THE REBIRTH OF A GENIUS. CREATOR/DESTROYER

Chapter 573. Chess - I

As soon as Kartikeya spoke, Sam felt like recovering all his strength, only then did he understand that this person only wanted to talk to him and recovery time was just an excuse.

"Because you are from Planet Earth, you must be familiar with this game," Kartikeya spoke and flicked his finger and the stone table changed by itself.

A large square groove appeared and the groove turned into a chessboard. Grid was black and gray. Chess pieces are also Black and grey and made of stone. Sam took the pawn and looked at it closely. This is a very beautiful statue.

He had not seen such a statue for a long time. He was amazed and interested in her and kept checking out the other statues.

To say he was impressed was an understatement.

"Although the game we played was chess, it wasn't exactly the same. There are some new rules I would like to add to make the game more interesting." Kartikeya lets Sam examine the pieces and continues to explain the rules.

"The basic movements of the pieces are the same as you know. Pions, forts, knights, bishops, queens, and lastly kings. The names are the same, but the purpose and power are completely different.

I'll simplify the explanation so you can understand it easily.

Since you are a Nascent stage cultivator at Level-6, your king will have that cultivation level and your queen will have a Nascent Level-5 stage cultivation level.

As for bishops, they would have Level-2, Level-3 Knights, and lastly Level-4 Rooks.

All pawns were Level-1 Nascent stage cultivators.

You'll move the pawns in exactly the same way you would in a normal game, but when you want to kill my pawns, that means, if you want to release my pawn with your pawn, there will be a battle between the two.

And you will fight in that pawn spot and a warrior from my army will fight in my pawn spot, your cultivation will be suppressed to the Nascent Level-1 stage.

After the battle was over, whoever won occupied that place and the losing part would be lost. But the damage to the winning piece will not be lost.

Each pawn has five health points and when two pawns fight and yours win but only have two points left, the next battle, the next one, You will feel tired and will only have forty percent of your original strength at that level for the next battle.

As for the real you, who is sitting here, you do not have to worry about any form of physical injury.

In the same way, the Bishop has ten points of health, the knight has fifteen and the Citadel has twenty, the queen twenty-five and finally the king thirty.

There are no checks and checkmats, everything will be determined by the battle. As for the rules of battle, you will understand once you start the game.

Any doubts?"

Sam stared at the game with a curious look.

"What's the name of the game?"

Sam asked him he saw Kartikeya and the latter looked at him and said.

"Chess Cultivators."

Sam felt like he was looking at his long lost alter ego. How can someone be as bad as him in naming? He felt like the person who named the Black Gold star was quite stupid in the sense of naming, but even the god himself?

It was something he did not expect.

"If you don't mind me asking, what is this gift from the Inheritance Palace? I didn't see a single gift from the start."

"Well, everyone will get a reward based on their performance. Don't worry, since you are the winner, you have a different reward system altogether and you have more variety to choose from. Only after you are done with them will the rest be able to choose. Right now, everyone is undergoing enlightenment and cultivation because this is a superior environment."

Sam nodded and looked at the game.

"Who goes first?"

Sam asked while observing the pieces. The chests are black and the position is the same as modern chess.

"Of course, I'll go first. I'm the one who tests and I'm the one who attacks."

With that Kartikeya made his first move. He moved the pawn in front of the knight who was at the queen's side first and made two steps. Sam did not think much and simply moved the pawn in front of his bishop on the queen's side for two steps. He let go of the pawn because he wanted to see how the battle went first.

The box has a large box and each box has a large enough space to place at least three pieces.

As soon as Kartikeya put down the piece, Sam felt like he was sucked into the board and when he opened his eyes, he could see himself on a huge gray stage.

A huge stone square was floating in the void and he could see nothing but darkness behind the stage. On the stage other than him, there was another person standing. His body was covered with armor and he even wore a Corinthian helmet that protected his head with a Spear in his hand.

The two exchanged glances as a piece of Information entered Sam's mind.

He got the point. The battle will last until one of them is defeated and the defeat will be killed by the opponent directly or thrown off the stage.

Sam stared at the soldier with the spear in his hand and moved. Since this was a battle to the death, there was no point in waiting.

The entire stage is square shaped and covers an area of about 100 square feet and is neither too large nor too short.

Sam launched a head kick right from the start, which was blocked by the spear. But Sam did not stop there, he took advantage of the recoil and used the wind element to spin and give a turning kick to the left temple.

The soldiers were not fast enough and the kicks were connected.

The helmet distorted from the kick and there was a huge crack on it.

The eardrum seemed to have ruptured and blood started seeping out of the crack in the helmet.

Sam did not stop there and jumped lightly before giving a crane kick directly to the opponent's chin which was already wobbly at his feet. The man knelt down and Sam took a step back.

As he stared intently at his opponent, he saw five green bars appear above the opponent's head and four green bars disappear one after another. This seems like a health point.

Sam felt like this was some kind of video.

He did not wait and finished off his opponent with another kick in the head.

He disappeared from that place and reappeared on the chair. All of this felt very unreal, but he clearly felt nothing on his body.

When he looked at the table once more, the gray pawn moved out of the board by itself and out of the chess box.

"Step you."

Sam was just about to make it when Kartikeya said.

"You can move the pieces without touching them. You just have to put your hand on the table and use your spiritual senses."

Sam did as he was told and moved the same pawn forward. Since this game is not an ordinary chess where each pawn can be killed by other pieces, it will require the player to play differently than usual. After all, even if he could bring his pawn to the king, then what? He'll die just the same.

So, he wanted to investigate further and see what he could do and how he should proceed with a single pawn until he could leave.

Kartikeya moved the pawn in front of the fortress, two steps ahead. Sam did not change his pace and once again put his pawn forward.

This time Karthikeya let the pawn in front of the queen kill this pawn.

Sam once again entered the gray stage.

There was another soldier standing in front of him with a sword and shield in his hand.

Sam focuses on her and a health bar pops up and when Sam focuses on his own hands, he also looks at his own health bar. But the fifth blade was incomplete, it seemed to have chipped a little.

Even if it is only for a little while, it still decreases. Maybe it was because of the effort he put in in the fight earlier.

Sam once again lunged forward and used the same attack, but this time unsuccessfully, this soldier blocked the kick that was about to land with the shield and Sam felt his legs slightly numb. But he still used the same trick and gave a spinning kick to the head on the other side, but he was blocked once again.

Looks like the soldier already knew Sam's trick. Sam frowned seeing this. He hoped that his conjecture was wrong and took out the reaper sword to attack.

After a series of clashes, Sam finally managed to get rid of the shield and finally did a critical hit. But in this process, he suffered some minor scratches. He could see that the skill level of this warrior was not much different from the first person, but this time, the other party was much more careful to avoid the surprise attack that caused the first person to lose.