Beyond the end of the magic pipe, a narrow, long corridor appeared. The walls were carved with enormous chessboard patterns, and the black and white squares of the floor stretched all the way to the end of the hallway.
The moment Gais entered the hallway, monsters resembling chess pieces began to move in the darkness.
Heukcheol King Gwe stood at the front and lifted his crown-shaped head. On both sides, the Platinum Queen and Black Iron Lucian monsters advanced slowly, while behind them, bishop, knight, and phantera-type monsters filled the corridor.
Heukcheol Rukgoe suddenly charged straight ahead.
Gais turned his body to the side to evade the attack and struck Rukgwe’s body hard with a shield strike. A massive metal body crashed into the wall. At that moment, the Platinum Queen Monster unleashed beams of slicing light in all directions.
Gais ran through the beams.
A flash of speed.
Queen Gwae's gloves were deeply cracked.
The Black Demon Knight Monster crashed down the side wall and leapt up. As the head resembling a horse's was struck from above, Gaisa deflected it with a shield. The chessboard on the floor shattered from the impact, and Gaisga pushed Knight's body away and stabbed him with a poison spear.
From behind, the Black Iron Bishop monster unleashed a magical strike in a diagonal direction.
Gais passed by, brushing against the hallway wall, dodging the attack. Even with the white light bishop's diagonal beam overlapping, Gaisga crouched and passed between the two attacks.
The electricity exploded immediately.
Both bishops wavered.
Heukcheol and Rukgoe stood blocking the corridor from both sides. A body like a fortress wall completely blocked the path. Gais charged between the two looks, raising his shield.
Bang!
Shield-chasing pushed back Baek Seok Ruk-gwe.
In the meantime, Shin Sok Ilseom passed by. Rukgoe's thick body split and crashed against the wall.
At that moment, the phones on the floor moved all at once.
Black phone gangs and white-cheeked phone soldiers charged through the narrow corridor, spears and shields in hand. Gais did not step back. He parried the spears with his shield and knocked down the vanguard by throwing poison spears in succession.
The queen-winged monster behind spread its wings.
Dozens of beams of light poured down from the ceiling.
Gais raised his shield, deflecting the beams of light as he charged forward. Electric sparks exploded around his body, and a swift blade sliced across his wings.
The queenwing monster twisted.
The Stalagmite Smash raised both arms and struck down the corridor. The floor cracked and the walls shook. Gaisga jumped over the collapsing ground to evade the charge of the mounted spear-wielder.
Masang Changgoe changed direction abruptly.
Gaisga threw a poison spear without looking back.
The spear pierced right through the torso.
At that moment, Sa-seon Nat-gwe appeared from the opposite side of the corridor. Though swung diagonally by a massive scythe, Gaisga deflected the attack with his shield, then plunged his body in and swiftly launched a one-hit assault.
The sickle arm was severed.
At the end of the corridor, the black Seungjeok body began to change form. His phone-like body swelled, transforming him into a gigantic queen monster. At the same time, the White Augmenta absorbed the surrounding phones and grew into a massive entity.
Both promoted teams attacked simultaneously.
Gais charged between the two monsters, exploding the electricity. The poison spear pierced through the center of one side, while the swift blade crossed the other.
Finally, the entire hallway shook.
Chessboard-feeding fish covered the floor and walls, turning the hallway into a giant chessboard. Monsters emerged from the black squares, and new figures appeared in the white squares.
The chess master slowly walked out from the center.
Under the enormous crown, countless artifacts moved simultaneously.
Gais adjusted his grip on the shield.
The entire hallway turned into a battlefield