Devouring World Dragon

Chapter 116 New Chessboard Rules
At the same time, a hand shrouded in black flames appeared on the chessboard, and that dark and sinister hand lifted the Black Queen off the board.

"Yawei, your situation seems to be a bit bad."

As the owner of the hand spoke, the beautiful and dignified queen chess piece swayed gently between the two fingers it held, as if it were a delicate and beautiful toy.

Meanwhile, the omniscient and omnipotent being, shrouded in endless radiance and whose face was obscured, looked down at the figure in front of him without any emotional fluctuation. He remained calm and composed, as if he didn't care about anything.

"How can I see it?"

"Don't you realize it?"

As the owner of the hand spoke, the queen piece in his hand was raised.

The beautiful and dignified queen looked down at the numerous white pieces opposite her. The many angels and messengers of God appeared in various forms, such as knights or bishops, and the white queen beside the white king—Metatron, the vice-ruler of the heavenly kingdom. These countless angels stood silently in formation before the white king, obeying the will of the angel king. The vast angelic legion formed in the name of God was powerful enough to sweep away all forces in the world.

Faced with this massive army, she was merely a powerless and weak woman. Not to mention fighting, even the slightest aftershock could easily crush her.

However, the owner of the hand, manipulating the frail queen in his hand, showed no sign of being outmatched, and instead spoke leisurely.

"Yawei, have you forgotten what this wager was about?"

"Whether this world will ultimately fall into my hands or yours... that's the gamble. But how do we define whose control this world truly has?"

As he spoke, the owner of the hand tossed the queen chess piece in his palm and then let it fall back down, casually playing with it.

"The word 'control' itself has a limitation, because it is a word that measures all things in the world from the perspective and vision of life itself."

"If this world were devoid of life and overgrown with weeds, we could not say that the weeds control the world, because the weeds have no concept of controlling the world. If this world were teeming with bison, we could not say that the bison control the world, because the bison, too, cannot comprehend what control or the world means."

"In other words, control, this word, can only be manifested through life itself."

"However, if someone faces this world and claims that the entire world is its territory, it is obviously not a true control over the world, because other life forms will not agree with its claims, and a single life form is not enough to claim control over the world."

"On the contrary, if this person has tens of millions of soldiers, hundreds of millions of subjects, and holds the power of all nations, and then arrogantly says while riding his horse: 'This world is all in my hands,' then hundreds of millions of subjects will sincerely agree with what he said. Only then can we say that this person is indeed qualified to talk about controlling the whole world."

"Yet, Yahweh, you who created the whole world and whose angels are everywhere, have never ruled or controlled this world..."

As it spoke, the owner of the hand curled up at the corner of its mouth, and said slowly and deliberately, with a mocking smile, "Because... you have never regarded angels as life."

"In your eyes, angels are nothing more than your hands and feet, your tools, your servants who carry out your will, and your messengers who deliver your messages, just like a person's hair and skin."

"Logic is the yardstick you use to measure the world, and thought is your creation journal. Everything in this world must be defined by you. In that case, what is life and what is not life can also be distinguished by your will. And it is obvious... angels, these things that have form but no substance, empty illusory forms without real flesh, cannot be considered life in your eyes at all."

"Can someone who rules over countless inanimate objects be said to control the world? No, because no life recognizes it. Similarly, your power can define the identity of everything in the world, but precisely because of this, your denial that angels are life also prevents you from being considered as having controlled the entire world."

"Because, apart from Adam, Lilith, and me, this seemingly prosperous universe..."

"It's all just you entertaining yourself, Yahweh."

The dark entity, shrouded in endless darkness and whose face was obscured, vaguely revealed behind it an indescribably vast and magnificent phantom—an invisible phantom larger than the sky, more expansive than the ocean, and greater than the entire world.

A deep voice rang out as he looked down at the chessboard in front of him.

"Yahweh, the only thing that can be said to control the world is life itself, not you or me, nor angels. You and I are not the main characters on this chessboard."

"This is not a game of chess where you win by strength, but a game of chess where you indirectly control the world by controlling life. Your angel legion may be large, but in the end it will be useless."

Then, under the watchful eyes of the omniscient and omnipotent being on the other side of the chessboard, the owner of the hand raised the queen piece high in his hand and then slammed it down in the middle of the chessboard, facing off against the many white pieces on the other side.

"Oh!"

As the sound of a piece being placed rang out, countless white pieces on the chessboard exploded in an instant. Whether it was a valiant knight, a loyal soldier, or even the White Queen who assisted the White King in managing the entire angel legion—the King of Angels—all were instantly reduced to ashes.

The board, which originally had a complete advantage for White, was suddenly reversed. Except for the White King, White had no pieces left, while Black still had two pieces.

A smile curved at the corner of his mouth.

"Yawei... it seems you've got the rules of the game wrong from the start. Now, I've won the first move."

(End of this chapter)