I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 133

Selendion craves death.

He seeks an enemy capable of ending his long and tiresome eternal life.

However, he doesn’t desire defeat.

Rather than willingly surrendering his life to an enemy, he considers it more honorable to take his own life.

Therefore, he shows no mercy to his enemies, nor does he intentionally lose.

To die in a fair fight, where he and his enemy have given their all, after a battle with a conclusive outcome.

This is the ideal death he envisions.

***

《……》

Watching his legion of subordinates die like insects below the ramparts.

Feeling the lives that are not being recovered. Feeling the deaths slipping away like grains of sand.

Selendion shuddered for the first time in hundreds of years.

《How could I have endured such a thrilling game for so long?》

To throw away the lives he had carefully hoarded, like trash on the ground. This death game.

How could he have forgotten it for so long?

《Behold this extravagant waste of life.》

Looking at the corpses of his subordinates forming a hill below the ramparts, Selendion muttered with delight.

《To have endured such a delightful thing for so long. No wonder I’ve become dull.》

Seeing their master genuinely enjoying himself, Alpha and Beta smiled brightly.

《We are also happy that our Lord is pleased.》

《But, it’s still not enough to reach me.》

The first wave was annihilated right below the ramparts.

The second wave managed to climb onto the ramparts, but they all eventually died.

《Send out the rest of them. Let them build a path with their lives.》

Selendion, gesturing towards the remaining ghoul legion, flashed his blood-red eyes.

《Just like we always have.》

《Yes, my Lord. Your will be done.》

Alpha, bowing towards Selendion, raised his voice towards the ghoul legion.

《Third wave! Prepare to advance-!》

Alpha’s lips also curled into a smile similar to his master’s.

《Go forth! Go forth and build a path of ice and corpses-!》

***

The last Fallen Blood was simultaneously pierced and killed by Lucas and Evangeline.

“My sword destroyed the spirit core first.”

“Don’t be ridiculous! My spear was faster!”

As they bickered, I eventually stepped in to mediate.

“Just split it in half and give each of you 0.5 points. That makes it 2.5 to 2.5. Okay?”

“If that’s what our lord says…”

“Hmph. I guess I have no choice.”

Only then did they concede and step back. What a mess.

Anyway, the atmosphere at the front lines is currently not bad enough to exchange such trivial jokes.

We’ve used up quite a few of our cards, but in return, we’ve taken out more than half of them without any losses.

It’s safe to say that the start is really good.

I raised my binoculars and surveyed the enemy camp. Now, what will you do, Selendion?

‘Six out of ten of your subordinates are dead! You must be getting impatient, right?’

However.

“……?”

Selendion, seen through the binoculars, was smiling.

His lips were stretched wide, almost tearing at the corners.

Evilly. Insidiously. Hideously.

Literally… like a vampire.

‘What’s so enjoyable?’

Unable to understand, I swallowed hard.

Even though six out of ten of the lives he had stored in his legion had already disappeared, what was so amusing that he was…

“Are you laughing, you monster…! ?”

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!

And, the ghoul legion began to move again.

This time, most of the remaining forces were preparing to advance.

About 400 ghouls.

10 Fallen Blood.

All of their remaining forces, except for the vampire.

Graaaah-!

Krrr…!

With a roar that seemed to scrape the eardrums, they kicked off the ground and began to rush forward.

Thududududu-!

Looking at them approaching, I couldn’t understand.

Why?

Didn’t they see the first and second waves being annihilated?

Charging mindlessly like this, they would be helplessly exposed to our attacks, and they should have realized that they would die without any results?

“Why… the same tactics?”

It was as if they were asking to be killed.

It was as if they were begging to be killed, crawling into their own death traps!

Thudududududu-!

The third wave quickly approached. Lucas looked at me urgently.

“My lord! They’re close! Give the order!”

“……!”

Right. This is no time to be spacing out.

I don’t know what he’s thinking, ordering such a foolish tactic, but that doesn’t mean their reckless advance is light.

If we don’t respond properly, the front will be breached.

“Artillery! Commence firing! Slow them down! Ballista units, same! Fire!”

“Yes! Fire-!”

“Shoot-!”

Boom! Boom!

Thududududuk…!

Cannons roared and ballistae spat out arrows from the firing positions on the ramparts.

“Archer units, commence sniping! And Burnout!”

I turned to the shadow unit. Bodybag was loading silver arrows into the custom ballista with telekinetic magic.

“Reshoot as soon as you’re done loading!”

Bodybag, having loaded the last arrow, shouted.

“Just finished, Your Highness!”

“Burnout! Fire!”

Red energy surged in Burnout’s eyes as he gripped the trigger, and the next moment.

Thwack-!

Hundreds of silver arrows tore through the air and poured into the enemy lines.

Kuwagwagwagwang!

The silver arrows, imbued with explosive properties, instantly devastated the southern plains of the ramparts.

However, this third wave… was filled with ghoul special enhanced types.

Tanker types with excessively developed muscles, agile types that rushed in swiftly, buffer types that cast wide-area frenzy buffs on surrounding ghouls, and so on.

‘It’s like some zombie shooting game, what’s with these variants?’

Anyway, the situation was slightly different from before because of these guys.

Bang! Kwagwagwagwang!

The ghoul tanker types leaped into the air and took the silver arrows pouring down on our allies with their entire bodies.

They didn’t last long and were shattered in mid-air, but most of the ghouls below were advancing without taking much damage.

Thud! Thududut!

The agile types were dodging all of our archers’ snipes, running in a zigzag pattern at the very front.

“Ugh!”

“How are they so fast…! ?”

Skull and Old Girl groaned every time they dodged a snipe.

Graaaah-!

Finally, when about a dozen buffer types let out a simultaneous roar, a frenzy buff was applied to the entire third wave.

The monsters’ red eyes glowed even more intensely.

The ghouls, who had been running on two legs, now began to run on all fours. Their speed was much faster.

Thudududududu-!

Having taken much less damage than before, a much larger number of ghouls surged towards the ramparts.

“Fire all the artifacts you can!”

“Understood! Artifact activation!”

“Activating!”

Along with the alchemists’ shouts, the projectile-type artifacts that had been placed on the ramparts were fired all at once.

From the flame-throwing artifacts of Stage 2 to the gale artifacts of Stage 4, as well as artifacts that caused wide-area slowing, were all activated.

However, they only served to buy a little time, and they couldn’t bring the monsters down.

The flame-throwing artifacts couldn’t penetrate the frost ghouls’ freezing properties, and the gale artifacts only shot out strong winds in the first place.

Thudududung-!

The automatic defense turrets installed in the center of the ramparts, which had been silent until now, also began to fire diligently, but their stopping power was insufficient.

Now, they were right in front of us.

‘We need wide-area magic.’

I glanced at Jupiter.

“Huff, huff…”

Having been strained by the lightning strike a moment ago, Jupiter was catching his breath with a pale face along with his companion.

‘He pretended to be fine, but it seems like rapid-fire is too much for him.’

I looked to the other side.

“It seems like you have to step up, Junior.”

Junior, who had been waiting quietly, gave his usual fox-like smile.

“I thought it was about time for my turn, Your Highness.”

“Are you sure?”

Junior was assigned an important role in the battle against the great vampire.

Would it be okay to use his power first like this without any problems with his condition?

‘All the wide-area mages are sick and groaning…’

Even with my worries, Junior smiled as if to tell me not to worry.

“There’s no problem at all. Rather, I thought I should warm up beforehand so I can move properly later, so I was about to ask you to let me go first.”

“…Okay, I understand.”

It was then.

“Your Highness!”

Jupiter, noticing the situation and approaching me, urgently opened his mouth.

“Wasn’t I supposed to be the wide-area attacker in this killing field! Why…! ?”

“Recover your strength, Jupiter. There’s still a long battle ahead.”

“But!”

“Burnout! How long until the next shot!”

Ignoring the injured veteran’s cry, I asked the shadow unit.

Bodybag, who was loading arrows into Burnout’s ballista, immediately answered.

“It will be possible in one minute!”

“Good, Junior. You’ll use your magic at the same time as Burnout’s silver arrow bombardment. Can you do it?”

“Of course, Your Highness.”

Junior glanced at the old woman and smiled confidently.

“Leave it to me.”

Graaaah-!

In the meantime, the vanguard of the ghoul legion had approached the ramparts closely.

Having leaped over the moat, they stuck to the ramparts, freezing their hands and feet to the wall and beginning to climb. I clicked my tongue.

“Damian. Snipe and finish off the Fallen Blood among the remaining ones.”

“Yes!”

“Lucas, Evangeline, and…”

I turned around.

I saw the five newbies who had been waiting with sparkling eyes throughout the battle.

“Dion Mercenary Group, five of you.”

What was so enjoyable in this hellish front line?

When I called their names, the five members of the Dion Mercenary Group grinned.

“It’s melee combat. Don’t let a single one climb up.”

“Is it finally our turn!”

“We’ve been waiting~!”

“We’ll show those monster bastards what’s what!”

I said coldly.

“Keep a cool head, and just focus on blocking them. Don’t get hurt trying to get credit. Be calm, pace yourselves, and take it slow. Got it?”

“Yes!”

Ugh, they answer well. Newbie bastards.

The vanguard of the ghoul unit began to climb the ramparts one by one.

“Huuup!”

“Heave-ho~!”

Lucas and Evangeline rushed in first and knocked them down,

“One, two, three! One, two, three!”

The Dion Mercenary Group also steadily beat them one by one and knocked them outside.

“Firing preparation complete!”

After an eternity of one minute, when the monsters were swarming all over the ramparts, the signal came. I immediately shouted.

“Fire!”

Immediately, Burnout’s finger pulled the trigger.

Thwack-!

Hundreds of silver arrows were fired into the air, and the next moment, they struck the main force of the ghouls.

Kuwagwagwagwang!

At the same time, magical elements began to gather in Junior’s hands, one water element and one lightning element.

“I’ll show you.”

Junior smiled brightly at the stiff old woman.

“How I use lightning.”

The water and lightning magic spheres that had gathered at Junior’s fingertips disappeared.

Swoooooooosh-!

Immediately after, a sudden downpour poured from the sky.

The ghouls, who were staggering from the silver arrow barrage and explosions, all looked up at the sky in bewilderment.

Rumble…

And,

Flash-!

A tremendously huge lightning bolt struck down on the heads of the monsters, who were soaked in the rain.