I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 326

A fortress made of gray magic power.

It wasn’t very large, and the walls weren’t very high. It looked more like a small base than a fortress.

But there was a clear wall surrounding the area. I was flustered and looked around. The skill description didn’t say anything about this?

‘Maybe this wall is showing the range of my skill.’

If I grow stronger and my skill proficiency increases, will this fortress also expand?

I wanted to examine the fortress more closely, but I didn’t have time.

[The siege battle will begin soon.]

– Time until start: 5 minutes

This notification window appeared in front of me.

As described in my ultimate skill [Imperial Territory Declaration], I used the skill in hostile territory, so a ‘siege battle’ was triggered.

Now, if I win this battle, the control of this entire area will be completely transferred to me…!

Ding!

Then, a detailed explanation of the siege battle rules popped up.

[Siege Battle – Zone 1: Dried-up Drainage]

– Victory is achieved by defending against three monster waves.

– The monster waves will be randomly selected from the three closest monster legions.

– Each wave includes a boss-level monster.

“……?”

What?

Am I seeing this right?

“A wave including a boss-level monster, three times……?”

Even a normal wave would make me a little nervous, but this is crazy, a boss-level monster included?

I bit my lip. If I had known this, I would have brought more parties…!

“My lord?”

“Senior, what’s wrong?”

Then Lucas and Evangeline asked with worried voices. I snapped out of it and looked back at my party members.

I saw the two reliable knights standing in front of me, and the sniper and mage looking at the fortress with curiosity.

My mind went cold in an instant.

The five main party members currently dispatched here are undoubtedly the best of the best I have.

They are all awakened, practically my strongest cards. Each one is a hero capable of taking on a thousand.

The total kill count of the main party members is already in the four digits. And I was worried about the small number even with these cards in hand.

‘It’s enough. No, it’s perfect for testing the performance of my ultimate skill!’

I will fight with only the main party, and if there are any gaps in our power, I will cover them with my ultimate skill.

I quickly formulated a rough tactic in my head and nodded firmly, looking at my party members.

“Okay, everyone, come here! I’ll explain the current situation!”

I explained that we were in a siege battle, that waves of monsters would soon come, and that if we defeated them, we could take this place.

Even the fact that boss-level monsters were included among the incoming enemies.

The party members were surprised but not flustered, and immediately began preparing for the defense. As expected of the veterans who had gone through hell with me.

Damien ran to find a high ground for sniping, and Junior immediately began casting spells.

Lucas and Evangeline exchanged glances, then checked and divided the areas to defend on the wall.

Watching the party members perform their roles without wasted movements, without even needing to coordinate, I felt proud. Good job, guys. You’ve grown so much.

‘I need to be faithful to my role too!’

There was a gate in the magic fortress. It was obvious that the monsters would come through here.

I stood on the wall above the gate, took out magic cores from my inventory, scattered them around, and shouted.

“Summon!”

Within my ultimate skill’s area, the limit on the number of summons disappears.

In other words, as long as I have magic cores and building materials, I can summon an infinite number of defense towers!

As I used summoning magic, the entire wall appeared on the system window like a 3D blueprint, showing the places where turrets could be installed.

Okay, first…

“Shield Turret!”

An aggro tank turret that distracts monsters and takes attacks with its body. Shield Turret.

Two on the left side of the gate. Two on the right. A total of four were summoned.

The drainage pipes that made up the dungeon room twisted and tore off like taffy, and began to form the shape of a turret.

Soon, large cuboid defense towers with thick shield-shaped armor appeared with a thud! thud!

Looking at the four shield turrets lined up, I felt a sense of security, like having four bowls of hot soup lined up in front of me.

A sense of security that I could eat one bowl for dinner, and then another for breakfast, lunch, and dinner tomorrow.

“Next, Automatic Defense Turret!”

The traditional auto turret, Automatic Defense Turret!

I installed four of them as well. On the walls to the left and right of the gate.

With a design like the naval guns installed on warships during World War II on Earth. Large, heavy gun mounts and barrels appeared.

Eight magic cores disappeared in an instant, but this was not the time to be stingy. You shouldn’t save resources during a test.

‘I want to install magic turrets too, but the research isn’t finished yet.’

Magic turrets are defense towers that apply various debuffs, including slow, to monsters in a wide area.

I got a scroll last time and requested research at the alchemy workshop, but it will take more time for the research to be completed.

It’s a shame that I can’t use the three-piece set at once, but I’ll stop installing turrets for now.

“And all captured monsters, come out!”

I summoned all three captured monsters that I had caught with my 2nd skill [Become Mine!] during dungeon explorations, from my personal subspace.

[Captured Monster: Lv.30 Skeleton Knight (R) has been summoned.]

[Captured Monster: Lv.35 Scorpion Warrior (R) has been summoned.]

[Captured Monster: Lv.40 Troll Royal Guard (SR) has been summoned.]

Soon, a skeleton, a scorpion, and a troll popped out of the subspace one by one and stood in front of me, quickly bowing their heads.

‘What, all three have high loyalty?’

Somehow, they all seemed to have higher loyalty than usual.

Especially the Troll Royal Guard, which was a relatively elite monster, had a loyalty of less than 20 right after capture. Now it’s over 70.

I wondered why, but soon found the reason. It was the effect of [Imperial Territory Declaration].

> 1st skill [Eye of Command] success rate increased, 2nd skill [Become Mine!] effect added and corrected

It seems that loyalty is additionally corrected within my ultimate skill’s area. With a loyalty of 70, I don’t have to worry about being backstabbed, at least.

“Okay, it’ll be hard to call you out one by one from now on…”

I pointed at the skeleton, scorpion, and troll one by one, and nodded. And I gave a name to their team-up.

“I’ll call you ‘GanSonMi Brothers’!”

《……?》

The monsters, who had no idea about the Three Kingdoms reference, tilted their heads in confusion, but what can they do? Be grateful that I’m not calling you the Jjajang, Jjamppong, and Fried Rice set [Korean-Chinese dishes].

The GanSonMi Brothers were assigned as reserves. They were instructed to deal with monsters that broke through Lucas and Evangeline’s defense line.

‘I also have boss summoning scrolls, but…’

Let’s use them depending on the situation.

After finishing the placement of summons and captured monsters, there wasn’t much time left until the wave start time.

I took a breath and looked around the magic fortress.

“Hmm… Hmm… Somewhere higher…”

Then I found Damien looking around, unable to find a suitable high ground.

‘How can I help… Wait. This fortress is made of my magic, isn’t it?’

Then I should be able to change the structure of the fortress with my will, right?

“Wait a minute, Damien, stay still!”

As I focused my mind, gray magic gathered and a small spire rose from the ground.

“Whoa!”

Damien, who had risen with the spire, was flustered, but soon regained his composure and waved at me, satisfied.

“Thank you, Your Highness! It’s perfect!”

I made a circle with my hand and then climbed onto the wall above the gate.

[The siege battle will begin!]

And, from all directions of this small and narrow Zone 1 dungeon.

Cawwww!

Kieeeek-!

Monsters began to pour in like a flood.

***

The first wave was a harpy legion.

Fortunately, it wasn’t the entire group of monsters that would come to Crossroads in this stage, but only a part of them. The number was a little over a hundred.

And with this number,

Tu-tu-tu-tu-!

They are no match for us.

The four automatic defense turrets fired from their muzzles at once, turning the incoming harpies into mincemeat and causing them to fall.

In front of the barrage of magic bullets pouring down like a bullet hell shooting game, the harpies were helplessly shattered.

Occasionally, a few strong individuals managed to break through this overwhelming barrage,

Taang! Taang-!

Damien sniped them as if he had been waiting.

In the end, not a single harpy could get past our anti-air defense and they were all annihilated.

Evangeline made a ‘heh’ sound, looking up at the falling feathers.

“What~? It’s nothing compared to how nervous I was?”

“Uh, you shouldn’t set up such a flag so carelessly…”

And, as if on cue.

Cawwwwww!

As if waiting for Evangeline’s words, a giant harpy appeared.

We all glared at Evangeline. Evangeline scratched her head, embarrassed.

“No, I really didn’t think it would come out like this…”

The giant harpy spread its wings wide and flew towards us, skimming the ground as if sweeping the earth.

Right behind it, four other harpies, smaller in size, followed.

That size, that flamboyant feather color, and above all,

Cawwwwww!

That high-pitched, ear-splitting screech.

It was definitely the most powerful individual in the harpy legion-

“It’s a Harpy Coloratura!”

In other words, the harpy legion commander!

“No, isn’t this bastard the boss of this stage?! Is it okay for it to come out already?!”

Asking ‘is it okay for it to come out already’ here is not because of the game’s unreasonable difficulty.

It means, ‘Giving us a chance to kill the boss before the defense battle, aren’t you giving us too much?’!

If we kill that guy here, it will be much easier for us during the Crossroads defense battle!

The Harpy Coloratura, which had rushed in, opened its huge beak wide.

The monster’s chest, which had sucked in air, swelled up like a balloon. It was about to unleash a terrible sonic attack.

“Huuuup-!”

But before that, my knights jumped up.

Evangeline, who soared like a flying squirrel, slammed the shield she held in both hands from top to bottom, and Lucas, who kicked off the ground and soared like a rocket, struck the monster’s beak from bottom to top with his longsword still in its sheath.

Evangeline’s shield hit the top of the monster’s beak, and Lucas’s longsword hit the bottom of the monster’s beak.

Thwack!

They forcibly closed the monster’s beak.

The sound wave that was about to burst out in shape could not escape the closed beak and was sucked back into the monster’s stomach through its throat.

At that moment, Junior raised his magic staff high.

Kuurung, kuurururung…!

Dark clouds instantly gathered above the Harpy Coloratura’s head, which was staggering and unable to regain its senses, and immediately after.

Kugwagwagwang!

A series of lightning strikes poured down.

They fried the Harpy Coloratura and its subordinates all at once.

Cawwwwww!

The Harpy Coloratura managed to withstand it, but its four subordinates were turned into a gruesome sight, like lightning-grilled skewers.

The Harpy Coloratura twisted its body and spread its wings wide, as if trying to escape.

Taang! Taang-!

Damien’s magic bullets pierced both of its wings.

The magic bullets accurately shattered the core of the wing bones, and the Harpy Coloratura began to fall to the ground, scattering feathers and blood.

Thud!

At that moment, Evangeline and Lucas jumped onto the falling monster’s body.

All the events that had happened up to this point were a series of attacks that occurred in the blink of an eye after the two knights jumped into the air.

The two knights, who had shut the Harpy Coloratura’s mouth, stepped onto the monster’s chest as soon as the lightning and sniping passed.

Crack, crackle…!

The lightning from Junior’s chain lightning that had bounced towards the two knights was completely absorbed by Evangeline’s shield.

And,

“Euraaaah-!”

Evangeline can shoot out the damage absorbed by her shield, back through her spear tip…!

Thwack-!

Evangeline’s spear tip, wrapped in lightning, pierced the Harpy Coloratura’s chest with [Damage Payback].

At the same time, Lucas’s longsword, which had run through the monster’s body, emitted a cluster of light and pierced the Harpy Coloratura’s neck.

Thud! Kugwagwagwang…!

The giant harpy’s body fell to the ground,

Lucas and Evangeline, who were sliding on the monster’s corpse that had fallen with a large cloud of dust, like they were snowboarding, landed lightly on the ground.

Wave 1 cleared.

As I watched the two knights, who were loosening their shoulders lightly, turn back towards me, I couldn’t help but think.

‘……Did I raise them too strong?’

No, this is a bit… too much, isn’t it?