I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 491

The Gorgon’s complete rock carapace not only possessed overwhelming physical resistance but also had an insane magic defense trait that reduced the opponent’s magic effects by more than half.

Moreover, since its entire body was in a rock state, it would recover no matter how much damage it took, as long as there were rocks and soil around.

In short, it was incredibly tough and quickly recovered. It was definitely a difficult opponent to deal with using straightforward methods.

‘It’s a tough opponent, even among the late-game named monsters.’

This kind of monster attacked while our main forces were away. They’re really playing dirty!

‘Of course, Lucas and Evangeline alone can’t handle the defense.’

Even with their end-game specs, the knight duo are still just straightforward front-line classes.

To defeat a boss monster with such gimmicks, we need to use every dirty and underhanded trick we have.

And now that all the other main members have returned, we have… all those dirty and underhanded tricks at our disposal!

“Let’s finish this in one go!”

Dragging it out would only benefit Medusa, as she can just regenerate with rocks.

We need a quick victory! We have to take her down in the blink of an eye with everyone’s full power!

“Junior!”

At my command, Junior, who had already finished casting and was waiting, raised his staff.

Clang-!

A brilliant halo appeared in the sky, and space seemed to shatter as Junior’s ultimate skill unfolded.

[Elemental Disassembly].

The strongest anti-boss debuff skill, which reduces the opponent’s magic power and grinds down their magic defense and mana, hit Medusa accurately.

“Kuh?!”

But even though it hit perfectly, Junior frowned as if something was not right.

“It seems like she has some special protective function… The effect and duration are only about half of what they usually are.”

“That’s enough!”

Crash! Crraaaash-!

Medusa broke through the magic walls I had erected and tried to take off from the ground.

But my heroes were already right next to Medusa.

Among them, at the very front, the silver-crowned girl with long black hair, Dusk Bringer, I shouted to her.

“Dusk, hold her down!”

“I was going to do that without you telling me!”

Taat-!

The dragon lady, pushing off the ground with her small feet, soared through the air and grabbed Medusa’s shoulders with both hands just as she was about to spread her wings and take off.

For a moment, Dusk Bringer and Medusa’s eyes met.

Even though she was under the protection of the spirits, Dusk Bringer smiled as if she wasn’t afraid of the petrifying gaze.

“It is a pleasure to meet you, monster of the mythical era! I, too, am of that era’s blood!”

《You, a mixed-blood lizard, dare to compare yourself to me…?!》

Ha ha-! Dusk Bringer burst into a hearty laugh, then opened her small mouth with pointed teeth.

“Aren’t we both just messed-up monsters?!”

Flash-!

She unleashed her breath.

The dragon’s power was unleashed without restraint. Terrible heat and light spread in all directions.

《Kyaaaaaaak?!》

The primal energy discharge from the dragon lady melted the monster’s rock carapace without hesitation. Even the mighty Medusa let out a painful scream.

Dusk Bringer skillfully weakened Medusa’s carapace while also burning her wings.

After finishing her breath attack, Dusk Bringer grinned and puffed a flame from her mouth.

“…With that, I’ve emptied my fuel tank, Ash.”

Thud-!

Immediately after, Medusa struck Dusk Bringer with a pair of tails, sending her flying and rolling across the ground. Thank you for your hard work!

《Kuh, ugh…!》

Even if she was a half-dragon, a dragon was still a dragon. The power of her abilities was real.

With her magic defense shredded by [Elemental Disassembly], Medusa, who was hit directly by the dragon’s breath, was in a terrible state.

Her whole body was glowing red from the heat.

‘Now, what process does a rock go through to become soil or sand?’

To put it simply, weathering and erosion.

Heated by the sun, swept by rain and wind, and pushed down by the water, the rock is gradually broken into smaller pieces as it is struck against the ground.

The same principle can be used to break Medusa’s rock carapace.

“We’ve heated her up nicely… Now we need to cool her down with some cold water!”

I gave Junior another wink.

“Come on, Junior! Let’s go all out to celebrate your recovery!”

“Isn’t it a bit much to use me like this right after I recovered…?!”

Even while catching his breath, Junior began casting his next spell.

It’s the fate of a mage to be overworked since they are the most important strategic weapon! I’ll make sure you get great benefits when you’re not fighting!

“Haa!”

Junior’s staff flashed blue, and the next moment, dark clouds gathered over Medusa’s head, and then-

Swoooooosh!

Water bombs were unleashed.

The rain from the swirling dark clouds was compressed into a high-pressure mass, a literal water bomb.

The cold water bomb, which landed accurately, cooled Medusa’s heated body in an instant and slammed the monster into the ground with its immense weight.

Medusa, who was trying to fly with her broken wings, didn’t just kneel on the ground; she even slammed her head into the ground. How do you like the newly opened water park!

Swish- Thud!

And now, not missing the opportunity while Medusa was down, a small dagger flew towards Medusa,

Flash!

Immediately after, holding the handle of the dagger, with her light green hair fluttering, Verdandi teleported next to Medusa.

[Blink Knife]. Commonly known as the Blink Dagger [a dagger that allows the user to teleport to its thrown location].

Using this dagger that teleports the user to the thrown location, Verdandi approached Medusa’s rear, then drew two more daggers in both hands and-

Slash-!

Cut in an X-shape.

Medusa’s hair – the snake swarm.

The artistic sword strikes drew bright blue trails in the air, and the snakes, intertwined as if they were one, were cut off all at once, spraying purple venom.

“Kuh!”

It seemed like it was a fatal blow for Verdandi as well, as the daggers she used for the attack were all broken, and blood spurted from her torn hands.

《You, impudent elf… !》

The water stream quickly stopped, and Medusa, staggering to her feet, opened her mouth to emit sound waves.

Verdandi twisted her body to avoid it, but she couldn’t completely evade it and was sent flying backward.

‘Good job, Verdandi!’

When the complete Gorgon loses a certain amount of health, it uses a 360-degree petrification gaze pattern with the snakes on its head.

And it uses those snake heads as a core gimmick in the next phase.

‘Do you think I don’t know your phase transitions!’

That’s why it was necessary to remove them before that phase transition, and Verdandi successfully destroyed the part.

《Hah, hah…》

Medusa, whose magic power was being eaten away, hit by the breath, hit by the water bomb, and even had her snake heads cut off, seemed out of it.

But too bad, this is just the beginning!

Thud-!

With a loud thud, a muscular man rushed towards Medusa’s side.

A martial artist with a red mane.

Kuhilan, the leader of the Punishment Unit, the chief of the Danpungrang tribe, and now the Beast King.

‘Okay, we’ve melted the rock with heat and eroded it with water.’

So, what should we use to break this tattered rock now?

“Of course! Physical attacks with strike attributes!”

And our best strike attacker is, without a doubt, Kuhilan, who has completed his power-up!

Swish!

“Hup!”

Kuhilan, who had stepped forward fiercely and was right next to Medusa, unleashed a fist like a cannonball.

Thud! Thud! Thwack! Crack-!

Kuhilan’s violent combination rained down on Medusa’s entire body.

Body blow, hook, uppercut, jab, straight – Kuhilan’s fists sent shockwaves in all directions every time they hit the monster’s body.

Crack! Crrrack!

The rock carapace, already weakened by the dragon lady’s breath and Junior’s water bomb, began to break apart helplessly.

《Eek!》

Medusa swung a pair of tails and limbs, imbued with immense power, to shake off Kuhilan.

But Kuhilan smoothly stepped, lowered his upper body, and dodged all those attacks by a hair’s breadth.

《You rat… !》

“For a rat, I’m pretty big, don’t you think?”

Medusa charged her petrifying gaze at Kuhilan, who was speaking slyly with a twitch of his eyebrow.

Kiiiiiiing!

But,

Kugugugung!

I’ll stop that.

I created a magic wall first, protecting Kuhilan from Medusa’s gaze.

The petrifying gaze is powerful. The complete Gorgon is even faster at activating it.

But since it’s such a powerful gaze, there is a clear gap in time until activation – the so-called ‘pre-delay’ – and my wall creation was fast enough to fill that gap.

Kiiing! Kiiiiiiing!

Medusa kept firing her petrifying gaze like a fit, but I blocked all of those attacks with wall creation.

In the end, the gaze is just a linear skill that works where the line of sight reaches.

If you block the line of sight, it becomes useless…!

“Whew! Thanks, Captain!”

And while I was blocking the gaze like this, Kuhilan, behind the wall, gathered his strength-

“Secret Technique.”

He unleashed his secret technique.

“Severing Heart Wind Wolf-!”

Crack-!

Kuhilan, who jumped out, taking advantage of the gap between the gaze attacks, powerfully unleashed a fist, and Kuhilan’s ultimate skill landed directly on the center of Medusa’s chest.

Crackle, crackle, crackle!

《Kyaaaak…?!》

Starting from her chest, a clear crack formed in the rock carapace covering the monster’s entire body.

And,

“-I see it.”

Damien, the strongest cheat character who had been waiting by my side the whole time, muttered quietly.

Damien had been waiting, aiming his long rifle at Medusa. Waiting for the moment when the monster’s core, protected by layers of rock carapace, would be revealed.

And for a moment. He captured it the instant Kuhilan’s ultimate skill landed and the rock carapace was nullified.

The enemy monster’s weakness.

With a white flash from his round brown eyes, Damien pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Bang-!

The Nightmare Slayer in his hand, [Black Queen], unleashed a tremendous muzzle flash.

The fired magic bullet flew straight and struck between Medusa’s neck and chest. The thick rock carapace shattered, sending rock dust flying in all directions.

The complete Gorgon’s rock carapace took Damien’s shot. But through the gap in the momentarily broken carapace, I could clearly see it.

The monster’s core, which looked like three overlapping circles in a Venn diagram, was flickering ominously there.

《… !》

And Medusa, or the other two sisters she had absorbed, unconsciously tried to regenerate her carapace to block the bullet.

Creak, creak…!

The rock carapace of her entire body gathered towards the monster’s chest with a hideous sound. But Damien was merciless.

Bang! Bang! Bang-!

Relentless, sharp shots landed on Medusa’s chest in succession.

The rock carapace was somehow holding on, but it was getting thinner and thinner as it repeated regeneration and destruction.

And Damien continued to strike the center with his aim and shots that were accurate to a hair’s breadth.

《D-don’t get cocky… !》

Her entire body’s carapace was gone, her snake hair was cut off, and her wings and tail were tattered.

《I, who carries the lives of my sisters, would fall here…?!》

Without giving up, Medusa tried to spread her wings and fly again. It seemed like she was trying to escape this place by flying.

Taat!

Medusa pushed off the ground and soared into the sky. I was about to quickly take the next step to stop the monster’s flight, but there was no need.

“… !”

This was the southern plains of Crossroads.

And by now, I could see the regular soldiers of Crossroads, standing densely on the southern wall, aiming their cannons this way.

My eyes met the soldiers’. The soldiers nodded, and with a smile, I lowered my hand forcefully and shouted.

“Fire! Show them the taste of Crossroads’ crossfire!”

Bang! Boom, boom, boom!

As if they had been waiting, cannonballs were fired from the wall.

There was a risk that we, who were also on the southern plains, could be caught in the shelling, but I wasn’t worried.

I knew and trusted my artillerymen’s shooting skills better than anyone else, as they had been fighting monsters for the past two years!

Kwaaaang-!

The cannonballs, which flew with unbelievable accuracy, hit Medusa directly in the air.

《Kyaaaaaaa!》

Medusa, who was caught in the crossfire, let out a desperate scream.

The rock carapace was completely removed except for her chest. The crossfire that landed on her back finally succeeded in damaging the monster-

Medusa, writhing in agony in the air, was no different from a stationary 10-point target for Damien.

“The last one.”

Thwack-!

Damien fired the seventh and final bullet of [Black Queen].

The bullets of this Nightmare Slayer become more powerful as the magazine empties.

And this final seventh bullet had the power to pierce through anything.

Medusa desperately reached out with both hands to block it, but the magic bullet, which flew like a ray of light, pierced through both of her hands-

Thwack…!

Pierced the monster’s chest and shattered the core to pieces.