I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 626

It was more like a lizard than a dragon.

This massive creature, covered entirely in black, gleaming scales, had no eyes, nose, ears, or mouth on its head (or what was presumed to be its head).

The long, blunt head looked like an inorganic machine.

Without wings, it had a long, sleek, serpentine body with six short, sturdy legs.

The muscular legs had unusually long, black claws.

And its long, massive, thick tail was also split into six at the end.

A toothless dragon.

A wingless dragon.

An eyeless dragon.

A dragon without fangs, wings, or eyes. A destroyer who rampages. Parekian, the claw of the Black Dragon.

Our first dragon raid opponent, and the first encounter in a proper battle situation against the Black Dragon Legion.

Clink, clank….

Sensing our presence, it slowly rose to its feet.

The sound of something like a suit of armor moving echoed from its entire body, not that of a living creature.

And then,

Whirrrrr-!

The center of its chest glowed red, and that red energy echoed and spread throughout its body.

It looked like it was starting an engine. It really felt more like an alien mechanical life form than a dragon….

With its posture lowered, its six tails wriggled behind it, each preparing for battle.

Saaaaaa…!

The Black Dragon’s unique, sticky, tropical night air-like evil energy swirled and spread around its body. It was clear that it was intent on killing us.

If it were another dragon, we might have exchanged some words, whether curses or jokes, but there was no such process with this one.

Because this guy doesn’t have a mouth.

From the start, the option of dialogue didn’t exist.

‘And the fact that it doesn’t have a mouth means…’

In other words, it doesn’t have breath abilities.

Among the Black Dragon Legion, it was a unique individual specialized in physical combat, close-quarters fighting. That was this guy, Parekian.

“Get ready….”

Even without my command, my heroes were already in formation, as they had trained.

I slowly raised one hand.

“The battle starts now. Remember the tactics….”

Thwack-!

Before I could finish my sentence, Parekian leaped up.

With terrifying force, Parekian kicked off the ground and floated in the air for a moment. It was so light, like a feather, that it was hard to believe it didn’t have wings.

I shouted.

“Jump-!”

The next moment, Parekian spun like a top and charged towards us.

Thwack thwack thwack!

Its long body whipped like a flail, sweeping across the ground.

It was a pattern that it always used as its first attack, a spinning body slam. There might be a cooler name for the technique, but it just looked like a spinning body slam!

And this was a pattern we had trained to counter countless times.

Ground sweep. A so-called floor skill.

By the time it rushed at us.

Tap-!

Our 25 heroes, 10 reserves, and Muyeong, 36 people in total, had already kicked off the ground and jumped, avoiding its violent floor skill at once.

“From the training camp to the Martial Arts Tournament, all that time….”

Hanging in the air, I looked back and grinned.

“It all meant something-!”

Do you think we only did jump rope training for a day or two, you punk!

Of course, its body slam was incomparable in size and speed to a jump rope, but we had also anticipated this and trained accordingly, so we were able to avoid it without any problems.

Parekian, having passed under us, slammed into the wall behind us.

KWA-GWA-GWANG-!

The police station entrance was instantly devastated.

Parekian’s physical attack, which swept the floor while spinning, turned the area into a mess, but none of our heroes took any damage.

‘A good start!’

As soon as all of us landed, Parekian also regained its posture in the thick dust.

It didn’t immediately attack us, but rather seemed to gauge our strength, its six tails each twitching like tentacles, pointing towards us.

The next moment,

Tap-!

It leaped smoothly and began to climb the wall.

The police station entrance garden was large and circular. It climbed the inner wall of the garden nimbly and violently.

Every time its feet touched, the inner wall of the garden shattered, scattering glass shards and stone dust everywhere.

“Is it really a lizard, tch…!”

Circling above our heads along the cylindrical inner wall of the garden, Parekian moved leisurely, as if looking for our weaknesses.

Well, fine. If it gives us time, it’s not bad for us either. Actually, it’s even better.

I turned my head sharply to the side. The illusionist, Violet, who met my gaze, flinched.

“It’s time to show your skills, Violet.”

“Damn it, damn it, how did I end up here, really…!”

“Why, you ask? Well…”

I gave her a bright smile.

“Because you’re so good!”

“Ughhhhh!”

While trembling, Violet moved skillfully as she had trained.

Her body surged with light purple magic, and when she touched the ground, it spread widely.

Whoosh-!

[Illusion Zone].

The zone of illusion that Violet spread filled the police station in an instant. Then, Parekian was seen flinching in confusion.

Parekian has no eyes. No ears, no nose either.

In other words, it doesn’t have the usual senses like sight, hearing, or smell to perceive its surroundings.

The way it perceives the battlefield is solely through pure energy sense. It spreads its innate massive magic power and perceives the world through its reverberation.

It’s similar to the principle of bats, which use ultrasound to perceive their surroundings instead of having good eyesight.

In other words, its energy sense is abnormally developed,

…and therefore, it can be easily confused.

Violet’s illusion zone was properly established. I turned my gaze to the side.

“Junior!”

“I was ready!”

When I called him next, Junior, who was on standby, immediately raised his staff and used magic.

Zzzzzing!

A dazzling halo appeared in the air, and the real space distorted.

[Elemental Disassembly].

The ultimate magic for boss battles, which reduces the opponent’s magic power. This directly hit Parekian.

However.

“Ugh?! What is this insane magic power…!”

Junior frowned and stepped back.

“It’s an enormous amount of magic power. And it’s increasing in real-time… I can’t reduce it all at once with my [Elemental Disassembly]!”

[Elemental Disassembly] is a magic that reduces the opponent’s magic power to negative values.

However, dragons have an absurdly high innate magic power, and Parekian was currently resisting [Elemental Disassembly] by increasing its magic output in real-time.

It was a response befitting a being that has handled magic since ancient times.

“The opponent is a dragon, I expected this much! Keep firing!”

“Yes…!”

Junior prepared [Elemental Disassembly] in succession. And then.

Whirrrrr!

Parekian was not foolish enough to just watch it happen.

Making a strange engine sound, Parekian prepared to rush towards us.

Of course, its target was Junior. The mage who had inflicted an unknown debuff on it.

But-

Flinch.

Parekian couldn’t attack easily.

It was because of the [Illusion Zone] that Violet had spread earlier. There was only one thing I had ordered Violet to do.

‘Use illusion magic so that everyone here is perceived as Junior.’

And Violet succeeded splendidly.

Currently, within this police station, all of my heroes are perceived as identical to Junior in terms of magic detection.

If Junior uses magic, it will be detected as if everyone here is using it, and if Junior, who is overdoing it, gets a nosebleed, it will be detected as if everyone here is bleeding.

Violet said that it was not a big deal. She had simply copied Junior’s magic pattern and overlaid it on others.

But for my purpose—to hide Junior and allow him to continue using magic—this was enough.

It was definitely a weakness that Parekian relied solely on its energy sense to perceive the world. Then, it’s only natural to exploit that weakness!

“Alright, then….”

I shouted.

“Let’s put on a show for the dragon!”

Tap-!

As soon as I finished speaking, heroes rushed out in all directions.

Parekian couldn’t distinguish them.

Among the humans scattering in all directions, who was the caster of this magic?

Thud-!

In the end, Parekian gave up trying to distinguish them and dropped down as if gliding. And it attacked the closest hero.

Thwack thwack thwack!

The garden’s dirt floor was savagely torn up by the series of blows from its rotating claws and tail.

And the closest hero, Evangeline, was thrown back with her shield, screaming.

“I, I almost died…!”

She had dodged what she could, and only taken the unavoidable attacks, yet Evangeline’s shield and armor were tattered.

But she endured.

‘This is why I mainly organized the team with melee characters.’

The core of this operation was to buy time while Junior chipped away at its magic power.

So, I had organized the team mainly with melee heroes who could easily avoid the monster’s powerful melee patterns and could withstand a few hits if necessary…!

Whirrr!

Parekian, having confirmed that the opponent was not a mage, turned its body sharply and glared at the other heroes. Then,

“I am Juju!”

“No! I am Junior-!”

“Spinach! Tomato! Anyway, vegetables!”

“Juju! Juju! Juju!”

The heroes, without exception, all imitated Junior (?) and scattered in all directions.

“…Ughhhh.”

Junior’s face turned bright red. If you don’t want to see this anymore, hurry up and use the next [Elemental Disassembly]!

Bang! Crash! Crunch!

The heroes, who were making a fuss to attract attention and were genuinely cosplaying as mages, fell like autumn leaves.

Even while being thrown, smashed, and broken, the heroes succeeded in attracting attention.

“Preparation complete-!”

Junior shouted and raised his staff.

Junior had figured out how many more times he needed to cast [Elemental Disassembly] to finish off Parekian’s magic power with the first [Elemental Disassembly], and was preparing the necessary number of [Elemental Disassembly] simultaneously using the ‘multi-casting’ function.

Zzzing!

Zzzing!

Zzzzzzzing!

The overlapping [Elemental Disassembly]s struck in succession.

They finally succeeded in completely reducing Parekian’s disgustingly high magic power, which had been stubbornly resisting.

“Damien! Chain! Bodybag! Dearmurdin!”

I commanded the firepower team that had been on standby.

“Implement firepower suppression-!”

The snipers and mages poured firepower onto it as if they had been waiting for it.

Parekian, whose energy sense was messed up by the overlapping [Elemental Disassembly], staggered and was hit by all the firepower.

But, this wouldn’t kill it.

The damage was insufficient, and it was a dragon. The reduced magic power was also being restored in real-time.

The purpose was to keep it in one place.

After a round of firepower, someone quickly dashed towards the staggering Parekian.

It was Dusk Bringer, and… Lucas, who was holding Violet in his arms.

“Eat this-!”

Dusk Bringer, kicking off the ground and flying up, grabbed Parekian’s head and slammed it into the ground with a resounding thud.

Bang-!

It was a refreshing move, as if he was performing a wrestling technique.

Next to Parekian’s head, which had been slammed into the ground, Lucas, using [Tenacity Step], arrived like a gust of wind.

Lucas gently placed Violet, who was in his arms, on the ground, and I called out her name, who was trembling.

“Finish it, Violet-!”

Violet closed her eyes tightly, then,

“Okay….”

She raised both hands over the head of the huge, gleaming dragon.

“It’s all because I’m so good!”

Flash-!

Violet’s ultimate skill, a single-target illusion zone—[Daydream]—struck.

Parekian’s entire body trembled as if it had been struck by lightning.

***

Parekian is a dragon without senses.

What I had Violet show to Parekian, who had no senses, was… the reality as it was.

To the dragon that cannot see, to the dragon that cannot hear, to the dragon that cannot smell. To show the scenery of this place as it is.

In front of the vivid senses it was experiencing for the first time, Parekian trembled.

The world, which it had always perceived only through the reverberation of magic, was now colored, sounded, and smelled, and was unfolding around it.

I slowly approached it.

Thanks to Violet’s magic, which directly affected its brain, it was clearly seeing me.

‘Success.’

I let out a sigh of relief.

Most boss monsters have ‘phases.’

When their health is reduced, or when time passes after the start of the battle… they enter the next phase, their patterns change, and they become more powerful and ferocious.

In Parekian’s case, it enters the next phase when its health is reduced, revealing its ‘true form,’ and even goes berserk.

For us, who had not yet prepared a dragon-slaying weapon, the Dragon Slayer, the first dragon hunt was something that required us to prepare for significant damage.

Honestly, I wasn’t confident that we could catch it without taking damage. It was an opponent that we couldn’t guarantee victory against if we fought properly.

So, I prepared a trick.

Deliberately not inflicting damage and staying in the first phase, inducing simple patterns and buying time….

Grinding down its magic power.

Forcing an illusion on it.

“Parekian, you are….”

A tactic to impose mind control!

“Become mine!”