Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 522
◈ 522. [STAGE 25] Look at the moon
The midnight sun did not take it easy.
I began modifying the amulet attached to my body in real time, and quickly began to regain control of my magical power..
If she had just three minutes, she could have restored power and reduced the banquet hall to ashes..
But I'm already surrounded by my heroes.
We are not foolish enough to watch her regain her strength..
Takeoff is not permitted.
My heroes rushed in screaming from all directions, and the midnight sun nevertheless began a desperate resistance..
She attempted to bombard the area by scattering the talisman scroll she had hidden in her bosom. but.
“Thorkell!”
“Hmm-!”
Thorkell, who activated his ultimate skill, [Humans are not born to be defeated], blocked the Midnight Sun..
A spell of great power exploded, enough to melt the castle walls - but Thorkell succeeded in easily parrying it with his ultimate and his huge shield..
Lucas and Evangeline burrowed into both sides of Byakuya, who was urgently pulling out the next amulet. Byakuya immediately threw a talisman towards the two, but,
Powwow!
Lucas charged forward, believing in the overwhelming magic defense power of his newly fitted armor, [Suwol]..
He succeeded in piercing through the magical flame and getting close to Byakuya..
Taat-!
Evangeline, approaching from the other side, easily blocks the magic with her shield and absorbs all the damage with [Damage Save]..
The three most important attacks from Byakuya's point of view were successfully repulsed by my three vanguards..
At that point it was game three..
The wizard is definitely the most powerful tactical weapon in the world, but,
If you can't secure the distance, don't warm up the engine, and don't have enough fuel,.
“checkmate.”
Die.
The midnight sun was hit by the sniping and magic of my heroes from all directions..
***
3rd place in the order of nightmare corps commanders. Baekya, the great magician, fell in vain..
“…….”
That was the moment I approached, staring at the miserably fallen Lich..
shakily, shakily…….
“what……?!”
A sticky, otherworldly darkness emanated from Byakya’s body..
‘This guy, no way……!’
Even though he was expelled, he managed to modify the amulet... … Have you secured a connection with the other world?!
The eyes of the bloodied Jiangshi lying on the floor spun around and glared at me..
At the same time, thick darkness covered the air, and within it, a huge white eye slowly began to appear..
Pingrrr.-
widely!
Bright red eyes rotated as if swimming over the whites of their eyes, then stopped like a naval gun aimed at its target..
The target is me.
A clear sneer passed across Baekya’s lips as he fell to the floor..
《Even if you go, you... … I'll take you to hell with me, Ash.……!》
The sight of the giant eye starting to blink seemed slow, like slow motion..
I also saw my subordinates standing on my left and right throwing their bodies to block my path, slowly..
And faster than any of them-
Well done!
An unknown person blocked my path..
flashing-!
From the unknown hand blocking my front, an old iron sword radiated a dazzling light..
“Haaaaa-!”
With the hem of her blue dress fluttering, an anonymous slash of light fell..
The beam of light extending from the iron sword was bright enough to blow away the entire night in the area..
In front of that light, all the darkness of the other world disappeared as if on fire - and the eyes of the outside world that were open in that darkness also lost their form of existence..
The pupils could not even close their eyelids, and the attack was in vain..
《……You're not targeting foreign media, but the darkness that is the basis of the summons..》
Baekya muttered as if she was in despair..
《to the end… … You're in the way, the nameless one.…….》
Instead of answering, Nameless swung his sword downward. And slowly put it into the sheath..
When she shed her sword, shards of light scattered around us, canceling out the darkness of the other world like a line of defense..
In the fading darkness, the huge eyes were still looking at me..
and-
『……player.』
A voice rang out.
It was a loud, dull voice, like an insect gnawing on something. I grabbed my throbbing forehead..
Those eyes, that guy from the foreign press... … was talking to me.
『you deserve it.』
“What are you talking about... … Qualification?”
『Yes. Qualifications for ascension... … You are more than qualified to attain godhood and ascend to the constellation. Haven't we been fighting for a very long time?.』
Byakuya looked up at those eyes with bewildered eyes, but he didn't pay any attention and the eyes roared..
『I will help you. Let us stand in this heaven together. Then your broken soul will be completely healed and your existence will be restored to its original state..』
“…….”
『You deserve it. come with me…….』
“Fuck you.”
I cut him off and raised my middle finger..
The pupils were wide open.
『what?』
“Fuck you. Oh, or maybe there are only eyes and no?”
I growled, pouring out insulting remarks..
“There is no need for ascension, divinity, constellations, nabal, and other things that are not understood. I'll pretend you didn't hear it, so get out of our world right now..”
『Do you not understand? The person you are now is a patched-up fake! The only way for you to become real again, shattered, is to gain godhood and stand with us.!』
“Who are you trying to issue me a genuine luxury product certificate??”
I stood right in front of the scattered light border and glared at him..
“I am fake. I am in pieces. But, how is that??”
『…….』
“I know what I want to do. I know where I want to go. My heart is true and firm.”
reminds me of.
The child lying in the hospital room.
This world is collapsing.
Everyone within my reach.
i want to save.
This clear wish in my heart is something that can never be extinguished, even if the darkness of the other world comes upon us.…….
It is an undying light that allows me to be myself..
I grinned..
“That's enough.”
『……is it.』
The darkness faded and the giant snow began to disperse..
He spat out the last word. It was an unexpectedly moderate tone of voice..
『As someone who has watched you for a long time, it was a pleasure talking to you, player. Your final fight heading towards destruction... … I'll watch it till the end.』
“Sorry for you, but there will be no such thing as destruction in this world..”
I chewed and spat out what sounded like a dry laugh as the eyes disappeared..
“'Cause I'll do my best to ruin your fun.”
The pupils have completely disappeared, and the darkness has also cleared away..
What broke the silence was the voice of the dying midnight sun..
《……why?》
When I turned around, Byakuya asked, lying down and coughing up blood. It was a tone of pure curiosity..
《Why did you reject that offer??》
“…….”
《You too are fake... … Like me, someone else's memories... … Just a chimera.》
“…….”
《Why? You don’t want to be real? ash?》
After sighing softly, I slowly raised my hand and pointed to the sky..
“What do you see, white night?”
《……?》
Byakuya raised his head curiously and looked at my finger..
and… … I realized what the finger was pointing at a beat late..
It was the moon.
During the battle with the midnight sun, a hole was blown through the exterior wall of Hotel Crossroads. The moonlight that had just passed the dark clouds was shining through there..
I muttered under the pale moonlight..
“Isn’t it beautiful??”
《It's beautiful, but what is this?……?》
“It points to the beauty of the moon, and it doesn't matter whether the hand belongs to a real person or a fake Pinocchio.?”
《……!》
hands don't matter.
look at the moon.
Whether I'm real or fake, it doesn't matter.
As long as my desire to save this world is real.
“What matters is the heart behind the flag, not the flag..”
therefore.
It doesn't matter if I am a being born of lies. It doesn't matter if it's ugly, in pieces, in tatters..
Because my heart in this is true.
Baekya looked up at the moon with a blank expression for a while, as if she had been stabbed in the back.,
《haha…….》
I let out a helpless laugh.
《Ash, truly you are right..》
“…….”
《Whether it was real or fake was just a finger pointing at the moon..》
The magician who was Soya, who was cloned from the White Night and entered the body of the Dark Night,.
The wizard, who did not know whether it was the dark night, the saw night, or the white night, let out a laugh mixed with blood and tears..
《I was wasting my life in vain, saying I wanted to become a real finger, an eternal finger..》
“…….”
《I really didn't know what life I wanted or what I wanted to point to... … I don't really know…….》
The light suddenly went out in Jiang Shi's eyes..
《If we make this world fake. Me too, up in the sky... … If only I could go to the real world. Then I thought I could become real instead of fake..》
“…….”
《Even if I had done that, I would have been a fake forever because I didn't even know what I wanted to point to..》
Even the laughter mixed with tears gradually faded away..
《It's funny, it's funny. In the end, I…….》
Burying his head in the mud of his own blood, Byakuya muttered one last time..
《What did you point to and what did you want to live for?…….》
for what.
Until you give up life and become undead.
Even holding hands with the devil and begging foreign media.
Did you want to be real?.
《now… … I remember, Nazil… … No…….》
Without even being able to remember.
The midnight sun died..
“…….”
After looking down at the fallen corpse of an enemy soldier, I slowly raised my head again..
The pale moonlight was shining straight on us..
***
The party is over, but the battle is not over.
In addition to the Lich that entered the interior of the Crossroad, the rest of the Lich Legion was waiting near the plains south of the Crossroad..
If this party was a trap, they were hiding, fully prepared to attack Crossroads from outside when Byakuya gave a signal..
Although the movement itself was secret, the preparation for this situation was obvious. So our scouts had already figured out their location..
Above all, the midnight sun that would send a signal has already been eliminated..
My troops, who had bypassed the rear, attacked these Lich Legions, who were only guarding the Crossroads, waiting for the signal from their master's corps commander..
The Lich Legion, made up entirely of wizards, possesses the greatest firepower among all monsters..
However, as I have said again and again, this is only if the basic conditions are met..
A fighter plane that fails to reach the runway has no chance of crashing..
The Lich army was annihilated without even a decent resistance against my heroes who approached in an instant..
Now that all of the corps commanders and elite units that would have given command were eliminated from the Crossroads, it was actually more difficult to demonstrate proper combat power..
“…….”
After canceling out the magic that the last lich was spewing out with a shield, and killing him with a spear,.
Evangeline, who was looking down at the fallen Richie, blurted out..
“Will there be a monster on our side someday??”
“…….”
“I am the Lich Archmage... … It was good. They gave me armor and a lot of help... … I thought maybe he could really transcend Pia and become an ally..”
Evangeline muttered as she looked down at the armor while wearing the snow white that Byakuya gave her..
“But in the end, they were going to burn our world down... … I defeated it and won, but something's wrong with me..”
“……Maybe it will come out someday.”
I thought of Salome again.
I thought of Alexander. And, the midnight sun also came to mind..
He was an enemy commander who could all be on our side..
Some people really were on my side, some people understood each other but we had to fight and kill each other, and some people ended up trying to betray me, so I played first..
Who are the enemies left behind?.
But what is certain is.
“But we're at war.”
Basically, we are enemies to be fought and killed..
“Never forget that, Evangeline..”
“…….”
“let's go.”
I took the lead while comforting Evangeline, who had kept her mouth shut..
“The real war begins.”
3first battle of the year.
3rd Rank Nightmare Corps Commander, Magic Emperor Byakuya and Lich Corps.
The fight ended like this.
And from now on.
It's incomparably more difficult and difficult than before... … The final year begins.
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