Levi suddenly felt something was wrong. What could have happened that could make Akhan speak in such a tone?
But before he could react, the two objects in Arkhan's hands turned into points of light and disappeared at the same time, followed by a mechanical and cold voice, neither male nor female, which echoed.
"War shackles detected, summoning chessboard detected, chessboard battle forced to start!"
In an instant, the time passed and the screams of Wange and others were still echoing in his ears, and Levi found that he had come directly to another space.
He quickly glanced around and found that there were bright stars all around him, with only a huge eight-sided dice and an equally huge set of scales suspended in the air.
There was a huge 10X10 chessboard under his feet, and Arkhan was on the other side of the chessboard.
Although he had a mummy face and no expression could be seen, Levi seemed to still be able to sense his pride.
Soon a system prompt popped up, saying that because Arkhan used two special props, they were all forcibly transferred to this space to compete.
Here, they cannot perform any attack or defense by themselves, but have to rely on summoned creatures to fight.
In each round, the dice on the head will roll out a number, and then both sides can make a summon. The level of the summoned creature cannot exceed the number of the dice.
If the point is 8, they can summon any entity at will, or even a hero unit.
This summoning can be a spell, a skill attached to equipment, a magic scroll, or any other method.
The summons of both sides will occupy a grid on the chessboard. At the beginning, the summons can only be placed at the two ends, that is, in the same row as Levi or Arkhan.
And in the first round after the summoned creature appears, it cannot move. In each subsequent round, they can control all of their summoned creatures and move 1 square to the sides or forward, but the summoned creatures cannot move backward.
If the summons of both parties occupy the same grid, the space inside will be expanded to 1000X1000, and one terrain will be randomly selected from dozens of terrains such as deserts, forests, grasslands, snow-capped mountains, etc.
Both sides need to fight to the death until one side is defeated or voluntarily admits defeat.
Survivors can continue to serve their summoners, and summons that surrender will not be able to join the battle again.
If a summoned creature is located adjacent to the opponent's summoner, the summoned creature can attack and the summoner will lose health points.
The specific value depends on the level of the summoned creature. Level 1 is 1 health point, and level 7 is 7 health points.
The maximum number of summons that both sides can have at the same time is 20. After reaching the upper limit, a new round of summons will not be possible, but 1 health point will be restored.
Or if the summoner deliberately gives up a round of summoning, he will also recover 1 health point.
Before the battle begins, both summoners have 100 initial health points, and the one whose health points reach zero first will be deemed to have failed.
If a battle fails here, neither side will be in danger of life. Even after the battle, the loser among them will be randomly teleported to a location 100-300 miles away.
But he still needs to pay a price, which is a certain amount of money.
The initiator will first put an item on the reward scale, and his opponent must follow suit by putting an item of equal value.
If you don't put it there voluntarily, the system will forcibly search any items on him until the value is equal, or there are no more items to search.
At the end of the battle, the winner will take all the items placed by the opponent.
The challenger also has the right to continue to add one more bet, and the initiator also needs to put down an item of equal value. If he refuses, he must pay the other party an item of half the value on the spot.
It can be said that no matter whether he wins or loses afterwards, he has already lost half of the battle in advance.
Originally, if one party felt that things were not going well and wanted to end the fight early and simply admit defeat, they could just pay half of the other party's property.
But because Arkhan also used the war shackles at the same time, not only was this chessboard battle forced to start without Levi's consent, but Levi also had no way of admitting defeat.
However, as compensation, he can choose to activate an additional ability, which is to summon a helper from outside the field, and the opponent will be able to make up to three additional summons.
Of course, since the chessboard battle emphasizes fairness, if he chooses to activate it, Arkhan will also gain this ability.
But if he chooses to close, Arkhan can only accept it.
At the same time, since this is no longer the main world, the speed of time flow is very different from that of the outside world, which is 1:100. 100 minutes here is only 1 minute in the outside world, so they have relatively sufficient time to compete.
But after 10,000 minutes, the chessboard battle will still be forcibly terminated, and the side with more remaining health will win.
If the health points of both sides are the same, neither side will suffer any losses and can return to the real world and continue fighting, or go back to their own homes.
After watching all this, Levi frowned on the surface, but in fact he just wanted to laugh.
Did Arkhan think he had him beat? His summoning skills must be better than his?
If they were to fight outside, he would be extremely careful, because Arkhan's instant death magic was too strong, and he would be reluctant to let Elegy and Cindy take risks.
But if we fight here, the problem will be much simpler.
Today I will make you understand what it means to be too clever by half!
"The system has been explained. Next, please select the item you want to put on the reward scale."
Arkhan smiled sinisterly and put the newly acquired Nine Volumes of Nagash directly on it. Then he thought for a while and took out a lot of trophies that he had snatched from the corpses of other enemies after defeating them in the past.
Although he thought that this little wizard who was not even a legend might not have anything valuable on him except the Nine Volumes of Nagash, this opportunity was too rare and he could not take the risk.
As for his original volume, he did not put it in there because he thought he would not need it.
When Levi saw the thing flying to the left side of the scale, he was stunned for a moment, and then he seemed to realize that Arkhan sensed that he had the nine volumes of Nagash on him, but he didn't know that he had two volumes?
Then he stopped pretending and looked at Arkhan with a smile: "You seem to have underestimated me."
Arkhan was quite disdainful. He had been roaming the world for so long, and the number of legends killed by him was in double digits. The gods here had always wanted to kill him, the right-hand man of Nagash.
But he is still alive and well, and even just defeated an incarnation of God!
A little wizard who is not even a legend yet, if he was not a very rare celestial mystic, he would not be worthy of being taken seriously by me.
"Mortal wisdom, you should know that the reason you are still standing here is because of me for the sake of the Seventh Heaven Mountain!"
“Oh, really…”
As he spoke, Levi placed both volumes of Nagash and the Nine Volumes directly on the scale.
Then the Red Dragon Sword, Dragon Wing Robe, God-given Foot, Horn of Harvest, Crimson Knight's chessboard, Secondary Heavenly Legion's flag, and other miscellaneous items were all put on.
After experiencing several major battles in succession, he has quite a few epic items on him.
Next came the numerous Death Guards, Dragon Golems, and the highlight, the Sphinx.
Since he wanted to play, he might as well go big at once. He could still use the things he put there anyway, so he chose to add more without hesitation.
If I lose the battle later, I will just be shameless and ask Lilith to help me get it back, but if I win, it will be an unprecedented harvest!
It's a pity that the Ring of Mythrine was lent to him temporarily by Lilith and did not really belong to him, otherwise he might have been able to get his other volume as well.
As for the other blue items, there is no need to put them there, because judging by the extent to which the scale has sunk, they, like the low- and mid-level Death Guards, have very low value in the eyes of the scale.
Moreover, the scale has a limit on the number of items that can be placed on it, and can only hold 100 at most. Otherwise, with the hundreds of Death Guards in the space ring, he is fully confident that he can force the opponent to put another roll on it.
Seeing him constantly taking things out, Arkhan was filled with joy at first, because he found that he had made a wrong judgment. Perhaps he would get three volumes of the Nine Volumes of Nagash at once today!
Moreover, the other party took out some special constructs. If he remembered correctly, it meant that the other party had obtained the Death Ceremony?
Although they were all created by Nagash himself, there are strong and weak ones among the nine volumes.
His Secret of the Dead can summon a large number of undead troops, the Tome of Death can create many Death Guards, and the Book of Wisdom can accelerate growth. There is no doubt that they are all at the strongest level.
The book on avoiding disasters that he had just obtained could ensure that his luck would never fall below a certain level, and could also greatly increase his resistance to negative states such as plague, toxins, curses, etc.
This should be considered top-notch for ordinary humans or elves, but for him who has already become a special lich, it is only average.
The Shadow Records that the damn guy Sylvania possessed only increased the mana limit, learned some shadow magic, etc., which was considered inferior.
Now, if he can win this battle, he will be confident that he can collect all nine volumes in a short period of time, and even resurrect Nagash!
But as Levi continued to move, especially after he took out the Sphinx, he became a little serious.
Is it because of arrogance that he becomes so arrogant, or is it because he has enough strength that he is so confident?
He previously thought it was the former, but now he thinks it is the latter. It is not so easy to make a Sphinx...
And even if the chessboard hadn't prompted him yet, the scale in the air had already sunk seriously towards Levi's side. He had to put more items on to balance the scale, otherwise he would lose halfway.
This elven wizard whom he looked down upon was unexpectedly wealthy.
But he will win this battle!
Arkhan snorted coldly: "Fool, I want to show you the true legend!"
After taking out more than a dozen items in one go, the scales were balanced again, and now the values ​​of both sides were equal.
Levi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he saw this. Apart from anything else, those four sphinxes were worth nearly ten thousand. Arkhan was really rich.
The system then prompts Levi to choose whether to summon an assistant from outside the field.
Levi naturally chose to summon, and he also used the summoning object to let Cindy temporarily borrow the Earth Element Gem - Ankylosaurus Form from Elegy.
Regardless of whether it will be useful or not, it is always better to be prepared.
Then, with the shining light, Cindy appeared beside him.
Without even looking at her surroundings, she immediately began looking for Levi and quickly relaxed, knowing at least he was not in any danger.
Levi briefly explained to her the rules of the subsequent battle, and Cindy immediately became excited.
Because she could help him instead of just standing there and worrying like those sisters outside.
On the other side, Arkhan was a little troubled because he had always been alone, not just because of his personality.
Moreover, because there are countless bounties hanging on his head, he dare not trust any existence.
But since it was about the Nine Volumes of Nagash, he had to be cautious, especially when he knew that the other party held the Book of Death, he became even more cautious.
The Sphinx is a level 7 soldier, and it seems that the opponent has more than one.
But after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't find the right person. Although his countless years of wandering were not in vain, he was also quietly developing his own power and hoping to take back his territory and pyramid one day.
But in order to facilitate control, those guys are basically warriors, followed by technicians. Even if there are a few priests occasionally, their talents and wisdom are not outstanding, and they can't increase his chances of victory at all.
Because those who are smart enough have generally been recruited by other Tomb Kings, and it is not convenient for him to control them.
After thinking it over and over again and seeing that the countdown had already begun, Arkhan could only grit his teeth. Since there was no better choice, he could only try to summon that person.
I just don't know whether she will respond to me?
A few seconds later, accompanied by a flash of light, a slender figure gradually emerged.
Before Levi and Arkhan could really see her face clearly, a female voice that was familiar to them had already rang out: "Cursed Arkhan, you abandoned me without a word, and now you're asking me to help you?"
The vampire queen, Neferata, who was dressed noble and elegantly and looked like a graceful noble lady, appeared in the magic circle.
Even though it was a zombie face, Arkhan couldn't help but twitch his face and felt a little annoyed.
He did fall into the other party's sweet trap at first, but as time went on, after he taught her everything he had learned, the other party's attitude quickly turned cold, and he gradually realized that something seemed to be wrong.
Not only because as a boyfriend in name only, he couldn't comfort her in a way that only a living person could, but also because he discovered that she actually had another partner behind her, and that partner was a woman!
He immediately felt cheated. Why didn’t you tell me earlier that you liked girls?
The reason you maintain this nominal relationship with me is to trick me into knowing more about magic, right?
In addition, the gods were also looking for him, so in a fit of anger, he left without saying goodbye.
If it weren't for this special moment today, even if he didn't think he had let her down, he still didn't want to meet her again because it would only make both of them feel awkward.
But now the other party was the first to attack, making it seem as if he was the one who did something wrong, so of course he couldn't tolerate it anymore.
However, considering that there were outsiders present, he did not argue directly, but communicated secretly through magical means.
But despite this, Levi on the other side watched with great interest.
He had heard about it a long time ago. A mummy and a vampire, this special relationship between them should be a pure spiritual love, right?
After all, female vampires are fine, let alone mummies. Male vampires can't use those things. No wonder Neferata looks like a shrew. She is obviously sexually unsatisfied.
Well, I'm not sure, Lucia said she has a harem in Silver Peak and has several wives...
Cindy next to her widened her eyes, confused for a moment. Although she already knew the relationship between Levi and Elegy, she still didn't know much more in depth.
Because apart from fighting and occasionally going shopping with Elegy and Donna, the rest of her free time was almost all spent on prayer and meditation, and she didn't have much energy to understand these things.
However, Levi didn't watch the fun for long, because Arkhan quickly and cleverly diverted the conflict, and he found that this matter was unexpectedly successful.
This elven wizard, whom he had once looked down upon, actually joined forces with Khalida to destroy her Silver Blood Army.
"Damn it, it's you, Levi!"
Neferata looked at Levi with eyes that were about to spit fire. The Silver Blood Army was not only the power she had accumulated over the years, but it even contained a volume of the Nine Volumes of Nagash.
Originally, through her special ritual and by spending some more time, she could have successfully obtained it, but now it has been taken advantage of by Levi, and it may even become Arkhan's property next!
etc……
Thinking of this, she suddenly had some new ideas.
For her, would it be easier to seize the Nine Volumes of Nagash in Arkhan's hands or in Levi's hands?
Arkhan is extremely powerful, and she has no chance of winning in a head-on fight.
But he was quite sentimental, and if he saved his face and bowed his head in submission, he might be able to borrow it for a few days.
Levi's strength is relatively much weaker. Even if she doesn't take action herself, with the help of Lucia and Alucard, who have recently become new players under her, and her personal maids, she has a great chance of success.
But there is a goddess behind him, so he needs to be extra careful.
She needs to carefully consider the pros and cons between the two...
However, she did not show any sign on the surface, but just continued to look at Levi with resentment, which made Akhan very satisfied.
Although it was a helpless choice, it now seems that this step might have been the right one.
It's just that it's not easy to end it afterwards. Neferata never does things for others for free. I should consider what kind of compensation to give her.
It is absolutely impossible to go to Silver Peak to help her, but maybe I can lend her the Ninth Volume of Nagash for a few days?
Anyway, she is not like me who has followed Nagash for so many years, she won’t be able to see anything even after watching for a few days...
For a moment, except Cindy who was still confused, the other three had their own thoughts.
But this little episode soon ended because the chessboard battle officially began.
Although Levi didn't know where Arkhan got this thing, he could be sure of one thing: it was definitely the work of a god.
Without any control, the eight-sided dice in the air began to spin, and finally all eight sides showed the same number: 3.
This means that both of them can summon a Tier 3 soldier in this round.
Levi did not take the initiative to act, but instead planned to see what Arkhan would summon, and then he would make a targeted counterattack.
Since each player can only make one move according to the rules, although it is called a battle on the chessboard, the actual consideration of chess skills is not particularly important.
What really matters is the hard power between the summons, and the restraint relationship becomes more important.
Of course Arkhan noticed his gaze, but he just snorted coldly and summoned an elite grave guard.
He doesn't care about this kind of low-level troops at all. He wants to rely on high-level troops to win.
For a wizard who is not even a legendary yet to have four sphinxes in his hands is indeed something to be proud of.
But having held the secret of the undead for so long, the number of high-level undead under his command far exceeds the imagination of mortals.
Even though they suffered heavy losses in the fight against Tefnut, the remaining bone dragons, corpse dragons, and ghost dragons were several times more in number.
If he had not been seriously injured by Tefnut, and if he had not been inside the pyramid and it was inconvenient for them to come out, he would not have used the chessboard battle at all!
Seeing this, Levi immediately summoned a mastiff-headed Yakong.
If it is a simple head-on confrontation, Mastiff Yakong may not be defeated by the opponent, but he can fly!
As long as the basic attributes are not too different, in a battle between opponents of the same level, the one who can fly will always have the initiative in the battle.
Then there was another 4, and this time Arkhan summoned a Crypt Fiend.
Levi immediately summoned a large fire element.
The Tomb Demon's attacks can penetrate armor and are poisonous, and it also has a certain self-healing ability. It is among the best in single combat among its peers, but the Fire Element has perfectly restrained it.
The next number was 6. Seeing this, Arkhan snorted and summoned a bone dragon with a little pride.
Because he knew that not all of the Death Guards developed by Nagash were recorded in the Tome of Death. Except for the Sphinx, the rest were just ordinary garbage.
In fact, Levi was indeed a little troubled.
Among his Death Guards, the Sphinx is level 7, the beast-shaped scarab is level 5, and the rest are all level 4, with a serious gap in the middle.
If the opponent is a ground unit, it's okay, he can use the Dragon Golem, but the Bone Dragon can fly, which is a bit troublesome.
After a little consideration, he summoned a high-level Red Flame Envoy. As a level 6 elite, he was originally responsible for a more important task, but now there was nothing he could do.
Then both sides used their unique skills. Arkhan summoned all undead, while Levi summoned a variety of creatures.
Monsters such as celestial creatures, elemental creatures, Death Guards, Dragon Golems, Ankylosaurs, and even the Heroic Eins provided by the Crimson Knight's chessboard, all make their debuts.
And as they appeared one after another, the summons of both sides began to gradually approach each other until a fight broke out.
Then Levi discovered that almost all of the opponent's undead were elite units, and their attacks often came with negative effects such as poisoning , weakness or curses. The strong ones simply attacked with several types at the same time.
If it is an element or a golem, it is not too bad. The celestial creatures can often fight back with their own high resistance or purification magic. But if it is a monster or something like that, they will most likely be defeated.
The only thing to be thankful for is that Arkhan is not only not very good at playing chess, but also his luck seems to be not very good.
So far, the number 6 has only appeared once, and the number 7 has not appeared 0 times. He has no way of letting powerful undead creatures such as corpse dragons and ghost dragons enter the field.
If it was level 5, Levi would directly send out the Dragon Golem. Except for one unlucky one who was hit three times in a row by the Terror Knight, the others all won the final victory.
As for lower-level summons, he also has a higher winning rate in this regard. Death Guards and elemental creatures have a great restraint on Arkhan's Undead.
But now is not the time to be happy. He doesn't know whether the high-level Red Flame User can defeat the opponent's Bone Dragon. If he is defeated, Levi will have fewer available cards in his hand.
A skull dragon could probably kill all of his summons present.
On the contrary, Akhan's expression gradually became serious.
Because he found himself gradually losing ground.
The opponent's Death Guard was indeed broken, but he didn't know where he got the Dragon Golem from!
This golem, with high attack, high defense, and a lot of health, is the nemesis of his undead race.
So he wanted to change this situation. He turned to look at Neferata and said, "Come and help me."
When she heard his tone, Neferata wanted to lose her temper. She had been the queen for so many years, who dared to give her such an impolite order?
She was still a little hesitant in her heart, but because of this sentence, she made up her mind completely. Since you left so ruthlessly at the beginning, don't blame me for my revenge now!
But on the surface she remained calm and just nodded slightly.
Arkhan was a little surprised by her well-behaved behavior, but then he felt relieved. It seemed that after so many years, she had grown a lot, and she also understood the importance of this matter.
The next number was 6. Arkhan originally wanted to summon a bone dragon, but this time he decided to give the opportunity to Neferata and let her participate as well.
Although his opponent now has more summons on the field, the opponent's angels have been avoiding his bone dragon. As long as he cannot get rid of his bone dragon, victory will eventually belong to him.
What's more, none of the opponent's summons could get close to him, and his health was still full, so he was very safe.
Neferata didn't say much, but just activated a magic scroll.
As the light shone, a deformed and hideous head, about the size of a carriage, appeared in its place.
Where its ears should be, there were instead a pair of shrunken arms, and below its neck was a mass of coiled, twisted tentacles.
As soon as they appeared, these disgusting tentacles drilled into the ground, trying to stabilize themselves.
But the floor with powerful magical protection was far beyond its ability to penetrate, so with nowhere to fix it, it soon floated slowly upwards like a balloon.
It was floating and swaying from side to side.
Even though it had an ugly and ferocious face, outsiders could still see that it was a little frightened.
Arkhan couldn't help but frown when he saw this, not only because she could actually drive demons to fight, but also because this kind of demon called the Havoc had both obvious advantages and disadvantages.
It is proficient in control, charm, and immobilization, and can also spit poisonous bile and use its tentacles for melee attacks when necessary.
However, its biggest weakness is its inconvenient movement. It can fly, but it is neither fast nor flexible, so it usually fixes itself in a certain position before casting spells.
However, this problem is not too big, because when the summons of both sides actually encounter and fight, the chessboard will randomly draw a terrain, which can always keep it fixed.
But the key point is, the number is clearly 6, why did Neferata summon a level 5 demon?
Before Arkhan could ask, Neferata had already put on a pitiful look: "I wanted to help you, but I forgot that I don't have a level 6 summon."
In an instant, Arkhan's anger disappeared. It had been many years since Neferata spoke to him in this tone.
In comparison, that little mistake was nothing. She was just trying to help herself. What was wrong with her?!
So he waved his hands repeatedly: "It's okay, it's okay, I know you want to help me, don't worry, we will definitely win."
Seeing the other party's actions, Levi on the other side couldn't help but feel a little interesting.
He had indeed never fought against the Havoc Demon himself, but he was well aware of its many weaknesses.
In fact, ever since the Battle of Black Castle, he has been trying hard to collect information about many demons and devils. After encountering the devil at Hell Gate Castle and being almost fooled by him, he stepped up his efforts and even asked the Sun Knight to help him buy intelligence.
So when Neferata summoned this thing, he thought he might be able to roughly guess what the other party was thinking...
Was it to take revenge on Arkhan , or because he underestimated me and wanted me to win the battle, and then wait for an opportunity to personally snatch the Nine Volumes of Nagash from me?
Or maybe kill two birds with one stone?
But no matter what, I will prove with facts that both of you underestimated me!