I Became a Tyrant of the Defense Game - Episode 203
◈ 203. [STAGE 8] Weighing
Among the hero characters who were at the forefront of the Slime Emperor's attack, there were some who were new to the front line this time..
“hmm? Hmm?! Hehehe! profit!”
Elise grabbed the tonfa she had taken out from the sword in both hands and barely managed to remove the tentacle while continuously making strange noises that she would not normally make..
She had dealt with humans to the point of disgust, but she had no chance dealing with a monster of this type..
Especially with such a huge monster.
‘It's a lot harder than I thought……?!’
The monster's attacks were completely different from those of humans..
Humans have a limit to their height, a limit to the range of motion of their joints, and a limit to the length of their arms and weapons..
But the monster had nothing like that..
The tentacles stretched as if indefinitely, and the path of the extended attack drew a bizarre trajectory. Besides, the power,
bang!
It feels like a battering ram is being thrown at me..
Gritting her teeth, Elise was pushed back. He blocks attack after attack and his arm goes numb..
‘Monsters of this magnitude keep coming, and are we trying to stop them?……?’
Elise stood on the castle wall herself to get a more accurate picture of the situation on the front line..
And her conclusion was as follows:.
‘What kind of crazy shit is this?……?!’
bang-!
The flying tentacle shattered one of Elise's tonfa. Tentacles poured out one after another in front of the embarrassed Elise..
‘got hit-?!’
At that time, Kuilan rushed in front of Elise..
phut! phut! Paang!
Kuilan swung his fist and foot and struck the tentacle. The tentacles flew out with the sound of air bursting..
“Thank you for your hard work, prosecutor! Looking at it, it looks like you're a beginner at fighting monsters too.!”
Kuilan shook his red pigtails and smiled at Elise..
“Is there a need to risk your life and work hard like that? Be a little more rough~”
“…….”
Elise narrowed her ultramarine blue eyes..
In this battlefield where everyone is fighting for their lives, Kuilan and his party members are noticeably half-hearted..
From a distance, it may look like everyone is working hard to stop the monster, but up close, you can clearly see it..
The Kuilan party put up their shields pretending to block the tentacles and rolled around on the floor noisily, but they were just pretending to fight without any substance..
“Thank you for saving me, but… … Is there a reason to fight so half-heartedly??”
“haha! What difference does fighting hard make? Would you at least give me a medal for being a patriot who worked hard to protect the empire??”
Kuilan chuckled as he swung his leg and roughly kicked the tentacle away..
“Because we are a punishment unit that replaces punishment with service. They are not even proper citizens of the empire, but a group of criminal bandits..”
“…….”
“Even if you work hard, you get paid the same amount, so why risk your life to protect someone else's territory? Just add it in moderation and you're good to go..”
It was a bit disgusting, but at the same time, it was an expected reaction, Elise thought..
To begin with, these are not regular troops, or even mercenaries who fight for money..
Isn't he a bandit who robbed others for his own safety?.
Prince Ash seems to have hired them based solely on their combat abilities, but that was a hasty judgment..
You may not have expected pride or loyalty from these people in the first place, but more importantly - they lack a 'reason'..
Here on the monster front, there is a reason to fight with all your might..
“I don't think he belongs here either. There's no reason to fight so hard, right? Let's be sane together~!”
Kuilan chuckled and waved his legs roughly..
Anyway, the strongest attack was blocked by the two knights at the forefront, so they were going to just pretend to fight moderately like this..
In reality, time passed by and the attacks on Kuilan and the party members became less and less frequent..
The Kuilan party grew more and more..
and.
In a battle against monsters, a complacent attitude such as 'moderately' or 'half-heartedly', that is, being careless, is,
“uh?”
directly leads to death.
Whirly Whirly!
Because he was kicking with his right foot, Kuilan stood with only his left foot on the ground..
However, a tentacle approached secretly and wrapped around his left ankle..
“uh? Uh oh?”
And - pulls.
slap! Craddangtangtang!
“Wow!?!”
Kuilan fell loudly and screamed. His large body was caught by the tentacles and was being dragged helplessly towards the slime body..
“Leader?!”
“Holy crap, get the captain.-”
As expected, Kuilan's party members, who were half-heartedly pretending to swing blunt weapons, were scared and tried to save Kuilan.,
Whilick! Whirly Whirly!
“Hehe?! Oh, let go of this!”
“Stop! Stop this! hurry!”
The party members who ran to Kuilan's side were also caught up in other tentacles and dragged in..
Embarrassed, Elise tried to save her by swinging her tonpa, but the tentacles kept wrapping around her and she was helpless..
Wow.
A huge hole opened in the middle of the Slime Emperor's body. It was like a mouth.
The tentacles were pulling the Kuilan party towards the very hole..
at last,
“Wow!……!”
“human flesh……!”
Leaving behind only echo-like screams, the five members of the Kuilan party were dragged away by the Slime Emperor.-
gulp!
swallowed.
“…….”
“…….”
The remaining heroes and soldiers who were fighting while covered in blood could only watch this scene in a daze..
***
“Phew…….”
I was lost in thought, clutching my sore head..
We managed to appease the ordinary bandits from the punishment unit and put them back on the front lines, but the fighting is still a mess. Morale seems low.
- I don't want to be killed by a monster like that on the front lines of someone else's country.!
‘Someone else's country, la…….’
All of the hero characters recruited so far were from the empire. but these are different.
Fundamentally, he is an outsider who harbors ill feelings toward the empire. And this is the southern front of the empire..
I can't help but feel aversion to risking my life here and fighting..
For these people, true loyalty cannot be elicited simply through a guarantee of salary or exemption from punishment..
one more step.
Deeper understanding and encouragement is needed. I finally realized that fact.
‘I was immature.’
In the future, I plan to unite under my command many people who have been alienated by the empire..
And all of them cannot be fused into an army here by mere material examples alone..
Loyalty that comes from the heart requires more active inclusion..
‘It's difficult, commander's job..’
I realized it again and rubbed my forehead..
‘In the game, as long as you give them a little money, everyone will be loyal to you! I give them my annual salary and occasionally give them gifts.!’
Reality is much more complex than that of the game..
So, I'm wondering what I can do to make these bandits truly loyal to this front line..
“Wow!?!”
I heard Kuilan's scream..
When I looked ahead in horror, I saw five members of the Kuilan party being dragged away by the Slime Emperor's tentacles. no what is it?!
‘This is the grab pattern of a boss-level slime object.?!’
Grab & Swallow).
It is one of the common patterns of boss-level slimes..
If the character waits for more than 3 turns without making a clear attack or defense within the slime's melee range, the slime will determine that the character is preparing a threatening method, and will grab it with the highest priority and swallow it into its body..
‘No, that's why I sent only melee characters with blunt weapons and shields to block them! How could that pattern appear? All you have to do is defend hard.!’
3 turns in the game is 10 minutes in real life. If you don't attack or defend properly for 10 minutes, you will become the target of that grab pattern.…….
‘No way, these bastards…….’
I just pretended to fight and made a joke in front of Slime Emperor.-?!
Taang! taang-!
Damian tried to stop the tentacles by hurriedly sniping, but soon other tentacles tangled together and dragged the Kuilan party away..
at last,
“Wow!……!”
“human flesh……!”
gulp!
5Everyone was swallowed up…….
“……It's driving me crazy, really..”
I placed my forehead and moaned. What should I do with those bastards?……?
Slime Emperor, who devoured the Kuilan party, withdrew all the tentacles he had been swinging..
At the same time, the body that had flowed in a streamlined shape like a drop of water began to harden..
Now that the victim has been swallowed, it is trying to switch to 'digestion mode'..
It takes 3 turns to digest.
10In just a few minutes, Kuilan and his party will be able to remove even a single piece of bone, which will completely melt and become food for the Slime Emperor..
“Junior! [Elemental Deconstruction] How much preparation is left??”
When I shouted the question, Junior, who was immediately surrounded by wizards and preparing his ultimate attack, answered..
“Just 10 more minutes, Your Majesty.!”
……Coincidentally, Junior's ultimate will also be available in 10 minutes..
“lord.”
Lucas, who ran in front of me, spoke succinctly..
“Leave it alone.”
“what?”
“What I'm saying is, let's just let those bandits get digested by the slime..”
Lucas glanced at the Slime Emperor, whose entire body was hardening..
“I heard that slimes don't attack while digesting their food. Actually, it still seems like that..”
“…….”
“It will take at least 10 minutes to digest, so if you use Junior and Lord Raina's magic in time, you can cleanly kill the boss monster..”
“There's a person trapped in there, Lucas..”
“They are bandits who have no will to fight properly..”
Lucas showed me the injuries all over his body. There are no dry spots where the acidic liquid splashes..
“These guys were just pretending to fight while others around them were coughing up blood and fighting. Even if we save it, will things change in the future? Even if we leave it here on the front line, it will only continue to be a nuisance..”
“…….”
“You said we should give it one last chance, right, my lord? It seems to me that they have already blown that opportunity..”
There was nothing to refute..
Even if I had just defended hard, that grab pattern wouldn't have appeared..
It was Kuilan Fathi himself who drove himself to death..
“If we let those five people be extinguished, we can easily end this defense battle. No need to take any more damage.”
“…….”
“lord.”
I saw soldiers standing on the defensive line..
There were no soldiers who were not injured while fighting the giant slime with their bodies..
Even Evangeline, the most defensive of us, sits down, exhausted, panting..
If the Kuilan party is left to digest like this, the other soldiers can finish it without being killed or injured..
Five bandits who dug their own graves, who didn't fight properly even when given the chance, who harbored animosity toward this front line..
“…….”
I turned my head and saw the regular bandits of the penal unit..
They are staring at me frozen, their faces as blank as a sheet of paper..
When all the other soldiers took the lead and fought valiantly, the ragtag group was the first to turn away..
If you have to use a discard card, it's these people..
The weight of life on the front line is not the same. As a frontline commander, I must carefully weigh and judge the weight..
I know that from past gaming experience.
“……good.”
The worries didn't last long. I opened my mouth.
“Still, I save it.”
A look of bright relief flashed across the bandits' faces. Lucas' face crumpled..
“Why, my lord? This is an irrational judgment..”
After sighing and spitting out,
I answered reluctantly..
“Kuilan, that bastard, got swallowed with two new items.…….”
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