"Place your bets! Place your bets!"
On a certain planet within the Shattered Border, inside an extremely luxurious casino building as perceived by human vision.
In front of a gambling table marked with a [Hyperion] sign, the sudden flurry of activity attracted the attention of numerous gamblers, including an old man whose heavy scent of madness seemed as old as the world itself.
On the gambling table.
The most eye-catching item was an exquisitely crafted chess piece with a knife inserted into its neck and its body wrapped in bandages, its standards of refinement, delicacy, and coloring quality far surpassing the other pieces.
It even emanated an aura of 'execution.'
Beyond that.
Also displayed were a chess piece symbolizing Han Dong, half-grey, half-human,
A deep Abyss chess piece symbolizing Green,
A mimetic chess piece symbolizing Miss Helen,
And a Dumps chess piece with six Fingers.
