I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 589

Beep- Beep- Beep- Beep- Beep-

The emergency alarm blared loudly.

“……Ugh…….”

Inside the Jeronimo, where red emergency lights flickered, Kuilan struggled to open his eyes.

The world was upside down.

“Huh……?”

Kuilan blinked a few more times in confusion before finally understanding the situation.

The ship had landed upside down, and Kuilan was hanging upside down, tangled in the safety straps of the overturned seat.

His red ponytail hung down, swinging left and right like a pendulum.

Shaking his head to clear his mind, Kuilan looked around.

“What a mess……”

Those who had been seated were hanging upside down in the air, like Kuilan, suspended by their safety straps.

The rest, unable to fasten their safety straps in the urgent situation, or having been thrown off despite being strapped in, were all sprawled on the floor—which was originally the ceiling.

“Is everyone okay……? Ugh. My head is spinning.”

Kuilan managed to squeeze out a question, but no one in the ship answered.

Kuilan clutched his dizzy forehead and looked around, spotting Ash lying on the floor directly below.

“Captain! Are you alright? Wake up…… Captain!”

But Ash was unconscious, lying on the floor. Blood was seeping from his forehead, indicating he was injured.

Kuilan clicked his tongue and began to untangle the safety straps binding his body.

“I told you all to fasten your safety straps properly…… Safety first, they say…….”

It was an extremely urgent situation, having just blown up the Fly King’s stomach, but thanks to strictly adhering to safety rules, he was safe like this.

So, from now on, let’s be safe, and stop riding these airships…… They’re scary…….

“But why won’t this come off, ugh!”

Kuilan struggled to untie the safety straps, but they were so tightly tangled that they wouldn’t budge.

He tried to cut the straps, but they were uselessly sturdy and wouldn’t break easily.

While Kuilan was struggling to free himself,

Thud! Crunch! Thud!

Loud noises echoed from outside the closed hatch.

Kuilan’s face lit up as he looked towards the sound.

“Oh, someone came to help…….”

Kuilan stopped speaking and shut his mouth.

Thud! Crack! Crrrunch!

From outside the hatch, which was being forced open, the red, glistening eyes of flies were visible.

Mutant fly individuals were clinging to the outside of the ship, forcibly opening the hatch. Cold sweat ran down Kuilan’s back.

“This is insane.”

Kuilan frantically untied the safety straps. The tangled straps began to loosen little by little as Kuilan focused.

‘Quickly, quickly, quickly! At this rate, it’ll be too late……!’

Damian was lying near the hatch. If they failed to stop the flies from entering, Damian and those closest would be the first to be killed or injured.

Kuilan unleashed superhuman concentration and quickly untangled the safety straps. But.

Crash-!

The flies were a little faster.

Forcibly opening the hatch, the flies finally pushed their heads into the ship.

The eyes of the first mutant fly to enter turned towards Damian, and it sharply raised its front legs.

“No-!”

Kuilan shouted as he saw the monster’s attack falling.

Kuilan gave up on untying the last knot and punched his chair with his fist.

The screws holding the chair in place burst out all at once, freeing Kuilan from his restraints.

Kuilan fell downwards with that momentum, trying to pounce on the flies, but it was already too late.

Whoosh-!

The next moment, a large axe flew in from outside and blew off the fly’s head.

“Huh?”

As Kuilan made a bewildered sound, the flies also turned around, and the powerful axe attacks that followed immediately decapitated them or split their bodies in two.

“Hoo…… Hup!”

Thud!

Following behind, retrieving the axe and fully opening the half-opened hatch was… none other than Yoon.

Her once white, ivory hair was covered in soot, and her complexion was not good due to minor injuries. Nevertheless, Yoon smiled brightly when she spotted Kuilan.

“Good evening, Kuilan. Are you okay?”

Kuilan, who had landed on the floor, awkwardly scratched his head.

“Uh, well, thanks to you…… Yoon, how about your side?”

“The air fleet is practically annihilated. They all crashed separately, and the lucky survivors are reorganizing.”

Yoon pointed to the distant field.

“I crash-landed over there first, and then I saw this ship crashing, so I rushed over to save you.”

“I’m really grateful. You saved my life.”

“It’s nothing. We have to help each other when the world is falling apart.”

Yoon then pointed towards Crossroads, where a cloud of dust was rising.

“Can you see the situation in Crossroads? It’s a mess over there too. It seems the Fly King fell into the city. We need to go there quickly.”

Yoon narrowed her unique bright yellow eyes.

“Either way, that guy must have been injured too. We have to finish him off while he’s on the ground.”

“Hmm, let’s quickly heal and wake up the others. Especially our captain.”

It was already past sunset. It was becoming difficult to distinguish the four directions.

While the warriors of the Arian Kingdom, who had come with Yoon, stood guard, Yoon entered the ship and began to heal the injured with healing magic.

When Yoon lightly brushed Ash’s forehead, the bloody wound on Ash’s forehead quickly healed. Kuilan was amazed.

“You can use healing magic too?”

“Only for first aid. I’m not at the level of a priest, but I can heal the injuries of a guy I threw backwards, you know?”

Kuilan, unaware that Yoon had thrown Ash backwards, only tilted his head. Yoon chuckled and gestured towards Kuilan’s back.

“You look a bit hurt too. Come here. Let me check your wounds.”

“Ah, I’m fine. There are people who are more injured than me…….”

“You’re relatively unharmed, so you need to get better quickly and keep fighting. Stop talking and turn around.”

Is that how it works?

Though puzzled, Kuilan obediently turned his back to Yoon.

There was a bloody scratch on Kuilan’s shoulder, and Yoon skillfully healed the wound.

“Now do you understand? I can throw axes well, I have strong muscles, and I can use healing magic. I’m such a multi-talented woman.”

“You’re really charming. I’ve seen you in a new light, Yoon.”

“Oh, please, you don’t mean that……”

Yoon hesitated for a moment before opening her mouth to Kuilan.

“……Kuilan. Over there.”

It was then.

“Aaaah!”

“What is that…… Kuaaaah!”

Suddenly, screams erupted from outside. They were the screams of the Arian Kingdom warriors who had been standing guard.

Startled, Kuilan and Yoon immediately rushed outside and saw it.

Thud! Thwack! Whoosh……!

A huge monster, unlike anything they had seen before, was slaughtering the Arian Kingdom warriors.

The monster was several times larger than the existing mutant flies.

It was floating in the sky with four pairs of wings spread out like a dragonfly, and its eight long legs moved like awls, stabbing the humans on the ground.

Various characteristics of different creatures were reflected in its body. Especially, its chest was covered with scales like armor.

Yoon muttered in disbelief.

“It’s not even a fly anymore……”

They thought that these new individuals had all been killed when the hatchery exploded due to the burnout self-destruct, but it seemed that one had somehow survived and followed them.

Thud!

The monster extended its long leg and ended the life of an Arian Kingdom warrior who was still breathing.

And as if searching for new prey, it turned its head and looked towards Yoon and Kuilan.

“…….”

Yoon bit her lip as she looked at her dead subordinates, then gripped her axe and.

Tap!

Suddenly, she ran to the side.

Kuilan, startled, followed behind Yoon.

“Yoon?! Where are you going?!”

“We need to get away from the airship!”

“What?”

“The airship is full of injured and unconscious people. What if something happens while fighting there? We need to lure the monster to the other side!”

Kuilan thought Yoon’s judgment was reasonable.

The problem was that the monster’s mobility was far superior than they had expected. It caught up to them with a speed that was unbelievable for its large size.

Whoosh!

From a position higher than their heads, the monster’s awl-like foot was pulled back and shot down like a bullet.

Yoon and Kuilan crossed paths, swinging their axes and fists to deflect the monster’s attacks.

The power contained in each attack was like a siege ram, and they would surely die if they took it head-on.

“It’s a miracle that we blew up the hatchery. If more monsters like this had poured out……”

“If we don’t completely finish off the Fly King, he’ll eventually produce these monsters in droves! We have to finish him off before that……!”

Yoon stopped mid-sentence.

Until now, this monster had only been stabbing its legs vertically. But all of these attacks were actually a feint.

One of its long legs, taking advantage of the darkness, was circling around… and stabbing horizontally.

Towards Kuilan’s side.

“……!”

There was no time to warn him. Yoon instinctively rushed towards Kuilan and pushed him back.

Immediately after, the monster’s leg tip pierced Yoon’s body.

Thwack-!

“……Ah.”

Yoon coughed up blood, impaled by the monster’s foot, from her back to her front.

Her once dazed bright yellow eyes filled with rage.

“You…… you monster……!”

Yoon gathered her remaining strength and threw her axe upwards.

The axe, spinning fiercely, hit the monster’s chest scales with a thud and then fell weakly to the ground.

The monster, as if not caring, indifferently pulled its leg out of Yoon’s body.

Whoosh……!

“Ah…… ah.”

Yoon collapsed on the spot. Blood poured from her wound like a waterfall.

“Yoon-!”

Kuilan rushed over and quickly opened a potion, pouring it onto Yoon’s wound. Yoon spoke in a voice trembling from shock.

“That, that guy’s foot must have some kind of paralyzing poison. My body won’t move at all.”

“Don’t talk anymore, let’s stop the bleeding first……!”

“It’s not time to heal me, Kuilan. Run away…….”

Whoosh!

The monster’s foot came down. Kuilan gritted his teeth, picked up Yoon, and rolled to the side with all his might.

Kuilan, having evaded the attack, ran away with all his strength, achieving incredible speed. The monster chased Kuilan for a moment, then slowly stopped in place.

“Okay, we’ve shaken it off…….”

As Kuilan rejoiced, the monster turned around.

The direction it was facing was where the crashed Jeronimo was.

“……!”

Kuilan, gritting his teeth and stopping, didn’t know what to do, when a faint voice came from his arms.

“……Kuilan.”

“Don’t push yourself, Yoon. Save your breath…….”

“That guy…… his chest is his weak point.”

“What?”

“It’s his weak point, so he covered it with scales like armor…… When I threw the axe earlier, I saw something like a core through the damaged scales…….”

Yoon mumbled, spitting out blood.

“If you can break through the scales and destroy his chest…… you might be able to defeat him in one blow…….”

“…….”

Kuilan slowly placed Yoon on the ground and asked with a forced gentle smile.

“Forget about the monster’s weak point. What was the story you were about to tell me earlier?”

“……Haha.”

Yoon scanned Kuilan’s face with fading eyes, then whispered softly.

“I was just, always…… curious about where your weak point is.”

Thud.

Yoon’s arm fell to the ground as she lost consciousness.

Kuilan opened the remaining potion and poured it into Yoon’s mouth. When she couldn’t swallow properly, he held it in his own mouth and then forced it into Yoon’s mouth.

Finally, he tore off his upper garment and tightly wrapped it around Yoon’s wound, then Kuilan stood up abruptly. The monster was already right above the Jeronimo.

‘I have to destroy his chest in one blow.’

But, how?

Kuilan’s ultimate skill and secret technique, [Single Heart Storm], can only be used when he receives the curse of his ancestors—that is, when he is in a half-human, half-beast state.

However, the moon is currently waning, heading towards the new moon.

The sky is dark. There is no moonlight.

Currently, Kuilan is in a completely human state. He cannot use Single Heart Storm in this state.

‘If I can’t use it…….’

All of his comrades here will die. And Yoon will not survive either.

Ash is also inside the airship. If Ash is not there, the world will eventually be destroyed and burned to ashes. His homeland, which he has not yet reclaimed, would be the same.

“Hoo.”

Kuilan took a breath, crouched down, and then began to run forward with all his might.

At the same time, he tightly gripped the silver-red fur cloak draped over his shoulders.

Nightmare Slayer, [Slaughterer of the Full Moon].

It was time to accept the temptation of his ancestors that resided within this damned equipment, which he had ignored for the past two years.

“Lend me your power, Great Master.”

Kuilan growled.

“Your ‘curse’……!”

The next moment.

Flash!

A full moon descended behind Kuilan.

Blinding moonlight burst forth, and at the same time, the silver-red cloak fluttering behind Kuilan’s back clung to his back as if it were originally his skin.

Before he knew it, Kuilan had transformed into a non-human form. It was not even a half-human, half-beast form.

A beast running on four legs.

Lycanthrope, werewolf, werebeast-

The test that Nightmare Slayer, [Slaughterer of the Full Moon], bestows upon its master.

[Complete Beast Transformation].

Temporarily inheriting all the power of his ancestors, and at the same time.

-Also inheriting that curse.

Arwoooooo-!

Kuilan, howling like a wolf, leaped into the air.

And, the monster’s chest, which was about to bring down its eight legs towards the airship-

Crackkkkk!

He cleanly pierced through it with his fists and feet, swirling with red energy.