episode_0120

“Trapped.”

“Of course you’re trapped… ”

“No. Have you really not read Crew?”

I read it. I read it…

No, no!

I can’t lose here. You can still win!

“Graven’s turn. I will talk to the NPC.

You can earn victory points with this!”

“Well, that’s right. I will move Emily and shoot lightning.”

Graven was hit hard by lightning magic that reacted with moisture.

But he shouted as if he would not lose.

“The militia standby group charges at Baekyang’s first year!”

“No, what are you doing?”

Sighs erupt from the audience.

“I have to stick to the golem and protect the tank!”

“The golem’s movement speed is slow, so it cannot attach to the Marquina tank until the next turn!”

Graven shouted nervously and then made a surprise attack roll.

However, Baekyang’s first year is also a warrior who has been strengthened by various experience cards.

After two months of chaos, the unit survived with only three casualties.

“Round 2 ends.

Point calculation. Black swan 2 points. Underwater Guardian 0 points.

As a result of the initiative roll, the player who goes first is the Underground Guardian.”

okay. This is enough. If this is…

Both the Wirianchi and the picture effect can be canceled with Marqui’s end spell.

Then, Graven can bite again and win points.

If you just defeat the golem, the difference in points is –

“Golem walks. After that, he charged at Marqui and hit him.”

“What?”

Graven quickly looked at the table.

That couldn’t be possible, right?

The golem’s movement power is 10, and its distance is 23cm…

“Effect of Gatekeeper Golem. Discriminant matrix.”

Discrimination Matrix – If you and your opponent have the same victory points, this unit gains Stealth.

If its victory points are lower, this unit gains 2 movement and gains continuous charge.

“You didn’t know that either… ”

“You don’t score points there… ”

A golem lunges at you with a whoosh.

Two consecutive strikes from a huge fist followed immediately.

And – all hits.

Marquee, down.

The underground guardian is guaranteed to receive 2 victory points at the end of the game.

and… There is no wizard to free Graven from exile.

“… ”

“Abstain!”

“Surrencher!”

“Refund the admission fee!”

Graven looked like a zombie.

He walked towards his destined destruction until all models were wiped out in the fourth round.

“Unit destroyed! In the 5th round, the Underwater Guardian automatically gains 2 victory points.

7 to 3, victory for the Academy forces!”

Lilac stood up and prepared to congratulate the winner. The crowd prepared to boo the loser.

The subject betrayed the dormitories by saying he wanted to become the main character, but he foolishly handed the game over to a first-year student.

But they couldn’t.

Graven fell to his knees and began to shed tears.

The sobs soon turned into sobs, and the sitting position soon changed to a prone position.

“Black… ”

This time, we couldn’t blame compatibility, bad luck, or anything other than the game.

A defeat purely due to his mistakes and restlessness.

The desire to win led him to destruction.

“Ugh… Ugh… Ugh… ”

Seeing that, the Funforge members and the students who came to the audience had no choice but to remain silent.

Tears that only those who have devoted their passion can shed.

Because those tears made me forget my respect for the winner.

In fact, the victor, Kyowoonguk, was hoping for that.

Taking advantage of everyone’s eyes being focused on Graven, he left the main hall.

————————————————– ——————–

“Ah. I slept well.”

I got up from the bed.

My room on the 7th floor of the Kuroshio Dormitory had just the right view.

It’s a shame that I have to go further down in a few months.

Now that I’ve learned the magic, going up and down has become easier.

While thinking such useless thoughts, I took a shower and prepared to head to the main auditorium.

I’m glad that this final battle has quite a lot of narrative.

The 4th grade king who is dancing the last dance, and his opponent is the 1st grade divinity who has grown steadily.

An opportunity to restore public sentiment that had hit rock bottom –

hmm?

I paused for a moment.

A fairly thick book on my desk.

I don’t remember posting anything like this.

The moment I saw the cover, my glancing turned into astonishment.

Because the cover of the book, neatly bound in imperial style, had Korean written on it.

Aeorid Chronicles – Author Park Ji-hye

Wait, wait, wait.

Here too, Bakdalguk can use Hangul instead of the alphabet, right?

So, this may not necessarily be something strange.

I tried to calm my trembling heart and flipped through the inside cover.

It was year 167 of the Aeorid Empire, and the empire was still engulfed in the flames of civil war.

… It’s definitely true.

Year 167 of the Aeorid Empire. I remember this phrase more clearly than anything else.

Because that was the introduction to a cheap 2000s internet store I read about.

I am currently reading a book that I have been possessed by.

“Messenger.”

A new magic trick I learned this semester.

I summoned wind magic and gave it the shape of a bird.

Should I tell the president? Those who know the truth of this world have appeared?

no. Let’s run the contest first, read the contents of the book, and then talk.

It is very difficult to breach the academy’s security, which has been strengthened several layers since the attack.

The dormitory I’m in is also a mess, so outsiders won’t be able to come in.

“Chairman. I might be a little late.”

After sending the short message by messenger, I sat down and started reading the book.

To be honest, the first half was a struggle.

Continuous world view and setting explanations with poor writing.

Even I, who knows the history of the Aeorid Empire, would never have finished reading this novel if I had not had a strong sense of purpose.

However, the dull writing gradually improved towards the end of Chapter 1, and finally, from the scene where the female protagonist enters the academy, the novel became quite readable.

As the story unfolded in earnest, I realized that this was a female-oriented fantasy centered around a love story that would have been called a romance fantasy if it had been written in the 2010s.

The specific plot was as follows.

Even though the imperial civil war is in full swing, students are still entering the academy.

Athena Melon, a student who entered Baekyang’s lottery, is a delicate beauty who is soft and firm, vulnerable and capable.

As she experiences various incidents at school, Athena attracts the attention of three men.

as soon as-

Pollux in Red Horse, a gloomy and fanciful literary boy.

Milton is a dark swan who is cheerful but seems to be hiding something.

And even though he is a graduate, Cobb, a senior Jae-su Wang, interferes with the school here and there.

“This is… ”

The cove here is Cope Priestley.

Milton is, of course, a great mage who hides his identity and pretends to be a freshman at the academy.

That means the identity of Athena Melon is… Lilac’s mother.

What happened after that was just as I had heard from Lilac and Priestley.

Athena chooses Pollux amidst the courtship of three men.

And it is revealed that Pollux is in fact the legitimate heir to the throne, the maternal grandson of Vega II.

Through Athena’s actions, Pollux proves his lineage.

Both the Covenant World and the Covenant World bow before Pollux’s legitimacy, and Athena and Pollux get married with the blessings of Milton, Cobb, and other Academy friends…

The book ended there.

To evaluate it overall, it is a decent romance novel that is a bit boring in the beginning but is good to read to kill time.

If I were to point out something unusual…

Like traditional male-oriented fantasy, different races play a large part in the world view.

It is not a two-person system of main male lead and sub-male lead, but a three-person system.

The final winner is not the cold and dependable Grand Duke of the North style, but the weak and emotional pretty boy style?

Is it because it is a work from the 2000s that clichés have not yet been established?

Or was this just the writer’s taste?

I mumbled and was about to close the book when I checked the title page of the last page.

The brightly smiling face of the male protagonist.

It looked eerily similar to lilac.

Now that I think about it, maybe our personalities are similar…

When I thought of lilacs, the saliva in my mouth tasted bitter.

The novel ends with a happy ending, but in reality it was never a happy ending.

Reconciliation between the Taekhyun world and the Covenant world was just a dream.

The obedience was only temporary, and soon the Taekhyeon faction raised its army again, and the covenant faction was busy thinking about how to use the little boy who had inherited the throne.

As the civil war continued for another 10 years, the idealistic Pollux wandered around looking for a military leader who could make his dreams come true, but when he failed, he ended up bringing in foreign powers.

And in the battle with Creus, he and his wife die, leaving behind only 7-year-old Lilac…

That’s reality.

So what is this book?

No, the question is wrong.

Who brought me this book?

I soon realized there was nothing to think about for long.

Someone who can come into the dormitory and put a book in my room while I sleep, and who can read Korean.

“Traffic Bureau.”

“Yes.”

When I turned my head, he was standing in front of my door.

“I guess the game is over.”

“won. Is this the qualification to treat a prophet privately?”

“You are Milton’s lackey.”

Now I understand all the meaningful words he said.

Unguk shakes his head with a grim smile.

“It is the same motive for believing in God as Milton.

Of course, he is a believer with a more precious status than me, but… ”

“What do you want?”

“You are waiting.”

He gestured as if he was trying to guide me.

“Milton is at the academy?”

“No. Infiltrating the Academy without Russell Corvus is not an easy task.

We are waiting for you in Romelo Village. Not only Milton, but also our believers.”

I thought for a moment.

“I have no intention of harming the Prophet. We won’t detain you.

No, when you meet God, you will naturally understand Him.”

“… good. I’ll go with you.”