I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 638

Thud, thud, thud…

The feather bombardment ended.

Winged Huan flew past us and far into the distance. He’d probably come back, flying towards us again, and attack with a different method.

The slowly rotating wings of that guy stretched out wide to the left and right, and a dark, ominous energy gathered all over them.

‘That pattern is…!’

He used a breath pattern, and a gliding-then-bombing pattern, so the only thing left was…

“It’s the ‘Wind Wave’ pattern!”

The third of Winged Huan’s signature attacks.

A ‘Wind Wave’ pattern where he uses his massive wings to continuously unleash waves of wind that sweep across the ground.

It’s obvious, but this is a ground-based attack. And!

‘This is the pattern we were aiming for!’

We focused on dodging the breath and feather attacks, but this pattern is one we can counter.

That’s why my heroes have been training to pile on attacks when he uses this pattern.

“Everyone, prepare to counterattack!”

As I waved my flag to signal the offensive, the eyes of the waiting heroes changed all at once.

“Go according to the plan we prepared, just like we practiced! Don’t make any mistakes!”

“Yes!”

At the head of the heroes who answered in unison, Dusk Bringer was once again at the forefront, preparing to attack.

Whirr-!

The [Owner of the High Tower], which had been deployed in the air, was retrieved. Crimson chains swirled around her body, then converged into her outstretched right hand.

The chains, connected by magic, were molded into a new form in her grasp.

From the handle to the massive guard, and from the guard to the huge blade that rose up…

The next moment, a burning, dark red chain greatsword appeared in her right hand.

“……”

I was sweating bullets.

Wait, wasn’t that armor…? I get the barrier function, but how did it transform into a greatsword…?

Still wearing her red sleeveless dress, Dusk Bringer, with her slender arms exposed, lightly twirled the greatsword and grinned.

“This form should be called an Armored Blade… or maybe an Armored Sword. This armor has endless ways to be used.”

I laughed in disbelief.

In a way, it really was like armor forged by the Lord of the Flies. The chains that made up the armor moved independently, displaying the form and function that the owner desired.

‘It’s because it’s Dusk Bringer that she can handle it so skillfully…’

The more skilled you are at manipulating magic, the more freely you can control it. Dusk Bringer, who has dragon blood and can materialize magic, is probably the only one who can handle it like that.

Anyway, Dusk Bringer’s armor performance was impressive, but I didn’t have much time to be distracted by it. Winged Huan, having finished his turn, was flying straight towards us.

“Let’s finish this in one go… everyone, go!”

“Good, I shall lead the charge! Everyone, follow me closely!”

Thud!

Dusk Bringer dashed forward, followed closely by the vanguard heroes.

Flap!

Winged Huan, lowering his altitude and approaching us, stopped at a point in the air and then flapped his wings greatly in succession.

Each time, waves of wind mixed with black currents surged from the tips of his wings. Waves of wind carrying evil intent surged across the ground towards us.

Thud! Thud-!

And my heroes, with practiced ease, kicked off the ground and dodged the attacks with perfect timing, approaching Winged Huan.

‘We’re so used to dealing with ground-based attacks that it’s boring now!’

Meanwhile, Winged Huan seemed quite flustered that our heroes were approaching him without taking any damage from his wind waves.

Winged Huan can’t move while using his wind wave technique. Because it’s a technique that requires him to delicately control the wind currents, he’s using all the wind currents, even those he would use for his own movement, for the attack.

In games, it’s a so-called channeling technique, where you can’t move while using the skill.

In other words, for a short time, he’s definitely stuck in one place-

“Give him a good hit!”

If our heroes can approach him within that time, it means we can grab him by the hair and drag him to the ground!

Before we knew it, the vanguard of my heroes reached the ground directly below Winged Huan.

“Hup!”

King Poseidon, seeing this from the rear, slammed his trident into the ground.

Whoosh!

Streams of water shot up from the ground, and the leading heroes rode the water upwards. It was a high-altitude attack method we had used once before in the Tustibean raid.

《How insolent, you lowly creatures…!》

Winged Huan’s golden eyes twisted with rage as the humans rose to his eye level.

《Return to your proper height! Crawl on the ground!》

Winged Huan’s beak-like mouth opened wide,

Kiyaaaaaaak-!

A tangible sonic wave erupted, knocking all the approaching vanguard heroes to the ground.

It’s a Dragon Roar – but Winged Huan’s is a bit different compared to other dragons. It’s mixed with a sonic attack similar to the harpy legions we’ve faced before. Perhaps it’s a characteristic of the Yinglong [a mythical Chinese dragon with wings], being half-bird.

“Uwaaaagh!”

“Even with earplugs, my ears hurt…!”

The vanguard heroes who had risen on the water jets screamed and fell back down.

But there were also heroes who endured the terrible screams and managed to approach Winged Huan’s face.

Dusk Bringer, Lucas, and Kuilan.

Dusk Bringer broke through using the [Owner of the High Tower] as a shield, and Lucas was able to get through because Evangeline blocked the sonic wave for him and fell.

“Half of your achievements are mine, got it?!”

Lucas scoffed at Evangeline’s shout, then stepped on Evangeline’s shield and leaped up once more. Evangeline let out a pitiful scream as she fell below.

And Kuilan… he just endured it with his monstrous durability that had broken through its limits.

Kuilan, who had merged with the Nightmare Slayer, become a Chosen One of the race god, and was wearing two layers of equipment, had become so strong that even I had trouble accurately assessing his specs.

These three, who had finally broken through Winged Huan’s Dragon Roar, flew to the evil dragon’s face in succession.

Dusk Bringer, raising her chain greatsword, grinned menacingly.

“As expected, a tower is best when you grab it and swing it around…!”

Nocturnal magic, like a saw blade, spun along the blade of the massive chain greatsword in her hand, and then, with a loud crack,

Crack!

She struck Winged Huan’s crown.

Almost simultaneously, Lucas, who had leaped up with [Tenacity Step], twisted his body smoothly in the air as if swimming, and then fell onto Winged Huan’s head-

Slash!

Using [Willpower Strike] coated with [Full Body Descent].

He cleanly slashed his sword across Winged Huan’s eye.

Finally, Kuilan took a unique stance in the air, and then,

“-Single Heart Storm.”

He honestly slammed his ultimate skill into him.

Wham!

Kuilan hit the beak where Winged Huan had been spewing out his Dragon Roar, sonic attacks, and stereotypical dragon lines.

《…?!》

Winged Huan staggered in the air with an expression of disbelief.

The horn on his crown, the magic gathering organ, was crushed by Dusk Bringer’s attack, one of his eyes, which had been radiating the majesty of an absolute being, was split by Lucas’s sword strike, and his beak, the source of his Dragon Roar and sonic attacks, was shattered by Kuilan’s attack.

Three major parts were destroyed in an instant.

《You, you worm-like things that I wouldn’t mind tearing apart and killing…!》

Winged Huan roared, still managing to speak with his split beak. At the same time, the wind waves that had been pouring out of his wings stopped.

The short grace period was over. Winged Huan finished the wind wave pattern and soared into the sky.

《I won’t kill you easily, all of you! I’ll capture you alive! And until your flesh rots and your bones decay, I will gnaw at you piece by piece with my beak!》

Winged Huan’s one remaining eye burned as if it would flip over. He hadn’t even been hit in his reverse scale, but he was so enraged that he had already gone berserk.

‘Good, he’s gone berserk.’

I was relieved to see that things were going according to plan.

Of course, the horn, the eye, and the beak are all major parts of Winged Huan, but.

They are by no means his core.

In the end, his wings, the source of his insane mobility and mind control, are the most important part of Winged Huan. Just like his epithet.

Nevertheless, the reason I ordered the vanguard heroes to destroy ‘any part’ was because of this berserk state.

Winged Huan immediately becomes enraged and goes berserk if any part of his body is destroyed.

In a berserk state, he loses his cool thinking, and while the power of all his skills increases…

‘His defense decreases!’

Whoosh!

Winged Huan, who had soared to a dizzying height, stopped in the air. His breath cooldown must be over, so he’s probably planning to create some distance and burn us all with an aerial breath attack.

I turned to the side. And I said,

“Good job, Violet.”

There, Violet was panting heavily, her mind fully focused.

Violet, covered in sweat, turned to me, and I smiled.

“…You can release the illusion now.”

“Y, yes… !”

Violet, relieved, let out a long breath and released the illusion she had been maintaining since the start of the battle.

Whoosh…!

The next moment,

《…?!》

Winged Huan, who was preparing to breathe in the air, immediately noticed.

《Wh, what is that, you…?!》

That someone had climbed onto his back.

“…”

On the back of the Yinglong was an elf with long, light green hair fluttering in the fierce wind.

Verdandi.

The eldest daughter of the Fairy Royal Family, the Chosen One of the Fairy God, our strongest assassin, and-

Shing!

A hero who possesses [Isageum], the strongest dragon slayer currently held by the World Protection Front, made from the teeth of Tustibean.

‘From the beginning, the entire plan was designed for Verdandi.’

I grinned.

The vanguard heroes rushing in noisily, hitting Winged Huan’s head to draw his attention, and putting him into a berserk state…

It was all to give Verdandi, who had been hiding with Violet’s [Illusion Domain] since the start of the battle, a chance to climb onto the dragon’s back.

And Verdandi succeeded.

While the vanguard heroes drew his attention, she approached his rear, rode King Poseidon’s water jet, threw flashing daggers, and managed to sneak onto his body.

***

“It’s high.”

Verdandi muttered emotionlessly, looking at the ground that had become so distant.

Clear golden light flowed from her lowered, cold eyes.

“It’ll be fun to drop him.”

At the same time, the dagger [Isageum] touched Winged Huan’s left shoulder blade.

[Isageum] is a dagger forged with Tustibean’s magic core and symbol.

And Tustibean is a dragon specialized in breath – magic emission.

Naturally, this dagger also inherited the same properties.

Whoooooo…!

Clear light green magic currents swirled and gathered at the tip of the dagger.

Just like magic gathers into the mouth of a dragon preparing to breathe.

《Wai…?!》

Winged Huan didn’t even have time to say anything.

Because Verdandi was not a sloppy assassin who would allow her enemy to utter a death cry.

Clang-!

Pure green magic was fired from the tip of the dagger like a dragon’s breath, and Verdandi grabbed the dagger, which was spewing green flames, with both hands and forcefully swung it down.

Flash!

A clear green sword mark was etched into the dark sky of Lake Kingdom.

And following that trajectory-

Swoosh!

Winged Huan’s massive left wing was cleanly severed from the shoulder blade.

《Kuaaaaaaaaah?!》

The evil dragon let out a scream of pain, scattering a huge amount of blood and feathers from the severed wing.