I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 128

Six days later.

Lake Kingdom Dungeon, Area 10.

The ‘Red Mansion,’ the stronghold of the Vampire Legion. Deep within, the ‘Master’s Room.’

Creak… Creak…

Selendion, the master of this place, was hanging from the ceiling, suspended by his neck.

《…….》

His attendants, Alpha and Beta, stared up at Selendion with blank expressions.

Alpha and Beta were young men and women with the same dark blue hair as Selendion.

They were his closest aides, dressed in neat butler and maid uniforms, respectively, attending to Selendion.

They seemed unfazed by Selendion’s suicide attempt, as if it were a common occurrence.

Hanging from the ceiling, Selendion also looked down at them with listless eyes.

《Did you try to kill yourself again, Lord?》

《Yes.》

《Were you successful?》

《It’s always the same…》

《Shall we bring you down?》

《Please do.》

The two carefully supported Selendion’s body and lowered him.

Since Selendion had the appearance of a child, Alpha and Beta looked like older siblings.

In reality, Selendion had lived for far longer.

After seating Selendion on the sofa, Alpha let out a soft sigh.

《Do you not have a more novel method of suicide? I’m getting tired of lowering you down every morning…》

《I slit my wrists last week.》

《That was troublesome because we had to wash the sheets.》

《What if I do it in the bathroom?》

《Then we have to clean the bathroom…》

At the butler Alpha’s sharp retorts, the maid Beta, who was listening beside him, nodded in agreement.

Beta had a long, horizontal scar across her slender neck.

It looked as if it had been cut and reattached.

Because of this scar, Beta could not speak. She could only communicate through gestures and body language.

Selendion, looking back and forth between the two attendants, grasped his pale cheeks with his hands.

《Which of my suicide attempts was the easiest for you?》

《When you tried to starve yourself, that was the easiest. There was nothing to clean up. And we didn’t have to prepare meals.》

Next to Alpha, who spoke calmly, Beta made an agitated gesture.

She pointed wildly at the flower bed visible outside the window.

Alpha translated Beta’s gesture.

《Beta says that the most troublesome was when you tried to commit suicide by jumping every day. It was difficult to clean the flower bed every day.》

A faint, bitter smile crossed Selendion’s numb face.

Selendion attempted suicide every day. But he never succeeded. There were two reasons for this.

The first was his own immense regenerative power.

His regenerative power, which allowed him to recover quickly even if his limbs were severed, made it impossible to die by ordinary means.

The second was his endless life, fragmented and scattered throughout the legion.

Even if he managed to die through extreme measures and a stroke of luck, the lives he had stored in the legion would revive him.

《When will this painful life end?》

Alpha and Beta skillfully changed Selendion’s clothes.

While the two attendants were adjusting his attire, Selendion murmured quietly.

《A life where I can’t even end it myself. It’s truly agonizing.》

《The humans of this Lake Kingdom went to such lengths to obtain eternal life, and they ended up like that.》

Alpha chuckled as he tied Selendion’s tie.

《It’s quite amusing that you, Lord, are suffering even after obtaining eternal life.》

《That’s because I never wanted eternal life.》

Selendion rubbed his tired eyes.

In his boyish face, only his red eyes were deep and melancholic, like those of an old man.

《I thought I had finally ended that long and messy life and fallen asleep… but the King of Kings arbitrarily revived me here. And five hundred years have already passed.》

The changing of clothes was finished.

Selendion, now dressed in a well-fitting suit, looked at his palm and sighed deeply.

《Will I be able to die this time?》

《Are you referring to this expedition?》

Today was the day of the Blood Clan’s expedition.

The king had ordered the invasion to begin in three days, so they had to depart today to reach the enemy’s walls in three days.

Alpha and Beta smirked simultaneously.

《Do you think those humans will be a match for us? Besides, we have been accumulating power for this ‘Great Flood’ for a long time.》

《…….》

《We apologize for saying this to you, Lord, who wishes for death, but it will be difficult again this time.》

Alpha and Beta bowed their heads to Selendion at the same time.

《May you remain our eternal and immortal lord.》

《…….》

Selendion, who had been silent, shook his head slightly.

《But this time, the opponent is definitely not ordinary.》

Selendion recalled the enemy commander he had encountered a few days ago.

– I’ll kill you even if you don’t ask, Vampire King! You better start thinking about the screams you’ll make when my sword kills you soon!

Certainly – the human’s name was Ash.

To be able to meet his eyes and not back down, to be able to scatter hatred like that.

‘He’s similar.’

Ash was similar to the great humans who had killed him a long time ago.

Selendion pressed his left chest, which was faintly throbbing, with his hand.

How long had it been since his heart had beat like this?

Perhaps, really…

– Clean your neck and crawl to my walls. Then I’ll take responsibility and end your miserable life!

Could that man kill him?

《The entire army is on standby, Lord.》

Alpha and Beta opened the bedroom door wide. The butler and maid smiled gently at their lord.

《Now, let’s go. You must lead us.》

《…….》

Selendion slowly rose to his feet.

The immense fatigue of the years he had lived weighed down on his shoulders, but he lightly shook it off.

Selendion walked forward. The two attendants followed behind him.

***

Outside the mansion.

On the wide road, over a thousand vampires and ghouls were already lined up in formation, waiting.

They were all kneeling on one knee, heads bowed, holding their breath as they waited for their lord’s arrival.

《…….》

Selendion quietly looked around at them.

It had been five hundred years since he had been huddled in this Lake Kingdom.

During that time, he had used ‘nightmares’ as material to inflate the size of his legion.

Hundreds of vampires and thousands of ghouls under other lords, who had been sleeping in nightmares, had joined.

The legion had grown endlessly.

But in the end, Selendion’s main force was these.

The elite thousand.

Those who had been given a part of Selendion’s own life.

《We have been waiting, Lord.》

One of the seven vampires kneeling at the front spoke.

《For the order to depart.》

《…It has been a long time since we went to the surface.》

Selendion, scanning his soldiers one by one, asked.

《What is the route of departure? Are we going through the main gate of the Lake Kingdom?》

《Yes. However, there is something you should be aware of…》

Alpha added hesitantly.

《…The ‘Nameless One’ is blocking the main gate.》

Selendion’s red eyes narrowed.

The Nameless One.

The last resister of the Lake Kingdom, who alone was blocking most of these hellish monsters.

《That woman is truly practicing noblesse oblige [the responsibility of privileged people to act with generosity and nobility].》

Selendion chuckled softly.

《She has been fighting without breaking for so long… What is it about that responsibility? She could just give up and be comfortable like everyone else.》

《But the resistance of the ‘Nameless One’ is also reaching its limit.》

Alpha glanced north. It was the direction where the main gate of the Lake Kingdom was located.

《She has blocked most of the flood alone for the past five hundred years, but recently she has begun to struggle. She won’t be able to stop us this time either.》

Alpha reached out and explained the route of departure.

《The rest of the legion, except for the main force of 1,000, is on standby in the central square to the north. Soon, they will advance to the main gate as bait and engage in battle with the ‘Nameless One.’ While they buy time…》

《The main force will pass through the main gate. And go to the human world.》

Selendion tilted his head.

《Have the other legions departed like this before?》

《It’s embarrassing, but yes. We throw the legion that will be the bait to the ‘Nameless One,’ and while the bait legion buys time, a small main force departs outside the kingdom.》

Alpha gritted his teeth and shuddered.

《If it weren’t for the ‘Nameless One,’ tens of thousands of monsters would have attacked the human world every time. If that had happened, the human world would have been destroyed long ago.》

《You don’t need tens of thousands to destroy the human world.》

Selendion smiled faintly and looked around at his elite troops.

《Our 1,000 are enough.》

At those words, the vampires under Selendion smiled in unison.

Yes, what need was there for tens of thousands of monsters to destroy the world?

Ten vampires. A thousand ghouls.

With them, there was nothing lacking to create hell on earth.

《Let’s depart.》

Selendion, taking a light step, led the way.

《I want to breathe the air of the surface after a long time.》

The thousand-strong Blood Clan legion followed Selendion in an orderly manner.

***

North of the Lake Kingdom.

In front of the main gate. Central Square.

When Selendion and the main legion of 1,000 arrived here, the battle was already underway.

Flash-!

Kugwagwagwang!

A huge beam of light was fired like a cannon, and the monsters that were hit by the beam melted away like dust.

The Nameless One was fighting, her tattered robe and white hair flying in all directions.

《You damned traitorous bastards!》

《Kill! Tear them apart and drain their blood!》

Hundreds of vampires rushed in, casting blood magic,

Grrr!

Graaaaaa-!

Numerous frost ghouls exhaled white breath from their mouths, closing in from all sides.

But,

Flash! Flash-!

Emitting beams of light from the tattered sword in her hand, the Nameless One slaughtered them all.

Every time she swung her sword, a huge beam of light was emitted.

In the sky of this Lake Kingdom, which was covered in darkness, a blue flash swept across, briefly illuminating the city.

“You are the result of this country’s mistakes.”

The Nameless One snarled.

“Where are you trying to leak out? Let the nightmares be dreamed only within this Lake Kingdom, you monsters…!”

Flash-!

The beam of light that was fired struck the center of the bait legion.

The monsters swept away by the light disappeared without a trace.

Selendion watched the scene with admiration.

《It’s worthy of being one of the few weapons that can end my life. It’s beautiful.》

One of the most frequent suicide methods Selendion attempted was to fight the Nameless One.

But if he died at the hands of the Nameless One, the king would always revive him.

The king did not care if a legion commander died by any other means, but he prevented them from dying at the hands of the Nameless One.

Therefore, there was no point in clashing here.

While the Nameless One and the bait legion were engaged in a fierce battle, Selendion and the main force quietly passed by.

Kugugugung-

Perhaps sensing the departure.

The rusted north gate slowly began to open.

“Selendion…!”

The Nameless One, noticing that the main force was leaving, shouted towards them.

“Where are you trying to go, you vampire bastard!”

《To the surface, of course. Noble deposed princess.》

“…!”

Princess.

At that title, the Nameless One’s face contorted. Her teeth were clenched beneath her white hair.

《Don’t try to bear this tragedy of hell alone forever.》

Selendion, with a faint smile, passed through the now fully opened north gate and stepped outside.

《Because eventually, you too will be worn down and swallowed by time.》

“Wait, Selendion! You…!”

The Nameless One desperately tried to stop the main force, but the bait legion swarmed her from all sides.

Leaving behind the battlefield where beams of light and drops of blood swirled, Selendion and the main force passed through the north gate and out of the Lake Kingdom.

A transparent path connected from the gate to the surface of the lake.

Swaaaaa!

Not long after they started walking, Selendion and the Blood Clan main force were able to step out onto the surface of the water.

《The air is good.》

After taking a deep breath of the outside world’s air for the first time in hundreds of years, Selendion stared straight north.

《Now. Let’s go destroy the world.》

Hoping that his death would be at the end of that path.

The Vampire King began to move towards the human world.