Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 704
◈ 704. [Side Story] Funeral (7)
time has passed.
People who had fled returned, and people from all over the world mobilized and flocked to Crossroads..
The kings who fought here literally felt in their bones that this was the land of a decisive battle that would decide the fate of the world..
An endless stream of carts filled with aid supplies came from all over the world..
The north suffered terrible damage from the heavy snow, but it seems that the sky cleared and the snow stopped just before it was truly breathtaking..
The people of the Aryan Kingdom, who had been passive, are now at the forefront of helping the city recover..
In particular, King Miller Arian, despite losing one arm, was carrying a shovel and a pickaxe to the recovery site, making me want to stop him..
It's a bit embarrassing when the character changes 180 degrees like this... … I know how you feel about not wanting to look hateful..
“…….”
I was lost in thought as I watched the city gradually being restored..
Now the whole world is cooperating with our front. I'm glad about this.
But the death of 30,000 was not fortunate at all..
It was the death of 30,000 elite troops gathered from all over the world. Not only that, the air force fleet was destroyed, and many heroes and soldiers under my command died..
Manpower and materials could be expanded easily, but expanding troops was a long way off..
‘Night Bringer was actually a final boss-level monster..’
Compared to the 'Sleepless Lake Princess', it is on the same level, or in terms of destructive power, it is probably even better..
It was a formidable enemy, and perhaps it was inevitable that it suffered this much damage..
But the problem is that he was a strong final boss, not the final boss..
The monster invasion will continue in the future. And we suffered devastating damage to our defense facilities and troop situation..
‘The next defense begins in a month..’
The start date of Stage 41 is approximately one month from now..
After that, there was no rest for three months, from Stage 41 to Stage 50. The final defense game of 10 matches continues..
Will Crossroads, and the world, be able to withstand this harsh wave of monsters?……?
***
One week after the end of the battle.
A funeral was held west of Crossroads..
Manpower was urgently dispatched to the south to retrieve the bodies, but it was impossible to retrieve all 30,000 bodies within a week..
Moreover, because the battle with the black dragon was so intense, the damage to the body was also serious..
However, since it would be disrespectful to the dead to keep putting off the funeral, they decided to hold the funeral first..
“…….”
I looked up at the huge newly erected monument..
It was a newly erected mass gravestone next to the mass gravestone erected for the dead in the tutorial stage..
A blue sacred fire flickered in front of a tombstone covered with white flowers placed by mourners..
A cenotaph for all the warriors whose bodies were not found..
I clenched my fists in front of him..
no regrets.
Without their sacrifice, the Night Bringer could not have been defeated..
This is an enemy that we were able to defeat only after everyone on this front poured everything they had down to the bottom of their souls..
Knowing that they died to protect the world, for a noble cause.…….
“…….”
However, no matter what reason is given or what rationality is given to their deaths,.
The pain they felt at the moment of their death and the sadness their bereaved families will feel will not disappear..
After gritting my teeth and trying to calm down in front of him, I looked away. People were crying in front of the many new graves beyond the mass gravestones..
I am one of them... … And I approached the tomb where I was the chief mourner..
Dusk Bringer's Tomb.
Around the grave, the people of the Principality of Bringer were gathered together like a cloud, bowing their heads..
After standing in front of the grave and waiting for a while, the Dragon Knights themselves appeared carrying Dusk Bringer's coffin. Behind them, soldiers of the Principality Army were marching, waving their flags..
I, along with the dragon knights, lifted the coffin, placed it under the ground, and sprinkled dirt on the coffin..
I tried to act calm among people all covered in tears, but my eyes kept getting hot..
After sprinkling holy water and blessing the afterlife of the dead,…….
The soldiers of the principality stood together and sang a military song..
It was a song honoring a dead comrade. Dusk Bringer was the commander-in-chief of the military and a dragon lady who fought at the forefront, so she was a soldier and their comrade..
“…….”
Even the sad song of the soldiers has ended.
I stared at Dusk Bringer's grave covered in white flowers..
Like other kings buried here before, a simple funeral was held here first, and then… … It was decided to move the funeral after all wars were over..
The state funeral of the Principality of Bringer will be held then..
‘After all wars are over,…….’
3Year 2, the final winter.
Originally, it should still be late fall now. The night brought by the Night Bringer covered the world with snow, causing winter to arrive much earlier than usual..
Now that this winter is over, the war against monsters will also come to an end. And it will then be decided whether those buried here first will be able to return to their hometowns..
Will the world end or will it continue... … Will I be able to reach the true ending or not?.
In this final season, everything comes to a close.
‘Until your real funeral takes place in your country.’
I bowed deeply towards Dusk Bringer's grave..
‘Until then, I will hold back my tears, Grand Duke..’
***
After Dusk Bringer's funeral is over.
I assigned the role of resident to the dragon knights and decided to tour other tombs. Since he was the lord and commander, it was his natural duty to look after the other bereaved families..
While moving around looking at various graves and offering consolation to the bereaved families... … i stopped.
I saw the warlock chain sitting in a wheelchair. He was silently lost in thought in front of the tombs of blacklist heroes..
“chain.”
“……Ah, your highness.”
Looking back, Chain's entire body was wrapped in bandages instead of the usual chains..
His injuries were extreme. During the 'Night Closing' operation, he is said to have deflected all attacks pouring into the airship La Mancha with his body..
Although my body was hurt a lot, I tried to force myself to accept the darkness, and the magic furnace was completely polluted and burned..
He could never go into battle again, so his retirement was virtually confirmed..
“It’s strange to say this, but… … I feel relieved.”
He was no longer able to use black magic and looked like an ordinary middle-aged man. He had neither the very young face he usually had nor the old face he had when his vitality ran out..
Somewhere in the middle, Chain perused the graves of his dead comrades..
“I fought without regrets.”
“…….”
“The same goes for these guys. To save a newborn, to save a city, and to save the world…….”
I also looked at the grave together..
A defense magician and a magic musketeer who died to save Sid, a golem magician who burned his life to protect the city, and a blind swordsman who risked his life to slash the darkness with his sword.…….
They were all buried here side by side.
“Gambling addicts like us are like this... … How could I have known that I could die fighting for something worthwhile?.”
“…….”
I couldn't say anything..
Chain took something out of his pocket and flicked it with his fingers, sending it flying forward..
ting-
It was a casino chip.
Chain deftly flipped them and placed them one by one in front of the graves of his comrades. The last chip spun around in front of Nobody's grave and fell sideways..
I asked him carefully as he clenched and opened his empty hand..
“Will you quit gambling??”
“……Yes, I will. I don't have any friends I used to play with, and it's not fun anymore..”
“What are you going to do next??”
“I'm going to think about it while I'm recuperating..”
Chain muttered bitterly..
“A warlock who can't fight, a gambler who's tired of gambling, what can they do in the future... … I'm not sure.”
After chatting a few more words, I gently patted Chain on the back and left..
While walking, I suddenly looked back and saw Chain covering his face with both hands, gritting his teeth and lowering his head..
“…….”
Instead of offering some meaningless consolation to the sobbing man, I silently walked forward again..
subparty, blacklist.
The five high-level heroes I wanted to recruit while planning a casino construction from the first year..
Their last moments were so lonely and sad..
***
Among the tombs erected this time, there were those belonging to non-humans..
captured monster.
Although Skarian and Parekhian were monsters, they made great contributions in this battle..
Therefore, they held a respectful funeral, cremated him, and buried him here in the grave site..
“……Sniffle.”
Violet squatted down in front of the graves of the two dragons and swallowed her snot..
Where did they get it? A piece of scale was placed in front of Skeyrian's tomb, and a piece of claw was placed in front of Parekhian's tomb..
Violet was sniffling and tapping the pieces with her fingertips, while other gambling club members were comforting her behind her..
“It feels like I was dreaming.”
Scarlett blew Violet's nose as she let out a long sigh. joy! Violet blew her nose loudly and made a noise..
“Spending time with these dragons, fighting such great battles together... … It all feels like a dream.”
The rest of the gambling club members tried to comfort Violet by massaging her shoulders and giving her warm tea..
I smiled bitterly and watched this from behind..
It was then.
Srrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-
Suddenly there was the sound of a snake flicking its tongue, and then.
A long, thin tongue licked as if wrapping around Violet's chin..
“Hey hey profit?!”
A frightened Violet jumped up from her spot, looked back, and… … I let out a scream.
“Wow! Here we go again!”
Before I knew it, I saw a huge silver-grey snake approaching Violet and clinging to her as if it were friendly..
Surrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
This guy making a somewhat happy breathing noise was none other than Jormungand.…….
“Oh, there you are..”
I said calmly as I looked at Jormungand, who was now climbing up with Violet's body wrapped around him..
This 'Snake of the World' had his body split in two, and was even hit directly by Night Bringer's breath at the end..
I thought I was going to die without moving, but I wasn't. Perhaps to escape her injuries, she shed her skin endlessly and changed her appearance significantly, but in any case, her life was saved..
‘Even if it gets smaller, it's still like a giant snake.…….’
About the size of Earth's anaconda? No, it's bigger than that?
He lost his previous enormous physique and his divinity. I feel like I can't even talk anymore... … In this way, his life was saved, and he secretly remained on our front lines. Now he is my captured monster..
And what stuck with Violet is the current state..
“No, strangely, I'm not only popular with monsters?! Especially reptiles?! Why are they like this??!”
Violet, who was in tears as she was repeatedly attacked by Jormungand's tongue, screamed. I laughed out loud.
“I guess that's your constitution.”
“I hate it now! Wow!”
Around Violet, who began to whimper in a different way than before, the rest of the gambling club members had fun stroking Jormungandr's smooth scales with excitement..
After watching this for a while, I turned my gaze to the south, towards the black lake..
“…….”
Crown, the Pied Piper who helped us with Jormungand..
Crown, who eventually died during the battle, turned into black smoke and disappeared..
When the eternal beings originally from the Lake Kingdom die, they disappear into black smoke and are then resurrected in a designated location..
The Crown seemed to be revived at its home base inside the Lake Kingdom..
So, it was a situation where an agreement was reached with the Crown in advance. If Crown dies in battle, he will come back to me after being resurrected..
I need to discuss the promise I shared with him and how to save Obscurity..
But even after a week, the crown did not appear again..
Once I saw him myself... … And I tried to enter the Lake Kingdom to find Mu-myeong, but for some reason, all the teleport gates were blocked, so I couldn't enter the Lake Kingdom..
This situation continues to this day..
“…….”
What else is happening down there?.
In my eyes, which felt a vague sense of foreboding, I suddenly saw the main party members waving their hands from over there..
“Seniors! speech, speech!”
“ah. Is it already its turn?.”
Since we can't enter the Lake Kingdom right now, there's nothing else we can do..
Let's do what we can here.
I took a deep breath and walked to where the main party members were..
Many people were waiting for me under the podium..
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