Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 370
◈ 370. [STAGE 15] Anguish
Crossroads. Temple.
“Bring me more bandages.!”
“I'm out of potions! hurry!”
“Holy woman! You should come here too! I'm in a hurry!”
I was standing in the hallway of the temple that was in chaos, quietly watching the heroes being rushed to their beds..
A total of 3 parties became incapable of combat due to today's battle..
leprosy killing squad.
This was the party with the most severe injuries, and everyone came back dead after blocking the goblins' attack with their whole body..
He would need treatment for at least a few weeks..
Holy Grail Expedition.
The extent of the injury is not that serious, but the problem is that this is a party that is biased towards dealers..
For those who are not as strong as the tank party, injuries of this magnitude take time to recover..
And, the shadow unit.
2In warrior. 2 people injured. 1 person missing…….
And Lily, who was sent in to rescue them, also disappeared..
“…….”
Now the first day.
In the first battle, 3 hero parties became unable to participate..
The damage did not end there. The parties that served as decoys were also exhausted and injured..
In particular, Junior's wizard party and Damian's sniper party, which were the core of the firepower, were discharged due to excessive use. You need to give yourself time to rest..
“lord.”
Lucas approached me. When I turned around, Lucas was pointing in that direction..
“Body bag and emergency treatment for burnout are over... … . Would you like to go see it??”
“……That's right.”
Upon entering the hospital room, Body Bag and Burnout, whose entire bodies were covered in bandages, immediately stood up and saluted..
I waved my hand and told him to rest and sat down on the chair in front of the bed..
“Report exactly what happened.”
Since Burnout cannot speak, Bodybag took charge of reporting..
Due to Dusk Bringer's use of the Dragon Lore, the hunter's hound, which had been temporarily incorporated into the shadow unit, left its position, and the castle wall where the hound had gone to pick it up was attacked.…….
The entire shadow unit fell behind while trying to save the hunter trapped under the collapsed castle wall..
While trying to save the straggler shadow troops, two parties became incapable of combat and two core fireteams were also discharged..
And, still, the goblin army is alive and well..
I held my forehead in my hand as I listened to the report. Body Bag concluded the report..
“…… So I returned through the gate. Afterwards, we waited for Godhand and Lily to return, but the gate was closed before that.…….”
“…….”
“really… … I'm sorry, Your Majesty. Because of us, the front line suffered a lot of damage.…….”
“It's not because of you.”
I said one more time.
“It's not because of you. Don't blame yourself.”
No one had any malice.
Rather, it was only good intentions..
People were trying to save people. To save the party members trapped under the castle wall, to save the fallen comrades, and to save the life of a lover who may not be alive or dead.…….
Everyone risked their lives.
Who can blame whom in this situation?.
But people die, damage accumulates, and the battle is over..
Everyone's good intentions came together, but the results were disastrous..
“I was the one who ordered the use of the Dragon Lore, and I was the one who ordered the dispatch of the rescue team. All responsibility lies with me..”
I patted the shoulders of the two shadow unit members who were blaming themselves with their heads down..
“So, don't think about anything else today and just get some rest..”
“but…….”
Body Bag started crying..
“But, but… … The two newcomers, God Hand, and Lily…….”
“…….”
I wordlessly patted the body bag on the shoulder once more and then walked out of the hospital room..
Burnout was comforting the sobbing body bag, covering his face with his bandaged hands..
As I walked out of the temple hallway with Lucas, Evangeline, who had just finished first aid treatment, was waiting at the temple entrance..
The three of us rode in the carriage together in silence and returned to the manor house..
On the carriage ride back, I let out a sigh with difficulty..
“Was it right to give up??”
“…….”
“…….”
The two just looked at me quietly and did not respond. I muttered, wiping my tired eyes..
“If we had just given up on the shadow troops, the situation could have ended with one party unable to fight. However, we set out to rescue them, and in the end, we were left with only three parties unable to fight... … For a while, even two firepower parties will not be able to go out..”
This defensive battle is a long one..
The minimum is three days, but it can be longer. Not only was the enemy's scale large, but the strategy was to take as much time as possible to eat them away..
But on the first day, I sewed the first button wrong..
And we don't know how huge an impact this snowball will have. Starting tomorrow, all guerrilla operation tactics will have to be overhauled..
“Did I make a mistake?……?”
I sighed naturally.
Could it be that, caught up in recognition and caught up in justice that should not be tied down, they have jeopardized the entire battle line??
If you want to win, if you want to make a strategy, you must know how to give up and cut things off boldly and calmly..
742During the attack, people's lives were thrown away like bullets. I regret being a monster just for the sake of strategy..
So I tried to protect the people I could reach... … Actually, wasn't it a mistake?.
“Seniors.”
Evangeline calmly opened her mouth..
“A long time ago, you came alone to save me when I was surrounded by an army of golems..”
“……It was because I was confident. I can safely save you…….”
“I'm bluffing again, again!”
Evangeline suddenly stretched out her hand and squeezed my left arm. Wow?!
“What are you doing! It hurts!”
“Since that day, you've been having trouble using your left arm. I don't know.?”
“…….”
At that time, when I went to rescue Evangeline.
I suffered an injury that shattered every bone in my left arm..
The temple's special treatment has helped me move somewhat normally, but I'm not as free as I used to be..
“Even these days, when it rains, your left arm gets sore. Look at it now. It's starting to snow, and honestly, I've been sore since before.?”
“……No, I'm not even a grandfather, it hurts this much…….”
“I told you to stop bragging!”
“Ouch ouch!”
In fact, it was true that it was annoying, so I eventually admitted it. Only then did Evangeline let go of my arm and nodded her head..
“If you really cared about efficiency that day, you shouldn't have come to save me with this kind of risk..”
“…….”
“But you saved me. Risking his own life…….”
Evangeline's emerald eyes do not waver..
“So I sympathized with it and followed it. The banner raised by my senior. Killing monsters and saving people, justice here on the front line..”
“…….”
“It’s just as you said. If we had given up on the shadow troops from the beginning, we would have been able to fight the remaining defensive battles with more strength. But, if that were the case... … Was the banner of this front intact??”
Will you abandon your fallen allies or save them?.
Is it a strategy or a person?.
In the end, it is a repeat of the worries I had in the past..
So far, the two have somehow been compatible. We were able to maintain our strategy and save people..
However, if the moment comes when you have to choose between the two,…….
Then I…….
“The reason we risk our lives fighting is not to maintain the territory of the empire. The pride of protecting everyone on the front line, and... … It's because of the cause raised by my senior..”
Evangeline smiled and nodded..
“For that cause, I would die.”
The girl knight's voice had a very heavy meaning compared to its light tone..
So I missed the right time to say, ‘Don’t talk like that carelessly.’.
Lucas, who had been silent all this time, also opened his mouth..
“The day may come when that cause will strangle the master. Maybe that day is now.”
Immediately after, Lucas shrugged his shoulders..
“But, what do you think?.”
“what?”
“As Evangeline said, isn't it a front to kill monsters and protect people? therefore… … Don't regret your decision, my lord..”
“…….”
“Please take the lead in walking the path you have chosen, even if it is difficult. We will follow silently.”
It was Lucas who opposed sending the rescue team this time, but had my back after I decided..
Evangeline hit my knee as I remained silent and speechless..
“is it so! You said before the start of the operation that you wouldn't regret it, but then you really shouldn't regret it! You're just having a set of regrets.!”
“haha…….”
I laughed bitterly..
Suddenly, I remembered what the emperor told me in the imperial capital..
- No matter how white and clean your flag is! In the end, the moment it passes through the battlefield, the flag will be covered in blood and ashes. My little son, do you truly not know?!
“…….”
This is the banner I raised. And my heart that holds it.
Troubled, shaken, and little by little worn out.
At the end of this road, will I still be able to stand holding that flag?.
To those who follow me, will I be able to wave the flag I protected as if to say hello?.
or not…….
“after!”
He raised both hands and slapped himself on the cheek..
Now is not the time to think about this. As the two articles say, there is no time to regret..
I have already chosen the route and the strategy is underway..
Find a way out. lay a gravestone As a commander, that's what I have to do..
“Modify your tactics.”
I took out the operation plan from my pocket..
I unfolded the original plan for the second day..
I read the contents, which were written in a lot of nonsense, at a glance, and then crumpled them up haphazardly..
“Tomorrow's guerrilla operation…….”
And I looked at the two articles in front of me in turn and grinned..
“You guys are going to have to suffer a bit..”
Then Lucas and Evangeline grinned like bad boys..
No, even though Evangeline was like that, I didn't expect Lucas to smile like a bad child like this.…….
What do you think? What is needed to kill a monster is far from a good and upright character..
A slightly bad child is appropriate..
Crunch, crunch, I unclenched my fists and showed my fangs..
“Let's start hunting monsters.”
***
night.
Forward base with snow.
《It's difficult.》
Inside her makeshift barracks, Kali-Alexandre groaned..
With his helmet and armor off, he was healing his bloody left arm..
There is no way there is a doctor in the goblin army. No one has learned healing magic..
The only person with medical knowledge was Kali-Alexander herself..
He was sitting in front of a mirror, holding a knife, hot water, and an iron on fire, looking at his own injuries, and performing the surgery himself..
The spear fired by the elf pierced his left shoulder..
The spear blade shattered inside his shoulder, scattering shattered metal shards all over his inner left arm..
The roughly large fragments were pulled out by cutting the arm, but the smaller pieces could not be removed..
Kali-Alexandre clicked her tongue as she looked down at her left arm, which wasn't moving properly..
《I got a real kick out of that elf.…….》
The goblin amirs who were helping him let out a low groan..
Kali-Alexandr wiped her cold sweat from her forehead and then looked back at the Goblin Amirs..
《My injury is okay... … How many Amirs are left now??》
《Kirik, it's just the three of us.…….》
《A lot of people died.》
He was the highest ranking officer under the God King, but many died in vain..
The same goes for the Goblin Janissaries. How many people died today alone? The loss was enormous..
The damage suffered by the Goblin Army was as great as the damage suffered by the Monster Front today..
《Select the seven most senior Janissaries and call them..》
After covering his injured left arm with a cloak. The Goblin God King stood up..
He looked calm as if he had never been injured..
《Among the regular goblin soldiers, select five hundred with high expertise and gather them by tomorrow morning..》
The war is still far away.
There was a need to conceal both his injuries and the officer's absence..
Finally, he put on the helmet that combined the mask and crown, and returned to his usual unwavering self and uttered:.
《‘I need to get promoted..》
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