episode_0106

Dear Colman Cantor.

I hope everything you do is comfortable.

In accordance with the agreement reached with you last October, the Prophecy Workshop branch was moved out of Romelo.

Other stores have also been banned from providing any dangerous political funds that could shake up the current situation in the empire, and it is believed that they are complying with this instruction well so far.

However, I recently heard that Romelo Village has a bad reputation in the romantic era.

It is understandable that some models in Romelo Village were adjusted because they showed excessive performance, but it seems that the rapid change in performance gave users the perception that it was extreme.

Please take another look at the win rate and image of Romelo’s camp, and hope that Romelo will be placed in a stable position in the upper mid-tier as promised.

Romello Village Head, Rayleigh Nottingham.

“What are you looking at?”

“Nothing.”

As Cleo looked at me, I crumpled up the village chief’s letter and put it away.

After turning Macariel into an enemy, dealing with her became very awkward.

Of course, Cleo is a good person, and her loyalty to Fernforge is unquestionable, but…

Still, there’s no need to let her know that you’re fighting with her father.

“ character. If we’re all together, let’s have a meeting!”

Funforge’s executive and staff meeting begins with a declaration from the chairman.

The first topic is-

“It’s almost the end of the year, right? Let’s talk about how we will receive and use the dividends.”

“Can’t we just divide it according to the shares?”

Hwayoung opened her eyes wide.

Well, it’s not wrong.

We distribute the dividends to Priestley Wonders, and share the remainder among ourselves.

Marquis Rong and Angela don’t have a stake, so they just have to listen.

“Hmm. But I plan to reinvest my dividends.

If that’s the case, there’s no need to go through the trouble of withdrawing money and putting it back in, just express your intention.”

“Aha. Then I will do the same!”

Kyo Hwa-young raises her hand.

Cleo also announced that she would do the same.

And Tangaroa did not disappoint our expectations in another sense.

“Uh. Not me. I give it in money.”

“Yes. You seemed like it. Receive a check for 500 gold in December.”

“Then it’s over. Next on the agenda-”

“Wait.”

I raised my hand and cut off the flow.

“I also have no intention of reinvesting dividends. I will take my share.”

“… What?”

Funforge colleagues with their mouths wide open.

“Colman County. Really? Are you really not going to reinvest? Why?”

“… I’m surprised too. Coleman. What’s the problem?”

“No, I just want to make my parents’ lives more comfortable.”

Everyone had no choice but to agree with those words.

Mom and Dad say they will bring it to you, but what can you do?

Of course, in reality, it is being used as money for my brother’s work to dig into the Macariel Company.

I quietly avoided the chairman’s gaze.

I did it to protect her, but at the same time, I knew she would never approve of my actions.

Lilac thought for a moment and then moved on to the next topic.

“Well, that’s enough.

The next topic is the regular release of new models.

We have to decide which model candidates designed by Coleman to present.”

“I guess it’s right to support the faction with the lowest win rate, right?”

“I guess so?”

While the attendees were talking about various things, I thought about the letter the village head had sent.

The village chief said that Romelo had become too weak, but that was simply because there were too many people.

As beginners who started with Romelo adapt to the changed meta and improve their skills, their win rate will naturally increase.

… Well, but completely neglecting it is not the answer either.

However, buffing with a new model may be too blatant…

Let’s try another method.

“What about the Underground Guardian model?”

“Underground Guardian.”

At my suggestion, Tangaroa confirmed the release schedule.

“Let’s see. A new underground guardian model has never been released.”

“Even in the social festival, they didn’t support the underground guardians, so it seems like it’s slowly turning.”

“What kind of design is it?”

“Here is the draft.”

The Last Keeper of Time – Underwater Guardian, Human, Successor, Time

Single model unit – 19 points

Movement 12 / Defense 6 / Resistance 8 / Magic Power 2 / Learning 3 / Stamina 10

shooting armament

Primordial Lantern – Range 24 / Attack 3 / Accuracy 8 / Penetration 0 / Damage 2 / Ignore opponent’s spell effects

ability

Suppression Space – 18cm Aura, spells cast by other units cost 1 more mana.

Timekeeping – 18cm Aura, other units cannot move or act outside of their turn.

Veil walking – action. Change the effects of Suppression Space and Timekeeper as follows:

Suppression Space: 24cm Aura, spells cast by other units cost 2 more mana.

Timekeeping: 24cm Aura, other units cannot move or act outside of their turn, and do not gain proficiency effects.

“What do you think?”

“Oh. So it feels like it blocks magic and mobility.”

“Do you think it suits you? It fits well with the image of a guardian of ruins.”

“Umm… ”

The others nodded, but Cleo seemed to have some doubts.

“Mr. Coleman.”

“Yes.”

“The reason we remade the Chairman’s unit was because of your discomfort, right?

Since it interferes with the victory points themselves, there would be no answer unless you prepared a way to clear them in advance.

All crews were standardized based on whether they could handle the chairman.”

Everyone held their breath and waited for Cleo to speak.

“I think this unit will also have that problem.”

“Well. I think it’s a little different.”

I began my counterargument step by step.

“First of all, the president blocked the winning points, so it was directly related to winning or losing the game.

However, this is not the case with Timekeeper, which blocks spells and special actions.”

“ Doesn’t spell casting play a big part in the romantic era?”

“Not as much as victory points.”

Well, I know that Time Keeper is a pretty powerful unit.

It’s a unit that can change the meta.

More precisely, it will change the meta to favor the Romelo Militia.

The militia’s core weakness is that it has almost no magical abilities and lacks anomalous movements.

In other words, it is not affected by the Time Keeper’s aura.

“Umm… Well, since Mr. Coleman says so, I will follow.”

“Thank you.”

“Then, the release date is after the midterm exams?”

“Ah.”

I looked back at Marquis Rong.

“Marquis. Could you write a novel?

A short story of approximately 50,000 characters. As expected, the announcement will be made after the midterm exam.”

“Ah. In conjunction with a new unit?”

“Yes. I will provide detailed settings for Time Keeper a little later.”

“Hmm. Can I add a new character?”

“Do whatever you want.”

With that, we ended the meeting.

If you do this, everything will be fine.

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“Senior Graven!”

The weekend in October after the midterm exams.

Graven greeted Kyowoonguk running towards him.

“Ah. Gyounguk.”

“The exam is over, how about a game?”

“Sure.”

It’s already been a month since they entered school, and Kyowoonguk has left a good impression on the Kuroshio students.

They are friendly, sociable, and full of energy.

Like her older sister Gyo Hwa-yeong, she has a similar personality and is a rare type among Black Swan students.

The difference is that, unlike Hwayoung, she doesn’t make things happen.

Even in the romantic era, he was the most prominent among new gamers.

Both in passion and in skill.

They grabbed a table and immediately started competing.

The Underwater Guardians of the Gyoun Country vs. the Black Swan Dormitory of Graven.

As expected, Unguk takes out the newly released Time Keeper.

“Hoo.”

“Senior, do you know what model you are?”

“Of course. Since I missed the critical hit-critical hit combo last time, I have been carefully reading all of Funforge’s notices to prevent such unfortunate events.”

“As expected, Senior Graven. Hero of the Pirate Republic. Dormitory Mini Cup Runner-up. A person who would have been the runner-up in the Festival of Romance if he had not been rejected by the dice… ”

hmm?

I think I just heard something strange.

Anyway, Graven has prepared cards to counter the Time Keeper in advance.

“Knowing that, I added a crystal tank to the crew.”

“Can a tank take on the Time Keeper?”

“Look at this.”

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.

“Time Keeper’s spell blocking aura is 18cm, 24cm when enhanced.

If you increase the range of the spell with the crystal tank’s conductor effect, you can cast it safely.”

“Indeed!”

A fierce distance-measuring battle between the tank and the time keeper.

As expected, Graven’s play was more sophisticated, and the Black Swan won by taking the lead in the scoring race.

“It was a good game!”

“It was fun.”

As he shook hands and prepared for the next game, an ominous thought occurred to Graven’s mind.

however… How do other dorms without the conduit effect deal with this?