Four Split Personalities

At this moment, many imaginative people even felt that Ramollok had already realized the imminent encounter battle and was desperately calculating the distance between the main formations of both sides, trying to prove that the well-known star of the Dream Teaching Country military was brewing some big move, such as positioning himself advantageously at a geographical location when the sides meet...

However, Motan knew very well that this was impossible. With limited intelligence, Ramollok could not possibly guess the opponent’s position or predict the time of encounter. Intentionally guiding the geographical location is even more far-fetched. It’s important to know that although the target area for both sides serves as a sort of "semi-transparent neutral zone," its geographical intelligence is very vague. Without specific feedback from scouts, Ramollok could not have foreknowledge of its detailed terrain.

Unless he specifically ordered the scouts in the legion to conduct some advanced reconnaissance beyond routine marching, but he didn’t do so.

Instead, the dwarf girl, as Ramollok’s opponent, ventured to send out several groups of scouts, but apart from some additional intelligence, there wasn’t much gain.

In summary, Ramollok’s performance at this moment seemed too mediocre in Motan’s eyes.

And judging by Daylight Black’s increasingly furrowed eyebrows, it seemed he wasn’t the only one thinking this way.

No mistakes made.

Ramollok merely didn’t make mistakes. Although that is indeed one of a commander’s advanced skills, it’s still quite odd...

[What on earth is going on?]

Motan scratched his head in some confusion, feeling like he had overlooked something.

Although he had only read Ramollok’s battle reports before and never seen him actually command, that inexplicable sense of dissonance was just inescapable.

The simulation continued—

Apart from emergency battle reports, the update rate of the [Battle Six type] intelligence was one set every two minutes, with variations based on the identity of the respective commanders, troop strength, and unit composition; and the speed of instruction input and automatic simulation varied in real-time, but generally maintained an unbiased, just frequency.

In the next ten minutes, Ramollok’s Counselor fetched intelligence five times in total, of which three times they entered instructions given by Ramollok, but still, they were merely insignificant adjustments.

Meanwhile, the Counselor of the fifth-year Mercury Gold Military Academy girl also obtained intelligence five times, yet ran to the central sand table eight times in total, each time bringing back numerous instructions covering everything from broad marching routes to the deployment of troop formations in detail, appearing very professional.

Finally, everyone focused on Monitor One, both novices and experts, could see that from the perspective of achieving the territorial target, the dwarf girl had the upper hand; and even from a God’s Eye View, the cadence Ramollok was currently keeping would be difficult to assist in the upcoming encounter battle.

"It’s about to collide."

Motan watched the screen without blinking, desperately searching for the source of that disharmony while muttering under his breath.

"The scouts of both sides have entered each other’s control range!"

Black exclaimed at the same moment.

Buzz—

The next second, a red light suddenly lit up in the room where Ramollok and the opposing commander were, a sign of an emergency battle report.

Without any hesitation, both sides’ Counselors quickly reached the sand table, retrieved the completed materials, and hurried back to their respective Commanders.

Meanwhile, in the still ongoing simulation on the sand table, both sides’ scouts and vanguards were already in combat!

Formations changed! Engage!

Both sides immediately reacted the same way, and specifically, Ramollok issued a total of three instruction cards at once, while the dwarf girl across frequently had her Counselor shuttle between the two sides, sending out intermittent instructions of relatively small quantity but high frequency.

In less than five minutes, this unexpected encounter battle had turned white-hot!

Ramollok’s large-scale direction was very clear, obviously intending to drag the opponent to death here; whereas the opponent did quite the opposite, the determined dwarf girl resolutely focused on breaking through, attempting to force her way through Ramollok’s blockade, sacrificing some troops if necessary to break through and cut off intelligence. She even detached several light cavalry units to prevent Ramollok’s troops from relaying back intelligence.

She had calculated that as long as she could get more than a third of her forces to break through, she would surely achieve her strategic objective before Ramollok.

This wasn’t an impossible task. In the eyes of this girl, who had thrown away her anxiety and was now excited, even if the opponent was Ramollok and the blocking party had more advantages over the breakthrough side, in the current plain environment both sides found themselves in, as long as she was decisive enough, leading only a third of her forces wasn’t wishful thinking!

Simulations, after all, aren’t actual combat. In real battles, soldier quality varies, and when at a disadvantage, collapse can occur easily. Though simulations also have possibilities of [collapse],the likelihood of such occurrences before one’s forces are cut down to 40% is less than 20%, so it’s a gamble worth taking!

Speaking of warfare, the lady never considered herself stronger than Ramollok, but she also firmly believed that her experience in playing with the magic sand table for simulation battles far exceeded Ramollok’s!

"Let’s go for it—"

She tightly held her friend’s hand and didn’t know how many instruction cards filled with suicidal containment actions she thrust at her.

"Let’s go for it!"

The friend, equally emboldened, also heatedly became excited, her face flushed.

Finally, another twenty minutes later, the magic sand table for Battle Zone Seven finally ceased its simulation, and the continuously live version of Monitor One announced the result at the same time—

[Mercury Gold Military Academy] Fifth-Year Student, Galavina Rezo, Defeated, Objective Unachieved, Residual Troops: 0%

[Dream Teaching Country Delegation] Ramollok, Victory, Objective Unachieved, Residual Troops: 27.7%

The entire audience was in an uproar.

Including Black, whose mouth hung open, and Barty, who had entered later but successfully advanced five minutes earlier than Ramollok, everyone was stunned not by the fact that Ramollok had won, but that he took nearly an hour to claim victory, and that at the cost of virtually exhausting his own forces.

To be honest, most people who witnessed the match from start to finish would not have been surprised about whichever side gained the final victory, because the dwarf girl named Galavina really performed very well. Despite her rather aggressive tactics, her strategic thinking was always crystal clear, and she kept trying to turn the tide until an unstoppable collapse occurred.

For Ramollok, who achieved the final victory, there was hardly any applause given, having been placed under such high expectations, and he didn’t deliver anything remarkable. Even though he made no mistakes and calmly endured Galavina’s fierce offensive until the end, pulling her down, he still disappointed people’s self-imposed expectations.

For someone bearing the aura of a famous general, this level of victory seemed almost identical to failure in others’ eyes. The only reason he didn’t lose was because he won.

However, unlike the Black confused and mixed with a tinge of disappointment, Motan suddenly revealed a look of realization at the end of the match—

He finally discovered the source of that dissonance.

Ramollok!

That man wasn’t really participating in the competition!

He was acting as a Counselor!

In a way not even realized by the person himself, he was serving as a Counselor, to his own Counselor!

Chapter 1268: Finale

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