Reincarnated as a Novel's Villain: Creator of Curses and Blessings-Chapter 36: The tutorial of the game
"Fucking hell." Hector uttered as he stepped forward, catching the cold, mocking eyes of the other students.
They didn’t say a word, just smirked at Hector. They wouldn’t waste their time on a 4 mana cores individual.
Hector didn’t care about them too much. He needed to stay calm and be ready for the next challenge.
Soon, the runes materialized quickly in front of him.
[You will be arranged a proper team based on your mana cores]
Team#:30
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[Hector Jenkins/ 4 green mana cores]
[Roy Jacobs/ 5 green mana cores]
[Tammy Wise/ 5 green mana cores]
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[You will be sent to the battle]
[Countdown]
[10]
[9]
..
[1]
***
Pretty soon, Hector got used to the refreshed feeling of teleporting into another illusion.
His body materialized quickly in this space, from his feet to his hands.
He blinked as he glanced at the landscape around him. An even stretch of land surrounded this place, with massive forests on both sides.
He looked to the left and saw an energy tower radiating a scarlet light from an orb on top of it.
He stepped closer to the tower and looked up.
What could it be? The energy tower was about 5 meters tall.
The next moment, his question was quickly answered.
[The tutorial of the game]
– In order to win, you must destroy the enemy’s energy tower.
– The energy tower has a shop where you can buy items and upgrade your own towers. You can earn golden coins by killing monsters in the forest. [You can touch the tower’s surface at random to use the shop.]
"I see."
Hector rubbed his chin slightly as he studied the important tutorial.
At that moment, he sensed the presence of his fellow players behind him, but he just let them be.
He continued touching the surface of the energy tower at random, just like the tutorial instructed.
[Golden coins: 0]
[Upgrade energy tower]
– Lv1: Create 30 Orcs (1,000 golden coins)
– Lv2: Create 100 Orcs (10,000 golden coins)
– Lv3: Create 120 Orcs + 10 Knights (50,000 golden coins)
– Lv4: Create 200 Orcs + 50 Knights + 5 Dragons + 1 Command Knight (100,000 golden coins)
[Shop]
– Map of forest (200 golden coins)
– Notebook for gauging monsters’ value (3,000 golden coins)
– Barrier spell for energy tower for 2 hours (100,000 golden coins)
– Communication spell (30 golden coins)
"Hey, asshole. We need to talk."
Hector clicked his tongue before turning toward his fellows. He lingered for little before asking,
"Who is Roy?"
A charming student tilted his head slightly in confusion before speaking up.
"It’s me. What business do you have with me?"
Hector frowned as he looked at the handsome student—someone who was supposed to become Carl’s male support in the future.
In fact, Hector had already assessed Roy as the second MC. He was clever and had a remarkable ability to make money.
However, despite all those advantages, the author had made him weak. Roy had no blessings, no curses.
His strength was average in this world—if not outright below average.
"I should recruit him to my team," Hector smirked.
"What the fuck are you smirking at, you fucking bastard?" Tammy, standing beside them, gritted his teeth in annoyance as Hector ignored him.
Then he spat,
"You should feel lucky. If this challenge didn’t require cooperation, I would’ve killed you from the start."
Hector frowned. For a moment, he considered whether he should kill that idiot or not. Then he just sighed.
Even if his teammate was stupid trash, he could still make use of him.
"Check the energy tower. You’ll find something useful."
After that, Hector began scouting around their territory, completely ignoring Tammy’s scolds and curses.
Meanwhile, Roy bared his gold-plated teeth as he studied Hector.
"At first glance, he doesn’t look like the scum from the rumors," Roy muttered, then yawned.
"Hope it stays that way. I don’t want my team full of trash."
***
[You must win three matches if you want to participate in the next challenge]
[0/3]
First Match: Team 10 vs Team 30
Team #: 10
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[Truman Fisher / 6 green mana cores]
[Verda Thompson / 5 green mana cores]
[Willow Garrett / 6 green mana cores]
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"DAMN IT! Why do we have to face such a strong team right from the start?" Tammy screamed in anger, staring at the runes.
Then he glanced at Hector with an aggressive look.
"It’s all your fault... because you showed up in my team, we got this unlucky."
Hector just tsked in annoyance. He was already in a bad mood, staring at the runes in front of them.
Although Tammy was just venting, Hector knew there was some truth in what he said.
Their team looked pretty hopeless if they faced this team without a proper plan.
Tammy pressed his forehead for a moment to calm himself, then said,
"We need a plan."
"Because I’m the strongest in our team, I’ll take the lead." He glanced at everyone, especially Hector.
"Anyone have another suggestion?"
Hector didn’t say anything. He knew arguing would only make things worse. Even though he doubted Tammy’s ability as a leader, he decided to hear him out first.
If the plan was bad, he would act on his own.
Roy spoke up,
"I have no suggestions."
A few minutes later, Tammy assigned Hector to head into the forest to earn money by killing monsters, while the others stayed behind to guard the energy tower.
The plan was simple. Honestly, it was the only plan they had.
Their strength wasn’t enough to face the enemy head-on, so their only option was to upgrade the energy tower.
Once it reached a higher level, they could think about how to deal with the enemy.
However, Hector had a different idea.
If he were the enemy, he wouldn’t bother with any complicated plan. Their force was simply too strong.
They would leave one person to guard their energy tower while the others moved in to attack his side.
With just two 6 mana cores individuals, they could wipe out Hector’s team effortlessly—at least in theory.
Instead of hunting monsters as Tammy ordered, Hector decided to search for the enemy’s lair.
He would destroy their tower before they destroyed his.
