Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 40
◈ 040. [STAGE 2] Things I can’t understand
Charles Cross spent his whole life killing something..
The city where he was born was a fortress against monsters..
He went to the front line with his father even before he was an adult, and grew into an adult by being bloodied by a monster trying to climb over the castle wall..
Even when his father died and he inherited the title of Margrave. Even when he became lord of the city at a young age.
He killed monsters every day..
Actually, that was enough. Killing monsters was the only thing he did best and the only thing he understood..
The enemy who wants to kill me, I kill him first.
The world was so simple and clear.
‘Hello, Youngju.!’
That was until she came to town..
‘What to sell in this city?’
‘It's a flower, my lord..’
A female merchant requesting permission to open a store in the city.
Margrave Cross was dumbfounded in front of her..
‘This is the monster front. What you need here are swords, spears, arrows, and cannonballs. What good are flowers? Besides, I lose quickly..’
‘Because it’s of no use, that’s why! People need flowers, my lord..’
‘……?’
‘This transience that quickly fades is why flowers are beautiful.!’
I couldn't understand.
So I was suspicious of her at first. They thought she was a spy for the enemy country..
Margrave Cross visited her shop, which was filled with flowers and plants, every day. She was looking for evidence that he was her spy..
Every time he visited, she smiled and told him about the flowers..
Explained the language of flowers and taught me about scents and colors..
Margrave Cross was able to distinguish the color and scent of flowers and memorized all the types of flowers..
But still, I couldn't really understand why it was beautiful..
1Years later. Charles Cross proposed to her.
She accepted the proposal..
***
Click, click, click-!
Margrave Cross was riding his horse, wearing armor, carrying a spear and shield, and was riding towards the castle walls..
short term horse).
Alone, without any escort.
“What are you doing... … It's a joke.”
Riding a shabby horse, wearing rusty, poorly maintained armor, and carrying a large shield and cavalry spear that did not match his skinny body..
In that state, it rushes alone towards the remaining thousand rats..
It's not Don Quixote rushing towards windmills..
“What are you doing, margrave? Then die-!”
As if he didn't even hear my shouts, Margrave Cross ran without slowing down..
“Wow-!”
A hoarse shout came out from behind the old man's helmet..
The rats that were eagerly climbing over the castle wall or digging under it looked back one by one..
The principle of behavior of monsters is simple, as has been explained dozens of times..
- kill the closest human being.
kirick!
Kiriririk!
As the Margrave got closer, the rats showed their hostility with red-hot eyes..
However, Margrave Cross continued to charge forward without slowing down..
Toukwaaak-!
I struck down a tremendous lance charge and dug into the middle of a group of rats..
And in that state,
“Look at me! You bastard rats-!”
Wide-area provocation, which can be said to be the signature job skill of the Shield Knights, was used..
I don't know the exact number, but I don't know how high his provocation skill level is, having been trained by fighting on the front lines all his life..
The scene where a group of nearly 1,000 rats that were looking at the castle wall turned back all at once... … It was so creepy and unrealistic..
“…….”
I opened my mouth and looked at the Margrave Cross..
what?
What are you doing now??
Then the eyes of Margrave Cross and I met..
In the shadow of his helmet, his deep, aged green eyes glinted dimly..
I tried to read his intentions, but I had no idea..
kirick!
Kiriririk-!
The next moment, a wave of rats poured towards the Margrave of Cross..
***
After the two got married, time passed..
Even after becoming a lord's wife, she still planted flowers and tended trees..
Sprouts bloom from seeds, and small, fragile stems rise in the summer sunlight..
Flowers bloom, bear fruit, fall foliage, and-
a daughter was born.
‘Look, honey..’
A wife who had just given birth showed a lump of blood in her arms with a pale face..
‘she's your daughter.’
That day was also the day the monsters attacked..
Charles Cross, who hurriedly returned without even thinking about washing away the blood and dust, carefully picked up the small lump of blood..
the child was asleep.
The child was so small and delicate that it seemed like it would break if the slightest force was applied..
‘Evangeline.’
My wife quietly whispered the child's name..
‘My daughter is as pretty as her name suggests.?’
‘…….’
Unsure, Charles Cross could not answer..
still he didn't understand.
Something so small and fragile, with such a feeble warmth that it seemed as if it would go out at any moment. Why does it make my heart pound like this?.
There was nothing I didn't know when I was catching and killing monsters on the front line just a little while ago..
Nothing now... … I couldn't understand.
***
“Build your troops quickly! hurry!”
I delivered the order in a hurry.
We were able to eliminate all the rats that had infiltrated the top and inside of the castle walls. This was because there was no follow-up history..
All the rats were driven outside the castle walls. Stand alone there and head towards the Margrave Sun Cross.
“Don't use cannons or ballistas! The margrave could get caught up. Only use crossbows or bows, and shoot from the street rats on the outskirts.!”
“yes!”
The archers took their positions and began sniping the rats one by one..
“Lily! The flamethrower artifact is?”
“can write!”
“Burn all those who reach the intersection.!”
While the activated artifact was cooking the gutters near the castle wall, I shouted to Lucas on the first floor..
“lucas!”
“Please state!”
“Lead all soldiers capable of close combat and get out of the castle gate! We must rescue the margrave..”
“No, Your Majesty. not rescue.”
Lucas, wearing a helmet, brightened his bright blue eyes..
“The plan is for us to hit the gutters from behind. You can finish it in one go. I will annihilate them and return with the Margrave..”
“……Please. As fast as possible.”
“yep!”
Kugu Palace-
The castle gate opened, and Lucas mounted his horse and raised his sword..
“let's go! Kill them and save the margrave.!”
Wow-!
The soldiers all shouted and poured out..
Old soldiers who had once been private soldiers directly under the Margrave were leading the charge and running forward..
‘don't be late!’
I clenched my fists..
‘Don't be late, please!’
***
“Ahhhhh-!”
Margrave Cross roared..
With each swing of the huge cavalry spear in his hand, more than a dozen rats tumbled across the floor, spilling blood..
And several times more rats than that bit his entire body..
Even though it was rusty, the armor he wore was of the highest grade. The main body's skills were also focused on strengthening defense..
Nevertheless, the damage was steadily accumulated..
Despite the pain consuming his entire body, the Margrave continued to shout and swing his cavalry spear..
‘I don't know.’
Margrave Cross couldn't understand why he was doing this now..
I decided to meet my wife next to me for the last time, but why did I choose the city again?.
I'm fascinated by something about this hateful city... … Are we fighting again?.
‘No way, I don't understand.’
Even though I was this old, the world was still full of unknowns..
The transience of flowers, the warmth of life, and the beauty of the world.
Even your own heart.
Although he struggled all his life to understand, the Margrave could not figure it out..
……However, there is something I know painfully well..
“Ugh, ahhh-!”
flowers, daughter.
Those fragile and fleeting things - we have to protect them from these monsters..
And what he does best is kill monsters..
“Behind the walls, my daughter lives.”
So we fight.
“There is a world where my daughter lives.”
Since the only thing I know is fighting, I have no choice but to live like this even though I know it's foolish..
“Not one person can go, not even one person……!”
The Margrave roared again. Somehow, in order to get at least one more monster off the castle wall..
Dozens, perhaps hundreds, of rats attacked the Margrave at once..
Unable to hold on, the margrave fell backwards..
I couldn't see because my helmet was covered in the blood of monsters..
My aging arms no longer had any strength. My legs, which had already surpassed their limit, did not even move..
“Ugh……!”
Know.
No matter how much I grow an orchard on my own,.
No matter how many monsters I kill here.
Those days won't come back.
The dead wife, the departed daughter, and the lost happiness are all irretrievable..
“Ugh, ahhh!”
But the man, who knew no other way to live than fighting, stood up again, swinging his spear again..
And that was the end of it.
The moment you raise your body, swing your spear, and raise your shield forward.
pop.
Something broke inside the Margrave Cross..
There was no feeling in my entire body, which had been eaten right through my armor. Pain that passed the threshold was no longer transmitted to the brain..
vision was dark.
The Margrave sensed his own end..
‘At least one more guy……!’
Margrave Cross gritted his teeth and held on to take away his final companion..
…….
…….
……But it's quiet.
The rats no longer attacked him..
The margrave became puzzled..
Why don't monsters attack me??
Maybe he is already dead?
“margrave cross.”
Then a clear voice was heard..
It was the voice of a young knight who was following the new lord..
“All monsters have been defeated. the battle is over.”
“…….”
“now… … You can rest.”
At those words, the cavalry spear that was stuck in my hand rolled to the floor..
Then, like a doll whose strings were cut, the Margrave Cross fell forward..
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