I Became a Tyrant of the Defense Game - Episode 8
◈ 008. [STAGE 0] Battle (3)
Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk-!
Monsters poured endlessly around the battery of the Mana Cannon, which was loading its third shot..
The defense line commanded by Lucas was still holding out, but it would not be able to hold out for long..
“Loading completed!”
“damian!”
The artillery commander announced the completion of loading. I immediately yelled at Damian..
“shoot!”
Damian's eyes were stained red with blood vessels bursting..
It might have been a side effect of using the Clairvoyance trait. But I didn't have time to consider that right now..
Clap!
Damian, who had already finished aiming, pulled the trigger without any hesitation..
Pacchik, Pacchichik……!
Tuquaaang-!
Third shot.
The fired mana bullet flies through a vast distance.,
Bubble bung……!
Lands exactly where the Spider Queen is..
It was already aiming and shooting that could only be called a miracle..
Whether it was God's mistake, the developer's prank, or anything else, Damian's eyes were a miracle that existed in reality..
the problem is,
Kiyaaaaaaaak-!
Nevertheless, the Spider Queen did not fall.
The queen was not stupid. By the time she had been hit twice, she realized she had been targeted and was taking action..
And the strategy was simple and effective. He used the bodies of his subordinates as shields..
The guard spiders caught the mana bullets falling in a parabolic curve with their bodies instead..
The mana bullet penetrated all the resistance, but its power was already weakened by the time it reached the queen..
“Black Spider Queen confirmed hit. But it's alive and well……!”
The scout looking through the telescope reported with a trembling voice. I shouted calmly..
“Why are they standing still! Are you relaxed now? Load the next bullet! hurry!”
The artillerymen sweated profusely to cool the gun barrels and load bullets. But there was deep despair on their faces..
“I'm sorry-!”
1st floor of the forward base. around the battery.
Lucas was desperately swinging his sword as he commanded the defense line that had already shrunk to this point..
“We must protect the battery! We must protect His Highness the Prince.-!”
Lucas was fighting brilliantly as the strongest knight among the troops here..
Even though its level was twice as low as that of the black spider, it fought fiercely, skillfully throwing sword strikes and releasing its claws..
Where Lucas was, the battle lines were not pushed at all..
However, other soldiers.
“Wow!”
“Ahhh…….”
“Save me! send me home…….”
Casualties were pouring in one after another..
In the friendly information window, the number of friendly troops was dropping at an incredible rate. I couldn't bear to look at that window any more and turned it off..
I didn't know.
When I played the game, I didn't know.
This is where people live.
The fact that death is not just a number, but is accompanied by such terrible screams and smells..
The wire shrunk in an instant. If this continued, it seemed like the defense line would completely collapse without even being able to fire four shots, let alone five..
“Hey, you monsters!!”
It was then.
Someone shouted hoarsely from outside the defense line. I suddenly looked there.
The person standing in the middle of the monsters and screaming was none other than Ken..
“Here, here! look at me!”
Meanwhile, Ken was successfully attracting the attention of enemies and hiding outside the castle walls, and successfully luring out some of the spiders..
But the Spider Queen changed her orders and all the spiders rushed around the battery, leaving him alone outside..
He could have just run away. Because he has a lot of family to feed..
“Damn you spiders! I am Sir Ken, Knight of the Empire.!”
But Ken remained faithful to his duties until the end..
While shaking with fear of spiders, he made a loud noise to attract the enemy's attention..
Is it because of my threats? or not…….
Kieeeeek-!
When dozens of the spiders that had broken down the defense line turned to look at Ken, I had a hunch..
That you won't be able to ask why he came back.
Dozens of black spiders stopped attacking in this direction and ran towards Ken..
Ken led them away and tried to hide behind a collapsed stone wall and activate the stealth trait..
“ah.”
Perhaps my stamina was already low, so I couldn't activate [Shoplifter's Survival Method]..
Dozens of spiders rushed at him. Ken looked at me standing on the gun turret, and smiled bitterly with a tearful face..
“Damn, I knew it would be like this…….”
Sigh! Poop! Pukagak!
The terrible sound of the crash was clearly audible even from afar..
I saw his death clearly without looking away..
It wasn't just Ken. All around, humans were being slaughtered by monsters..
When I bit my lip, blood flowed out..
During my time playing this game, I was willing to throw away allies when necessary..
This damn game was designed that way. Someone had to die to get to the next stage..
To save someone, to eat that item, to complete that side mission, to beat that achievement.…….
Someone had to die, and I was willing to kill..
In order to clear the entire game efficiently, countless subordinates were thrown to death without any remorse. There was no question about the action.
“stop.”
But now I realize.
“stop…….”
The meaning of what I have done so far.
“Stop it, you fucking monsters.!”
The fact that all those deaths are so painful.
I screamed involuntarily as I saw people falling down with blood spraying before my eyes..
“Stop uh uh uh-!”
But it doesn't stop.
The monster doesn't stop with screams. 'Cause there's always only one way to stop the monster.
must kill.
before we die.
“majesty!”
I turned to the side at the sound of the artillery commander's voice..
“Four shots, loaded! However, the gun barrel cannot withstand due to repeated explosions and cooling.…….”
“damian!”
I ignored the artillery commander's words and shouted at Damien..
“shoot-!”
Bloody tears were flowing down Damien's big eyes..
His face was pale and bloodless. It felt like my body couldn’t withstand the use of [Clairsight].
However, Damian gritted his teeth and pulled the trigger..
Pachik, chichichik……!
Toukwaang-!
four feet.
The bright blue mana bullet cut through the sky in a dizzying arc and flew over the queen's group once again..
This time, dozens of escort spiders rushed to stop it..
However, mana bullets draw bizarre trajectories in the air, and most of them must be avoided.,
Kwagwagwagwang……!
impact.
It landed squarely on the queen's head..
This is clairvoyance.
The strongest morale characteristic, which corrects the hit score to the point of overflow, succeeded in hitting the queen, ignoring the laws of physics..
Hey, hey…….
but, but-
Kiyaaaaa-!
Amidst the blazing fire and smoke of the explosion, the damn Spider Queen was still alive and well..
The artillerymen all fell to the ground at the Queen's terrible roar. Damian, who was standing while holding the aiming beam, couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed..
There was despair on everyone's faces..
“It doesn't work, our attack…….”
The artillery commander muttered in a weak voice. His hands were covered in blisters, burned from cooling the heated gun barrel..
“The gun barrel is also limited. If you try to fire one more time, the mana cannon itself will explode..”
“…….”
“Anyway, it's over now. Giving up…….”
The other soldiers seemed to agree, looking up at me with tired faces. I took a deep breath and looked around..
The defense line is already on the verge of annihilation..
There are lots of spiders under the sack..
Lucas was now guarding the last line of defense, encouraging the few remaining soldiers..
There was more of his own blood on his body than the spider's blood..
I turned to Damien. Damian was moaning with his eyes tightly closed, his blood streaming out..
The cannon is on the verge of failure, the defense line has collapsed, and the gunner can't even open his eyes..
We piled up everyone's sacrifices and bombarded the queen of monsters, but she didn't budge..
Is this the end??
Is there really no hope anymore?…….
“no!”
It was then.
“It's definitely a hit! The Queen's outer shell has been shed!”
Someone shouted like that. Everyone looked there in surprise..
Even during this time, a soldier remained faithful to his role until the end. He was a skirmisher. He removed his face from looking into his telescope and shouted.
“One more shot and I can kill you.-”
It was the next moment.
Kugugoogung Palace…….
The entire battery vibrated violently.,
Kuwagwanggwang!
the floor collapsed.
The black spider siege soldiers slowly approached, colliding with their massive, heavily armored bodies and shattering the battery..
The entire battery was shattered in a single Japanese rush. Everyone who was standing on top fell helplessly..
With people pouring in and the remains of shattered cannons.
I fell to the floor and closed my eyes..
collapsed.
The whole world and the hope of clearing.
all.
***
“majesty.”
I heard a refreshing voice.
I barely opened my eyes in pain as if my whole body was being torn apart..
In front of you… … there was lucas.
Lucas was lying down on the floor as if covering my body..
And the remains of the collapsed building were falling on Lucas' back..
He blocked the debris of the building that fell on me with his own body..
“lucas?!”
I suddenly came to my senses and quickly got up..
As I moved out of the way, Lucas groaned and pushed aside the rocks that fell on his back..
“When you got hurt... … Do you have any, Your Majesty?.”
“That's what I'm saying, Lucas! I feel fine…….”
I stopped talking.
Lucas' back was covered in blood. The wounds I suffered while protecting myself from the collapsing building were greater than the wounds I suffered from spiders..
“Cough!”
Lucas coughed up blood and muttered with a pale face..
“Your Majesty, do you remember? It's already been almost 20 years ago..”
“…….”
don't remember.
Because I cannot share any memories with you, I am just a game player possessed in this body..
“When he first met me and took me in as his escort, His Highness told me:.”
“……What did you say??”
“‘I may not be emperor, but I will be the most handsome man in the world..’”
A faint smile appeared on Lucas' face as he remembered his childhood..
“‘So, you, who will be my escort, be the most wonderful knight in the world..’”
“…….”
“Although I was a childish child, His Majesty's words touched my heart. I've always had it like this until now..”
Lucas looked at me with a bloody face..
“majesty. I believe in Your Majesty..”
“Even in this situation?”
“Anytime, Anywhere.”
And Lucas broke down..
I picked up Lucas as he fell sideways and carefully laid him on the floor. It was a fatal wound, but fortunately he did not die..
‘Hang in there, Lucas..’
You are the main character. You are the savior of this world.
You shouldn't die in a place like this.
I quickly looked around to assess the situation. There were shattered cannons and wounded soldiers at the bottom of the collapsed battery..
Why haven't the spiders killed us yet??
“majesty.”
The question was quickly resolved..
The first floor of the collapsed battery. At the entrance to the narrow passage.
“It's not over yet.”
Lily stood still..
Activate the attribute [Fire Skin] and take the attacks of the spiders swarming behind you with your bare body. Meanwhile, the entrance to the passage was blocked..
Lily, who drank the last of her mana potion with a pale complexion, asked with trembling lips..
“That's right?”
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