Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 191
◈ 191. [Side Story] Bandit King (3)
“I'm glad to see you after a long time, prince..”
Damian muttered darkly, covering his eyes with one hand..
“But please don't come near me.”
“……?”
“A nightmare is currently sleeping in this right hand. It might swallow the world... … A very ugly and black nightmare…….”
Then he suddenly grabbed his right arm holding the magic gun and let out a groan..
“Ugh! Calm down, Orlop! I understand the desire to go on a rampage, but right now it's in front of the prince.……!”
“…….”
No, it has become too classic a middle school student character..
I pointed at Damien with my fingertip and asked Evangeline..
“Since when has it been like that??”
“It's been like that since the last defense..”
Evangeline shook her head..
“I thought it was because of that magic gun, so I tried to steal it somehow. Even if I die, I won't let go.”
It looks like the Black Queen is causing trouble. The black aura spreading from the magical core of the Demon Gun is covering Damian..
The words I once heard from the magic blacksmith Kelly Bay flashed through my mind..
- The more you kill something with the Nightmare Slayer, the more the nightmare sleeping inside that weapon awakens..
I quickly opened the party menu in the system window and checked the status of Damian's equipment..
[Black Queen Swallowed by Nightmare (SSR) Lv.55]
- Category: horse gun
- offense power : 225-250
- Durability : 7/7
- magazine capacity : 7/7
- Shoots a cursed bullet, which has a certain probability of instant death to the enemy. Chance increases proportional to weapon proficiency.
- Orlov's Wrath: As the magazine empties, the bullets become stronger. The seventh and final bullet deals twice the damage of the first bullet and is guaranteed to be a critical hit..
- Orlop's Hunger: The user is consumed by nightmares, revealing their inner darkness. When the user wins the battle for dominance against the nightmare, the darkness disappears. If you are defeated, you will be completely consumed by darkness..
As expected, the kill count was fully met and the Nightmare Commander trait was unlocked. There was also a strange prefix added to the equipment name..
After reading all the explanations, I looked at Damian in confusion..
‘So that's... … Damian's inner darkness?’
The darkness in Damian's heart is a bluff from the second year of middle school.?
‘It's a bit dark... … Isn’t it cute?……?’
Anyway, the additional damage option is awesome, but other items are the problem..
A battle for dominance with a nightmare? We don't know what would happen if Damian loses the battle for leadership against Nightmare..
‘I can't lose Damian just because of one piece of equipment..’
Once you unequip the Black Queen, things will get a little better. I approached Damien to take away the Black Queen..
chuck!
At that time, Damian stretched out his left hand and opened it to me..
“Please trust me, prince..”
With his right arm holding the horse gun hanging down, Damian muttered in a strained voice..
“I need this magic gun's power..”
“…….”
“Please trust me. I will definitely subdue this darkness and make it happen with my own strength..”
Among the disheveled brown curls.
Damian's round brown eyes - the clairvoyance that had saved this monster front from game over several times - were shining as brightly as usual..
Even though he was consumed by nightmares and suddenly showing symptoms of severe middle school illness, he was definitely my trigger Damian..
So I decided to believe it. Damian will be able to win the battle for leadership against Nightmare on his own..
“Don't believe me, Damien..”
“Just leave it to me. Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk…….”
I wish you could just fix that smile…….
‘Let's watch for now, and if the condition gets worse, take away the gun..’
Anyway, like this. Junior, who eats healthy food non-stop, and Damian, who cries while holding his horse gun, join us..
“Clearly, both of them are in bad shape..”
Evangeline whispered to me with a pale face as I clicked my tongue..
“Compared to the last one, these two are noble people..”
“ah… … That guy is a gentleman……?”
“Uncle Lucas is really... … that… … . Boy, I can’t explain it in words. Anyway, I have to say that it definitely went away.?”
Evangeline rested her forehead and sighed and pointed to one side of the village..
“Ah, there it is! See for yourself!”
i looked that way.
puck! Powok!
“Wow?!”
“Ahhhh!”
In the shadows of the night, someone big swung his fist like a wild beast, and two bandits who were running fell into a circle with their shattered weapons..
Crrrrr…….
A low, animal-like howl cut through the darkness of the night..
Between the disheveled blonde hair, bright blue eyes flickered like flames in the darkness, and slowly walked out of the shadows..
‘A wolf?’
No, no. That is…….
“……lucas?”
He lowered his posture like an animal and blew his white breath between his gaping fangs..
Stumbling precariously, Lucas walked out under the moonlight..
[beast shoes].
My knight, who had deviated from the human path in his thirst for power, was there..
***
“I came straight to the scene where my senior was kidnapped, but it was difficult to track him down because it was night in the mountains..”
Evangeline sighed as she looked at Lucas, who was growling with his fangs exposed..
I guess so. Tracking is a specialty of classes such as thieves and hunters, and is not suitable for our party members..
It might be okay since Damian has bright eyes, but he's also in that condition.…….
“I tried to wait until daylight and then track him down, but he said it would be late... … Uncle Lucas entered that wolf state on his own..”
[Did they use [Beast Shoes] to track me because they felt I was closer to a beast?.
As a result, the beastization progressed too much… … This is how I became as ferocious as a wolf.?
“lucas.”
First, I stepped forward to calm him down..
“It's me, Ash..”
“…….”
“Do you recognize me? huh? Are you fine?”
Beast painting is largely divided into three stages..
1step. The power of the beast begins to reside in the human body. As a human being, I am at a relatively normal stage where I use the power of beasts as a tool..
2step. The beast begins to devour the accident. Loses the ability to speak and behaves like a half-animal.
Although the human self still remains, the boundaries become blurred..
3step. It becomes a complete animal state. He loses his humanity and normal thinking, and becomes a monster that craves violence..
‘1It seems like the stage has passed, there is no going back after stage 3.’
But if it's level 2, it can still be reversed..
I swallowed dry saliva and approached Lucas. Please, Lucas! recognize me!
“Your master is back, Lucas! All limbs intact!”
“……Crrrrr…….”
But Lucas still approached me menacingly, groaning like a wolf..
A nervous Evangeline raised her shield, and Junior and Damian also grabbed their respective weapons..
In an instant, the distance between Lucas and I became closer..
Lucas stared at me with his two bright blue eyes and approached me with great strides, but I did not back down and stayed still..
Stand tall.
Lucas stopped right in front of me..
“…….”
“…….”
There was silence.
Lucas and I quietly looked at each other. Other party members tensed their bodies so that they could step out at any time..
and,
dump.
Lucas got down on one knee in front of me..
The bright blue eyes that used to burn so fiercely suddenly become mildly glaring. Lucas grinned like a big dog, then slowly lowered his head..
Even as the opposite sex turns into a beast, it still recognizes me..
“Hi go…….”
I breathed a sigh of relief..
“An animal is an animal, but it's my dog, not yet.”
Without realizing it, I was ruffling Lucas' blonde hair like I was handling a big dog. Lucas remained calm. Right, right, right.
Evangeline, who was watching from the side, muttered as if she was astonished..
“I literally became a loyal dog.…….”
Quiet. You don't do that to a sick person..
Anyway, it looks like I still recognize it..
If we leave it like this, it will turn into a real dog and need to have its belly scratched and play catch, so before that, let's turn it back into a human..
I pointed to Lucas' waist..
“Catch the Karmiter.”
Lucas nodded his head calmly, pulled out a long sword, and handed it to me. No, don't give it to me... … . I put it back in Lucas' hands..
“Activate sword energy!”
Then, sword energy rose from the tip of the long sword Lucas was holding..
[[Karmiter] is a weapon that generates sword energy by consuming disposition values. [Beast Painting] Shame can also be used as fuel.
After about 10 minutes of burning his sword energy, Lucas suddenly gasped and came to his senses..
“Huh! My lord?! You're safe.!”
“You're not safe! You big dog!”
“I am so glad, my lord! how worried i was…….”
“Listen to people!”
I'm glad I rooted Karma Eater! If I hadn't done that, I would have been a dog for the rest of my life! I lightly placed honey balm on Lucas’ head..
“I told you not to use your beast shoes carelessly, you idiot.!”
“Sorry, sorry. When I heard the news that my master had been kidnapped, I lost my senses.…….”
Lucas nodded and lowered his head. Still, he grinned, showing his teeth..
“I'm so glad you're safe, my lord..”
“…….”
I sighed heavily..
How can I further rebuke you? This foolish article who burns his own humanity for me..
“Don't do that in the future. really.”
“I will take note, my lord..”
Anyway, Lucas has found reason, but he has not yet fully recovered from being a beast..
He's still crouched in a hunched position, and his bright blue eyes are as fierce as a wolf when he's not looking at me..
I clicked my tongue as I looked at the people in the main party who had finally joined..
“I never thought everyone would lose their minds like this just because I was away for a little over a month..”
I tapped Evangeline, the only sane person on the shoulder..
“Evangeline, you managed to hold on without losing your composure..”
“Hehehe. Who am I? Heir to the Marginal Count, the last line of defense protecting this Crossroads! My name is Evangeline Cross. Of course, it's perfect! I was holding on and holding on..”
“It's just you, really. hey! You all follow Evangeline’s example! Everyone says I'm older than him..”
However, the other party members who heard those words looked strange. Everyone looks like they're feeling somewhat unfair..
After emptying the tomato juice bottle, Junior said something..
“In fact, Miss Evangeline is the most distracted.…….”
“Huh! Hehehehe! Alright, let’s end this story here! Let’s finish cleaning up this place quickly.!”
Evangeline hastily blurted out her words and looked around..
“This is enemy territory, right? I don't know where the enemy will come out again.!”
ta da da dat!
As soon as I finished speaking, the bandits who had come running from the roof of the village fell towards us..
At the forefront was Kuilan, the Bandit King, a giant with flame-red pigtails..
“Hmm-!”
Kuilan flew into the air with a movement so light it was hard to believe it came from such a large body, and threw a flying kick with a smooth movement..
“grim!”
Lucas rushed towards him and hit the Karmiter..
Chaeng!
When my toe touched the long sword, a metallic sound rang out..
Kuilan wore metal gauntlets and boots on both arms and legs..
The Bandit King flashed his metal fists and feet, studded with gongs and spikes, in all directions..
visor! visor! Chae chae chaeng!
In an instant, Lucas and Kuilan exchanged a dozen sums and then retreated from each other..
“I never thought there would be a chase team in just one night. Should I also call him His Highness the Prince? Or should I say I was clumsy??”
Kuilan smiled bitterly and straightened his posture. His men also adjusted their weapons..
I crossed my arms and chuckled..
“These guys are my direct royal party. You could say that they are the most elite dream team that I have chosen. Of course, if I'm in trouble, they'll come running right away.?”
“It's a dream team…….”
A wizard chewing spinach and having a hard time saying he is full, a sniper holding his right arm and shouting 'Stay still!', a knight stepping on the ground with both arms and legs like an animal.…….
……Kuilan looked at them one after another and tilted his head..
“For a dream team... … I think it's a little damaged……?”
“Watch what you say, you bastard.!”
It's so bad! That's harsh! My kids are in a bit of a bad state, but!
Kuilan pointed to the four bandits standing behind him..
“These are the friends I chose carefully. Even when they were chased by the Imperial Army's Heavy Knights last year, these guys fought as equals..”
So, 5 vs 5. It’s a party PVP situation..
“I'm sorry, but I can't let you go from here, Your Highness. I really need your ransom. I need you to be kidnapped again..”
Put the gauntlet in front of your chest! Crashing Kuilan.
Lucas growled, glaring at that figure..
“Shall I kill you, my lord??”
“uh? no, what are you talking about?”
I grinned and looked at Kuilan and his party..
“We should kidnap them.”
That bandit king is an SR grade character? All party members under your command will be at least R grade.?
‘No matter what, I have to take it to Crossroads.!’
I told you before. It is said that as long as you are good at killing monsters, they are willing to take in ghosts, demons, and zombies. If it's just a bandit, it's a shame..
Hey, you're mine too! Caught quietly!
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