Chapter 204: The chess game of the Demon God’s Familiar, the Black Knight’s token
In the Memory Palace, sunlight passes through the stained glass windows on the dome, illuminating the magnificent library.
Beside the towering wall of books, Yeats sat on the seat at the top of the tall ladder, flipping through the records about the 'Dancing Plague', his eyes flashing slightly.
In medieval Europe in Yeats' previous life, there was a large-scale outbreak of a virus called "Holy Fire Disease". After the onset of the disease, the patient's limbs and muscles twitched, and the whole body was numb. Then the muscles gradually fester and peel off until death. The condition is horrific.
The cause of the disease is ‘ergot’, a fungus that lives on rye. Cereal plants infected by ergot fungus will produce this hallucinogenic and even fatal toxin. In the Middle Ages when food was scarce and medical knowledge was lacking, "ergot poisoning" claimed tens of thousands of lives.
The Dancing Plague is caused by the same cause as the Holy Fire Disease. They are both hallucinations caused by ergot poisoning, which then causes people to dance tirelessly.
And in the atrium, a world with extraordinary power, devils, curses, evil spirits... can drive a town into madness. The cause of the dancing plague is far from as simple as ergot poisoning.
Yeats closed the book and murmured to himself:
“The Tranquility of Pan’s Flute can effectively restrain this dance plague, thus helping me find the [Red Dance Shoes].”< br>
“But I have a special status. This time I am dealing with the witch and the church, so it would be better for me to wear a vest.”
The ‘Thousand-Change Mask’ given by Daisy herself is just right for the current situation.
Yeats closed his eyes and his consciousness withdrew from the memory palace. When he opened his eyes again, he was already in the study room of the palace.
Gray will often borrow this study room. There are thick legal documents on the bookcase, and there are reading notes she left in the drawer, which shows how diligent she is.
In addition, there is a pile of low-ring scrolls in the drawer, which should have been stuffed into the drawer after Snow Owl was finished.
Yeats's eyes were fixed on the scroll, and Feitan's slow complaints came to his ears:
"Every time I see it, I am surprised that a king-level monster actually considers how to earn gold coins for human beings."
Yeats smiled slightly. This is a scroll drawn by Master Gao Huan. It is of high quality. The kind that stands out and has no worries about sales.
"Owls, they eat snake meat, right?"
Yeats secretly thought: "It just so happens that there is a plot location in Jianhe County related to the Fire Winged Ancient Snake, so use this one. Ancient Snake, come to feed the Snow Owl!”
After deciding on today’s itinerary, Yeats felt a weak mana fluctuation coming from the space bag, and took out and held a hot ancient coin.
In the magic network, multiple communication techniques were transmitted at the same time.
Yeats connected to the Ghost Society channel, which was like a chat room, and the mist formed by mana condensed into words in front of his eyes.
"Ferryman: Does anyone want to go with me to investigate Sternberg's dancing plague incident?"
"Fisherman: You really can't take any time off, Mr. Ferryman."
"Blood Eagle: Is it the Dancing Plague? Even people on my side have heard about it, but the one sent there is not the Knight Commander, but the Inquisitor."
After these days of peeking at the screen, Yeats secretly deduced the identities of some members of the Ghost Society.
Like [The Fisherman], he should be Nash, the fisherman who had met once and was always in the Air Force.
The Blood Eagle is most likely the management of the Blood Eagle Knights.
The Knights believe in the Black Knight, the god of tactics and strategy, and most of the Blood Eagles are also followers of the Black Knight.
Looking at the chat text, Yeats was a little surprised that Crane was also involved in this operation.
Wherever this detective went, there were murder cases. Yeats felt quite pressured walking with him.
"I won't notify Mr. Crane. I will go with Gray and Drill Tooth this time."
Yeats said secretly: "Before setting off, let's go find Firewing first. Ancient Snake, strive to obtain the Black Knight’s token, and use the token to meet the Black Knight’s incarnation!”
The Ancient Snake is a dependent of the Lord of Fury among the Seven Demon Kings of Hell.
According to legend, the Furious Lord, filled with a grudge because he was cursed by God, sneaked into the Garden of Eden and transformed into a snake, luring humans to commit original sin.
Therefore, fury does not just refer to the emotion of anger. Dante describes this crime in "The Divine Comedy" as "the perversion of love of justice into revenge and hatred."
In the original plot, this fire-winged ancient snake that lives in Jianhe County intends to lure passers-by into committing violent crimes, but its method is bizarre, it actually sets up a chess game.
It is worth mentioning that the devil who was once killed by Herod with a chessboard was also a believer of the Lord of Fury.
At that time, Herod was indeed furious, but the devil had long since cooled down...
Ancient snakes often used gold, silver, jewels, and rare herbs as bets to use their magic power to His words lure passers-by into playing chess.
Pedestrians are usually not their opponents, and after losing the chess game, they gradually become more aggressive, and eventually completely lose their minds and become a walking zombie controlled by furious emotions, and become the meal of the ancient snake.
To compare with others, when Yeats was playing chess and someone was playing chess, and someone next to him was pointing fingers, he would also become furious!
The ancient snake's chess game is usually king's chess, and Yeats's attainments in king's chess are second only to the Black Knight.
Yeats secretly thought: "Go and play two games of chess with the Fire-Wing Ancient Snake and see who is in first hurry!"
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The warm sunshine in early summer illuminates a lush old tree. Not far from the old tree, there is a crystal clear river, where nearby villagers often come to fish.
According to his memory, Yeats flew near the river with the wings of the God of Poetry, looked around, and soon noticed this ancient tree that exuded a cold atmosphere.
The Wings of the God of Poetry can fly short distances. If you want to fly to Broken Mountain, the Wings of the God of Poetry alone are definitely not enough.
If the carrot can be blessed by the Black Knight and gain the ability to fly, it will have the effect of a flying pet.
“Aren’t you going to Broken Hill? How did you end up here?” Zuan Ya stood on Yeats’s shoulder and asked strangely.
"Come here to catch an ancient snake!"
Duan Ya was slightly startled, and saw Yeats restraining his breath, taking out the lyre transformed from the musical instrument brooch, and sitting by the clear lake to play.
The sound of music is melodious.
There was rustling in the trees.
Duan Ya looked around and saw a blood-red python wrapped around an ancient tree, hissing and spitting out a message, with a pair of wings behind it.
Soon, Zuan Ya recognized the origin of this python and couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
In a place like this, you can actually see the followers of the devil.
The ancient snake's blood-red body was covered with black stripes, and its pair of yellow eyes shot out a deep light, speaking human words:
"Young man passing by, please show mercy and listen. Will you listen to my request?"
Yeats glanced at the drill tooth on his shoulder and motioned for it not to be exposed.
Immediately, Yeats took half a step forward, pretending to be frightened.
“Please don’t be afraid.” Ancient Snake seemed to have known that Yeats would have such a reaction, and explained, “I am originally a human being, and I became what I am now because of the curse.”
The "fear" on Yeats's face softened a little, and he said: "Then, what is your request?"
The human cunning is revealed deep in the eyes of the ancient snake, Without hiding from Yeats's eyes, he said in a gentle voice:
"I would like to invite you to play a game of chess with me."
"As long as you can defeat me who is going all out, you can lift the curse for me, and the ruby in the tree hole will be yours."
Under the control of the ancient snake's levitation technique, from the tree A chess piece carved from ruby floated in the hole, flashed past Yeats' eyes, and flew back to the tree hole.
This chess piece is the token of the Black Knight. With the help of the ability brought by this chess piece, the ancient snake has no disadvantages in the chess game.
Yeats's thoughts were like lightning, and his face showed an expressive expression, which made the voice of the ancient snake seem more intimate:
"Even if I lose, I will not ask you anything. Requirement, that’s a good deal for you, isn’t it?”
Yeats nodded and said: "I agreed, let's get started!"
The ancient snake showed a hint of pride in its eyes, climbed down from the ancient tree, and immediately entangled its body and tail together, holding its head high.
In front of it, a chess table transformed by mana appeared. The chess pieces on the table had been placed. It used the invisible "mage's hand" to lift a chess piece and said with a smile:
"Then, let me go first?"
Five rounds later.
Gu Snake put away the contempt in his eyes, took a deep look at the silver-haired boy sitting in front of him with a focused face, and thought to himself. It seems that this is a high-end game, so we need to be more serious...
Ten rounds later.
Gu Snake's body was trembling, and he was beginning to panic. Looking at the disadvantageous match, he was horrified.
What's going on with this guy? Is your chess skills as if you were personally taught by the Black Knight?
"What happened to you? Can you still lift the curse?" Yeats's urging voice sounded, "Hurry up!"
The ancient snake felt ashamed and annoyed in his heart. How could you lose to this young boy in the chess game?
It mustered twelve points of concentration and threw itself into the chess game to fight with Yeats, and the solemnity in its heart gradually turned into despair.
On the chess table, defeat has been decided.
The ancient snake stared at the chess table, his eyes red and roaring in his heart.
How is this possible? He must have cheated! How else could I lose the chess game?
On the surface, Gu Snake kept his voice as gentle as possible, suppressing his anger, and said: "How about we play another game?"
Yeats said strangely: "It's not that If I win one round against you, will the curse be lifted?"
Gu She gritted her teeth and said, "I didn't perform at my best in the round just now. "It doesn't count!"
"Okay, but I have to raise it," Yeats said.
"How to add it?" Gu She felt vaguely that the word sounded familiar.
In the past, it would have been me who would have said this, right?
"If I win, you must swear to Mammon that you will give me half of the wealth you have accumulated in your life." Yeats smiled slightly, "Can you accept this condition?"
"Are you a businessman?" the ancient snake said in surprise, "or a pagan businessman who believes in mammon!"
Yeats smiled and said nothing.
Mammon, in the business circle, means the god of wealth, but due to the severe crackdown by the church, only a handful of businessmen believe in him.
Few people know that among the seven demon gods of hell, the demon god responsible for the sin of greed is also Mammon.
As a descendant of hell, the ancient snake swore an oath to the Demon God of Greed, and the oath was extremely binding.
It only thought it was Yeats who made a mistake and allowed himself to swear to Mammon, but he was also a little scared in his heart.
If I lose again in the next game, I will lose a lot!
However, it is only half the wealth, which is acceptable, but I really cannot accept losing the chess game!
The ancient snake said with anger in his voice: "Okay, I'll raise the bet!"
Ten rounds later.
This time, Ancient Snake lost even more miserably than last time. He stared blankly at the defeated chess game and murmured in disbelief:
"How... is this possible? You... Can he be a chess master? ”
Yeats did not answer the ancient snake's question and said: "Come again? But you have to raise your stakes."
"Come again!" The ancient snake's eyes seemed to be spitting out flames, and he said angrily, "I will Don’t believe it, I can’t even beat you in a game!”
Drilling his teeth was so happy that he covered his mouth and snickered.
Even the descendants of the devil are anxious, Yeats, you are worthy!
Another clean game, Ancient Snake lost the game again.
It stared blankly in place, its eyes full of numbness and confusion, as if it was doubting itself.
"Sir Mammon, it's time for you to fulfill your oath." Yeats reminded.
The ancient snake looked at Yeats with humiliation and hatred, and immediately summoned a small plane passage.
From this plane passage, the cold atmosphere of hell was revealed. It took out a small space bag worth one thousand gold coins and threw the small space bag directly to Yeats: "Here you go!"< br>
Yeats was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed.
This snake is surprisingly rich!
If it weren't for this chess game, it would be impossible to obtain the ancient snake's net worth. This is enough to show that betting on dogs means nothing.
Yeats secretly swore:
“I, Ye, have nothing to do with gambling and drug abuse!”
Take a cursory look at the space bag, and there are a lot of valuable jewelry in it. , a rare-quality "snake-wrapped cane" with its own healing enchantment, and a red agate gem that can help extraordinary people learn 'wrath'.
The anger spell can be combined with Yeats's 'Add Evil Words' spell, which can cause the opponent's blood pressure to rise rapidly while ridiculing him, and it is also possible to curse him with cerebral hemorrhage or heart disease.
With the wealth of the Demon God’s Familiar, the signature spell ‘Evil Words’ has been strengthened.
Yeats nodded with satisfaction.
The ancient snake's eyes showed a dim light, and the oath did not stipulate that he could no longer snatch these wealth back!
Before it attacked, Yeats quickly pulled out the eclipse pistol, and the moonlight bullets were released!
Sneak attack!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Amidst the hail of bullets, the ancient snake screamed angrily: "You have deceived me, human being, you are a believer in moonlight!"
Yeats was startled, and changed his words at the speed of light, with awe-inspiring justice:
"Yes, I will represent Moonlight and destroy you, the villain!"
The fire-winged ancient snake's eyes shot out a ball of red light that contained the wrathful divinity, but was dispersed by Diamond Fang's hand. The ancient snake was frightened and stared at the little squirrel in disbelief.
While it was hesitating, the snowy owl carried the biting cold wind and killed it from mid-air.
King level monster!
The Firewing Ancient Snake suddenly felt troubled.
At the same moment, Yeats stretched his bow and arrow, and shot the arrow into the sky.
Immediately, hundreds of fire dragon arrows turned into a rain of arrows and poured down from the sky!
Blessings from the Wild Hunt, thousands of arrows fired!
The Fire Winged Ancient Snake looked up, its pupils reflected the arrow rain, and its eyes were full of fear!
Is this a combat skill that a low-level transcendent can display? !
There is no escape route at all, everything is covered with arrows!
dart out! dart out! dart out!
After the covering fire strike, the Firewing Ancient Snake was covered in bruises, horrified and still panting.
The Snow Owl swooped in the sky and took the head of the Fire-winged Ancient Serpent.
Yeats nodded with satisfaction: "Arrows are raining down, so fast!"
Tian Ya recalled the rain of arrows just now, and his eyes were also a little surprised.
The power of this blessing can even harm the existence of the fourth ring, which is really extraordinary.
This is enough to show that Yeats possesses the divinity in his body that is suitable for this blessing.
But this blessing seems to come from the King of the Wild Hunt? Zhuan Ya was a little confused, how could Yeats be connected with Him?
Zuan Ya scratched his head, but saw Yeats picking up the ruby chess pieces, leaning over the ground to draw a checkerboard-shaped array.
"What are you doing?" Zuan Ya asked curiously.
"Use this token to pray for the incarnation of the Black Knight."
Yeats explained: "I have some friendship with her. Before Valpus Night, she may be able to give some constructive suggestions."< br>
Duan Ya was startled for a moment, then his eyes widened.
How come you have friendship with everyone?
(End of this chapter)