Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 530
◈ 530. [STAGE 30] Crack
3months later.
South from Crossroads.
In front of the black lake. forward base.
Stage 30 day.
***
It's already the 30th defense battle.
Each stage in multiples of 5 is called a boss stage, and especially more difficult enemies appear..
In the meantime, monsters and nightmare corps commanders ranked up to the top 10 under the Demon King were deployed..
However, perhaps because I defeated several nightmare commanders in the dungeon using other means, the number of nightmare commanders to send to the boss stage became insufficient. Among other top-level monster legions, one legion appeared in this boss stage..
‘‘Moving Forest’ Corps.
Originally, it was a legion that quietly protected its own territory in the corner of the dungeon and did not invade royalties. But this time these trees invaded royalties..
This huge colony of living, breathing, moving trees is itself a castle, a weapon, and a maze..
This slowly advancing forest, made up of thousands or tens of thousands of trees, does not take any significant damage from most attacks, and instead attracts and 'eats' victims that come close.’.
Those who approach this forest lose their way within the forest and slowly wither and die, forgetting the flow of time and movement in space..
There are two strategies to defeat this cursed forest..
The first is to set fire to the forest.
As a tree, it takes effective damage from fire attribute attacks. It inflicts powerful damage and burns the entire forest to death in one go..
In a way, it can be considered a straight-forward method. I caught it like this in the game too.
However, there is a big problem: these trees start emitting light the moment fire touches their bodies..
As soon as these trees, which move quietly and stealthily, begin to sense that their skin is burning, they let out bizarre screams, lift their roots out of the ground, and run down the ground..
He then finds and kills the attacker who set his body on fire..
Although the time from the moment the fire is ignited to the moment the body is completely burned is not very long, the tree monsters in the mineralized state exude as ferocious power as ogres of the same level..
There are tens of thousands of these guys going crazy and running towards you. We can crush this castle wall and everything else..
So, the second strategy.
Bringing a small number of elites close to the forest, taking advantage of the cracks in the forest possessed by 'prey', and finding the boss entity - 'Elder Tree' located in the center of the forest..
The first tree that created this forest, and the leader of the tree monsters that spread the curse to other trees. Cursing burnt roots. elder tree.
While the forest is densely packed together, it emits its own aura of delusion and cannot be located..
However, if you can send a decoy force to separate them, the density of the forest will lighten and you will be able to order Damian to search..
And if you can find it, you can finish it off in one blow with Damian's sniper..
This method was confirmed as it was thought to be the least damaging tactic, and the Sky Knights were chosen as an inducement..
These knights, who could run through the sky, were the most mobile of all the current World Defense Front forces..
The Sky Knights were also quite exhausted due to the intense battles of the past three months, but they were in a much better situation than the others..
All military groups suffered casualties, whether small or large, but the elite Sky Knights did not have a single casualty..
Mikhail also performed the boss skills of Stage 28 and Stage 29..
Mikhail was an excellent knight, and his men were also powerful, and they could even fly..
It was one of the few cards that could be played with confidence in the boss stage. So I gave the order to march, and Michael and the knights readily agreed..
and-
an accident occurred.
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At first everything went as planned..
The Sky Knights flew at a low altitude and glided right over the ‘moving forest’, attracting the trees..
The trees stretched out their branches towards the griffons and knights moving nearby, but the Sky Knights skillfully maintained their distance..
The Sky Knights roamed over the 'Moving Forest', lured them in, and tore their formation into pieces..
The decoy operation was successful - when the elder tree in the center of the forest finally appeared..
The exact moment when the monster commander was captured, his body black and burnt, with his horribly split stems looking like an ugly smile..
“-I can do it.”
Mikhail drove the griffon downward and struck it down like a thunderbolt..
“Crown Prince?!”
“It's not possible! majesty-!”
It was a complete surprise action..
The role of the Sky Knights was to fly at a safe distance and disturb the forest..
The knights under his command were all shocked and tried to stop him, but it was already too late. Mikhail had just jumped into the arms of his enemy..
At that moment, the young boy knight saw an opportunity to kill the elder tree..
Do you hesitate when faced with the opportunity to kill an enemy general and become a hero, or not?.
This will be the standard that divides those who can write legends from those who cannot. Mikhail did not miss the opportunity.
……But Mikhail didn't know.
If the opportunity was false in the first place.
What I thought was an opportunity turned out to be a trap.
If you can't distinguish it, you can't become a hero and you can't write a legend. I didn't know.
Churrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
The elder tree extended its vines like a whip towards Mikhail, who jumped into his arms..
Mikhail swung his magical rapier and cut down all the vines and jumped into the arms of the elder tree..
“Haaaaaaaap!”
Mikhail's rapier flew in front of the elder tree, spraying scarlet magic..
rattly!
And then it stopped.
Just before the blade touched down, the elder tree spread spiderweb-like vines scattered everywhere, binding Mikhail and the entire body of the griffon he was riding..
It was a momentary difference.
0.1If the sword had been just a second faster, Mikhail's sword strike would have brought down the enemy general and he would have added a new line to the legend of himself and the Sky Knights..
But it was 0.1 second slower.
“Big black?!”
Mikhail, whose entire body was bound by vines, let out a painful groan and twisted his body..
The Sky Knights, who were watching this from above, urgently drove the griffon downward..
“His Royal Highness!”
“Just wait! We'll save you!”
The rest of the knights jumped in to save Michael, the crown prince and commander of the knights..
But in the meantime, the forest was already ready to kill the intruder..
Tree trunks hung thickly in the air, forming a maze in the air..
The Sky Knights were trying to break through the maze with their bodies, but at some point the overlapping stems became so thick that they had to take a detour instead of going through it from the front..
Turn sideways, rotate, turn upside down, and…….
In a short time they got lost in the forest..
Neither the location of the elder tree nor Mikhail’s figure was visible. The knights of the Sky Knights wandered through the forest, calling the crown prince's name at the top of their lungs..
When I came to my senses, they had dispersed..
“what.”
“How much time has passed?”
“Where has everyone gone? my gryphon is?”
“here… … Where was it, what was I for?…….”
“Why so… … light…….”
All over the forest. The Sky Knights are dying.
Poisoned, hallucinating, tied to vines, and drowned in a swamp..
Mikhail had no choice but to watch with open eyes, tied to an elder tree, as his men were scattered throughout the forest and hunted by the forest..
“No, no, no.!”
Mikhail screamed desperately,,
“Get out of the forest now! hurry! please……!”
Didn't reach any of my subordinates..
No matter how much he struggled, the monster's vines only tightened their grip on Mikhail's entire body..
In the end, I watched my precious subordinates die one by one..
Seeing the knights being wiped out because of his mistake.
Mikhail had no choice but to watch them one by one..
“AA AA AA!”
***
“We must save the Sky Knights.!”
Immediately after the incident occurred, I issued an order.
“Pour fire into the outskirts of the forest! shoot-!”
It was Plan B, the direct attack method, which was expected to cause greater damage. But I couldn't lose Michael and the Sky Knights here..
pop! Bubbling bubbling!
The cannons fired fire all at once. It had been previously loaded with flammable ammunition..
Key profit!
Kiiiiiiiig!
The trees on the outskirts of the forest that were swept away by the explosion and set on fire let out strange screams and rose up one by one with their roots..
and-
thud! thud! thud! thud! thud!
started running forward.
The soldiers were startled by the terrifying sight and trembled. But I ordered more attacks..
“We need to provoke them more! Don't rest and keep attacking!”
If we continue to attack from this side, the nerves of the monsters focused on the Sky Knights captured inside will be reduced..
If you shake the enemy, there will be a greater chance of clearing the view to the Elder Tree, and then Damian will be able to snipe him and finish him off..
Clearing this defense battle and rescuing the Sky Knights must all be accomplished quickly.……!
pop! pop! Bubbling bubbling!
The cannons fired continuously, and the cursed trees burned and poured into the forward base..
bang! Quaguagwang!
While they are running, a large number of buried mines explode, and a cannon's fire net is placed on top of them..
Nevertheless, the trees with their bodies on fire approached with frightening speed. The terrifying anger they had was truly terrifying..
“We have to deal with them before they reach the forward base! Fire with all your firepower!”
After repeatedly encouraging the artillerymen, I turned to the side..
“lily!”
“I know!”
Lily activated all the artifacts at the right time and simultaneously gathered magical power in her hands..
The other wizards standing next to her also prepared their own magic..
Because each fire attribute wizard was precious, Lily was also requested to participate. The wizards fired their magic one after another..
Grumbling!
The fire wall that Lily unfolded literally formed a wall of flames..
All the trees touched by this magic were burned to the ground, but the number of tree monsters was so great that they were eventually broken through..
Now the monsters are just around the corner. I gritted my teeth. As it is!
It was then.
Quaaaaa!
Suddenly, more than a dozen pillars of flame fell from the sky. I looked there in surprise..
An elderly male wizard with a white beard.
It was the master of the Ivory Tower, the Archmage Diarmudin..
“Dear Diermudin!”
“Are you calling my name now?! Hurry up and do your thing!”
Diermudin shouted, perhaps because it was too much for even this old man..
I urged Damian, who was still groaning with his eyes on the sniper rifle scope..
“Damian! Not yet??!”
“yet… … I can't see it…….”
It is even more difficult to find the location because the forest is so thick and the fire is burning and acrid smoke is rising..
‘Damn it! If only my ‘mapping’ had worked!’
Perhaps because the Elder Tree itself is a deluding monster that deceives humans, its location was not specified even when the mapping feature was used at first..
As time dragged on, the tree monsters eventually approached the defense line of the forward base..
Even though it has been raised several stories with my magic wall, the trees that are stuck together are so tall that I have no choice but to reach them..
Lucas, who was standing on the defensive line, gave a command..
“Prepare for hand-to-hand combat-!”
“Wow!”
“kill the monster-!”
I gritted my teeth as I watched the melee heroes and soldiers clashing with the burning tree..
Powok!
Grumbling-!
“Wow!”
“Wow! Hot! It's hot!”
Soldiers hit by large tree branches fell like bowling pins, and soon the number of injured began to increase..
The monstrous strength of the tree monsters under mineralization is a problem, and the fire on their bodies is also a problem..
For now, heroes and soldiers are maintaining the defense line despite injuries, but if time continues like this, the damage will grow uncontrollably..
and at that moment.
flashing!
A scarlet flash flashed in the forest..
It was Mikhail’s magic mania. gave us a signal.
I shouted and pointed in that direction..
“Damien, it's over there! see?!”
“……yes, i found it!”
Clap!
The Demon Gun [Black Queen] began to transform arbitrarily, flashing white magic light and transforming into the form of a typical long rail gun..
Damian's eyes flashed as he aimed his huge horse gun at the enemy commander..
“I'm sniping-!”
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