Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 754
754. [STAGE 45] Assuming awareness (5)
This happened when Cromwell was young..
《oh!》
While Cromwell was sparring with a demonic youth, he accidentally slipped and fell, losing the game..
The tip of the sword held out by the devil youth was touching the end of Cromwell's neck..
My first defeat in my life.
Although he was young, Cromwell's talent was so overwhelming that he never lost a sparring match with anyone in his life..
Cromwell was surprised, but the demon youth who defeated Cromwell was even more surprised. And the face of the elder who was watching the sparring turned blue with embarrassment..
《Haha, you are amazing!》
Cromwell, who was dazed for a moment, soon got up with a refreshing smile and offered to shake the hand of the young man who had defeated him..
The young man looked dazed and shook Cromwell's hand. Cromwell tapped the young man on the shoulder..
《You are the first to beat me. Let’s spar again next time! got it?》
But that didn't happen.
Because that night, the young man was ‘eliminated’.
Sigh! Sigh! Puuk……!
The elder swung the knife with an expressionless face and plunged it into the stomach of the young man who was tied to the pillar..
The young man writhed in pain and eventually died. The elder wiped his sweaty face with his sleeve..
《elder?!》
Cromwell, who arrived at the scene one step too late, was frightened..
《how… … What on earth have you done?! Why did you kill me?!》
《dismissal.》
The elder scolded coldly..
《Your Excellency, you must not be defeated or fail..》
《what……?!》
《As the ruler of the Legion, you must be flawless..》
so.
Anyone who knows of Cromwell's defeat will be killed..
It was a ridiculous idea and action, but a strangely firm belief flashed in the elder's eyes..
Cromwell asked with a trembling voice..
《So, like this… … They say they'll make something that never happened?》
《yes. Your Excellency has never been defeated. That never happened.》
After lighting the magic flame on the limp young man's body, the elder whispered in Cromwell's ear in a stern voice..
《If you are really defeated, if you really fail, it will be me and our entire corps who will be tied to the stake and die like this..》
《……!》
《Never be defeated. Never fail. Only win.》
The young man's body burned in an instant, leaving only ashes..
In the ears of Cromwell, who was frozen as he looked down at the charred spot, the elder once again coldly imprinted:.
《For the Legion, only victory.》
It happened as it was said..
Cromwell buried all the mistakes he made while growing up and pretended they never happened. She was forcibly made perfect..
She has never been defeated, and she has never failed. Cromwell grew up to be the best military commander..
And that's why.
Cromwell never learned to accept failure.
I didn't learn from failure, nor did I learn how to calm down from defeat..
《uh?》
And at some point.
Cromwell was standing at the end of a dead end.
Dead End).
After being defeated by the Night Bringer, I can no longer walk and stand still..
‘ah…….’
At the border between life and death, she thought idly.
‘It's easy to stop.’
In fact, from the beginning she didn't understand.
Why must we conquer the world?.
What is the tribe’s long-cherished wish? What is the glory of hometown.
I was just pushed to the front as if my back was being pushed..
Because everyone is looking forward to it. Because everyone is watching you. Because everyone says in unison that you are the only hope.…….
But now that boring race is over.
You can let go of everything and rest.
《Now, sir.》
At that time, I heard a voice behind me. I turned around and saw an elder standing with his arms outstretched..
《Let’s make this loss a disaster that never happened..》
《…….》
《and. We will continue to win.》
I hated it.
I didn't want to stand up and fight anymore..
Why we must fight, why we must win, and why we must not lose. Cromwell still didn't know.
But, since he is a corps commander.
Because I have to fight for the Legion..
For my favorite corps members and my favorite dad. Because I need to be strong just one more time…….
《Eat.》
So I ate it up.
Let's make defeat a thing of the past by chewing up everyone in the corps, regardless of gender or age..
After I achieve my long-held wish and destroy this world, everyone will be happy..
《ah?》
Break through the wall of the dead end road by crushing it with the flesh and bones of the corps members..
As Cromwell crawled through the blood-covered passage with his reanimated body, a sudden realization dawned on him..
For my father, for my corps members, I have been pursuing victory so far..
To achieve that victory, he ate his father and all the members of the corps..
《Ahhh……?》
***
《Ahhhhh-!》
The monster roars.
The ominous green magic light scattered dizzyingly and soared in all directions, and Cromwell's entire body, holding a huge green deer antler in the center, was boiling..
I gritted my teeth at the unusual atmosphere..
“How many times does the phase change, really?……!”
I'm asking you to take it in moderation and relax quietly.!
However, this time is Stage 45. It is the last boss stage before Stage 50, the final battle..
As expected of the boss monster of such a boss stage, Cromwell did not seem to have any intention of being defeated so easily..
Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssst!
Separated from the reindeer carcass, a huge number of tentacles rose above Cromwell's head, which was now the size of a slightly larger human woman..
The tentacles that wriggled and rose up immediately hardened and became intricately intertwined, making the originally huge antlers even bigger and thicker..
《Ahhhhh-!》
Sigh! Sigh.!
The horn, made up of hundreds and thousands of tangled tentacles, each contained different magical powers and began to emit complex colors..
At the same time, thousands of magical patterns rolled out like waves from Cromwell's Horn..
“this is!”
Diarmudin sensed that magic and muttered with a pale complexion..
“This is the magical power pattern of other corps commanders that Cromwell consumed earlier.……!”
“yes?!”
“That's not all. The magic patterns of all kinds of small monsters remain.!”
I gritted my teeth and glared at Cromwell. No way, that bastard…….
“Have you absorbed all the abilities of the monsters you ate?……?”
Now I finally understand a little about the messy process so far..
Why did you have to eat all of your allies and spit them out again?.
Where have all the abilities that the rest of the zombified monsters can't use gone?.
Like a butterfly emerging from a chrysalis, it looks like it locked itself inside a piece of meat and then came back out.……!
《Ahhhhh!》
As if all the monsters in the world were combined into one.,
Cromwell's horn, which was emitting a colorful and ominous aura in all directions, suddenly stopped spraying color..
Cromwell's huge horn, which stopped spraying magic light, turned a dull green..
Cromwell, who was staggering around as if he had a huge tree on his head, eventually…….
I opened my closed eyes.
flashing-!
With a terrifying green eye glow, a terrible evil energy arose in the area..
Afterwards, only a few dozen strands of Cromwell's enormous tangled horns turned red and glowed..
‘this is……!’
Power of the Flame Giant Legion!
‘Am I manifesting all the power of the flame giants I captured at once??!’
Cromwell drew his right fist back and then thrust it forward.,
Flames billow out from the red horn, forming a huge giant's arm in the air... … She crashed down on the heads of our heroes as they rushed towards her..
Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
There was a huge explosion and smoke was billowing out in all directions..
-However, there is no damage.
“This is it……!”
Just before the fist of flame fell, I created a magic wall in the air and blocked it like a sword..
The magic wall melted and evaporated in real time, but it was enough to buy a few seconds of time. My heroes were already within reach of Cromwell..
Cromwell then flicked the blade of his left hand horizontally..
Gooooooooo!
As expected, some of the giant horns emitted a blue-green flash, and this time, a long blade-like arm was created in the air..
‘The cutting power of the Mantid Legion……!’
Tsukaaaak-!
And, a slash in the form of a flying mantis scythe.-
“Hmm-!”
What the heck!
Thorkel caught it with his body..
Originally, it was a kind of curse that would always cut down the opponent, but Thorkell activated his ultimate skill [Humans are not born to be defeated] and received it with his body, canceling out the curse in the air..
“Nice Thorkel!”
But instead of congratulating him, I had to stop talking in awe..
Yep! Yep! Yep! Whoa whoa!
This is because the horns, which were only partially glowing so far, have now started emitting colored lights, as if lights are turning on one after another..
《iced coffee…….》
Cromwell's green eyes widened as if torn apart, and all kinds of monster attack methods materialized into magical power around her body..
《dad. Watch, watch.》
Crunch, clumsy…….
It was clearly a sound made in response to magical power, but it sounded like an ominous cracking sound, as if bone joints were colliding..
《I, we, the corps…….》
Cromwell opened his mouth and roared..
《Path of glory-!》
Quagwagwagwagwagwanggwang……!
A fierce storm of magic arose in all directions, front, back, left, right, left, right, and bottom of her..
The teeth of a hellhound, the venom of a centipede, the leg muscles of a cicada, and countless tentacles.…….
All of it took shape through magical power and poured out indiscriminately. Heroes who managed to get close had to retreat quickly to avoid being caught in its scope..
“Ugh! How can there be people like this?……?!”
“Ash! There is no room to dig into it.!”
“Increase your distance! need to find a way!”
The melee heroes, who had barely gained distance from Cromwell, took a deep breath and looked for an opening. But just by getting this close, everyone is already covered in scratches..
I clicked my tongue as I looked at Cromwell's horn, which shined ceaselessly..
‘The long-distance attack team……!’
Of course, our wizards and snipers were trying to attack, but.
Wow! Oh my gosh!
Already at the stage of transformation, Cromwell's horn was caught in a magic field like a thick fog and was completely destroyed in the air..
Junior, who joined late, was whining and pouring out [Elemental Disintegration], but Cromwell ate all the monsters in the area and took the magic power for himself..
The soaring power output was greater than the magic power that [Elemental Disintegration] reduces..
‘Fortunately, he's not that sophisticated.!’
Cromwell's attack was brutal..
It is close to a reflexive resistance that is thrown towards an enemy that approaches..
To use an analogy, a boxer who has been pounded with a lot of punches is standing unconscious, swinging his fists at anyone who comes near... … Should I say it is in that state?.
‘In this case, the attack methods we can use are…….’
As I quickly turned my head, I heard a voice next to me..
“Prince Ash.”
When I turned around, it was Diermudine..
The old wizard nodded towards me with a somewhat confused look on his face..
“I have a way to neutralize that monster..”
“yes? Is that true?”
“exactly.”
Diarmudine smiled bitterly as he glared at Cromwell..
“In an abandoned cathedral, when I was staying with demon servants... … I have a weakness I know.”
Diarmudin then let out a long sigh..
“This kind of role comes to an old man again..”
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