Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 740
740. [STAGE 45] Flying Dead (2)
Crackling, crackling…….
The broken hallway lights flicker..
A faint scream echoes from afar in a hallway polluted with blood and vomit..
The cries of the infected, the desperate screams of someone who has not yet been infected.…….
‘Oh, horror games are rat poison..’
I wiped away the goosebumps on the back of my neck with my hand..
If we run recklessly and get bitten by the infected, and we are also infected and wiped out, that would be the worst..
We are moving forward cautiously and at a not very fast pace..
As I took the stairs to the lower floor, I asked Macmillan behind me..
“Engine room location?”
“It is located at the very bottom and rear of the ship..”
For reference, the bridge we departed from is located in the very center of the top of the airship..
You have to go down and back a long way to the engine room. Since La Mancha is quite large, the distance is a bit longer than expected..
“Don't hurry. Time is running out.”
Is it because of my mood? I feel like the altitude of the void is gradually lowering..
And you're probably not mistaken. Since the output of the main horsepower is decreasing, you will have to slowly lower your altitude and prepare for emergencies such as an emergency landing..
We moved toward the engine room as quickly as possible, while remaining alert to our surroundings..
And, at the end of the hallway leading to the stairs on this floor.
Wow!
bang!
Udangtang-!
The doors on both sides of the hallway opened simultaneously and the infected people came by surprise..
“……!”
Mikhail, who was walking nervously in the lead, quickly stretched out his fist and struck the left infected person in the chin.,
“I hate it!”
With a faint scream that I am now slowly becoming accustomed to, Diarmudin released a magic shockwave and blew away the infected person on the right..
Pow! Crunchy soup!
The suppression was completed in no time. Mikhail broke out in a cold sweat and looked at the infected person he had beaten..
“……I was so shocked that I hit it hard. This friend’s molar fell out.?”
“It's better than dying. I can't help it.”
Diarmyuddin, who was holding his heart and gasping for breath, complained..
“Huh! Huh! This, this, is not good for the cardiovascular health of old people... … ! I was so surprised…….”
“Think of it as blood circulation for the first time in a long time.…….”
So, I continued moving forward, suppressing the infected people I encountered several times..
“…….”
Suddenly I thought.
The current situation is driving a ship full of infected people and returning to humanity's final line of resistance..
‘Is this really the right decision??’
What if the infection spreads to Crossroads because of this decision??
As Macmillan said, wouldn't it have been better to make an emergency landing on the ship far away from the Crossroads and deal with the infected slowly??
For the sake of all mankind, wouldn't it have been a more efficient decision to give up all of these infected people??
Now there is not enough time to defeat the zombie monsters..
Are we wasting time trying to save infected patients?…….
“If it were me as usual.”
At that time, Diarmudin, who was at the end of the group, suddenly spoke. As if you know what I'm thinking.
“I guess they said let's eliminate all the infected people. Isn't that so??”
“…….”
I smiled bitterly and glanced back..
“What I'm saying is that you are not the 'usual Diarmuddin' right now.?”
“Can I be honest??”
“As much as you want, take it easy.”
“Prince Ash. I want to believe in the convenient magic called you..”
Diarmudin was staring at me with eyes full of deep trust..
“Always bringing a miraculous twist in an absurd situation... … Thank you for your wit and wisdom in coming up with amazing solutions that I had never thought of..”
“…….”
“I want to look forward to it again.”
I closed my mouth.
Suddenly, a famous problem called the trolley dilemma came to mind..
There are two paths in front of the tram moving along the tracks. Five people are tied to one street, and one person is tied to one street..
If this continues, the cart will head towards the five people and crush them to death. But when I pull the switch, the tram turns to the other side and kills one person..
What decision would you make in this situation?.
Should I pull the switch or leave it alone? Such a problem.
“…….”
The battle here on the monster front has always been a battle with a dilemma..
Who will you save? Who will you abandon?.
Each time, my choices were actually always consistent. I always made the same choice over and over again.
Save everyone you can save.
Sometimes it succeeded, sometimes it failed. Some lived, some died.
I toasted with the survivors and shed tears at the graves of the dead. I was by no means a flawless commander, and my battle record was littered with losses as many as wins..
But, yeah. Because I went through this difficult process, paradoxically, there is one thing I have kept and did not lose..
‘My belief is, ‘Save everyone who can be saved.’.
I remember the road I passed.
The journey so far has been filled with flukes and miracles. If I hadn't been lucky, my judgment would have destroyed this world many times over..
but i also know.
All those flukes, all those miracles.
You can't say it was all luck.
The business I have accumulated, the fate, and the will of the people I work with…….
Right now, today, until this hour. What has held this battle line, this world, and our hearts together.
‘save.’
everyone I can save.
People who bravely marched towards enemy lines were infected. People tremble in fear of monsters coming from behind the front lines.
I'll do my best to save them all..
The delusion disappeared as I walked with determination. Diarmudin, who was following at the back of the group, must have noticed this and let out a laugh..
***
After moving forward without hesitation for a while, we reached the stairs leading to the lowest floor..
And because of the commotion we caused on the way here, we were already being chased by the infected. Before we knew it, the crowd of infected people rushing towards us had grown enormously..
“They keep coming from behind!”
“Subdue it gently, Diarmudin! gently!”
“Gently… … gently…….”
Diarmudin, who was preparing a spell while repeating himself, immediately gritted his teeth..
“Holy shit! My firepower is so great that it is impossible to subdue me gently.!”
“Then in moderation... … Enough to break just one bone!”
“Just one bone?! good! That much is possible!”
Diarmudin continued to pour out shockwaves, and the infected people who were running towards him were thrown back and rolled around helplessly, like fallen leaves in autumn..
But as if the blow wasn't enough, he got up again and ran screaming. Diarmudin gritted his teeth and shouted..
“I'll be stopping you here, so go quickly.!”
“Dear Diermudin……!”
“Don't worry about me! Come on, hurry up!”
Diarmudin is not good at situations like this..
This old wizard is an extreme firepower type wizard. Will he be able to endure for a long time the task of deliberately looking after the hands of infected people who have lost their senses and run at them in an attempt to bite them?.
But there was no time to give such consideration..
Time is running out. The flight time had already reached its limit, and ominous bursting sounds were being heard throughout the aircraft carrier..
“Then let’s go first! Take care, Diarmuddin.!”
We decided to trust Diarmuddin and give him the role of blocking the stairs, so we ran down to the bottom floor..
“The engine room is close by!”
Macmillan pointed ahead..
“Now you just have to go past here!”
And the large space that opened before us... … It was a hangar..
The engine room is behind the hangar. So, we have to go through the hangar.…….
Kyaaaaa!
Kyaaaaa!
As soon as I entered the hangar, the piercing screams of the excited griffons rang out loud enough to pierce my ears..
“for a moment.”
I looked over there in a cold sweat..
“No way, griffons too……?”
“All the monsters were infected too..”
Macmillan also said, pouring out cold sweat like rain..
“Are you sure it's a griffon?……?”
Clap! Crash, clank, clank.!
The infected griffons twisted their bodies, glaring at us with red eyes..
Quad deuk!
……No, it wasn't a twist..
The iron fence of the hangar, which was used as a stable, was broken like a piece of corn. And infected griffons flew in all directions..
“……Gryffindor oh my god.”
The Sky Knights who came to support La Mancha consisted of 50 people..
In other words, there are 50 gryphons..
Fortunately, not all of them are infected, and about half are in a calm state, hiding in the corner of the hangar and shivering... … No, even just 25 is a huge amount of pressure.!
I love you so much!
Griffons soared all the way to the ceiling of the hangar, which was not very high, and all descended towards us..
I urgently took out a low-level magic core from the water and threw it..
“Summons!”
It was a long time since the defense tower was summoned. i called that name.
“shield turret-!”
Churrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
The broken fence and exterior walls came together in the air and landed in the middle of the hangar..
It is a defense tower and shield turret with a simple rectangular shape and a shield attached to it..
It is a tank object with no attack performance at all, but its defense is outstanding in its own way. In addition, it has a wide-area provocation function.!
puck! What a joke!
The aggro griffons began pounding on the shield turret all at once. The shield turret quickly became a mess, but it still took its time.!
“let me calm you down!”
At that time, Mikhail rushed forward like a beam of light..
No, wait. Soothing? How to calm down an infected griffon…….
“Hmm-!”
Mikhail climbed onto the Griffon's back with a smooth movement and crossed his forearms... … He began to strangle the griffon..
Wow... … keek.
The griffon, choking and gurgling, eventually stuck out its tongue and fell to the ground..
“This is a way to subdue a griffon that is too excited. It was something I did like eating a meal..”
Mikhail shouted as he ran towards the next griffon..
“I'll clean up this place, Prince Ash! You quickly go to the engine room!”
“But, Mikhail!”
Even so, dozens of infected griffons are too dangerous.……!
“go! There's no time! hurry!”
“Pfft……!”
Gritting my teeth, I nodded and ran toward the door at the back of the hangar..
“You can't die, Michail.!”
“Are you going to die?!”
Mikhail shouted as he suppressed the second griffon..
“It would be so unfair if I died like this on my honeymoon.!”
You, this guy, pretended not to be like that, but in fact, you were looking forward to your honeymoon too.……?!
‘I will definitely make Crossroads an amazing tourist city someday! I'll make it swarming with honeymooners!’
Thinking of the grand plan for a tourist city that I have not yet given up on, I made a new determination..
For that dream, and for Mikhail's honeymoon, the airship's main magic route must be normalized.……!
“When you open that door, you come into the final hallway, which is the engine room.!”
“good!”
I nodded at Macmillan's guidance, kicked open the door, and entered the final hallway. Now we're really there!
and.
Draw it…….
Sooooo.
In the last hallway, familiar infected people were gathered together..
Silver armor, scarlet cloak.
There were about 50 Sky Knights..
“……ah.”
I couldn't see you all the way here, but everyone was gathered here.…….
They were all hero-level strong, and they were all infected, and they turned their bloodshot eyes to look at me..
Fifty infected people, all of whom had the military discipline of a knight, turned to look at me at the same time. The feeling of those fierce trained gazes fixating on me at the same time... … It wasn't funny even as a joke.
“…….”
No, Diarmudin and Mikhail stayed behind, doing everything they could to stop a dangerous enemy for us..
‘Actually, isn’t this the most dangerous??!’
Macmillan looked at the side of my face as I trembled inwardly and asked carefully..
“……Should I just tell the bridge to make an emergency landing??”
“no.”
I sighed softly and took a step forward, deploying my armor..
“Why don’t you go a bit outrageous?.”
Churrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-!
Black chain armor made from Beelzebub’s magical core..
[[Lord of the High Tower] wrapped my body tightly.
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