I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 527

The main party effortlessly swept away the beetles.

New recruits, witnessing the main party’s performance, exclaimed in astonishment.

“Are they… are they even human…?”

“Is this the elite of the monster front…?”

Following that, they looked at me with awe. Their eyes even held a hint of fear, seeing me as the one who commanded such mythical heroes.

“…”

Feeling those gazes, I, who was observing the war situation with binoculars, lowered them with a relaxed smile. And I thought.

‘What the heck is that? Scary.’

I just… somehow saved the Sky Knights, and then ordered them to land on the ground using the parachutes I had developed and provided beforehand.

The knight duo, as soon as they finished their rescue mission, switched to an extermination mission and are now sweeping away the beetles.

They’re jumping and stepping on beetles like they’re playing some platformer game…

Damian and Junior have also switched to long-range sniping and magic attacks, completely wiping out even the enemy’s rear waves that are barely visible from here. Have you guys become map-nuking level already?

‘…Well, this is what the third year is like.’

It’s a time when the monsters become disgustingly numerous and disgustingly strong, but,

It’s also a time when our heroes complete their awakenings and achieve cheat-like performance.

‘If I keep awakening our heroes one by one and turning them into overpowered characters…’

Clearing the true ending won’t be such a distant dream.

While I was thinking that,

“Your Highness!”

Damian, who had been continuously sniping, suddenly stopped firing and shouted at me. His face looked a bit tense.

“The enemy’s legion commander is approaching!”

“Looks like the boss has arrived.”

In the distance, a shadow of a huge figure was flickering in the clouds.

I grinned.

My subordinates are making such a cool highlight reel, I can’t just sit around and do nothing.

It was time for me to step up and face the boss raid.

***

Gooooooo-!

What emerged, tearing through the clouds, was a giant stag beetle-shaped monster.

A Hercules beetle, known as the largest of the beetle species on Earth. It looked exactly like that, just incredibly huge.

It had a long, thick horn on its head, and its wings, stretched out to the sides, looked like thin glass membranes.

The six legs, drooping down due to its weight, were like brutal clubs.

And, red, flashing eyes.

The strongest of the monsters with the ‘bug’ tag. The appearance of the beetle legion commander.

“Kuh-?!”

“What the heck is this guy… !”

Lucas and Evangeline, who had broken through the other beetle waves and approached the legion commander, each swung their weapons, but,

Clang-!

Both Lucas’s and Evangeline’s attacks were deflected without piercing its carapace [the hard outer shell of a beetle].

Both of them had used up some strength in the previous battle, but… the beetle legion commander’s defense was also transcendental.

The beetle legion commander indifferently swung one of its front legs at the two knights bickering above its head.

Thwack!

“Kuh… !”

“Kyaaaa-”

Lucas and Evangeline were sent flying far away, and each activated the parachutes they had been provided with before the operation.

White parachutes popped up in the air. They would land safely. They wouldn’t be able to participate in this battle anymore though.

‘They did their part.’

After praising the two knights in my mind, I turned my head and saw Damian and Junior looking at me with flustered faces.

“Our attacks aren’t working either!”

“Its carapace is harder than we imagined… !”

Among my subordinates, Damian and Junior are the top two in terms of dealing damage.

If their attacks aren’t working, it’s easy to guess the beetle legion commander’s transcendental defense.

It was the same in the game.

This giant beetle was a flying fortress that silently advanced into the air, deflecting all external attacks with its sturdy carapace.

So, what is the weakness of this monster that can be exploited?

“What else but mind control!”

I shouted, concentrating my magic power.

“Junior, you have it ready, right?”

“Of course, Your Highness.”

I had told Junior to prepare one magic spell from the start of the battle, and Junior had already finished casting and was waiting, only intercepting enemies with his remaining magic power.

I nodded, and Junior flicked his staff forward.

Clang-!

Then, a dazzling halo appeared above the beetle lord’s head, and cracks flowed down the surrounding sky.

Junior’s ultimate skill, the strongest cheat skill against boss monsters.

[Elemental Disassembly] was unleashed. Junior, panting, reported after finishing the cast.

“The target is too far, and its size is too large, so the duration is very short!”

“Exactly how long?”

“It seems like it won’t even last a minute… !”

“That’s more than enough!”

I grinned and focused my magic power in my eyes.

It feels like it’s been a while since I used this!

[Using the Eye of Command.]

[Please make eye contact with the target you wish to use the skill on.]

The world slowed down for a moment, and the unique light blue interface of the skill usage spread densely over the world.

I captured the beetle legion commander, and all the other beetles flying around it, in my field of vision.

[Targets Acquired: 100]

[Please state the command.]

“Hey, Beetles!”

Flying monsters are powerful.

Being able to use the sky, which is not allowed for humans, as their stage is definitely a troublesome condition to deal with.

But. However.

That’s why there is a way to exploit them, like this.

“Everyone, faceplant-!”

[Command Difficulty: Easy]

[Comparing the user’s intelligence stat with the target’s magic stat.]

[Determining the success rate. Starting resistance roll…]

Ding!

Immediately after starting the resistance roll, a light blue flash appeared in front of my eyes along with a sound effect indicating the completion of the judgment.

Basically, monsters with the bug tag have very low resistance to mind control.

And I even used [Elemental Disassembly] on the legion commander, which has the highest resistance, to cut down its magic stat.

Of course!

All of them!

[Judgment Complete!]

>Success: 100

[Executing Forced Command.]

Success!

The next moment, the monsters that were flying across the sky in formation suddenly tilted their bodies downwards.

It was a spectacle in a different sense, as if they were performing a sharp group dance, all taking the same action at once.

And just like that – with their heads facing the ground. They fell.

Bang! Thud! Crash…!

Crack! Crunch! Crack-!

The 100 beetles that fell onto the southern plains in front of the castle walls simultaneously slammed their heads into the ground.

The biggest weakness of flying monsters?

Of course, it’s that they die without fail if they fall from a high place.

In the end, most battles with flying monsters become a fight of how to make them fall, and since I have [Eye of Command], a wide-area mind control skill, and my proficiency with it has also increased dramatically.

I can use it like this!

The beetle monsters that fell from the high sky had a heavy weight, as much as their solid defense. Making them slam headfirst into the ground with that weight.

They all instantly died, crushing the horns they had each been holding high.

“This is the power of potential energy-!”

While I was shaking my fist and spouting an outdated line, in the plains where dust was rising from the simultaneous fall of a hundred monsters… one monster twitched and moved its body.

The beetle legion commander.

Its large and magnificent horn was broken off, and the carapace covering its entire body was all crushed by the impact of the fall, but. It staggered and raised its body with its strong vitality.

But its wings were already torn.

Flying is impossible.

Nevertheless, it trembled and raised its massive body, trying to spread its torn wings and fly again.

“Hmm…”

I stroked my chin, observing the monster legion commander.

Its magic defense was already shredded by [Elemental Disassembly], and its carapace, the source of its physical defense, was also completely ruined.

Normally, we could just finish it off with a concentrated barrage of firepower, but.

‘[Become mine!] It’s a good opportunity.’

Since the table is already set, it would be a waste not to use a combo skill.

“Hey, Stag Beetle!”

I uttered the activation phrase of the skill.

“Become mine!”

Charrrr-!

Then, something like a dog collar with dangling chains appeared in the air and tightly constricted the beetle legion commander’s neck.

Ding!

[Beetle Lord Hercules (SSR) has been incorporated into your allies!]

– Current Loyalty: 20/100

– Absolute Command Authority: 1 time

“Hey, you’re lucky.”

I was going to dispose of it immediately if its loyalty was 0, but it was 20.

Legion commander entities are likely to be disobedient, so I was going to avoid using [Become Mine!] to recruit them if possible, to reduce unnecessary variables.

At this level, there’s enough room to use it.

‘But why is its loyalty so high? Is it because it’s not a Nightmare Legion Commander? Or is it because my skill proficiency has increased?’

It seems like multiple factors have worked together, but anyway, good is good.

The beetle legion commander – Hercules, half-raised its body in the plains, slowly looked up at me standing on the castle wall.

I grinned and said to it.

“Greetings?”

Then, the giant beetle slowly bowed its head to me.

I nodded back in satisfaction and snapped my fingers. Then, Hercules’ massive body turned into magical particles and slowly scattered.

It must have been stored in my summon’s exclusive subspace. I hope the seniors who were already there will educate it well.

I looked up at the sky. There were no more monsters in sight. The ones I had just made fall and swept away were the last wave.

“Hoo.”

As I took a breath and turned around, I belatedly realized that people’s gazes were pouring down on me.

If the new recruits were surprised and amazed by the concentrated fire of the elite artillery, the aerial battle of Lucas and Evangeline, and the overwhelming firepower of Damian and Junior.

The gazes that are looking at me now… were closer to disbelief. It seems like I did something that was far beyond the scope of understanding.

Well, as I said repeatedly, this is the monster front of the third year.

We defeat dirty and vicious enemies with even more cunning and vicious cheat-like means.

And somehow, I had become one of those cheats.

“Welcome to Crossroads.”

I spread my arms to the left and right and smiled brightly.

“Welcome to the monster front, you rookies.”

***

Thump! Thump! Thud!

The Sky Knights, who had returned, landed on the castle walls one by one.

They were all covered in blood and looked exhausted, but thankfully, there were no casualties.

Some knights with major injuries were visible, and the priests of the medical team, who were on standby, hurriedly carried them away on stretchers.

“…”

Mikhail bit her small lips and watched her knights being carried away.

I slowly approached and stood behind Mikhail.

“I’m glad you’re safe, Mikhail.”

“…”

I patted Mikhail’s shoulder and turned my head towards the castle wall.

“Thanks to you, we were able to carry out this defense battle smoothly. The Sky Knights are definitely strong.”

“…”

“I’m glad no one was seriously injured. Leave the rest to us and take a rest.”

Perhaps, the first failure she had ever experienced in her life.

This young crown princess would need time to sort out her feelings. Thinking that, I was about to leave, stopping my unnecessary taunting.

But.

“Prince Ash!”

Mikhail called out to me first.

When I turned around, Mikhail was staring at me with her large crimson eyes.

“It’s frustrating, but I’ll admit what I have to.”

“Hmm?”

“This bet is my complete defeat.”

First failure. First defeat.

As a crown princess, a genius magic swordsman, and the owner of the Sky Knights, she had never experienced such a situation in her life.

She was actually blushing red with frustration, but Mikhail gritted her teeth and admitted it.

“You won, Prince Ash. I will never covet the command of this place again.”

“…”

“And, thank you for the rescue.”

Following that, Mikhail slowly bowed her head.

“If you hadn’t sent your subordinates… my knights would have been annihilated there. I sincerely, thank you.”