The Understated Dragon Lord
Chapter 530 Daggers

Chapter 530 Daggers

Black immediately launched the chess game with no courtesy for Daniel, placing the first blackstone squarely in the middle of the board. They went back and forth, placing over a dozen stoneseach without capturing any.

Black was surprised, glancing at Daniel with disbelief. “I must say, I didn't expect this; you might bea country boy, but your skills are decent. You’re the first person in thirty years to avoid losing asingle stone to me in the first ten moves. Not bad! Not bad at all!”

The game proceeded, and soon a third of the large board was covered. Yet the match wasstalemated, with neither player able to capture any of the opponent's stones. Just then, Danielmade a move that seemed to be an error. As soon as the stone hit the board, Black's face lit up withexcitement.

The country bumpkin has made a mistake!

While Black believed he had outplayed Daniel, Daniel seemed entirely unfazed, "Brother, it seemsI’m the first to capture! With this move, I've taken three of your stones."

Black couldn’t contain his laughter, “What are you laughing at, Brother Black?" asked Daniel.

"Laughing? Of course, it's because you're too inexperienced, too impatient! Did you think I’doverlook those three stones? I let you capture them on purpose. You seize three of mine – I'll takethirty of yours."

With that, Black captured a significant formation of Daniel's, a complete dragon, snatching awaythirty of his stones in one fell swoop.

Whoosh! Whoosh, whoosh!...

A flurry of daggers darted out, all targeting Daniel. However, he remained seated on the bench,motionless. As the daggers approached, he casually reached out, effortlessly catching each one inmidair.

After collecting them, Daniel counted, "The numbers don't add up, Brother Black. You capturedthirty of my pieces; there should be thirty daggers. But no matter how I count, there are only twenty-nine. Where’s the last one?"

As Daniel pondered, a sudden snap resounded from underneath him.

"Damn it! The last dagger was under me? That's a bit much, isn’t it?" He yelped, then with reflexeslike a monkey's, he leaped from the bench.

Lucky for him, he moved quickly and jumped high enough to evade. Otherwise, the dagger shootingupwards from the seat could have been a disaster.

Resting his shaken nerves, Daniel looked at Black with speechlessness, "Brother, don't you thinkthe placement of that dagger was a bit too sneaky?"

"Daggers by nature are meant to surprise. But I must admit, you surprised me, country boy – youmanaged to avoid all thirty daggers? Impressive!"

Black waved his fan, smiling as he warned, "Just remember, those thirty daggers were only thebeginning, with less lethal force."