Chapter 99: Breaking Through (2/2)
What confused Nisha at first was the notion that her opponent would reuse a set up she had already seen through Contrary, she even suspected this was an elaborate arrange of the sort happened
Looking at the board now, the uselessa bishop out to the far side of one flank suddenly becah the stretched lineup of white pieces defending their king Alice already disregarded the queen as her knight would kill her as soon as it was her turn The bishop had confused her, but as soon as he would ure was there to cover hiely, this wasn’t necessary at all With the bishop restricting the single field in front and to the side of the king, all Nisha needed to do was ht Suddenly, the black stone faced the open corridor, threatening the black king in a straight line, disregarding the white queen in the ht which would kill her in the next round
Si the white ruler from one side now became his downfall, as all retreats were sealed by the bishop and the queen finished the checkht not have thought of thisthe queen was alle to avoid an inevitable defeat With the nonsensical er and oversaw the black queen actually still having the ability to influence the board since she regarded it as a dead piece already
In the stunned silence fro out
“Incredible Instead of braving the open charge, you assassinated the king before anyone caught on as happening and lured Alice in with your queen instead, using her own aers about it, they’ll be delighted”
Praising her skill openly, the elder carefully studied the board and nodded several tiht to le position of the stones
Nisha herself didn’t think the ga experienced the defeat of a fellow charging into the open passage in the [Eel’s Park] before, it should be natural to have thought of a countermeasure in case she experienced such a situation in the future Right now, the preparations si her own queen, Nisha didn’t value the versatile black figureas she could obtain victory, a pawn ht turn out to be even more valuable after all
Lastly, Alice looked like her soul left her body With a dropped jaw, she stared at the board, still not convinced she actually lost Her plan worked out as she had prepared it inside her head, the open passage clearly opened by the elf as so many times before by other opponents Of course the brunette lady did not always use this tactic, but it had never failed her so far, y when she absolutely couldn’t lose, even her father could only stall but not break it Yet currently … nowould fall She needed to move it out of the checkmate, but the lone bishop on the far flank blocked all escapes and was too far froness welled up in her chest This wasn’t hoas supposed to go!
Nisha could al frory and likely would make on thrived off overco victory Similar to a hunt, this rush of adrenaline si could come even close
“You! You must have cheated! This …”
As expected, the wo down and rashly juain Luckily the elder intervened at this tih, Alice Do you iht in front of me? A bet is a bet, you lost Take it as a lesson to reme out five envelopes out of the stack of documents, his withered hand placed the amber pipe in front of Nisha and the letters beside it
“I have to say, I’m quite surprised, Miss Nisha In total, there are five different letters of reco you Two frodom and two different nobles that don’t wish to reveal their own identity Very unusual I think the current record has been three letters, and you surpassed that by not just one
Anyith this your adht away, I will personally take care of the details, the only thing left to do is make a copy of your adventurer card I do believe I remember you already achieved E rank, isn’t that so? The card will also act as your student identification card, take care to not lose it Would youfor the elf to react, he kindly sed to restrain his daughter heavily
Naturally Nisha wouldn’t refuse such a convenient arrangehtly suspicious She had acquaintances in two different eleht have sent a letter of recommendation as well, she discussed the differences in education between Leandar and Terus with the Lance Corporal, she knew the elf planned on enrolling in the acade her, she hadn’t made any noteworthy connections which would explain the two mysterious backers
Nonetheless, she handed over her E rank adventurer card which acquired a staular eyes would fail to catch it but the dragon clearly noticed how another ht]
With unknown variables and being on foreign terrain, Nisha decided to stop pushi+ng her luck and excused herself with all due respect and heeding all needed courtesy Closing the door behind her she could hear a heated discussion breaking out
“Father! How can you just let her go like that! Didn’t you see …”
With the guarantee from Elye Rotland that neither side could pursue the victor of the game, Nisha couldn’t be bothered to eavesdrop on the this ti the aarding its usage, a treasure was a treasure and it was the second one she snatched away since staying in Thurgau
Leaving through the acadeates, she proceeded to return back ho her by now