I'm not that kind of orc

"I'm very sorry..." Arsena bowed her head in embarrassment.

"Also, the content of my test does not include martial arts competition, so you don't need to show your weapon." Islinati said again.

"Huh? Don't you need it?" Arsena was a little surprised, "I saw that you were holding a weapon in each hand, and thought that your test was to compete with us."

"These weapons are used to deal with tomb robbers. My duty is to guard the tomb. How could I do something like fighting with visitors that might damage the tomb?" Islinati replied lightly, holding the weapon in her hand All fit into the grooves on the pedestal.

"Indeed." Arsena finally realized.

"Speaking of which, the last king who came here like you also held that war hammer and did the same thing as you." Islinati added.

Wasn't the last person King Leonas who led Helgia to win the Abyss War?

...so this off-line is ancestral?

"So, what exactly is the content of your test?" I raised my hand and asked.

"There are three levels in the test." Islinati stretched out three fingers with one hand, "The first test is wisdom. Only those who have the wisdom to control the overall situation can lead the country. The content of the test is the chess game." , as long as you can beat me once, you will pass."

Playing chess... I'm not particularly good at it. After all, the most popular entertainment of the orc tribe is physical competition such as wrestling and wolf competition.

So I turned to Arsena: "Hey, are you good at chess?"

"I learned a little knight chess when I was young, but I didn't practice much after I focused on the practice of paladins. To be honest, I'm not very confident." Arsena also showed embarrassment.

I feel that this test is not particularly friendly to us two rookies.

"So what if we lose? Will there be any punishment?" I had no choice but to think about losing.

"Of course there is. Since you have something to ask for, it is natural to have the awareness to pay the price." Islinati nodded expressionlessly, and then stretched her hand towards the pedestal she was occupying.

Arsena and I swallowed subconsciously.

Seeing her speaking so seriously, to endure the test, you have to have the consciousness to bet your life?

Then, Islinati opened a hidden compartment on the pedestal, and took out...a paintbrush and a sealed bottle of ink.

"If you lose, I will scribble on your face." Islinati finished her sentence calmly.

Arsena and I were stunned.

"...It's just like that?" After a long silence, I blinked my eyes to confirm.

"That's all." Islinati nodded.

"..."

It seems surprisingly casual.

"Then, if you lose, can you challenge again?" Alsena raised her hand to confirm.

"Yes, as long as you don't mind punishment, you can challenge as many times as you want."

It doesn't look like there's much risk, so there's little reason to hesitate.

"Okay, let's get started." Arsena immediately made a conclusion.

"Very well, then let me explain the rules of the game."

Islinati stretched out a hand forward as she spoke, and pointed at the void with her finger. A flat phantom chessboard appeared in front of her. The background of the chessboard was a dark blue night with stars and stars shining , the criss-crossing white lines are neatly arranged on the chessboard, it looks more like doing some kind of astronomical deduction than playing chess.

"This kind of chess has existed for a long time in the era when my master created me. It is the crystallization of wisdom born in the process of countless mages and scholars exploring the truth outside the world and constantly deducing the celestial phenomena. We will be in the sky Simulate the evolution of celestial bodies, each representing the power of light and chaos, and calculate the game between the two forces in the distant sky."

Arsena and I looked at each other, feeling a little nervous.

This thing sounds like a very advanced chess game. I don’t know if we don’t even know the rules, let alone pass the test later.

Islinati paused, glanced at the two of us who were silent, nodded, seemed very satisfied with our awe attitude, and then continued to explain: "Both of us will hold a kind of chess pieces, which represent the Holy Light and Stars respectively. The white pawns and the black pawns representing the stars of chaos. Arrange a star on the sky in one round, and try to connect the stars of your own forces on the same line. When the same stars are connected, through the interaction of forces Responding, the power will be multiplied. When the five stars are connected, the power of that side will permeate the entire sky. At that time, either the holy light will illuminate every corner of the world, or chaos will cover the entire world. explain……"

Yi Silinati paused, looked up at me and said seriously: "The side that connects five chess pieces first wins."

"..."

"..."

Althea and I fell silent at the same time.

"What's wrong? Are the rules of this game difficult to understand?" Islinati tilted her head towards us.

"No, it's not difficult to understand, it's just..." Arsena shook her head expressionlessly.

Then I continued the conversation: "Why don't you just say it's backgammon?"

Islinati was silent for a while, and then responded indifferently: "It's not impossible for you to understand like this..."

"It's backgammon!!" I couldn't help raising my voice.

It's just a backgammon, is it necessary to make it so mysterious?

Is this guy really okay with deciding command of an army with a backgammon game of graffiti as punishment?

Looking at the seemingly serious patrol naga in front of me, I suddenly felt a little uneasy.

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About a quarter of an hour later.

"Okay, you have nowhere to go." Islinati said and raised her hand, and dropped a black chess piece on the chessboard projected by spells on the pedestal.

"Oh, I lost again..." I grabbed my hair angrily.

"Please take care of your hair." Islinati, who took off the next game again, looked up and reminded me, "Based on my experience of thousands of years, the baldness rate of orcs is higher than that of other races."

"No, that's just because there are more people with bald heads there..."

I reluctantly got up from the ground, ready to give up my position to Arsena.

"Wait a minute." Islinati stopped me, and picked up the paintbrush and ink bottle with two of her hands, "Do you want to skip the punishment?"

"Oh, forgot."

I had to sit back and let Islinati paint my face.

Then I turned around and yelled at Arsena, who had also turned into a big face like me: "It's you."

"Gambling the glory of the paladin, this time we must take revenge for what we did just now!!" Arsena punched her palm vigorously.

...My lord, this is the fifth time you have said this.

Then, about 1 minute later.

"Relax the expression for a while, add this last stroke, and the turtle on your face will be completely drawn."

Islinati took the paintbrush and added another touch to the bitter Arsena's face, and the corners of her mouth raised imperceptibly.

This patrol naga seems to be quite happy with this matter.

I really didn't expect that this guy could play backgammon so smoothly.

Although I haven't played chess very much, I still have a lot of experience playing backgammon with my classmates at the same table in school.And I think I can play backgammon fairly well, at least once I was able to call myself the backgammon king of the Blood Ax Clan Elementary School...

But in front of this patrol naga, I was beaten so badly that I could only defend and parry, and I was taken advantage of every time.

And Arsena is generally worse than me, and basically loses every time she can't last a few steps.

"You guys can't do this at all. Let's do this. Next, I'll add a little water and add a five-second time limit to play with the two of you at the same time."

Islinati said lazily, crossing her chest with both hands, fiddling with her hair with both hands, and adjusting the spell with the remaining two hands, dividing the chessboard in front of her into two pairs.

"No need! I must win you once!!" Arsena slapped the pedestal fiercely, obviously aroused to win or lose.

I coughed dryly and patted Arsena's shoulder, reminding her in a low voice, "Calm down, the most important thing is to call in reinforcements!"

"Any one of you who beat me can count you as passing the test, it's just that simple, there are no language traps, you can rest assured." Islinati added.

"Okay..." Arsena weighed it, and still chose to put the master first, and nodded with a concerned expression, "That's how it is."

So then the two of us played two games of fast chess with Islinati at the same time, and she played against us with two hands holding the pieces together.

This time we finally got a little advantage. Although Islinati is very strong, the average thinking time on both sides of playing fast chess with two people at the same time is only half. Within a few moves, my side switched from defense to active attack.

While dealing with Arthena and trying to defend my pawn, she quickly made a low-level mistake.I didn't let go of this opportunity, and made a move at a crucial point: "Okay, I won this time!"

"Well, one hundred secrets and one sparse." Islinati carefully examined the chessboard and nodded, "Okay, you guys won, I think you have passed the test."

It's finally done.

I wiped my forehead and let out a little breath.

However, this test is indeed much more casual than imagined. Not only is it just playing backgammon, but you can even pass it if you don't win...

I don't know if the next two levels will be like this.

Then I heard Islinati speak slowly: "Then the fun is over, and the next test will be real. Are you mentally prepared?"

Sure enough, there is still a real test...

Arsena and I couldn't help but hold our breaths and began to listen carefully.

"The king who leads the whole country, every decision he makes will affect the whole country. A wise decision can make the whole kingdom prosperous, and a wrong choice can destroy the whole country. The king not only needs to have composure and patience, but also needs to have The courage to make important decisions." Islinati looked at Arsena and said quietly.

Immediately afterwards, she performed an illusion, and the scene was replaced by a towering mountain. We stood on a stone platform at the top of the mountain, and a mountain of the same height stood about [-] meters in front of us. , there is a throne placed on the platform above, and a large number of huge boulders are suspended between the two peaks, forming a narrow stone bridge.

The peak is hundreds of meters high, and a casual look down is enough to arouse a person's instinctive fear.

"This is an illusion using the labyrinth circle in the mausoleum. If you fall, you will only experience a few seconds of weightlessness and then release the illusion. You will not die." Islinati said calmly. Go from here to the opposite side of the throne within the time limit, I will wait for you there, and at the same time arrange tests for you on the way. You must choose the right time to advance and wait. Blind advance will make you fall into the abyss. Only the brave and prudent are worthy to reach the throne and be crowned king."

"That..." Arsena raised her hand weakly, "Can you speak more plainly?"

"Simply speaking." Islinati paused, "When I turn my back to you, you can go forward, when I look back at you, you have to wait. Once someone is in my field of vision Any action, you will be out on the spot. If someone can successfully reach the throne, it will be considered that you have passed the test."

"...Mr. Bullock." After a moment of silence, Arsena looked at me, "I feel as if I have played this game before."

"What a coincidence, me too." I agreed blankly.

"..."

"..."

We stared at the serious Islinati for a while, and then said in unison: "Isn't this the one-two-three wooden man?"

Islinati tilted her head towards us with a blank face: "You must understand this way..."