episode_0048

In fact, there were many problems with Academy students being able to immediately immerse themselves in Monopoly.

Monopoly is a board game that lasts several hours per game, and only one was installed in the Astron dormitory, and the rules were somewhat complicated as it was a strategy game, so it was inevitable that it would take time to get used to it.

Nevertheless, there are three reasons why Monopoly shook the entire academy.

“No, these are all rules? Compared to Kill the King, it’s almost like a major book?”

“So you won’t do it? It’s a board game that Kyle Byron donated to the academy.”

“Kyle Byron and all, only western guys like you know, but easterners don’t know… … … Well, there’s nothing I can do about it.”

“Because there are a lot more western guys than eastern guys?”

“Yeah, you bastard.”

First was Kyle Byron’s reputation. To be precise, the reason was that there were many students from the West at the academy.

With the popularity of Abracadabra created by Arche Matap, the name of its creator, Kyle Byron, is gradually becoming known throughout the empire, but its fame is still limited to the West. However, there was no major problem as about 40% of the academy students were from the West.

Since the student ratio varies by region every year, this could have been purely luck.

As there are many people from the West, the academy trend is often led by the West, and students from the West are very interested in Kyle Byron’s board games, and other students naturally follow the trend.

“Hmm, this is the stock selected by Astron, right?”

“Board game… … Monopoly. It looks quite complicated at first glance, but it is surprisingly simple.”

“The catch is that there are no magical elements at all. Is it really okay to do this as a meeting event?”

“To put it another way, wouldn’t that mean that the arrogant Luke Sil was pushed to the point where he had to rely on board games that used his brain? Take a look. If you’ve made it this far and come in last again… … … It would be okay to talk about it then.”

” Well, with this, I can at least get out of last place… … .”

Second, the response from the academy professors was also not bad.

Since it was a meeting of the academy’s magic section, it was natural that all the events at the meeting were related to magic, such as magic battles and magic demonstrations. However, Astron’s Luke Sil broke that unwritten rule.

Nevertheless, the professors were convinced. They couldn’t have been unaware of the position of Astron, which is challenging for last place for 5 consecutive years and 6 years this year.

At first or twice, they were able to laugh it off by making fun of Lukesil or worrying about Lukesil’s wallet, but since Astron was in last place for five years, even the professors were watching Lukesil. No matter how much the magic towers competed with each other, there were few professors who could make fun of Lukesil’s appearance as he became gaunt day by day.

However, it is impossible to ask students to intentionally lose to Astron, and it is also difficult to suggest a team game to show consideration for Astron alone. In the end, what mattered was their first place.

Above all, there was no guarantee that Astron would be able to escape last place even if it was a team event. Because being ranked last for five years has lowered the quality of students who choose Astron.

Considering that the academy only has up to 3rd grade, some students are in last place from admission to graduation. Among the students who entered school afterward, the likelihood that talented students would choose Astron was very low.

So while I thought it was just a pity, Astron broke the unwritten rule and brought a board game, and there was no professor who couldn’t be considerate of that level.

Anyway, with what they brought, they will at least be able to avoid last place.

“Hey, but isn’t this taking too long? There’s a week left until the meeting, but at this rate we won’t be able to get even 10 people.”

“That’s right too. However, just looking at the rules, it’s a game that takes several hours… … … Is it okay to play one game a day after the lecture? How many students are waiting now?”

“Why are you worrying so much? You haven’t forgotten who the people gathered in this dormitory hall are right now, right?”

“Huh?”

“Astron and Glesia! All you Arche bastards, come out there! You know the magic that speeds up perceived time? There’s a magic that combines three areas that I learned a while ago!”

“Are you crazy? That’s great magic! At our level, it takes more than 100 people to speed up the perceived time of only three or four people! That’s a really stupid idea!”

“So you won’t do it?”

“Let’s do it right now.”

Lastly, all of the academy students were wizards.

If they were ordinary people, it would have taken a few weeks for them all to play Monopoly, but even if they were more sophisticated than those who entered the Magic Tower, they were still wizards.

Astron identifies another space around Monopoly, Glesia isolates the space with ice, and Arche confuses the sense of time.

As a result, more than 100 students had to maintain the magic, but they created a space around Monopoly where the perceived time was several times faster.

Thanks to this, Monopoly, which used to take several hours, could be completed in 30 minutes in real time.

“What? The students themselves came up with a magic trick to speed up perceived time?”

“Such lovely guys! Let’s go now! Future graduate students!”

“Okay, just go help. Personally, I was curious about the board game called Monopoly.”

“Then you are hunting… … Don’t recommend this! Even we are not enough!”

“… … No, that’s not it.”

Moreover, the professors who heard the news helped the students with pure(?) hearts.

Not only was it now possible to finish a game of Monopoly in just 10 minutes, but some professors even told students to skip class and go play Monopoly because this would help improve their magic skills.

These fortunate circumstances and circumstances overlapped so that academy students could finally play Monopoly whenever they wanted.

“Build a hotel.”

“Hey! That’s all your assets!”

“You don’t have to get caught, right? Instead, if you get caught, you get 1500 gold.”

“This is crazy… … … please! Evil!!”

“Haha! Give me 1500 gold!”

“No, if this were to happen, what I’ve done so far would have no meaning! The hotel turned around in one click… … !?”

The Academy soon fell into Monopoly madness.

During the meeting, one person from each of the six fields came out to play, so the students also played Monopoly in groups of six.

Naturally, like Monopoly, only one or two of them smiled brightly, and the rest ended the game full of excitement and resentment.

And students, specifically wizards.

“Hey, at best it’s fake money, right? You could lose, right? Don’t get too carried away.”

“Yes, you won. I’ll admit it.”

“Oh, are you finally admitting it?”

“But will this fireball acknowledge you!?”

Kwaaaang!!

I had no intention of enduring it, and I did not.

It is not uncommon for attack magic to be used in the middle of Monopoly, and there are countless people who go to the magic duel arena as soon as Monopoly is over.

Due to the great magic of the ‘Beggar Archmage’ who served as the academy’s dean, killing was prohibited within the academy, but only causing burns or fractures was possible.

However, that never became a problem.

Injuries of that level were common even in existing magic duels and team competitions. Since the wizards were the best talent in the empire, follow-up measures such as recovery were certain.

If there was a problem, Monopoly itself was the problem.

“Monopoly is the devil’s board game! Kyle Byron who made this must be the devil!”

“Isn’t that because you lost three times in a row?”

“No!!”

“Then go and kill the king or something. Kids like you get together and claim that Kill the King is a real board game?”

“… … … It’s not fun, what should I do? Kill the King doesn’t feel like Monopoly!”

If six people play, five of them will get angry. The unpleasant feeling of being swayed and losing without being able to do anything.

And that’s why the overwhelming pleasure of overcoming it all and achieving victory.

This was the reason why students who had experienced Monopoly continued to play Monopoly despite pouring out all kinds of abusive language.

Monopoly is different from static board games like Kill the King.

Because of this, the Academy was deeply immersed in Monopoly.

If nothing can give you the same pleasure as Monopoly.

The best way was to research as much as possible and find a winning strategy.

“This is not a prison. You can participate in the auction even in prison, right? In fact, isn’t it a privilege to not step on another land for 3 turns…? … ?”

“Are you a genius? Prison, prison is the answer!”

“Hey, can’t you manipulate the dice with magic? I think Astron and Arche can do it, right?”

“If I can use magic without being detected while students and professors are watching, then I am a great wizard.”

“How about preventing anyone from monopolizing? Players agree to buy land to prevent monopolies and play with only the basic toll fee!”

“Did you forget to give me 200 gold every time you spin? Land without buildings costs 50 gold at most, so what should I do with all the money?”

New strategies are discovered, manipulation through magic is attempted, and even novel ideas emerge.

And professors were not much different.

“Limited number of buildings… … Thanks to this rule, it is impossible to build buildings as you wish. Rather, building a hotel may be detrimental.”

“You really created a game of this depth by yourself? Why has this genius not been known until now?”

“Arke Magic Tower was lucky. We created Abracadabra by selecting such talented people… … … .”

“It’s quite interesting. There are only a few days left until the meeting anyway, so I guess I can just take a break from the lecture. Students also miss lectures because they are concentrating on Monopoly, so let’s just let it go.”

“Amman, isn’t that true?”

“I don’t think that’s what you want to say when you postponed the lecture for an hour because you had to play Monopoly.”

Professors who were addicted to Monopoly under the pretext of preparing for the meeting even canceled all lectures until the meeting.

With this in mind, it was no exaggeration to say that all the students and professors in the academy’s magic department were playing Monopoly.

Personally, even those who were not interested in or did not find Monopoly fun were paying attention to it in some way because it was a ‘gathering’ sport.

The Astron dormitory hall, where Monopoly is located, was always packed with students and professors, and similarly, the magic duel arena was also overcrowded with reservations.

like that.

The day of the meeting has arrived.

*

‘Is this right?’

Lukesil sighed as he looked down at the Astron dormitory from his office.

The Astron dormitory, filled with students and professors, was literally bursting with laughter when the day of the meeting arrived. Therefore, Monopoly, which had been installed in the hall, was moved to the main auditorium.

Nevertheless, the students were talking about all kinds of things in the Astron dormitory while they waited, perhaps because they had memories of gathering in the Astron dormitory to play Monopoly and study.

But it was by no means a benign sight.

“I know it’s strange to say this, but wasn’t Astron threatening Kyle Byron? Otherwise, there’s no way such a devil’s game would come out.”

“Huh? Wasn’t the Kyle Byron story a lie and wasn’t it a game Astron made a deal with the devil to get out of last place for 5 consecutive years?”

“Whether it’s Kyle Byron or the devil, the fact that Astron brought it doesn’t change. Professor Lucesil, I didn’t see it that way… … … .”

“Hey! I’m going to have a magic duel with this bastard, so who’s going to be the judge? The condition for defeat is two or more fractures!”

“Two fractures? Is that a duel? You guys just don’t duel.”

“Today is the meeting day, but is the duel hall still full? The duel itself doesn’t matter, but can’t we just duel in Monopoly later?”

“… … … Why do you think that’s a good idea?”

Conspiracy against Astron, and a magic duel that was taken for granted at some point.

Aside from the fact that duels, which had been avoided due to painful, if not fatal, injuries, were revived thanks to Monopoly, some students who became serious about Monopoly even formed a Monopoly club.

The academy was slowly being invaded by Monopoly, and even professors who were supposed to stop it were even preparing papers saying it was an interesting research project.

Can we just watch that devil’s game swallow up the academy like this?

Of course, the person who accepted Kyle’s suggestion to ‘release Monopoly’ did not intend to do so.

“Now that it’s like this.”

Now, there really is only 1st place.

Because it felt like he was actually sacrificing the Academy, Lucesil did not set his goal of escaping in 6th place.

‘You also received strategies and tips from that devil.’

Only 1st place. That’s an overwhelming first place.

Only that can end Astron’s vicious cycle.

Because they keep coming in last place, new students don’t often choose Astron, there are still no standout talents, and they can’t use their strength even in meetings where 1-on-1 has become the mainstream event.

Moreover, Astron’s students were suffering from defeatism and were secretly ridiculed by students in other fields.

Lukesil made a deal with the devil to defeat him.

“Please… … !!”

Today, on the day of the meeting.

Everything would be decided.

The tension and anxiety of having to win came over her.

“Ah, Lukesil! I brought fried corn snacks and drinks! Let’s take a look together!”

“… … … … .”

Only Kyle Byron smiled innocently.