Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 280
◈ 280. [Side Story] Fall Festival
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 sense of humanity and normal thinking, and simply becomes a monster that craves violence..
If you enter stage 3, you can never return to being human again..
And this time, Lucas reached the end of stage 2..
If we had taken half a step further, we would have ended up not much different from the werewolf army we killed this time..
If that happened…….
Maybe I should have killed Lucas with my own hands..
“I know how many days it took the Karmiter to drain your bestial tendencies before you stabilized this time.?”
He lowered his red face from being hit by me, still hanging on his chains..
Lucas is swearing at me like a downcast dog..
“It's a week, a week! I know how far you've gone?”
“……I'm sorry, my lord..”
“sorry? If you're sorry, will everything be resolved, you bastard??”
I growled, rolling up my sleeves..
“What was the order I gave you this time? say it.”
“…….”
“tell me!”
“Defense of the southern wall... … You left it to me. You have transferred command to me..”
“But what did you do??”
“……I went out of the castle wall and charged into the enemy camp..”
“and.”
“I wrote Beast Painting.”
“and!”
“……I lost my temper. At the end of the battle, there is no memory left..”
Wow-!
I slapped Lucas on the other cheek. Lucas gritted his teeth and endured the pain..
“There are three reasons why you are treating me right now. First, you didn't even listen to my command not to wear beast shoes..”
“I'm sorry, my lord..”
“Second, even though he was in command, he gave up on command and lost his mind and fought like a mad dog in the middle of enemy lines. And do you know what the last third is??”
“……I do not know.”
“You don't think too seriously of yourself, you idiot.!”
Wow-!
I slapped him again on the same cheek he hit me first. This time Lucas even had a bloody nose and it was dripping down his face..
“Becoming a beast! Charging into the enemy camp alone! It's all suicidal! This is all eating away at your flesh and using your life as firewood! Why on earth are you doing that??!”
“…….”
“And what, do you even have the same hero mentality? Do you feel some kind of catharsis every time you sacrifice your life to win a battle? uh?”
“…….”
“If only you knew how important your role is on this front! That's not right! Why don't you listen to people, you idiot?!”
Lucas, who had been listening to me in silence with his head down, slowly opened his mouth..
“But my lord also.”
“what?”
“Even though he is the supreme commander... … You're on the front line, right?.”
“…….”
“My lord... … You risk your life every time you fight. Every time, every time. always…….”
I was speechless for a moment and blurted out in bewilderment..
“Hey, I……!”
I am…….
…….
I am… … Is that okay?.
I opened my mouth, but no words came out. I stuttered but then closed my mouth..
Suddenly, I remembered what Evangeline once said to me..
- Senior, you don’t take care of yourself too much..
- I've felt this for a long time, but you don't have the desire for protection that all humans should have. It's a completely special situation for a frontline commander to fight on the front line..
- You are too willing to throw yourself into battle. like…….
- like… … Like it's not your life.
“…….”
Sure, it might be..
I may still be standing here on the battlefield with the sense of a game. Maybe that's why I'm using my life as a chess piece as I tumble down a rough path..
Lucas just… … Maybe they just learned faithfully from seeing me like this. I do not know.
‘ah.’
Then I realized.
The words I said to Lucas also apply to myself..
It's like looking in the mirror and cursing yourself..
“……Haaa…….”
I cupped my forehead and let out a long sigh..
After tidying up my disheveled hair by roughly sweeping it back, I let out a cold sigh..
“……Beast shoes are permanently sealed. never use it again.”
He raised his index finger and pointed it in front of Lucas' nose, warning him..
“If I see you using it one more time, then I will consider it as disobeying orders and kill you. okay?”
“Yes, my lord..”
“…….”
When I saw Lucas looking downcast, his nose and lips covered in blood from being hit by me, I felt a rush of guilt..
However, I felt like I would never stop using beast shoes if I didn't get to this point, so I made up my mind and went hard..
‘Is a dog covered in poop a tree covered in bran?.’
I burst out laughing at my own contradiction. I sighed, looked back, and gestured..
The guards who came inside took turns undoing the chains that bound Lucas..
I gestured outside to see Lucas, who stumbled free..
“Good job. Go to the temple, get treatment, and rest..”
“Yes, my lord.…….”
Lucas bowed to me and bowed his head and limped out of the prison first..
“……Phew.”
After looking at the drops of Lucas' blood scattered on the floor, I also came out of the prison. Ader was waiting at the entrance..
Ader handed me a towel. I roughly wiped my bloody hands..
“……I hope everyone doesn't risk their lives.”
I muttered as I looked at the back of the carriage carrying Lucas and heading to the temple. Ader grinned..
“But these were fights you couldn't win unless you risked your life, right?.”
“know. Still, I hope you don't bet. If you do it in moderation and endanger your own life, it would be better to get rid of it..”
There were speckled blood stains on the towel. I looked down at it and muttered.
“I hope my colleagues don't get hurt. I hope no one dies.”
“…….”
“know. This is the same thing as a child whining. That's nonsense. but.”
I thought about my living party members, and then the party members who were already dead and in the grave..
stage10.
How many people have thrown their lives away like stubble on the way here?.
“I don't want to lose anymore…….”
“…….”
“It hurts every time someone dies. I thought I would become numb if I kept going through it, but no. Still, every time, I feel like I'm being pierced with a hot skewer..”
“Don't forget the pain, my lord..”
Ader quietly whispered to me as I clutched my throbbing insides..
“One day, the moment when that sense wears out and becomes dull. The moment a person's death becomes a number rather than a pain... … Because my lord, you will become a different being..”
“…….”
Still, this pain is vivid..
Maybe that's why I reacted more violently..
Lucas, the main character of this game and a precious companion, does not take care of his own body and keeps fighting as if he were throwing his life away. I want to stop you.
but…….
Maybe my colleagues have been feeling the same way about me for a long time..
I kept my mouth shut and continued wiping the blood from my hands. But it wasn't erased cleanly.
‘……There should never be corporal punishment from now on..’
I feel so bad.
Other than when I hit him with the cane [Maestro] and apply a buff to him, I should never use corporal punishment again.…….
***
A few more days passed.
Autumn has fully ripened, the trees on the mountains have completely changed into autumn leaves, and the wheat fields of neighboring cities in the distance have turned golden..
The sky is high, blue and cloudless. It's cool fall weather.
Crossroads, which had been sinking since the last defensive battle, began to come to life. Colorful fabric covered the buildings and street stalls were set up on every street..
The atmosphere is somehow exciting, so I wonder if it's just fall? I thought.
“fall festival?”
As it turned out, it was a festival..
“yes It's a fall festival. It's almost time to harvest this year's crops, right? It's a day where the whole country plays together. Well, in our city, the love for farming is a bit distant, but… … Still, we worked hard for a year, so we should all eat and have fun.!”
lord's office.
Evangeline, who came to visit, explained in a clear voice. I made a noise like oh-ho-ho..
So, is it like Chuseok or Thanksgiving? It seems that harvest season festivals are a common culture everywhere in the world..
‘Now that I think about it, the game also has a fall festival event every year..’
It was only briefly mentioned, and it didn't have much presence as it only gave the mercenaries morale +5 and passed by. As I smell the air, I feel like a big event is coming..
“What does Crossroads' fall festival feel like??”
“Is there anything special about this rural village festival? They grilled and sold skewers at street stalls, and each house brought out their own liquor to share.…….”
Evangeline shrugged..
“A simple martial arts competition is held..”
“……What is opening??”
martial arts competition?
“And a dance festival?”
“……what festival?”
Daensu?
Then Evangeline waved her hand..
“Hey, it's far from the flashy stuff you think. It unfolds on a small scale, like a real rural town..”
“Hmm…….”
Still, the moment I heard those words, something flashed through my mind as a city lord..
‘festival… … Martial arts competition… … dance festival…….’
……Isn’t this a tourist product??
‘If you put appropriate tags such as ‘festival’ and ‘event’ and promote them well, tourists will flock in like hyenas..
The 'Crossroads Tourist City Plan', which had been in progress for a while but was put on hold, came to mind..
I was planning to build a luxury hotel with a casino..
‘Come to think of it, the architect from the imperial capital still hasn't arrived..’
An architect who will design the hotel. And the distribution of magic stones piling up at Crossroads..
I decided to handle both of them at the top of Winter Silver. no news yet.
Well, since it is such a long distance, it is understandable that it will take some time. When will it arrive?…….
……It was a time when I thought.
“Yeongjuneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~!”
Ader came rushing out. why? Let's look at it,
“A guest has arrived from the imperial capital.!”
“……!”
They say even tigers come when I tell them.!
I quickly took my coat and went outside. Ader and Evangeline followed behind me..
When I arrived at the North Gate by carriage, the streets were already filled with people watching and buzzing..
And through the wide open north gate.
As if there was some kind of parade going on, an endless number of colorful and sophisticated wagons were coming in..
These are the carriages at the top of Winter Silver..
“Wow... … What's this. What the hell is going on?.”
Evangeline watched the procession with her mouth open. I too whistled. It's serious, Winter Silver!
“majesty!”
At that time, a familiar voice was heard from the front of the parade..
When I looked that way, I saw a woman in an elegant suit with bright water-colored hair blowing in the wind..
The silver gaze is clear under the falling autumn sunlight..
She waved her arms eagerly at me. Her thin, white arms waved like a painting against the blue sky..
I smiled brightly and said her name..
“……serenade.”
Owner of the Winter Silver Top.
A business and dance partner who overcame hardships in the capital with me..
Serenade Wintersilver came to Crossroads.
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