"It's finally the day, Zephyr! I had been super looking forward to today!"
"Good morning, Lana. I see you're already pepped up, huh."
"What are you saying! It's not just me, everyone is burning in fervour! How dare they try to poach you, we're to make sure they get their due punishment!"
It was afternoon, saturday. Yes, time for guild battle!
I had just entered the guild and was about to say my greetings when Lana started with her speech.
I looked around and indeed, I could feel the surge from the girls. They're all ready huh.
Our opponent today is ‹Best of the Best, the Great Star›, and due to a certain incident, we are now going to have a guild battle. Furthermore, it's the ‹All-Out War› format.
It was a game on an advanced level, compared to our small scale of guild battle, ‹5 Members Battle›, so far.
Well, the reason behind their serious face is something else though.
The starting of all this was apparently what got on their nerves. As the matter, even Sierra looks like she can't wait for the guild battle to start, which is rare for her.
"Good morning, Zephyr. Though there's still quite some time, I was thinking of having a preparatory meeting, so can you come here? Oh, and Rina and Mert too, if it's alright with you."
"Good morning, Sierra. And, of course."
"Yes. I don't mind either."
"Same here."
With that, Sierra proceeded with a preparatory meeting, including our strategist and wiseman.
Nevertheless, I was surprised to see Mert alone, I was sure he and Misato were a team acting together all time. When I asked the person himself, apparently, Misato lives in a fortunate girl's dormitory while Mert lives in a noble dormitory. Hence, why they act differently.
Now, the brains of ‹Eden› have gathered for a meeting. The agenda, of course, is today's guild battle.
"First, let's hit their head. I think this will bring them to their right mind to some extent. But if it still doesn't work, then continue to hit them until they're not."
"Why are you here, Lana?"
Strangely enough, the first to speak was Lana, who wasn't supposed to be participating in the meeting. She slipped in so naturally as if it wasn't an obvious matter.
Or rather, is she talking about physically hitting heads, not just as a metaphor?
"Let's go with it. Let's try hitting their heads to see if it brings us back to our senses. Of course, we'll keep doing it until it works."
"Huh? Sierra, you agreed with her suggestion?"
That's strange. I think I might be having auditory hallucinations.
However, they continued as if I didn't say anything.
"We must trap them so they don't escape using protection period."
Rina voices a sensible opinion. Yes, that's what I want to hear.
However, it seems like I reached that conclusion too soon.
"Let's set-up a trap to prevent them from opposing. Maybe, this way, we can keep hitting them until the time is up if everything goes according to plan."
"Not you too, Rina!"
Huh? Did they really want to hit the head of ‹Best of the Best, the Great Star› so much?
"Ahem. Let's put aside the talk of hitting heads for now. First, let's go over the positioning and strategy."
Mert, the only one thinking straight among them, speaks so and tries to redirect the conversation.
Nice catchup, Mert. Hang in there.
"Hmm, there's some truth in your words. Indeed, it will be the re-enactment of our battle with ‹Pri-4› if we go without any plan. We have to first drove them into a corner."
"‹Pri-4›?"
The first one to agree was Lana. As for Mert, he tilted his head in puzzlement, who doesn't know about the previous matter regarding ‹Pri-4›. I think he would be fine not knowing that.
"Ahem. Since we have already formulated the strategy, first look at these documents."
"Can we add a section about hitting the opponent's head in the strategy?"
I distributed the materials I prepared for today and started explaining when Sierra asked. No, seriously, why are you also following Sierra? Anyway, under their urging, the 'Hit the opponent head' portion was added under the PvP section.
Victory has no direct correlation with that. Is this really necessary?
However, since the majority of the brains of ‹Eden› voted for this, saving Mert, it was approved.
Well, I guess I'll join in and hit as well. Is a fist okay?
When exchanging glances with Sierra, She replied in a straightforward manner.
"I am going to use mace."
It sounds painful. If HP wouldn't have been at play, I am sure it would have been a major matter.
I mentally pray for that mace to never come at me.
"Anyway, leaving that aside. I want you all to listen to the plan for this time."
Deciding on hitting someone physically can't be said to be a strategy, so from here starts the real meeting. Until now was that, you know? Warm up.
"I will explain to everyone later, but first, take a look at this field for this time, ‹Six Star›. Pay attention to the castle and the base. The base is located in the middle of the two triangles, north and south."
I take out the map of the ‹Six Star› field and point at it
The shape of this field can be taken as six triangles attached to a hexagram as its base form.
Then, the base is in the northern and southern direction each.
"As you can see, it's different from ‹Nonagon› or ‹Rhombus› field, and the big castle is located here in the 'centre'. There are two in the eastern triangle, two in the western triangle, and one in the centre. A total of five."
The ‹Six-Star› field for today's match is quite different in structure from the ‹Nonagon› we have seen before, or the ‹Rhombus› we have experienced before.
——After all, there is far too little polarisation in the big castles.
In our battles so far, big castles heavily leaned in the east and west direction. Because bases were in 'east' and 'west' direction, the big castles on the bases side were located in the easy to capture position.
However the base today is divided into north and south, while big castles are in east and west. They do lean in the north and south direction as well, but the peculiar shape of ‹Six-Star› makes it difficult to move in a straightforward manner.
In other words, we must head to the centre and take a detour from there, unlike how we were able to take shortcuts before.
Not to say it will take time, it also increases the risk of being intercepted by our opponent as well.
The main point to consider in today's battle is which big castle to target first in our starting act.
