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๐๐ถ๐ฉ. It's already morning. My head is spinning. I am feeling like someone is hitting my head with a hammer. Last night was a failure. I bet we only slept for 2 hours.
"Guys wake up its already morning. We have to get ready before 9 am. "
Celestina didn't come last night. As if she knew our plans and everything.
Everyone seem to be awake by now. We have finished our breakfast by 6:30 am. After we finished our breakfast, Zeno wished us a good luck. We got closer by last night. Especially he was extremely friendly with me.
We have come to the ground where the game will start. There are 2ย VIP Halls.. Other than that I am feelingย like I am in a football stadium. It was big.. Not a football stadium though. There weren't few seats for the viewers. The theme was 'Black Flame'.
"Okay guys, Today's game is called 'Save the King'. There will be total 32 people who will be joining this game as a 'Player' and there will be 2 different teams. Each team will have 16 members that means you guys will have more 9 allies.
Look they are coming. Say hello. And be nice 'cause remember they are the only one whom you can rely onย this game. "
"But what about the rules? "Satoru spoke up.
" You will get a screen after you get the whole themes. Step by step. For now you guys should greet each other. Remember you guys are the leads in this team. Never ever let them take over . "
The guys who came through the gate didn't look so nice. They were definitely from earth like us. They look super exhausted and extremely depressed. One of them was coming towards me. He was wearing glasses . The fact that he was an adult was obvious. Moreover he was taller than me.
"Hi"
"Uhh.. Hello"
"I was once at your place."
"Ohke-? "
"Never mind. I am Cheng Hao. I am 27 years old. Looking at you guys.. You are just kids...A high school students. "
"You are from earth? Your name.. Are you Chinese? "
"Yes I am and I am from Taiwan. Taiwan Strait from the southeastern coast of the Mainland China."
"Judging from your appearance , you already have experience in this game. "
"Well I do. "
"If I ask for a tip about how to escape or survive this place, What would that be? "
"If only I knew that answer as well. Do you think I would be here?
I lost my homies years ago. And I was surving thanks to the sponsorship. But it looks like today I will be dying. Maybe today will be my last breath in this world.
I have come here 4 years ago. I watched my homies die. I was the only survivor. The game we were playing that time was different. But what I have heard from the informar about 'Save the king' the game won't beย ending till king dies and everyone will be dying if the king dies. That means there will be no survivors in this one . "
"But you haven't played this game. How would you know? "
"I wasn't just sitting here and eating all day you know. I had to work hard to bone to survive . I have watched them play and I was the one who organized the themes of the games for 2 years as well. So I know.
Even if the games are different but I know.. It's simple. Look around you.. Don't you think the place you are standing above right now is a chess board? Because it is a chess board . "
After we greeted everyone from our allies. Celestina rushed from one the VIP hall. It's 9 am. Just when she announced us as Team B16', a black screen appeared in front of us. Everyone had the some screen.
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๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐: ๐. ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ:
๐๐๐ฐ๐ง: ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐, ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐; ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐.
๐๐จ๐จ๐ค: ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ.
๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ: ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง "๐" ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ (๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ) ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ.
๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ: ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ.
๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ง: ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ, ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ.
๐๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
๐. ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ:
๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ :
๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค, ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ (๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐).
๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ:
๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ง ๐จ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐ฐ๐ง๐ฌ.
๐๐๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฐ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ซ๐, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ (๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ง, ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค, ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ, ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ).
๐. ๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฒ:
๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐: ๐๐ก๐๐๐ค๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ (๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐๐ค).
๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ: ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง.
๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐: ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐.
๐๐ก๐๐๐ค: ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐๐ค, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง "๐๐ก๐๐๐ค".
๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐: ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ก๐๐๐ค, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฐ.
๐๐ซ๐๐ฐ๐ฌ: ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐จ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง (๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ), ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐-๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ (๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐), ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ.
๐๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ก-๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐: ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐. ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐.
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Brother Cheng Hao was right. This is a chess board and we are the black pieces. Only the name is different, but the rest of the rules are the same.
"Guys you don't have to remember all of the rules , you can open your screens whenever you want. For now you have to choose the characters among your members. " Celestina explained in a calm voice.
"How do we do that? " Sota spoke up.
"Maybe you can choose someone wiser as a king "
After 5 minutes discussion we chose Hana as the king and Inaya as the queen. Since we are the leads here,we will definitely won't let the others take over the main characters.
Eveb though the people from the survivors were extremely arguing about how they shouldn't let some high school kids take over, they even proclaimed themselves as wiser than us.
But Inaya stopped them all. She won against them.
She said " Calm downย guys . We already know what you are thinking, If we were in your place, we would think the same thing. But you guys seem to forget something. If there is no us then there is no you. You would have died by being thrown into the flames in either way.
I know we are new in this place , in this era. But even though you guys don't have any choice but to listen to us. We are the leads. We are already marked. We will be the one to decide. So.. So you guys should step aside and can not do anything but follow us.
I hope this matter will be ending here and we won't hear any objection. You guys are forced. And just so you know youย shouldn't forget your limits. "
After the arguments I brought up the position to Celestina.
"We choose Hana as the king and Inaya as the queen. "
"There is already a queen then why did you chose a female as king? "
"Let's just say Hana is wiser as the kingย and in a addition Inaya is also wise and calmย for a queen "
"Okay then what about the others? "
"The others should be pawns. " Sota spoke up.
"But there 9 members. There should be 8 pawns. "
"I choose brother Cheng Hao in the second line. " I shouted.
Why did I choose him? I shouldn't have said anything. Did I pity him after hearing his story? I don't think so . Because the other 8 members definitely have the similar stories like brother Cheng Hao.
Maybe I chose him because he was the first person who approached me first. Other members would approach Inaya,Satoru or Hana. Even Akiko and Isamu could be in the list.
But he ignored them all. He came to me. And only to me.The first person and also maybe this is the first time I want to prove him wrong so badly not because I wanna survive. Everyone would want to survive. I just want to show him that he didn't make a mistake by choosing me.
That time he chose me. This time I wanted toย choose him. I wanna save him. That's it.
After we discussed our positions in the game, we returned to the changing room. Satoru said he will tell us what happened last night. He told us the whole story about how they searched the whole mansion but yet couldn't find anything.
He said there was no such things from the earth. And also there was no information about the mansion as well. Everyone found it strange. If we gotย in this dimension with our clothes on. Then what about the other objects such as smart phones?
We returned the main hall after getting dress. Now we can see all the viewers were cheering for us. Some of them wrapped a black flag around their wrists to support teamย 'B16 ' . On the other hand viewers who support 'W16' had white flag around their wrists.
The viewers were wearing a mask. All of them. The mask was gold. It covered their whole faces. Celestina said that the viewers are our sponsors and they are from different dimensions. They bet on us, they spend their money on us and they even choose the game for us.
At that moment the words 'from different dimensions' suddenly crossed my mind. If they can come here from different dimensions. There have to be a way that we can go as well. That means, we still have hopes to go back to earth. There have to be a way.
There is only one person who came to my mind at that time. It's Celestina. If she is a informer and if she is the one who manages the whole settings for the players and the viewers, shouldn't she know about this as well? Maybe I can ask her later when we will win. We have to survive this game in order to escape this world. And that is the only throught I can have right now.
As for the king, Hana was wearing a black ' Dragon Scale armor Of Alfeimr, Forged With The Power Of Dragon Father ' with a retro black king crown. She also had the black sword.
As for the queen, Inaya was wearing a war black suit with a retro Black flame queen crown.
As for the rooks Brother Cheng Hao and I , we wereย wearing turtleneckย thick black T -shirts with black pants and boots. We didn't have any swords. We only had shadow powers.
As for the knights Satoru and Isamu, they were wearing black knight's clothes. They had their swords and their own black horses.
As for the bishops Sota and Akiko, they were wearing a dark maze's suits with a black shadow magic wands.
As for the the pawns , they were dressed as regular soliders .
It's 10 am andย we finally organized the stage.
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ย ๐, ๐, ๐... And .. "
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. The hall echoed with the sound of the flute.
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