Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 481
◈ 481. [STAGE 23] Play tag (2)
a day ago.
At the time of the operation meeting.
“The center of the three Gorgon sisters is the youngest, Medusa..”
Lucas continued his explanation calmly..
“The first, Stheno, and the second, Euryale, are extremely unintelligent. However, under Medusa's rule, that ability can be fully utilized..”
“…….”
“If these three sisters are together, we have no chance of winning. The three sisters are standing with their backs to each other and there is no way to defeat them even if they just fire demonic eyes at each other..”
Lucas nodded, looking around at the heroes..
“However, if you can remove it, there is a possibility of attack. Without the youngest Medusa's control, the other two would be no better than evil ogres..”
……Aren’t ogres strong enough??
The heroes exchanged such looks, but Lucas cleared his throat and continued speaking..
“A damn strong ogre with the ability to petrify, that's about it..”
“…….”
“Anyway, the probability of defeating it is much higher than when all three are together..”
Bang bang!
Lucas tapped the map next to the blackboard with his hand..
“The main purpose of the operation, 'Tag', is to separate the two from the smart Medusa. And after dividing the three.”
Lucas stared at Evangeline..
“I'm dealing with Medusa. And Euryale... … Evangeline is dealing with it.”
Lucas and Evangeline, equipped with awakening and various enhanced skills, as well as equipment, have become exponentially stronger, and their strength is different from that of other heroes..
So it was worth dealing with these monsters one-on-one, but the rest of the heroes couldn't..
“The rest, those capable of close combat, should lure Steno as far away as possible..”
“…….”
“Keep this in mind. The only purpose of this tag operation is to keep the three separate. Block the petrified evil eye with a mirror shield and guide them, but do not close the distance..”
Lucas spoke cautiously to the other heroes..
“…… And worst case scenario, if you get caught by them, don't die fighting, but be petrified. There is a possibility of survival if the petrification is lifted later. It might be quite painful, but it's better than dying..”
It was a terrible story, but it was also actually helpful advice for survival..
Lucas looked around at everyone and asked.
“Do you have any questions??”
“…….”
Meanwhile, Evangeline just listened quietly..
Avoiding Seokhwa's magical eye through street fighting and activating the individual attack conditions... … It was definitely a sensible strategy..
It also made sense to remove citizens and regular soldiers from the battlefield to reduce unnecessary damage from the wide-area attack, the Demon Eye of Stone..
‘However, that may not be the true intention behind this operation left by Senior Ash..’
Evangeline also saw the strategy book left by Ash..
Lucas... … In order not to place a burden on Ash, who left for the Imperial Capital, the original meaning of the strategy Ash left behind was unreasonably distorted..
Evangeline looked at Lucas with sad eyes. It was then.
“I have a question.”
One of the Blacklist heroes raised his hand. Lucas gestured..
“tell me.”
“The colored areas on the map are the areas where each monster will be lured.?”
“Yes.”
“however… … Why is that part of the map blank??”
As he said, about 1/4 of Crossroads was not colored on the map..
In other words, it meant that it was an area where monsters should not be introduced..
Lucas pursed his lips and answered slowly..
“This area is where the evacuation of citizens has not been completed..”
“what? why?”
“……There is a pregnant woman in the temple. I'm giving birth.”
The blacklist heroes' eyes widened. Lucas just told it all..
“I'm going through a very difficult pregnancy. Since it was impossible to evacuate, a few people, including the priest in charge, remained. … … So never lure monsters into this area..”
“…….”
“Any more questions? If not, I will give you detailed tactical instructions from now on..”
Lucas sighed lightly..
“……We also talk about the ‘last trait’ that these monsters have..”
***
today.
thud… … . thud… … . thud…….
Monster walks over the city.
Stheno walked in the direction of the temple with his mouth wide open and drool flowing. He stomps down the sidewalks in his path, throws away carriages, etc..
“…….”
“…….”
“…….”
Watching this scene from the roof, the five members of the Blacklist stood still, completely silent..
While the other heroes mobilized to lure Steno were torn apart and petrified, they hid in a safe location and just watched the massacre..
“Are you crazy enough to fight for your life?.”
Among the five heroes, the blind swordsman with his eyes covered in cloth grumbled..
“They say you'll get gold coins just for participating, but if you just lie down and run away, that's it..”
A muscular man with iron plates embedded all over his body and a woman wearing a candlestick crown on her head clashed..
“C'mon, there's no reason for us to have to fight for our lives just because we're bringing you here..”
“And to fight such a terrifying monster? Then, this amount of gold coins is not enough to make a profit.!”
It was then.
A child dressed in a prison uniform, his entire body bound with chains, frowned as he silently observed the monster's path..
“……But where is that monster going now??”
A man with glasses sitting in front of the child adjusted his glasses with a magic engineering prosthetic hand..
“That's the direction the acting commander said during the briefing that he shouldn't be guided..”
“Then, in other words…….”
“okay. It's a temple.”
There was silence..
The five heroes of the Blacklist all frowned and looked in the direction the monster was heading..
A striking white building - a temple must have been on the route..
“……Isn’t it okay to let it go??”
“A pregnant woman is giving birth?”
“Sipal, what should I do? It's not my child.”
“We have some distance from the warriors of justice..”
“The lives of fools like us are not precious, but the lives of newborn babies are precious? uh? Isn't that right? Life is fair?”
thud… … . thud… … . thud…….
The monster walks.
The five members of the Blacklist clearly saw that monster destroying several other hero parties in an instant..
What if that monster, that powerful, reaches the temple? The lives of pregnant women and priests in the temple are obvious even without looking at it..
will die.
cruelly.
“…….”
“…….”
“…….”
The five gangsters' mouths went dry as they glared at the monster's back, which was getting farther and farther away..
“That damn monster has no clue..”
“I told you not to go there, damn it.……!”
“How what… … Don't you have any? We're definitely safe, there's no way to stop that bastard?”
Although they had long since lost their recognition after living in the gambling world, at least some sympathy remained..
However, to stand in front of the monster, their lives were heavier than their pity. So they couldn't move..
It was then.
thud-!
Someone appeared at Stheno's side..
A man with his entire body covered in bandages, wearing a helmet that completely covers his face, and carrying a thick square shield and a mace..
It was Thorkell..
The five members of the Blacklist were taken aback as they watched Thorkell stop by himself, as if they were not afraid of that powerful monster..
“Who is that fearless crazy guy??”
“uh? I know him. He's that evil bastard from the leprosy eradication squad.?”
“Are you famous??”
“Of course it's famous. Five idiots with leprosy were biting and destroying everything, so they couldn't be famous.?”
“But what about all the subordinates I went with, they said I was alone??”
“Oh, by the way, I heard a rumor. I heard that all his men died here and he survived alone..”
Completely unaware of the gangsters hiding here whispering their stories..
Thorkel took a deep breath, took a deep breath, and roared..
“Hey, monster! It's this way-!”
Thorkel stood to the side of Stheno and deliberately started baiting him to change Stheno's direction..
But Stheno didn't care about Thorkel's provocation. With my blurry gaze fixed on the temple, I just walk forward..
A crackling, grinding sound came from inside Thorkel's helmet. Thorkel gradually narrowed the distance between him and Stheno and continued to yell..
“Look here, here! Damn monster bastard. There is a living person here!”
《…….》
“A sick person with leprosy doesn’t even look like a person?! Look at me! Come to kill me!”
But Stheno didn't seem to hear Thorkel's voice at all. It seemed like they had already set their sights on the people in the temple, so they didn't even give me a single glance..
In the end, what Thorkell chose was,
Taat-!
It was a rush.
Since the monster wasn't looking this way, I had no other choice. He had to take risks and close the distance to lure them in..
Thorkel decided so and rushed to Stheno's side.-
slap!
Suddenly, Steno's head turned to the side like a machine..
The gigantic body was facing forward, but the sight of only the head being bent to the side was truly bizarre..
With that broken face, Stheno stared emotionlessly at Thorkel..
Kiiiiing!
Next, yellow magic light scattered from Stheno's eyes. Thorkel gritted his teeth and raised his shield forward..
Damn it! So so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so such!
The magical eye of petrification was fired, and the entire street in the area was petrified..
Thorkell had mirrors attached to his shield, so the body covered by the shield was able to avoid the petrification effect..
However, Thorkell was basically very mobile and cumbersome..
I wasn't able to squeeze my entire body into the range of the shield, and both feet ended up being exposed to Stheno's gaze..
“Pfft?!”
My feet turned gray with my military boots and turned into stone..
Unable to maintain his balance, Thorkel rolled around on the floor. Even while down, Thorkell attempted to assume his defensive stance in preparation for Steno's next attack..
“……?”
However, Stheno no longer cared about the incapacitated Thorkell..
thud… … . thud… … . thud…….
I just walked back towards the temple..
“……hey. Where are you going?.”
Grinding his teeth and placing his mace on the floor, Thorkell staggered to his feet..
“This one only lost two feet. I still have enough to catch you.”
《…….》
“Look this way, you fucking monster! Don't touch the temple!”
Thorkel desperately stepped forward on his two petrified feet and almost crawled behind Stheno..
“People dying there... … Once is enough!”
Thorkel, who was right behind Stheno, swung his mace with all his might. but.
Kiiiiing!
Instead of allowing the attack, Stheno strangely turned his head again, his eyes flashing..
So so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so such……!
This time, his right arm was out of range of the mirror shield as he was raising the mace. Thorkel's right arm froze as he held the mace..
“Off… … Wow!”
With a bitter scream, Thorkel fell backwards. Stheno turned his head forward again and started walking forward..
However, even such steno had to stop in the end..
“Heo-eok, heo-eok, heo-eok…….”
This was because Thorkel, desperately crawling on the floor, even with both feet and right arm petrified, blocked Stheno's frontal view..
From inside the helmet, Thorkell's sneer, which is usually hard to hear, came out..
“Is this it? I'm sorry, but my skin long ago hardened into something that resembled a rock..”
《…….》
“Your petrification doesn't even tickle..”
thud!
Thorkell gave up all inducements and took a defensive stance, as if he had decided to fight the monster head-on..
“I can't go on from here, you monster. I am the last of the battle lines here..”
《…….》
“Behind my back, I don't let no one die no more……!”
Thorkel let out a roar and rushed at Stheno..
As he attacked head-on, Stheno could no longer ignore him and threw his strong arms towards Thorkel..
Thorkell was the strongest of the Crossroads heroes..
As this was the hero that Ash had planned to use as his main force, his natural stamina had significant growth potential and potential..
However, there were obvious limitations to fighting with one arm and two feet petrified..
at last,
Powok!
After being hit by Steno's strong fist, he vomited blood and fainted.,
Suddenly!
He was lifted into the air with his collar held in the other hand..
“Pfft……!”
Thorkel gritted his teeth..
His life was not a waste.
But if he dies, who will protect the people in the temple now??
“like this… … Do you feel like you're going to collapse?……!”
The face of Margerita, who took the arrow on her behalf and died quietly in her arms... … A thought crossed Thorkel's mind..
The face of the goddess always looks down at herself sadly.
Thorkel let out a miserable voice..
“I still owe the debt on my life... … I couldn't pay it back!”
Of course, Steno didn't even understand the human's desperate cries, so he just swung his other hand down to kill his opponent..
And the next moment.
Deng Geng-!
Steno's wrist, which had been struck down while rising into the sky, was suddenly cut off cleanly..
《……?!》
The extremely strong forearm of an ancient metal monster was cut cleanly..
The severed wrist rolled on the floor with an ugly metallic clang sound..
Neither Stheno nor Thorkel could understand this phenomenon and froze for a moment..
At that time, I heard a voice next to me..
“Oh, sorry about this, monster..”
The blacklist's blind swordsman suddenly lands on the floor, his tattered clothes fluttering... … He was slowly putting his sword back into its sheath..
click.
The blind swordsman who finished the sword grinned, showing his yellow teeth..
“They said they were aiming for the neck, but as you can see, my eyes aren't working properly... … I just blew off her wrist?”
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