I Became a Tyrant of the Defense Game - Episode 738
738. [STAGE 45] Zombie Defense (3)
Leaving behind the scene where their husband, Mikhail, was happily chatting with Prince Ash, the commander of the front line here..
The five queens of Vermilion came out to the deck of the airship. It was just to get some air from my frustrated heart..
“Wow, you all saw that look on Mikhail's face.?”
“huh. There was a complete smile on my face.?”
“Boys Talk is very enjoyable.……?”
Together with the Crown Prince of the Everblack Empire and the Lord of the Ivory Tower, the young new King of Vermilion smiled brightly and chatted with a more relaxed face..
A faint jealousy flashed through the eyes of the five queens, who grumbled as they remembered that scene..
“He didn't show us that face..”
“It’s fun, really. I'm going to kill you tonight…….”
“I'll harass you all night long until you admit what you did wrong..”
It was around this time that the five queens began to make dark plans for Michael's grand execution ceremony tonight..
Giik…….
profit…….
Riding the side of the airship La Mancha in strong winds.
A figure was slowly but surely creeping up..
It was a hunting dog whose entire body was mangled and covered in blood..
Despite being severely injured, the hunting dog climbed up the entire side of the airship with green eyes flashing... … I climbed up onto her deck..
《Crrrrr!》
The hunting dog on the deck shook itself off..
“uh?”
One of the five queens, who spotted the dog a beat late, pointed..
“that… … It's not a monster?”
“what?”
All five queens turned around in surprise..
It was a monster belonging to the Hellhounds Corps that Ash discovered earlier..
“Oh my god, I guess I was on a plane during contact earlier.!”
It was a small monster, and it was able to climb up here to avoid La Mancha's sensors..
The queens urgently tried to take out their weapons to subdue the monster, but the next moment they realized.
I left my weapon tied to the griffon saddle..
Because I thought this space was safe.……!
“Avoid into the void……!”
However, rather than the five queens returning to the secret ship in time,,
《Kaaaaa!》
The zombie hunting dog ran faster with blood spraying all over its body..
***
“how is the situation?”
When I returned to the bridge, I asked Macmillan:.
Mikhail has returned, and the powerful Sky Knights have joined..
Thanks to this, there was a bright atmosphere with laughter for a moment, but the situation was not very optimistic..
As soon as I returned, Macmillan reported as if he had been waiting for me..
“Welcome to the right place, Your Majesty! The zombies have begun their advance!”
“……!”
“That too… … At breakneck speed!”
After La Mancha gained altitude, the zombies gave up chasing La Mancha..
Instead, he seemed to have decided to hurry on his way to his destination, the north - Inse..
The situation on the ground was reflected on the magic panel on the bridge. Everyone gathered in the room sighed..
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
It's like a river of corpses flowing.
The zombie monsters tangled with each other, twisted their legs, and fell over and over again, as if their slow movements until now were a lie... … It started running north at an incredible speed..
“Estimated time to reach the crossroads is?”
“At this rate, there are two days and 12 hours left.!”
What kind of zombie is faster than a horse?.
After following me onto the bridge, Mikhail, who was looking at this scene with a tired face, quietly asked me:.
“There must be a way to defeat these guys, Prince Ash.?”
“…….”
Everyone's glances at me are full of trust..
Just as I have defeated countless legions of monsters, I feel the belief that I will solve the problem this time too..
okay. Of course there is a way. But.
“…….”
I was lost in thought..
It's a regular method, just like it's always been done..
Until we arrive at the Crossroads, we will use every means at our disposal to destroy this zombie monster army, then mobilize our full power in front of the Crossroads and wipe out the remaining remnants..
This is the standard method of dealing with monsters, and I plan to use it again this time. But if it's a problem.
‘Our power is not perfect.’
Does the current Crossroads have enough defense power to crush the enemy's main force?.
and.
‘The power of the enemy monster corps is abnormally high (combat power))…….’
Until now, the rule of this 'Destruction Game' was to impose a penalty even if only two monster armies were dispatched at the same time..
Because of the penalty in the Lord of the Flies match where Imp + Paris were deployed, the next four defense matches were not played at all..
But look at what's in front of you now.
Even though they are in a zombie state and their combat power is drastically reduced compared to usual, dozens of monster legions have banded together, formed an alliance, and are heading north..
‘I'm already tired of the difficulty level of this defense game, but it's so strange..’
It sounds a bit strange considering the damn difficulty level so far..
The previous stages were either subtly or overtly concerned about establishing themselves as ‘games’..
This means that the match was balanced. This was especially true when the devil himself made the decisions..
The Lord of the Flies, who tried to destroy the world without hesitation, or the Night Bringer, and the Demon Lord were different..
What is the devil's purpose? … I guess I should say that I feel like I want to suffer as much as possible, but I don't want to be completely broken..
We've never met face to face, but dozens of times... … No, if you include the repeated episodes and experience in the game, the Demon King and I have shared the stage countless times..
I know his style.
‘Seeing that the scepter authority has been recovered, the return of the Demon King itself is certain..’
Only the devil can revive the already dead Cromwell..
My opponent now is definitely the devil..
But what about this heterogeneous enemy composition in this stage?…….
‘If you are the usual devil…….’
It's funny to say something like this to an enemy, but.
We may have planted a 'breakthrough' or a 'weakness' that we can overcome. No, it would be more accurate to say that I knowingly neglected it..
‘enemy weakness…….’
I rested my chin and was lost in thought..
‘Let's think about it. Characteristics of zombies, characteristics of demon species, characteristics of Cromwell…….’
I was lost in thought for a while inside the aircraft carrier, rushing back to Crossroads ahead of the advancing zombie army..
Everyone on the bridge maintained a quiet atmosphere, as if trying not to disturb my thoughts..
How long did such a quiet flight last?.
thud… … ! thud… … ! thud……!
Outside the bridge began to become noisy..
At first, no one paid much attention, but soon the noise got louder and louder..
No, it wasn't just the noise. Screams and screams began to mix together. People on the bridge sensed something was wrong and exchanged glances..
“Hey, what's going on?…….”
At the same time Diarmudin opened the bridge door and was about to ask outside.,
“Wow!”
From outside, one of my soldiers let out a terrifying yell and tried to run into the bridge..
The frightened Diarmydin was frozen and unable to move, but Mikhail stepped forward with dazzlingly fast movements and threw a back kick..
Powok-!
“Heheook!”
The soldier rushed out at the same speed he came in. Immediately after, Mikhail looked shocked and apologized..
“I'm sorry. Stop being surprised by the sudden rush. are you okay?”
“Ouch! Ah ah ah ah ah!”
However, the soldier continued to shout and tried to enter the bridge..
Mikhail, embarrassed, slammed the bridge door shut, and the soldier shouted, pounding on the bridge door with his fist..
“What, why is this person like this??”
“Get out of the way!”
I pushed Mikhail away and stood in front of the bridge door, examining the soldier's condition through the transparent glass part of the door..
“iced coffee! Ahhh……!”
His two bloodshot eyes have completely lost their sense of reason, and his mouth is chewing on the glass window in an attempt to somehow bite the cage on the bridge..
And on the back of the arm…….
Clear tooth marks as if someone else had bitten them.
I broke into a cold sweat..
“This, no way.”
“majesty! Hey, look at this.……!”
After putting the lock on the bridge door, I turned around. Macmillan was operating the magic panel with a pale face..
“This is the current situation inside La Mancha..”
Macmillan manipulated the optical device installed inside the airship and showed the inside of the airship..
Everyone was screaming, looking like the soldiers outside, and rushing to catch anyone who was still intact..
On the screen, an intact soldier was seen being captured and bitten..
「Ah, it hurts, ahhh……!」
The soldier, who was bleeding from a bite wound, was in pain, and eventually transformed into the same form as the others and let out a scream..
“……You're infected.”
I said, breaking into a cold sweat..
“Someone got bitten by a zombie monster, and the infection spread..”
“That can't be possible! There is no possibility of infection during the bombing operation to La Mancha, and all personnel of the Sky Knights also went through quarantine after the battle! no one was injured!”
Macmillan vehemently refuted this, but what can you do? This is reality.
As a result, the infection spread through small gaps that we did not detect..
‘Zombies in this world are a kind of ‘state’.’
If you are bitten, you become 'infected', but this alone does not turn you into a zombie. You must die while infected for the corpse to rise, move, and attack the living..
In other words, the people outside are not zombies yet..
I think it would be more appropriate to describe them as ‘infected people’ who have become a bit ferocious due to the effects of infection..
“I don't think it's a bit vicious.?!”
“……This is my first time seeing someone actually get bitten..”
Usually, when you get bitten by a zombie, you get eaten and die right away..
Anyway, I think it would be convenient to think that when a person is bitten, they mutate into an infected person, and when they die, they mutate into a zombie. It is a three-stage mutation: human → infected person → zombie..
And there is another characteristic… … They do not attack the same infected people..
This is the secret to keeping the zombie army in good numbers. It seems like some kind of homogeneous signal is radiating from each other..
“So, these aren't monsters yet. I'm just a patient infected with the zombie plague..”
Diarmudin calmly refuted my conclusion..
“That's just a symptom of the commonly known zombification plague, Prince Ash. We don't know what mutations occurred as the infection spread to the monsters below..”
“…….”
“And if there are any deaths among the infected outside, and if they return like this, even Crossroads…….”
Diarmudin didn't bother to say anything, but the implications were fully conveyed..
This empty space has already been polluted..
All crew members inside the ship except those on the bridge are infected. And although they are 'infected' right now, we don't know when they will transform into 'zombies'..
You must not return to Crossroads in this state..
That could end up putting not only Crossroads, but the entire royalties at risk..
then…….
Beep beep. Beep beep.
Then a communication came in..
Macmillan shouted after confirming the point where the communication was coming from..
“Communication was received through a communication network installed in a warehouse near the hangar.!“
”connect.“
Communication is connected.
A moment later, a trembling voice was heard along with a whimpering cry..
「Mikhail, stay there.……?」
It was the voice of one of Mikhail's five queens..
”…….“
Mikhail's face was already as white as it could be..
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