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Previously on Games of Cup – Four armies are left to claim the empty throne after Madrid’s downfall. And nobody can predict what the Gods have in mind…
Zoc and the Oracle
General Obradovic enjoys his bitter drink in the Kalemegdan hill alongside the Oracle. It’s not the first time they are drinking together and that’s why Obradovic knows that no one can alter the will of the Gods. Fate has been already decided and the Oracle is only the messanger of the Gods to mortals.
“You haven’t change a bit. Your thirst for battle and wins remains the same. I never met anyone else with the same competitive nature”.
“I can’t but worry. Bourousis wants revenge for what happened seven winters ago. I have beaten him many times and I know that he hasn’t forgot what happened”, is the answer of the thoughtful Zoc.
“The Gods have given to Giannis what he was owed. The debt to him is fully repaid. Berlin will be a different story and the past doesn’t matter”.
“My dream is a united empire. Istanbul can be again the center of Europe. The rest of the realm will bow down before our superiority. Even if Vesely is still wounded”. Obradovic’s face is flushed and purple. He finishes his drink and says goodye using Serbian wors to the old teacher, the Oracle. It’s been five years since he was on the throne and this it too much time for him…
The curse of the Dragon
It’s one more sleepless night for Milos, who is gazing the sky from the window of his chamber. The year 2009 A.C. is still on his mind. He was there in Berlin and this city haunts him. It’s the legend of the Dragon and once again the whispers can be heard all around Moscow.
The Dragon is the reason of Teodosic’s curse to never sit on the Euroleague throne. As a member of the Red and White realm he was present in Berlin. But Milos never entered this battle, the Green banner for the first time prevailed in a semfinal and the moment was lost.
He still can’t understand why he was not in the battlefield. And now he was the chance to complete the circle where all of this was started.
But his mind cannot rest. “What’s wrong with me? Why I am thinking about the past? King Giannakis is no longer part of the empire. Many years has passed and Dragons are now only part of fairytales and legends”.
The same dire thoughts are visiting him every night and he can’t send them away. The time is upon him. The Oracle’s words are echoing on his mind. One moment, one decision… a shot, a pass…patience…