The Conquerors Path

Chapter 819: Chapter 817-Practise Makes Perfect.



The game wore on, and Lompak found himself increasingly pushed to the wall. Ella's pieces stormed like a tsunami, her rooks and queen inextricably knitting a net around his king. His resistance was nice, earning high remarks on his moves and perseverance, but the first cracks began to appear.

"Check," Ella said, the queen sliding to h5, her tone matter-of-fact yet with an unmistakable hint of triumph.

Lompak moved his king to f8, narrowly escaping immediate disaster. His mana flared erratically as he tried to hold his crumbling position together.

Ella was relentless. She moved one of her pawns forward to g6, putting pressure on him. "Checkmate is unavoidable, Lompak," she said, her voice was not kind, and moreover firm

too.

Lompak was grinding his teeth. He pushed his rook to e8, trying a last desperate counterattack. For a moment, the audience felt he could still claw his way back.

But Ella was ready. With a flick of her wrist, she manoeuvred her rook to f7, locking in his king. "Check," she announced, her voice ringing like a bell.

Lompak stared at the board, his mind reeling. There was no way out. His king was caught, walled in by an impenetrable fortress of white pieces. After a moment of silence, he exhaled deeply and nodded. "I concede," he said, his voice low and even. A patter of applause filled the room, the spectators were in awe of the genius of the game.

Ella smiled graciously and said, "You played well, Lompak, but strategy and precision win in the end."

As the pieces fell back into their initial positions with a flicker of magic, Lompak got up and extended his hand. Ella took it, her handshake firm but hidden within it cruel. Amid all that he had lost, in his eyes was regard-and perhaps something more, a flicker of determination and perhaps a growing interest truly for the woman in front of him.

"That was impressive," he said. "You certainly are a master."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Ella cocked her head, the hardening of her expression told it all. "And you, a worthy opponent. Maybe next time, you will surprise me."

Though her words held no truth about what she was thinking on the inside, the scene that was prepared to humiliate the whole of this faction was now fully in shambles, and things were only getting started.

'Though it seems our Romeo has developed some real feelings for the amazing girl in front of him.'

I laughed at that thought, my gaze seeing through all the preparations at the sides, the hidden members from the new faction forming, their plans now in the water, and they walking away as if nothing has happened at all, though I have to give it to Ella for keeping her composure in check, even after knowing the dirty tricks the other side tried to pull.

'Well, that's why she is the top boss...I guess.'

The timing of the faction was also perfect too, they struck at a time when the whole city as a whole is filled with confusion, cornering Ella perfectly so that she had no way of backing out. At a time when communication and a little bit of chaos were spreading, they took that perfect opportunistic time to act.

Making Ella fully isolated from her help and cornering her into a situation she can't get out of, a situation which is full of advantages to the other side, and the fun part of it is that the person who came up with this plan acted perfectly. In this time of chaos, who, if not the most cunning and smart, would take the time to strike?

'And it's definitely not this dude.'

I thought, looking down at the smitten Lompak gazing at Ella as she walked away. While he is smart and quite good at tactics, this level of planning and action comes from a deeper mastermind, and I can see it all too, the hidden players now slowly showing their fangs, the desire to be crowned as the next king or queen being tempting even for them.

'I guess this is the part where the scene blasts open with the fact that there are more rising and more open spots?'

I smirked at that thought, my senses now spread across as the scenes started to flash through my mind and along with it came the dangers hiding in the light. However, I quickly cut off the information as I focused on Ella walking away, the thoughtful look on her face being quite cute as I moved from the position.

My sense picks up many of the girls spreading around, seemingly trying to find if I am still within the crowd. The dangerous ones are the vampire girls, even the ones in relationships seemingly not minding about anything else and just moving forward to find me, and with my boost it has only made my situation a bit worse for me.

'There is no doubt that they would jump at it the moment they get a chance.'

I winced at that thought a little as I moved around, soon arriving at the top of my faction building, the beautiful place isolated within a beautiful nature filling my gaze as I landed on the ground, my presence becoming visible to the ones at the gate as they saluted my presence, though not before falling into a light daze of their own.

'I really have to get used to that.'

With that thought, I entered inside the place, soon walking through and meeting up with many of my members along the way, each of them in awe and daze as they gazed up at me. Being the lower-level members, they just stood aside as they saw me walk into more of the private area for the much higher-ranked members.

Soon, I passed through that area and came upon the much more private area for higher- ranked members, even they watching me in awe and daze as I passed through. The location was quite busy, with some of them moving around here and there, dealing with things related to the faction. Soon, I walked through into a more private training area, and along with it came the sounds of a fight.

I easily passed through the security setting, not to disturb, as I came upon the scene of Mika and Rika fighting, the two of them going at it, fighting some illusion-made enemies. The two of their fighting styles were beautiful and compatible, the two of them together being an undefeatable force that can't be stopped.

The world itself seemed to move to the command of Rika as water-like waves were generated, destroying the beasts, and Mika seemed to move in flow with the water, her weapon in her hand, slaying the beasts that escaped the small wave. The two of them complimented each other as they fought.

Rika's white hair floated beautifully within the wave, her kind and gentle expression much more focused as she waved her hand, the water compressing into bullets as it blasted through the enemies. Along with it, Mika waved her sword, her black hair tied to a ponytail flashing behind her back, creating a wave effect that boosted the water bullets, pushing them forth together.

The illusion now twisted a giant fire serpent, and its full gang showed up, their heat illusion bringing it down for the two of the girls. With a single nod, their bodies flashed, soon the hair colours of the two mixing around, with spots of white and black being the mix, a small light shining forth from the bodies of the two as they flashed.

At the current moment, a change took place. Right now, the two of them were one and yet the same, their bodies flashing with power and also passing through them, being the use of their talents, experiences, and a pass in their own professions!

Two shining water-like swords appeared in the hands of Rika, water bullets sharper and rotating like the flow of water appeared behind Mika with her control. Mika's hold on her weapon got tighter as she flashed, the two of them running up to the crowd and starting the fight. The water sword from Rika's hands flashed, cutting the heat of the lizard, a mark of the precision of a knight within her touch as she did so.

Mika's body flashed, the bottom of her soles being filled with the pieces of water, reducing the friction and providing her with a faster way to move as she attacked, her sword flashing as Mika slayed one of the huge lizards in two. The water bullets behind her flashed to provide cover from the attack of a lizard in her blind spot.

The two of them then just jumped into the battle, moving around like a dance, using each other's power and boosting each other's strength, covering over each other as they fought, their minds seemingly in sync as one attack to Mika was covered by Rika and another attack to

Rika was covered by Mika.

Within seconds, the battle had ended, my gaze focused on the two who were huffing and puffing, the light receding away from them as their original appearance came to be, a small

pout on the faces of the two as Rika spoke.

"Looks like we can't still extend the time too much beyond this even now."

"Yes, but even then this is still amazing," Mika countered as she held her hands together, feeling the power that was lost from her just now.