I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 592

Bang! Thump-thump-thump!

Our artillery barrage rained down on the Fly King first.

We had completed the encirclement of the Fly King and finished preparing for the attack. The fired shells fell in an orderly formation, one after another, towards the enemy monster.

And then,

Swoosh!

The Fly King lightly soared into the air, easily dodging all the shelling.

‘What kind of mobility is that…!’

I gritted my teeth.

The level of mobility was different from the original Fly King.

The previous one had an unprecedentedly huge body, but it had almost no immediate mobility. Once it fell, it needed time to move again.

However, the current Fly King had transformed into a new form.

It had drastically reduced its size and lost its immense durability, but in return, its mobility had increased explosively.

The Fly King, gracefully soaring into the sky with its two wings spread wide, spoke.

《I’ll tell you in advance.》

It was still staring intently at me.

《In 15 minutes, I will self-destruct.》

“What?”

《I have imitated the technique of your subordinate who self-destructed inside my belly before.》

I couldn’t help but get angry and shouted.

“You bastard, how dare you steal my subordinate’s technique?!”

《Since the sacrifice gave their life on the altar, it is only natural to take what can be taken.》

It continued calmly.

《The condensed souls and magic of ‘us’ are immense. If I complete my self-destruction, not only this city but the entire surrounding area will be annihilated. This is the surefire method I have found to defeat you.》

“A surefire method…?”

《If I kill you and the army here with an unavoidable self-destruction attack, the monster that will appear behind me will not be stopped, and the human world will be destroyed.》

The Fly King let out a wry laugh.

《From the beginning, I had no intention of living to defeat you. I just wanted to win, by any means, no matter what.》

“……”

《I just want to end this world.》

Facing its bottomless gaze, I felt a chill run down my spine.

This bastard… only for the sake of a certain ‘victory’.

From the beginning, it had thrown away its own life and was going for a mutual destruction?

With a hissing sound, the Fly King’s fingertips and toes began to burn. It was exactly like the self-destruction technique that Burnout had used before he died.

I shuddered and asked.

“Why are you telling me this?”

《Because I want to ‘compete’.》

Its gaze towards me did not waver.

《Because I want to win after a fierce competition with you.》

“……”

《It’s a simple game. If you defeat me within the next 15 minutes, you win, if not, it’s my victory… and the monster’s victory.》

Floating in the air, the monster stretched its arms wide to the left and right.

《Can you ‘capture’ me within 15 minutes, guardian of the human world?》

“Tch…!”

《Of course, it won’t be easy.》

Whirr-whirr-whirr-

Numerous flies gathered around the Fly King’s scepter.

The swarm of flies swirling around created… a giant greatsword.

Gripping the greatsword swarming with flies, the Fly King descended towards me in an instant.

《Self-destruction is just an insurance, I can kill you with the Fly King’s power alone-!》

Crash-!

The monster’s sword strike, descending in the blink of an eye, came down towards me.

And then,

“Huuuup!”

Torkel, who had jumped out in front of me, took a guard stance with his greatshield.

KWA-AAANG-!

The greatsword that the Fly King swung was, to exaggerate a bit, the size of a building.

Normally, it would be impossible for a human body to block such an attack. However, Torkel activated his ultimate skill [Humans Are Not Born to Lose] and endured it.

“Kuh-uh-uh-uh-!”

CRACK!

His feet, dug into the ground, slid back, shattering all the city tiles.

“Hwaaaaaaaaat!”

In that situation, Torkel stubbornly lifted the shield that was in contact with the greatsword, deflecting the Fly King’s sword strike upwards.

Clang-! Clatter-clatter…!

The greatsword bounced into the sky, and at the same time, Torkel was flung away like a ball hit by a baseball bat, rolling on the ground. Are you okay?!

“I’m fine! I’m alright!”

Immediately, Torkel jumped up and returned to my side, thumping loudly. He’s really reliable, 10 minutes of invincibility!

Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh!

In the meantime, the Fly King had returned to the sky.

“Tch…!”

I clicked my tongue.

With its overwhelming ability to fly, it seemed that it was planning to repeat a hit-and-run tactic of attacking and then retreating.

It was truly annoying—no, it was finally using tactics befitting a fly.

‘Fast like a fly, annoying, and yet each strike is strong…!’

Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh!

Descending again.

This time, the greatsword in its hand was even larger, and it was even wrapped in an ominous and evil magic that I couldn’t identify.

“Mr. Torkel! It’s too much for you alone!”

Evangeline jumped out next to Torkel, and the top-tier shield knights who had gathered from all over the world to form a party also stood in a line to form a battle formation.

“Let’s block it together-!”

As if they had been training together for decades, the shield knights simultaneously raised their shields, and behind them, I planted my flag on the ground and formed a magical wall in front of the shield knights.

The Fly King’s greatsword fell on top of it.

Crackle-crackle-crackle!

In the face of the swirling black magic, my wall was instantly vaporized, and the greatsword directly hit our heroes’ shields without resistance.

Flash-!

It hit directly, but they all endured it together.

The elite tank heroes’ skilled defensive stance, overwhelming defensive ability, and.

“Eee-gya-gya-gya-gyak…!”

Evangeline in the center of the formation, who was bleeding from her nose and making strange screams—it was thanks to her ultimate skill [The Last Fortress].

Evangeline deployed her ultimate skill [The Last Fortress] on all the shield knights, storing all the damage they received within herself. And then,

“Eat this, you fly bastard!”

She gathered that power at the tip of her spear and paid it back…!

KWA-AAANG-!

An unprecedented [Damage Payback] exploded.

Evangeline’s cavalry spear, wrapped in a blinding light, was thrust towards the Fly King. The strongest counterattack in existence struck the enemy commander directly.

However,

Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh-

With an unbelievable reverse flight trajectory, the Fly King moved out of the counterattack’s range.

With that huge body, it twisted its body like a fly—in a mysterious way—and created an impossible vortex of air with its two wings, pulling its body back and easily evading the shield knights’ combined counterattack.

“Ugh, what the… it’s really like a fly…”

Evangeline wiped her nosebleed and clicked her tongue in disbelief.

The monster, having soared back into the air, prepared for the next greatsword bombardment. I looked around and said.

“To execute the Winter Calling operation, we need to tie it down in one place.”

Originally, it was an operation that could be easily executed on a monster that would stay still. But to land a blow on this monster, which was now rampaging with increased mobility, we had to fix it in one place by any means.

“We’ll capture it.”

I instructed all the heroes and soldiers around me.

“You’ve become familiar with its behavior pattern, right? The next time it descends and gets close to the ground, use everything you have to capture it!”

“Yes!”

“Alright, let’s go-!”

Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh!

The Fly King fell towards the ground for the third time.

This time, the weapon in its right hand was not a greatsword, but had changed into the form of a giant cavalry spear. It was as if it had learned that this form of weapon was good after fighting Evangeline.

The flies swirled around, forming a typhoon-like spearhead, and once again rushed towards me.

It was as if a giant tornado was descending to the ground.

Evangeline commanded.

“One more time, block it-!”

“Uwaaaaaaaa!”

The magical wall I formed at the very front. Behind it, the shield knights’ battle formation. Behind that, even the shield formation of the regular infantry.

The Fly King’s spear strike landed on the three-layered battle formation.

With the shield knights’ combined battle formation, they overlapped their shields to form one giant shield. And the one who directly took the attack at the very front of that shield was Torkel.

Torkel’s greatshield blocked the Fly King’s swirling spear strike,

Crack, crack, crack…

CRACK-!

It shattered.

The shield engraved with Medusa’s face was smashed to pieces. The surrounding shield knights couldn’t withstand it and collapsed, vomiting blood like a ripple.

But Torkel endured.

Not just enduring, but while taking the spear strike with his body, he grabbed the Fly King’s giant spearhead with both arms.

“Kuh-uh-uh-uh…!”

It was a feat that could only be performed because of the ultimate skill’s invincibility effect.

The armor on his entire body was torn to shreds and flew away as if it was disappearing, and his skin, as if afflicted with leprosy, was exposed to the world, but Torkel finally endured and clenched his hands tightly.

“…I’ve captured it, monster…!”

Even though it was a spear made of flies, there was a core at the end that was connected to the main body.

Torkel forcibly inserted his hands into the swarm of flies that were rotating like a drill with his invincibility effect, and finally grabbed that core, momentarily holding the Fly King.

“Now’s the time-!”

At the same time as Torkel’s shout, all the heroes and soldiers were already rushing in from all directions.

To capture it before it escaped back into the sky.

《Ah…》

Suddenly, a voice filled with joy flowed from the Fly King.

《Yes, I have been longing for a battle where everything is at stake like this…!》

The Fly King grabbed the handle of the cavalry spear—the scepter—with its four hands, and with its compound eyes flashing, it poured in power.

KWAANG-!

Evil magic exploded from the spearhead, and Torkel was thrown backward.

Immediately after, the Fly King tried to leave its position and fly away, but,

Click!

Damien was already aiming at it.

KWA-AAANG-!

[Black Queen], switched to Nightmare Slayer mode, scattered beams of light in the air.

The greatest firepower of the monster front line, fired at maximum output, cleanly burned through the monster from the center of its back to the back of its head. Even the wings were completely destroyed.

“I’ve confirmed the existence of a barrier in the center of its chest, my firepower is not enough, ugh…!”

Damien groaned and fell backward, as if he had overdone it.

‘Excellent, Damien!’

-Of course, this won’t kill it.

Whirr-whirr-whirr!

The Fly King restored everything from its burnt wings to its head in real time.

As its body had become smaller, the speed at which the swarm of flies stuck to it and restored the damage had increased. It was almost at the level of regeneration speed that the previous Troll King had shown.

However, it was enough for us.

In the instant that it was recovering, the monster, having lost its wings, staggered and its altitude lowered, and the other heroes did not miss that opportunity.

“Charge-!”

Uwaaaaaaaa-!

The heroes and soldiers shouted from all directions and poured towards the monster.

At the very front, Dusk Bringer and the Dragon Blood Knights charged forward.

“Hyah! Hyah!”

The Dragon Lady, riding a dragon horse, and her knights approached the Fly King, and they all kicked off their saddles and landed on the Fly King’s back.

“Just stay still…”

The flies that formed tentacles on the Fly King’s back poured out, trying to intercept Dusk Bringer, but her knights swung their swords and spears to fend them off.

In the meantime, Dusk Bringer, who had even flown up to its wings, opened her mouth wide.

“Stay where you are-!”

Thwack-!

A point-blank Dragon Breath exploded.

Once again, it burned the Fly King’s wings, and the Fly King now had to land on the ground.

Thump…!

At the same time as its two feet touched the ground, the elves unleashed their combined magic.

“World Tree, your legacy…!”

Scyld, the Elven Queen, who had finished casting at the very front of the elves, slammed her hands on the ground.

CRACK-CRACK-CRACK!

Roots of trees sprouted from the ground and fiercely climbed up the Fly King’s two legs. Scyld shouted in a strained voice.

“Sister! Now-!”

Thwack!

As soon as the words were spoken, a dagger was stabbed into the Fly King’s body,

Flash!

And then, the Elven assassin, Verdandi, appeared, holding the handle of that dagger.

It was a teleportation using a blink dagger [a dagger that allows the user to teleport short distances].

Verdandi threw a normal dagger onto the vines that wrapped around the Fly King’s body and fixed it, then threw the blink dagger to the next point and teleported again, and then tied the vines again.

The tentacles made of flies on the Fly King’s body writhed and tried to release the roots, but the firmly entangled roots did not budge.

“Fire-!”

Thud! Thud-thud!

On the Fly King’s body, whose movement was restricted, the artillerymen fired large arrows tied with ropes using ballistae [large crossbows] in succession.

The approaching regular soldiers swung hooks with ropes and threw them, all at once hooking onto the Fly King’s body.

In an instant, the Fly King looked like a giant tied up by the little people in Gulliver’s Travels.

Thump…!

Unable to withstand it, one of its knees was forced to the ground.

Finally, the Fly King fell to the ground.