Sharjah remembers the situation three months ago very clearly, because that was also the time when his life underwent a major change.
Three months ago, he was an apprentice, and three months later, he was already a mage. And what caused this change, besides taking advantage of the little friend's promotion, there was another very important thing.
That's Go.
That day, he asked his children what "watching chess and losing money" meant.
Then the little friend took him to the courtyard and started playing chess, and then the two of them started playing chess.
Thinking back to how miserable he was when he was killed by a kid, Sharjah feels a little bit bitter when he thinks about it now. This kid is really too much. Bullying a novice, bullying a person who doesn't know how to do it, do you think it's interesting?
What about you? It’s not embarrassing!
And it was that time that he brought this thing called Go to the teacher.
That time, the teacher said to him: "This is not a chessboard, this is a field!"
And now, the adult opposite said to him: "This chessboard is the empire's territory map!"
These two sentences seem to illustrate the same understanding?
At that time, the teacher also used the Imperial Capital, Giant Rock City and Red Rock Town to explain to him what the "higher one is in the belly, the lower one is in the side, the middle one is in the corner..." However, at that time, the teacher
It's just a simple shape. But now, the gentleman opposite has clearly stated that this chessboard is the empire's territory map!
And if you look at it this way, what does the rule about the "belly corners" mentioned by Fang Tian in "Journey to the West" mean for the empire's power distribution and monitoring and defense? Giant Rock City is among them.
, and what kind of position does it occupy?
For a time, Sharjah's heart was filled with ups and downs.
Under the reminder of the gray-robed mage, Sharjah thought of too many things based on this chessboard!
The gray-robed mage did not directly answer Sharjah's question, but said: "Shaja, please select a few of the games you played with my friend in the past in order, and lay them out for me to see."
Sha Jia nodded and immediately placed it on the stone table.
The first game he played was not the first game he played with Fang Tian. That time, no, I should say those several games, had no other meaning except to show his stupidity. Those few games
In this game, according to what my friend said later, he stood for "light and justice", while he, Sharjah, was a "pest to be exterminated."
The most hateful thing is that in the end, his "pest" was really eliminated!
It was enough for him to know such a shameful thing, but there was no need to let the master in front of him know about it.
So what Sharjah planned was to return to Big Rock City, and after the teacher's instruction and subsequent repeated discussions, he would then have a duel with Fang Tian when he returned to Red Rock Town.
Although his chess moves at that time were full of errors and omissions from today's perspective, the teacher's teachings were not in vain after all. Almost all of those errors and omissions can be attributed to errors and omissions based on strength rather than direction.
Shalou chose two of the games and played them out.
In order to facilitate the gray-robed mage's observation and thinking, Sharjah did not move quickly.
After the two games were played, Sharjah paused for a moment. The gray-robed mage nodded slightly, did not speak, and just motioned for him to continue.
The next four consecutive games were after Sharjah returned from Linbo City and then played against Fang Tian.
The game at this time has changed a lot compared to the beginning. One of them, Sharjah, experienced a lot of things after passing through Linbo City and his party, and his mentality has changed a lot, and this and the change are obvious.
The earth is reflected in the chess game.
It’s the same thing again in Fangtian.
That assassination incident also brought about a lot of changes in him.
This change is also reflected in the chess game.
Both sides have changed and improved the chess game. Compared with the previous ones, it has become more intense, rich and colorful.
The reason why Sharjah played four games at this stage is because Fang Tian’s chess style at this stage was obviously diverse. Nothing can be seen in the two games. These four games have different styles of play.
Coming out is enough to explain some problems.
The last two games were the previous games with Fang Tian.
After a total of eight games were played, Sharjah stopped, while the gray-robed mage opposite fell into deep thought.
This thought lasted almost two magic hours.
In fact, for them now, the time between two magic hours is both very long and very short.
It’s said to be long because there are many, many things that can be done during this time.
And the reason why it is said to be short-lived is because at this stage, a longer meditation or meditation may last for several days or even longer.
"Shajia, judging from the situation of this chess game, little friend Fang Tian's improvement is greater than yours." The gray-robed mage said slowly.
Sharjah nodded.
This is true.
My little friend is indeed making great or small progress every day. Of course, if you think about it for a moment, you will know that this is really normal.
Otherwise, how could my little friend be a transformation-level apprentice now?
But really speaking, judging from this game, the two biggest changes for the little friend were after he was assassinated.
Especially the previous two games were simply terrifying to Sharjah.
Could it be that every assassination can bring great improvement to the child?
The next moment, Sha Jia quickly shook his head in his mind. This idea was not very kind to the kid.
"If we regard the first two rounds as a match between an ordinary apprentice, then the middle four rounds, Sharjah, have you noticed that they already have some characteristics of a mage?" the gray-robed mage continued.
said.
After what the gray-robed mage said, Sharja thought about it and realized that it was really like this!
In fact, this is not a novel idea, but Shadi has never thought in this direction before.
Now, as soon as the gray-robed mage reminded him, Sha Jia immediately had a new understanding of the previous and later games with Fang Tian. So, the next moment he said: "Sir, what do you mean, these last two games...
"The gray-robed mage nodded solemnly, and then said: "That's right! I saw the shadow of the archmage in the little friend's moves!"
"Now, I am suspecting that this thing called Go is the existence behind Xiaoyou. It is specially created for Xiaoyou to make continuous breakthroughs in the process of practicing magic."
Sharjah nodded.
This point is actually very obvious. The teacher also said this before. In fact, Sharjah himself has also thought this way.
And when his friend gave him the "Thirteen Chapters of Chess", Sharjah had no doubts about this.
Having said this, the gray-robed mage stopped. Next, he cleared the chessboard again, and then slowly placed a white chess piece on the chessboard. After that, he picked up four more gray chess pieces and placed them on the chessboard.
Block the white pieces around them.
"Water, fire, earth, and wind, these are the most basic four-teeth and elements combined magic circle."
As he spoke, the gray-robed mage kept moving, and then used a few white stones and a dozen gray stones on the chessboard to create a situation where the gray stones surrounded and killed the white stones.
"This is still the four-element combined magic circle."
"Sharjah, with the white chess piece as the center. If we think of the gray chess piece above it as the fire element, and the gray chess piece below it as the earth, tooth, element, shaking the water element left and right, and the wind element on the right, you think
What?" The gray-robed mage asked Shajia again.
"Are two magicians from two factions strangulating each other?" Sharjah said this almost word for word. The gray-robed mage nodded, pondered for a while, and then said: "Shaja, boss
I should have told you about the Imperial Capital Forbidden Court?"
Sha Jia nodded and added: ...The teacher only talked about that adult and didn’t mention much else.”
"On the mainland, almost all the major empires today have such an existence, but their names are different. Although our empire is located in a remote place among the major forces in the mainland, it has existed as early as a thousand years ago.
Six hundred years ago, such a department was established under the leadership of that great lord at that time."
"Now that it has developed, it has almost become a behemoth that includes most of the forces in the empire. Without a place in the Forbidden Court, that force or family is basically a group that can be ignored."
Having said this, the gray-robed mage said with a smile on his face: "Shaja, you may not know yet. My boss, your teacher, once served as the dean of one of the branches in the Forbidden Court."
"Aren't you leaving now?" Sha Jia was indeed surprised by the news, but after thinking carefully about what the teacher had said to him before, it wasn't that surprising.
"Not now, it's just a name. But as long as the boss is willing, there will always be a place for him." The gray-robed mage said lightly. Whether it was him or Sharjah, at this moment, when he mentioned this matter, there was a faint feeling in his heart.
Even though he couldn't count, Sharja still said in his heart, the teacher will definitely go further!
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. There are many branches in the Forbidden Court. Although the things they study are all centered around mages and magic, their respective research directions and contents are very different." The gray-robed mage continued:
"There are those who simply study the practice of magicians.
There are also studies on how magicians can best cooperate with warriors on the battlefield, and there are also studies on multi-series or even four-series compound high-destructive spells, some of which are even taboo. This is actually one of the names of the forbidden courts.
The origin, of course, is only part of it.”
At this point, the gray-robed mage finally got to the point: "And the content and direction of research in one of the branches is the magic circle!"
"It just so happens that the boss knows the Excellency who is leading this research. Today, I will send a message to the boss to tell him my opinion and ask him to join forces with the Excellency to break down and study the rules of Go from the perspective of the magic circle.
Game. I believe that Your Excellency will be interested in it."
"What I'm looking forward to more is whether the thousands of years of research by the Japanese Empire can be used on this chessboard to completely kill little friend Fang Tian?"!