Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 63
◈ 063. [STAGE 3] A war of just two people (4)
The summoning materials for the automatic defense turret are magic cores rated R or higher, and building materials such as stone and wood..
The magic core I have is SR grade, so this is it, and the building materials are…….
‘There are a lot of them.’
The golems kindly destroyed the villa. There are bricks and wooden boards everywhere..
I shouted as I threw the magic core into the villa..
“Summons!”
Kugugoogung Palace-!
Immediately afterwards, the surrounding building fragments rose into the air all at once..
Clap! Slowly! Clap!
The rising stones and timbers split into small pieces and began to fall like Tetris on the open roof, forming a single structure..
The magic stone golem sensed something was wrong and began projecting magic towards the turret under construction..
pop! Bubbling bubbling!
However, despite being battered by beams of light, the automatic defense turret was successfully completed. In particular, the gun barrel was completed first..
Clap!
The gun barrel, like a huge ship gun, was aimed at the magic stone golem, and the next moment.
Toad doo doo doo-!
The gun spouted fire..
The magic stone golem quickly twisted its body and made an evasive maneuver, but the magic bullets that rained down cut off its right arm and right leg..
Goo, oh oh……!
The magic stone golem fell helplessly, making a screaming driving sound..
The automatic defense turret then pivoted its gun barrel. It was the golems approaching from the opposite direction..
Tudung! Toad doo doo doo!
Dozens of blue-green magic bullets rained down..
The golem approaching from the front turned into a beehive and exploded immediately. Kwakwang……!
The remaining golems stopped coming no further, stopped all at once, and quickly retreated..
It seems like he realized that if he continues like this, everyone will die..
‘I've been feeling this for a while now, why are these guys so intelligent?……?’
The basic intelligence of this game's monsters must be to bombard people in the shortest possible path to kill them..
Such a move in a situation where there is no reliable commanding entity?.
Still, I took a breather. After seeing that they were leaving, I let out a long breath..
“It seems like we've entered a lull..”
“You really have all kinds of strange tools, sir... … Ugh!”
Evangeline moaned in pain..
I quickly went next to her, took out a regular potion from my inventory, and sprinkled it on Evangeline's injured area..
“I think I'll drink all the potion I'll ever drink today.…….”
When handed the remaining potion, Evangeline drank it in one go and asked with a faint look on her face..
“What's next??”
“wait. until the sun sets.”
I muttered as I looked at the sun still floating above the horizon..
“When the sun goes down, I can use my other insurance..”
It's already late afternoon.
Because it is located in the southernmost part of the continent, the sun sets late, but night will come soon..
You just have to wait until then. then…….
“Ugh……!”
At that time, Evangeline was in pain, holding the wound on her shoulder..
This is the area that was hit the hardest when I was hit earlier. Even after pouring the potion, blood is still flowing..
“I'll look for a bandage or something. wait.”
I got up and looked around the inside of the building. It's all ruined and a mess, but there are some useful things..
This was the kitchen of the villa..
Closets and shelves collapsed, and liquor bottles broke and rolled across the floor. The pungent smell of alcohol wafted everywhere..
I found a clean cotton cloth from the drawer and tied it around Evangeline's forearm..
Evangeline, who was breathing hard, frowned..
“By the way, why is there so much alcohol… … ? The smell is amazing.”
“That's because Margrave Cross was a terrible alcoholic..”
“yes?”
Evangeline's sharp eyes opened wide. I closed my eyes.
“I did not know? Your father wasn't kidding. He was almost addicted to alcohol..”
“No way… … . My father, I remember, was a person who had never even touched alcohol in his life..”
Evangeline muttered shakily..
“They say that since you never know when a monster might attack, the lord must be on high alert. I didn't even drink a single sip…….”
I laughed bitterly..
“I guess a lot has changed in the three years since you left..”
“…….”
“That person was very distressed. So much so that I can't last a day without alcohol..”
Evangeline's pale lips were tightly pressed..
I felt sorry for that little boy, so I asked carefully..
“Even after coming to this point, do you still hate your father??”
“yes.”
There was an immediate answer.
“I still can't forgive.”
“What if, three years ago, my father had gone to rescue my mother instead of protecting the city. Then did you forgive your father??”
“……I wouldn't have hated you as much as I do now..”
“But then you were in the city.”
Evangeline's eyebrows twitched..
“If your father had left to save your mother, you would have been in danger..”
“…….”
“At that time, Crossroads' forces could only protect one side. Your father didn't abandon his mother. He protected you. You know that.”
“……is it so. I know.”
Evangeline bit her lip and muttered..
“Dad, I know you did your best. It's always been like that... … I know. He knows. but!”
Evangeline slowly lowered her head..
“Then who should I blame?……?”
I opened my eyes wide..
what?
“My mom died after being torn apart by a monster, and I'm so angry and sad that I think I'm going crazy. Even though she hates monsters, she can't help it. That's just an accident, a disaster... … Then who should I blame??”
Evangeline covered her face with her hands..
“I know, it's cowardly. Not the monster who killed my mother, but finding someone responsible to blame... … It's cowardly.”
“…….”
“But if you don’t blame anyone… … I feel like my insides are on fire.……!”
It's not a monster that can't be helped, no different from a natural disaster..
I blame the living human being who will take responsibility for me right in front of me..
Because it's easier to hate someone than to forget sadness.
“Dad willingly accepted my resentment. He said it was his fault for not going to save her mother. It's his fault. So he hated it quick.”
“…….”
“But now you're telling me to forgive my dad? Actually, I did my best, right? He did it to protect me?”
Evangeline's small fist hit the floor..
“So, if it's not my dad's fault, whose fault is all of this?……!”
“no one did anything wrong.”
I calmly spat out.
“All together… … I'm just trying to survive.”
no one has any malice.
Everyone is just struggling to live as best as they can..
But monsters come and people die..
Family dies, friends die, colleagues die..
“I can't help it. Because people are weak... … To survive, you need someone to blame specifically..”
Not to hate, but to live.
People here need an object of resentment. We need someone to take charge of all this hell..
“So, now.”
I knelt down on one knee in front of Evangeline and slowly stroked her head..
“blame me.”
Evangeline's green eyes, which were looking at the floor, looked up at me..
“……yes?”
“I will take up the blame instead of your father. Now I'm the Lord of the Crossroads.”
I patted my chest with my right hand..
“'Cause I'm in charge here.”
“Senior, you need to do that.…….”
There's no need.
But if this is also the task that the Cross family has shouldered so far. As the new lord, I deserve to take over..
“I will be the target of resentment. therefore… … Now please understand your father a little more.”
“…….”
“He just wanted you to be happy..”
I ruffled Evangeline’s hair. I burst out laughing when I came face to face with the dazed girl..
“That's why I'm working hard to save you too..”
“…….”
Evangeline looked at me for a while with dark eyes, then opened her mouth softly..
“I am…….”
It was then.
Gooooh-!
A driving sound rang from afar. Evangeline and I suddenly looked in that direction..
Golems were seen moving between the collapsed buildings..
They surrounded the villa widely. Evangeline urgently got up..
“They're surrounding us!”
“Sheesh, just give me a little more time.…….”
Automatic defense turrets have a fixed ammo capacity. Moreover, the direction in which you can fire at once is limited..
If surrounded and entered at once, the automatic defense turret will be neutralized by attacks from a blind spot..
The golems realized that and surrounded us..
These guys are so smart?
“If they come in at once, we die..”
“So what should I do?…….”
“I have to hit it first..”
The remaining number of them is only fourteen. No, one died in the automatic turret earlier, so there are thirteen..
Even if the villa is surrounded in a circle, the net is bound to be thin. Breakthrough is possible.
I picked up the Ma Chong Black Queen.
“The only option is to go to one side, break through the siege, and then eliminate the remaining guys one by one..”
I glanced west. Now the sun is setting.
It's almost night.
The opportunity you've been waiting for has arrived. I have a chance to use one of the two remaining insurance policies..
Evangeline held up her empty hands to me..
“But I… … I don't have a weapon.”
I had just destroyed two sets of SSR grade equipment I had obtained from a dungeon..
It's a waste. After a bitter taste in my mouth, I gestured toward the outside..
“Hey. spare equipment.”
“yes? I don’t carry spare equipment..”
“Not you, here.”
“Oh really? My father kept his weapons in this villa.?”
“no. That's not it.”
I smiled and gestured towards the backyard of the orchard..
“You buried it. Few days ago.”
Evangeline was blank for a moment and then opened her mouth..
“No way, that……!”
***
Gradually. Cheolkeong.
The sound of a heavy weight stepping on glass shards.
It was the sound of golems slowly narrowing the siege..
They approached the villa, carefully wading through the remains of the broken building..
Ugh-
The automatic defense turret erected in the center of the villa was rotating, emitting a menacing mechanical sound..
If an enemy enters the range, they will fire without hesitation even for 0.1 second..
The golems' siege gradually narrowed, and at that moment, the automatic defense turret's range narrowly overlapped with the golems' siege net..
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo!
The gun barrel of the automatic defense turret burst into flames first..
The golem in the lead was destroyed by the barrage of magic bullets. But there are still twelve more golems left..
Toad! Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo!
Golems rushed at once from all sides of the automatic defense turret, which was continuously pouring out magic bullets..
The automatic defense turret quickly turned into a hive of two more golems, but that was all..
When I rotated the turret to the side in search of the next enemy, the remaining golems were already attached to the defense turret..
Kwasik! Quack! Crumbling!
The armor was immediately torn off by the golems' violent punches, and the gun barrel that was supposed to spit out magic bullets was completely ripped out..
Kugwagwang……!
The magic core was shattered, and the automatic defense turret exploded..
Killing a golem caught in the explosion was the automatic defense turret's final achievement..
Suffice.
That's it..
“run-!”
I cried out as I watched the golems tearing apart the automatic defense turret..
Taat!
Evangeline and I left the villa building at the same time..
Gooooh?!
The golems that were dismantling the automatic defense turret all glanced in our direction. They rushed in after us without any delay..
“Keep running, Evangeline! don't look back!”
I shouted at Evangeline, who was running ahead, and turned to face the muzzle of the horse gun behind me..
The golems were right behind me in an instant..
Toukwaang-!
The Black Queen breathes fire.
The golem, whose head and chest were blown away, fell backwards. Without hesitation, I fired another shot next to him..
Took bang-!
My aim was sloppy, so I hit the golem's lower body this time..
The guy's lower thigh flew off and he fell ugly on the floor. I didn't aim for it, but the neutralization was successful anyway..
“Just go a little further! There's my last insurance!”
Boom! Boom! Toukwaang-!
They ground up all the remaining bullets without sparing anything..
I killed two more guys, but one shot missed completely. Does not matter. All I have to do is buy the last time.
Before we knew it, we had arrived at the orchard's backyard. The tombstones of the Margrave and his wife were erected there..
Evangeline, who ran ahead of me, knelt next to her father's grave..
“……Pfft!”
Then, I started digging into the ground with my hands..
Evangeline urgently dug out the space right next to the grave..
Soon, a wooden box appeared in the dirt. Evangeline opened the box at once..
Inside the box was a worn-out cavalry spear and a shield..
Weapon used by the head of the Cross family for generations..
And on the day of her father's funeral, the armor that was buried with the margrave at Evangeline's request was buried..
“…….”
With dirt-covered hands, Evangeline clutched the old cavalry spear..
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