episode_0012

March 187. Jeokma Dormitory Square.

Both players pick up the dice.

Mina has 1, Graven has 2.

The tension in the silence.

Depending on who goes first, the flow of the battle completely changes.

Mina and Graven made eye contact and rolled the dice at the same time.

“3, 7.”

“1. I’m the one who goes first.”

“That’s right!”

Cheers from the Red Horse Dormitory.

In return for losing the first strike twice in a row, Graven will roll three initiative dice in the fourth round, but what does it matter?

The magic team was conducted soon after, and the results were as follows.

Remy – 1 moon, 1 sun, 2 wind

Graven – 1 water, 1 beast, 1 wind, 1 grass

Tangaroa – Grass 2 Fire 1

Blacksmith Club Dwarf – All-rounder 1 Sun 1 Beast 1

“End of Magic Team. End of purification stage. End of startup phase. Combat phase begins.”

“Choose a maid in the east!”

As expected, when the Scarlet Devil Hall maids took their turn, the Black Swan Dormitory fell into a gloomy atmosphere.

“Sprinting… Sprinting… If it weren’t for sprinting…”

“14cm If you widen the distance by walking and then reverse charge and shoot, there is no answer.

However, other than crocodiles, there are no models with impact force…”

“What if the crocodile glares at Remy?”

“The distance to Remy is over 20cm. You will only be able to attack on the 4th turn.”

But Mina’s choice was enough to surprise them.

“Charge 14cm again to the west and then fire at a sprint. The goal is Vice President Tangaroa.”

“What?”

Of course, the distance increased, but the current distance is 18cm.

The distance at which the crocodile can strike with a charge after moving.

“Are you saying that you will cut off the vice president even at the expense of the maids…”

“It’s a reasonable judgment. A crocodile can only eat two or three people, so it won’t go extinct.”

Crash! Hit dice and defense dice were rolled.

The damage received from the first shot is 3, and the damage received from the second shot is 4.

Tangaroa’s physical strength is in tatters.

“End of turn.”

“I’m worried.”

Graven stroked his chin and looked at the table.

“Well, since there are two people with full magical power, the vice president will be able to recover and endure.

Or try avoiding my attack by laying a forest on the floor.”

Deep Green – Grass 2, 24cm, point with no other terrain within 6cm, permanent, removable

Place a 6 cm radius forest tile at the target location. (Rough terrain, concealment, blocked visibility, flammable terrain)

Forests can be targets for release.

Life – 2 grass, 12cm, 1 friendly unit, diagonal

Target unit recovers 2 health.

Graven was also well aware of the two full magic spells that Mina pointed out.

“The vice president… gives up.”

“You’re giving up?”

A voice of astonishment.

“Even if I tried to recover here, it would be nothing more than being dragged around.

I choose myself!”

Graven pointed to his model.

“As your first action, leave the melee!”

The blood wizard model moved 4cm and escaped the attack of the fierce men.

“Cast Blood Puddle as your second action!

The target is directly below the crocodile, exactly 30cm away!”

Blood Puddle – 1 water 1 beast, 30cm, 1 point with no other landmarks within 6cm, maintainable, dispellable

Place one blood puddle tile with a radius of 6 cm at the target location. (Pollution 6, rough terrain, wet terrain)

A pool of blood can be a target for dispelling.

“Ahh!”

“What’s wrong? Isn’t that actually a hindrance? Because of pollution, crocodiles suffer damage every time they act.”

“So, why would you install something like that on your unit?”

The first-year students at Red Horse looked puzzled by Indira’s lament.

She quickly explained the situation.

“See the alligator reference chart!”

Incubation (Wet Terrain) – While in Wet Terrain, this unit gains Cloak.

Incursion (Wet Terrain) – When starting a turn in Wet Terrain, this unit gains Proficiency 1 (Walk, Charge).

Protective Color – When cloaked, this unit is cloaked.

“Puddles of blood are wet terrain. Therefore, the crocodile becomes stealthy and cannot be attacked from a distance of more than 12cm!”

“I see! Now you can avoid Remy’s shots.”

“Not only that! The real problem is surprise!”

Graven said with a smile.

“Because of its surprise ability, the crocodile was finally able to move three times.

The threatening range of crocodiles is 30cm! Now Remy is also in threat range!”

“Well. If Remy moves twice, he will move 28cm.

30cm is all you can do to narrow the distance.”

“Look at the location.”

Mina looked at the table. If it moves 30 cm, it touches the edge of the table.

You may survive this turn, but next turn you will definitely be torn apart by a crocodile.

“It’s up! It’s Mr. Graven’s magic combo!”

“The crocodile’s momentum as it moves three times is like an assassin with claws!”

“End of turn.”

While listening to the exclamations of the Black Swan students, Graven reviewed the situation.

Since the crocodile is a large model, if it acts on a pool of blood, it must roll 5 Pollution 6 dice. You’ll probably take 3 damage.

But with this, we definitely captured the enemy.

There are two choices Remi can make.

one. Attempt to dispel the pool of blood by getting as close as 12cm. If you pour 4 mana into an ending spell, there is a high chance of dispelling it.

However, Remy, who has used up all his acting power, is bitten by the crocodile’s walk-charge.

two. Run to the end of the wall and attack the vice president once.

Then, the crocodile can stop biting the maids, and the proficient crocodile can hit the maids twice.

The complete defeat of the maid unit is certain. After that, you can send the dwarves in and cook slowly while blocking the path ahead.

If you’re lucky, the vice president might not fall down with one attack.

Then you can cast Deep Green and add more terrain to the map.

The Graven model’s casting of the Vampiric Wave was a lucky punch that was either good or bad.

By continuing to build puddles like this, the table becomes the crocodile’s home ground.

Tangaroa lays down forests and walls, further restricting the space in which the enemy can move.

Dwarves have a secondary damage that will burn enemies hiding in the forest. First year students are meat shields.

This is his game plan. This is his win plan!

Graven tried to suppress a smile.

It’s not good manners to be happy because you won against a beginner.

However, seeing the winning strategy being precisely put together made him burst into laughter.

And Mina was the one to laugh as well.

“My turn. I choose Remy.

Your first action is to walk east. Advance to exactly 12cm of the crocodile.”

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December 186. Student council room.

“I’m off work now.”

“Let’s go!”

“Wait.”

Hwayoung and Vice President Tangaroa stopped at the chairman’s call.

“Why are you leaving already? It’s not even time to eat dinner yet.”

“…Why are you talking like an evil boss?”

“There’s nothing to do!”

“Why is there nothing to do?”

“Colman-kun is no longer providing unit designs!”

The eyes of the three people were focused on me.

To be precise, it was probably pointed.

Because I was lying face down on my desk, I couldn’t see their eyes.

I heard a rustling sound and felt a hand stroking my back.

Princess Lilac spoke in an extremely kind voice.

“Colman. Where does it hurt?”

“Wow… favoritism really.

Chairman, isn’t this a bit much? You didn’t even look after me when I was lying down in pain.”

“You’re so healthy and strong, so I’m not worried.

Coleman said that this delicate thing would fly if you hit it.”

Unfortunately, I was still lying down, so I couldn’t see the vice president’s expression when he heard those words.

The chairman put his hand on my forehead and tried to check my fever.

I realized that if I lay down any longer, a really big problem would arise, so I jumped up.

“It’s okay. President. I’m not in any pain.”

“Really?”

“Yes. I just… I can’t think of any ideas.

The basic infantry in each dormitory, the dormitory’s namesake… so the famous people, those were easy to come up with.

The professors will be judging anyway. But when I think about what special units to give to each dormitory, I can’t think of any ideas.”

It would have been much easier if I had made it with my own worldview.

Then I would have made rat ninjas, dragon hosts, suicide political prisoners, whatever came to mind.

But how do I create a unique unit in a school violence game that all seems the same?

“Hmm.”

The chairman thought for a moment and seemed to have just remembered that there were still people waiting.

“Look at my mind. As Hwayoung said, there is nothing more to do today.

Cleo and Hwayoung get off work. See you tomorrow.”

“…What about me?”

“You stay here.”

“Here? Me? Why?”

Quickly.

The chairman gritted his teeth with a smile.

“Our Tangaroa has grown up a lot.”

“Then he grew up a lot. It had very thick bones and fluffy fur.”

“Is it okay to flirt with the imperial princess like this?”

“Ugh. Should I just fuss? Are you going to plot the reverse?

Your Royal Highness, the Crown Princess, ever since I met you 10 years ago, my heart has not gone away for a single day.”

Chairman Lilac was dumbfounded by that joke and laughed.

The Chairman spoke firmly while holding the Vice President’s shoulder tightly.

“Tangaroa traitor. Stay and help Coleman.”

The vice president sighed and sat down.

There were only three of us in the student council room, and the president cleared his voice and spoke.

“So what specifically can I help you with?”

“Special units that can be found in each dormitory.

So, not just ordinary 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th grade students or famous students.”

“Something like a club for each dorm?”

“Of course!”

I snapped my fingers at the vice president’s words.

Tangaroa grunted and headed to the folder.

“Here are the club files for each dormitory, what did you do without asking?”

omg. They say it’s dark under the lamp…

Feeling embarrassed, I made up an excuse.

“No, well… I might be busy doing something else.”

“Hmm. If you are a unique student who is not found in other dormitories.”

The chairman paused for a moment and then spoke.

“There are 0th and 5th graders in the Baekyang dormitory.”

“Grade 0?”

“You know how Baekyang selects students.”

“Yes. I heard… I saw it.”

Unlike other dormitories, Baekyang Dormitory does not select students.

They draw students.

Every year on the morning of August 1, 50 15-year-old boys and girls across the continent find an invitation placed by their bedside.

Status, race, knowledge, health, magic power, talent, effort, anything.

A completely random draw with no interest whatsoever.

The drawee can accept the invitation by signing the invitation or not accept the invitation by tearing it.

However, under no circumstances can the invitation be transferred or sold to another person.

If the invitation is rejected, a new 15-year-old will be drawn again.

New students and their parents ask why the great academy accepts these students with no fundamentals.

I thought that too until I started researching to make a game.

However, if you study the history of the Academy, you will realize that Baekyang is the root and the rest are guests.

A secret society that trained lucky children who were selected by chance as apprentices developed into an academy with the support of the imperial family.

“If you put randomly selected kids in right away, there’s no way it can be a normal education, right?

So, they are recruited a year early and taught basic common sense.

Teach writing to kids who don’t know how to read, and teach math to kids who don’t know math…

Year 0 students take classes in the Baekyang dormitory, so first year students may not know.”

That’s why they’re picking 15-year-olds, not 16-year-olds.

I nodded and asked.

“Then what about 5th grade?”

“It’s not all 5th graders, it’s a career exploration course.

Because many Baekyang students do not have personal connections, they sometimes cannot find jobs right after graduation.

That’s why we teach advanced courses to students who can’t find jobs and take care of them for one more year until they find jobs.”

“Good. I wonder if something like this can be made right away with a unit.”

The vice president, who came back with the folder, saw me taking notes diligently, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke.

“If this is a unique group of students… can I also talk about the students from the past?”

“Sure.”

“It was 2 years before I joined, so 3 years ago…”

I looked at the Vice President, but he paused for a moment and looked at the Chairman.

When the chairman signaled for him to continue, he finally relaxed and spoke.

“What happened that year was that there were five of us, a group of 1st graders from Cheongryong, but as time went by, we met 5th graders from Baekyang.

But even though I met someone four years older than me, he passed by without even nodding, so the fifth grader got angry and called him out.

From what I heard, it seems like he was stressed because his career path wasn’t going well.”

Tangaroa scratched his beak and continued his story.

“You may not know this, but Blue Dragon has a very strong pride.

Among the dormitory rules, there is a rule that says not to salute or use polite language with other dormitories, even if you are a senior?”

“Yes?”

Now that I think about it, I think I’ve seen Blue Dragon students acting that way…

“At that time, it was almost an unofficial provision.

There was almost no one to protect them, and even among those in higher grades, they usually treated them like seniors when they expressed displeasure.

But the five first-year students used that clause as a basis and said that women like you are not our seniors.

So the argument started, and soon it turned into a duel.

What do you think happened?”

No need to ask.

Even though Baekyang is ignored by the other three dorms, the four-year gap is four years apart.

Tangaroa nodded, as if my expression revealed his thoughts.

“Of course, the blue dragon was attacked. It was crushed without even being able to touch it.

Cheongryong 3rd and 4th grade students held their own disciplinary committee.

The charge is tarnishing the reputation of Cheongryong by talking about it without even knowing the subject.”

widely.

The chairman covered his mouth with his hand and assumed a thinking posture.

But since there was no word to stop, the vice president continued talking.

“And the disposition was a bit harsh. It must have been an exclusive meal while I was on duty cleaning the bathroom for a month.

But there were first graders who were dissatisfied.

I asked why they treated the kids who followed the dormitory rules like that.

The fourth-year students, who could not openly deny the rules, put forward the logic that the problem was not that they were not treated as seniors, but that they lost.”

“So…”

“And a week later, 20 first-year students attacked the 5th-year Baekyang students with military-style bayonets smuggled in from outside.”

“What? Isn’t it against the school rules?”

“Of course it’s a violation of the school rules. I didn’t ask for a duel, and I used an external weapon rather than the student weapon I registered in advance.

Although he didn’t die due to the life support spell spread throughout the academy-”

“It was a sight to see how great the life-sustaining spell was.”

After saying that, the chairman turned his chair back and looked out the window.

“So… what happened to those twenty people?”

It was the chairman, not the vice president, who answered that question.

She took out a piece of paper and waved it.

“As this was an unprecedented incident, the faculty and staff were immediately convened and an emergency meeting was held.

However, that year, there was criticism from the Imperial Army that academy education was not practical.

The academy should not only teach duels to students, but also teach practical techniques such as surprise attacks and assassination techniques.”

“In short, the person who was surprised is responsible.”

The chairman’s wry smile was reflected in the window.

“In addition, there was pressure from Cheongryong graduates, so it ended in a lackluster manner.”

“…This happened 3 years ago?”

“Yes.”

“Then those first graders are now…”

I am a 4th year student at Cheongryong.

Without realizing it, I turned and looked at Vice President Tangaroa.

He crossed his arms, avoided eye contact, and spoke in a mixed voice.

“I was treated like a hero. Now in their fourth year, they are living legends of Blue Dragon.

The clause prohibiting students from other dormitories from being treated as seniors, which had been written off, was also completely revived.

Cleo and I are part of the student council, so we can speak respectfully to the president.”

I could barely contain my laughter.

No matter how you look at it, it wasn’t something to laugh about.

“After that… nothing like this happened, right?”

“Well, anyway, the graduates also gave a stern warning to the first-year students that they would not be able to defend themselves if they had an accident like this one more time.

So, those 20 martyrs… were treated well without causing any serious trouble, and are now preparing for graduation.

The problem is that since then, there are new students who say they will follow suit once a year.”

This time I couldn’t help but laugh.

Vice President Tangaroa also nodded as if he was dumbfounded.

“In my class, two people tried to copy that and ended up breaking it, and maybe the first year students will come out with something similar soon.

…I originally brought this up because I thought it would be possible to include those wannabe martyrs as a special type of soldier, but I guess it was too heavy a story to be treated as a game.”

“…I’ll take a look…”

I sighed deeply.

This school… what does this school really do?