Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 468 Giant chessboard array

   The room was pitch black, and nothing could be seen in the field of vision.

  When Albert just lifted his foot and stepped in, the torches on the surrounding walls suddenly ignited flames. There was a sense of sight of fighting a boss in the game, and the illuminated scene was also shocking.

  At this moment, they are standing on the edge of a huge chessboard, and in front of them are two rows of black statues that are taller than them.

   At the other end of the room, facing them were two rows of white statues.

  Fred takes a few quick steps, trying to pass the statue.

  However, he quickly stopped and retreated to the crowd.

   "This can't be... Wizard Chess, right?" Fred couldn't help muttering as he looked at the soldiers who drew their swords blocking his way.

  Actually, when the four of them saw these neatly arranged statues, they vaguely guessed the answer.

   "It's really spectacular!" George couldn't help but sighed, "It must be very interesting. This is the first time I've played this kind of large-scale wizard chess."

   "Your Wizard Chess skills are so bad," Fred muttered, "You can't even beat Ron."

   "You seem to have beaten Ron." Although George didn't want to admit it, his useless brother who was afraid of spiders really played well in wizard chess.

   "What now?" Lee Jordan muttered.

   "Isn't it obvious?" George pouted, and raised his finger to the wooden door behind the white pawn, "As long as you win the wizard chess, you should be able to pass the level smoothly."

   "I remember Albert's wizard chess is pretty good!"

  The three of them looked at Albert in unison, waiting for him to make a final decision, whether to break through or win the game of wizard chess.

   "I don't guarantee that I can win!" Albert looked at the giant chessboard in front of him, frowned slightly, and didn't know what he was thinking.

   "This is not like you, it's just a game of wizard chess." Lee Jordan patted Albert on the shoulder.

   "What's wrong?" George sensed that something was wrong. Is it really as simple as winning a game of wizard chess?

   "We may need to play as pawns. If not, we may need to win the opponent one by one." Albert said his speculation. He wasn't sure if he could win with three pawns.

   "This is not very good!" Although George wanted to experience it, he instinctively hesitated when he thought of the wild gameplay of Wizard Chess.

   After all, if they really need to be pawns, it's not fun to be swept by the weapons of these **** statues.

   "Shouldn't we have to go there together?" Fred muttered, frowning deeply.

  The black king next to Fred suddenly moved, which startled them all. The statue of the king nodded to Fred, indicating that everyone must participate in this game of wizard chess.

   "Are you going to force your way?" Lee Jordan asked tentatively. At their level, it shouldn't be difficult to use spells to blow up all the statues and pass the level directly.

   "If you do that, these statues will probably all come and besiege us." Albert did not agree with the method of breaking through the level violently. How could it be that Professor McGonagall didn't expect someone to want to break through the level violently?

  In the level just now, you can pick the lock directly, it is entirely because wizards don't understand Muggles.

  Although he felt that these statues didn't pose much threat to them, he still didn't want to take risks in this kind of thing. God knows what would happen if he really broke in.

  Maybe, the wooden door on the opposite side won't open right away?

  Even if you really need to break through in the end, you have to wait until the number of chess piece statues is reduced to a certain level before considering it.

   "Tell me, which professor designed this mechanism." Lee Jordan raised his hand and knocked on the statue next to him and asked.

   "It goes without saying, of course it's Professor McGonagall." George pouted and said, "These **** statues must have been created by transformation magic. Although I don't know how it was done, it's really amazing."

   "Can Albert also do this?" Fred looked at Albert expectantly, hoping to get an affirmative answer from him.

   "I do know a little bit about wizard chess. Although the principle of this giant chessboard is similar to wizard chess, it uses more advanced transformation magic."

   Albert said to Fred, George, and Lee Jordan: "We're afraid we need to replace the four black pawns here."

   "You come to command, what should we do?"

   "Let me think about it." Albert's brain was fully opened and he began to make plans. This is an unequal game.

   "Think slowly." The three of them were not in a hurry, and began to study the chess piece statue, observing the surrounding environment by the way, and preparing for the violent passage later.

"Okay." A few minutes later, Albert clapped his hands, and after the three of them looked over, he said, "Fred and George will replace the two knights, Lee Jordan, you will replace the king. As for me, I will replace the bishop." .”

   Those chess pieces seemed to understand Albert's words, and two knights, a bishop, and a king turned around and walked out of the chessboard, leaving four empty seats for them.

  Come on, the most interesting wizard chess game of this century has officially begun!

   "How do we defeat these statues later?"

"If it doesn't work, use the Explosive Curse to smash them." Albert took out a candy from his pocket, peeled off the candy wrapper and threw it into his mouth, comforting him casually, "However, I don't think it's necessary, as long as They are "eaten", and they should take the initiative to step down. If they really don't respond, just blow them up."

   Albert was a little excited. Compared with the wizard chess on the table, it was more like commanding an army now.

   "What if we get eaten?"

   "I will avoid this kind of situation from happening. If you encounter it, you should run outside the chessboard by yourself. Remember not to be hit by the chess pieces." Albert has already started mobilizing the chess pieces.

  The routines at the beginning are those, exchanging pieces with each other to free up a bigger battlefield. Albert found that Professor McGonagall's chess game was not as brilliant as he had imagined.

   This game of chess went more smoothly than expected.

  The difficulty of a giant chessboard formation lies in the fact that chess players need to maintain a normal state of mind. Don’t be distracted by the tragic fights of wizard chess and cannot think normally. As long as you can play your due wizard chess level, you will definitely win.

On the chessboard, Fred and George, who were still a little nervous at first, had already begun to kill all directions. They used the explosive curse to smash up many chess pieces that they had "eaten" and swept them into the garbage dump. The king's Lee Jordan couldn't help but want to go forward and fight.

   The little soldiers were eliminated at the beginning of the game, and the scene of chess pieces fighting was particularly spectacular. Think about the picture where the opposite chess piece chopped a chess piece into pieces with a sword and swept it off the board.

  If it happens by your side, if you don’t have enough courage, you will really be frightened and your legs will tremble.

  Even if you know that the chess pieces will not attack you, is anyone afraid of being accidentally affected?

  Especially when the opponent's bishop knocked the chariot that served as Fred's scapegoat to the ground with a hammer, Fred was really taken aback.

  Albert was afraid that Fred would suddenly turn around and run away, so he immediately shouted to him, "Calm down, you are safe."

   "It's not safe at all, I'm hurt." Fred complained, pointing to his arm injured by the debris.

   "Don't complain, fall back to c8."

   "Why don't you eat the White Queen?" Fred retreated obediently, but he still couldn't help asking, he hasn't completely calmed down yet.

   "If you want to be eaten, I don't mind at all, anyway, I must have earned the exchange."

  Watching the fierce fighting, and couldn't help looking at Albert who was calmly commanding, everyone's anxiety completely disappeared.

   Judging from the number of pieces on the chessboard, Albert was obviously smarter than his opponents. The white pieces he had eaten were far more than the black pieces they had lost, and there was even one **** left in the front row.

   Albert will save the chess pieces as much as possible and use them as cannon fodder for exchange. He also didn't dare to send Fred and George forward, and every time he used them, he had to prevent them from being easily eaten.

  No way, every time a chess piece is eaten by both sides, the chess pieces will be ruthless and merciless. A lot of broken chess pieces are thrown around the wall, which is the best proof.

  The number of chess pieces on the field is reduced to a certain extent, and there is no need to exchange pieces. Albert began to think about how to defeat the king as soon as possible.

  He doesn't want to drag too long here!

  Queen White knocked the other bishop down on the floor fiercely and threw it out of the chessboard like garbage. Albert immediately stepped forward and happily checkmate the king.

   When he raised his wand and was about to blow up the White King in front of him, this guy actually took off the crown on his head and threw it at Albert's feet.

   This means Albert won.

   "You're lucky." Albert muttered, looking at the white pawns bowing and retreating one after another, he lowered his arms, and he didn't bother the white king anymore.

   "It's really interesting. Sure enough, commanding large-scale wizard chess is far more interesting than playing ordinary wizard chess." Fred cracked his mouth and laughed, he had eaten a lot of chess pieces just now.

   "I just saw your legs shaking."

   "Nonsense, who said my legs are shaking." Fred glared at Lee Jordan dissatisfiedly. He knew that this guy must be envious of him charging forward on the chessboard.

   "I saw it all, your legs are shaking badly." Lee Jordan pouted. In the game just now, he almost didn't move. He was very safe and very boring.

   "Stop making trouble." Albert stopped the silly joke.

   "Tell me, if we just took a broom and used magic to bomb these chess pieces from above, wouldn't we not need to play this game of wizard chess?"

   "The biggest possibility is that the door will not open." Albert thought for a while and said.

  Actually, it’s not that he didn’t think about this method, but he gave up in the end. If the wooden door couldn’t be opened and he was besieged by chess piece statues, it would be really bad luck.

  Since you can pass this level in the simplest way, don't do those fancy things.

  (end of this chapter)