7 – Stand out – 2
The next day, Charles scored close to perfect on the political science and diplomacy exams. In fact, it was decided. It was also because Charles had personally studied political science and diplomacy in his original world, namely the Republic of Korea.
The study was not very different from another world. Most of what I learned in Korea could be used in the Arcadia Empire as well. Of course, the Arcadian Empire’s political science and diplomacy was a little behind that of Korea, but this was due to the technological difference between the Renaissance and modern times, and the fundamental academic difference was not great.
The professors who were grading the students were only puzzled when they got two scores in a row that were close to perfect. Charles Jean Rochepole, all subjects related to military force, such as swordsmanship and magic, failed, but why is only political science and diplomacy ranked at the top? When a professor asked about Charles, Diane de Balboa, who was in charge of Charles’ class, said.
“You are a student in our class.”
“Do you know anything about Charles?”
“I do not know. Except for being a pretty unusual cadet… ”
“An unusual cadet?”
“There are rumors that Charles Jean Rochepole has Glacia Ehrenberg as an escort.”
Glacia Ehrenberg. At that, the professors gasped in surprise. That would also be the case because Glacia Ehrenberg was a talented person with the highest level of swordsmanship, who was evaluated as having the potential to become a sword master in the future.
“To escort such a talented person… ? You must be a student of a very powerful family, right?”
“That’s the fallen nobleman.”
“Falled nobles!?”
How could a fallen nobleman use a talent called Glacia Ehrenberg as an escort? What the hell is Charles’ true identity?
Why do you get such a high score in terms of politics and diplomacy, while getting a trashy score in terms of military force? The evaluation of Charles was getting more and more in the middle of the day.
And the next day, the mock battle test began. Diane de Balboa, the mock warfare examiner, was a veteran knight who had been on the battlefield for 15 years, more like a knight than a professor.
As such a person was the examiner in charge, the students were worried that they would receive very salty scores.
Except for one person.
“Whew~ Is it finally my turn?”
Charles was warming up in a confident manner.
In the game called ‘The Age of Gunpowder and Magic’, Charles, no, Siwoo Lee was proud of his ranking. His army control is already to the point of showing a difference in rank from the 2nd place in the rankings!
It wasn’t about competing for 1st or 2nd place, it was just an overwhelming story about being 1st place.
That’s why I was confident in handling the army. He had the confidence to enter the top ranks. But if there is one concern…
“I don’t know how well the guys in this world will do.”
So far, I have experienced many army-to-army battles with other players online matching, but I have no idea what level the cadets in the academy will be. If their average level is higher than that of gamers, Charles will receive a lower score, and if their average level is lower than that of gamers, Charles will be ranked first.
“Personally, I wish I was at the top.”
Still, they’re academy cadets, not real generals, so they won’t be as strong as me, right? It was Charles that I personally hoped for.
And soon after, the bracket was announced.
Charles’ first opponent was Andre Gomes. He was the leader among the bullies who bullied Charles.
Andre Gomes, who had been beaten to death a few days ago, was startled as if he hadn’t known that he would end up with Charles, but soon began to laugh confidently.
“Charles Jean Rochepole must have failed in all subjects. It is no different than a mock battle.”
Andre had this misunderstanding because it was not disclosed to the cadets that Charles had scored close to perfect in Politics and Diplomacy.
“The first test must be an easy victory.”
Hyuuga, who was subordinate to Andre, said that.
“Wow, are you okay? If you win against Charles, that crazy bitch… ”
“Anyway, commoners. If they hit us just because we lost a test, our family won’t stand still.”
indeed. I forgot because I was beaten so badly the other day, but when I think about it, they were commoners. There was no need to be afraid of the common people.
“That’s right.”
When Enrique, who was a subordinate, said that, Andre laughed meanly.
“This test is a great opportunity to get revenge on him.”
The idea was to disgrace Charles by crushing him.
When the test started, each student was divided into four groups and started a mock test.
In this test, which was held in a tournament style, the rule was that the one who controls the wooden dolls of each other and knocks down the opponent’s wooden dolls first wins.
It’s like a strategy simulation game in modern times!
As such, it was a very confident sport for Charles.
The first test was a match between the 3rd Princess Leonia and a stranger named Agassi. What I don’t know means that it’s not a playable character, so it must be an extra.
The princess came out with a standard combination of 20% cavalry, 50% infantry, and 30% archers.
‘Isn’t Tercio not used?’
Well, actually, it deserves it. From the princess’ point of view, gunpowder weapons are a trump card and an important item to be shown later in a real battle, but she probably doesn’t want to show the true nature of Tercio in a test like this.
As if the opponent would not be able to win with a standard combination, they brought out 40% of heavy cavalry and 60% of heavy infantry and came out with a small elite strategy to break through the center. It was to hang everything in one room.
However, at the same time as turning her cavalry behind the enemy, the princess retreated slightly in the center and advanced her wings forward, creating an excellent four-way encirclement.
The military operation was so perfect that even the audience watching on the magic monitor and even the tactical professors stuck out their tongues.
‘Excellent.’
Charles was also praising the princess in his heart. The princess’ detailed military management was literally close to art.
On the other hand, when it was Charles’ turn, the types of troops he chose were 40% heavy infantry and 60% longbowmen.
Seeing that combination, Charles’ opponent, Andre, laughed lightly.
“What is so funny?”
When Charles asked, Andre spoke with a smile on his face.
“The infantry must outnumber the archers. It’s because the infantry has to protect the archers in the first place. Don’t you even know the basics? Besides, there are no cavalry… ”
The guy laughed. In fact, it was theoretically correct. The role of the infantry guarding the archers is, of course, that there should be more infantry than archers. But what is the standard? It’s about to wake up. There were as many tactics as stars in the world, and Charles’s tactics were completely different from the standard, but more annoying and dirty than the standard.
That would be the case, because the infantry 4 and archer 6 tactics that Charles will show you from now on were annoying enough to be dismissed as bad manners if you used this tactic in online matching. Of course, at Arcadia Academy, there would be no such rules.
“Puff… A combination with more archers than infantry. Can I cut 10% of my troops with that combination?”
At Andre’s provocation, Charles only smiled meaningfully.
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The battle between Andrew and Charles began. According to the standard tactics he had learned at school, Andre used light cavalry to scout first.
While sweeping the battlefield from west to east, light cavalry lost contact at a corner of the mountain to the east. It was probably because he encountered an enemy scout and was defeated. But it didn’t matter. The fact that the enemy’s scouts and our own scouts met on the eastern mountain was because it was said that the enemy’s main force was also likely to be on the eastern mountain.
Andrew led the army toward the east. The enemy was camped on top of the mountain. The Art of War says that it is not advisable to camp in the mountains. This is because supply lines were likely to be cut off.
Andre also thought about aiming for the supply line, but it seemed there was no need to aim for the supply line against Charles. Aren’t archers using more deformed combinations than infantry in the first place?
Sever the supply line and win. That was possible, but Andre wanted to win more brilliantly and perfectly than that and press down on Charles’ nose. I wanted to let Charles know that you are nothing without Glacia.
So, Andrew decided to break through the army of Charles camped in the mountains head-on. Anyway, that deformed army with more archers than infantry will not last long and will soon collapse. Thinking so, Andre shouted at the wooden dolls.
“All troops, ready for battle!”
The wooden dolls began to find their place one by one. Archers should be in front, infantry behind archers, and cavalry should be on both wings, but since the mountain’s access road was narrow, they were placed first at the back. and…
“Charge!”
At the same time Andre shouted, the fight between Charles and Andre began.