“Oh, that works! Sacrificing the chariot to protect the general. Why didn’t I notice that earlier?”


    eximed someone nearby.


    “The youngss is quite good!”


    “Young people have clearer minds than us!”


    “Isn’t she the neer, Hera Lewis?”


    “Hera Lewis? Who’s that? I’ve never heard of her.”


    “You’re really uninformed. She’s the president of Baroque Group.


    Don’t you know how powerful they are now?”


    The King of Chess looked at Hera with surprise and chuckled. “Youngdy, you y chess too?”


    Hera nodded and smiled. “My dad likes ying chess, and I’ve beer learning from him since I was little.


    I was even the runner-up in th Youth Somend Chess Championship!”


    Although she did not win the championship, she received an award a the very least. She became quite


    famous at school because of the


    Hera nced at Helena as she said this. On the day of thepetition, she drank the beverage


    Helena had given her. She end up with an upset stomach the entire day because of that and had go to


    the bathroom more than ten times during the match,


    If not for that mishap, she would have undoubtedly been the champion.


    There was no doubt that the drink Helena had given her was spiked.


    Helenaughed awkwardly. “It’s all in the past. You can’t still be mad at me for that!”


    Hera chuckled. “I’m not mad. I actually found our battles of wits and courage during those years in


    school quite interesting!”


    The old man in white touched his chin, looking displeased. “Youngdy, didn’t your father teach you


    that a true gentleman remains silent while observing a game?” he said suddenly.


    Hera stuck out her tongue yfully. I didn’t say anything about what I was going to y!”


    She just moved the piece while keeping her mouth shut.


    Old Malley burst intoughter. “Are there any more moves? If not, let’s call it a draw!”


    “A draw?” The old man in white sneered, lifting his cannon to capture the chariot. Exchanging a cannon


    for a chariot seemed like a fair deal


    Old Malley then used his general to capture the cannon.


    The man in white moved his chariot one step sideways, nning a direct assault.


    Old Malley then shifted his chariot into the same line that housed hi other chariot, blocking the path of


    the opponent’s chariot.


    The man in white contemted for a moment before moving a soldier to the front of the horse,


    conveniently positioning it next to h opponent’s chariot. It obstructed the route for protecting the canno


    and it also threatened the opponent’s chariot.


    If Old Malley captured the soldier, the man in white’s horse would then capture his chariot. If Old Malley


    moved the chariot, then he could capture his cannon.


    Now, Old Malley was in a bind again.


    In chess, sometimes sacrificing one piece could lead to the downfall of another.


    Of course, Hera chose to protect the chariot. Hera reached her fair hand out and suddenly captured the


    opponent’s soldier with the chariot.


    The man in white smiled slightly. As he lifted his hand to pick up his horse, someoneughed and


    commented, “Hey… the generals are facing each other.”


    It was then that the man in white noticed that the center of the board was in a vacuum state. His horse


    was stuck, and he was charging headlong into a trap.


    He red at Hera in anger. Just as he was about to speak, Helenal said, “A true gentleman remains


    silent while observing a game. She didn’t say anything!”


    The man in white gritted his teeth. “Don’t you think you’re going overboard getting involved just like


    this?”


    Helena chuckled. “Just admit defeat!”


    The man in white took a deep breath and said in a seemingly indifferent tone, “I won’t stoop to ying


    with children.”


    After assessing the situation, he pulled back the other cannon, getting ready to try the same trick again.


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    Hera instantly guessed his intentions and preemptively moved the cannon beside the horse, preventing


    his chariot from capturing her cannon. This move also blocked the man’s horse, preventing it from


    threatening other pieces..


    The man in white started to get serious and had also guessed what


    Hera was nning. Clearly, his trick of sacrificing the horse to protect his general was no longer


    effective.


    Thus, he moved his bishop, giving back the freedom of movement to his central horse piece.


    “General!” Hera moved the cannon to capture the general.


    The man in white responded by moving a pawn while Hera returned by moving the other chariot down


    to capture the soldier.


    After that, the man in white moved his pawn to the front of the horse, which was then seeded by


    Hera shifting the chariot under the pawn to capture the horse.