I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 548

Demian’s barrage of sniper fire surged towards the Scarecrow Commander.

The Scarecrow Commander tried desperately to evade, but it was futile.

Demian’s sniping was unerring.

Evading was impossible!

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack-!

《Kuh……?!》

The Scarecrow Commander groaned in pain as he was repeatedly struck by magic bullets.

The Scarecrow Commander, the oldest scarecrow, was a straightforward monster.

Status Drain—’Harvest’ allowed it to gain stats equal to the total stats of its victims.

And most of the heroes and soldiers harvested this time were damage dealers. The magic swordsman Mikhail was a prime example.

Therefore, while the Scarecrow Commander’s attack power was outstanding, its tanking ability was not particularly special.

Its health was high, but it lacked defensive traits or skills.

Meaning, any attack would deal damage!

《You, damn…….》

Like a commander, he didn’t just take the hits.

Even while covered in magic bullets, the Scarecrow Commander ran along the ground, took a running start, stepped on a hill, and leaped up—soaring towards the airship.

《I’ll bring you down-!》

Perhaps they didn’t expect a monster on the ground to suddenly leap up, the airship Geronimo, which was flying low, urgently gained altitude.

But the Scarecrow Commander had absorbed Mikhail’s aerial knight abilities.

Whoosh!

Deploying griffin-like wings on its legs, the Scarecrow Commander was launched like a surface-to-air missile.

Clank, click!

Demian calmly switched the gun in his hands. He put away the sniper rifle and pulled out a new gun that looked like an assault rifle.

SSR-grade magic gun, [Venom Fang].

Each shot had weak damage, but it had a 60-round magazine and was a rapid-fire weapon with powerful stopping and suppressing power.

Tatatatatata!

No aiming was needed. Demian pulled the trigger as soon as he shouldered the gun, and [Venom Fang]’s muzzle spat fire.

The barrage of magic bullets rained down on the Scarecrow Commander’s body. The unique poison effect of [Venom Fang] was stacked instantly.

《That doesn’t even tickle!》

However, the Scarecrow Commander managed to endure and reached the open hatch of the Geronimo.

His long arm stretched out. Demian stared at the bizarrely long fingers flying towards him, not dodging.

At that moment,

Thud-!

Someone shot out of the airship like a cannonball, brushing past Demian.

A young knight wearing a huge cavalry spear and shield.

The commander of the monster front’s melee unit, Evangeline.

“Huzzah! The Marchioness Successor has arrived-!”

Evangeline, who had jumped out, performed a body slam with her shield.

Clang!

She struck the Scarecrow Commander’s head with a resounding sound.

Evangeline’s trait [Unstoppable] activated with her reckless charge. The Scarecrow Commander was helplessly pushed back.

Screeeeech!

The Scarecrow Commander, making a bizarre sound, regained its posture in the air and swung its arm down.

The powerful attack, which would have knocked out most heroes in one hit, came crashing down on Evangeline.

Clack!

But, she endured.

Evangeline blocked it with her shield, which had [Damage Save] activated, and absorbed most of the damage while glowing brightly.

The shield was dented by the remaining damage, and Evangeline glared.

“It’s been a while since I’ve had a full charge in one hit? You’re pretty good?”

The next moment, the white light that had been burning on her left arm’s shield moved to the cavalry spear in her right hand, and Evangeline thrust it forward with force.

“I’ll give it back to you-!”

《……?!》

Kwaaaang!

[Damage Payback] exploded with a roar.

Perhaps he didn’t expect to receive his own attack back, the Scarecrow Commander was hit squarely.

Even in the midst of that, Evangeline aimed the tip of her spear at the wings that had sprouted on his legs, and the two hideous wings that had been stretched out to the left and right were shattered.

《Kuh?!》

Eventually losing its ability to fly, it crashed.

Thud thud!

The Scarecrow Commander landed awkwardly on the ground. Evangeline landed gracefully with a hero landing right next to it.

“Hah!”

After adjusting her posture, Evangeline gave me a thumbs up.

“How was it, senior? Can I be called the Flying Marchioness now?”

“Not yet, you. But I’ll call you the Flying Marchioness Successor.”

Evangeline, that girl, was always aiming for the Lord of Crossroads position, but I couldn’t be happier to see her.

Evangeline, who was raising her shield and preparing for battle again, looked around and her eyes widened.

“Oh, but where’s the old man?”

“Are there only one or two old men here? Which old man?”

“Our old man… Old Man Lucas!”

No sooner had she finished speaking than Lucas and the rest of the heroes appeared from the forest over there. Lucas was supporting Nobody, and Torkel was supporting Chain, limping as they walked.

Lucas, who found me, ran to me, knelt on one knee, and bowed his head.

“I… I am ashamed, my lord. I tried to protect the other mages and blocked the enemy commander’s attack with my body, and then…”

“And then?”

“I was knocked away and fell off a cliff…”

So, he fell off a cliff and climbed back up?

“We were late to join. And I failed to stop the enemy commander properly. Please, kill me…”

“Hey, it feels like it’s been a long time since I heard that line.”

It was my fault for forcing an unreasonable operation in the first place.

Still, I was relieved to see that everyone was still breathing. I patted Lucas on the shoulder and helped him up.

“Get up, you. We’re all too young to die.”

As soon as I said that, Evangeline raised both arms and shouted.

“That’s right! Now, repeat after me! Goo goo-!”

No, that’s too much…

Lucas and Torkel, who were still able to fight, readied their weapons and joined the front line. I gestured to Evangeline.

“Who else came besides you?”

“Since this was an enemy surprise attack, there are still many who haven’t returned from their dungeon explorations… so I brought only the personnel that could be deployed right away.”

At the same time as Evangeline spoke, the airship Geronimo descended closer to the ground,

Whirr…!

A large number of our troops began to pour out through the open hatch.

Looking at the allied troops quickly forming ranks as soon as they landed, Evangeline turned her gaze back to me and counted with her fingers.

“About… 200? Maybe a little less.”

“Can they all fit in the airship…?”

People were jumping out even from the cargo loading area. How did they all fit?

“Since we didn’t know the exact situation, we packed as many as possible! Tightly compressed!”

It was clearly an overloaded operation, but in this situation, I was grateful.

The heroes and soldiers who had landed naturally lined up behind me without being told. Gripping the flag, I turned my head towards the Scarecrow Commander.

“It seems like the tide is turning, monster. Aren’t you going to run away?”

Chitter. Chitter.

The Scarecrow Commander, letting out his unique laugh, emitted suffocating killing intent in all directions.

《As if, you seaweeds…! I can devour all of you alone!》

“You’re being reckless.”

I grinned.

“You’re making a mistake.”

The Scarecrow Commander’s gaze quickly scanned us. As if choosing what to eat from a snack display.

《I don’t like leaving what I was eating and harvesting new things…》

Kicking off the ground, the Scarecrow Commander was launched towards.

《I’ll devour you first-!》

It was towards Zenith, who had not yet recovered from the injuries she had suffered a little while ago.

‘He’s trying to steal her healing ability!’

It wasn’t a bad decision. If that scarecrow monster, who had built up so much spec, could heal himself, and then start guerrilla warfare, we would be helpless.

However,

Flap-

As if predicting the Scarecrow Commander’s movements, the last reinforcements from the airship were jumping down on top of the Scarecrow Commander’s head.

“Killing people, eating people, trying to destroy the world.”

The Inquisitor Rosetta, who had landed gracefully, fluttering her skirt, stretched out her leg—

“Heretic points, 1 million.”

And kicked the Scarecrow Commander’s jaw.

Crack-!

With a picture-perfect kick, divine power exploded.

《Chitter…!》

Rosetta, who had landed lightly in front of the staggering Scarecrow Commander, loosened the steel whip at her waist.

“I will purify and incinerate you immediately.”

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Four Inquisitors from the Holy Knights Order, who had followed her down, stood to Rosetta’s left and right—in front of Zenith.

“…….”

“…….”

Even with their old comrades in front and behind them, the red priests did not say a word.

They were just focused on the enemy in front of them.

《Kuh……!》

The Scarecrow Commander hesitated and stepped back.

He was a monster who had absorbed the power of 100 people.

But we were 200 people with proper formation.

Moreover, I had blocked the Scarecrow Commander’s specialty, fear, and even the hostages were gone.

《Don’t be ridiculous…》

Despite all these disadvantages, the Scarecrow Commander rushed towards us.

《All of you! I will harvest all of you-!》

And, just when he had rushed right in front of us.

《Huh?》

The Scarecrow Commander made a ‘mistake’.

His leg, which had been broken a little while ago, stumbled, and he couldn’t overcome his own momentum, rolling awkwardly on the ground.

As he desperately tried to get up, 200 of our weapons were aimed at him in an instant. The Scarecrow Commander muttered as if he couldn’t understand.

《What is this…? There’s no way I would make such a mistake…》

“I’ve been waiting for when it would finally happen.”

But I knew the Scarecrow Commander would make a mistake.

I lowered my body towards him and whispered softly.

“You absorbed Mikhail’s power, didn’t you?”

‘Harvest’ is a status drain skill that absorbs the power of its victims.

From basic stats to skills and even traits. It devours everything without discrimination.

In other words.

“You also absorbed Mikhail’s ‘recklessness’ and ‘clumsiness’.”

《……!》

He had also absorbed the negative traits.

He was taking on a head-on fight that he couldn’t win with ‘recklessness’, and his legs were stumbling in front of the enemy because of ‘clumsiness’.

Actually, I thought this ‘clumsiness’ would have happened sooner, but it didn’t, so my heroes had a harder time, but.

It’s good that it happened now.

Chitter. Chitter.

The Scarecrow Commander, letting out a laugh that felt like despair, muttered.

《That’s why you have to select before harvesting.》

“You’re talking nonsense.”

I waved the flag, giving buffs to all the new heroes and soldiers, and growled.

“You guys aren’t harvesting, you’re looting.”

Everyone readied their weapons with a murderous look. I coldly declared.

“Die, you robber pretending to be a farmer.”

The Scarecrow Commander roared and stood up. At the same time, my heroes and soldiers, who had surrounded him, rushed in all at once.

***

The battle was over.

The Scarecrow Commander, who had stolen the power of a hundred people, was certainly powerful, but we were two hundred fully conditioned soldiers, and on top of that, they were receiving my buff bombardment.

It goes without saying that my buffs increase in power as the number of allies increases.

With about two hundred people, the increased stats and synergy from the buffs alone were enough to chew up this Scarecrow Commander.

The two hundred heroes and soldiers systematically poured out defense and attacks, and the Scarecrow Commander, who had recklessly chosen a head-on fight, quickly collapsed.

Slash-!

Finally, Lucas’s [Will Strike] cleanly severed the monster’s dangling neck.

Squeak… Squeak…

The Scarecrow Commander’s headless body knelt down, making a pitiful sound.

The monster’s straw-bag-covered head, which had rolled down, chuckled and muttered to me.

《It was quite fun… but still, it’s a pity that I couldn’t devour the whole world…》

“Who asked you?”

I blew off the monster’s jaw with my drawn pistol-type magic gun [Agate].

Bang!

The monster’s head, which had exploded, fluttered like straw.

It was a pathetic end for a monster.