Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 775
◈ 775. [Side Story] First moment
the battle is over.
Damage elsewhere was minor, but the damage suffered by the troops who fought against the Blue Knights unit at the 3rd advance base was significant. This is because when the front line collapsed, they were caught in the enemy's attack before they could retreat..
I personally came to repair the 3rd forward base with soldiers and workers..
There were countless corpses frozen to death by the Blue Knight's cold attack..
“……May you sleep in peace.”
An unknown soldier was frozen to death in the posture of running towards the enemy with his sword in hand..
I took his body and closed his eyes..
Fortunately, Blue Pearl, which crashed during the battle at the 3rd forward base, succeeded in an emergency landing and repaired the airship under its own power and joined the ship..
The two pirate kings who drive the Blue Pearl, the Rompeler siblings, stuck out their tongues..
“and… … I've heard a lot about the monster front, but I never thought it would be like this..”
“Does this mean less damage? What kind of world were they planning to end? This is the easiest way to block it.?”
We all smiled bitterly and placed the bodies of the fallen in the carrier we had prepared..
The two pirate kings, who closed their eyes tightly, also participated in the recovery of the fallen..
After completing emergency repairs, Blue Pearl collected and transported all the dead bodies..
The airship La Mancha, which flew in afterwards, returned to Crossroads carrying three damaged mobile walls from the 3rd forward base..
“…….”
Sitting on the bridge of the returning La Mancha, I leaned my forehead against the window and caught my breath..
Soon the crossroads began to appear..
Crossroads was busy as they wrapped up the 48th defense battle and began preparing for the 49th defense battle at the same time..
I thought to myself as I looked at the panoramic view of the city, which now moves on its own without me giving instructions..
‘The next defense, stage 49, is actually the final stage we must clear..’
The defensive battle that Crossroads can stop in the game ends at stage 49..
The final defense battle that follows, Stage 50, is in the 'unattackable' area..
When Stage 50 begins, the final boss 'Sleepless Lake Princess' pours out from the black lake, leading infinite monsters..
There is no possibility of victory in the face of an infinite army of enemies led by the strongest monster..
So, the method presented in the game is for the death squad to enter the dungeon before the start of stage 50 and defeat the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’..
Killing the monster-turned-obscure, the culmination of nightmares, with our own hands..
If you succeed in this, you will get the same ending you got in the game..
The final scene where Lucas was standing alone on the field of corpses of both enemies and allies.…….
……But now I know.
Going to that ending is not a proper strategy..
‘The ending I want, and the strategy I came up with... … It's somewhere else.’
The 'true ending' that Ader and I wanted to reach together cannot be reached by following the existing route..
If you want to break away from being an actor being controlled on stage and become the owner of your own destiny,.
We need to change our perspective on the world.
Outside the rules, you have to break the rules, dominate the rules, and make the rules..
All the puzzles for that were already gathered in my hands, and I decided to take a new path that had never been tried before in this game of destruction that had been repeated countless times..
But, to be really honest.
‘I'm afraid.’
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't anxious.
Is the path I have chosen, the strategy I have found, really right??
If we really continue like this, will we get the true ending we wanted??
Because of my mistake, my wrong judgment, won't everyone who followed my flag meet a painful end?…….
‘……It's funny.’
I put aside my complicated thoughts and ran my hand across my forehead..
Looking back, my fight has always been a tightrope walk. It was always Bae Su-jin. It was always a matter of life and death, and it was always the final battle..
The reason this anxiety is creeping in now is because the end is truly near..
‘Let's focus on the defensive battle at hand..’
To advance to the final battle, Stage 50, you must clear Stage 49..
And in this Stage 49, there is a high probability that the current Demon King's proxy - Crown will do something..
He is praying for the salvation of his younger brother, Mu-myeong, but now he has clearly turned into an enemy, possibly due to the ban placed on him by the Demon King..
And as an enemy commander, he would have tried to find his own way to attack our side through stages 46, 47, and 48..
At the moment, we don't know if he has really found our weakness, or if he will try another tactic without any clear results..
One thing is certain: Stage 49 will be incomparably more difficult than the previous three stages..
‘As we continue to scout... … Let's prepare thoroughly.’
I looked at the magical cores recovered from the previous three stages stored in my inventory..
Five magic cores recovered from the Great Rat Mother Goddess. 3 magic cores recovered from Tamjinchi. 4 magic cores recovered from Apocalypse Knights.
‘The state of the Great Rat Mother's magic core is extremely unstable. With this, let's make a missile that is relatively simple to make. Tamjinchi and the 4th Knight of Apocalypse's magic core is a very high-quality material... … Even though the schedule is tight, it would be better to make the equipment..’
In addition, we must open the boxes that have accumulated so far, accelerate the process of remodeling La Mancha by dimensional movement, and urgently repair the three damaged mobility walls.…….
While I was organizing the schedule in my head between the breathtaking battles, which were as tight as a series of battles, an airship landed..
As soon as I left, I was busy giving instructions to my subordinates, but the atmosphere of the people around me was a little strange..
“huh?”
Everyone was gathered in a circle in one space in front of the hangar, with faces in shock, covering their mouths, pulling their hair, widening their eyes, or even shedding tears..
“Wow!”
“Oh my god, oh my god, how can this happen?……!”
“I'm floating, I can't stop shaking…….”
“A day like this has come... … Ahhh!”
The atmosphere is unusual..
I quickly passed through the people outside and entered the space..
“What, what's going on? Why is everyone like that?…….”
I should have kept my mouth shut instead of speaking..
Because when I dug inside, it was only then that it caught my eye..
……was walking.
Ahjang. Ajang.
Sid is.
To Lily, the mother who had just returned from work in a wheelchair in a wheelchair... … She had escaped from her nurse's embrace and was toddling on her own two legs.!
It was truly a historic moment, Sid’s first step..
“Oh, my God.”
The scene of a small, white baby wagging its fluffy red hair and sparkling its big brown and green eyes as it toddled towards its mother was transcendentally cute, and... … Somehow, she was so majestic.
Just like the shocked people around me, I covered my mouth with my hand and trembled with fear..
‘Come to think of it, you’re already one year old.!’
Unfortunately, on my first birthday, I couldn't celebrate properly because it was the day of the defense battle. Since I had a quiet birthday party, I also sent a gift..
Anyway, Sid is already one year old. This means that it is time to take baby steps.……!
I thought I would crawl forever! I thought you would just babble forever! I thought he would forever be the representative mite of our front lines.!
‘……No, wait a minute..’
Being able to walk means.
No way, then now…….
“cadet…….”
With a surprised and happy face, he stretched out his arms and said, ‘That’s right! That's right! slowly!' towards Lily.
Likewise, Sid, who was toddling along with his arms outstretched, smiled brightly and suddenly.
“Irma!”
……committed.
The people who were watching this scene surrounding Lily and Sid all screamed and fell backwards. Sighs, admiration, and screams of joy filled the surroundings..
At the same time as I took my first step, I also took my first word.!
“…….”
Lily's eyes filled with tears as she pursed her lips in silence..
Lily urgently wiped her red eyes with the back of her hand, smiled brightly and spread her arms..
“Okay! It's mom! Come here, my baby……!”
Sid was excited and walked quickly forward.…….
stumble!
fell forward.
A scared Lily tried to kick the wheelchair and throw herself forward, but there was no need..
“Eurachacha!”
“Let's go!”
The two pirate kings standing behind me urgently stretched out their hands with strange coordination, creating a water cushion on the floor to catch the seed..
Everyone in the room heaved a sigh of relief and gave the two pirate kings a thumbs up. The Rompeler siblings scratched the backs of their heads shyly..
Sid, who was lying face down on the fluffy water cushion, was laughing and laughing as if the feel of the cushion was fun..
Then, he stood up alone again, stepping on the cushion.…….
“Irma!”
I toddled towards Lily again..
Lily gently hugged her son as he took these few short but great steps..
“Well done, my son. Well done…….”
Lily hugged Sid and sobbed..
I wonder if the reason Sid hasn't started walking is because he can't show himself walking when he's with him..
I wonder if the reason he can't speak is because he can't always be by his side and is busy handling work at the front line..
Or maybe it's because they're mixed race, or maybe it's an aftereffect of difficult childbirth.…….
I heard that you have been going through a lot of mental trouble and have often consulted the temple, and it was a moment when all your worries were resolved..
“Thank you for growing up so well…….”
Sid smiled innocently in Lily's arms..
The people around them who were watching this couldn't stand it any longer and rushed in at once..
“Call me too! My name is Lucas.!”
“Sid! It's Evangeline's older sister! Sister!”
“me too! Please say sister Verdandi! hurry!”
“No, if you have a conscience, call me aunt.…….”
“It's Uncle Kelly Bay, baby! ruler! Say you're uncle!”
“What kind of grandfather is uncle?!”
I shouted as I squeezed my way through the people who were acting out their tricks..
“God, godfather (代father)!”
The baby's clear gaze turned to me..
I smiled brightly and shouted.
“Call me godfather, Sid.!”
Before stage 49 begins.
It was a peaceful and miraculous moment on our front lines..
and…….
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……And what happened?
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conscious…….
It's not clear, like there's noise.
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……I am.
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I am……?
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“godfather.”
Suddenly breaking my dazed thoughts, I heard a young, brusque voice next to me..
“Godfather. come to your senses.”
“uh……?”
Cloudy consciousness gradually awakens.
I wake up from a dream of a happy time in the distant past and return to reality..
I came to my senses in the biting cold..
This is the entrance to a cave in a mountain..
I was squatting at the entrance of the cave, wearing an old, dirty, furry winter coat, and had fallen asleep and woke up..
Snow is falling endlessly from the sky outside the cave..
No, no - this is not snow..
this is ash.
The white, frozen ground visible in the distance is burning black and splitting as if it were swirling, rising into the sky. The earth that rose up into the sky turns into ashes and falls from the sky..
A black storm burning the frozen earth.
And the rain of ash falls.
“…….”
For a moment, I stared blankly at the destroyed world..
Yes, I lost the final battle against the Demon King.…….
Royalties are completely ruined.
It's already been 15 years since then.
“godfather.”
Hearing the voice calling again, I turned my head inside the cave..
There was a little boy standing there.
Red hair, similar to my mother's, blowing in the cold wind, and wide-open green and brown eyes, similar to my father's.…….
Humanity's Last Grand Wizard.
Sid turned to me with the same clear gaze as 15 years ago and said bluntly:.
“A little while ago, my mom died..”
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