Chapter 51: (Self Edited) War of Words
After the break, I returned to my seat. In front of me was Jura, who was already sitting.
“The left will start first.” (??)
Without saying words of greetings, I was unilaterally sentenced by the timekeeper.
‘This is the third time I’ve been played. How annoying…’
Since she had moved her piece, I pointed my hand accordingly. After about fifteen moves, the battle situation was clear.
On the other side, it seemed that she was using the tactic of ‘Preparing Spear in exchange of Eagle King.’ The Eagle King unit made the same diagonal movements as in Shogi, but they had special characteristics.
It could jump over enemy and ally pieces, and could completely disregard the terrain called river that ran in the center and restricted the invasion.
‘In my heart, I call it a sniper.’
‘Needless to say, this unit makes it easy to snipe the king. But since it will be a game where the King piece just need to run away from the Eagle King piece, it’s not interesting. The Royal Guard piece and the Personal Guard piece which are arranged in front right and left of the King piece are the pieces that can’t be jumped over.’