Vol. 6 - Chapter 340 - Strategist Rina. Cornering the opponent using !

"I kept you waiting, Rina. What's the situation?"

"Everything's in order. Especially one of the opponent's team has been cornered at <Northeast Big Castle>."

"Which? Ah~, I see. So, Jilong team went to surround the Big Castle. This is going to be a hunting fest, eh."

I lightly greeted after arriving at the Base and peered into the <Dragon's Miniature Garden>, standing next to her.

The movements of both teams were shown in real-time. Tiny humanoid pieces were moving in the 3-D miniature version of <Six-Star> field.

The rare item called <Dragon's Miniature Garden> come up with the effect of <Auto-Mapping>, <Three-Dimensional Projection> and <Real-time Reflection>.

To explain in a few words, this item can form a map instantly, but when coupled with <Master-Planner>'s <Monster Watching>, <Human Observation> and <Survey Eye>, it gets dramatically power-up.

First of all, <Monster Observation> points out monsters in the map. Monsters usually are displayed only in the shape of a red point when it comes to normal maps but the <Three-Dimensional Projection> of <Dragon's Miniature Garden> takes it to the next level, and displays them in their miniature version.

Naturally, all types of enemies could be visually confirmed.

Furthermore, <Human Observation> works similarly, showing white dots in the normal map, but it also receives the benefit of <Three-Dimensional Projection> here.

And finally talking about <Survey Eye>, it helps distinguish friends and enemies with different colors, and is also capable of displaying remaining HP. Naturally, it can show the remaining HP of a castle, and whenever a square's color changes, it reflect in real-time here.

Even to put it mildly, it is a ridiculous combination. And the fact that anyone can see it as long as Rina is there after activating it once further enhances its strategic value.

Though, there was nothing more reassuring than having it on our side.

Then, I observe the situation unfolding in real-time while pondering over Rina's report.

While both <Best of the Best, the Great Star> and <Eden> are racing to capture small castles, <Best of the Best, the Great Star> is laying groundwork for their future strategies, taking several squares around the Big Castle and peeling off white squares.

Since the rule stated that a team can only capture squares that are 'adjacent to their own', <Eden> would have to make their way to the Big Castle again if the opponent converted all the white squares around Big Castle.

It was a somewhat effective strategy.

However, in hindsight, they have overlooked that the Jilong team of three capturing the <Northeast Big Castle> has been left alone.

They have yet to realize that they are being surrounded by <Eden> members who received instruction from Rina through <Guild Connect>. This was clearly an opportunity.

"Well done, Rina. That's two birds with stone, capturing the square while drawing near them."

"It's my pleasure. Also, I have made Mert team of three to be stationed in the nearby central area to work as a diversion since western side is currently lacking support. So there shouldn't be need to worry losing squares more than necessarily."

Currently, <Eden> members are mostly concentrated on the eastern side. So she seems to have put Mert team work on capturing the square in western side while also serving as decoy to prevent <Best of the Best, the Great Star> from occupying it.

That was a splendid decision.

"Shall we proceed with the plan then?"

Rina glanced briefly in my direction.

Well, it seems like our strategist doesn't need me to instruct much huh. Recently, Rina has been learning tactics or ways to use <Dragon's Miniature Garden> instead of leveling up.

The result of her hard work is evident here. It was an impressive growth.Diiscover new stories at novelhall.com

Alright, the formation looks right even from my perspective.

It's now time for the Jilong team to make the sacrifice for Lana and others right away.

"Seems fine, you can start."

"Rina, pass the instructions."

"Alright! <Guild Connect>! Can you hear me, Your Highness Lana?"

And so, Rina explained the plan we have confirmed now to Lana and others. Sure enough, <Guild Connect> is really a cheat skill, even if only one-way transmission is possible.

As for our opponent, they are like the puppet on a string held by our strategist, as she observed the situation in <Dragon's Miniature Garden>.

After conveying the plan, Rina gave her instruction while readying the field until it was time. Lana and others soon arrived at the designated place while capturing the small castles and earning the points.

Our plan began from there.

And mentioning the rest of <Best of the Best, the Great Star> here, most likely they don't know Jilong team is dancing in the palm of our strategist, so there is no aid or rescue from them.

Though that's inevitable, the only thing displayed in the central screen is the time elapsed and acquiesced point. It's really tough without communication or any kind of instruction.

"Alright. Let's do a countdown. 10... 9... 8..."

The key point in this plan is to capture the squares precisely on time.

There can't be a big gap in timing. I mean the plan is based on maintaining the protection period so as to cut off the escape route of Jilong team, so if a gap appears amidst the net of captured squares, it gives rise to an unpredictable outcome. Well, a few seconds off won't matter much, unlike with the Big Castle.

"3...2...take them down, now."

At 13 minutes and 30 seconds, following Rina's instruction, one of the squares turns pea green color, entering the protection period. Perfect timing, as expected.

Next, from 14 minutes and 20 seconds to 14 minutes and 50 seconds, they capture the surrounding squares, creating the field according to the plan.

Jilong team find themselves surrounded, and unable to move. So, the option they chose was...... to seek an escape route, and try to avoid them.

Indeed. That is their final chance of survival. There are white square surrounding them, but if they manage to turn the table and put them into protection period of pink color, they will be able to escape.

That being said, <Eden> is also aware of that. Hence, they of course won't let them escape.

Lana, with this, I have fulfilled my promise of 'strike their head'; I inwardly think.

5 minutes later------

The four member team of Jilong was forced to exit.

Author note: With this, I have finally introduced <Dragon's Miniature Garden>. They had obtained it at the end of chapter 5, so I apologize to keep readers waiting for too long!

I had really wanted to make it debut in a large-scale guild battle like this!

Then, let's talk about the development.

The image below is the map of the end moment where Eden cornered their opponent.

Though there was so much to write in the <Northeast Big Castle> part that it ended becoming too clustered (Sweat).

On the other hand, on the southern side, Rika, Mert and Misato are busy keeping <Best of the Best, the Great Star> under check.

They moved from the central part to west to east and then approached the red base, so for <Best of the Best, the Great Star>, they couldn't afford to ignore them.

However, the red team has heavily stained the southern side with red and is catching up in terms of points. Also, <Southeast Big Castle> has turned pink. it seemed like they had finally overturned the situation there.

Please look forward to how the development will unfold from here.

Next update will be about the PvP battle (from 3rd person pov)! Also, I will be adding the enlarged map of <Northeast Big Castle> area as well!

I hope you are fun!