looked to the left side of the corridor.

A hunched figure slowly emerged from the air.

"The usurper who wants to ascend to a high position, the whispers of the stars tell me that you are ready to fall into the devil's abyss?" The old voice that seemed to come from ancient times reached everyone's ears.

As the words fell, an old woman with crutches, a star-moon three-pointed hat, and a star-moon robe, with skin drooping like goose skin, appeared in front of everyone.

And this old woman has the same feature as the previous poet, that is, she wears a mask, but her mask covers her left eye, which happens to be complementary to the poet's mask.

After the old woman stood still, she raised her head and looked at Earl Hei with slightly cloudy eyes.

The old woman was not surprised that Earl Hei only had one nose, but just watched him quietly.

Also like the poet, other people were not seen by the old woman at all, as if they did not exist.

According to the previous conversation with the poet Luigi, this old woman should be...testing the Black Earl?

"Fell into the devil's abyss? What do you mean?" Earl Hei said indifferently.

The old woman lightly leaned on her stick, and a special sun and moon pattern appeared on the ground, and above the sun and moon pattern, there were dots of starlight.

When everyone was puzzled by the behavior of the old woman, those starlights quickly combined to present a circular astrolabe in front of Earl Hei.

The horizontal and vertical grids are formed on the astrolabe, and the light spots at the intersections appear and disappear from time to time.

When they saw the astrolabe, everyone was stunned.They are no strangers to this astrolabe.

Rather than saying this is an astrolabe, it is better to say this is... a chessboard.

This is a kind of "entertainment" that prophecy wizards like very much, called star chess.

Every criss-crossing point is a star. Every time a game is played, both players in the game will be silently thinking about a thing, a question, or an item. The specific type is decided by the two sides through negotiation.

After betting, they "guess" what the other party is thinking in various ways.

Of course, this is "guessing" in the eyes of outsiders, but for the prophetic wizard, it is actually a kind of "interpretation".

The party who succeeds in interpreting can make the other party drop one more pawn.

When the more chess pieces are dropped, it is possible to connect into a "horoscope", allowing the opponent to interpret the final answer.And if you can interpret the opponent's "horoscope", you will be the winner.

Therefore, avoiding placing pieces and misleading the opponent's interpretation is the game in the process of playing chess.

The rules are roughly the same. It can be said that this is a game exclusive to prophetic wizards.Non-prophetic wizards, once they encounter this kind of astrological chess, they are basically useless.

"Playing chess?" Earl Black raised his voice at the end.

You must know that none of the people present is a prophetic wizard, and playing chess is basically catching the blind.Before that, Doakes had Kael to help, but if he played chess, he had to throw a piece and admit defeat.

The old lady didn't reply, but touched the ground with her stick again, and the stars fell into the plate.

The criss-crossing places lit up one after another, and finally formed a row of stars like a rainbow bridge.

"Those who want to ascend to a high position, please listen to the whispering of the stars." After finishing speaking, the old woman closed her eyes and remained silent.

This situation is the same as that of the previous poets, who kept silent when they got out of the topic.You will not speak again until you have solved the problem.

"It feels like a dummy, no matter what questions you ask." Doakes complained in a low voice.

It's not just Doakes' idea, but everyone else's as well.The poet before said at least a few words, but the old woman was talking to herself completely, and she didn't answer Earl Black's question.

Now that the astrology is shown, the meaning is obvious.

She didn't want to compete with Earl Hei, but directly showed her horoscope for Earl Hei to interpret.

Although it is still different from the real star chess, it is much simpler...but can non-prophetic wizards really interpret it?
Everyone looked at Earl Hei with piercing eyes, while Earl Hei silently looked at the stars on the chessboard.

A few seconds later, Earl Hei called Wai over, and then put his nose back, motioned Wai to reach out his hand, and tapped the first star that lit up before.

Soon, a piece of information surfaced above the chessboard: the other shore.

Then, Earl Hei clicked all the chess pieces played by the old lady one by one.

Each is a place name, but it is different from the traditional place name.

For example: the other shore, the sky, the starry sky, the place where the sun sets, the sea reflected by the bright moon...

These place names, according to the normal chess game, should be "interpreted" by Earl Black one by one, but now the old lady gave the answer directly.

Now Earl Black only needs to do one thing: interpret the meaning of the astrology through the meanings represented by these chess pieces.

Earl Hei was very calm from the beginning to the end, which also gave everyone a little confidence. Maybe Earl Hei can really interpret it?

However, it didn't take long for everyone to hear Vai asking in the psychic belt: "Doakes, have you been touched by your inspiration? Come here and see, what do you think?"

Although it was Wai who said it, there is no doubt that Earl Black must have signaled Wai to do so.

Doakes wanted to say, but he couldn't read it either.But he knew that this time it wasn't Wai's request, but Earl Hei's order, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet.

As time passed, Angel saw Doakes scratching his head and ears, and Vay sighed repeatedly, and knew that this astrology might be difficult to interpret.

In fact, Angor has a way to interpret it, he can go to the wilderness of dreams to ask for foreign help.

The answer deciphered by asking for help from foreign aid is definitely not wrong.However, it was difficult for him to explain how he interpreted it.

It can't be said that he has practiced prophecy across departments, can he?

Therefore, Angel could only watch quietly from the sidelines.

In fact, he really wanted to know what would happen if he didn't solve it?Angor glanced at the old woman who closed her eyes and said nothing, secretly guessing in her heart, maybe she has never opened her eyes?
No matter what happens to the old woman in the end, what I can know is that if I can't solve it, the "surprise" that the wise man said will definitely be missed.

This actually made Angel a little puzzled. Doesn't the wise master know that there are no prophetic wizards among them, so how could he arrange a test of star chess?

While Angel silently waited for Earl Hei to give up, a turning point happened.

Earl Hei sighed lightly: "Forget it."

Angel thought Earl Hei was about to give up, but Earl Hei's next words caught Angel in awe.

"Astrology means... the evil god Moyuan."

As soon as Earl Hei finished speaking, the old woman opened her eyes: "The interpretation is correct. Since you have deciphered the evil god Moyuan, you should understand what I mean. This is my message to you."

After the voice fell, the old woman stepped back slightly, and her figure began to slowly disappear.

At the same time, the last words of the old woman came from everyone's ears: "Those who want to ascend to a high position, please remember my name, astrologer, Gleipnir."

The old woman disappeared, leaving only the broken mask she was wearing.

Wai walked over, picked up the mask, retreated to the side of the crowd, and handed the mask to Angel.

From the beginning to the end, Vai did not speak.

Everyone was very puzzled at this moment, but what was puzzled was not why Earl Hei suddenly knew the answer to the astrology - Earl Hei had used prophecy before, although he said that he borrowed the ability of other people and had already used it up, but who could tell? Do you know the truth?
What they wondered was, what did Gleipnir mean by the so-called message to Earl Hei?
Why is the evil god Moyuan a message to Earl Hei?

Judging from Earl Hei's silent attitude, it seems that this message really touched Earl Hei?

Although everyone was very curious, but seeing the silent aura emanating from Earl Hei and Vay's bitterness and not daring to speak, in the end everyone did not ask any questions, but turned their attention to Angel again. body.

Angel is holding half of the mask in his left hand and half in his right hand. The masks represent the left and right eyes respectively.

He tried to put the two masks together.

It fits very well, it can be said to be a perfect fit.

In other words, these two broken masks should come from the same source.

However, even if the two masks are combined now, a part is still missing.

What is missing is the nose and the lower half of the face.

According to the previous rules, if there is no accident, it is estimated that a third "person" will appear soon, and this person should be wearing the remaining part of the mask.

Angel looked up at the crowd: "Should we continue talking about Lao Shi, or wait?"

(End of this chapter)