episode_0021

I carefully pushed the Chairman’s miniature, then raised my finger and pointed at Mark’s unit.

“After moving forward 12cm, Chairman Lilac consumes one solar power to fire a solar ray!”

Sunbeam – Sun 1, 96cm, 1 model in enemy unit, diagonal

Creates 1 attack – Accuracy 5, Penetration 0, Damage 3

“The goal is the Duchess Club!”

“Sorry, but the Duchess Club is behind a bush, so it has a cloaking effect! Accuracy reduced by 2!”

“I’ll roll 3 for Accuracy and 0 for Penetration. The result is a hit of 1!”

“The Duke’s resistance is 4! The result of the defense roll is… 6 is a failure. Takes 3 damage and one model collapses.”

Cheers. A murmur of spectators was heard.

“As expected, it’s magical power. I feel reassured because there is solar rays with a range of 96cm.

It’s scary to get closer, but if you don’t have the energy to stop here and act, a scratch from the sun’s rays will make you feel better.”

“That’s right, but I have to say that that spell depends a lot on luck. If you miss once or make a successful defense, it means nothing.”

“In addition, the sun element’s melee combat ability is lower than that of other magic, so it is not an element that is easy to reach for.”

Putting aside the evaluations of the spectators, Mark removed one of the models from the duchess club with a slightly shocked expression.

In fact, rather than worrying about taking a hit, I guess I’m just feeling bad because my luck wasn’t on my side from the start.

“I choose the apprentice unit. Moved 12cm. Move another 12cm. End of turn.”

“My turn. Select the leading unit to the west. The leader unit has the Runner ability and ignores the rough terrain effect of the bushes.

Walk twice and move a total of 24cm…”

Both Mark Marquis and I silently moved the remaining units.

I maintained the spacing between the units and continued the offensive in three directions. Mark maintained the front line without pushing too hard in the west, but quickly moved two strike units in the east.

Hmm. It’s a typical diagonal lineup.

The Engineering Club is the game’s engineering unit that can set up traps or demolish terrain.

It is possible to conduct a delayed battle in the bushes, and if I withdraw my troops from the west, it is also possible to take control of Rollcake by demolishing the bushes.

On the other hand, Kazuki and Ogre stationed in the east are sturdy and strong in close combat, so there is little risk even if they are deployed forward.

It’s not an exaggeration to say that I practiced a lot. I clearly understand the pros and cons of my current crew.

Then my strategy is…

“Round 2 begins! Initiative roll!”

“Taaa!”

Karcic throws dice with a prosthetic hand with great enthusiasm. As if it had an effect, the dice that fell on the floor had 1’s eyes shining.

“I am 2 or 3.”

“Phew. It was close. I am the one who goes first. The magic team begins!

Alicia has the Heart Method, so she can store as much mana from the last turn as she wants!”

Heart Method: At the beginning of the purification step, you can store as much mana as you want without discarding it. In that case, the stored mana is carried over, and the number of magic dice this unit rolls on its next turn is reduced by the number of mana stored.

“Hmm. Marquis Mark.”

“Why is that so?”

“The declaration timing of the Psychic Act that stores mana for 1 turn is not the 2-turn magic stage, but the 1-turn purification stage…”

“What? No way. At home, every time-”

“The rule book is here.”

When Mark checked the page I held out, his mouth dropped open.

“It’s true. Then, my wife and I until now…”

“It means that you have made an error. Well, it’s nothing serious…”

no. there is a problem. This means that after checking the first and second attacks, you can declare what mana to save.

Of course, it would be very difficult to exploit it, but it does not mean that it is an error that has no effect on the game.

As if they had noticed that I was thinking hard, the mood in the crowd became sour.

“Woo! Disqualification! Disqualified!”

“Silgyeook! Return of unfairly acquired models!”

“Silkyeo-”

dump!

All the commotion stopped when the eldest son of Duke Karsic knelt down.

He declared, kneeling down and looking up at me.

“Oh… Brother?”

“Coleman County. Despite my rudeness, I will ask you a favor.

only once! Please take a look!”

“Ah… I understand. Please be careful next time…”

How can you argue with your opponent when he is doing doggeza like that? You should just move on.

Well, it doesn’t matter because the purpose wasn’t to find fault with this in the first place and win.

It’s just that, as a game developer, I couldn’t tolerate errors.

“Let’s move on to the magic power roll again.”

“Thank you. Then, I guess I used the Heart Attack on the magic power during the maintenance phase last turn.

Therefore, Alicia carries over one full mana and one moon mana! Apprentice effect activated!

Alicia’s remaining 2 mana are also fixed to Grass and Moon respectively!”

Two grass, two moons. The mana needed to use synthetic magic’s special moves was collected at once.

The magic dice rolls of the remaining models were as follows.

The Chairman has no mana available, the Ogre has one beast magic, Vice Chairman Tangaroa has two lands, and Hwayoung has one water.

“My turn! Choose a full attribute apprentice! Apprentice’s action activated! Horsepower assistance!

Use both actions to provide full attribute mana to Alicia!”

Horsepower Assist – Power Action. Select a unit that is at the same grade or higher than this unit. That unit gains 1 mana matching its attribute. The mana obtained through magic assistance can exceed the maximum magic power.

“My turn. We will move the student council leader on the west by 6cm and make it touch the target. After contact, a bag containing a roll cake was taken as an operational action… Let’s take over… ”

This setting, with the leader occupying the roll cake bag, was so absurd that I was left speechless.

However, Mark announced his next move with an extremely serious expression.

“Choose a moon attribute apprentice! Likewise, magical power assistance!”

“Choose Vice President Tangaroa. After moving forward 10cm, I will also occupy the bag containing the roll cake in the center.”

The student council flags have already been raised at two target locations.

But Mark smiled as if he didn’t care and pointed to the third model.

“Alicia’s turn! Currently, Alisai has three Dal Mana and three Full Mana. Cast the dream attribute spell Sleepwalk as your first action!”

Sleepwalking – Moon 1 Pool 1, Self, Permanent, Dispellable

If the casting unit is not excluded, leave a dream token in contact with the casting unit’s models and then remove all models from the casting unit from the table. (This is not removal.)

If the casting unit is excluded, reposition the casting unit within 24cm of the dreaming token and remove the dreaming token.

In the excluded state, the casting unit can only focus and cast spells, has no line of sight to any units, and has infinite distance from other units or points.

Dreamland tokens can be subject to dispelling, and when dispelled, the casting unit will be relocated to the location where the Dreamland token was.

“Alicia is not excluded, so leave a dreamland token at Alicia’s location and then exclude Alicia! Next order is Wonderland!”

Wonderland – Moon 2 Pool 2, Self, Upkeep, Dispellable

The caster’s shooting armament and range spells lose range and have infinite range.

Casting units can shoot and declare walking even when excluded. When walking, instead of moving normally, you move a dream token equal to your movement.

Well, it was obvious. Because it was actually a build-up for this.

The audience also began to whisper, as if they sensed that something unusual had happened.

“Something… Something is happening… ”

“Excluded from the game? Do diagonal spells lose their diagonal? What do you mean… ”

“Let me explain.”

“Indira!”

A brown-skinned maid named Indira began explaining Mark’s combos to the crowd.

“Models excluded from the game normally cannot attack or receive attacks. It’s literally like being transported to another dimension. The sleepwalking spell allows you to move to the table if you are excluded, or to the table if you are excluded.”

“So what is the Wonderland order?”

“The Wonderland spell clears the line of attack and allows you to move the Dreamland token.”

“Then isn’t that bad?”

“No. This means that from now on, Alicia’s spells and shooting will not be restricted by line of sight. Since the range is infinite, you can fire a spell targeting the desired model anytime, anywhere. However, the Wonderland spell must be maintained, so magic power is reduced by 1 -”

“No.”

Mark tapped Alicia’s reference card.

dream master

If this unit is excluded, its maintenance spells become permanent spells.

“Now no one can attack Alicia. On the other hand, Alicia can freely attack whatever she wants using her magic power of 4.”

“Even so, none of the spells Alicia can cast are offensive. Moreover, since I am off the table, I cannot receive assistance from apprentices.”

When I argued like that, people nodded as if it made sense.

Grass is an element that is strong in terrain creation and recovery, and Moon is an element that is strong in evasion and tricks.

The reason you can give dream elements such OP skills is because even if you get complete invincibility and infinite range, what you can do with the moon/grass/dream combination is limited.

“Why isn’t there one? There is a magic bullet.”

I kept my mouth shut in response to Mark’s rebuttal.

Magic Bullet is a basic spell that creates 2 attacks with 8 accuracy and 0 penetration for each mana consumed.

Although the range is vague, the accuracy is high and the number of shots fired is high.

“It means-”

“Yes. I brought Alicia with the intention of using magic bullets as my main weapon.”

What Mark has shown so far is the standard management of Black Swan.

Using an excellent secondary model called Apprentice, he helps Ace manage his mana and turns the tide with powerful 3- and 4-mana spells.

Black Swan’s combat method boasts powerful power in the beginning, but becomes less stable when the auxiliary models start to run out.

An unstable operation that becomes dangerous if the enemy cannot be defeated with one blow.

On the other hand, the Win Plan presented by Mark is a stable plan in which powerful spells are used only in the first turn, and then basic spells are fired wildly to engage in a fierce battle. This is closer to the playstyle of Blue Dragon than Black Swan. I guess I was caught off guard.

“How do you feel? You seem to have devised a strategy that takes advantage of the topography of this table.

This table has limited paths to reach objectives such as bridges, forests, and cairns.

The plan is to block limited movement passages using earth magic, block entry, and then carry out missions!

Alicia’s dreamland magic attack will completely destroy your intentions!”

Perfect papera. I don’t think so.

[Today’s Unit]

Moon Rabbit Alicia – Academy, black swan, mixed race beastman, rabbit, 4th grade, Alicia, moon, grass, dream.

Single model unit – 22 points

Movement 12 / Defense 3 / Resistance 6 / Magic Power 4 / Learning 3 / Stamina 12

strike armament

Dream Wave – Attack 1 / Accuracy 5 / Penetration 0 / Damage 0, entire unit sleeps

ability

Heart Method: At the beginning of the purification step, you can store as much mana as you want without discarding it. In that case, the stored mana is carried over, and the number of magic dice this unit rolls on its next turn is reduced by the number of mana stored.

Dream Master – When this unit is excluded, its maintenance spells become permanent spells.

Spell Empowerment (Healing) – When this unit heals or restores health with a spell, increase that amount by 1.

Strengthen Spell (Sturdy) – When a spell cast by this unit is dispelled, roll a die. If the result is 3 or less, the release is invalid.