Dragon Tribulation of All Realms

Chapter 390 The Chess Game Part Two

【You cheated! 】

The phantom of the Void White Whale stirred restlessly. It looked at the chessboard and noticed that Mikawa Province, where the Tokugawa family resided, had suddenly raised a surrender flag to the Takeda family. The tanuki within its borders had been easily wiped out by this outsider who had suddenly appeared on this land, and he had also easily subdued Princess Sen, who was supposed to be a troublesome woman, thus smoothly bringing the entire Tokugawa family to his subjugation and making them work for him.

His conquests continued—he soon commanded a large army. The Imagawa clan, neighboring the Tokugawa clan, was quickly conquered. That fiefdom, also controlled by monsters and hani, was easily annexed by him. And he even recruited a samurai and a priestess during his campaigns.

The samurai's name is Okita Nozomi. He is not skilled in combat, but he possesses considerable personal strength. The shrine maiden's name is Tamaki Fuka. She is skilled in archery and healing magic, and also has a connection to the Yamata no Orochi sealed beneath Jepan.

This can be described as a sudden and unexpected rise.

Before the white whale could even react and connect the dots, the man who called himself Wu Chen had already led the armies of both countries north to join forces with the Takeda forces. It was only a very brief exchange. The four retainers who actually controlled Takeda immediately acknowledged that Wu Chen was the true Takeda Shingen, and the land encompassing the four countries was thus united!

The tide of war turned dramatically, with the Takeda clan, whose military strength had expanded rapidly, launching a pincer attack on the Hojo clan with the combined forces of two armies. Two entire fiefdoms were thus seized, leaving the remaining Hojo forces only able to hold out in their last fiefdom, losing their ability to intervene externally and contend for supremacy. Furthermore, excluding the territory of the One-Eyed Yokai, which had little interaction with the outside world, the Takeda forces now possessed one-fifth of the most suitable land in Jepan for expansion.

The beluga whale became anxious as a result.

That man, I never even saw his destiny. He shouldn't have been there, Dust, that man is you!

It blared its accusations, but Wu Chen simply rested his chin on his hand, watching its powerless rage—his source theory had been operating steadily, and he hadn't encountered any resistance for violating the rules. Because earlier commissions had higher priority than later ones. Therefore, his presence was perfectly reasonable.

“That man’s name is Wu Chen,” he said slowly and deliberately. “And I am Dust.”

"What does Wu Chen's actions have to do with Duster?"

The answer is no, at least not in the current game. After all, while he was making his moves, the Void Whale, which had been secretly controlling the demonic forces from the very beginning, was cheating.

"Shall we continue?" So, Wu Chen raised his hand again and moved the chess piece in front of him.

【……Down.】

The phantom of the beluga whale grunted twice, and then, as he had expected, chose to continue.

it is as expected.

..............................

Wu Chen, standing on the chessboard, glanced at the distant west.

"I can't wait any longer," he said, a smile playing on his lips. He sensed a rift in another dimension that had been forcibly opened, and the pink-haired girl destined to become the Demon King, Miki Kurimi, appeared alone on the borderlands of the Shimazu Six Provinces.

The white whale had tampered with the original plan. According to the plan, Miki Kurimi should have appeared on the Jepan Land with her boyfriend. This would have allowed them to support and encourage each other, thus delaying Miki's awakening. Now, Miki, alone, could awaken on her own at any moment due to external pressure.

All the people on Jepan combined couldn't defeat Miki Kurami. Even in the game, after her awakening, she could only achieve a victory that the operators would directly define as cheating by using the game's power point system. That's why the White Whale demanded to continue.

And it's incredibly stupid.

Wu Chen pursed his lips, his smile fading. His attention was no longer on it, but continued to focus on the vast battlefield before him.

The battlefield between Takeda and Uesugi. Both well-prepared armies were ready to fight with all their might. And with the sound of drums, he lowered the battle flag to signal the start of the attack.

"March!"

The elite army, outnumbering their opponents by more than double, surged forward with overwhelming momentum. With six nations attacking two, their sheer size advantage meant Wu Chen only needed to ascertain the fact that his forces were far superior, and then proceed with a direct, uncompromising attack.

He did indeed do that.

His command did not provoke any dissent.

Two armies, roughly equal in quality but vastly different in number, clashed violently on the vast plain before them. Then, all the soldiers roared and brandished their weapons.

There were no surprises, no miracles. It was a pure clash of arms, and the final result was that the number of casualties on both sides was not significantly different. Soon, the Uesugi clan lost half of its troops, while the Takeda side suffered losses of less than a quarter.

Defeat is imminent.

This loss ratio would be devastating even in a fantasy world. The next moment, the sound of war drums echoed from the Uesugi clan's main camp. The female clan head in white armor, Uesugi Kenshin, who had single-handedly shouldered the burden of the Uesugi clan with her martial prowess, was ultimately forced to lead her most elite personal guard into a risky attack at an inopportune time.

"My lord, please allow me to go into battle."

A sickly swordswoman wearing glasses stepped forward. She was Okita Nozomi, and her illness had been cured. Her leadership abilities were practically nonexistent. However, under Wu Chen's tutelage, she possessed a life force level approaching sixty.

"Go."

Wu Chen granted her permission to proceed. A guard squad, capable of nothing but providing cover, swiftly advanced with her towards the center of the battlefield. And what would subsequently unfold naturally came into Wu Chen's view.

This victory was already destined. This victory will not need to be delayed for long.

Kenshin, leading his personal guard in a final desperate charge, ultimately failed to break through the hastily modified military formation of Wu Chen. The cavalry's momentum vanished when they were still a hundred meters away from Wu Chen, and the next moment, they were surrounded and attacked by the army along with Okita Nozomi.

A general can easily defeat a swordsman in the chaos of battle. But in a forced one-on-one situation, the general's only hope of victory lies in the opponent's lack of armor-piercing abilities. Unfortunately, for high-level swordsmen, conventional or unconventional armor is practically worthless.

And so, when Noboru brought the defeated Kenshin before Wuchen, Uesugi, the nemesis of the Takeda forces, finally fell to this chess player.

(End of this chapter)