I Became a Tyrant of the Defense Game - Episode 21
◈ 021. [STAGE 1] Mercenary survival rules
“It's better for at least one person to survive than for everyone to die! Hurry up and jump out, baby!”
Jupiter wiped out the last party member.
“I'll buy time with magic, so run away in the meantime.!”
The young mercenary, who was in tears, shouted and raised his long spear forward..
“How do you get there! It's best to hold out here until rescue comes.!”
“what?”
“Grandma is a wizard!”
The young mercenary struck the side of Living Armor, who was charging at him from afar, with his long spear..
“Second mercenary survival rule! Always stick next to your wizard.!”
“…….”
“Rather than running away without a warhorse, you have a better chance of survival if you pray that your grandmother will use magic to get rid of those guys.!”
The young mercenary continued to block the Living Armorers with his long spear and shouted..
“I'll stop it somehow, so prepare the next magic.!”
Pow! Powok!
The young mercenary's tactics were effective..
Instead of killing the Living Armorers, they widened the distance by pushing them away with long spears and striking them..
The heavy weight of the armor took time to get back up once it fell..
Moreover, Damian was providing support fire from afar on the castle wall..
The flying arrows were knocking down the Living Armor one by one..
If Jupiter was in good condition, it would have been possible to buy enough time..
However, Jupiter was still slow to gather magic power due to his injury..
When she managed to gather enough magical power to summon a bolt of lightning,,
Sigh! Puff poop poop!
The monsters' spears were being stabbed all over the body of the young mercenary who was wasting time..
“Ahhhh……!”
“Oh my, damn it!”
flashing-!
Kuwagwanggwang!
Jupiter swung his arm forward. Her thunderbolt struck, completely reducing the Living Armor gathered in the area to ashes..
“Heo-eok, heo-eok…….”
Jupiter, who was out of breath with his hands outstretched, looked to the side..
“Cough, cluck..”
The young mercenary was lying down with blood pouring all over his body..
Could he have been saved if he had been able to gather magic power just a few seconds faster??
Jupiter shook away the unnecessary guilt from his head. I'm too old to take each death like this to heart..
“Hey, baby.”
“…….”
“What is the first rule of survival for a mercenary??”
The young mercenary, whose blood-soaked lips were trembling, managed to mutter..
“Strangely enough, paying a lot of money is... … don't take it…….”
“…….”
“Ah, mom…….”
That was the will. The young mercenary died with his eyes open..
Jupiter raised his head. Beyond the mountain of burnt Living Armor, other Living Armor were rushing forward..
A hollow smile appeared on the old mercenary's lips..
“All your survival principles are wrong, kid..”
pajik, pajijik……!
A feeble amount of magical power gathered at Jupiter’s fingertips..
“You can't succeed as a mercenary that way..”
There wasn't enough horsepower to fire it. Jupiter transformed the last of his magic power into a thunderbolt and wrapped it around his fist..
“To become rich through mercenary work! To make a name for yourself!”
With that fist, he delivered a body blow to the body of Living Armor, who was approaching right in front of him..
“In exchange for risky work, you only get paid a lot of money.!”
Took bang-!
Living Armor was hit by a lightning-wrapped fist and was shattered..
“Get as far away from allied wizards as possible! because!”
Boom! Boom! Tukwagwang-!
Lightning exploded from the end of the continuously swung fist and swept away the Living Armor..
“Because the wizard will snatch away all your achievements.!”
The thunderbolt gradually disappeared from the fingertips of Jupiter, who shouted excitedly. Even the last bit of magical power I could muster was gone..
“What more… … If you wanted to survive, you shouldn't have become a mercenary in the first place..”
Behind the fallen Living Armors, spraying iron dust, the next Living Armors appeared, disgustingly..
Jupiter calmly took out a cigar from his pocket and put it to his mouth. She no longer had the strength to start a thunderbolt, so she just held it in her mouth and laughed..
“Ah, I thought I could make some money with my high salary.…….”
Ahhh-!
Monsters poured in from all directions. Jupiter closed his eyes..
“This is how it ends.”
right then.
closer, closer-!
I heard the horse's hooves kicking the ground..
“huh?”
Jupiter looks back in confusion,
“please stay still.”
Lucas came right behind him on a horse..
Suddenly!
Lucas grabbed Jupiter's back with his left hand and lifted him up. At the same time, he slashed horizontally with the sword in his right hand..
Tsukaaaak-!
The Living Armor that had been cut by Lucas' sword broke into pieces with red sparks flying..
Lucas lifted Jupiter with his left hand and put it down as if he was throwing it onto his back saddle..
Lucas spoke indifferently to Jupiter, who was dumbfounded..
“hold on tight.”
“Uh, uhh…….”
“Hey!”
Lucas drove his horse, made a U-turn, and started heading back toward the city..
Ahhh!
Ahhhhh!
Living Armor was firing javelins from behind..
However, Lucas leisurely swung his sword backwards and removed all the javelins..
Jupiter watched the spear thrown by the monsters being torn apart right behind his back, and opened his mouth softly..
“Hey, young knight..”
“What is it?”
“Do you want to meet my granddaughter later? She's a very nice girl.…….”
“If you have time to play, recover first so you can use magic..”
Lucas responded coldly and spurred his horse..
“Because there are still plenty of monsters left..”
“haha…….”
He was extremely warm to his master, but when the prince was away, Lucas was extremely cold..
Still, Jupiter expressed his gratitude..
“Thank you for saving me.”
“You don't have to thank me. I'm just following Your Majesty's orders..”
After hesitating for a moment, Lucas spit out the next words with difficulty..
“but… … I'm sorry I couldn't get it sooner.”
All four of Jupiter's party members are dead..
These were not mercenaries who would die so easily. They were talented people who would guard this fortress in the future..
However, after a combination of misfortune and accidents, this was the result..
“I'll regret it after I kill all those monsters..”
Jupiter looked back..
Living Armor pouring in, and a huge ghost knight floating in the sky..
A bright blue electric current flashed from Jupiter's single eye as he glared at the two..
“It's been a while since this old man... … I was really upset.”
***
From afar, Lucas on a horse was seen safely rescuing Jupiter and returning..
“……Phew.”
I sighed with a mixture of relief and sighing..
It was a great harvest to bring Jupiter, an SR rank wizard, back to life..
But I lost four precious hero characters in an instant..
‘I was overconfident about my gaming experience..’
We follow the rules of the game to some extent, but this is stark reality..
In games, there are all kinds of variables that you don't need to worry about..
‘The mere appearance of the boss makes the soldiers scared..’
Even in the game, morale had to be managed, and there were status abnormalities such as fear and confusion..
In reality, there were much more detailed and diverse responses. In particular, I never imagined that even warhorses would be terrified..
‘Because it is reality, we must consider variables that may occur..’
I bit my lower lip and raised my head..
‘And that also happens because it is reality, different from a game..’
I looked toward the outer wall of the fence..
Boom, coo googung…….
The wooden exterior wall was crumbling little by little..
It wasn't because the Living Armor attacked. It was because of the crossfire on our side..
As fierce fire poured down right next to it, sparks flew out little by little, and soon the wooden exterior wall caught fire..
It was a small fire, but it soon spread big..
The fire helped burn the living armor nearby, but eventually the outer wall collapsed..
‘If the outer wall collapses, the kill zone will soon be neutralized..’
Living armor poured in from all over the collapsing exterior walls..
They were no longer in the crossfire, and the kill zone was losing its meaning..
Ahhh!
Ahhh-!
Living Armor let out a roar as they crossed the field..
Damian and the ballista troops took down all the enemies they could find, but they would soon reach the castle walls..
“In the end, we have to fight along the walls..”
I had a bitter taste in my mouth..
I wanted to finish this stage with only firepower, without any close combat..
There are only about 500 people here..
Even then, most of them are old soldiers and new recruits..
If it becomes a close combat where weapons are exchanged at close range, the damage is bound to snowball..
So I tried to avoid it if I could..
‘Still, I killed a lot of them..’
I glanced at the enemy information window..
[Enemy Information - STAGE 1]
- Lv.25 Ghost Knight: 1
- Lv.5 Living Armor Assault Trooper: 277 (Kill Counts) : 775)
The remaining ones are a little less than 300..
You will be able to further reduce numbers by projecting firepower before starting close combat in earnest, so there are fewer numbers to deal with in actual close combat..
‘It's worth doing.’
This battlefield is still under my control.!
At that time, Lucas and Jupiter came up to the castle wall. I had just returned inside the castle gate..
“majesty. Jupiter… … Sir, I have rescued you..”
Lucas reluctantly added a sutra to the end of Jupiter's name..
The opponent was a disgraced retiree, so it seemed a bit daunting, but it was wise to please the wizard..
“You have returned, Your Majesty..”
Jupiter bowed briefly to me. Blood from the wound he sustained when falling from a horse was staining the old man's forehead..
“Jupiter. I'm glad you came back alive..”
“There is no shame, Your Majesty. This old man has made a mistake..”
Jupiter brushed the wound on his forehead with his fingertips. Fresh blood that had not yet hardened turned her leather gloves red..
“I am responsible for the destruction of my party. Innocent young people died in vain. It's truly deplorable..”
“I didn't know that a monster would suddenly appear out of thin air, and I didn't know that the horses would run wild. It's not your responsibility..”
Because it was a party made up of hero characters, they were able to survive while protecting Jupiter..
It was painful, but with that sacrifice, we were able to save the magician, our core force..
“No, if I had been on the battlefield by this age, I should have been able to handle situations like this. this is my mistake.”
Jupiter clenched his fist with bloody gloves.
“so… … I will pay you back.”
Jupiter's single eye was fixed on the boss monster floating in the air..
ghost knight.
The boss of this stage and the leader of the Living Armor Corps..
“I will definitely slit that guy's head..”
“……Help you recover from your condition, Jupiter.”
I looked outside the castle walls..
“Soon you'll have to use your strength.”
Doo doo doo doo!
Living Armor were running across the field..
I shouted at the artillery unit..
“Killzone has no meaning anymore! stop shooting!”
“Yeah, yep!”
Sweaty soldiers next to the cannon stopped firing..
“Damian, take a break too..”
I tapped Damian on the shoulder as he continued shooting the crossbow..
“Haha, haha, haha!”
Damian, who had been shooting arrows without stopping for a moment, looked back at me with a pale complexion. His overworked arms are shaking..
“But they keep coming…….”
“You need to catch a bigger one..”
I gently grabbed Damian's shoulder and nodded quietly..
“Take some time to rest and recover. Did you know??”
“……Yes, prince..”
Damian put down his crossbow and I glared at the wire..
Ahhh-!
Before we knew it, the Living Armor had reached the moat, just below the castle wall..
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