I Became The Tyrant Of A Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 579

At the same time.

While the infiltration team departed from the lookout tower, Baekya was still struggling with the unfamiliar flight, wobbling as she approached the Fly King.

‘Ash, that damned bastard…’

She still hadn’t fully adapted to the fly’s body.

Looking at the world through the grotesque vision of compound eyes, Baekya barely suppressed the nausea rising within her.

‘I’ll make you regret putting me in this body.’

Though she had spoken weakly in front of Ash, Baekya was overflowing with confidence.

‘As if I can’t take over the consciousness of a slightly larger fly?’

Baekya glared at the massive fly before her.

Bwoooooo…!

The Fly King was still advancing.

Even though the heroes from the human realm who had infiltrated its belly were causing chaos, it continued to fly north as if it were no big deal.

As she drew closer to the Fly King, Baekya repeated inwardly.

‘I’ll make you regret setting me free, Ash.’

Baekya had never forgotten her goal.

Ascension.

Although she had taken a detour due to a momentary mistake, she was still alive, and the opportunity remained in her grasp.

At the same time, Baekya had never forgotten the humiliation and disgrace she had suffered at Ash’s hands.

She would repay him without fail, without fail…

For the sake of that one reversal, what was a mere fly’s body to her?

Numerous flies were spread like a net around the Fly King, but none of them stopped Baekya.

The fly monsters were all preoccupied with dealing with the intruders in their bellies.

‘Stupid, filthy things.’

To be fooled by such a simple diversion, failing to stop the real bomb from approaching.

Secretly scoffing, Baekya flew up beside the Fly King’s massive head and landed, attaching her legs.

She planned to connect to the Fly King’s consciousness after making a few preparations.

However, the moment Baekya made contact with the outside of the Fly King’s massive body.

‘……?!’

Baekya’s consciousness was instantly devoured.

She couldn’t even scream internally as she was sucked into the Fly King’s massive collective consciousness.

***

《Kuhuk?!》

When Baekya regained consciousness, she was standing in a pure white space.

《Huk, huk, wh-what is this…?》

Baekya trembled and first examined her body.

A bright blue right hand was visible. It was the body of the Jiangshi [a type of Chinese hopping vampire] she had used before.

However, her left hand was skeletal. It was the body of the undead lich she had used long ago.

At the same time, her lower body was a bizarre sight, with magical data fragments scattering. Her right half, left half, upper half, and lower half were all different.

Baekya stared blankly at her trembling hands before clenching them tightly.

She could decide what she was later.

More importantly, she needed to seize this monster’s collective consciousness and make it her own.

‘For the great master of Jiangshi arts… taking over a mere fly’s body is nothing.’

Baekya looked around.

Anyway, where was this place? Where was the opponent she had to defeat?

Crunch, crunch…

It was then.

The sound of something being chewed and swallowed was heard slowly and clearly. It was behind her.

《…….》

Feeling an ominous premonition, Baekya slowly turned around. And her whole body froze.

There was a mountain of corpses there.

Literally… a mountain. It was so incredibly high that its end was not visible from where she stood, a tall, tall mountain of corpses.

The corpses were mostly flies. Flies that had died, died, died, and died were endlessly piled up there.

And, in front of that mountain.

Crunch, crunch, crunch.

A single fly was eating something voraciously.

Crunch, crunch, crunch…

It was an old, hunched, and unsightly fly.

Strangely, the fly was sitting cross-legged with its two hind legs, while its two front legs were holding and eating its prey, and its two middle legs were clasped together.

The fly was constantly eating the prey it held in its hands.

What the fly was eating now was an imp.

The fly swallowed only the imp’s head and then tossed the rest of the body away. Another imp was added to the massive mountain of corpses.

Then, the fly grabbed a new piece of prey placed next to it with its two front legs and began to eat again in a mechanical motion.

This time it was a large goat, and again, only the head was eaten.

Only then did Baekya realize that this mountain of corpses was made up entirely of headless bodies.

《What the…》

Even the great master of magic had never seen such a sight before.

Baekya muttered in a trembling voice.

《What are you… eating right now?》

Then, the old fly stopped eating.

The old fly, having briefly put down the goat in its hand, glanced back.

On its head, a bizarrely shaped horn had sprouted, and above it, a dark halo was shining.

《Can’t you see?》

Kikikikik…

Laughter flowed from the fly’s mouth.

The old fly’s voice was like the sound of hundreds of millions of flies flapping their wings in unison, as if to tear the eardrums.

Baekya, who had unknowingly covered her ears, flinched and stepped back.

《What has been offered to me as a sacrifice.》

The demon in the form of a fly raised its front leg and pointed directly at Baekya.

《The entire world.》

***

Tsukak! Tsukaak-!

The mutated fly swung its mantis-like front legs.

The ends of its huge scythe-like legs swept around, and the survivors, who were still not fully recovered from paralysis, were helplessly cut down and fell.

“You bastard!”

Kellyson roared, his eyes wide with rage as his subordinates were killed en masse.

Kellybay grabbed Kellyson from behind, stopping him from rushing out.

“If you charge in now, it’s a dog’s death, please! Kellyson!”

“Kuh…!”

Behind the two dwarves, Junior was casting a spell.

The mutated entity was currently using a magic barrier similar to that of an airship.

It had a defensive power that could deflect most magic. Of course, the remaining physical attacks were also ineffective.

Therefore, Junior was squeezing out his remaining strength to cast the ultimate skill [Elemental Disassembly].

He judged that removing the barrier with [Elemental Disassembly] was the top priority.

The casting time was miraculously shortened by [Lord of Crimson]’s ultra-fast chanting function, but even so, a minimum amount of magic concentration time was required.

About three minutes.

During those mere three minutes, the survivors were being massacred.

The remaining survivors who were not paralyzed tried to fight back, but they were not in perfect condition either.

They had been kidnapped here after a fierce battle, and they had also expended a great deal of mental and physical strength during their escape attempts.

To be blunt, none of them were in a condition to fight.

Blood splattered everywhere, and the dwarves died in vain.

In the end, Kellyson could no longer hold back.

“Uwaaaaaaa!”

“Kellyson-!”

Kellyson, having taken a powerful running start, leaped into the air and charged at the mutated fly.

Kellyson was a born warrior.

He was a dwarf king who had inherited the bloodline of the most tenacious miners, and he was a fighter with unmatched durability and strength among his contemporaries.

He was also a brilliant blacksmith. He immediately noticed the weakness of the mutated entity’s magic barrier.

‘It’s the same as that of an airship!’

The barrier only activates when it takes a defensive stance.

In other words, when the fly attacks, the magic barrier does not activate!

That’s why Kellyson jumped in when the mutated fly was attacking another survivor.

Kellyson, who had climbed onto the mutated fly’s back the instant the barrier disappeared, struck the back of the mutated fly’s head with the hammer in his hand.

Bbeok-!

A powerful blow landed.

The mutated fly’s head snapped forward. But Kellyson frowned deeply.

‘It’s not enough!’

The timing and the point of impact were perfect, but the problem was his weapon.

What Kellyson was holding now was not the giant hammer he originally used as a weapon. It was a small hammer, a secondary weapon used for tools.

Its destructive power was clearly insufficient to kill the monster. As expected, the fly’s head, which had been bent forward, slowly turned back in a grotesque manner.

Kellyson smiled bitterly as he met the monster’s red eyes staring directly at him.

“Damn it, I need to control my temper…”

Tsukak-!

The mutated fly’s massive front leg tore through the air and flew towards Kellyson.

At that moment, a strong hand grabbed Kellyson and pulled him down.

The scythe-like front leg cut through a few strands of Kellyson’s blonde hair and sliced through the air, and Kellyson rolled down.

It was Kellybay who had pulled Kellyson down. Kellybay threw Kellyson towards Junior.

“You idiot. You never listen to your father.”

Behind Kellybay, who was breathing heavily, the mutated fly’s next attack was already falling.

Kellyson screamed something urgently, but Kellybay knew that he could not avoid this attack.

‘Well, it’s not so bad, is it?’

If he could die in place of his son, who was forced to sit on the throne at a young age because he had run away, that was also a way…

Thinking this, Kellybay closed his eyes tightly. And he prepared for the pain that would soon come.

Thump! Kwagwagwagwang!

Immediately after, a terrifying roar echoed from behind.

…But it didn’t hurt.

“Huh?”

Kellybay, noticing that something was wrong, cautiously opened his eyes and looked behind him, and saw huge tentacles rising from the floor below.

These tentacles were grabbing the mutated fly’s legs, preventing it from thrashing around.

Thump! Kwadudeudeuk!

Soon, the tentacles opened the hole wider and rose up.

The tentacles belonged to the summoned beast Kraken, and Ash, perched on top of it, was glaring at the mutated fly with a cold face.

“I’m sorry.”

Ash, having checked the bodies of the fallen crew members around him, gritted his teeth and spat out the words.

“I’m a little late.”

“Ash…!”

Just as Kellybay was about to say something,

Tsukak! Tsukaak!

The mutated fly wildly swung its arm, and Kraken’s tough tentacle legs snapped, causing it to lose its grip on the mutated fly.

Gooooooo!

The enraged Kraken let out a ferocious roar and extended dozens of tentacles towards the mutated fly, which had quickly flown up.

The mutated fly tried to counter by raising its magic barrier, but,

Tzzzzeng-!

At that moment, Junior’s [Elemental Disassembly], which had finished casting, exploded.

The magic barrier disappeared. Immediately, Kraken’s tentacles clung tightly, completely capturing the mutated fly.

And the elite heroes did not miss the opportunity to attack their immobilized prey.

Pupupuk!

Berdandi, who had thrown a blink dagger and followed up, quickly stabbed the mutated fly’s body dozens of times,

Bbeok-!

On top of the opened wounds, Kuhilan immediately followed up with a series of kicks.

The carapace shattered, revealing a clear opening. And Burnout was already aiming.

Hudududuk-

Pubeobeong!

The crossbow bolts that hit exploded simultaneously, and the mutated fly exploded into pieces and died.

The captured monster corps and Ash’s 15 party members, who had quickly ascended to the upper floor, quickly secured the area and assessed the situation.

“……”

Ash, who had bitten his lip and watched the people who had died because he was late, turned his head to the side.

Kellybay, Kellyson, and Junior staggered towards Ash.

“It’s good to see you three alive.”

They all had a lot to say, but they couldn’t bring themselves to speak.

In front of the gruesome corpses of the crew members who had died, covered in blood, they didn’t know what to say.

“…Collect the bodies of the casualties and retreat immediately. There are escape teleport scrolls. You will be able to return to Crossroads.”

Ash gestured to the two dwarf warriors he had brought. The two dwarf warriors immediately nodded and began to gather the bodies of the casualties.

Kellybay asked hesitantly.

“What about you, Ash?”

“Rescuing survivors was also a goal, but so was disrupting and destroying the hatchery. I’ll stall for a little more time…”

Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!