I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 377

Charging into the rear of the goblin legion, I shouted with all my might.

“Rampage—!”

No sooner had the words left my mouth than the leaders of each party effortlessly threw themselves into the maelstrom of goblins.

Perhaps the analogy isn’t quite right.

Like vacationers in swimsuits diving into a green sea for summer fun—their movements were full of ease.

“Let’s playyy!”

Kuilran, kicking off his saddle, was the first to leap into the wave of goblins.

On his left hand was the SR-grade gauntlet [Armed Assault], on his right hand the SSR-grade glove [Lucky Strike], on his legs the SSR-grade [Vampire General’s Boots], around his neck the SSR-grade [Vampire General’s Muffler], and as a cloak, the SSR-grade Nightmare Slayer [Moonlight Slaughterer].

My whale of a fighter, decked out in crazy high-grade items, was certainly living up to his price tag.

Kugwagwagwang-!

Kuilran, landing like a bomb, literally ground the goblins to bits as he charged forward.

Behind his fierce charge, his red ponytail whipped like a lash, and the goblins left in his path were torn to shreds as if they had been run over by a tank.

Kilik!

Kiririk!

The goblins, who had been pushed back, reorganized their ranks and poured towards Kuilran again.

“Secret Art…”

But Kuilran wasn’t flustered; he grinned and took his signature stance.

“Severing Heart Wind Wolf—!”

He unleashed his ultimate skill with force.

Jjeoeong-!

Kuilran’s ultimate skill detonated.

A tremendous shockwave erupted, and nearly fifty goblins caught in the blast were sent flying into the air.

Tuquagwagwang!

They were then blown apart by the ensuing gale.

“Giddy up! Giddy up—!”

“Wipe out all the monsters—!”

Behind Kuilran, the Execution Squad and soldiers followed, cleaning up the remaining goblins. It was a splendid breakthrough.

“Hey, you punks! Let’s gooo!”

Kuilran, clambering back onto his horse, was seen hurrying to catch up with his party members.

That fighter must be having a hard time with mounted combat…

“I can’t be left behind by the young ones! Let’s go, my knights!”

“Yes, Your Excellency!”

Next to charge was Dusk Bringer and the Dragon Blood Knights.

She was dressed in her usual comfortable dress, without a single piece of armor, but she held a long axe-spear in her hand.

It seemed that performing mounted combat with those short arms would be difficult.

“Break through in one go! We must pierce their center!”

“Yes!”

Dusk Bringer and her four elite knights formed a V-shaped formation at the front, followed closely by fifty soldiers she had personally selected from her refugees.

Whoosh- Puh-wack!

I didn’t know, but Dusk Bringer was quite skilled with the axe-spear.

The axe-spear she swung widely bent and sliced through the air, instantly decapitating the goblins at the edge of its trajectory.

Her four knights also wielded their spears and swords with controlled movements, slaughtering all the goblins within their range.

“…”

Dusk Bringer was refraining from using ‘Dragon Roar’ this time.

While she and her knights’ horses were used to it, the horses of Crossroads might be terrified.

Like that hunting dog of the Shadow Squad, another accident might happen…

So I asked her to refrain, and Dusk Bringer silently accepted.

I told her that the accident wasn’t her fault, so she shouldn’t blame herself. It was I who had asked her to use Dragon Roar.

Dusk Bringer also brushed it off, saying she wouldn’t hold such a thing to heart…

But her expression wasn’t bright.

Perhaps, she is holding it in her heart after all.

“Holy Grail Expedition, we’ll follow!”

Following them, Verdandi and the elves spurred their horses forward.

“Verdandi!”

“Yes?”

Just before she charged, I called out to her and threw her a dagger I was carrying.

It was [Gablisk]. A blade that dealt extra damage to goblins, and also Verdandi’s main weapon, a dagger. It would be useful.

Verdandi, nimbly catching the dagger I threw, smiled brightly. I smiled back and nodded.

“I’m counting on you!”

“Leave it to me! Let’s go, everyone! Giddy up—!”

Five elven heroes and fifty soldiers shot forward swiftly.

The Holy Grail Expedition used bows to shoot distant enemies and threw daggers at closer ones.

Since their attack range was much wider than the other parties that had gone ahead, goblins further away began to fall like flies.

So, these three parties went ahead first. Now, what’s left is…

“I was going to conserve my strength…”

It was Lucas’s party.

Lucas’s blue eyes narrowed as he surveyed the battlefield.

“It doesn’t seem like that’s an option.”

The situation at the walls was not good.

The walls were visibly in a precarious state due to the goblins’ fierce attacks. Now that the walls were holding up, even just a little, our attack force had to give it their all.

“I’m counting on you, Lucas. Charge with all your might.”

“Understood.”

Immediately after answering, Lucas dismounted his horse with a light movement, took a breath, and then,

Tu-hak-!

He kicked off the ground and soared like a rocket.

Before I knew it, a golden aura was spreading out like a cloak behind Lucas’s back.

Lucas’s ultimate skill, [Divine Descent]! [A skill that enhances all existing skills and drastically increases base stats.]

In this state, the movement skill [Step of Conviction] allows him to jump twice the distance as before.

Since he can move almost like teleporting, running is faster than riding a horse.

Lucas, shooting like a comet, quickly caught up with the three parties ahead, and in the next moment, he was at the very front of the heroes.

The [Bestowed Sword] in his hand emitted a dazzling light.

Kwagwagwagwang!

[Strike of Will], converted into an area attack by the [Divine Descent] effect, was scattered in all directions with its range increased several times by the [Bestowed Sword].

It’s called a sword strike, but,

At this point, it’s just magic.

Kwang! Kwang! Kugwagwagwang-!

Lucas, who had plunged into the heart of the enemy lines alone, unleashed his attacks to his heart’s content.

Each time his sword was lightly swung, the area was devastated, and dozens of goblins’ lives evaporated. All those lives were then added to the [Strike of Will] stack, making his attacks stronger.

Watching Lucas, who was single-handedly grinding down the goblins with overwhelming violence, I turned to look at the other heroes of Lucas’s party.

“We can’t just stand around, can we?”

“Yes!”

The heroes and soldiers nodded resolutely.

I pulled out the staff [Maestro] from my robe, pointed it forward, and shouted.

“Let’s go! Slaughter all the monsters—!”

***

On the wall.

“Hoo, hoo…!”

Evangeline wiped the beads of sweat from her chin.

She was in charge of the wall defense.

The throwing of suicide bombers via catapults had stopped long ago, but now the goblins, close to the wall, were starting to climb up in earnest.

Moreover, the goblins below the wall were continuously firing arrows.

They didn’t seem to care whether they hit their own goblins climbing the wall or not.

The melee units on the wall had to block the goblins climbing up while also defending against the arrows.

Moreover,

Kwang-!

“Ughhh!”

“Damn it, another suicide bomber!”

It was also a problem that suicide bombers were mixed among the goblins attempting to scale the wall.

Most of the suicide bombers were attacking the right wall from the ground. They were trying to completely collapse the damaged wall.

The human snipers, mages, archers, and artillery were focusing their defense on that side.

But these damn suicide bombers were trying to scale the wall directly.

It would be one thing if they just died and it was over, but these leech-like monsters exploded even after they died. Because of this, there were constant casualties.

“The lightly wounded, apply potions and return to the front! The seriously wounded, transport them to the temple! Hurry—!”

Evangeline gritted her teeth as she pushed back three goblins at once with her shield.

Her armor was also covered in soot. It was because she had blocked several goblin suicide bombers with her own body.

‘It’s okay, I can still hold on!’

Looking at the results so far, the humans had an overwhelming advantage.

They had killed thousands of goblins without suffering major casualties.

They had crushed the goblin legion in front of the wall with such an overwhelming advantage that it was hard to even talk about exchange ratios.

Although the green skin wave was endless, and they were steadily closing the front line.

If this situation was maintained, Evangeline felt that she could handle it.

There were hero parties and soldiers on the wall ready for melee combat, and archers and artillery were still pouring down attacks.

Damian and Junior, along with the other attackers, were tired but still holding up.

And, most importantly.

“Your leader is dead—! Your god and king has lost his life at the hands of our commander!”

The human counterattack had begun.

Lucas was seen holding up the Goblin God-King’s helmet and shouting.

The goblins, seeing the blood-stained helmet and hearing Lucas’s shout, were falling into fear and confusion.

Towards that goblin legion, our allied attack force, which had maneuvered around their rear, began to slaughter the goblins.

Kwang! Kugwagwagwang!

In the face of the heroes’ valiant charge, the goblins were torn to pieces without putting up much resistance.

‘Good, good! Let’s keep this up!’

The wall is holding strong, and the attack force is crushing them.

Moreover, they have lost their leader.

If this structure is maintained, we can definitely win—that’s what Evangeline was thinking when.

Boooooo-!

The sound of a horn blared loudly.

It was the goblin legion’s horn. Feeling an eerie unease, Evangeline looked in that direction.

“Huh?”

There, was a strange sight.

A helmet that combined a crown and a mask. Leather armor and a golden cloak.

A goblin with a very distinctive appearance was sitting on a mountain goat.

“…Goblin God-King?”

The figure of the Goblin God-King, who Ash had clearly killed a little while ago, was standing tall in the center of the goblin legion.

《Kilik! Listen—!》

The goblin shouted.

《I am alive! I, your god and king, Kali-Alexandros, will be with you forever!》

Then,

Kilik!

Kiririk!

Like a lie, the goblins’ morale changed. Even the goblins in the rear, who had been in confusion and fear, were now flashing their red eyes and their morale was soaring.

“These idiots…! It’s obviously a fake! Why are they falling for it?!”

Evangeline gritted her teeth, dumbfounded.

His physique was much smaller, and his voice was thin. He was definitely not the Goblin God-King.

As Evangeline had noticed, it was one of the goblin Amirs [A high-ranking goblin leader] who had been hiding in the legion, who had appeared wearing the same equipment as the God-King.

Using subordinates dressed exactly like himself to deceive the enemy was a tactic that Kali-Alexandros had enjoyed using even in his lifetime.

Even during this expedition, it was a tactic he had used to shake off the Nameless.

And this time, he decided to use this deception tactic to deceive his own allies.

– If my death becomes certain, you will take my place.

The goblin Amirs all remembered Kali-Alexandros’s last order clearly.

“Damian, snipe that fake God-King right now… huh?!”

Evangeline couldn’t finish her sentence and gasped.

《The God-King is with you!》

《Our legion is immortal!》

《Long live the Goblin Kingdom—!》

From all over the goblin legion, fake God-Kings in the same attire began to appear.

Damian and the snipers, who had been momentarily flustered, hurriedly raised their magic rifles and sniped at the fake God-Kings. Bang! Bang-bang-bang…!

The fake God-Kings fell with the gunshots. But even at that moment, another fake God-King was mounting a mountain goat and issuing orders.

《Charge!》

《Run forward!》

《Kill and burn!》

Seeing the God-Kings who kept appearing even after being killed, the goblin legion fell into a frenzy.

Goblins have low intelligence.

That’s why they can be easily deceived.

Their king, Alexandros, knew that fact better than anyone else.

Damian’s magic bullet pierced the chest of the last fake God-King—a goblin Amir. Even at that moment, he was shouting.

《Annihilate the human world—!》

All the fake God-Kings were dead.

However, the goblin legion’s morale was already sky-high.

They didn’t look back. They didn’t care whether the human hero attack force was annihilating their rear or not.

They only rushed forward, forward, towards the wall.

“Kuh-?!”

Evangeline slammed her shield down on the goblins fiercely climbing over the wall and stabbed them to death with her spear.

There were too many of them coming.

The other heroes and soldiers who had been intercepting the goblins from the wall had to put down their ranged weapons and draw their swords.

Because they were focused on blocking the goblins directly climbing the wall, the interception of the suicide bomber groups rushing towards the wall below became lax.

Kwang!

Kwagwagwang…!

In the end, they had to allow the explosions.

A large group of suicide bombers slammed into the damaged right wall. The power of each individual was pathetic, but the problem was their numbers.

And,

Urrrhhh…!

Finally, with that pathetic explosive suicide attack, they achieved their goal.

“The wall…”

A scout standing on the right wall cried out desperately.

“The wall is collapsing—!”