Published at 18th of October 2019 06:05:13 PM
Chapter 583
‘What kind of battle will it be this time?’
Immediately after gathering in the open space for the purpose of entering the battlefield for the Wednesday battle .
Ian’s first thoughts were .
‘Can’t be more than the Mirror Battlefield… no, maybe they will be going to come out with a fresh content?’
The ‘dimensional mirror’ battlefield was fresh enough to admire, even for Ian .
Having experienced such content, it was inevitable to be expecting something more from the battle .
And a roaring voice entered the head of Ian .
“Kay, have you all gathered?”
A man, standing on the platform of the open space with a very heavy bass voice .
Ian thought that he might be a higher level NPC, than any NPC of the village that he had come across in the Warrior’s village .
‘Parker was a Platoon head, is this one the captain?’
It wasn’t comparable to Cameres who was on the Hero’s Path, but the armor that he wore, was very very flashy .
And while Ian was in such thoughts .
“I am the Celestial Dragon General, Hansen . Among all of you, I will select the ones to join the battlefield . ”
Listening to Hansen, everyone turned puzzled .
Surely they were all under the impression that they would be entering the battlefield, but none of them expected the ‘select’ part .
Even before they could even try to calm themselves, Hansen continued,
“Here, you and you . And you . This side . ”
While the users were in a frenzy, Hansen was selecting the warriors very quickly .
And Ian too was called, moving to the back of the platoon .
“Hmm, yeah . Till this friend, it is 24, right?”
At the response to Hansen, lieutenant Parker responded with a stiff look .
“Yes, General . ”
Hansen looked around and nodded his head .
“Nice, you move to the blue gate . The rest of you go to the white gate behind there . ”
Not just Ian, everyone couldn’t understand what was happening .
Something seemed to be going on, but no one was able to find an explanation for the situation .
The NPCs were too unfriendly .
‘I think that there are around 50 people in the square… why did he just choose 24?’
Ian was thinking hard to guess .
And it was the same for Hoonie who was beside him .
“Hyung, what is even happening here?”
“Well…”
“This, getting picked is a nice thing right?”
“I think the same . All of the selected users are of a higher rank than a combat soldier . ”
“Hyung, you’re a recruit but you have been chosen, why?”
“Hmm? Which is why we need to see . ”
Ian who was talking with Hoonie once again fell into thoughts .
Sixteen users were selected by the General of Celestial Dragons, except for Ian, every one of them were Combat soldiers .
In addition, a few combat soldiers weren’t picked up too, so he wasn’t able to understand the standards .
But there were no more things to deduce and no longer did he have the time to think .
“There, friend . What are you doing? Move quickly . ”
Lieutenant Parker shouted, and Ian had no choice but to move quickly .
“Ah, yup . Going . ”
Ian was one of the 24, whom Hansen had chosen .
Which was why he moved towards the blue gate .
And the moment Ian stepped on the blue gate .
Wheeing-!
With huge resonance, a new system message had emerged in front of Ian’s eyes .
[Welcome to the battlefield of ‘God’s Piece Board’ . ]
The busy Korean university campus at 9 o’clock in the evening and most of the students had withdrawn .
However, there was just one crowded place and the large classroom of the virtual reality .
The largest classroom in the virtual reality department, which could accommodate more than two hundred people .
However, the classroom was entirely full .
And the number of 200 students in there, were all the students of the virtual reality department .
And among them, Semi and Young-hoon were seated .
“Huuh, looking forward to it . Semi, you? Did well in the event?”
“Obviously . ”
“What was the answer?”
“Maybe the same answer as everyone in this room?”
“hu hu, that was a natural one, right?”
Unlike the usual lecture time, the two people were seated in the front row for some reason .
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The expressions too weren’t the same as the lifeless depressing expression waiting for the lecture to attend .
Rather, were full of excitement .
And was the same of all the other students .
Then, why were so many students gathered in the classroom?
The reason for that could be seen on the screen which lighted up the whole room .
– Kay, the documents have just arrived from the LB .
– Oh, Hines, let’s open it up . I’m curious as to what kind of content the Kailan’s planning team have come up with this time .
– Haha, I feel the same way, Lucia . So, shall we look at the rules of the new battlefield together?
– Quickly do it . There isn’t much time before the game starts .
It was the first thing that came up on the classroom screen was the game broadcast YTBC .
And the students in the virtual reality were all gathered in the huge room to watch the Brave Canyon’s battle .
– Oh ho, the name of the battlefield is ‘God’s Piece Board’ .
– ‘God’s Piece Board’… what could that be?
– Well? The first thing that enters my mind listening to it, nothing other than a chessboard .
– Ho oh, yeah . Is this really related to chess?
– I’ll know once we open it up .
The crowd of 200 people and the noise-filled classroom suddenly became silent as if everyone had died .
It was because they started to talk about the battle on the screen .
Due to the silence in the room, both Semi and Young-hoon were whispering,
“What? Chess? How will that even work?”
“Yeah . I can’t even imagine it . ”
And then came the conversation between Hines and Lucia .
– Kay, let’s look at the file sent by the LB for the viewers .
– Ah, this is so exciting . This isn’t even related to me, but why is my heart pounding like this?
– Huhu, isn’t that because you want the Korean rankers to be active?
And on the screen that Hines and Lucia were there, a new screen had appeared .
A huge peak that rose to one side of the Brave Canyon and a mysterious silverly clouds hanging around .
The screen which had been showing the mysterious landscape from afar, gradually enlarged, and Semi who looked at it, mumbled in a small whimpers .
“Oh, that really is a chessboard?”
Young-hoon too nodded and said,
“Ri, right? Seems like a chessboard… but is it a bit unusual?”
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“No, look closely, it is a bit different from chess, it is a Shogi chessboard . ”
“What is?”
“the boards are much denser . ”
“That so?”
Huge rocks on top of peaks .
The top of the rocks was cut flat and smooth and with a familiar shape .
Like Semi and Young-hoon said that it was Shogi board’ .
A mysterious sight that excited the viewers .
And subsequently, on the board, a silhouette began to appear, just like a ‘Shogi piece’ .
Woong-!
At the same time, Hines explained,
“The name of the Brave Canyon’s battle is ‘God’s Piece Board’ . And I will explain the rules of the board from now on . ”
After gulping, Hines began to read the documents from LB which seemed very complicated .
It was something that would be very hard to understand by reading once or twice .
But one thing was definite, the content was going to be very interesting .
“Wah, this is awesome!”
Young-hoon unknowingly began to admire .
This was the brief summary of what Hines described .
1 . 24 of the best users will be selected by the Celestial camp and the Asmodian Camp .
(User selection criteria are ‘battle power’ and ‘class’ and the combat power is measured on the user’s stat and equipped equipment . )
(The unselected users can gain 100 contributions if the camp of theirs win . )
2 . The selected users are moved to the battlefield from the blue gate and placed on the board according to the ‘God’s Choice’ .
3 . The position of the board determines the position of the user, and the range of movements depend on the position .
*Position
-High General: Located in the middle of the back row, it can move up to five spaces in turn .
If the High general dies, the battle is lost .
(An additional two spaces can be moved if an enemy is killed, and can battle another time . )
-Advisor/ Minister (General): located at the right and left of the High general, can move up to three spaces in turn .
When an enemy attacks, the stats are increased by 10 percent .
(When standing near the general, he can be supported . )
-Assault Captain: located on either side of the row, and can move up to 10 spaces in one turn .
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Attacking an enemy increases the stats by 5% .
(If there are allies or enemies on the route, it can jump once . )
-Aide: located on both sides and can move up to five spaces per turn .
Only one of all heroes who can use the recovery skill and heal up to 2 allies per turn .
Each time an ally is healed, the target is healed for 30% .
(Only a ‘priest’ class user can be selected . And cannot attack an enemy first, but when it is attacked, it can fight back . )
-Soldier/ pawn: placed at the front of each faction, and can move upto two spaces in a turn .
4 . The celestial camp and the Asmodian camp will move alternatively, and the order comes in the order given by the system .
5 . When the pieces meet, the battle occurs, and a battlefield is created in the center of the board, and the battle between the two users begins .
The defeated user becomes a ‘dead piece’ and is summoned outside the battle .
And during the battle, the vitality cannot be recovered except for the help of ‘aide’ and even after the battle, the vitality doesn’t restore .
Ian who had heard everything from General Hansen, looked interested at the difficulty .
‘Wah, what kind of a board game is this?’
From Ian’s point of view, the battlefield of the ‘God’s Piece Board’ was a level of showing the power of the planning team .
Each turn was like a 1:1 tournament, but the rules and methods were long like a never-ending chess game .
Ian was able to roughly understand the situation and looked at the battlefield .
‘The titles are so diverse . I wish I could be a general or an assault captain…’
Ian wanted to be in the center of the battle to have some kill point, calmed his heart and waited for the battle .
If the position was taken properly, then the game could move in a superior manner .
‘Please, High General…!’
After a while, new system messages began to emerge infront of Ian .
[The positions of each camp users have been determined . ]
The users of the Celestial camp were called one after the other with the system messages .
[… user, your job title has been set to ‘General’ . ]
[… user, your job title has been set to ‘Aide’ . ]
[… user, your job…]
And at the end of the message .
[‘Ian’ user, your job title has been set to ‘Soldier’ . ]
A line of messages had come to his sight and depressed the hell out of Ian .