“Human chess?”
“Detailed rules will be announced after all participants are confirmed. It wouldn’t be fair if I told you in advance.”
Kuina disappeared immediately after confirming Noah’s intention to participate.
Sitting there blankly, Noah met Yunia’s eyes and smiled dejectedly.
“It looks like we’re friends today. Shall we go to work?”
* * *
Even though Yunia was going in and out of the Black Moon at will, it was because only Aslan was able to detect her intrusion, so outsiders were still prohibited from entering.
So Noah took Yunia and settled in a suitable cafe instead of the dormitory.
“Now, would you like to tell us what you know?”
After paying for the food piled up on the table, Noah immediately took care of Yunia.
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“If you are experienced in the first group match on the day of the ranking match, you probably have some expectations for the third round of chess, right?”
According to Kuina, the human chess this time involved dozens of players.
There is no way to take these people and have them play one-on-one, so to some extent, the rules tested in the team competition will be applied.
Noah also knew the rules of the first event, but I was curious about Yuna’s opinion because I hadn’t personally watched it.
After all, Yunia was an experienced person who directly participated in the match and raised thousands of ranks at once.
“First of all, do you know why the last group match was held only for lower rankers?”
“Wasn’t it just because the number of top rankers wasn’t enough and there weren’t enough participants?”
“There are probably reasons like that, but the biggest reason is the ranking system.”
Higher rankers exchange rankings with the defeated opponent.
On the other hand, the lower rankers also provide rewards based on the results of the ranking battle, and rank them by combining other factors.
It was also to evaluate students in fields other than combat.
“In a team event, dozens of people unite to fight, but what do you think will happen if several 9,000 ranks unite to win the 1,000th place?”
If you are a low ranker, you can distribute points to those who participated in the battle.
But what if it’s a high ranker?
There is only one place where you can exchange rankings.
“Are the top rankers structurally unable to compete in team battles?”
“Either we have to change the rules, or we have to go to something more extreme.”
“Extreme way?”
“The person who hit the last hit takes everything.”
If he could penetrate a place where many people were watching and hit the last blow, that ability was an ability.
“Considering the recent trend of wanting to evaluate things other than individual skills, that is also a possibility.”
It was a moderately limited number of people, and it was an event for high-rankers with average skills guaranteed.
If so, there wouldn’t be a big problem even if it was really the last hit.
“for a moment. Then, in this event match, is it possible to enter the 15 immovable people at once?”
“Depending on what the rules are, maybe not impossible?”
For a moment, Noah seriously imagined the 15 immovable people he knew fighting among high rankers.
‘Wouldn’t it be?’
To be honest, I didn’t think it would be possible to stick with 10 people.
Before winning or losing, as long as there was a card called attribute transformation, they could withdraw as much as they wanted.
I don’t know if I fight until I’m exhausted, but the opponent isn’t a monster who can’t think strategically, and there’s no reason to do so.
It had to be seen that there was no cataclysm in the rankings beyond skill.
‘Then what if I have skills?’
It could be an opportunity to skyrocket the rankings, but there were still pitfalls.
“for a moment. What if you got rid of a high-ranking participant at most and took the corresponding rank, but later get tired and get beaten by a guy with a very low ranking? Will the ranking be taken away?”
“Perhaps?”
“If you don’t intend to survive to the end, maybe losing well is more important than winning well?”
In chess, once a dead piece is over, the game is over, and resurrection is impossible.
If so, how well you die when you die may be more important than how much you win in life.
“It has been more helpful than I thought. thanks.”
“you’re welcome.”
Noah, who established his grand strategy with Yunia’s advice, waited for the day to come with a pounding heart.
* * *
Contrary to Noah’s expectations, who thought they would be called when the participants were properly confirmed, Regina did not summon the participants until Friday.
Noah found Felix first.
‘there is.’
Felix was also looking at Noah from the moment he entered the briefing room.
Their eyes met, but instead of saying hello to him separately, Noah sat down.
“Are you all gathered? I wonder why everyone is calling me now. Since you’re curious, let’s explain the rules of the game right away.”
The rules of High Ranker Chess explained by Regina were as follows.
1. Designate a site measuring 1 km in width and height as one square to form an 8×8 chess field of 64 squares.
2. Participants divide into black and white teams and act as chess pieces themselves.
3. One round is played every 15 minutes, and the game ends when one king is defeated.
“If you look at this content, then who moves the words? would like to This is the part that is different from conventional chess, so listen carefully.”
4. Players may or may not move themselves with the same rules as regular chess pieces each round.
“Wouldn’t it be boring if I stayed alone in a team event? Because of this, it is possible for all pieces to move simultaneously in each round in this chess.”
If you are a king, you can move only according to the king’s rules, and if you are a bishop, you can only move according to the bishop’s rules.
Instead, a pawn could attack an opponent’s piece without moving diagonally by the following rules:
4-1. All pieces, like knights, can jump over other pieces and stack on the same square. Instead, if they encounter an opposing team while moving, they stop on that square.
“If you don’t do this, it will be a mess and you won’t be able to move properly.”
4-2. If the pieces of both teams meet, it will be won by battle.
“Except for the king, all the horses are actually different only in the way they move. Think of the battle as all dependent on your skills. Of course, many-to-one and many-to-many battles are possible as much as they can overlap.”
4-3. At the end of one round (15 minutes), even if the battle is not won or lost, the pieces move again.
“Of course, if both sides choose ‘Stay’, they can continue to the next round. In the meantime, others may join the khan.”
4-4. Pawn promotion is possible, but castling and en passant are not possible.
As the explanation progressed to this point, Noah summarized this event in one sentence.
‘Is it a chess game where every piece moves with its own ego… … !’
Unlike normal chess, where the player commands the entire faction, in this game, all troops could move independently every round.
This meant that while pawns were inevitably restricted in their movements, other horses were relatively free to roam.
‘Looking at this, it seems that it will end soon after going to each other in a few rounds… … .’
As long as the fight of horses located in the same square was eventually held as a ranking match, it was possible to win by defeating all opponents with a single strong king.
It means that if Aslan had remained, he could have destroyed everything by himself.
“As for the team distribution, those with odd numbers are black, and those with even numbers are white. Discuss within the team who will be in charge of which horse. But the king is fixed.”
The King of Black is Julius, who ranks third among the odd rankers.
The king of white was Anise, who was ranked 4th, the highest even ranker.
There was no complaint about this, as it would have been difficult if the king died early.
Also, Noah’s ranking is 86th, one hundred.
‘Is Felix, number 41, black?’
In the roughly halved team distribution, Noah and Felix were on a different team.
‘The desired sea.’
“In addition, all battles in this match will be conducted according to the ranking match rules. The exchange of rankings according to wins and losses is based solely on the ‘last hit’.”
‘oh.’
This point was the same as what Yunia had thought.
“Then, for 30 minutes from now, let’s start the distribution of equipment and strategy meetings for each team. In the meantime, if you have any questions, I will be happy to answer them.”
* * *
After Regina’s announcement, the participants quickly divided into black and white and united.
Anis, who was entrusted with the role of King of the Whites, had been a crow from the start.
“It’s a different team from Guy Jack… … .”
“Phew, but I’m glad I’m on the same team as Lina.”
Anis is fourth in white, but her younger brother, Geysack, is black in seventh.
If the team was to be split evenly, Roselia was also scheduled to split with Linaria, but only this time, an exception was made.
“Out of 15 immovable players, there are three who did not participate in this match. Among them, there are two even rankers, so if you divide them evenly, the numbers don’t match.”
In the case of odds and evens, the immovable 15 people are divided 5:7.
That’s why one of the odd numbers, Linaria, specially moved over to the even number side and formed a team.
“If you’re going to bring me, you can bring the 7th place Guy Jack!”
“Regina-sama, if you have any complaints, please come and tell me.”
“crying!”
Anise, the king of white, is like that, so in the end, Cherie Leclerc, who ranked sixth, was in charge of the meeting.
Among the 15 immovable people, Sherry, who is known as the brain wave, quickly sorted out the situation.
“I’ll start by distributing the items. Just like leaving the king to Anis, I think you can choose what you want to say in order of ranking, but aren’t you all dissatisfied?”
In the end, it was advantageous for the strong to be able to move more freely, as the battles between pieces were fought directly.
However, because of that, Noah, who was ranked 86th, was pushed back in the rankings and inevitably became a pawn in front of Luke.
“As for strategy, I don’t know which one is better. If you catch the king, it will be over, but in fact, the content is an individual contest.”
The ranking changes according to your performance regardless of the win or loss of the game.
There is no team reward in the first place.
There was no need to play as a team.
“Let’s do what we each do on our own.”
It might seem irresponsible at first glance, but I couldn’t help it.
It was a law that you couldn’t ask for a sacrificial play while the compensation and penalty went in on an individual basis.
There was just something to check.
“Principal, I have a question for you.”
“Tell me.”
“It is a fairly large battlefield with each square reaching 1km. How do participants check the progress of the game on the spot?”
“If that’s the case, the instructors out on the field for judging will teach you. However, only the current status of the chessboard is announced, and communication must be handled by oneself.”
“Hmm. Considering the effective distance of transmission, the only thing you can talk about is adjacent cells at most. thank you.”
In fact, they had to guess by looking at the chessboard in a state where each other could not confirm each other’s intentions.
Depending on the compatibility, you had to avoid the person to avoid and chase the person to chase, so this must be quite important.
However, it was a long time later for Noah, the phone.
‘Because Pawn is virtually everything forward.’
It is possible to move diagonally when attacking, but for now, the priority was to continue moving forward and being promoted to a queen.
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And by the time the pawn is promoted, the chessboard will already be somewhat organized.
‘I just have to go and think about it then.’
16 VS 16.
A battle between high rankers, including 12 of the immovable 15.
On the opposing team were Felix and Veronica.
‘I hope it doesn’t end early.’
As the number of people in each section decreased as they climbed to the top, the ranking change was also small.
Only down there, I had to choose an opponent who could win among hundreds of people in a similar ranking.
However, at the top level, even if there are only five or six people who don’t match, they are blocked there.
In the midst of that, a great opportunity popped up.
Anise and Rogelia were like that, but most of the participants were fighting.
“In the end, if you don’t die, you won’t fall in the rankings. Let’s live to the fullest and win.”