I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 305

The dungeon in the 6th district of the Lake Kingdom, [Laboratory].

Its full name is [Magic Engineering Laboratory], one of the largest dungeons in the depths of the Lake Kingdom.

《Hehehe.》

On the rooftop of this massive laboratory facility.

A woman perched on the roof let out a sinister smile.

One of the Nightmare Legion Commanders. The commander of the Succubus Legion.

Succubus Queen – Salome.

《Hehehehehe.》

Salome was watching Ash and his party approach. Her alluring lips drew a clear arc.

《I’ve been waiting for the day I’d see you again, Ash.》

After being thoroughly defeated by Ash last time.

Salome reorganized her legion and waited for Ash to come. She had set up her nest in this [Laboratory] dungeon, the largest in the 6th district, expecting Ash to come here someday. She had laid all sorts of traps.

And after a long wait, Ash finally arrived.

《This time, I will surely make you submit.》

The wicked smile on Salome’s lips gradually became disheveled.

《So, after I capture you… I’ll do this and that… Hehe, hehehehe… Huh!》

Salome, who was blushing and lost in her fantasies, quickly regained her senses. Her subordinate succubi were staring at her.

《Ahem, ahem! Uh-huh!》

After regaining her dignity as a legion commander with a cough, she gestured, and her subordinate succubi fluttered over and brought her a full-length mirror.

Salome tidied her luscious pink hair once more, put ornaments on the horns that sprouted on both sides of her forehead, and tied a ribbon on her swaying tail.

She also changed her usual shabby monk’s robe for a new one.

Following her subordinates’ advice that covering up is more appealing in the succubus industry these days, she wore it tightly up to her neck.

The clinging subordinate succubi applied makeup to her face. Salome twisted her body this way and that, looking at herself in the mirror.

《H-how do I look? Am I okay? Will this work?!》

In the dream world, there was no one she couldn’t seduce, but Ash was someone who was completely immune to mental status effects.

It wasn’t the way a succubus should do it, but she had to seduce him with her real body…!

To Salome, who asked with a determined look, the subordinate succubi nodded and gave her a thumbs up.

Salome smiled brightly and raised her fist up with a ‘Yay-!’

《Alright! It’s time for revenge, Ash! I’ll show you what hot stuff is!》

Looking at Ash’s face as he entered the dungeon entrance, Salome smiled confidently.

《You’re mine!》

***

“Screw that, get lost-!”

《Kyaaaaaaak-!》

6th district dungeon [Laboratory]. The large entrance hall.

I swung my fist with all my might and punched Salome in the jaw. Salome let out an unsightly scream and rolled around on the floor.

“Is it you again, Salome?”

I loosened my fist and gritted my teeth. Among the Nightmare Legion Commanders, she’s the one I’m least tense about.

Salome, who was blinking with her hand on her jaw, brightened up.

《Oh, you remember me? I’m so happy!》

“Why are you happy about that…?”

I clicked my tongue and looked around.

The hall was full of fallen troll corpses.

However, unlike the ordinary troll legions we had faced so far, they were characterized by a faint pink aura flowing from their bodies.

The pink aura was also emanating from the trolls that had not yet fallen. I let out a sigh.

“You act like an idiot, but you’re quite clever, aren’t you?”

Mental status attacks are completely nullified by my passive skill [Unyielding Commander]. And that’s for the entire radius of several tens of meters around me.

The Succubus Legion is something I can completely counter on my own.

So these guys changed their tactics – they didn’t charm me or my party members, but the troll legion, their allies.

“Charming the same side’s monsters, forcing them into a frenzy, and squeezing their life force to the last drop to make them fight… You can use charm like this too. I learned something.”

《Hehe, is that a compliment? You’re complimenting me now, right?》

“Yes, you did very well, so die here!”

I pulled out my staff [Maestro] and wildly fired magic blades.

《Kkyaaaaaak?!》

Salome frantically crawled on the floor to avoid my attacks. Just die and let’s make it easier for each other, huh?! Huh?!

《That’s too much, really!》

Salome, who used the charmed allied trolls as meat shields to block my attacks, shouted.

《There are too many of you-!》

We are currently 25 people. 5 full parties.

Whether they charm trolls, set traps, or do whatever tricks, they can’t compete with our total power.

The forces Salome prepared are being torn to shreds in front of us.

《And you’re too strong! This kind of cruel violence is too harsh for a frail succubus like me!》

“Then what were you planning to do to me?”

《Huh?》

“If you had subdued us with your forces. What were you planning to do to me?”

I asked with the logic that you were going to cruelly kill us anyway.

Salome, who was blinking blankly at my question, scratched the back of her head awkwardly.

《Well, of course, I was going to carefully wrap you up without hurting a single hair on your head! I was going to take you to my base…?》

“Kidnap you to your base? What then?”

《After that, of course, it’s time for heaven! Paradise! Bliss! Spending time with this Succubus Queen Salome! I’ll give you the greatest happiness you can’t enjoy on this messy front line! Oh, of course, while keeping you tied up.》

…I don’t quite understand. Does that mean kidnapping and inflicting mental torture? As expected of an evil Nightmare Legion Commander, a terrible idea.

Evangeline, who was listening, whistled.

“Wow. Bondage, kidnapping, confinement? As expected of a Nightmare Legion Commander. You play pretty hard?”

“Minors, cover your ears.”

Then, this time, Lily, who was listening from the other side, blushed and grabbed God Hand’s ear.

“God Hand! What were you thinking while glancing at me just now!”

“Ah, I wasn’t thinking anything!”

“You guys cover your ears too……”

Ignoring the lovey-dovey couple.

I took a breath, put my magic staff in my arms, and strode towards Salome. Salome brightened up and opened her arms.

《Are you finally accepting my offer, Ash? Hehehe! Yes, yes, you’re a good boy! Now, let’s go into a sweet dream together…》

Bang! Bang! Bang!

As soon as I approached, I pulled out my pistol-type magic gun [Agate] and fired three shots into Salome’s stomach.

《Kyaaaaaaak!》

The knockback effect unique to [Agate] when firing at close range activated, and Salome flew away. The new item effect is good!

“Please just die quickly. I’m incredibly busy.”

We’re in a time attack right now!

I gritted my teeth and checked the [Emergency Equipment Repair Quest] window.

Thanks to this damn Nightmare Legion Commander diligently hindering me, time is ticking away!

She was cleanly hit by my three shots, so with the succubus’s typically thin health, she should already be in a critical state.

Salome, holding her stomach, laughed with a pale face.

《Hehe, hehehehe, you’re the first man to treat me this coldly, Ash… From slapping my cheek to shooting me in the stomach…》

“Is that so? You’re the first monster I’ve met who’s so talkative until the end.”

《My spine is tingling. Yes. This feeling is… what the King of Kings told me is…?!》

“Shut your mouth, please-!”

I took out my staff again to finish Salome off and fired magic blades.

She was an annoying opponent who was just noisy, but if I can kill a Nightmare Legion Commander relatively easily like this, it’s a win!

Thud! Thud-!

But then, another troll intervened between me and Salome.

At the same time, all the trolls that were still alive rushed over and formed a wall with their bodies as if to protect Salome.

“Damn it, everyone, unleash your firepower-!”

At my command, my party members launched a full-scale attack.

As the meat shield trolls all fell, the succubi and incubi that emerged from the trolls’ bodies blocked the attacks with their bodies and were instantly annihilated.

In the meantime, Salome, along with a few of her subordinates, recovered and began to turn transparent and melt into the air.

《Let’s see, Ash… Next time, I will definitely seduce you…!》

“I’ll be seduced! So don’t run away and come here! I’ll hit you just three more times, and then we can play together! Hey! Don’t run away! Hey!”

But Salome disappeared. She ran away, leaving behind only the corpses of trolls and the Succubus Legion…….

Damien lowered the magic gun he was aiming with wide eyes.

“S-she disappeared. It’s like she went to another dimension.”

“It’s the succubus’s unique evasion skill, [Reality Escape].”

Since it’s a judgment that disappears from the real world, it’s impossible to snipe her, even with Damien’s clairvoyance.

As powerful as the escape skill is, the price is also high. I don’t know for sure, but Salome must have paid a considerable price for escaping like this.

Damien frowned and tilted his head.

“…She seems different from the Nightmare Legion Commanders we’ve met so far.”

“Really? In what way?”

“The other monster legions have clear hostility. They hate and oppose humans from the root, emitting an intense murderous intent as if denying our very existence. But that legion commander doesn’t have that.”

Damien, who had put away his gun, looked up at me and added.

“And she’s very… weak…”

“……”

Well, the compatibility issue is huge.

If I didn’t have my passive skill, the Succubus Legion would have been one of the most difficult opponents among all the monster legions.

But thanks to my passive skill, they became a pushover beyond a pushover.

“They’re the least threatening of the remaining Nightmare Legions, but they’re annoying because they stick to you like summer flies.”

I let out a soft sigh.

I expected to encounter Nightmare Legion Commanders often, but it felt a little strange to see them pop up so casually like this.

This time, it was the easiest Succubus Legion, so we were able to win without any tension…….

‘If it had been another Nightmare Legion Commander and their guards, it might have been dangerous.’

But what’s really dangerous right now is the remaining time for the emergency quest.

The remaining time is less than 30 minutes. My mouth is getting dry as I watch the remaining time tick away.

The only silver lining is that most of the monsters in the dungeon were charmed and dragged out by the succubi, so there’s no need to go around and kill them one by one.

Originally, this laboratory, as large as it is, had various gimmicks in each dungeon room, but most of them were dismantled on their own because the monsters came out and died on their own.

In this aspect, maybe the Succubus Legion helped shorten the time…?

‘Thank you so much, you bastards!’

Next time I see you, I’ll be sure to kill you as a thank you, Salome!

***

Leading my party members, I entered the depths of the laboratory.

As befitting its name, the interior of the dungeon was different from other places, with white and clean facilities.

Inside the dungeon rooms, various unidentified materials and specimens were floating in a green liquid.

If we had more time, we could have explored here and there to gather information. But unfortunately, we’re in a time attack right now!

We cleared only the essential dungeon rooms in the vast dungeon, obtaining keys and passcodes needed to move to the next room as we advanced.

[Emergency Equipment Repair Quest]

– Remaining time: 15 minutes

At this tense moment when my butt is starting to burn, we were able to enter the boss room…!

Kugugugung!

As we entered the boss room at the deepest part of the laboratory, we saw a large facility with a complex tangle of alchemical devices with geometric designs spinning around.

《You non-citizen bastards who don’t even have names…》

A large troll wearing a researcher’s gown, standing in front of the facility, turned around with gritted teeth.

《If we let you parasitize under the protection of the Lake Kingdom, you should be grateful to be used as research materials for magic engineering here!》

Wow, a troll wearing glasses.

…Wait a minute. Is this racism?

《Taking advantage of the chaos outside, you, the test subjects, started a riot? Ha! Don’t make me laugh! Not a single one of you will escape! I’ll throw you all into this facility!》

Looking at the boss monster speaking fluently, I suddenly had a thought.

These monsters that I’ve met during dungeon exploration… that speak like people from the Lake Kingdom.

《Become fertilizer for the future of humanity, you non-citizens!》

Is that person’s soul intact, and only their body has turned into a monster?

Or is it that a monster that has devoured that person’s soul is reading their memories… and imitating their voice, pretending to be human?

[Laboratory – Boss Room]

– Defeat the boss!

– Lv.45 Troll Sorcerer

Magic Engineering Laboratory Director Dirandahi.

A rare mage-type boss monster.

As he raised his staff, the magic power in the area surged, and it began to resonate with the magic device behind him.

Lukas, who was at the front with his sword raised, shouted urgently.

“My lord, tactical instructions!”

I nodded and spoke the tactics I had already thought of.

“It’s a ‘Duruchigi’.”

At my words, my party members tilted their heads and looked puzzled.

“Duru…?”

“Chigi…?”

“What is that, my lord?”

“It’s a very traditional and historic pork stir-fry recipe… no, it’s a tactic for fighting bosses.”

Duruchigi.

Taking turns to hit like crazy. In other words.

“It’s a gang-up!”

We have so many people, our levels are high, and most of all, we don’t have time, so what’s the point of tactics!

Let’s just beat the crap out of him together-!