I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 136

《Then, Lord.》

The ramparts were close enough.

Alpha, having made his judgment, bowed to Selendion.

《I shall make a path over their ramparts.》

《Granted.》

Selendion nodded with a smile.

《Go, Alpha. Beta.》

《Yes, my Lord.》

Alpha bowed deeply once more, and Beta quietly curtsied, holding the hem of her skirt.

Then, the two vampire generals turned around,

Thwack-!

And like bullets, they began to charge towards the ramparts.

Beta was in the lead.

Her maid frills and skirt fluttering like a cape, she swung her massive axe left and right as if it were a feather, and Beta sprinted.

Pshoo! Pshoo!

Some archers on the ramparts used skills to fire silver arrows, but,

Thud, thud, thud!

Useless.

As she swung her axe like a fan, the silver arrows shattered like straw in mid-air.

‘As if she’d be hurt by such flimsy attacks.’

A sneer crossed the lips of the vampire with the face of a maid.

‘If you’re going to shoot, bring something like the siege arrows that sniper was using earlier!’

But the sniper from earlier had disappeared from the front lines, seemingly exhausted from firing so many shots.

If that was the case, then there were no more attacks with stopping power.

All that remained was to breach the ramparts!

Tatatatat!

Reaching the base of the ramparts in an instant, Beta crouched down, bringing her feet together for a moment.

Thud, thud….

Beta’s slender thighs and calves momentarily turned muscular, swelling as if about to burst,

Thwack-!

She kicked off the ground with tremendous leg strength and soared like a missile.

-Thump.

With that single leap, Beta reached the top of the ramparts.

“What?!”

“No way……”

The humans on the ramparts, their eyes meeting hers, each uttered something with pale faces.

Finally sharing the same eye level as the monster, all sorts of emotions that hadn’t appeared before were now erupting from the humans.

Bewilderment, surprise, shock, and…….

Fear.

A primal fear of death.

‘Ah.’

Beta stroked her neck with her left hand. Her pale neck, marked with a long, horizontal scar.

‘If only my neck were intact, I could mock you too.’

The joy of tormenting humans was in the blood and marrow they extracted.

But it was also in mocking the humans trembling in fear, and in the taste of the tears they shed while begging for their lives.

Unfortunately, Beta had lost her voice when she was beheaded in the distant past.

‘But this is enough for now.’

Beta smiled with her red lips.

The war had only just begun.

There would be plenty of time to taste the blood, marrow, and tears of the humans.

So for now,

Kiiiiiiing!

She would simply be faithful to her assigned task!

Beta raised the axe in her hand high above her head. The ear-splitting ringing echoed fiercely.

The next moment, the axe slammed into the ramparts-

Kugwagwagwang!

With a tremendous vibration, a cloud of dust soared. The force was so great that the entire rampart shook.

“Aaaah!”

“Grab something!”

The soldiers screamed and tumbled.

Thud, thud, thud.

When the shaking finally stopped and the dust settled, the outer wall of the central part of the ramparts was revealed, shattered.

Ugly, split bricks and iron plates fell to the ground in fragments.

The automatic defense turret installed in the center was also smashed to pieces and fell to the ground.

《Excellent, Beta.》

At the same time, the butler-like male vampire, Alpha, who had reached the base of the ramparts, grinned.

《Now it’s my turn.》

Alpha vigorously waved his hands as if conducting an orchestra.

Crack… crack….

The corpses of the Frost Ghouls piled up like a hill at the base of the ramparts began to freeze all at once.

Not only that, but the corpses scattered everywhere began to gather, forming a single path.

From the bottom of the ramparts all the way to the center of the ramparts, where the outer wall had been breached by the axe.

Alpha reassembled the corpses of the ghoul army with ice and lightly walked up the path.

Watching this scene, the soldiers on the ramparts gaped.

“He’s making a path… out of corpses?”

In an instant, a path of ice and corpses was completed, directly connecting the bottom of the ramparts to the top.

Finally reaching the top of the ramparts, Alpha looked around at the humans and grinned,

《Get out of the way, you wretches.》

He opened his mouth coldly.

《The King is coming.》

And it was as he said.

Thud. Thud. Thud.

Guarded by five ordinary vampires, Selendion, riding in a palanquin, stood before the path of ice and corpses.

《Beautiful, my hegemony.》

Selendion murmured with satisfaction, looking at the path his subordinates had built with their lives.

《Now, shall we ascend?》

It was time to cross the human ramparts.

And to destroy the human world.

***

It was the moment Selendion’s palanquin was about to ascend the path of ice and corpses.

Thud!

Creak……!

Suddenly.

The firmly locked gates slowly began to open to the left and right. Right next to the path of ice and corpses.

《……?》

At this unexpected turn of events, not only the ordinary vampires but also Selendion widened his eyes and looked in that direction.

Opening the gates?

At this timing?

In the middle of a siege?

《Huh? Huh?》

Alpha and Beta, who were standing on the ramparts waiting for the king’s procession, also widened their eyes and looked down.

And what came out from between the opened gates was… the human commander, Ash.

Ash, who walked out through the gates with a confident stride, looked at the vampires with a blank expression, then suddenly shouted to his rear.

“Set up the drinking table!”

“Yes!”

Immediately, soldiers who rushed out from behind Ash placed a table and put snacks and bottles of alcohol on it.

Creak…….

Thud!

The soldiers rushed back inside the gate, and the gate closed firmly.

Now, only the drinking table, two chairs, and Ash remained outside the gate.

Thump!

Ash pulled out a chair placed behind the table and nonchalantly sat down.

Then, he gestured towards Selendion.

“Come and sit, Vampire King.”

A relaxed smile was on his lips.

“Let’s have a drink and talk.”

***

……Drip.

Drip, drip, drip.

Cold sweat was flowing.

I was pretending to be calm while setting up the drinking table and sitting at it, but inside, I was incredibly nervous.

‘Is it working? Is it working? It’s working, right? Huh?’

I licked my parched lips, watching the unmoving vampire bastards. Come on, don’t just stare, come over here already!

During the last strategy briefing, I had clearly told my party members.

– Selendion will be isolated and tied down by the trump card I have prepared. During that time, you and the ordinary soldiers will annihilate the vampire army.

The trump card to isolate and tie down Selendion. What was that trump card?

‘What else could it be, it’s a boss stage special gimmick!’

Stages that are multiples of 5 are boss stages.

And there is a special command that is only activated in boss stages – ‘Commander’s Conference’.

In boss stages, one of the corps commander-level monsters or named monster kings appears.

You can request a 1-on-1 conference between commander characters with them. In the game, the success rate was 100 percent.

When the conference command is activated, the effect is that neither commander character can be used for 10 turns.

The two commander characters sit facing each other and have a conversation for 10 turns. It was explained that you could get hints about the secrets of the world or that the battle could take an unexpected turn during this conversation.

‘I almost never used this command in the actual game.’

That’s because the commander character on our side in the game was Lucas.

Even if it had the effect of tying down the enemy boss for 10 turns, our SSR-grade [Super Super Rare] knight character would also be out of the front lines.

That gap was huge. So, it was treated as a non-existent gimmick.

But now, I am the commander.

Of course, it can’t be said that my role on the front lines is small, but I am not a pure combatant.

If someone like me could hold the enemy boss Selendion for 10 turns, it would be a huge advantage.

‘One turn in the game is about 3 minutes in reality.’

That means 10 turns is 30 minutes.

I could take the Vampire King out of the front lines for 30 minutes. If it works, the gain is overwhelmingly greater than the loss.

‘No, but in the game, they came over right away!’

Why are you just standing there, staring at me like I’m crazy? Come over here already!

I pretended to be relaxed and grabbed the bottle, pouring it into the glass with a splash.

Actually, I was trying to pour it gently, but my hand was shaking from nervousness, so it came out with a thud. Goddamn it! Keep a poker face, Kim Ash!

And then.

Thud. Thud.

Selendion, who had lightly stepped out of the palanquin, really started walking towards me alone.

The battlefield was enveloped in a strange silence.

All the soldiers were silently watching this insane scene.

Scrape.

He pulled the chair back,

Thump.

And sat down lightly.

Selendion, sitting across from me, lifted his glass without saying a word. I smiled and poured alcohol into his glass.

Selendion, swirling the glass, asked.

《Shall we have a toast?》

“We’re not that close.”

《You invite me and then you’re so cold. But, I like it.》

Selendion looked at the path of ice and corpses that had been created right next to him.

《Drinking while watching lives fall like flowers……》

Thud. Thud. Thud.

The rest of the vampires began to ascend the path all at once.

Watching his subordinates advance, Selendion put the glass to his lips.

《It’s quite atmospheric.》

“I agree.”

I snorted and also put the glass to my lips.

“There’s nothing more delicious than drinking while watching you monster bastards die.”

《Oh,》

Selendion smiled and turned his body towards me.

《You seem to have quite a bit of faith. In your army.》

“Of course. That’s why I’m sitting here drinking, isn’t it? My subordinates can easily turn your monsters into a bloody mess even without me.”

《Shall we make a bet?》

“What kind of bet?”

《It’s obvious. When this bottle is empty… who will be the victor on those ramparts. That’s the bet.》

I frowned.

“What are you betting?”

《If you win, I will spare your life.》

Selendion did not lose his smile.

《And I will let you watch the destruction of the human world until the very last moment.》

“……”

So what is that?

Is he saying that even if all his subordinates are annihilated, he is confident that he can destroy the world alone? Is that what he just said?

I was dumbfounded, glaring at him, and then slowly asked.

“If you win?”

《We can decide that leisurely, can’t we? We have plenty of time.》

I pointed my index finger at Selendion, who was savoring the aroma of the alcohol in his mouth.

“Let’s see how long that relaxed attitude lasts. Selendion.”

With sincerity and hope, I shouted.

“My subordinates are strong. Strong enough to kill all your subordinates and even take your head!”

***

《Weak.》

A vampire muttered indifferently.

In his hand was the severed head of a human.

It was Dion’s head.

Flick-

Thud. Thump.

The carelessly thrown head rolled on the ramparts, splattering blood.

Licking the blood on his hand, the vampire grumbled discontentedly.

《It doesn’t even taste good.》