Global Games: Old Chess Players

January 21, noon, Seoul, South Korea.

Seoul is located in the Han River Basin in the northwest of South Korea. It is the capital of South Korea, the political, economic, technological, educational, and cultural center of South Korea, and one of the major financial cities in Asia.

Moreover, this city also has 34 famous universities such as Seoul National University, Kyung Hee University, Hanyang University, and Sungkyunkwan University, making it a veritable university city.

N Seoul Tower is an iconic attraction in Seoul.

This proud tower stands tall and straight in the middle of the desolate city, emitting four colors of dark blue, blazing white, golden, and orange-red light, like a soldier who has subjugated his country, still holding high the unwilling flag.

Not only that, N Seoul Tower is also the place where Lorenzo and Ansonlu agreed to meet.

Because based on past experience, the Evolution Foundation has analyzed a rule - no matter how unsightly a city has fallen, its landmark buildings will still remain intact and will not be destroyed by monsters, but it is hard to say about other attractions or buildings.

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Cosimo had just used his travel voucher to arrive at the foot of the Seoul Tower. He opened his blue eyes and saw what he saw - the 63 Building that was cut off from the middle, the ruined museum, the gray and black Gwanghwamun Gate, and the burning

Gyeongbokgung Palace in flames.

"It's too exaggerated..." He gasped and shuddered.

Cosimo loaded up the lightweight prosthesis and deployed a pair of mechanical floating wings behind his back.

"Bang!"

The metal opening of the mechanical wing spurted out strong airflow, driving Cosimo's figure to shoot into the sky, and the scarf around his neck fluttered in the cold wind.

Cosimo rose to a height as high as the clouds and swam in a circle toward the west. At such a height, he could take in everything in sight.

Looking at the many monuments in Seoul during the 600 years of the Joseon Dynasty, the palaces, ancestral temples and other buildings of the Joseon Dynasty were all completely destroyed in the hands of monsters, and not a single one was intact.

Those natural tourist attractions have not escaped the monster's clutches. Whether it is Bukhansan National Park, National Forest Park, or Hongneung Arboretum, they have all been occupied by cruel fire and ashes, losing their vitality.

It was clear that the sun was blazing in the sky, but the world in Cosimo's sight was gray. Even at a height of 100 meters, it seemed that the roar of monsters could be heard lingering in his ears.

The culprits responsible for destroying Seoul like this are a kind of creatures called "dark rockers". They are ferocious-looking creatures, wearing tattered jackets that dance like hunters, and holding a guitar.

Every time these monsters strum their guitars, the violent notes will form fire, hurricanes, and ocean tides in front of them, completely destroying every inch of Seoul.

The day before yesterday, the Evolution Foundation had sent people over for on-the-spot investigation to study the current situation in Seoul. Currently, there is a dungeon boss occupying Seoul, named - [Exploding Drummer].

It was a huge porcupine that was nine meters tall and four meters wide. It had anthropomorphic limbs and could hold huge drumsticks in its palms to beat the indestructible giant drum, thereby releasing powerful notes.

In the fourth round of dungeons, those players who chose to participate in the Seoul dungeon were all killed because they lost to the Exploding Drummer in the boss battle.

In the end, the failure of this dungeon brought disaster to the entire city, and the citizens who were watching the battle in a different space suffered together - nearly ten million lives were lost to the violent and disorderly notes of the monsters.

The place where the explosive drummers are entrenched is the historic Gyeongbokgung Palace in South Korea, which is the main palace of the Joseon Dynasty, the last unified dynasty in the history of the Korean Peninsula.

It is located at No. 161 Sajik-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Because it is located in the north of the city, it is also called "Northern Palace". It is the first of the five major palaces in Seoul and the political center of the early Joseon Dynasty.

Cosimo swallowed a sip of water, frowned, and looked at the riddled Gyeongbokgung Palace.

As if aware of the enemy's arrival, surrounded by a layer of city walls, the huge porcupine named "Explosive Drummer" raised its head and let out a majestic roar that could shake Seoul.

Gyeongbokgung Palace, which was already crumbling, was trembling unstoppably under this roar, as if even the remains of the palace were about to collapse and be shattered into dust that only existed in history.

"It's really big, but it's still a little inferior to the Statue of Ten Thousand Horsemen." Cosimo murmured.

Except for the head, the whole body of this porcupine is covered with sharp burrs. This structure is comparable to that of a hedgehog.

Its expression is as solemn as that of a dignified human being.

The body movements are like a proud champion, waiting for the challenger to arrive in the center of the ring called Gyeongbokgung Palace - the porcupine hugs his shoulders tightly, holding a huge drumstick in his left and right hands.

At this time, the porcupine was raising its face, its dark nose pointed at the sky. It used its pair of shining scarlet eyes to stare at Cosimo, who was floating in the sky like a fly in the distance.

In an instant, a bleak and murderous aura swept across, the sun seemed to dim a little more, the world was shrouded in a layer of violent shadow, and the monsters grinded their teeth and roared violently.

Cosimo's eyes twitched wildly, he trembled, cursed and fell from the sky in Seoul, returning to the square below the N Seoul Tower.

In just one minute, more than forty members of the law enforcement team gathered here - they came from all over the world, and under the official's strict requirements, few of them would be absent.

Almost none of the team members who are at the top of the world's combat power rankings are absent - after all, if other cities fell, there would be no need to send so many people, but this is the capital of South Korea, and its importance cannot be overstated.

Although... all the citizens of Seoul have long since died, and both modern buildings and historical sites have been destroyed horribly.

However, this place is the capital of South Korea after all - a city that embodies the essence of a country's brilliant civilization for hundreds of years.

The monsters in the fourth round of dungeons are indeed extremely powerful, especially the boss's combat power is seriously exceeded.

The risk is high. If the colonial monster is allowed to continue to wreak havoc and the city is ignored, as the law enforcement team, the official union with the most authority in the world, they will definitely be condemned and beaten by people all over the world.

scold.

Whether it is out of international obligations, moral spurs, or concern for the humanistic spirit, they must regain this city from the hands of colonial monsters and give a clear explanation to the Korean people who are in pain and mourning.

Cosimo landed and looked around.

He quickly captured Lorenzo's superior figure - Lorenzo's height of nearly 1.9 meters, his strong and stylish facial contours, and his unruffled aura, just like the bright moon hanging high among the stars.

It can be recognized at a glance.

However, the problem is that Cosimo was unable to find Anson Deer or any members of Hell's Beacon among the players.

You know, exactly ten minutes have passed since the time agreed upon by Anson Deer and Cosimo.

At this moment, the presence of the player was detected, and dark rock musicians swept in from all directions towards the N Seoul Tower.

Even these ordinary monsters are aware of the player's presence, let alone the Exploding Drummer who is in Gyeongbokgung Palace.

The boss of the occupied city will not wait for the player's challenge in a palace or a specific place like the boss in the dungeon.

After they occupy the city, they will become a violent colonial king - if anyone dares to invade its land, it will expel these people with terrifying force, or grind them into pieces.

At this time, the explosive drummer had already carried two huge drums on his back and walked with heavy steps.

Its huge feet stepped on the ground, and the burrs on its body penetrated the glass windows of the skyscrapers, causing frequent earthquake-like noises.

The whole city fell into a violent rhythm, playing violently to the pace of the explosive drummer, exploding fountains, collapsing high-rise buildings, and the leader of the monster musician looked up to the sky and roared, as if he was directing this grand symphony.

Cosimo walked quickly towards Lorenzo and asked in a low voice:

"No way, Captain, hasn't Anson the deer come yet?"

In private situations, Cosimo usually calls Lorenzo affectionately "brother" - but in such serious situations, even if he is Lorenzo's younger brother, he must strictly abide by the rules and call him "brother"

team leader".

Moreover, if it were other occasions, Cosimo's question would not be so civilized. He would only say: "Damn it, that idiot hasn't come yet. Damn it, you can put on airs if you are number one in the world, right?"

"I don't know." Lorenzo looked around and said calmly: "If he doesn't come today, there is still no need to change the plan. We can just solve it ourselves."

"Okay then." Cosimo shrugged his shoulders, feeling a little bored.

Gu Qiu approached the two of them, pulled up the sleeves of his sweater, and said in an emotionless voice: "Come closer. If its speed remains unchanged, the boss at the other end will be close to Seoul Tower in ten minutes at most."

While the two were talking, dark rock musicians had already flocked to N Seoul Tower in overwhelming numbers.

They plucked the guitar strings crazily, and the violent notes formed a blazing curtain of flames, violently blasting towards the more than 40 people in the law enforcement team.

"Ten minutes is enough to clear out the monsters around you first." Lorenzo said calmly.

As the words fell, golden emotional characters spread out from his body surface, wrapping around his body like a ring.

"Bang!"

The next moment, the circle of faith pulled the air, dragged Lorenzo's figure, and carried it towards the sky. The white uniform coats of the law enforcement team were hunting and dancing in the air.

In an instant, a dark giant bell appeared in front of Lorenzo. He gently raised his right arm and shook out the crazy bell. The giant bell shattered the air and blasted towards the flame curtain with unstoppable force.

"boom!"

Thousands of emotional characters poured out from the surface of the black clock, like a surging ocean tide, instantly engulfing the flames and extinguishing even an inch of flames.

At this time, there were five more data streams beside Gu Qiu. He released the data streams without hesitation. These five gray data streams flipped in the air and shot towards the west block like black birds.

“Bang——!!!”

The next second, all vehicles and buildings were swept into the violent gray blast, destroying them so much that not even ashes were left.

The group of dark rock musicians coming from the other side were all wiped out by the data flow blast triggered by Gu Qiu.

Cosimo was not idle either. He transformed into a heavy-duty prosthetic body and covered himself with layers of metal mechanical parts. In just two seconds, he transformed into a steel giant and shot out.

Each of its punches is as powerful as a cannonball, enough to blow away countless dark rock musicians.

These musicians used the energy offensive formed by musical notes, whether it was wind, fire, or water, to have no effect on Cosimo's mechanical armor, only adding some inconspicuous cracks to the prosthetic body he was carrying.

“Ahhhhhh——!!!”

The musicians roared and strummed their guitars more and more violently.

The bursting flames swept out from the guitar strings again. In the blink of an eye, the entire Seoul Tower Plaza had turned into a sea of ​​​​fire. More than 40 people from the law enforcement team showed their special powers in this sea of ​​​​fire.

There was no fear at all on their faces. They killed these monster musicians as easily as cutting through cabbage with a kitchen knife, leaving no room for the other party to breathe.

The most dazzling among them is undoubtedly the [Abyss Dancer] from Russia-Avril Lavigne.

She danced a swan dance in the center of the square. The dance was so ghostly, like a black rose flying in the air. Each petal fell to the surrounding square, and then formed a burst of dark notes. The notes were like a

The extremely sharp blade tore the bodies of those musicians apart until even the dregs were left.

[Second-level Abyss Dancer's Sequence Skill Three - Black Rose Dance Steps (The Abyss Dancer performs the swan dance, and the dance steps will spread out roses, which will then emit wonderful energy notes, invisibly destroying the opponent's mind and body)

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Not only that, Ruri Kamishiro from Japan was also very eye-catching among the members of the law enforcement team. She used her sword in the air, and thousands of cherry blossom petals passed through the sea of ​​fire and scattered towards the monster musicians.

The next second, she had already sheathed the knife.

"Puff——!!!" The blood flew backwards into the sky like a rain curtain.

Hundreds of musicians suddenly fell to the ground with a crash, and countless invisible cracks appeared on their bodies, as if thousands of crocodiles had bitten their bodies.

Among the more than forty people, the one with the weirdest tricks is undoubtedly the [Ember Circus] from the UK - Vino.

Vino adjusted his glasses, and a huge carriage suddenly appeared beside him. The carriage dragged a spacious carriage, which contained a miniature circus stage.

In this bizarre circus stage, a clown with an exaggerated appearance dances with countless blades in his hands; another clown swallows a mouthful of oil and picks up a lighter.

"Whoosh!!!"

“Bang——!!!”

The dark carriage shuttled among the musicians. Thousands of blades flew out from the carriage carriage and stabbed into the head of each musician accurately. Immediately, a blazing curtain of flames swept from the carriage, killing them.

All food in its path is burned to powder.

[Second-level Ember Circus Sequence Skill 1 - Opening Scene (Ember Circus begins to perform, but this is just an opening scene)]

At this moment, the violent vibrations coming from the other side of Seoul are getting closer and closer, and the explosive drummer is about to come to Seoul Tower to declare the sovereignty of this land to these foreign invaders.

Lorenzo would not worry about the members of the law enforcement team at all. As far as he knew about these members, none of the forty members would die at the hands of these miscreants.

The boss of the Seoul dungeon - Exploding Drummer, is the highlight of this battle.

It is easy to defeat it, but it is extremely difficult to ensure that there are no casualties.

Lorenzo raised his eyes and looked at the Exploding Drummer who was walking towards him.

This huge porcupine looked extremely angry. The huge palm holding the drumstick twitched faintly, and the bulging muscles on its arms seemed to be filled with uncontrollable rage.

At this moment, a dark red pirate ship suddenly appeared in the sky. This shadow was so huge that it almost occupied half of the sky in Seoul.

"Pirate ship?" Lorenzo frowned.

The huge sail danced in the winter sky, attracting the attention of all members of the law enforcement team.

The next moment, this phantom pirate ship aimed all its turrets and barrels at the Exploding Drummer, firing all the cannons as if there was a majestic captain directing it from behind.

"Bang!"

Intensive firepower poured down from the sky like a heavy rain, and countless shells fell towards the Explosive Drummer, hitting the drummer's head, causing a deafening roar.

Seoul, it was like an earthquake had occurred.

All the tall buildings were shaking violently, and the violent sound of artillery fire was about to drown the world. The blasting drummer protected his head with a drumstick, lowered his head and roared crazily.

"roar--!!!"

Five seconds passed before the burst of artillery fire completely stopped.

Instead, the red dragon with its wings spread appeared in the sight of everyone in the law enforcement team. It waved its majestic wings, made a loud sound in the sky, and shot from the other side of the sky.

The red dragon was surrounded by violent crows, and on its back stood a girl with snow-white hair, a young man holding a giant sword, and a man with a pitch-black right arm.

"Yo——!!!"

Not only that, from the other side of the sky, two reindeer stepped on the thunder light, dragging a sled and flew towards the direction of Seoul Tower, staying in mid-air.

A handsome young man wearing a school uniform was standing on top of the sleigh.

The young man in school uniform looked down at the law enforcement team below, and moved his brown eyes expressionlessly, as if looking for someone, and finally his eyes rested on Lorenzo.

"Sorry, I looked in the wrong place." The young man spoke, his voice was very calm, as if he was greeting an old friend.

"Just come, you were already planning to be absent." Lorenzo stared at him and said expressionlessly, "It will be resolved within three minutes. After that, you can do whatever you like."

"Three minutes is too long, Brother Pope." Anson Deer tilted his cheek and looked at the completely irritated Burst Drummer, "One minute is enough, any more second will count as my loss."

"Oh, this guy is really here." Cosimo glared at Anson Deer and said unhappily: "Anson Deer, you guy, don't you even draft your big words?"

"Stop talking nonsense, that guy is here." Ansenlu put his hands in his pockets, his dark brown eyes full of murderous intent, "Interdimensional Kangaroo, release the captain of the dragon boat.

At the same time, the future bluebird, come to me."