Chapter401:ClutchGoal
Amongstallthetop10chessplayers,apparently,BlackMagewasn’tthestrongest.HiswisdomwasfarinferiortoNorntheGodofWisdomandhisattackpowerwasfarinferiortoOrfinatheRubyDragon.
However,hewastheonly4starpointschessplayerwhocouldwithstandOrfina’sattack.
HisstyleofplayingStarGowas"weird".
Nooneknewwhatthelayoutofhischesspieceswasandhowhewouldlaunchhisattack,becausetheydidn’texistfromthebeginning.
Hewasgoodatthelayoutofthemiddlechesspieces,draggingeverythingonthechessboardintotherealmofchaos.EvenOrfinawascheatedbyhistricksmorethanonce.
BlackMagebelievedthatevenNornfellintohistrap,hewouldn’thaveanychancetoescape.
Unfortunately,Nornneverfellintohistrap.Norn’sstylewastoostable,andhiscomputingpowerwasstrong.Whencomingtodirectconfrontation,hehadnochancetowin.
However,NorntheGodofWisdomwasjustanexception.EvenifitwasDuckRome,oncehefailedtostophim,BlackMagewoulddragtheentirelayoutofthechesspiecesintochaos.
Oncehecreatedconfusion,muddyingthewaters,hehadathousandmethodstokillhisenemy!
Thestarmaphemadeintherealworldwascalled"SeaofChaos",therewerethousandsofsmallmeteoritesmovingaroundinthe"sea".Byobservingthechaoticmeteorites,helearnedhisownroadofstars.
Hedidn’tthinkthathewouldfailthistime.
Atthe60throunds,hischesspieceshadbeenindentedwithhisopponent’schesspiecestogether,andthiswasthesituationhewantedtoseeonthechessboard.
EvenifitwasNorntheGodofWisdom,hewouldhaveheadachesfacingthissituation.
"Chaos"wasthetruthoftheworldinhiseyes!
"Pa!"IntheeyesofBlackMage,hehadseenthetraceofcountlessstarsbeingdestroyed.Itwashis"ko",hisinvisiblekillingmethod.
Afterputtingdown7morechesspieces,BlackMage’sproud"ko"finallyformed.
Itwasahexagramtakingablackchesspieceasthecore,itwasBlackMage’sstrongestattack,BlackDeathHexagram.
Thestarmapwascoveredwiththeairofdeath,thehexagramonthechessboardstoodfortheendofallthings.
"Revive,theundead..."BehindBlackMage’scoldcloak,ashadowwithablacksickleandawhitebonemaskappeared,staringatacornerofthechessboard.
Thegameisover.OncetheBlackDeathHexagramappeared,evenBlackMagehimselfcouldn’tstopit.
AlongabyssappearedanddividedCyberElfAlpha’schesspiecesintotwoparts.
"One...two...three...four..."InthefaceofBlackMage’sstrongestattack,CyberElfAlphaleisurelyputdownachesspiece.
"What?"BlackMagewassurprised.
One,two,three,four!Fourhexagramswithdifferentcolourssurroundedhisblackhexagram!
Greenhexagramstoodforthepowerofwind.
Yellowhexagramstoodforthepowerofearth.
Redhexagramstoodforthepoweroffire.
Bluehexagramstoodforthepowerofsea.
Thefourhexagramssurroundedhisblackhexagram.Tobeprecise,thereasonthatthefourhexagramscouldformwasbecauseofhisblackhexagram!
"Fourelements,ElfPhenomenon..."CyberElfAlphawavedherhands,BlackMage’sblackhexagramwasswallowedbyherfourhexagrams.Over60%ofhischesspiecesturnedintoashestooatthesametime.
BlackMagewasdefeated!
Whenhadshefoundmypurpose?
Beforethe50throunds,evenhehimselfdidn’tknowwherehisBlackDeathHexagramwouldform!
Thiswasthereasonwhyitwascalledthe"SeaofChaos",becauseevenhehimselfdidn’tknowwhathisnextplanwas.
Mostpeoplewouldbedefeatedbeforeopportunityappeared.Becausehewasgoodatcatchingthechance,hecouldreach4starpoints.
Heneverexpectedthathewouldbedefeatedbyhisopponentbyusinghisstyle!
Shepredictedhismovesandusedhistraptosetabigtrap,howstronghercomputingpowerwas!
Hercomputingpowerwasfarstrongerthanhim,herStarGoStrengthwasmuchbetterthanhis!
MaybeevenwhentheplanofsettingtheBlackDeathHexagramjustappearedinhisbrains,hisfailurewasalreadydoomed.
Hehadbeendefeated30roundsago!
"Howcanitbetrue...howcanyourcomputingpowerbesostrong..."BlackMagelookedatthechessboardinshockanddisbelief.
From30roundsago,shehadpredictedthisfuture,thismeantthathercomputingpowerwashundredsoftimesstrongerthanhis!
Asalegendrankedmagewhodominatedtengod’sdomains,BlackMage’smentalstrengthwasfarabovetheaverage,butnow,CyberElfAlphacomputingpowerwashundredsoftimesstrongerthanhis?
(TranslatedbyGravityTales妫e啯袙)
Sheherselfwasstrongerthanhundredsoflegendrankedbeings?
No,it’simpossible.EventoNorn,theGodofWisdom,itwasimpossibletoreachthisdegree!