Chapter 1275: Chapter 1274: The Game of Chess Chapter 1275: Chapter 1274: The Game of Chess Card game scenario.
At the start, both players have five cards face down on the designated tiles in front of them.
This matchup uses a [1:1] real unit model real-time card battle, where cards played will truly manifest on the field, hence players need to 'verbalize' their moves.
Among the five cards Han Dong has facedown, two are unit cards.
When a round starts, non-invisible units will appear directly, with their related data information feedback to Han Dong's eyes.
Town Unit Card – Rare [Mary Shaw]
Attack: 1, Health: 7
Effect:
1 When there are any corpses on the chessboard corresponding to any unit, it can create a 2-2 doll to fight for its side.
2 If there are no corpses on the chessboard, Mary Shaw can transform into a doll, with its attack and health values switching.
Zombie Unit Card – Rare [Frozen Bone – Luo Gaocheng]
Attack: 2, Health: 5
Effect: With this card as the center, all enemy movement costs within three squares increase by 33%.
The other three cards are sealed.
They may be triggered under specific circumstances, or Han Dong might need to expend some sort of energy to activate them.
“The Fate Card Game” officially begins.
Other Shore Hotel
Han Dong's body is soaked in a bathtub filled with white liquid.
An executive is sitting next to the bathtub, intently observing Han Dong's special head.
“With natural talent combined with that head of yours, you should be able to play a good hand.
If the Fate Card Game would allow spectators, I'd really like to see how far you can go… However, the competitive spirit you showed in 'The Tombs' may hinder you here.
You're facing the origins of fate, such competitive spirit could act as a slow poison in the game, eroding everything you have.
Don't get in too deep.”
[Fate Card Game]
Elapsed Time: 0 hours 36 minutes (calculated at normal time flow rate)
Number of Chessboards: 1 (Main Chessboard)
Card Game Health: 50 (Grey: Han Dong) – 50 (White: Gatekeeper)
“Mary Shaw uses up all action points, moves to landmark number -153.
Posture change – doll.
Forms a stabbing formation with Frozen Bone for a joint attack on the target [Glutton – Durleena].”
“Joint attack damage +30% (stabbing formation), [Glutton – Durleena] is dead.
Grey side gains [+2 Domain Value]
Mary Shaw (doll) suffers from gluttonous influence, dead.
White side gains [+1 Domain Value]”
Han Dong points to one of the cards he holds and makes a request:
“Consume two domain points, initiate scene card – [Prometheus – White Giant Temple], and enlarge the battlefield.”
The tile where the card is located actually grows like a tree, sprouting an upward branch.
With White Giant Temple as the background, it transforms into a 13×13 derived chessboard.
Scene effect: When fighting on the current chessboard, each round the grey side will automatically generate a [1-1] Alien, and Alien units automatically attack enemy unit cards within a range of less than two squares.
Snap!
Such a play earns Han Dong a round of applause.
The white individual reveals a smile, offering praise:
“To think you'd be one step ahead with creating a 'derived chessboard.'
It seems your cognitive abilities are really strong, having fully familiarized yourself with the rules of the [Fate Card Game] during the prep time… Then, I'm getting serious now.
Due to the death of an allied unit, Elf Mountain God transforms into the Second Phase and initiates landslide.
The domain value obtained from killing Frozen Bone is used to initiate scene card – [Knife Edge Mountain].
Activating effect card – [Territorial Limit]: The next three unit cards that the grey side deploys must be placed on [Knife Edge Mountain].”
Chessboard derivation.
A derived chessboard covered in spikes and knife edges appears, any chess pieces placed on it will lose one health point each round.
“Make sure to hold steady, this doesn't even count as a warm-up yet.”
[Fate Card Game]
Elapsed Time: 2 days 8 hours 36 minutes
Number of Chessboards: 7, including one main chessboard and six derivative chessboards
Health: 38 (Grey) – 50 (White)
It's grey side's turn, Han Dong.
“Activate effect card – [Town Assembly], sacrifice three common residents of Other Derry Town, summon an epic-level unit card from outside the deck.”
As soon as Han Dong utters these words, a strong sense of dizziness sweeps over his brain.
Drip-drop~ The sound of liquid falling
“Hm? When did I start having a nosebleed…”
Han Dong looks down to find a large pool of red liquid below him, the nosebleed having continued for half an hour, but it was only the dizziness that made Han Dong realize he was bleeding.
The one standing here belongs to the consciousness body.
A 'nosebleed' represents the conscious body's mental energy rapidly depleting.
“This chess game places a tremendous mental burden!
The executive put me through special training to bring my mental state up to 120%, so that's why… I must thank him properly when I get back.”
Stabilize the condition.
With the effect of the card just sacrificed, summoning three townsmen, randomly call in an epic-level townsman card from outside the deck.
[N0.9 – Moonlight Miles]
Attack: 8, Health: 8
Effect:
1 Judgment – If the target unit's attack is less than this card's, it can perform a death sentence, with a 50% chance of instant death.
2 Moonlight – When this unit is on a moonlight-related field or on the main chessboard during the night, its health doubles and it recovers 3 health points each round.
3. Heavy Armor – Consumes twice the action points.
Staring at the Miles model that appeared on the field, Han Dong felt a significant reduction in the immense pressure in his heart.
“With the Miles card, we should be able to maintain stability for some time.”
9 days 8 hours 36 minutes
Number of chessboards: 13, including one main board, eight derivative boards, and four replica boards
Health: 23 (Grey) – 50 (White)
Nine full days of intense matches, without even one second of rest.
The foundation that Han Dong laid a week ago through Miles was completely destroyed at this moment; Miles was killed, and the opponent gained a full five domain points.
The White side plays a card:
“Consume five domain points to open a derivative chessboard – [Purification Ground].
Use the effect card – [High Heaven's Divine Edict], sacrificing all angel units on our side, and at the same time reclaiming the derivative chessboard – [Purification Ground].
Summon the legendary unit card – Archangel Empyreal.
Wow! It's been a long time since this unit was used… Be careful, this card in theory can destroy all your existing units; I hope you have already taken precautions.
Of course, even if you are prepared, the offensive on the main chess game will last at least half a month.”
Watching the animation effect of an Archangel descending from High Heaven.
Pfft!
Han Dong spewed a mouthful of fresh blood directly onto the first square of the chessboard in front of him.
The fatigue accumulated over the past nine days erupted in an instant, a large clump of hair falling to the ground… The current Han Dong presented a gaunt, bald appearance.
23 days 8 hours 36 minutes
Number of chessboards: 27, including one main board, eight derivative boards, and eighteen replica boards (The cards used on replica boards do not affect the main card library quantity)
Health: 11 (Grey) – 50 (White)
The existence of multiple chessboards.
There were even some spherical and dodecahedral shaped odd chessboards, a situation that had long transcended what an ordinary brain can handle.
“Epic level effect card – [Fight Club Rules] activated.
All units on the field are silenced. Each turn they automatically consume action points and approach other units (including friendly ones) to initiate attacks, lasting three turns.”
The moment the card was played to stabilize the situation.
Cough cough cough…
Han Dong, resembling a mummified corpse, suddenly started coughing violently.
A liver covered in stones was coughed out directly from his mouth,
Crack and snap~
The remaining five teeth in his mouth also all fell out,
And he could only maintain his bodily condition through tentacles that grew out of the back of his head,
His brain had undergone severe cancerous mutations from overuse, the head both inside and out was covered in huge tumors, the volume surpassed the size of the body,
Stabilizing the situation so suddenly even startled the gatekeeper, “You actually managed to stabilize such a situation! That pleases me… However, the state of your consciousness is concerning, do you still want to continue?”
“Continue…” Han Dong's voice seemed to come from his throat.
Forty-two days 8 hours 36 minutes
Number of chessboards: 34, including one main board, ten derivative boards, and twenty-three replica boards (The cards used on replica boards do not affect the main card library quantity)
Health: 1 (Grey) – 50 (White)
Currently, to the eyes of others looking at Han Dong, it's impossible to determine what this thing is, they couldn't even tell if it's organic or inorganic.
To describe it simply in words, it would be – “A smelly, shriveled, huge tumor”
In such a state, perhaps a single sentence could cause the consciousness to collapse completely.
“As expected! The most interesting thing is still [humans]! Your life is hanging by a thread; can you continue?”
Listening to the other side's words, Han Dong seemed to have no intention of giving up.
Shouted two words from his nearly atrophied mouth.
Borrow…God…
Buzz!
A grey mist broke through the constraints of time and space, descending into the current area, engulfing Han Dong's entire body.
Amidst the murky grey fog, a night roar that could drive all beings into madness faintly spread, numerous tentacles wildly flailing, breaking through the dry tumors and sprouting new limbs.
However, such a state could not last for long.
Borrowing God, to begin with, would bring great strain to Han Dong, doing so now was practically akin to committing suicide… once he stopped Borrowing God, the weakened Han Dong would instantly die from backlash.
Therefore.
Therefore, the only thing to do was take a crucial step while under the state of Borrowing God.
“Due to being attacked on the main chessboard in the last turn, the trap card – [Flesh Curse] is triggered.
Flip: Event card – [Amplification] (The event has fermented for five rounds, reaching the maximum effect).
All units on my main chessboard are considered flesh and blood.
[Amplification] spreads the curse effect to other chessboards connected to the main board.
Play the effect card – 'Clown Virus', combined with the sneaking unit on the field [Pennywise (Berserk State)] to affect all flesh and blood life.
The unit card [Pennywise] and the flesh and blood unit closest to the white rogue engage in 'body swapping' and launch an attack on the white entity.
Health points -4.
Turn ends.”
After forty-two days, Han Dong for the first time inflicted damage on the mysterious gatekeeper.
At the same time.
Because the number of derivative and replica chessboards reached over thirty, balance was already difficult to control.
The units on all chessboards were infected with the Clown Virus in an instant, causing the balance to break through the 'limit'.
According to the rules, the card game is forcibly terminated with a [Draw].
Daring to do so, a second before the state of Borrowing God ended.
A wisp of 'Fate Thread' immediately passed through Han Dong's collapsing consciousness, forcibly stitching, stabilizing the consciousness.
The white being sitting before the Door of Truth displayed an extremely satisfied smile, offering its evaluation:
“If we go by the timekeeping you humans commonly use, it should be thirty thousand years.
In about thirty thousand years of countless card games I've played.
It's this card game that brings me the highest level of satisfaction, and it's the only one that managed to hurt me and end in a draw… Not bad at all, humans!”
Chapter end
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