I Became a Tyrant of the Defense Game - Episode 3
◈ 003. [STAGE 0] Even if the sky falls
Forward base in the fortress city of Crossroads.
Commander's private quarters.
“…….”
I stared at the mirror..
In the mirror stood a handsome man, as if drawn from a painting, with jet-black hair and sparkling dark black eyes..
3rd prince of the Everblack Empire. Ash 'Bonhater' Everblack.
This will be the name of this flower that I possessed(?).
“driving me crazy…….”
I had to admit it.
I entered the game world, became an extra who died in the tutorial, and knew that the tutorial would begin tomorrow at sunrise..
“Why, why this bastard?!”
I groaned and ran my hands over my face..
In front of me was a transparent system window with a description of Ash written in it..
[Character list - Ash 'Bonehater' Everblack]
It is almost the length of a short story, but to roughly summarize it is as follows..
The youngest son of the royal family of the Everblack Empire, 3rd Prince Ash.
Ash has suffered from mania since he was young. His disposition was ferocious and cruel..
From a young age, you always had what you liked, and you always got rid of what you didn't like..
In Ash's villa, all kinds of incidents and accidents continued..
When he came of age, he flirted with women from noble families every day and drained the national treasury by living a debauched life..
He looked down on officials and knights and behaved arrogantly..
As the tyranny became more severe and numerous complaints arose within the capital, the emperor took extraordinary measures..
‘Ashe, I appoint you as Lord and Commander of the fortress city of Crossroads..
Help stop the monsters there and keep the peace of the empire..’
To put it nicely, it was an appointment as lord and commander, but in reality, it was exile and demotion..
The fortress city of Crossroads is located at the southern tip of the world..
And the monsters that emerged from the huge lake in the south came here endlessly..
The world's worst monster front, with an average of thousands of casualties per year..
Telling me to stop the monster here was like telling me to fight a never-ending battle and never come back..
And Ash was a total crazy asshole..
First day in office. He swept away the imperial army that had followed him from the capital and most of the mercenaries stationed in the fortress city and marched south..
‘If you destroy the source from which the monsters pour out, won't it all end?!’
In a way, Ash was right..
The journey of this game is to destroy that source..
The problem was timing. The day Ash went out with his troops was the day when the monsters that had been quiet for the past dozen years began to act in earnest..
As soon as Ash and his soldiers arrived at the forward base, they were surrounded by an army of black spiders that suddenly appeared, and they fought for three days and nights..
And on the fourth day, the forward base fell..
The deployed troops are annihilated..
The protagonist Lucas, Ash's bodyguard, escapes with Ash, but Ash ends up dying during the escape..
In the end, Lucas survives alone and returns to Crossroads..
And as the acting commander, Lucas protects the Crossroads and at the same time attacks the dungeon, the source of monsters.…….
……This is the introductory story of the game.
No, but the problem now is not what the intro story is like.!
‘X done.’
I wiped my face with my hands as cold sweat was pouring out..
‘Ash, you stupid bastard! It was probably just quietly staying in the fortress city, so why did it come out? why!’
Even if I was dropped at any point in the game, I had the confidence to find a way out..
I was the only human to clear this game on the worst difficulty level..
Only now! Except at this point in the tutorial.!
‘I can never wake up. It's a stage made so you can't break it..’
In the game, this tutorial makes it impossible to win no matter what you do..
There are monsters with overwhelming levels and specs compared to the soldiers, and they even outnumber them..
In this game, which lasts until the third year, the black spider army was a monster that could only be hunted in the middle of the second year..
As soon as you start, you'll meet hundreds of them, and there's no way you can beat them..
In the end, the tutorial ends with Lucas escaping alone..
‘……No, come to your senses, classics fanatic..’
I tried to stay cool. I tapped my cheek with my hand..
‘The game exists to be cleared. If my current situation is an ordeal that someone has given me, there must be a solution..’
Yes.
This place is definitely real, but it's just like the game I cleared.
I know this game better than anyone in the world.
If I mobilize all my knowledge and experience, I will be able to find a hole to emerge even under the collapsing sky..
‘First, I organize what I have and what the enemy has..’
I calmly summarized what I had and what the enemy had..
First, what the enemy has.
Enemy information could also be viewed in the system window. You're so kind..
“Let's see…….”
[Enemy Information - STAGE 0]
- Lv.?? Black Spider Queen: 1 body
- Lv.60 Black Spider Siege Soldier: 196
- Lv.55 Black Spider Assault Trooper: 912 units
As for the queen, due to the nature of the black spider army that lives in colonies, it has no fighting ability even though it follows one. The queen ain't the problem.
The real problem was just the level and number of these spiders. what? Level 55? Level 60? Why is the population like this again? Over 1,000? You're crossing the line?
“Oh my, my oh my…….”
I was in despair again, holding my head in despair..
It's ruined. No matter how much I thought about it, it was ruined. How can I overcome this??
‘no. Calm down, let's stay calm. You have to count what this side has too..’
I also tried popping up the friendly information window. Various information came to mind..
“What is the durability of the castle wall... … It's the floor..”
Arrows and shells are also gone. Food is also low. Medicines are also low. Morale is also low. No, there is nothing that is not the floor?
‘The only thing that's useful is the mana cannon..’
[Artifact - Ancient Mana Cannon (SR)]
A huge cannon installed at the highest point of the forward base..
It is the most powerful weapon in this forward base, concentrating magical energy and firing it using ancient technology..
‘In the original tutorial, I used this mana cannon to escape..’
When the soldiers were wiped out and the fall of the forward base became certain,.
After firing a cannon to break through the thinnest part of the Black Spider Army's siege net, Lucas lifts Ash up and escapes there..
During the escape, Lucas tries to protect Ash until the end, but Ash is eventually caught by black spiders and torn to pieces and dies..
The final scene of the tutorial is Lucas running away, shedding bloody tears, leaving behind Ash's screams.…….
‘I can't die like that.’
Imagining the scene of being captured and eaten alive by giant spiders made me feel nauseous..
‘Another way to escape?’
I thought of a plan such as mobilizing the entire army and escaping at once under the cover of darkness, but I soon gave up..
Spiders are just reluctant to be active at sunset, but it's not impossible. They will immediately close the siege and attack..
On flat ground, the speed of the black spider army is comparable to that of a war horse. Leaving the fortress itself was an act of suicide..
‘The chances of survival are not impossible, but they are too low. We need to find a more likely way.’
Dozens of ways came to mind one after another. My confused mind gradually calmed down..
I calmly checked the numbers I had..
If you play the game in ironman mode, it becomes impossible to load saves, so the moment you make a mistake, the entire game is ruined..
Therefore, every moment is a process of searching for the best move..
I knew it well after training for the past half year. In any situation, there is a trick and a way to survive..
Slightly higher probability.
A more certain way.
look for.
“……!”
I remembered something and quickly manipulated the system window. Eventually, the screen I was looking for appeared..
Right at the party window.
[main party (5/5)]
- Lv.1 Ash (EX)
- Lv.25 Lucas (SSR)
- Lv.15 Lily(R)
- Lv.15 Ken (N)
- Lv.10 Damian (N)
Dry saliva flowed down my throat..
‘This is it.’
is a game that trains hundreds of heroes and sends them to the battlefield..
Heroes are managed by being grouped into parties, and one party consists of 5 people. The same goes for the party given in the tutorial. 5 people.
‘Even if you forget the story, you won't forget the tutorial party members..’
They are pitiful friends who die one after another after only being told how to play, but I was familiar with these characters as I had delved into the game to its limits..
‘Of these five, four except Lucas will definitely die..’
Perhaps because these characters are certain to die, the developers played a little 'prank' on these four characters..
A prank that can never be used in a game and is just fun..
‘If this is really a game world... … That ‘prank’ will still remain..’
And if you can use that prank, then… … A possibility arises.
It may seem subtle, but it is a clear strategy..
“lucas!”
I burst open the door and stuck my face out. Lucas, who was dozing off and standing guard outside, looked at me in surprise..
“Yes, Your Majesty! what's going on.”
“Call a party under my direct control immediately.!”
Lucas narrowed his eyes..
“If it's a party... … Are you talking about the members of His Majesty's direct bodyguard? You haven't called me once in a while, so why all of a sudden?…….”
“Oh, don't talk nonsense! Call me quickly!”
I stuck my index finger at Lucas and grinned confidently..
“Because I thought of a way to overcome this situation!”
***
After a while.
All five members of the tutorial party gathered in the hallway in front of my room..
Me, Lucas.
And three new faces.
‘Is it Lily, Ken or Damian?…….’
I glanced at their familiar faces..
Well, it's something to get used to. I don't know how many times I've seen these people die..
Lily is a red-haired woman wearing wizard robes..
Ken is a large man with a close-shaven head wearing a shield..
And Damian…….
“……Why is he so upset?.”
It was a boy with curly brown hair, glasses, and a priest's uniform..
He looked fine, but he was alone in the corner of the room, sobbing. Why is it like that?
“Damien is like this because he lost a colleague today. Please understand.”
Lily smiled bitterly and asked for my understanding..
Damian was one of the few remaining healers in the unit, and he seemed to have been taking care of the wounded soldiers a while ago..
Just a little while ago, a close colleague died from injuries..
“Black... … Hehehe…….”
Damien's white priest's robe was covered in the blood of his allies as he couldn't stop crying..
Lily, who sat next to Damian, gently rubbed his back..
‘Come to think of it, it was definitely like that during the game's tutorial..’
Damian was the first member to die due to being affected by status ailments such as 'fear' and 'confusion' from the beginning..
Even though she was an important healer, I remember not being able to use it..
“Now, I understand your sadness, but just wake up Damian! It's sad to lose a friend, but you still have to live!”
I tapped Damian on the shoulder and said, but he just kept whimpering..
Ken, the large knight who was looking at me dissatisfied, growled..
“‘‘Don’t you have to live?’ Are you sincere in what you say now, Your Highness??”
“huh?”
When I looked at Ken, he let out a voice full of emotion..
“Are you really saying that when your Majesty led us all to death through faulty command?!”
“…….”
“What do I have to live for? They're all going to die because of you anyway, damn it!”
No, I feel unfair. Ash, this bastard just came into this body after an accident..
The excuse rose to the top of my throat, but I barely held it back. Who would believe this nonsense??
Above all, I was able to fully understand Ken's feelings..
Suddenly, a parachute commander who came down from the capital suddenly leads the entire army and rushes into the enemy camp. It's okay to be upset.
……Yeah, it's annoying but.
“ken.”
But I can’t be sober here..
“Are you protesting against me, the son of the emperor and the commander-in-chief of this front??”
Ken was shocked when I lowered my voice. Only then did he realize that the prince in front of him was a crazy maniac..
Smirking, I raised the corners of my mouth and smiled dangerously..
If you lose control anyway, that's where it ends. Because the strategy I will be ordering from now on is ridiculously reckless..
There was a need to make them stop complaining and follow me..
“lucas!”
so I,
“Immediately cut off the head of this rude bastard who insulted the royal family and commander-in-chief.!”
Since I was already in the body of a crazy person, I decided to act like a crazy person even more..
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