I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 591

It was then, just as the Fly King was about to begin slaughtering the humans after getting rid of White Night.

《Hmm?》

Thump… Thump… Thump…

Inside the Fly King’s mental world.

The old fly suddenly felt a faint vibration.

It wasn’t from the real world. Something was shaking within this mental world.

《What is it? Where did this sudden vibration come from…?》

Kugugugung-

The old fly, searching for the source of the shaking, slowly turned around and soon found it.

It was collapsing.

The mountain of his own kind’s corpses, piled up behind him.

The mountain of corpses he had piled up after eating their heads and leaving only their bodies… It had started to shake slightly, and then, violently vibrating, it was collapsing with a crash.

Kwarurururu!

The corpse mountain caused a landslide, collapsing from the top. The old fly was bewildered by the countless corpses pouring down like a flood.

《What is this? Why is it suddenly collapsing…?》

The corpse mountain fell straight towards the old fly, and he tried to step back to avoid the corpses.

And at that moment.

Amidst the landslide of headless corpses, pouring down like a rainstorm and crushing everything – that being appeared.

A crimson demon, emitting brilliant darkness from its massive horns.

《What?》

The old fly let out a bewildered groan as he saw the being born from the collapse of the corpse mountain.

Kwaaaaaa!

The landslide caught up with his retreat. The wave of corpses swallowed the old fly. Unable to avoid it, the old fly was trapped in the downpour of falling corpses.

The being walked leisurely through the rain of corpses.

《…!》

The old fly belatedly realized.

That his body was trembling.

He was feeling an instinctive fear in the face of this being who had suddenly appeared in the world where he reigned as king, collapsing mountains, emitting darkness, and… creating a cataclysm.

《Who are you… Who the hell are you?!》

The old fly shouted.

Then the demon answered.

《The owner of that royal scepter.》

《…!》

《I’ve come to take back what I lent you, former Fly King.》

The old fly, looking down at the royal scepter in his hand, trembled and faced the demon.

The demon stretched out his hand and lightly flicked it.

《Hand it over to us. That royal scepter too. And that throne.》

《You, by what right, do you claim my royal authority!》

《Yours?》

The demon murmured softly.

《That can’t be. That royal authority was merely lent to you by them.》

A black hole opened on the floor behind the demon, and black shapes surged upwards like a fountain.

They were heads.

The heads of the old fly’s own kind that he had eaten.

The heads, surging up from the depths of the mental world, combined with the headless corpses falling from the sky, and became complete flies, flapping their wings and landing on the ground.

《…》

The old fly watched this scene in a daze.

Headless corpses pouring down from the top of the high mountain. And headless bodies rising from the abyss.

The flies, fitting together in the air like puzzle pieces, lined up orderly behind the demon.

Ten, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand, a hundred million…

The old fly froze in the face of the endless army of his own kind, whom he had killed and devoured one by one.

《These guys, daring to… plotting a rebellion without knowing their place…》

《This is not a rebellion.》

The demon whispered, approaching the old fly without stopping.

《It is merely restoring the rights they should have had, returning them to their rightful place… a restoration.》

《Eeeeeek!》

The old fly desperately slammed the royal scepter onto the ground.

But- nothing happened.

Only then did the old fly realize. That he had lost everything in this mental world to the demon before him.

That the world he thought was his, was in fact… a place that could so easily change its master.

《Do you think… do you think I’ll just let this happen?!》

The old fly tried to turn and run. He would try to escape this place first and then plan his next move. However.

Thwack-

The moment he turned, a sound like something being pierced rang out.

《…Huh?》

The old fly slowly lowered his head and looked down at his chest.

-A red arm.

Like a new life emerging from a chrysalis, a solid red arm… had pierced through the Fly King’s chest and was protruding out the front.

《Kuhuk…?!》

The old fly, spitting out blood, barely managed to turn his trembling head to look behind him.

The demon had silently approached and pierced the old fly’s chest with one hand.

《You, not even a fly, how dare you claim the royal authority of our kind…》

《No. I am also a fly.》

The demon chuckled.

《Perhaps everything in the world is a fly. Don’t you think?》

《…!》

The moment he heard those words, a realization flashed through the old fly’s mind.

But the demon didn’t give him time to organize his thoughts.

The demon, with his hand piercing the old fly’s chest, snatched the royal scepter and roughly pulled his arm back.

Fwoosh…!

A fountain of blood gushed from the old fly’s chest, where a large hole had been made.

《Kuhak…》

In the old fly’s vision, as he fell, having lost everything, a montage of memories flashed by.

The image of the emaciated and festering old human priest, giving him food, stroking him, and chanting scriptures.

‘Perhaps everything in the world… was that old priest…’

That everything he had thought was enlightenment might just be the delusions of a mad fly.

That the true truth might have been somewhere else.

Thinking this belatedly, the old fly fell and died.

And, behind his corpse… the demon finally grasped the royal scepter he had reclaimed.

《…I have been reborn.》

The demon slowly looked outside the mental world.

With a gaze mixed with joy and excitement, as if reuniting with a long-lost friend.

《To bring death to your embrace.》

The demon slowly stepped into the darkness.

And-

***

“…What is it? Why is he stopped again?”

I was sweating as I watched the Fly King, who was frozen in place.

Immediately after teleporting White Night away, the Fly King had stopped still. I calmed the agitated soldiers and glared.

‘Whatever the case, this is an opportunity!’

In conclusion, White Night had peeled off the Fly King’s outer layer.

Even with a simple visual check, about a third of the flies that made up the Fly King’s body had separated and disappeared with White Night.

The Fly King, now without his outer layer, had transformed into a chrysalis-like shape.

If we’re going to take him down, it’s now…!

“Your Highness!”

At that moment, I heard a voice calling me from the collapsed wall.

I turned to see Lily, leading the alchemists, and Hannibal, leading the spiritists. I nodded.

“Lily, Hannibal. Is the operation ready to resume?”

“We barely managed to restore the artifacts…!”

“The spirits have been summoned again! The operation can be resumed, Your Highness!”

Lily and Hannibal spoke in succession. I nodded.

These two teams had originally been waiting on the wall, preparing for an attack on the Fly King.

However, the wall had collapsed, and in the rush to evacuate, the artifacts they had prepared were damaged, and the spirits were unsummoned.

Fortunately, the personnel were safe, and they had belatedly finished preparing to resume the operation. I made eye contact with them and shouted.

“Good! Operation Winter Calling, resume…”

It was at that moment, just as I was about to order the resumption of the operation.

Saaaaa…

Suddenly, I felt goosebumps on my shoulders.

A chillingly evil aura rose like a dawn mist. Everyone in the area simultaneously turned their heads towards the source of that evil energy.

It was the Fly King.

A terrifyingly gruesome aura was emanating from the chrysalis-like monster that had been motionless in place.

“Everyone, defend! Everyone, be on guard-! The enemy is planning something-!”

Evangeline, with her shield raised, shouted, and all the troops, tense, glared at the Fly King. At the same time.

Crack, crack, crack-

A sound of something splitting was heard.

It was the sound of the center of the Fly King’s body, which had turned into a chrysalis, cracking open.

‘…What is it.’

The center of the chrysalis opened with a crackling sound, and I groaned, grinding my teeth in bewilderment.

‘What the hell is this…?!’

Crack-!

A pair of red hands burst out of the chrysalis’s chest.

The hands, with five fingers like a human’s, slowly grabbed the chrysalis shell and forcefully tore it open to the left and right.

Kwaajijik!

The chrysalis shell completely split open to the left and right, and a new monster that had completed its metamorphosis slowly walked out.

Thud. Thud. Thud.

“…”

In the eerie silence, the sound of its footsteps rang out clearly.

It was a fly. It was a fly, but at first glance, it was a monster with a form similar to a human.

It stood on two legs, and its four arms were muscular. In its middle right hand, it held a gem-studded staff that I had never seen before – a royal scepter.

A pair of wings were neatly placed behind it, and between them, a thin membrane stretched out long like a cloak.

Its whole body was red, and a huge horn protruded from its head, from which a thick darkness was emanating.

At first glance, it looked like it was fluttering long hair.

Compared to the original Fly King, it was a small monster, but it was still far larger than a human. It was about the size of a slightly larger airship.

《I’ve been wanting to meet you, Player.》

The monster looked at me with its red compound eyes. For some reason, I thought its gaze was gentle.

I glared at it and spat out.

“Who are you?”

《…I have forgotten my name.》

Immediately, the monster corrected itself.

《No, I had to forget it.》

“What?”

《Because you are a player who always finds a way to win. If my name is decided, if I am defined, you will find a way to defeat me again.》

The monster nodded, looking down at its body.

《So, to beat you, I had to forget my name first.》

“…”

《I was torn apart within this fly, and reassembled anew. Now I don’t remember my name, my way of speaking, my habits, or anything.》

Immediately, the monster looked at me with a wistful gaze.

《But… yes. This is certain. I was born to meet you and compete. I have lived only for that.》

“…”

《And finally, now is that time.》

The monster’s wings spread out to the left and right, and it floated into the air.

《My entire life has been for this moment…!》

I shouted to my subordinates, who were raising their weapons and preparing for battle.

“Don’t overthink it. It’s the Fly King’s final phase!”

Its total power is getting weaker.

The Fly King is ultimately an aggregate of the fly species. The fewer flies that make up its body, the weaker it naturally becomes.

It had been scattering flies throughout the battle, and its power had been greatly reduced by the destruction of the hatchery.

Moreover, the flies it had absorbed in the present world had been taken by White Night and fallen into the spirit world.

Currently, its total power is greatly weakened.

Even if its form has changed, nothing changes.

‘A head-on fight is possible enough!’

No, even if it’s not enough…!

I gritted my teeth.

“To protect the world, we have to kill that thing here…!”

We must win!

I raised my flag forward and commanded.

“All troops, begin the battle-!”

With my cry, my surviving heroes and soldiers.

And the surviving flies rushed at each other to kill each other.