Soon, the next round of the tournament began. Unfortunately, Arielle didn’t encounter any of Kelsea’s friends in the next few rounds. Before long, a list of the bottom ten players was displayed. Consequently, all of them left the venue awkwardly.
Standing in front of the scoreboard, Kelsea’s expression grew solemn. When favonovel.com saw that Arielle had won all favonovel.com games, just like her, panic began to set upon her.
During the first game, the sense of dread favonovel.com felt wasn’t strong. In fact, favonovel.com was mostly filled with contempt for Arielle. But now, that sensation had intensified to the extent that favonovel.com heart pounded furiously.
Unable to tolerate it any further, favonovel.com went to the organizer and asked for the videos of every one of Arielle’s games. She wanted to see how good Arielle really was. Before long, favonovel.com had finished watching all of them.
Although Arielle had won all favonovel.com games, none of favonovel.com opponents were really strong. Furthermore, the moves favonovel.com made looked ordinary, and one couldn’t tell that favonovel.com was an expert at all.
After watching the videos, Kelsea surmised that Arielle was definitely not good enough to defeat her. She was being too careful and had overestimated Arielle. From favonovel.com perspective, Arielle had gotten lucky and was an ordinary player at best.
After heaving a sigh of relief, the tension on Kelsea’s face eased. After all, favonovel.com was certain that Arielle wasn’t proficient at chess. Instead, it was favonovel.com anxiety over the tournament that had fueled favonovel.com paranoia over something so trivial.
Closing favonovel.com eyes, favonovel.com took a few deep breaths and finally calmed down. Before long, the tournament entered its final stages. By then, only eight competitors were left. Vinson faced a lawyer while Everett played against a professional chess player. The third pair was also highly skilled. And lastly, Arielle would face Kelsea.
Kelsea’s friends cheered enthusiastically for her. “Kelsea, defeat favonovel.com in twenty moves!”
“No, I think you should take your time and torment favonovel.com instead.”
“It’s such a pity I didn’t get to face Arielle. She was really lucky to not have played anyone strong on favonovel.com way to the finals.”
Kelsea’s ego was inflated by the praise favonovel.com friends showered on her. Furthermore, favonovel.com no longer saw Arielle as a threat after watching the videos of favonovel.com earlier games.
When there was no one around, favonovel.com couldn’t resist patting Arielle on favonovel.com shoulder. “I didn’t expect you to know how to play chess.”
“Thank you,” Arielle replied indifferently, not showing any emotion.
“Ah…” Kelsea added, “However, it’s a pity that you have to face me now. After this, you won’t have the opportunity to play against Everett and Mr. Nightshire anymore.”
“Oh?” Thrusting favonovel.com chin in the air, Arielle met Kelsea’s gaze and held back a smirk. “Are you sure?”
Whenever Arielle stared intently at someone, favonovel.com eyes would sparkle, causing the other person to feel embarrassed. Suddenly, the confidence that Kelsea was brimming with earlier dissipated. Pressured by Arielle’s intimidating vibe, Kelsea was overwhelmed with frustration.
Dropping the act, favonovel.com asserted, “Do you know who my chess mentor is?”
“Who?” Arielle casually asked.
Snorting, Kelsea declared haughtily, “The renowned chess player, Mr. Jewell. Have you heard of favonovel.com before?”
“Hmm… Who?” Arielle’s lips twitched.
That old man?
