I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 254

Ash realized it belatedly.

Lunared had planned a feint from the start.

He knew he couldn’t win by directly confronting the monster front line.

He had lost a heart, and before setting out, he had a fight with the Nameless, getting stabbed properly.

And that wasn’t all; as soon as he came to the surface, his entire legion was burdened with various restrictions.

A head-on fight was clearly disadvantageous.

So, he decided to fight dirty.

While the main force loudly drew attention, he secretly moved some elites.

Using the dust clouds and the night shadows created by his subordinates, he slipped out of the main force and bypassed the battlefield from a distance.

Instead of attacking the southern wall, where the human army’s defenses were concentrated, he decided to attack the other three gates.

He divided the special forces into three groups. Lunared himself decided to attack the north.

They went around the rugged mountains from a distance to avoid being detected by the enemy, and it was a day and a half later that they arrived at a point where the north gate of the fortress was visible.

《Well, what a stroke of luck.》

Lunared grinned, looking at the human soldiers surrounding him with spears pointed at him.

《It pays to live diligently. I even get a surprise gift like this. Heh heh heh.》

“……”

“……”

The shelter guards gripped their spears tightly, their faces tense.

None of them were hero characters. They were all just ordinary soldiers.

Normally, they wouldn’t even be able to stand before a legion commander, they would have wet themselves or fainted while screaming.

The evil energy emitted by a legion-level monster had that much power.

But-

“Aaaah!”

“It’s a monster, a monster!”

“Run away! Get inside the gate-!”

Right behind them, ordinary people were screaming and running away.

They realized that the moment they retreated, everyone would be slaughtered.

So, they had no choice but to hold their spears. They had no other choice but to face him without running away.

Even if their fate in front of that monster was just to be meat shields.

As those who wore armor and held weapons, they must not run away.

Lunared looked around at the humans who were terrified but did not retreat, and nodded.

《Well done, you insignificant beings.》

And then, his claws were swung.

Thwack! Thwack-!

Blood splattered.

The spear shafts snapped like straws, and the armor folded like paper.

The bodies were crushed like piles of dirt, and their lives evaporated like water droplets scattered in the midday desert.

Before the wolf king’s blade-like claws, the noble resistance of ordinary humans was meaningless.

The guards were brutally slaughtered.

《I live for struggle.》

Lunared slowly lowered his head and paid his respects in front of the scattered corpses of the guards.

《Therefore, warriors, I pay my respects. Your will was quite delicious as an appetizer.》

Immediately after, a cruel smile appeared on the wolf king’s lips.

《Now, shall we begin the main course—the massacre?》

Behind the wolf king, about twenty werewolves lined up and let out evil laughs.

The distance from the shelter to the north gate was short.

However, there were too many citizens packed into the shelter.

The citizens rushing to enter the gate created a bottleneck in front of it.

People were screaming to get inside the wall first. People were getting stuck, falling, and screaming.

Pandaemonium.

It was one of Lunared’s favorite sights.

Just as the werewolves were approaching the prey, who were flapping like fish caught in a net-

Thud.

Five humans stood in front of the monsters.

《Oh ho.》

Lunared’s eyes flashed with interest.

《Some useful ones have come.》

“……”

What stood in front of the werewolves was Lily and Margherita’s reserve party.

Margherita trembled and cast a shield spell, while Lily, gritting her teeth, raised a ball of fire above her head.

The other three awkwardly raised their weapons.

《They don’t seem to be proper combatants, but… well, fine. They might be fun to play with.》

Crack. Crack.

Lunared, cracking his knuckles, said to his subordinates.

《Eat them.》

About twenty subordinate werewolves bowed their heads in unison and then straightened up.

Clang! Clang!

Long claws grew from the monsters’ fingertips. Lily and Margherita’s faces turned pale at the sight.

The combat power of these five reserves was terrible.

They had stepped forward as those who could fight, but how many seconds could they hold off these monsters?

Grrr…

Grrr!

The werewolves, who had been drooling while looking at the five, kicked off the ground at once.

“Eee!”

Boom!

The fireball that Lily shot covered the leading werewolf.

The fireball exploded spectacularly, and the blackened werewolf collapsed to the ground.

It was an outstanding power for a level 30 R-grade mage’s attack magic. But that was it. There was no power to stop the rest.

“Aaaah!”

“Kuh?!”

The shield magic was broken in an instant, and the five were cornered.

The werewolves drooled as they rushed towards the prey in front of them.

That’s when it happened.

Bang-!

A distant gunshot rang out from afar,

Thwack!

Something that flew like a ray of light pierced the leading werewolf.

Lily, who noticed what it was, muttered.

“A magic bullet…?!”

It was a magic bullet.

The magic bullet that pierced the forehead of the leading werewolf went straight through the neck of the werewolf next to it, and then pierced the chest of the werewolf next to that one.

Three werewolves simultaneously spat out blood and fell to the ground.

Not only the other werewolves but even Lunared flinched.

《…What is this.》

Lunared, looking at his subordinates who had been killed by a single magic bullet, raised his angry eyes.

《Where the hell-》

Bang-!

Before he could finish his sentence, the next magic bullet flew. Only then could Lunared pinpoint the sniper’s location.

The southern wall.

From the distant southern wall, which looked like a mere dot, the magic bullet fired by the sniper was crossing the entire city of Crossroads and reaching this place outside the north wall.

Without losing any of its power!

Thud! Thwack! Thwack-!

This time, three were pierced. Lunared laughed as he looked down at his subordinates who were dying like insects without even resisting.

《They’re doing something ridiculous so casually.》

That’s when it happened.

Flash!

Suddenly, a blue magic core teleported into the air. It was a common R-grade magic core.

And,

Thump! Thud!

Around that R-grade magic core, bricks and pieces of wood gathered in the air, and then a huge cuboid structure was created and installed on the ground.

It was a grotesque-looking building with a huge body and thick shield-shaped armor attached all over it. It looked very sturdy.

Lunared kept laughing because he was so dumbfounded.

《What is this now?》

***

“It’s called a [Shield Turret], you wolf bastard.”

Muttering, I let out a sigh of relief as I saw the words [Installation Complete!] on the system window in front of me.

The entire city wall was displayed like a 3D blueprint on the system window in front of me.

It was the defense tower installation screen that I was using for the first time since Stage 2.

Around the Crossroads city wall, I could precisely specify the location to install like this by opening the map.

I couldn’t use this function anywhere else, so I just threw magic cores and installed them.

Anyway, I installed the newly researched defense tower, [Shield Turret], in front of the north gate.

It was a defense tower without any killing power. So, what was its effect?

‘A tower specialized in provocation and tanking.’

It acted as a temporary tank. It forcibly drew the monsters’ attention and did a great job of taking attacks.

Right now, with no tank hero to deploy on the field, there was no more useful defense tower than this.

“Don’t underestimate me, monster.”

I gritted my teeth.

“Even though I was careless for a moment and screwed up, I’m a veteran of this game, 742nd playthrough, you bastard.”

Of course, I had plenty of tricks up my sleeve!

I would draw the monsters’ attention with the shield turret and reduce their numbers with Damian’s sniping. This would form a makeshift defense line.

It wouldn’t last long, but it would buy enough time until reinforcements arrived.

‘Now, if I send defense forces to the north, east, and west-‘

“My lord!”

That’s when it happened. Lucas shouted.

“Their main force is attacking!”

“……!”

I gritted my teeth and looked south.

In the southern plains, where the full moon was shining like daylight,

Oooooo!

Oooooooo-!

With a long, drawn-out howl, the werewolf legion finally began to advance.

They must have been frustrated themselves while just pacing around.

The werewolf main force began to rush towards the southern wall at a tremendous speed.

‘Damn bastards! They’re shaking me from all sides!’

But, you mangy dogs.

How long do you think I’ve been playing this game? Do you think I can’t handle this much?

“Lucas!”

I quickly organized the situation in my head and gave an order.

“I’m transferring command! You take charge of the southern wall, their main force!”

“Yes, sir!”

“Party 3 and Party 4, and four mages from the magic corps! Reorganize under Lucas’s command! Focus on defending the southern wall!”

I left two reserve units, the 3rd and 4th sub-parties. I also had the magic corps’ Fox, Rabbit, Kitty, and Piggy on standby as a fire support team.

There were many troops, the defenses were solid, and most of all, Lucas was there.

Even though the enemy’s main force was attacking, there was no need to worry about the southern wall.

“Damian!”

I turned my head and ordered Damian, who was still sniping towards the north.

“Keep sniping from here! Snipe mainly towards the north until the citizens in the northern shelter have finished evacuating, but if the situation in the east and west becomes urgent, support them too! I’m counting on you!”

“Yes, Your Highness!”

From the southern wall to the north, east, and west.

It was a crazy sniping order to cover the entire four directions of the city, but Damian didn’t hesitate, and I didn’t think it was an unreasonable order either.

Damian had that much ability.

“Evangeline, Junior, and the Execution Unit!”

I called out the remaining hero characters and gestured towards the north.

“We’re going to the field! Right now!”

“Yes!”

“Every second counts! Run!”

“We’re going first-!”

Thud!

Evangeline first ran like a flying squirrel along the wall towards the north, and the Execution Unit hurriedly went down the wall and started running straight towards the north.

I gave Lucas a few more instructions and was about to go down the wall when Junior reached out his hand to me.

“Take my hand, Your Highness. I’ll take you quickly.”

“What, can you use flight magic or something?”

“I can do something similar.”

As I took Junior’s hand, Junior created a gust of wind and soared into the air.

I flew down from the wall to the city like a hang glider, riding the wind.

I landed in front of the barracks and shouted to the soldiers who were rushing out.

“Everyone on standby! Reorganize the troops into three units! The 1st unit to the east gate, the 2nd unit to the west gate, and the 3rd unit to the north gate! Run immediately, execute!”

“Understood!”

From their previous defense battle experiences, the soldiers were quite quick in their actions.

The soldiers, who were immediately reorganized into three units, began to run in their respective directions.

I was about to take Junior’s hand again and fly away with wind magic when Kureha came out of the barracks, limping.

“What… what is going on, Your Highness?”

“It’s best if you stay hidden inside the barracks, Kureha.”

I gritted my teeth and glared at the north gate.

“Because it’s a complete mess.”

Kureha looked around, following me, and swallowed hard with a surprised face.

Flames were rising from the east and west gates. Black smoke was rising thickly.

The citizens who had escaped into the city through the north gate from the shelter were constantly screaming and shedding tears. The whole city was in chaos.

I shuddered.

“It seems like it’s going to be a pretty long night.”