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visor!

I managed to turn, and the claymore grazed my left shoulder.

Tingling pain. And after a while, blood leaks out.

This makes it clear. The forced peace spell the voice had cast was gone.

“Ah, this is a pain in the ass.”

Rose clicked her tongue and muttered.

“To suddenly disappear like this.”

“… ”

“Well, it was fun. But let’s stop playing here.”

“So you want to go back to the duel of blades?”

Rose rolled her eyes a few times in response to my question and then said.

“Well, that’s it.”

“… So, will you be recognized by your sponsor?”

Rose pauses.

I have to take my time somehow.

“… Admit it?”

“Think about it carefully.

The communication loss right now may just be a temporary problem, right?

When you reconnect, what excuse will you make if you see me tearing out my internal organs?”

“If not?”

Well, if this isn’t a simple communication error…

If the spell disappears, it probably means that someone intervened.

Perhaps the academy professors noticed the disappearance of the Crown Princess and me, and sensed something was wrong with the underground dungeon.

I guess Rose also vaguely sensed that possibility and was trying to deal with me physically.

“Even if you don’t hear from me again, isn’t your plan to escape from here and join that dark side?

But if they just overpower me with force, do you think they will accept it?”

Rose is worried.

Now is the time to drive the wedge in.

“and.”

I spoke with force.

“Isn’t it more thrilling that way?

You came so close to beating me at a game I created.

Are you just giving up on this great opportunity? Trying to escape 30 minutes early?”

“Thrill.”

Rose licked her lips and slowly lowered the claymore.

“Good. Because contact can be reestablished…

Then let’s play the game again.”

“Yes. Round 4, start.”

Fortunately, the game progress table worked independently of the peace spell.

Well, this is just using a virtual table developed by Priestley…

The table decided who would go first in the 4th round, and this time I finally won.

“At the start of the round, I will no longer maintain the Galactic Defeat’s laws of war.

Now, according to the basic rules of the Romantic Age, every unit acts twice.”

Now it’s the end game.

Rather than ignorantly increasing the number of actions, it is time to elaborately design the sequence of each action.

“Really? I activate Nereid’s mimic effect.

I will copy the war laws of the galactic defeat and then activate them.”

Hehe, if this happens…

“Select Cheoksaljo. Strike a Nereid as your first action.”

Three consecutive hits of the crow sword flying towards the water spirit.

I was nervous that it might fail, but fortunately, the attack went through the damage nullity.

Nereid collapses as his remaining 1 stamina decreases.

Now that the Nereids are gone, Rose’s units can no longer benefit from the Galactic Defeat’s laws of war.

“Then move north. End of turn.”

“Alexios’ turn. Immediately cast command to tactical team.”

Sigh… You’re lucky too. I can’t believe you can collect 3 mana so easily.

A tactical team retreating after being hit by a brainwashing beam.

If this happens, you will not be able to score this turn with a walk-operation.

“Alexios walks east and approaches the Lion King before ending his turn.”

Alexios blocked the Lion King’s path to the northern treasure.

This made it impossible for me to even score on turn 4.

But, to put it conversely, it is possible to tear off Alexios who was in front of you.

“I choose the Lion King. Take Alexios-”

“Ugh… ”

At that moment, the chairman groaned and twisted around in the barrel.

My voice shook with embarrassment, and I could not finish my declaration.

“What are you doing? Hurry up and declare it.”

“… ”

“Is this a time-consuming trick?”

“Sorry. I declare it.”

The moment he said, “I plan to attack,” the chairman let out a sharp breath again.

like… As if warning me of something.

… Let’s think about it calmly.

What’s the benefit of killing Alexios here?

First of all, you will no longer be able to interfere with Tactical Team and the Lion King.

If the points are equal, there is a tiebreaker based on the points of the surviving crew member, and it will be advantageous there as well.

… Is that all?

On the other hand, what happens to me when I attack?

I don’t think there is one. In the first place, Alexios was blocking the road, so we couldn’t operate after leaving.

But something is ominous. Something doesn’t seem right about this.

At that moment, a ray of light passed through my mind.

Rose did not use protection to reduce damage when her model was attacked.

because…

“Story.”

“What?”

“Your story. It’s a sacrifice.”

sacrifice

1 protagonist ally model. Target: 1 friendly model.

Start: The protagonist has less than half health, or the target has less than half health.

Progress: The protagonist has been eliminated.

END: Target survives.

“… ”

“I don’t know which one is the main character and which one is the goal.

But it is clear that Rose and Alexios are the two targets.”

A story can only progress and end once it begins.

In other words, if you can’t start… You can’t get 3 points.

Rose and Alexios’ stamina must not be reduced!

“The Lion King ends his turn without doing anything!”

Rose gritted her teeth and declared.

“Rose’s turn. Talk as your first action!

The story of the duel begins with Rose talking to the Lion King!”

duel

The main character is Rosewater, and the target is the Lion King.

Start: The protagonist talks to the target.

“After that, charge!”

Rose immediately runs towards the Lion King.

The Claymore’s penetration is 3, and it can be easily taken with a defense of 8.

However, due to the Hydrakas’ bombardment, the Lion King’s defense was lowered to 5.

Claymore – Attack 4 / Accuracy 7 / Penetration 3 / Damage 3 / No recovery this round.

“Hit 2 out of 4 times! Reroll 2 dice that failed due to the effect of hatred.

The result was a total of 3 hits!”

“Defense roll… Power failure.”

“9 Damage!”

“No. Honor remains.”

For 9 damage, a Damage Neglect 3 is rolled.

The Lion King deflects three attacks with his shield and takes 6 damage.

Remaining health, only 6.

“Duel story progress.”

duel

Progression: The protagonist causes damage to the target, or the target causes damage to the protagonist.

“Acquire 1 additional victory point.”

“My turn. The turn ends when the tactical team walks twice and touches the treasure.”

Round 4 ends. The score is 6 to 8.

Round 5 begins. First priority goes to Rose.

“It’s over! Attack the Lion King with Rose!”

Four attacks coming towards the Lion King, who was once again in tatters.

Hit roll. 1, 3, 4, 8.

Reroll an 8 due to the hate effect. 7.

Hit a total of 4 times.

Defense roll. 3, 4, 4, 4.

Power defense failure.

Claymore’s damage is 3, so 12 damage.

Now the only thing you can rely on is…

“Once again, honor.

Since your health is less than half, now the damage is 5!”

The illusion of virtual dice rolling into the air.

1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 8, 8, 10.

The number of blocks…

“8 times… Episode 8 invalid?”

“So the damage received is 4. Survive with 2 health.”

A cloud of dust left behind by a frenzied sword strike.

However, the Lion King is still standing.

His armor was in tatters, and every inch of his body was covered with knife marks.

I’m holding on, leaning on the shield my father left behind…

“What do you need to know! There’s still one action left!”

okay. That’s right.

Once again, the illusion of Rosewater swings the claymore like a madman.

There was no miracle. All of his remaining stamina was used up and the Lion King collapsed.

“With this I score a duel story at the end of the game.”

duel

End: The target has been eliminated by the protagonist.

“My victory points total 9 points!

If your tactics team scores next turn, you will also get 9 points.

Since the victory points are the same, the survivor point is the tiebreaker.

I win because Rosewater and Alexios are alive.”

Rose smiled victoriously, as if she was relieved.

“It was good to hear what you said.

By spending about 30 more minutes, you will have the honor of beating director Coleman Cantor in the Romantic Age.

Well, since it made me feel good, I won’t rip your guts out.

Just you and Lilac calmly drink the Anantesha solution-”

“You should have moved Alexios first and stopped the killing team.”

Rose stopped laughing at my words.

“What?”

“Actually, you could have won.

Even if you didn’t throw the move without thinking.”

“What is that… ”

“My turn. The Black Angel Biikdae assassination team takes action.”

The dark green driver’s bike starts up.

A cool crank sound echoes through the building.

“Walk southwest, then operate.”

Clean touchdown.

The assassination team digs up northern treasures.

“… What does this mean?

Anyway, you just have to dig up the treasure in the west.”

“Rose. I should have read the grand strategy rules a little better.

Treasure hunting is not a strategy that gives you 3 victory points for the round in which you dig up the treasure.

We have been calculating it that way for convenience so far… ”

From round 2 onwards, if you dug up this round’s treasure at the end of the round, you get 2 victory points.

At the end of the game, you earn 1 victory point for each treasure you dig up.

“1 point for each treasure dug up… ”

“Even if you didn’t score a point last turn, you will be rewarded if you dig in multiple times in the next turn.

Now, it’s your turn.”

Rose looked blankly at the table.

“Alexios walks southeast… ”

But it doesn’t reach.

It’s too far to reach in one walk.

I arrived at the treasure with my second walking declaration, but now I don’t have the power to dig it up.

“The tactical team operates as the first action.

Turn ends. Round ends. Game over.”

Coleman Cantor – Black Angel

2 paint points

2nd round treasure acquisition – 2 points

5th round treasure acquisition – 2 points

Total treasures acquired: 3 – 3 points

Start and progress a cooperative story – 2 points

Start a stealth story – 1 point

Total 12 points

Rosewater – Great Lakes Monster

2 paint points

2nd round treasure acquisition – 2 points

3rd round treasure acquisition – 2 points

Total treasures acquired: 2 – 2 points

Start, progress, and end a duel story – 3 points

Total 11 points

12 to 11. Coleman Cantor wins.