Chapter 79: The Exciting Chess of Four Kings and Knights
After setting the itinerary for the hunt, Yeats returned to the lord's mansion.
It was almost noon, and in the month since leaving the territory, many stone roads had been laid in Chenshuang Ridge, and many new houses had been built in the residential area.
Overall, it has begun to take shape as a small town.
Yeats was surprised by the speed of construction. After asking Derek, he learned that the Starlight Chamber of Commerce sent a dwarf craftsman to Morning Frost Ridge to take charge of the construction.
The dwarf raised two monsters himself. One giant lizard was responsible for transporting granite, and the other lava turtle was responsible for smelting metal, which greatly accelerated the construction speed.
One person can support a construction team, this is called professionalism.
Yeats was quite satisfied with Lena Starlight's sincerity.
I have been longing for a dwarven craftsman for a long time. This is undoubtedly great news.
"What kind of monster is the lava turtle?" Gray asked subconsciously, "Can it be eaten?"
After saying this, Gray was stunned for a moment.
Derek explained: "It is a kind of monster that lives in hot springs. There are all kinds of strange islands in the ice sea archipelago, and hot springs will be born on some islands."
< br>"It can be eaten." Yeats added.
Yeats asked Derek to get a set of pen and paper again, and he drew sketches on the paper based on the architectural knowledge provided by aesthetic art.
The sketch design is a temple that combines a prison and an inquisition, emphasizing the holy emblem of the scales of the God of War, in order to demonstrate his 'fairness' priesthood.
A territory must have judicial institutions and prisons, and the Temple of Tire can shoulder this function in the early stages of the territory's development.
Subsequently, Yeats asked Derek to summon the dwarf craftsman to the Lord's Mansion.
Not long after, a bronze-skinned dwarf walked in, rubbing his nose, and seemed a little impatient when faced with Yeats' questions.
“My name is Barend Hightower.” The dwarf, who had a gray beard and wore metal armor stained with lime, said gruffly, “I was hired to come to your territory to help. To make a long story short, tell me what to do. Just build whatever you want.”
The dwarves are not polite to the human lords. After all, they have craftsmanship and are not afraid of offending the lords.
The name of this clan indicates that they are good at construction. Yeats asked: "How long is your employment period?"
"Until next spring." The dwarf said.
Wine is the easiest way to bribe dwarves, and I am planning to make whiskey, so there is no need to rush.
Yeats said: "I have a drawing that I drew personally for you. You will build the temple according to this drawing."
Hearing this, the dwarf rubbed his rosacea. , his eyes were a little disdainful.
If a human hands his drawings to a dwarf craftsman, the dwarves will not even look at them.
But the dwarf didn't say anything. He took the drawing handed over by Yeats and took a rough look at it.
Then, his eyes were firmly attracted by the drawings, and his eyes gradually opened wide.
"This drawing..."
The dwarf almost put his entire face on the drawing, his eyes revealing disbelief, "Did you draw it yourself?"
"Otherwise?"
"This is really... really a work of art!" The dwarf was a little incoherent, "I have seen many drawings, and your drawings are worthy of excellence in both painterly and architectural design. It’s art! ”
Aesthetic art, this talent that symbolizes the divine choice of art, can be effective in the five major fields of architecture, art, dance, music, and painting.
Even though this is my first time making architectural drawings, it is quite brilliant.
Yeats smiled and said: "Let's build according to this drawing."
The dwarf looked at Yeats with admiration, changed his honorific title, nodded and said: "Follow your orders, Lord!"
The dwarf left happily, Yeats withdrew his gaze and spread out on the table. Map of Chenshuang Ridge and start planning the expansion scope and layout.
At this time, there was a knock on the door of the office. Yeats followed the sound and saw Hilud dressed in military uniform, with long fiery red hair hanging down. He said lightly:
"You should train Swordsmanship.”
The position assigned to Hilud by Yeats is that of a court swordsmanship instructor, and he is also responsible for protecting the lord’s personal safety.
Even if your physique is blessed by the Apple of Youth.
After training the combat technique "Surge of Movements" with Hillud last time, Yeats also felt sore all over for several days. At this time, an idea suddenly appeared in Yeats's mind and said:
"I won't practice swordsmanship today, let's play chess!"
"Huh?" Lourdes was startled, "So today's schedule is for you to teach me how to play King's chess?"
Yeats coughed lightly and said:
"It's not King's Chess, but a chess game invented by me. I named it Flying... No, Four Kings and Knights Chess!"
Facing Herod's confused look, Yeats lowered his head and quickly drew a rough chess board on the paper.
Afterwards, Yeats gave Herod a brief introduction to the gameplay and rules of flying chess:
“You will play a king in Knights of the Four Kings. There are four knights, and every time you roll the dice to six, you can send a knight to attack..."
After hearing how this "Four Kings Knights Chess" was played, Hilud was quite surprised.
The rules are simple and easy to understand, and it sounds like it’s fun to play!
Yeats went to the backyard of the Lord's Mansion and found a random piece of wood. He condensed the shadow thread in his hand, woven it into a carving knife, and quickly made a rough chessboard and chess pieces for the knight chess.
Later, Yeats called Gray, and the three of them sat at a long dining table in the shade of the trees in the backyard and tried out a game of knight chess.
"Why did you beat my knight back to the royal city? He is obviously almost at the end!" Gray held his head.
Yeats said calmly: "Because this is a rule."
Hilud put his chin on his hands and observed the chessboard: "So, even if you throw a six, you can choose not to send a knight. In addition to luck, there is also A strategic game..."
Yeats secretly thought, otherwise, how can we call it a thrilling flying chess?
Hilud showed a strong interest in knight chess, but after playing two games, she still urged Yeats to continue practicing swordsmanship.
Sunset at dusk.
In the backyard, the sound of wooden swords breaking through the wind echoed.
“Keep breathing!” Herod walked around Yeats, who was wielding his sword in front of the stake, and shouted, “Keep the frequency of swinging the sword!”
Yeats felt his chest burning. , his arms were sore, and he struggled to say: "The movements are so fast, is it so difficult to practice?"
"Your progress has been very fast, after all, your swordsmanship skills are very weak." Hilud hugged his arms, Said calmly, "The wave of movements allows you to continuously release two different combat skills without adjusting, which sometimes plays a decisive role in a duel."
Combat skills are usually the same as spells that require chanting. Likewise, there will be a brief period of catalepsy after release.
With the auxiliary combat skill "Tide of Action", two combat skills can even be combined to form a more powerful killing move.
Using the action wave alone can also speed up the attack frequency, which is a very practical combat skill.
Yeats said dryly: "I am a bard, is it superfluous to practice this?"
"Bards also need sword skills, so stop talking nonsense!" Lu Deqing shouted.
On the other side, Gray looked at Yeats who was training hard while chewing the honey cake brought by the cook, and said vaguely:
"Come on, Yeats, I will leave you some small cakes!"
Two days flew by.
The hard work paid off. Before setting off to hunt, Yeats finally saw new combat skills on the panel.
"You have learned new combat skills, and your movements are like a wave."
Yeats collapsed on the ground tiredly, throwing the wooden sword aside, his chest heaving, and he saw Hilde's back to Looking down at the sun, looking down at myself.
"What?" Yeats gasped.
Hilud raised a faint smile and said: "The progress is very significant and deserves encouragement."
Yeats's mood rippled, he reluctantly stood up, and said modestly: "You taught me Okay."
"The Sharp Ear/Eagle Eye technique you are going to learn next will be relatively easy."
Hilud said with a smile: "This is a kind of detection. It's a spell-like thing that can improve your vision and hearing. You can also be alert to your surroundings when I'm not around."
"Can't you always be here?" Yeats said.
Hilud was slightly startled and said calmly: "I'm going back first, and you should go to bed early... Good night."
Argonian: ()
Sir Hild, why are you blushing?
(End of this chapter)