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Hmm.

I took a deep breath and shouted.

“Announce the start of the competition, Cleo!”

“Yes! Competition begins!”

Cleo’s thunderous roar filled the game room, followed by applause and cheers.

However, as the four participants who were supposed to be playing the game stood there in silence, the cheering soon died down.

Emily began to twist her clothes, Angela scratched her head, and Mina crossed her arms and looked up at the referee.

what? Why are you doing this?

It was Graven who resolved my doubts.

He gave a banana to the pet monkey sitting on his shoulder to make it quiet, and then spoke carefully.

“Well, what is the bracket like?”

“Yes?”

“They said it was a tournament. Wouldn’t it be nice to know the match-up before the competition?”

right. Bracket… How did I forget this…

Emily Sigma’s solo participation application came out of nowhere amidst the confusion caused by the boycott of the Blue Dragon Dormitory.

As the president accepted it right away, there was no way to hold a dormitory cup without the Blue Dragon, but the commotion was so hectic that they couldn’t even draw up a bracket.

“Uh… therefore… ”

“I made a lot in advance. Senior Mina. Your senior can come forward as a representative and elect you.”

Thanks to Cleo speaking confidently, I was able to shake off my heart.

phew. Our Cleo. After all, he is the ace of the student council.

Mina, without a single hesitation, drew a lot in the middle and spread it out.

It says “Black Swan. Are you saying that Graven is your first opponent?”

“Yes. Then, the other side will automatically be Emily and Angela.”

The table was decided by drawing lots again.

Mina-Graven Joe is a dock terrain with a southern lakeside motif.

Emily-Angela Jo is an indoor terrain inspired by the basement of the student center.

And the table where the finals will be played is a deep green terrain with dense trees.

As I was wiping away my sweat, thinking that the competition would proceed smoothly, I heard the audience whispering.

“But isn’t the match a bit boring? Honestly, whoever wins Mina and Graven will definitely win… ”

“So. Emily didn’t even paint the crew, and Angela, a grade 0 student, even borrowed the crew.”

Ugh.

After hearing that, it was clear that the match-up itself was quite unbalanced.

To be exact, it was an unfortunate incident that occurred because Blue Dragon and Baek Yang nominated candidates of too low a weight class…

Pfft. Did you have to adjust the match-up appropriately for box office success?

no. If Graven sticks with Angela and Mina sticks with Emily, the two games become dead games.

In this episode, there will be tension from the beginning because one side is a battle of talented people and the other side is gachamucha pants wrestling.

The tension in the finals will definitely be lower, but you never know…

I comforted myself like that and turned my gaze to the audience.

Surprisingly, I saw people wearing blue dragon uniforms.

All students are wearing the white name tags of 4th grade. Are you saying you are going to ignore orders from third-year student González?

Moreover, since it was a holiday, there were only a few people wearing civilian clothes, which gave me hope that these people might also be Cheongryong students who had secretly come to watch the game.

Well, I guess it’s just my happiness circuit.

Regardless of my concerns, a fierce battle of nerves was taking place at the table on the left.

“From the time I was selected as the representative of the Black Swan, I had a gut feeling that you would be the representative of the Red Horse.”

“It looks like the blade of revenge has been sharpened, right?”

“Yes. This time it will be different!”

“Well, you two are probably used to it, so there’s no need for me to help you, right?”

The two nodded and began placing the models under Vice President Tangaroa’s supervision.

Glancing over my shoulder, I saw that Mina was mainly looking at the topography of the table to place the model, while Graven carefully observed Mina placing the model and placed it accordingly.

When I asked Tungaroa to receive Graven’s crew list, I was able to understand the reason right away.

Senior Graven, I can’t believe you put together a roster like this just a month after the game was released. You’re really playing the game dirty.

“I guess Coleman isn’t interested in that table over there?”

The sound that is half wind and half voice in my ears lifts and releases my heart.

The chairman smiled brightly at me.

Listening this close, your voice is really nice.

“Oh, over there?”

I looked at the table on the right.

Emily and Angela may not have been properly familiar with the placement rules, so they took out the models and just sat there.

Cleo, who couldn’t see anything, approached and helped the two set up.

“I heard about it. I heard that the Chairman pushed for Angela to become Baekyang’s representative?”

“Rather than pushing it, it made people aware of Angela’s hidden contributions.”

“How is that different from pushing…? ”

“Hehe.”

The chairman even whistles and tries to make a fuss.

Since I didn’t really have any intention of asking any more questions, I ended my questioning by whistling along.

Angela was my favorite junior, and it was also right to provide skills that were lacking in the Romantic Era community.

That doesn’t mean Angela has the ability to return the Chairman’s favor…

Well, we’ll have to wait and see.

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“Sheep Players. Have you checked the crew list submitted by each other?”

“Yes? yes… ”

“Yes!”

Angela trails off at Cleo’s question, and Emily answers confidently.

It was worth it. Emily’s crew was as follows.

15 points Blue Dragon 1st year student x2.

16 points 3rd grade magna cum laude x2.

14 point book trio x1.

24 point rose water x1.

26 models with a total of 100 points.

10 model units for maintaining the front line, 1 model unit for magic dealing, 3 model units for magic buffing, and 1 model unit for one-on-one suppression.

It is a typical balanced crew where each unit performs a different role, and it was very difficult for Angela, a beginner, to understand its characteristics.

On the other hand, Angela’s crew was absurd.

12 points Baekyang 0th grade student x6.

27 points Lilac Bonnet Student Council President x1.

A total of 99 points and 61 models.

Emily, who was silently looking at Angela who was whining as she was trying to place the 61 models on the table, spoke carefully.

“Hey… ”

Wait a minute, now that I think about it, I’m Baekyang’s 0th grade student, so there’s no need for me to have a hard time, right?

“Hey.”

“Yes… Yes?”

“You said you would do painting service?”

“Yes.”

“Did you paint all of these models?”

“Yes? yes… I only borrowed the model I painted – Ugh!”

Emily picked up one of the models Angela had put down and looked at it.

Her artistic vision was not good to say the least, but I could tell that it was of decent quality.

I think it’s okay to leave it to this level.

“I… excuse me… ”

“Ah. I’m sorry for taking it without telling you.”

After putting Angela’s model back in its original position, Emily pointed to her own models.

Models made of raw wood that has not even been primed yet.

“After the game is over, I want to leave 20 models like this.”

“Yes?”

“How much?”

silence.

Angela opened her teeth wide and just pricked her mouse ears.

If Emily had been a little sharper, she would have noticed that the audience watching the table on the right had the same expression.

“Hmm. Mr. Emily. I would like you to talk about that after the competition ends.”

“Really? Okay, Cleo.”

After warning her classmate, Cleo took out hourglasses one by one from her pockets and placed them on the auxiliary tray.

“The default time limit is 1 hour. If you finish the game without running out of time, 1 victory point will be added, and if you play for more than 2 hours, you will be disqualified regardless of the score.”

“Hey… then… ”

“Yes. Now that the deployment is complete, you can make an initiative roll.”

Emily, who won the initiative roll, chose to go second and then leaned back in her chair.

Angela was wondering which of the six completely identical units to move.

“Uh… hmm… wait a minute… hmm… ”

Do it quickly.

Emily muttered to herself and then took out a bag of snacks from her pocket.

A pretzel with a great salty taste. It’s a good thing I prepared in advance.

“I decided! I’ll move this unit up.”

Cleo, who saw Angela carefully holding the base and moving the model, nodded, then looked around at the four players and the audience and said.

“In official play, an action may be canceled only until the die is thrown or the end of the turn is declared. Players can experiment with moving unit models before making a declaration, but they must mark their original positions so that they can be immediately returned to their original positions if the move is cancelled.”

“Then wouldn’t reversal of saying I did this or that be too frequent?”

“Maybe… Anyway, since you are doing it all using your own time, you are taking losses.

One hour is pretty tight. Even if you give up points and play the game for 2 hours, it is difficult for those who are not used to it.”

Leaving behind the crowd’s clamor, Angela made all 10 0th grade models walk twice and then flipped the hourglass. Now it’s Emily’s turn.

Emily, who was chewing on a pretzel and pondering, seemed to have made up her mind and stretched out her fingers to grab the model’s head.

At the same time, screams came from the audience.

“Ugh!”

Eh? why? What did I do wrong?

Emily blinked and looked at the spectators, but they only frowned in shock and fear and said nothing more.

Angela pursed her lips as if to say something, but… Soon I sat down on a chair.

“Why?”

“No… No… ”

hmm.

Emily ignored the strange reactions of the people around her and grabbed her model again.

“The unit I will move is Blue Dragon’s Shadow Rose Water!

I will move Rose’s model twice and advance it 24cm! Turn ends!”

“J… My turn. I’m moving my second Year 0 unit once again… ”

“Hmm. That’s right.”

After thinking for a moment, Emily chose the library trio this time and made her move.

‘There won’t be a battle on turn 1 anyway, so it’s important to save time here!’

The other person probably thought the same thing, and Angela simply declared movement and moved forward without much thought.

The two fighters exchange turns in tension and excitement, moving their units closer to the opponent.

In the end, it was the audience who were upset as they watched the units march.

“No, why are you splitting up your units to achieve all three goals? We have to give the east and drill only the center and west.”

“No, if you push from a 0th grade student like that, the president will have a long way to go… ”

“No, why did you bring Magna Cum Laude there…? ”

“No… ”

Amid numerous sighs starting with ‘No’, one spectator finally couldn’t hold back his righteous indignation and jumped up –

“Discipline is prohibited!”

I had no choice but to collapse at Cleo’s thunderous shout.

The student council secretary glanced around the audience and cautioned against expressing too much emotion, but-

When Emily grabbed the model with all her might with her sharp thumb and moved it, even Cleo had to shake her body.

[Today’s Unit]

Magna Cum Laude – Academy, Blue Dragon, (race), 2nd to 4th grade, (1 attribute)

Single model unit – 14/16/18 points

2nd grade: Movement 12 / Defense 5 / Resistance 5 / Magic Power 2 / Learning 4 / Stamina 8

3rd grade: Movement 12 / Defense 5 / Resistance 5 / Magic Power 2 / Learning 4 / Stamina 10

4th grade: Movement 12 / Defense 5 / Resistance 5 / Magic Power 2 / Learning 5 / Stamina 10

Melee Armed

Punch – Attack 3 / Accuracy 4 / Penetration 0 / Damage 1

Excellence – When an effect this unit receives refers to a basic spell, that effect may apply to all spells.

3rd graders select 1 of the following, 4th graders select 2 of the following:

Spell Empowerment (Attack) – Increases the accuracy and penetration of spells cast by this unit 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.

Dispelling Specialist – Dispelling spells cast by this unit receive a +3 bonus to the magic roll.

Attribute – Select one more attribute. However, the 3 mana spell of the attachment cannot be learned.