I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 311

Boom-ba-boom- Boom-ba-boom-boom-

A boisterous march resounds.

It’s none other than the music played by the troll king’s military band.

The military band of the troll army’s king announced his arrival with a plausible march using crude instruments such as drums, gongs, and bugles.

“…….”

Seriously, am I Aladdin or something?

I was dumbfounded by this flamboyant entrance, my mouth agape.

Soon, the advancing troll army took their positions in the southern field of the forward base.

The giant troll wearing a jeweled turban and riding on a magic carpet—the ‘Troll King’—looked left and right at our fortress walls, then gestured to the side.

Then, a small troll scurried out and shouted towards us in a loud voice.

《Hear ye, humans of the land!》

Surprisingly fluent human language came out.

《Worship Tradunumahtran, the great conqueror, the nomadic executioner, the living muscle! The chieftain of the Rock Troll tribe and the king of all trolls!》

Evangeline, who was listening, muttered.

“That’s a long name…….”

“I know…….”

Regardless of what we said, the troll king’s messenger continued to shout.

《The benevolent Tradunumahtran does not desire war! Surrender peacefully and open the gates! If you do…….》

If we do?

The troll king’s messenger scanned the top of the wall left and right, then shouted ominously.

《The pretty ones will be taken as concubines, and the ugly ones will be killed in an instant.》

Evangeline, horrified, wrapped her arms around herself.

“Oh my god, what should I do? That troll is targeting me!”

Then, the troll king’s messenger yelled.

《We don’t need ugly ones like you!》

“Kyahhh!”

Evangeline collapsed, spitting blood.

Evangeline, who had fallen, even teared up as she muttered.

“T, t, to be called ugly by a troll…….”

“C, calm down, Evangeline. They are a different species, so their standards of beauty must be different.”

“It’s all because of this bone armor…… It must be because of this bone armor…….”

In front of us, the troll king’s messenger continued to blather.

《Beauty comes from muscles. The king hates such weak bodies!》

Oh, this way of thinking, I feel like I’ve heard it somewhere before……?

《Among you, the only one worthy of the king’s favor is…….》

The troll king’s messenger stretched out his hand and pointed at Kuilan on the wall.

《Only that one.》

“Huh?”

Kuilan pointed at himself with a trembling hand.

“M, me……?”

For reference, Kuilan is currently in beast mode.

He’s more muscular than usual. And his fur is all poofy…….

Kuilan muttered in a somewhat moved voice.

“You’re the first person to say they like me in my wolf form…….”

“No, that’s, don’t be ridiculous.”

He’s not even human in the first place! Don’t be swayed by the trolling!

To us, who were in confusion, the troll king’s messenger continued to blather.

《By the way, our king is a woman! Of course, she likes pretty women, but she likes handsome men a little more!》

Then, the troll king on the carpet nodded her head greatly.

Ah, I see. She was a female. Well, honestly, it’s hard to tell the gender just by looking at her appearance.

The gender of a troll can be determined by looking at their tail; males have one tail, and females have two or more split ends.

Upon closer inspection, the end of the troll king’s swaying tail was split into several parts. I see. You’re a woman, huh…….

《Hmm?》

At that moment, the troll king and I made eye contact.

I felt goosebumps all over my body at that blatant gaze that seemed to scan me from head to toe. No, what is it! Why are you looking at me like that!

The troll king gestured to the messenger and whispered something. The messenger, nodding quickly, raised his voice.

《You, the black-haired human male! You are lucky!》

“Yes?”

I was so flustered that honorifics came out.

《The king says she likes you! She says you have a body worth raising!》

What the hell is this nonsense again.

《If you surrender, I promise you a place by the king’s side! The troll king will cherish you herself! Know that it is an honor!》

Immediately after, I saw the troll king, who had been staring at me, raise the corners of her mouth and wiggle her eyebrows…….

Then, the party members around me all let out a low cheer, looking at me. What are you cheering for? What’s the point?

“You’re quite popular these days, aren’t you, Your Highness?”

“I know…… It seems like you’re being actively courted by monsters, especially…….”

Damian and Junior chimed in. Be quiet! My chastity is in danger!

“Hoo…….”

I let out a dry sigh and gestured to Damian.

“Damian. Please deliver my answer for me.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Damian smiled and took out his magic rifle from his chest.

《Now, what do you say! Surrender immediately and beg for the king’s mercy…….》

Before the messenger could blather any more, Damian, following my gesture, aimed his magic rifle and pulled the trigger.

Ta-tang-!

《Kuek?!》

The magic bullet that struck like lightning pierced the center of his body.

The troll king’s messenger, who died instantly, collapsed miserably, spraying blood everywhere.

《……Kyaha.》

The troll king laughed, covered in her subordinate’s blood.

As if she had been waiting for this.

After giving the monster the middle finger, I shouted.

“I have nothing to give you, monster! Not the prettiest Kuilan, nor the ugliest Evangeline! I won’t give you any of my companions!”

Kuilan looked at me with sparkling eyes, his hands clasped to his chest, looking moved (oh, get lost), and Evangeline looked at me with murderous eyes, licking her spear blade with her tongue. No, I’m just kidding, just kidding!

“What I will give you is…….”

I raised my hand high.

Immediately, my well-trained army lit the cannons and pulled back the ballista strings,

“Only fire and death-!”

At the same time as I stretched my hand forward,

Bang! Pow-pow-pow-!

Hundreds of cannonballs and arrows rained down on the monster horde.

***

The troll king has one characteristic.

She’s tough.

True to her species’ innate traits, she’s just purely tough.

However, when this toughness goes too far.

It becomes a weapon in itself.

Bang! Bang! Pow-pow-pow……!

In the middle of the battlefield, amidst the fierce crossfire of our army.

Where other subordinate trolls had long since fallen, unable to even gather their bones.

Thud.

Thud.

Thud.

The troll king walks in, unperturbed.

The giant arrows of the ballista cannot even make a decent scratch on this monster’s skin, and the explosions and flames of the cannons also fail to inflict effective damage.

Even if, by some luck, a continuous barrage hits one spot and inflicts a wound,

Bubbling…….

Shine!

Regeneration.

The skin of the wounded area moves as if boiling, and soon it becomes as good as new.

“Well then, shall we show off our skills for the first time in a while-!”

Wind and lightning gathered in Junior’s hands, floating in the air, and then combined and shot forward powerfully.

Kugwagwagwang!

A tremendous storm of lightning swept through the area, and the troll royal guards who had been protecting the troll king until the very end literally melted away.

However,

Thud. Thud. Thud.

Still, the troll king walks on calmly.

The charred insides from the lightning are filled with new ones, and the bones and skin that were cut by the wind blades stick together and heal.

“W, what is that?”

Junior, surprised, opened his mouth wide. At that moment, Damian pointed his magic rifle forward and said.

“I will snipe the weak point!”

Damian, having drawn [Hunter’s Retribution], fired a smooth and clean triple shot. Tang! Tang! Tang-!

The three magic bullets, shot like awls, pierced the troll king’s head and shattered her heart.

However.

Bubbling…….

Charrrr!

The brain that had become mush, and the heart that had become a rag, immediately recovered.

Damian was so surprised that he jumped back.

“Whoa?! It regenerates even the brain and heart……?!”

“Step aside, children!”

This time, Dusk Bringer stepped forward.

“It’s best to blow such things away at once!”

The dragon king’s small mouth opened wide, and a sphere of magic formed between the sharp teeth that had grown like a shark’s.

“E…… E…….”

In that state, Dusk Bringer twitched her body,

“Pwet-choo-!”

She unleashed a Dragon Breath!

It was a sneeze-like activation that lacked any dignity, but anyway, the pure torrent of magic shot from the Dragon Lady’s mouth erased everything it touched as if with an eraser.

Kugwagwagwang-!

Direct hit on the troll king.

It caused a tremendous explosion of magic. Dusk Bringer wiped under her nose and shrugged her shoulders.

“Well, that’s about it…… Huh?”

Confusion clouded Dusk Bringer’s triumphant eyes.

It was understandable. In the middle of the magic explosion where smoke was billowing-

Thud. Thud. Thud.

Like some Terminator, the troll king was still walking.

Even though her upper body was completely blown away, the troll king moved her legs.

The spine grew, and blood vessels, muscles, and flesh regenerated and attached, and the monster restored her upper body in an instant.

《Kyaha-hat-!》

The troll king laughed, opening her newly regenerated jawbone. Dusk Bringer opened her small mouth wide.

“Is that, is that the troll I know? I thought it was just a potion ingredient monster……?”

Usually, that’s right. That one is a special case.

The item you can get by killing a troll army, [Troll Army Fluid], is also a material for the highest-grade potions.

In other words, their blood is a powerful healing tool in itself,

And the troll king, who can be said to be the culmination of all the tank genes of that troll army…… has extreme regenerative power.

I sighed, holding my aching forehead.

‘In the game, it was always applied with 999 percent health regeneration per second.’

999 percent!

Crazy, shit, 999 percent!

It means that 9.99 times the total HP is recovered per second just by breathing. Is this a reasonable number? Isn’t it a bug?

So, in the game, the troll army itself was not a very difficult enemy to deal with.

But if you were unlucky enough to encounter this troll king as a boss, it was safe to say that the game was over.

The troll king’s other stats are average. Her attack power is weak, she can’t use magic, and she doesn’t have any other special skills or gimmicks.

However.

However, she can’t be killed……!

With her tremendous physical defense/magic defense, combined with her crazy health regeneration. It makes this guy an immortal, or rather, an unkillable being.

No matter how much we hit her, she doesn’t die, and this guy keeps walking and hitting our side with her fists that don’t even hurt.

Then what happens?

Our side dies.

Military supplies, healing magic, potions, and artifacts are finite. But this bastard’s regeneration is infinite.

Even if it’s damage that doesn’t hurt much, it accumulates if you hit it infinitely. The troll king breaks down the gates, the walls, and kills our heroes with single-digit damage.

She’s a spoon murderer, literally……! [A spoon murderer is a term for someone who kills slowly and methodically, often with seemingly insignificant actions.]

‘I only met her once in the game.’

When I encountered her only once out of 742 attempts.

The viewers told me to just give up and start a new game. Saying, ‘It’s polite to surrender when you meet a troll.’

But I was so attached to the game I had been playing that I gritted my teeth and tried to see who would win, putting on a real show to catch this monster.

The time I spent on the troll king’s capture alone was a week in real time.

I used 9999 turns. I filled the game’s limit of turns.

What happened?

While progressing up to 9999 turns, the troll king destroyed the fortress with tiny damage and killed half of our heroes.

But thanks to enduring until the limit turn, it was judged as a victory for the defense.

The troll king retreated. I shouted that I had won, and the viewers cheered, saying it was a human victory.

……But the fortress, the heroes, and the supplies were all ruined, and we were destroyed in the very next stage.

The memory of the viewers who had been cheering for a human victory just a moment ago immediately mocking me, saying ‘Human defeat!’ ‘Godeok defeat!’ ‘Ooh Troll King Ooh’ ‘Tazdingo~’ is still vivid…….

‘Anyway!’

I glared.

After that humiliating defeat, I had been thinking about how to catch this crazy tank unit. Because if I met her again, I would have to catch her then.

I didn’t encounter her again during the strategy broadcasts, but the strategy theory I had established at that time was still in my head.

‘I’ll repay the humiliation of that day, Troll King……!’

I raised my head. Everyone around me was looking at me.

They had eyes that believed that I had a secret plan to overcome this situation.

“Alright!”

Then, shall we live up to their expectations……!

“I will now give the orders for the operation!”