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A super match between the number one ranked player and a mysterious masked thief.

The female students who took off their clothes and did a striptease, and the male students who were rolling on the ground and yelling, all watched their every move closely.

“Graven wins on the first attack roll! Magic corps in progress!”

“Magic dice roll completed. I will take the lead! The Black Swan Crystal Chariot walks twice. Turn ends!”

“My turn. Phantom thief followers walk twice.”

Phantom Thief Follower – Academy, (dormitory), Phantom Thieves, (grade)

5 model units – 13 points

Movement 12 / Defense 4 / Resistance 4 / Magic Power 0 / Learning 0 / Stamina 1

I pushed my way through the crowd to the front and looked at the layout.

Ombre’s crew consists of three single model units: Phantom Thief Ombre, The Bunny Girl, and The Ringmaster, and two units of Phantom Thief followers. There are 13 models in total.

What this means is that it is quite disadvantageous to carry out a lunch plunder strategy.

Meal raids are similar to season 0’s conquest battles, but there are crucial differences.

No longer does a unit use a strategy action to capture an objective, but the player who places more troops near the food station automatically captures the food station.

In other words, the strategy with the larger number of models is advantageous.

Ombre must have known this, as he gave up the food distribution center in the west, drove the phantom thief followers to the east, and showed his intention to share the food 2:1.

But there was no way Graven would tolerate this.

“My turn! My own model walks 12cm again!

After that, use the crystal tank’s conductor effect to cast Blood Puddle at that point!”

Conduit – When a friendly Black Swan unit within 12cm of this unit casts a spell, their line of sight and distance can be measured from this unit. The penetration of spells cast this way is increased by 2.

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.

A puddle of blood relayed by the crystal tank fell on the eastern side of the enemy camp.

Pollution and rough terrain block the path for phantom thief follower units to the eastern food distribution center.

“Amazing. In the dormitory cup finals, Graven developed a strategy of delaying turns and landing guaranteed combos.

Because of that, the student council had to revise its rules.

But this time, he is taking the lead and actively putting pressure on the enemy!”

I nodded at Indira’s commentary.

Of course, now or then, Graven always prefers crews with a clear winning plan.

However, in order to adapt to the rule of ‘the first person to score 4 points wins’, he completely changed his play style.

A crew that doesn’t even waste the first turn and is an aggro deck in TCG terms.

“How will Ombre respond to this attack?

Shall we go back to the puddle of blood? But if you do that, you’re wasting valuable action power.

In simple games, it is more important to score points quickly than to score a lot!”

“I choose Ringmaster.”

Ombre chose the ringmaster without any hesitation.

“After walking once, target the blood puddle and consume 1 mana of beast magic to cast Enhance End.

Blood Pool is a spell that uses animal magic, so it is automatically canceled.”

Reinforcement End – X, 18cm, 1 unit

Select one dispellable spell on the target unit.

If the unit casting Power End rolls Magic +

If the mana consumed at the end of the enhancement matches the spell’s attributes, the roll automatically succeeds.

(All-purpose mana matches the properties of all spells.)

“What do you think, Mr. Coleman!”

Indira singled out me from among the crowd and asked me a question.

We must maintain composure here.

“I think it’s okay. I think I chose the most correct option.

Even if the Ringmaster’s action power was consumed by one, the action power of the Phantom Thieves’ followers, who are the main source of scores, was maintained.”

“Yes! The Romantic Era director himself declared that it was a great decision!”

Despite Indira’s loud shouting, Ombre declared unfazed.

“End of turn. As the turn ends, Ringmaster’s ability, Beast Show, is activated.”

Beast Show – At the end of this unit’s turn, it summons a Beast unit to touch this unit, and that unit immediately takes its turn.

The beast unit you summon depends on the current round.

“Since it is round 1, summon 5 White Dove models!

The white dove has dullness, annoyance, and flight.”

White Dove – Youth Phantom Thieves, Beast

5 model units

Movement 16 / Defense 0 / Resistance 0 / Magic 0 / Learning 0 / Stamina 1

ability

Clueless – This unit cannot be the protagonist or object of a story, cannot affect or be influenced by strategy in any way, and cannot perform operational actions.

Annoying – Close proximity to this unit does not prevent it from walking or charging, and other models can walk over this unit’s models. If a model close to this unit’s model moves, this unit’s model is moved so that it touches the moving model after the action is completed.

“The white dove immediately charges at the crystal tank! Since there is no strike armament, no strike is created.”

“What is it? Why did you do that?”

“Because of the inconvenience, the crystal tank can still move, right?”

Puzzled spectators.

But Graven had an expression of despair.

“Mr. Coleman. Please explain!”

“… The proximity of an annoying model does not impede movement, but it does interfere with shooting and concentration.

Crystal tanks have very powerful shooting weapons.”

Crystal Ray – Range 36 / Attack 3 / Accuracy 10 / Penetration 2, Resistance Attack / Damage 2

“I was planning to snipe the Phantom Thief Ombre with this next turn, but it ended up being in vain.”

“Hmm? Isn’t ombre safe anyway because it has stealth?”

“The effect of Goofy the Monkey on my unit.”

good! Goofy! – Action: 12cm, 1 unit, Goofy marker on self.

Move the Goofy marker to the target unit.

Friendly units with the Goofy marker have Mind’s Eye.

Graven bit his lip and muttered.

“After attaching Goofy to him to gain Mind’s Eye, he tried to attack Ombre with it.

If you lose a lot of stamina, you won’t be able to come to the front any time soon.”

“But you’re stuck! We have to get rid of the pigeons quickly-”

“Crystal Chariot’s abilities.”

Tank – This unit can only hit with a charge action.

This time it was Ombre who intervened.

In a modulated voice, he leisurely pointed out the weaknesses of the Black Swan’s decisive weapon.

“You have to charge to hit, so there is no way to hit the pigeons that are stuck.”

“Wow… ”

The audience is amazed by the number battle between the two people who understood this game to the limit.

After thinking about it, Graven completely gave up on the western food distribution center and focused more on the center.

The first round ended in a 1-1 standoff with Ombre securing the east and Graven securing the center.

“Now, what we need to think about is what ombre really is!

Who will pop out! Chairman? Or rose water like last time?”

“The first turn in round 2 is me.”

Ombre raised his finger and pointed at the bunny girl model.

“The bunny girl will move more. Bunny girl’s ability, bunnyhop!”

Banihop – When this unit starts its turn, place it at a desired location within 6cm.

“Bunny Girl leisurely breaks through the blocking enemies and approaches Graven.”

“Bunny girl walks once! Approach Graven and talk to him.

This completes the confession story.”

“Ohhh!”

Conversation is a special operational action that the protagonist can perform within 6cm of the target, and being close to the target does not interfere with conversation.

confession

The main character is Bunny Girl (Mina Karcic), and the target is Graven.

Start: The protagonist talks to the target.

At the romantic table, the illusion of a bunny girl model matching her mouth to Graven’s model is projected.

“Identity revealed. The identity of the bunny girl is Mina Karcic!”

“Yes?”

“Wow!”

Indira is astonished and the students cheer.

Ombre leisurely replaced the bunny girl model with Mina Karcic’s model.

Graven twitched his eyebrows once and said.

“In that case, I also start talking. Coverage.”

take

The main character, Graven.

Start: Your opponent’s story begins within 12cm of you. The main character of the story becomes the target of reporting.

“Also, since it is now my turn, Graven talks to Mina Karsic who has come close.

Proceed with the reporting story!”

take

Progress: The protagonist has spoken to the target.

“Graven starts the story and progresses it at the same time, earning 2 victory points!

Ombre also gets a point, but Graven reaches match point at 3-2!”

As expected, Graven is not an easy opponent.

Graven’s model, which has poor one-on-one combat power, is a unit that mission runners can easily approach.

So, it could easily be the target of the story, but here too, I chose a news coverage story with Graven as the main character and countered it.

The remaining victory points are 1. The game ends when Graven gathers all the models in the center and captures only one.

Ombre’s best bet is to grab two points and draw… No, even drawing is not easy.

“This game. I think I won.”

“Is that really the case?”

[Today’s Unit]

The Ringmaster – Phantom Thieves, Ringmaster, Beast

Single model unit – 20 points

Movement 12 / Defense 4 / Resistance 4 / Magic Power 1 / Learning 2 / Stamina 8

ability

persona, revelation

Forbidden (Emergency Escape) – When this unit’s health drops below half, this unit recovers 2 health and is revealed.

Beast Show – At the end of this unit’s turn, it summons a Beast unit to touch this unit, and that unit immediately takes its turn. The beast unit you summon depends on the current round. If this unit’s identity is revealed, all summoned beast units will disappear.