I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 116

Right after Damian and Junior entered the arena,

Amidst the blinding lights from all directions and the fireworks exploding around us, I couldn’t get my bearings.

《Yoo-hoo! How long has it been since we had a challenger?!》

A boisterous male voice suddenly rang out. We all looked towards it.

In the very center of the Colosseum’s spectator stands,

there was a large stage set up, and a man wearing a black jackal mask was standing on it.

I muttered inwardly as I looked at him.

‘Jackal…’

He’s the NPC boss of this Colosseum dungeon.

《I can’t even remember when I last had a guest! But it was worth waiting without closing shop!》

Fireworks shot up on either side of the Jackal as he shouted. Bang! Bang!

《Alright, alright, alright! Well then, you’ve waited a long time! You must be starving, right? Let’s skip all the formalities and get right to it! Jackal Colosseum, a monumental reopening! Our first matchup of the day!》

The Jackal’s hand flicked towards us.

《A ragtag bunch of adventurers who I don’t know where they crawled out from!》

I could feel Lucas and Evangeline bristle at the term ‘ragtag’.

To be able to get worked up even in this situation, they really do have the mentality and pride of SSRs [Super Super Rare, a high-tier classification in games].

《Versus! I’ve been waiting for this day! I’m so hungry I’m going crazy! Our Colosseum’s adorable glutton! Kiiiimera!》

Below the stage where the Jackal was standing,

A gate made of iron bars slid open with a clatter.

Grrr!

A huge, grotesque creature slowly walked out, letting out a chilling growl.

A mix of a lion, a goat, a snake… and other things.

Anyway, it was a monster that looked like a mix of various animals. It was such a famous monster that its name came out of my mouth as soon as I saw it.

“Chimera…”

《Now, who will survive and devour the other? I hope you ragtag bunch put up a good fight. It’s our first opening in a while, it’d be a shame if it ended in just one round, wouldn’t it?》

At the same time as the Jackal said that,

Ding!

[Fiery Colosseum – Wave 1]

– Defeat the enemy!

– Lv.45 Chimera Origin: 1

– Victory Odds: 1.01 vs 100.00

The system window was updated.

Chimera Origin.

Among the chimeras, it’s the closest to the original, a purebred monster. That also means it’s that much more dangerous.

Wait a minute, though.

‘The victory odds are 1.01 to 100…?’

This is the Colosseum of a kingdom that has already fallen.

There can’t be any spectators, and there’s no one to place bets.

In the end, to keep the betting system alive, they’ve slightly modified the system.

Kikik!

Kikikik!

The 100 goblins sitting in the spectator seats are given one vote each.

They vote on who they think will win, and the victory odds are derived from the results.

And the result of that vote – is that.

99 to 1.

Victory odds, 1.01 to 100.

100 to 0 is blocked by the system. It’s practically the maximum value.

They think there’s absolutely no chance of us winning.

“Even if we look weak, you guys.”

I muttered in disbelief.

“This is a bit much.”

Kikik!

Kikikik!

The goblins in the spectator seats laughed at us in a low manner. It was like they were mocking us.

You little shits. I’ll deal with you later.

Grrr…!

The Chimera Origin slowly narrowed the distance towards us.

First, let’s take care of that thing.

“Damian.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“Lend me the Black Queen.”

“Ah, yes!”

Damian took off the magic rifle he had on his back and handed it to me.

Shwa-!

I lightly unwrapped it and held the long, black magic rifle in my hand.

《Ah, a ragtag party taking out something like a toothpick against our Chimera, who’s eyeing its prey! But what a pity, the Chimera’s body is harder than a frost giant’s hardened skin! That toothpick, even if it gets a 100x payout, won’t be able to inflict a single wound-》

“Shut your trap, Jackal.”

He was a guy who never shut up even in the game. Meeting him in person, he’s even more annoyingly loud.

I quietly snapped back, aimed the Black Queen,

Grrr-!

And pulled the trigger towards the Chimera’s mouth as it lunged at us.

Thwack-!

A cannon-like sound rang out.

Fwoooosh-!

The next moment.

The Chimera Origin was left with only its two hind legs.

The magic bullet didn’t just pierce through its body, it completely vaporized it.

《…Huh?》

The Jackal, who hadn’t grasped what had happened for a moment, spoke in a dazed voice.

“Hoo-”

I blew away the smoke from the Black Queen’s muzzle and chuckled.

“A 100x payout is a bit much.”

An already ridiculously powerful bullet, hit with 100 times the power.

No matter how much of a level 45 boss-level entity it is, there’s no way it could withstand that.

“Ah, sweet.”

I absorbed the experience points of a high-level boss-class monster all by myself.

Experience is so delicious.

Smacking my lips, I looked up at the stage.

“What’s the second matchup, Mr. Jackal? I’m curious.”

《…….》

The Jackal stared down at me, frozen for a while.

***

[Fiery Colosseum – Wave 2]

– Defeat the enemy!

– Lv.46 Frost Giant General: 1

– Victory Odds: 1.11 vs 10.00

《Versus! I personally brought him from the 7th level of Jotunheim [Norse mythology: the land of the giants]! The vanguard of the Frost Giant army, Frost Giant General Cherheim! What kind of rage will he show us todayyyy!》

He couldn’t show us anything.

The Frost Giant General’s head was blown off by the Black Queen as soon as he came out of the iron bars and roared fiercely.

The victory prediction was 90 to 10.

How unfortunate.

[Fiery Colosseum – Wave 3]

– Defeat the enemy!

– Lv.47 Black Dragon’s Daughter: 1

– Victory Odds: 1.25 vs 5.00

《Versus! The Black Dragon’s own daughter who almost destroyed the world! Eight wings! Twelve legs! Five tails, but one is cut off? Still strong! Kilitian, the Black Dragon’s Daughter! Will she be able to surpass her father?!》

She couldn’t even surpass a magic bullet, let alone her father.

The black dragon tried to jump up and dodge, reading the trajectory of my gun, but I didn’t care and just fired roughly. Here you go.

The magic bullet, which completely missed the head I was aiming for, hit the dragon’s right front paw, and completely destroyed its right half.

Kyaaaaaa!

She died on the spot.

The victory prediction was 80 to 20.

[Fiery Colosseum – Wave 4]

– Defeat the enemy!

– Lv.48 Goblin God: 1

– Victory Odds: 1.43 vs 3.33

《Versus! I really didn’t want to bring out this guy! The war god of our adorable goblin friends! The coldly burning Kali-Aharg! He cuts down enemies in an instant with the eight weapons in his hands!》

He couldn’t cut anything.

The Goblin God tried to block the magic bullet I shot by gathering the weapons in his eight arms, but as soon as they touched the magic bullet, all the weapons melted away, and it pierced through the center of his body.

Kuh-uh-uh.

The Goblin God, letting out a weak death cry, fell pathetically to the ground.

Kieeeee!

Kieeeeeee!

The goblins in the spectator seats burst into tears and fainted as soon as they saw this. How nice.

The victory prediction was 70 to 30.

And.

[Fiery Colosseum – Wave 5]

– Defeat the enemy!

– Lv.49 Fallen Blood: 2

– Victory Odds: 1.66 vs 2.50

《Versus! I can’t take it anymore! The owner just went out nearby and caught a few fresh seasonal monsters! This season’s monster, the blood relative! And the most ferocious of them all! Fallen~~~Blood!》

Fallen Blood.

It’s a term for fallen vampires.

Vampires who haven’t consumed human blood for a long time gradually degenerate, lose their language, lose their reason, and eventually become something similar to beasts.

Krrk…….

Krrrk!

That’s what these are.

Blood-sucking commoners crawling on all fours. Fallen Blood.

Thwack-!

I first fed one of them a shot from the Black Queen.

It tried to twist its body and dodge with terrifying reflexes, but the edge of the magic bullet grazed its waist.

Puhwak…!

And that was the end of it.

The Fallen Blood, which flew all the way to the wall, turned to ash and disappeared a moment later. Even with a 2.5x payout, it’s ridiculously strong.

“Okay, let’s stop with the tricks here.”

I put down the Black Queen.

“Shall we use the remaining one as a sacrifice for our practical training?”

The highest-level blood relative we’ve faced so far was a ghoul.

A Fallen Blood, a higher-level monster, would be good practice.

At my words, Lucas drew his silver sword, and Evangeline took out her silver spear and twirled it around.

“I’ve been waiting for you to say that.”

“You had all the fun by yourself, senior? Now it’s our turn.”

Well, honestly, it was fun. Yummy. So delicious.

“Let me say this first, that thing is much stronger than our party’s level.”

I cautiously glared at the one remaining Fallen Blood.

Its level is 49. It far exceeds our party’s average level.

“But the enemy we have to face in the future is the No Life King anyway. The king of vampires. He’s several times stronger than that thing.”

We have to face an even more terrible guy anyway.

If we can’t even overcome this level of difficulty, the results of the later raids will be obvious.

“We have to be able to take down that level of monster with a smile. Is that possible?”

Click!

Instead of answering, Damian raised his crossbow loaded with silver arrows.

Finally, Junior swung his pipe, floating magical elements behind his back.

“Please give us your instructions, my lord.”

Lucas, holding his silver sword in front of his chest, smiled.

“If it’s your command, my lord, I will cut down any enemy with a smile.”

I smiled back and took out my staff, Maestro, from my pocket.

This round’s victory prediction, 60 to 40.

It was time to show those goblin voters, who still hadn’t come to their senses, which side they should really be betting on.