I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 313

Junior’s ultimate magic, [Elemental Disassembly], struck the Troll King.

It reduced the monster’s magic defense to a negative value. Now, he would take true damage plus additional damage from all magic attacks.

‘The duration of [Elemental Disassembly] is about 10 minutes.’

In game terms, that’s three turns.

We have to decide the outcome within this time…!

After organizing the plan in my head, I shouted,

“Lucas! Evangeline! Go!”

Lucas and Evangeline, who had been waiting, gripped their respective weapons and dashed forward.

The longsword made of otherworldly silver and the spearhead attached to the cavalry lance emitted a chilling metallic gleam.

I emphasized to the two knights behind them,

“Drive your weapons in as deep as possible and then retreat!”

“Yes, sir!”

“It’s a shame I can’t use these additional enchanted parts!”

The two knights, moving like a gale, split to the left and right, charging towards the Troll King’s flanks.

Clang-!

Thwack!

They delivered a coordinated attack with perfect timing.

Lucas’s longsword emitted a dazzling light as it struck with [Willpower Strike], instantly tearing through the Troll King’s thick hide.

Through that opening, Evangeline’s cavalry lance brutally pierced through.

Spraying the monster’s blood and fluids everywhere, Evangeline’s massive cavalry lance embedded itself into his belly.

“Burn it all to ashes!”

With Evangeline’s shout, a spirit emitting a red glow along the surface of the lance ignited flames.

It was Ifrit, the fire fairy residing in the lance.

Whoosh-!

As a tremendous flame exploded, the cavalry lance pierced through the Troll King’s body, all the way to his back.

Clang!

At the same time, Evangeline detached the enchanted spearhead part that was attached to the surface of the lance.

Leaving only the spearhead embedded in his belly, she rolled back like a flying squirrel.

《Kyaaaah-!》

The Troll King groaned in rage, with a silver spearhead stuck in his belly.

He nonchalantly tried to pull out the spearhead with his two hands.

“Not so fast.”

As if waiting for that moment, Lucas rushed in from the side.

The Troll King had both hands in front of him to pull out the spearhead,

Thud!

Lucas’s enchanted longsword, forcefully thrust, pierced through both of the Troll King’s wrists.

《Krrk?!》

The Troll King groaned in bewilderment.

A spearhead in his belly, and a longsword like shackles on both wrists.

He twisted his body, trying to pull out the longsword, but the longsword in his wrists hindered his movements, and all he could do was struggle and writhe.

“Mission complete!”

“I followed your instructions, Senior!”

Lucas and Evangeline shouted as they retreated. I nodded and raised my hand sharply.

“Burnout! Lily! Now! Full barrage!”

Almost simultaneously with my shout, the top of the forward base’s walls flashed,

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!

Whizzing-!

A barrage of attacks poured down.

Hundreds of arrows imbued with explosive properties rained down like a storm, and at the same time, the attack-type artifacts installed on the walls unleashed their attacks with flashes of light.

All the N to R-grade attack artifacts that couldn’t be installed at Crossroads and were left over were all deployed at this forward base.

The sight of hundreds of arrows with crimson-burning tips and a total of about a hundred artifacts unleashing their attacks was quite a spectacle.

At the same time, I shouted,

“If you have any means of magic attack, pour it all in!”

No sooner had I finished speaking than Dusk Bringer unleashed another breath attack.

God Hand created a magic-infused iron cage, which Bodybag picked up and threw all at once.

All the magic-attribute attacks that our allies possessed were squeezed out and poured in, and their power was,

Kugwagwagwagwang-!

At a tremendous level.

A huge pillar of fire rose, and a terrifying storm of magic raged with immense heat.

Evangeline, who had rushed to my side, raised her shield to protect me.

“Isn’t this enough to kill him?!”

“No, I don’t think so.”

Of course, it would be nice if he died.

Even if we reduced his magic defense and poured in magic attacks, the Troll King’s base HP is ridiculously high. And he’s probably recovering even at this moment.

Since all the attacks didn’t land at the same time, a one-turn kill is realistically impossible.

And as expected.

Crack, Crunch-

In the midst of the terrifying magic storm, the Troll King was moving, his flesh burning and regenerating repeatedly.

《Kyaaah-!》

Clang-!

I saw him throw away the enchanted longsword that had been piercing his wrist.

With blood droplets evaporating in the scorching heat, his two hands grabbed the spearhead embedded in his chest.

-The time has come.

“When I signal, everyone stop attacking at once, and at the same time!”

I slowly raised my hand and shouted,

“Damien! And Saintess! Heal him with all your might… heal him!”

Margherita, who was casting healing magic behind me, swallowed hard. Damien, well, he’ll be ready! I trust him!

Clink, clink…!

Thud-!

Finally, the moment the Troll King pulled out the enchanted spearhead from his chest.

“Now-!”

I shouted and swung my arm down.

Flash!

Then, a pure white flash of light shot from the wall and struck the Troll King’s chest.

Damien’s maximum output healing magic bullet.

He condensed five healing magic bullets that could be created in a day into one, and poured all the remaining magic power into it to enhance the healing power, creating the ultimate healing bullet – and sniped!

At the same time,

Whoosh-!

Margherita’s second skill, the area-of-effect healing skill [Call of Sanctuary], was activated.

The area beneath the Troll King’s feet glowed white, granting a massive health regeneration buff to those within the area.

Whoosh!

Following that, Margherita activated her passive skill [Grace of the Goddess], converting her remaining divine power into healing magic and pouring it all onto the Troll King.

It doesn’t end here!

“Additional massive hemorrhage service!”

I threw all the recovery potions I had stored in my inventory forward without hesitation.

“All of the highest-grade recovery potions!”

Clang! Clang-!

《…Kyaha?》

The Troll King looked confused, receiving the healing magic bullet, healing magic, and a potion shower.

It must be bewildering since it’s probably the first time he’s experienced such a situation.

‘Good, monster. Let me explain your current situation.’

First, we embedded enchanted weapons into your body.

These enchanted weapons were forged to kill vampires, and they were alchemized with cursed branches to maximize the healing reduction effect.

‘This means that while these weapons are embedded in your body, your body’s regeneration is suppressed as much as possible.’

Of course, even if suppressed, your health regeneration is still ridiculously high, so it won’t kill you.

It’s like building an earthen dam in a large river; you can’t stop the flow of water.

But you can control the flow of water with an earthen dam. That’s the role of the enchanted weapons.

In this state, we lower your magic defense to a negative value with [Elemental Disassembly] and pour in as much magic damage as possible.

So that your body is damaged to its limit. So that your body struggles to recover.

And at this time, you pull out the enchanted weapons embedded in your body. The healing reduction effect disappears, and your regeneration suddenly returns to its original value.

-The earthen dam collapses.

At the same time, we pour all the healing magic and recovery means we have onto you.

-A downpour begins.

The river called ‘regeneration’ swells with the sudden downpour, and the earthen dam collapses, causing it to go berserk.

The river that escaped the dam overflows, engulfing and flooding the downstream.

‘In a game, it’s just a change in the regeneration buff number.’

But this is reality.

The regeneration that rapidly dropped and then went berserk beyond its maximum value in a short period of time engulfs the body.

Squish, squelch…

The Troll King’s flesh and bones, which had been breaking and recovering, went beyond finding their place… they ‘overflowed’.

《Kuhuh, kehheuk…?!》

For the first time, a painful scream escaped from the Troll King’s mouth.

Squish, crack, crunch!

Terrible sounds filled the area.

The sound of flesh swelling, the sound of bones growing and misaligning.

Muscles poured out of the body like hundreds of tangled ropes, and the skeleton expanded, tearing through the body and rising from all over.

The berserk regeneration indiscriminately regenerated even things that didn’t need to be regenerated, and forcibly caused growth.

《Kuh, keaaaaaaak-?!》

After letting out a desperate scream.

Squish, squish, squish! Whoosh!

The Troll King, who had forcibly crossed the wall of regeneration allowed to mortals, had become a huge, grotesque mass of flesh.

I clicked my tongue briefly, observing the constantly expanding monster.

“This is quite a gruesome sight.”

《Khek, kehheuk, kehheuhk…!》

Even now, it continues to swell and collapse at the same time.

It’s no longer even in the shape of a troll. It’s closer to an abomination or a patchwork golem.

“Ugh, I feel sick…”

Evangeline gagged.

Even though they didn’t say anything, everyone’s faces were pale. Even though they were used to blood and corpses from fighting on the front lines, the scene in front of them was definitely a bit gory.

But, it was I who made my enemy like this.

Without avoiding it, I stared at the enemy and muttered.

“We don’t know what will happen if we leave him like this.”

His body could expand further, or he could start moving like a real patchwork golem. We have to finish him off now before other variables arise.

《Kuh, haaak…!》

“…”

And, even if the opponent is a monster. I’m not so sadistic that I would enjoy watching him writhe in pain.

Let’s put him out of his misery.

“Immediately incinerate him. All troops! Prepare to fire!”

The soldiers waiting on the wall reloaded their cannons and ballistae.

He had already lost his defense. The regeneration that had exceeded the standard had caused his own body to grow abnormally, but his body was collapsing under the strain of that regeneration.

After repeated regeneration and collapse, the rate of collapse was already faster than the rate of regeneration in his extremities.

We can finish him.

“-Fire!”

I shouted, extending my hand forward.

“Pour in the firepower! All of it!”

Bang! Bang! Boom-!

Cannonballs and arrows flew from the wall and struck the monster’s body,

Kwagwagwagwang!

Soon, smoke and flames filled the area.

***

The monster did not die.

Even in a state where his body was torn to shreds by the allies’ barrage and his huge, swollen body was burned and shriveled, he was still struggling without giving up.

Still, he was heading north.

Towards the human realm.

To destroy the human world.

《Kyaha, heu, keuhat…!》

The Troll King, in a state where there was no intact part of his body, continued to crawl.

With a blood-boiling voice, for the first time, he uttered words.

It was simple content.

《Humans… kill… all…》

“…”

《World… burn… all…》

For what purpose.

Why do they hate the human world so much?

I quietly looked down at the Troll King, who had crawled to my feet, and then silently took out the pistol [Agate] from my pocket,

Bang!

Bang! Bang-!

I shot bullets into his head.

The Troll King no longer moved. He was dead.

“Hoo.”

After taking a short breath, I turned around.

The heroes and soldiers were in a daze. It was probably because they had never encountered such an opponent before, and they all looked like they didn’t know what to do.

In times like this, I have to overreact a little.

“We have won!”

I raised my arm sharply and shouted,

“Today, we have proven it again! That no matter what kind of monster comes, we can stop it!”

A familiar light flickered in the eyes of my subordinates, which had been filled with bewilderment.

It was the joy of victory.

Yes.

I hope you will always live with only that joy.

“Heroes who saved the world again today!”

I gave them a smile and shouted,

“Let’s go home-!”

***

[STAGE 13 – CLEAR!]

[STAGE MVP – Jupiter Junior (SSR)]

[Level Up Characters]

>Main Party

– Ash (EX) Lv.50 (↑1) (3rd job change is available!)

– Jupiter Junior (SSR) Lv.58 (↑1)

>Sub Party 1

– Kuilan (SR) Lv.52 (↑1)

– Tuesday (R) Lv.46 (↑1)

– Wednesday (R) Lv.46 (↑1)

– Becky (R) Lv.46 (↑1)

– Ontherock (R) Lv.44 (↑1)

>Sub Party 2

– God Hand (SR) Lv.48 (↑1)

– Bodybag (R) Lv.43 (↑1)

– Burnout (SR) Lv.43 (↑2)

– Lily (R) Lv.38 (↑1)

– Margherita (R) Lv.42 (↑2)

[Deceased and Injured Characters]

– None

[Acquired Items]

– Troll Legion Fluid: 411

– Troll Legion Magic Stone: 179

– Troll Royal Guard Magic Core (R): 10

– Troll Sorcerer Magic Core (SR): 2

– Troll King Magic Core (SSR): 1

[Stage clear rewards have been paid. Please check your inventory.]

– Summon Scroll: Troll King

– R-Grade Reward Box: 5

– SR-Grade Reward Box: 2

>> Get Ready For The Next STAGE

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