I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 134

The ghouls were annihilated in one fell swoop.

They were thoroughly defeated by the combined water and lightning elemental attack.

The ones who fell like straw would never rise again.

“Hehe.”

Junior laughed triumphantly. Though she had a trickle of blood from her nose, she had done exceptionally well.

This was the true power of an elementalist who could wield multiple elements simultaneously.

While not as powerful in one specific area as a single-element mage,

they could amplify their power by utilizing multiple elements.

Simply put, they were strong when they created their own combos!

“……”

Jupiter, who had been blankly watching her granddaughter’s performance, muttered softly.

“……You did well.”

“Huh?”

Startled, Junior looked at her grandmother.

“Did you just, say something……”

“Ahem, ahem!”

Jupiter cleared her throat and turned her head away.

Junior stared blankly with wide eyes, and I clicked my tongue.

“Hey, mages, save the family drama for later and focus on the defense.”

It was still a long way from being over.

Grrr!

Graaak!

No sooner had I finished speaking than ghouls and Fallen Bloods began to climb the ramparts.

The ghouls that had been running across the plains were just taken care of with the silver arrow and water-lightning combo, but the ghouls climbing the walls were out of range of the magical attacks and were unharmed.

“Twilight Legion!”

I shouted, looking behind me.

The three hundred veterans who had been waiting responded in unison with a ‘Yes!’ and raised their weapons.

Among the regular soldiers, only the three hundred members of the Twilight Legion were assigned to melee combat, while the rest were placed in the fire support group.

‘Actually, I don’t want to send regular soldiers into melee combat if I can help it.’

If they die to the Blood Clan, the enemies steal their lives and use them as their own.

In battle, regular soldiers have a much higher mortality rate than hero characters.

If they are sent into battle, casualties will inevitably occur.

So, I wanted to have only hero characters engage in melee combat if possible.

‘……That’s the calculated reason.’

Frankly, I don’t want to see anyone else die now.

Perhaps it was because there had been so few casualties in the previous stages.

I had become a cowardly commander who feared the deaths of his subordinates.

But, I know. I understand.

There can be no front line without sacrifice.

That’s why…….

“Get rid of those monsters-!”

I gave the order to attack.

Uwaaaa!

As if they had been waiting for it, the Twilight Legion roared and rushed to the edge of the ramparts.

Lukas, Evangeline, the Dion Mercenaries, and the Twilight Legion.

The members of the melee combat group swung their weapons, fighting against the Fallen Bloods and throwing the ghouls off the walls.

Their corpses piled up like mountains below the ramparts.

They were piled up disgustingly, almost half the height of the ramparts.

‘With this, the Fallen Bloods and ghouls are almost all dead!’

I thought, watching the knight duo and the Dion Mercenaries fighting the few remaining Fallen Bloods.

‘I’ve finished off the majority of the Blood Clan’s forces! If it keeps going like this…….’

“Your Highness!”

It was then. Damian called out to me urgently. I quickly turned to look at him.

“What’s wrong?”

“Come here!”

Damian stretched out his hand towards the southern plains and shouted with a pale face.

“The Lord… is moving!”

“……!”

I gritted my teeth and looked in that direction.

Seven vampires wearing fancy armor and robes.

Lord Selendion sitting alone on a magical palanquin floating in the air.

Two vampire generals in maid and butler attire standing side by side on either side of the palanquin.

A total of ten vampires were finally beginning their advance, belatedly.

‘I can’t understand it at all.’

I clicked my tongue inwardly.

‘I get that coming one by one is the rule of this game. But this is too much.’

They didn’t move an inch while the ghouls and even the Fallen Bloods were being wiped out.

It was only now, when 99 percent of the entire army was dead, that they were finally crawling out.

‘Come to think of it, it was like this in the game too.’

The Blood Clan was always like this.

Only after the Fallen Bloods and ghouls were all destroyed on the battlefield did the vampires, who could be called the headquarters, move belatedly.

Whether this was an expression of confidence that they could win even with this nonsense, or…….

“I’ll just ask them the reason when we cross swords.”

I grinned menacingly and raised my hand.

“If you can even get close enough to cross swords, you damn mosquito bastards!”

I thrust my hand forward.

“Fire-!”

“Yes! Fire!”

“Open fire-!”

Bang! Thud!

The cannons fired all at once.

Dozens of cannonballs accurately rained down on the vampires.

Thanks to our past experience and training, the accuracy of our artillery was at an excellent level.

However.

For these vampire bastards, the accuracy of the shots was not the problem.

Thud!

The vampire in maid attire kicked off the ground and soared into the air.

In this vampire’s hand was an axe that looked bigger than her own body.

Kiiiiing-!

Along with an ear-splitting ringing, the maid vampire swung her axe at the barrage of cannonballs.

Then,

Kwaaaang!

As if they had hit something, the cannonballs exploded all at once in mid-air. I widened my eyes.

‘She created a shockwave just by swinging her axe, and used that to deflect our artillery fire?’

It was an absurd display of martial prowess. I gritted my teeth as I looked at the maid vampire.

Of course, I knew her identity. She always came as a set with Selendion in the game.

‘The vampire with the strongest physical abilities in Selendion’s army… Beta!’

A monster who had mastered the vampire’s physical enhancement skill tree, a living, breathing tank.

Beta, who had landed lightly on the ground through the smoke, grabbed the hem of her skirt with both hands and bowed.

Selendion watched the scene as if he were watching a child’s antics and smiled contentedly.

“You pathetic bastards……”

I clenched my teeth and turned around.

“Burnout! Can you fire?”

From the start, the cannon barrage was like a greeting shot in a sparring match. I knew it wouldn’t work anyway.

But this was different, let’s see how they handle our silver arrow barrage!

Bodybag, who was helping Burnout reload, quickly replied to my call.

“Reloading complete! Ready to fire!”

It was the last ten silver arrow quivers. The arrow consumption was truly absurd.

But I had no intention of saving them from the start. I shouted.

“Fire at full power, Burnout! Give those bastards a taste of our power!”

“……!”

Burnout silently nodded to me, took a breath, and placed his finger on the trigger.

Flames seemed to flicker in his eyes as he opened and closed them.

“Fireee-!”

At the same time as my shout,

Thwack!

Hundreds of silver arrows were fired simultaneously from the custom ballista.

‘Explosive silver arrows, you vampire bastards!’

Or, you could say, a flaming mosquito swatter?!? [A humorous way to describe the silver arrows]

If you try to break them with a shockwave like before, silver dust will fall all over your heads. You don’t want that, do you? So, how will you block it!

The moment the silver arrow barrage was about to fall right above the vampires’ heads.

Clack.

The vampire in butler attire next to Selendion stepped forward.

Woo-oong-!

With a clear sound of magic moving, the butler vampire lightly waved his hand. Then,

Thud.

It stopped.

In mid-air, hundreds of arrows. All at once.

As if the video had been paused. The silver arrow barrage froze in the air.

“What……”

In a moment of confusion at this absurd… truly magical sight.

Whoosh-

The butler vampire waved his hand again, and the arrows that had been stopped in the air turned 180 degrees backward.

And, they were fired.

Thud thud thud-

Swish!

In the opposite direction.

Towards our side that had fired the arrows—towards Burnout, the archer.

“What……”

My mind buffered for a moment at this unexpected situation.

Only when the arrows were close did I finally come to my senses and shout.

“Explosive arrows! Everyone, raise your shields-!”

And the silver arrow barrage rained down on our heads.

Kwaang! Ku-kwa-kwa-kwaang!

“My lord-!”

Lukas, who had rushed to me in an instant, protected me by swinging his sword in front of me.

Evangeline, who had also rushed over, deployed her shield to protect the mages and archers around me.

Ku-kwa-kwaang-!

“Ugh!”

“Kuaaaah!”

The silver arrows that fell exploded everywhere. Soldiers caught in the explosions screamed.

After a while, the silver arrow barrage finally ended.

“Those damn bastards……”

Amidst the rising smoke and flames, I glared at the vampire in butler attire who had done this.

‘The most powerful blood mage in Selendion’s army. Alpha!’

A damn monster who had mastered the blood magic skill tree.

No, but in the game, even though he used skills like crazy, he didn’t do things like reflecting our arrows!

‘He’s really showing off his magic application in reality!’

Vampire general individuals. Alpha and Beta.

One with strength. One with magic. They not only blocked our barrage but also gave us a taste of our own medicine.

‘Each of these guys is a boss-level individual…….’

I gritted my teeth at their absurd power and asked Lukas.

“What’s the damage?!”

“We are currently assessing. However, it’s not that severe.”

Huh? Why?

I looked around the ramparts.

There were quite a few injured and some cannons and ballistae were burned, but the damage was less than I expected considering they were hit by a silver arrow barrage.

And there was a reason for that.

“Ah…… It was such an urgent situation. I just turned it on without thinking……”

The SR-grade defensive artifact, Anti-Missile Barrier. [SR-grade likely refers to a high-ranking item]

One of the best defensive artifacts for localized battles that slows down enemy projectiles and reduces damage.

Lily was standing next to the artifact with a bewildered look on her face.

Lily had hastily activated the artifact when the enemy reflected the arrows.

“Did I make a mistake, Your Highness?”

I shook my head vigorously and gave her a thumbs up.

“You did great, Lily.”

If Alpha had spread the arrow reflection across the entire ramparts, the damage would have been uncontrollable.

Thanks to the pinpoint attack, it was possible to reduce the damage with the artifact.

Of course, that didn’t mean there was no damage.

“Kuh, ugh……!”

Burnout’s custom ballista, which had been the target of the concentrated fire, was completely destroyed, and Burnout, the shooter, was also not unscathed.

Godhand was pulling out the arrows that were stuck in Burnout’s body with a grim face.

“I will send the injured to the rear.”

I nodded at Godhand’s words and shouted.

“Margherita!”

At my shout, the saint Margherita and her party members rushed over.

“Yes, Your Highness!”

“Escort and heal the injured! Especially focus on healing this archer friend. He might need to return to the front lines.”

Margherita nodded, gathered white mana in her hands, and spread it widely in all directions.

Whoosh-

As the wide-area healing magic spread, relief washed over the faces of the soldiers who had suffered minor injuries.

“Injured people this way! Those who have free hands, please help!”

Immediately after spreading the wide-area magic, Margherita began to support the heavily injured soldiers and take them to the back of the ramparts.

Watching the scene of the injured Burnout and soldiers being escorted away one by one, I turned my eyes back to the south.

Thud. Thud. Thud.

The vampires were approaching.

With very light steps, as if they were taking a stroll on a spring day.