Quest for the Arcane Crown by Yajat Sharma

Author:Yajat Sharma [Sharma, Yajat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Notion Press
Published: 2021-03-11T22:00:00+00:00

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Matt found himself in a small chamber that had a golden table in the centre. Other than that, there was nothing more, except the Joker, who was hanging from the ceiling; Matt couldn’t figure out how.

The Joker was dressed like a circus clown holding a long sword in one hand.

“Aww!” he cried, floating down on the ground. “Come on! You could have made it more interesting! First, your dialogues were lame. Second, you destroyed the monster too fast. Third, please, Ling and Ming were great warriors! You could have fought them longer! And… couldn’t you add some witty comments or something? Phew! Booriiiiing! And also…”

“Enough!” The Scavenger said. “We have passed two of your three tests. Give us the third test, fast.”

The Joker sighed, “Okay, okay. The third test is…” Then after a pause, he dramatically blurted, “Chess!”

“What?”

“Yes.” The Joker seemed excited. “You send one from your team to play chess with me. I win… bad luck for you. You will be fed to the animals or kept prisoner for my entertainment. I lose, you get the second piece, and I will not stop you. Agreed?”

“Yes,” the Scavenger conceded.

“Wonderful!” The Joker clapped his hands and two chairs along with a chessboard on a table appeared. The Joker rubbed his hands in glee. “Now choose your player.”

The children huddled around for a quick discussion. “James,” the Scavenger began, looking at James

Surprisingly, James shook his head. “This time, it won’t be me. You don’t know it, but Matt was a district champion in chess.”

Matt nodded. “Don’t worry, I will take him on.”

Matt and the Joker sat facing each other.

Chess pieces popped out from the air and placed themselves on the chessboard.

“You first,” the Joker grinned. Matt moved his pawn.

The Joker moved his knight.

Matt proceeded with another pawn. The Joker shifted his bishop.

The game progressed. The Scavenger couldn’t make any sense of the game and felt lost.

The Joker tried to demolish Matt’s soldiers. But Matt knew this trick. He lost two soldiers to convince the Joker that he was oblivious of this trick. Matt quickly moved his knight and killed his queen.

“NO!” The Joker was furious. He moved his bishop forward.

The Joker eliminated another two of Matt’s soldiers, but it was too late. Matt had knocked out the Joker’s queen, which was the most powerful. Now he was free to surround the king. But first, he had to make sure the Joker’s knight and bishop were out of the game too.

Matt suddenly saw a flaw in the Joker’s formation. Seizing this opportunity, he surrounded the knight.

Another two moves and the knight was gone. But the Joker killed Matt’s bishop too. It was turning out to be a neck-to-neck competition.

The Joker moved his bishop… and killed Matt’s knight. “Oh no!” Matt cried, banging his fist on the table.

The Joker knocked out Matt’s remaining two soldiers.

Matt found a big opening. He lost his rook but managed to kill two soldiers and the last bishop of his opponent.

The game was nearing an end. Matt had a knight, no bishop, two rooks, no pawn and, of course, the king and the queen.

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