Distorted World: Rise Of The Black One - Volume 3 Chapter 103 13
“What the f’s going on!? This wasn’t part of the report”
(Did the half blood miss something?…no, despite the shit I give her she’s not one for careless mistakes)
(There was probably something that damn Cornelia kept up her sleeves until now)
“Damn, we really took a hit from that one, we need to regroup”
“Sir I have a report”
One of the thirds suddenly walked up to Lex
“What is it!?”
Lex asked annoyed
“We have a problem sir! The students seem to have started a counterattack”
“What!? It’s only been 1 hour and a half how can they already be responding?”
“It’s like they were ready for…”
“Oh god f&$king damn it! It’s a trap! Fall back and take defensive positions!”
Lex ordered annoyed at the situation
(So this is what the high chain of command meant when they sent us on this mission…no matter, command already expected this to happen, we just need to accelerate the plan a little)
“As: oh yeah, one question Elise: apart from the members of the coalition that I have either on standby or doing other jobs who else did you sent onto the battlefield”
Asher said moving his black queen diagonally to f5
“E: oh, I sent Sakuya, she was quite eager to go so I couldn’t stop her”
Elise moves her pawn to intercept as she had planned
“As: Sakuya? You mean that balls-to-the-wall suicide charging loose cannon?”
Asher captures the final pawn on Elise’s board
“E: situations like these are what makes people like her exceptional”
Elise explained while the quiet sounds of chess pieces move in the background as the two enter a moment of silence
“E: check!”
Elise said
“As: uhh…that’s not a checkmate, we both no longer have any room to advance on the other and we’re not playing a blitz game”
Asher said confused
“E: yes, according to conventional rules”
They both only have the king and a few pawns and one knight on Asher’s side
“E: but as the one playing black you don’t have the initiative”
Elise said looking at Asher intently
“As: ohh… I get it now”
(As: she wasn’t talking about the game)
“E: that just proves my point, as black your moves are always dictated by how you react to mine”
“As: those who make first move always wins right? I remember saying that”
“E: yeah about 5 seconds ago”
“As: true, but remember what I also said 5 seconds ago?”
“E: that the one with more troops also have a chance of certain victory?”
“As: was I wrong?”
Asher asked
“E: fair enough, how about we call it a draw?”
“As: whatever…by the way, should we really be playing chess while everyone’s literally risking their lives?”
“E: eh they’ll be fine, besides it’s not like we have anything better to do”
“As:…”
