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Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 666

◈ 666. [STAGE 40] Apocalypse

The moment when your eyes become dark.

- I'll wait here.

I heard the serenade voice.

“Pfft……!”

I opened my eyes as hard as I could. The darkness that had covered my eyes cleared away in an instant..

My vision was completely blurred after being stabbed by a knife, and I have been fighting against it repeatedly, but it is still there..

Not yet… … can't die I can't give in yet..

The Night Bringer laughed as he looked at me coughing up blood..

《okay… … You are not an ordinary human being. Should I risk the lives of your people to see your tears like that??》

“…….”

《Now, come on… … Shed just one drop of tear. Admit your own weakness. If you do that, you might know. Will I save your people??》

The moment he says that.

I closed my eyes tightly, and a single tear rolled down my weakened cheek..

Night Bringer saw that and raised his mouth as if satisfied..

《Hehehe. You can't help it either..》

“…….”

《You must be afraid of death, right? In the end, you pretended to be great, but you were just one of those common actors who are played by foreign media..》

“…….”

《Ego. At least leave a will. What were you so afraid of that it made you cry? Your own death? The death of your people? Either that or-》

“……no.”

After taking a deep breath, gathering the last of my strength,-

I whispered softly.

“I'm just crying because it fucking hurts, you motherfucker..”

next moment,

Puuk-!

A terrifying crashing sound rang out.,

《……?》

Night Bringer blinked and looked down at his chest curiously..

There, surrounded by a pitch-black aura... … And there was a magic sword stuck in it that made my whole body tremble, excited by the taste of blood I hadn't seen in a long time..

While the Night Bringer was caught off guard, he shot a gun from a short distance from his inventory and hit it in the guy's chest.-

It was [Excarnival], a magic sword that could eat anything..

“From the beginning until now, I have only one thing to say to you..”

I raised my right hand, which was losing strength, and slowly raised my middle finger..

I lifted the corners of my mouth and gave him a sneer with all my might..

“Fuck you, sir..”

Go go go go!

The Excarnival vibrated violently and began to ravenously suck the blood and flesh of the black dragon..

‘Okay, everything went according to plan.-’

I think so with my fading consciousness.,

《……Is this all the struggle you have prepared??》

Muttering as if it was absurd, the black dragon easily pulled out the magic sword from his chest..

Excarnival, soaked in the black dragon's blood, rolled around on the floor, and its blood-soaked chest healed instantly as if it had never been wounded..

I laughed helplessly.

‘also…….’

At this level, it's not even possible.…….

《It was novel, but shallow. Was this the limit to human depth?.》

The Night Bringer this time grabbed the handle of my scepter sword stuck in my chest and slowly pulled it out.-

《Now, then, the guardian of royalties… … It's time to exit this play..》

The guy lashed out his scepter sword again with force..

Puuk……!

What he was aiming for this time was not the heart.…….

Clang-!

……It was my spiritual core..

I closed my eyes, feeling my soul shattering to pieces deep inside..

- I'll wait here. Until the moment your highness improves…….

‘I'm sorry, Serenade.’

You again... … I feel like I should cry…….

***

crossroads.

The expedition team that had set out to subdue the black dragon succeeded in retreating, and all were receiving treatment at the temple..

“…….”

“…….”

The atmosphere was infinitely dark..

No one opened their mouths, and they remained silent as they received medicine, bandages, and healing magic from the priests..

What broke the suffocating silence was the girl knight's angry shout..

“So? So she just retreated and left her senior behind.?!”

It was Evangeline..

While blocking the black dragon's hand-to-hand attack, his entire body was almost torn apart, and he also suffered a concussion, so he had just come to his senses a little while ago..

And I found out later.

Everyone left Ash behind in exchange for a safe retreat..

“What crazy talk is this! Everyone was just watching that?!”

When Evangeline looked around and shouted, all the other heroes were unable to respond and averted their gaze..

“……It was a judgment made by the lord..”

Lucas lowered his head and answered in a quiet voice. His face was not visible due to his disheveled blonde hair..

Three priests were treating Lucas' left arm..

It was no ordinary burn. The condition of the left arm that was affected by the black flame breath did not easily improve even with excessive use of healing magic..

But as if he didn't feel the pain, Lucas spoke without even looking at his left arm..

“He said, as always, there is a way. If we didn't retreat immediately, everyone would die..”

“Does that mean you’re abandoning your senior?! Uncle, it’s really Uncle Lucas.?!”

“You know that. My lord always prepares a secret plan. I believe in you lord…….”

“So what is the secret??!”

Lucas gritted his teeth..

“……You didn't tell me.”

“Then what do you believe?……!”

“The Grand Duke and King Poseidon... … It is said that he spoke to these two people. So, believe me too…….”

“grandee!”

Evangeline stood up shakily, looked around, and shouted..

“Grand Duke, where are you! grandee!”

Dusk Bringer was next to his dragon knights..

To the extent that he is called a berserker, and to the extent that he inherited dragon blood… … The brave knights fought on the front lines and their injuries were deep..

Dusk Bringer was stroking the blood-dried hair of those dragon knights..

“grandee! explain it to me please. What is that secret plan you mentioned??”

“…….”

When Evangeline approached the wall and asked roughly, Dusk Bringer, who had been silent for a while, chewed slowly and spat out..

“can't speak.”

“yes?”

“Because Ash told me not to tell you..”

Evangeline snorted as if it was absurd..

“They told you not to tell us? Then it looks like something quite dangerous.?”

“…….”

“Okay, just tell me this. That trick, how high is the success rate??”

Dusk Bringer closed his eyes tightly..

“……not that high.”

“Then you should have stopped him, Archduke! Why was I just watching you do that??”

“I am…….”

“At that time, he spoke in a boastful way, as if he would willingly go astray to protect his senior... … At a moment like this, you left me in that hell.?”

Dusk Bringer's face turned pale..

“What about Glory Knights??”

Evangeline turned around quickly, but her legs lost strength and she slipped on the floor..

However, Evangeline gritted her teeth, grabbed the cupboard next to her, and stood up again. She found Hecate and the Glory Knights and shouted..

“They say it's the Emperor's Guard. They say it will now become the royal guard that protects the prince, no, the crown prince. Why are you here? Why are you here instead of next to me?!”

“…….”

All of the Glory Knights went into a blackout after being swept up in Night Bringer's darkness bombardment on Ash's behalf, and did not regain consciousness until the end of the battle..

However, I couldn't refute Evangeline's words..

Their mission was to protect Ash and die instead, but it ended up like this... … Even though I had ten mouths, I had nothing to say. Hecate dropped his head.

Lucas, who was unable to see anything, got up and approached Evangeline..

“Evangeline.”

“Everyone, everyone, what the heck… … What are you doing? In that situation... … I have no intention of rescuing the commander. What kind of face are you doing here?……!”

“Evangeline!”

Lucas shouted, his voice stern..

“Calm your excitement. We all fought a tough battle. None of us risked our lives..”

“…….”

“In a situation where the subjugation had already failed, the lord simply chose the strategy with the highest chance of success. We must understand its meaning. So first stay calm…….”

“Senior!”

Evangeline croaked..

“To the commander of this front! To the emperor's son! Always at the forefront, always doing reckless things! He couldn't bear to see his subordinates getting sick, so he decided to get sick instead... … I mean, he's such a stupid person.!”

“…….”

“Such a foolish person has been leading this battle line and protecting this world. Then we have to protect that person too. Why is he risking his life to protect us? why?!”

Lucas closed his eyes tightly..

Evangeline stumbled back, holding her forehead with a twitching hand..

“Where is the Mermaid King? The Grand Duke said he couldn't tell me, so I guess I'll have to ask the handsome Mermaid King at least..”

Evangeline shouted as she looked around the inside of the temple..

“King Poseidon! Where are you! Instead of just crossing your arms behind your back and acting like you always do, come out and explain.!”

But the Mermaid King was nowhere to be seen..

Evangeline's eyes opened curiously as she scanned the inside of the temple..

“what, where…….”

It was then.

bang-!

The temple door opened violently, and a soldier urgently rushed inside..

“Yes, acting commander! Here's a report! Urgent information from observation and reconnaissance teams!”

All the heroes were startled by the words that followed..

“At the entrance to the black lake... … Check the appearance of the black dragon! It surfaced through the water a little while ago and landed on the ground.!”

Lucas asked urgently..

“Only the black dragon appeared? The appearance of His Highness the Prince?”

“…….”

“Report! The appearance of His Highness the Prince!”

“That is… … The appearance of His Highness the Prince has not been confirmed.…….”

“…….”

“instead of that…….”

The soldier reported with his eyes tightly closed and a face holding back tears..

“In the mouth of the black dragon... … The flag used by His Majesty the Prince…….”

“……what?”

Shut up!

Lucas unconsciously stretched out his right hand and grabbed the soldier's collar..

My hands were shaking. Between her tangled golden hair, two bright blue eyes radiated a beast-like glow..

“Get it straight, say it again. what?”

“Hmm, in the mouth of the black dragon… … The black flag that His Royal Highness always used... … Both observation and reconnaissance teams confirmed…….”

“The night is dark now! There is a possibility that it was checked incorrectly.?!”

“Oh, no. It's definitely true. Observed using night vision magic optics. I'm sure it's His Royal Highness's flag.…….”

At one point, sighs, screams, and cries rang out in the temple..

dump!

Evangeline fell to the floor as if she had collapsed..

“then… … Senior…….”

“…….”

“what's this… … What is this? So what are we doing in the meantime?…….”

Lucas was frozen like a statue..

He was unable to move while holding onto the soldier's collar. And even though he was out of breath, the soldier desperately reported..

“Acting Commander! Come to your senses! It means it's an emergency.!”

“…….”

“Everyone please listen! We must prepare immediately! Currently, as soon as the black dragon lands outside the lake,……!”

***

black lake entrance.

Shoot aaaaa……!

Parting the surface of the water, a huge black dragon slowly appeared..

Night Bringer quietly closed his eyes and took a deep breath..

The entire body covered in scales sucked in air and swelled, eventually returning to its original shape..

How long have I breathed the air of royalties?.

《……The air is still so sweet it's hateful.》

As the Night Bringer spoke like that, his entire body was slowly recovering from its wounds..

no… … There was no recovery.

Entering the real 'night' of the real world, Night Bringer's body became even larger than before and gave off an even more intimidating feeling..

It was as if his entire body had merged into the night..

A world already covered in seven days and nights.

In the middle of the night, Night Bringer slowly opened his eyes..

In the pitch-black darkness, two golden eyes, no, a total of fourteen eyes opened one after another..

seven pairs of golden eyes.

Even the heads that were destroyed in the last battle have all recovered..

No, it is far beyond the level of recovery.-

The Night Bringer realized that his power had surpassed that of his prime. That hateful red dragon army... … It was only natural that she wasn't there to guard 'day'..

The balance has been broken, the balance has already been lost..

Instead of mourning the void without a rival, the Nightbringer smiled and slowly opened his mouth..

《So, shall we declare war on royalties?.》

Then, black flames swirled with enormous magical power and rushed into the huge mouth..

The shabby black flag that seemed to be stuck in his mouth... … It burned away in an instant.

The Night Bringer's six heads also slowly rotated, each gathering magical power..

hook…….

The magic power and hatred were concentrated during the long breathing that made the black dragon's entire huge body swell and swell..

The Night Bringer leisurely, slowly, and carefully loaded his breath..

And at some point when the critical point is reached.

Tuhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!

Seven heads simultaneously shot their breath towards the north.

The enormous shock wave caused the surrounding forest to bend backwards, causing waves to form on the surface of the black lake and evaporate..

It looked as if the six heads were adding strength to the breath released by the middle head. The breath swirled and flew honestly towards the north..

and-

***

Crossroads. on the castle wall.

“The black dragon that appeared in the black lake... … I'm preparing my breath?”

Valen, the head of the City-State Alliance, touched his beard and looked bewildered after receiving the report..

It was a war time, and manpower was always needed to maintain the castle walls on site..

The kings took turns personally standing on the wall to encourage and direct the soldiers, and today it was Valen's turn..

Valen, whose heart had already broken, was wondering when he should get out of the front lines, but in any case, there was some time left until the direct invasion of the black dragon..

So, I had decided to just stand on the castle wall this time..

But suddenly this report came in..

“Doesn’t it take three days to reach the Black Lake by horseback??”

“Yes, it is, but…….”

“Are they launching a direct attack on us from there? Even Lord of the Flies wouldn't be able to do that. He has some other purpose.-”

It was then.

The wizards and alchemists standing in front of the artifact on the castle wall screamed in unison..

“Here's a report! An unidentified heat source is detected approaching from the south.!”

“what?”

“The speed... … Fast, fast! It's ridiculously fast!”

“It's fast, how fast is it?…….”

“Soon we will reach the castle wall-!”

The blood drained from Valen and the soldiers' faces..

The wizards and alchemists hurriedly stood up and ran away, and one of them shouted..

“Avoid, Lord Valen! right now-”

next moment.

It seemed as if the world immersed in darkness was brightening up, and then a rush of black flames and breath of magic struck the southern wall of the Crossroads..

In an instant, the bodies of everyone on the castle wall floated in the air..

The walls brought from New Terra, the capital of the Everblack Empire, were strong..

It contained all the defensive magic handed down from ancient times, and it was no exaggeration to say that its construction and smelting techniques were a culmination of all human wisdom..

Take a look…….

And, the Nightbringer's hatred was above all the magic, skill, and wisdom..

Oh my gosh!

The spear of flame and magic broke through all the resistance and penetrated the castle wall..

Quaaaaaaa-!

Valen, who was thrown to the corner of the castle wall, opened his eyes blankly and watched as the people swept away by the breath's range were reduced to ashes in a dazzling light..

Quagwagwang! Kugwagwagwagwang-!

The breath that pierced the castle wall penetrated into the fortress city..

The breath, which was fired in a straight line, penetrated the crossroads in a diagonal pattern that slightly missed the center of the city..

Buildings that were directly hit by the breath were reduced to ashes on the spot, and those that passed by exploded all at once, sending sparks flying in all directions..

A huge storm followed, and roofs of buildings, road tiles, and leaves of street trees all rose into the air..

……The breath that seemed like eons actually lasted only a few seconds..

The breath stopped, and Valen, who was lying in the rubble of the castle wall, realized that he was still breathing..

“…….”

Even though he was far away from the scene where Breath penetrated the castle wall, Valen suffered bruises and burns all over his body..

When Valen woke up shaking, his body covered in blood and ashes, and looked inside the city.,

Crossroads, a fortress city engulfed in flames launched by the enemy, was shining brightly with the flames..

Much later, the noise of an explosion, people's screams, and the blazing sound of a fire consuming the city came rushing into my dazed ears..

“……haha.”

Valen laughed..

No tears came out from the corners of my eyes that had become accustomed to the heat, so I just smiled..

***

And I saw a beast coming out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On its horns were ten crowns, and on its heads were blasphemous names.

***

Here is wisdom: let him who has understanding count the number of the beast, for the number of sinners is six hundred and sixty-six.

***

the world was falling apart.