Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 774
◈ 774. [STAGE 48] It’s a disaster (10)
We retreated and joined up with the soldiers who had retreated earlier at the Crossroads headquarters..
Of the three mobile walls deployed as advance bases, only two returned, but for now, at least two were deployed in front of the crossroads. A new defense line was formed.
“Apocalypse Knights are composed of four units, which advance separately and collect ‘materials’..”
I explained calmly.
“They extract the essence of pestilence, war, famine, and death from the people who have suffered from them. And based on the essence collected like this, those who joined again…….”
I couldn't help but sigh during the explanation..
“Combining again.”
It was the final phase combination gimmick that was now getting tiresome. Do it in moderation, you monsters.!
“If you have four knights, they combine into one knight of destruction. The entity that succeeds in merging becomes a complete entity that can deal with pestilence, war, famine, and death all on its own, which makes it incredibly powerful..”
So theoretically, it is possible for the 444 Apocalypse Knights to merge into the 111 units as long as they do not lose a single unit during the advance process..
In this case, the combined abilities and numbers create synergy and become truly insanely strong, so the Apocalypse Knights with all 111 units are comparable to the Black Dragon in terms of specifications..
Well, this is only in theory..
“But the brunt has already been cut. Their numbers have decreased significantly..”
The commander of each unit survived, but his subordinates were almost wiped out..
The men who were not defeated at the forward base are still being taken down by Damian with aerial sniping..
“There is a high probability that the leaders of each unit who survived to the end will march tenaciously in some way and eventually reach the crossroads walls..”
What the battle will be like during the advance is not really their main concern..
No matter how you circumvent it, the goal is for all four units to join in front of the real war. So, I fought for a while and ended up falling..
This is also the reason why he did not care much whether his subordinates died or not..
Their main goal is to create one Doom Knight by combining the four captain-level knights who collected the essence on the battlefield..
“I should tell you that this judgment itself is wrong..”
Just as planned, we defeated the brunt of them..
In particular, thanks to Lucas's actions, the fourth unit, the Blue Knights, was wiped out except for the captain..
Now, if we just stop that leader-level union, the game is practically over, and we had several means to stop that..
I gave a command to the heroes and soldiers who were preparing for a defensive position..
“Now, this defensive battle is coming to an end! Let's all cheer up and go!”
***
Doo doo doo doo-!
Centaurs are running.
Four units of Apocalypse Knights split into four divisions and each took the essence they needed on the battlefield..
They were now heading to the southern plains in front of the Crossroads..
《…….》
《…….》
The captains of each unit confirmed each other's appearance from afar and nodded..
Although the number has decreased significantly, the captain of each unit is safe..
If so, that's enough. The essence of dead subordinates is returned to each captain, so if only the captains survive and can be combined into destruction knights, a siege is possible..
Because it's entirely possible to end this world……!
Taat!
Four units broke through the valley and forest by different routes and entered the southern plains at the same time..
Then, they slowly turned their course toward the center of the plain and established a confluence point. The point was exactly in front of the crossroads walls..
《Gather together!》
The Blue Knight leader roared and raised his huge ice scythe..
As soon as everyone joined in front of the castle wall, they were going to absorb the other three unit leaders and become one entity..
《Destruction to this world! The mace of penitence!》
The speed of the cavalry and centaur units on the plain was truly incredible. In no time, the Crossroads walls approached..
Saaaaa!
As they approached a certain distance from each other, white, red, black, and blue auras surged from the bodies of the four knights and connected..
The Blue Knight leader shouted loudly..
《Come!》
The bodies of the White Knight, Red Knight, and Black Knight captains began to melt and disperse into poison, fire, and water in an instant..
Trying to absorb it through the connected magic passage, the Blue Knight Captain gave a command..
《To kill the whole world with the sword, famine, death, and the beasts of the earth.-》
And the next moment.
click-!
An unknown operating sound rang out from the crossroads walls.,
Whoop……!
A strange sensation as if time and space were being compressed overtook the Blue Knight Captain's entire body..
《……?!》
With a dizzying flash, I felt as if my whole body was being thrown to the other side of the world, and the next moment,.
The Blue Knight leader was teleported alone to the end of the southern plains..
《what……?》
The captain of the flagship blue knight urgently looked around..
No doubt, just a little while ago, he was right in front of the royal castle wall, but he suddenly found himself a long way away... … They were forcibly moved to the edge of a field far south from the castle wall..
This was the effect of Royalty's highest-grade water-based artifact, [Start Again!]..
There was no way the Blue Knight leader knew its identity..
And the effects of this simple, if simple, artifact came back with huge aftereffects..
In front of the Crossroads wall where the Blue Knight leader temporarily deserted and disappeared..
The captains of the White Knight, Red Knight, and Black Knight, who were in a combined standby state, lost their opponent to transfer their power to and were momentarily defenseless.…….
“aiming.”
Inse's commander was not one to miss such loopholes..
“launch-!”
pop! Bubbling bubbling-!
The crossfire tore the three knight captains to pieces..
If it had been at its original strength, it would have been able to overcome this level of bombardment and launch a counterattack..
They were all trying to gather their strength and transmit it to their colleagues. Of course, I was in no condition to fight properly..
《Ahhhh……!》
《Wow!》
《How could this happen?…….》
The three knights fell miserably, spraying poison, fire, and water..
Those subordinates were no exception. Many did not survive in the first place, but those who remained all collapsed and died under Crossroads' bombardment..
***
“also.”
I grinned as I looked down at the destroyed enemy lines..
“The national rule is to attack enemies that are merging.……!”
It seems like I'm on the villain's side, but whatever.!
The best way to deal with those who are merging is to defeat them while they are merging..
“Well done, Lily! And the alchemist team!”
When I gave a thumbs up and congratulated Lily and the alchemists who had created [Again from the beginning!], they smiled shyly..
“Well, that's it! Lily, you better get ready for next time.?”
“Yes yes. Please eat as much as you want.…….”
Lily sighed and came forward, dragging the wheelchair..
And then I joined Diarmudin, who was preparing a joint aerial magic circle over there..
“Hmm……!”
Diarmudin is sweating hard as he prepares his magic..
Lily also took a deep breath and began casting her magic..
After seeing the wizards preparing, I looked south again..
Doo doo doo doo-!
In the distance, the leader of the Blue Knight, who had been forcibly teleported to the end of the southern plain, was seen running alone..
Even though his subordinates and comrades had already been wiped out, he still seemed to be overflowing with the will to fight..
It still looks like a giant ice knight. In fact, in that state alone, he is incredibly strong..
but.
“If you reveal what your attribute is, it would be a national rule to stab you with your weak attribute again..”
In the end, if it is ice attribute.
This is the counter - wouldn't it be okay to just beat it with the fire attribute?!
“me first!”
Junior applied the [Elemental Disintegration] that he had previously memorized in [Lord of Crimson] to the Blue Knight Captain..
Zeng-!
[[Elemental Disintegration] was accurately applied, and the Blue Knight Captain's magic defense was cut to pieces..
“Casting complete!”
Then Lily, who had been gathering magical power, opened her eyes..
Various magic assistance artifacts were connected to Lily, and Junior and Body Bag assisted Lily's magic..
“going-!”
Lily is basically not a combatant.
Some time has passed since I retired from field work. Her main job is artifact management..
However, he consistently helped in battle in some way, and was trained on the battlefield while managing artifacts..
And after much combat experience, he finally succeeded in awakening..
Learned the ultimate skill.
And today is the debut day of that ultimate skill!
Grumbling!
A wall of flames appeared in front of the rushing Blue Knight leader..
Going to school-!
The Blue Knight leader easily broke through the wall..
and.
《……!》
I discovered a new wall stretching behind it..
Return to school! Return to school! Going to school-!
I broke through three walls in a row, but,
《……?!》
Even after that, the wall of flames continues endlessly..
Because Lily is creating it in real time right now.!
The name of this ultimate skill, which reduces the power and size of Lily's [Fire Wall] and shoots dozens of them in succession, is [Fire Wave].].
It's just a simple magic that deploys a wall of flames one after another..
What are the virtues of a fire mage in the first place??
Simple structure, therefore powerful effect. That's it.
Chii Iik……!
The ice armor that seemed to never melt on the Blue Knight Captain's body began to slowly melt from the end..
Whether it's ice formed from spiritual cold or something else, there's nothing you can do in front of the walls of fire that come crashing down on you one after another..
The Blue Knight Captain looked around as if he was trying to find a detour, but the procession of flame walls controlled by Lily had already narrowed in, as if surrounding the Blue Knight Captain..
In the end, I had no choice but to choose to rush..
Return to school! Return to school! Going to school……!
After breaking through dozens of layers of flame walls in succession,.
The Blue Knight leader was still alive and well, but his ice armor was gradually melting and his massive size had shrunk even further..
“Great job, Lily.!”
It was Diarmudin who praised Lily's ultimate skill..
Diarmudin, who received the magic power of dozens of people through the joint aerial magic circle, had a huge spear of flame at his fingertips..
“Let this old man add a handful to your major.!”
And Diarmudin soared into the sky splendidly using his robe [Old Phoenix], and used the power of his soar to cast a powerful javelin..
Whoa whoa-!
A huge ray of flame shot out like a beam of light, and the next moment it hit the center of the Blue Knight Captain's body..
Take a look…….
The sound of something breaking open rang out..
Blah blah blah, blah blah!
It was the sound of the ice armor worn by the Blue Knight leader breaking apart..
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
The properly inserted flame spear exploded..
The next moment, the entire ice armor cracked open, shattered and melted at the same time..
《Ah ah ah ah ah……!》
Even though he was suffering, the Blue Knight captain did not swing the scythe in his hand until the end and saved it..
The failure of Apocalypse Knights is already a foregone conclusion..
In that case, the intention would be to strike the final blow to this defense line with that scythe imbued with ice and death..
The leader of the Blue Knight, who had just reached the crossroads wall, pulled back the ice scythe with all his might..
“The fire wizards made all the boards..”
As I was watching that, I raised my hand and drew a circle..
“Let's finish it!”
Then Damian, who was still waiting for my instructions aboard La Mancha, fired a sniper from the sky..
Took bang-!
The fallen magic bullet hit the Blue Knight Captain's scythe precisely..
《……?!》
This alone distorted the trajectory of the final blow the Blue Knight leader was preparing, and its power plummeted..
And in front of such an enemy-
“Hmm-!”
Evangeline unfolded her armor [Snow White] and jumped down from the top of the castle wall, raising her shield to block..
Evangeline's shield [Cross Family Shield] has been repaired and strengthened and houses three ice spirits..
The spirits swirled around and covered the shield with ice.,
What the heck!
The Blue Knight Captain's ice scythe attack was easily absorbed with the same attribute..
Ice flakes and snow powder were swirling fiercely everywhere. However, Evangeline was not pushed away and succeeded in taking her enemy's blow intact..
“Lucas, this is the guy you were dealing with... … Don't leave it to me to finish it.”
“Yes, my lord..”
Lucas, who was waiting for my command, lightly kicked his leg raised on the edge of the castle wall, flew in at an invisible speed and landed in front of the enemy commander..
Pull out two swords and spin like a dance.
Tsk! Tsk! Tsukaaaak!
After passing the Blue Knight Captain's side and making dozens of sword strikes, he stopped spinning and sheathed his two swords again..
Clap.
And at the same time as the two swords are sheathed,
《……ah.》
Tuqwaag-!
The Blue Knight's entire body exploded in all directions with a flash of light as if it were exploding from within..
This was the end of the 48th defensive battle..
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