Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 9
◈ 009. [STAGE 0] Battle (4)
“lily.”
I tried to approach Lily, but she held out her hand and stopped me..
“It won't last long. I can block the entrance a little more, but soon the spider siege entities will push through the wall..”
“…….”
“We don't have much time. Hurry up.”
Lily smiled tenaciously as she fended off dozens of black spiders behind her slender back..
“Don't let our deaths be in vain.”
I gritted my teeth, stood up, and screamed..
“What are you talking about, artillery?!”
The artillerymen were still unable to properly control their bodies due to the shock of falling to the ground. But I shouted harshly.
“Load the last bullet!”
“But, Your Highness.”
The artillery commander, who could not walk or stand properly, reported in a hoarse voice that he had broken his ankle when he fell..
“Didn't I tell you? The durability of the gun barrel has already passed the critical point..”
“…….”
“Magic core also has its limits. If you shoot it, the whole cannon will explode..”
“If you stay still anyway, you'll get stabbed to death by the spiders' claws..”
I walked towards the mana cannon lying on the floor..
The pedestal was shattered, but fortunately the cannon body was not broken..
“In that case, wouldn't it be better to throw in one last gamble? Even if I burn to death, I have to roll the dice.”
“…….”
The artillery commander, who had been silent, looked up..
“How are you going to aim??”
I also looked up together..
The entire building collapsed, up to the first floor. The remains of the collapsed battery formed a wall and surrounded us..
It feels like I'm trapped in a well. A round sky was visible above the wall, but the Black Spider Queen could not even guess its location..
“It's not even visible. There is no blind spot to aim at the queen. Her pedestal was also shattered..”
“The cannon is held by hand..”
If you don't have teeth, you have to chew with your gums..
“No need for aiming. All Damian has to do is shoot..”
I don't know exactly how clairvoyance works, but in any case, as long as Damien, who possesses clairvoyance, pulls the trigger, the correction will be made..
I have no choice but to believe that.
“Load the last bullet. It's an order.”
“……All right.”
The artillery commander said no more and quietly began to fire the last bullet into the cannon..
I walked over to Damian. Damian was sitting on the floor, letting out his shallow breaths..
“damian.”
“…….”
Damien closed his eyes and turned his head towards me..
His complexion was a mess under his eyes, with blood flowing out of them. Damian sucked in a painful breath..
“It's the last time. Just one more shot.”
“…….”
“only once. Be strong one more time.”
“……Prince.”
Damian shook his head weakly..
“What on earth is the point in this? No matter what I do anyway... … Nothing changes.”
“If you hit one more time, that monster dies..”
“no. That's not the story.”
Cough! Cough!
Damien coughed harshly and muttered in an empty voice..
“Even if I pull the trigger one more time. So let's say you killed the Spider Queen. So what changes??”
A hollow smile appeared on Damien's thin lips..
“Now I understand. Half of my friends are already dead. No matter how hard I try to get revenge, I can't come back..”
“…….”
“It's always like this. No matter how hard I try, no matter how hard I try, the world takes it from me. It doesn't change at all.”
“damian.”
“I'm going to stop now. I don't want to live this hard life anymore. Me too, next to my class…….”
“damian!”
Interrupting the conversation, I asked.
“Do you think this world is absurd??”
Damian was blank for a moment, then nodded..
“yes.”
“I think that even if you struggle to overcome the obstacles in front of you, life is still painful.?”
“……yes.”
I smiled at Damian,
“Don't talk stupidly about obvious things, you idiot.!”
“Ugh?!”
I roughly grabbed Damien by the collar and pulled him up to my nose..
I shouted at Damien, who was choking and gasping..
“If there is a level of difficulty in this world, it is the level of difficulty in hell. It's obvious that you can't save or load in ironman mode.!”
The game wasn't on ironman mode on hell difficulty.
From the beginning, this world was hell and an iron man..
“It’s absurd, it makes no sense, and nothing goes as I want! That's this world! who doesn't know that?”
We are living in this miserable landscape..
That doesn't mean,
“so? I'll give up, let go, and you'll be fine.?”
Are you going to give up the strategy??
“no!”
The attack must continue.
Until the moment life stops.
“I will fight! I will think and struggle until the last moment.!”
slap!
I threw Damian on the floor..
Damian fell helplessly on the floor. I pulled out the sword that was on my belt and had never been pulled out before..
“If you want to die like that!”
I aimed my drawn sword in front of Damian's eyes. Damian's whole body stiffened..
“Immediately stab yourself in the throat with this knife..”
“…….”
“But if you're a coward who doesn't have the courage, Damian.”
Clang-
I threw my sword aside and sat down in front of Damian, making eye level with him..
“It can be my trigger..”
“……yes?”
“Stop looking for your dead friend. All you need to function is me, your lord.”
I put both hands on Damien's shoulders and squeezed them tightly..
“Don't give excuses for living. You are my horse! It's my key! It's my trigger! That's enough!”
“…….”
“That's enough, Damien..”
It was then.
[Ash (EX) has awakened his skill!]
[Passive Skill - Indomitable Commander]
The system window blocked a corner of my vision, but I didn't care. I held on tightly to the shoulder of the only hope I had..
“It's a command, my trigger.”
A faint light leaked from my fingertips. It looks like the passive skill that was just awakened has been activated..
I don't know what the effect was, but Damian's shoulders were shaking... … slowly calmed down.
I nodded heavily..
“Blow that damn monster's face off.”
“…….”
Damian stayed still, like a weathered statue, without any reaction..
A few eons pass by,
Finally.
“……Yes, prince..”
Damian's head nodded slowly..
With a face that looks like it's about to cry, but doesn't even try to cry.
“If it is your order.”
***
“There is no way to cool the gun barrel.”
The artillery commander said after finishing loading the last bullet..
“There is no cooling magic or water to use as a coolant. As it is…….”
“Move.”
I went and stood next to the mana cannon on the floor..
“I lift.”
“Tuesday, His Royal Highness?!”
The artillery commander was horrified and stopped me..
“It's incredibly hot! If you just touch it, it won't end up as a normal burn.!”
“It's better to be alive and burn than to die and fall into hell..”
I could feel the blazing heat just by standing close to the cannon..
After taking a breath, I looked back..
“Are you ready, Damian??”
Damian was still sitting on the floor with his eyes closed, his hand resting on the trigger of the cannon..
“Prince. I can't see ahead.”
“are you okay.”
“I can't feel my hands.”
“are you okay.”
I spoke with great effort and an unwavering voice..
“are you okay.”
“…….”
Damian bit his pale lip gently..
I held on to the barrel of the mana cannon with both hands..
Grumbling!
In an instant, the gloves caught fire, and the palms inside them also burned..
“Ugh…….”
I can smell the smell of cooking flesh through the smell of burning clothes..
Still holding on.
'Cause it's all I can do now.
“Aaaah-ahhh!”
I screamed and threw the gun barrel over my shoulder..
My shoulders are hot.
From the terrible heat and enormous weight, my whole body felt like it would collapse. I felt like I would turn to ashes at any moment..
at that time.
“help your majesty!”
The surviving artillerymen came running and grabbed the gun barrel next to me..
A burning smell could also be seen from the hands of the artillerymen who were holding the gun barrels. We all screamed and pointed our guns towards the sky..
thud! Kugu Palace!
Immediately after, black spider heavily armored siege entities broke down the wall and entered inside..
Behind them, hundreds of spiders jumped over the collapsed wall and rushed towards us..
I looked back and screamed.
“damian!”
At that moment, Damian opened his eyes..
A pure white light flashed within big brown eyes looking up at the sky..
“shoot-!”
With all his might, Damien pulled the trigger..
Clap!
Partz tsk tsk-!
The mana that flowed from the runaway magic core jumped like an electric current through the gun barrel..
An enormous amount of mana penetrated my entire body, but I did not collapse..
next moment,
Touquaaaaang-!
With a deafening explosion, the last bullet was fired..
‘Reach it.’
Looking up at the bright blue mana bullets soaring into the sky, amidst the claws of spiders pouring in from all directions.…….
‘reach…….’
I lost consciousness.
***
Bullets shoot out.
The final bullet fired from the collapsed forward base rose like a firecracker and pierced the sky..
And soon - the descent begins.
It fell like a shooting star, drawing a sharp parabola..
Kiyaaaaaak-!
When the black spider queen, who noticed the presence of magic bullets, screamed, the black spiders guarding the queen began to pile their bodies on top of each other and form a wall..
It's impossible in the first place.
A bullet fired from the bottom of a collapsed battery towards an invisible opponent..
Aiming is not only aiming, but no matter how much the output of the mana cannon is ramped up, there is no way it can reach beyond this height difference and distance..
nettle liquid-!
however.
The bullets accurately hit the Spider Queen..
elevation difference.
ignore.
distance.
ignore.
Hundreds and thousands of monsters stand in the way.
ignore.
The bright blue bullet dances, drawing a trajectory that cannot exist in the world, breaking through multiple layers of defense..
Passed through all obstacles and reached the queen.
As if they were merely reproducing an already predetermined result..
Kiyaaaaa-!
The top of the Spider Queen's head lets out an unknown roar, whether it is anger or fear.,
Tugwak-!
Landing without a single error.
Kwagwagwagwang……!
The bullet blew the monster queen's head clean off..
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