I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 639

《Kuaaaaaaaaah!》

Winged Huan let out a terrible scream, scattering a huge amount of blood and feathers from his severed wing.

The one-winged beast lost all balance and lift, immediately beginning to fall. From afar, I could see Verdandi kicking off his back and deploying her parachute.

“It went in properly… !”

I cheered.

If we were going to make him fall anyway, it was obviously more effective to drop him from as high as possible.

Verdandi had cut off Winged Huan’s wing just as he was preparing his breath at the highest point.

And no matter how much of a dragon he was, falling from that height…

Kugwagwagwagwang…!

He couldn’t possibly be okay.

Winged Huan crashed into the ruins of the collapsed art museum building—the very palace he had destroyed—and slammed into the ground. Due to the dragon’s massive size and weight, a cloud of pale dust billowed out in all directions.

‘Even for a dragon, this is a decisive blow.’

I judged that he was either instantly dead or at least in a groggy state.

The other heroes seemed to have made the same judgment, as they all felt victory and their expressions relaxed. There was no way he could withstand a fall from that height…

Whooooosh-!

But, no.

Just a few seconds later, the thick dust cloud swirled and was sucked into one point… then cleared away completely.

And in the ruins, his whole body crushed and covered in blood… Winged Huan was preparing his breath.

His one remaining eye was glaring directly at me.

“…?!”

That guy had been gathering his breath from the air, and he continued to do so!

Even while falling with a severed wing, even while crashing to the ground and crushing his whole body!

“Breath! Everyone, evade… !”

I shouted a beat too late,

《You underestimated the black dragon’s child, human…》

I heard Winged Huan chuckle evilly, having finished preparing to unleash his breath.

《Did you think you could stop me with such minor injuries?》

I calmly tried to dodge the trajectory of the breath he was about to fire.

“… !”

But I realized the presence of my fellow heroes behind me, who were also frozen in shock.

The rear support heroes were gathered together, and they were slow to scatter because they didn’t expect Winged Huan to fire a breath in that state. At this rate, they wouldn’t be able to avoid the breath…

“Tch… !”

Instead of evading, I slammed the flagpole into the ground.

Chwarururuk!

The ultimate skill [The Foremost Flag] activated, and a magical wall bloomed instantly like a blossoming flower petal. The wall rose directly in the path of the breath.

And at the same time, Winged Huan fired his breath.

Kwaaaaaaa!

Winged Huan’s breath shot out from his gaping maw. The fiercely swirling torrent of magic flew towards us like a beam of light-

And the next moment, it collided with the magic wall.

Twukwaaaaaak-!

Winged Huan’s breath exploded onto the layers of magic walls.

He was unleashing a breath of overwhelming power that was hard to believe given the injuries he had sustained. The wall melted and was pierced in an instant.

Pouring magic into the wall, I frantically repaired and rebuilt it, yelling.

“Everyone, get out of the way!”

“Your Highness!”

“Hurry! I’m dying here! Quickly-!”

The layers of walls I had erected were collapsing like dominoes.

The heroes behind me scattered to the left and right in a hurry, and I, who no longer had the strength to hold on, tried to evade as well.

Twuk-!

But before I could even get out of the breath’s range, the breath that had pierced the last wall rushed right in front of my nose.

“…Damn it.”

In front of the incoming breath, I suddenly remembered my comrades nagging me to wear armor.

‘If I had worn the new armor with the barrier function, would I have survived this?’

As I was thinking, the breath that had pierced the last wall rushed towards me-

“Huuup!”

Tsukaak-!

It split into two streams.

The blue-armored knight, Hecate, who had rushed in front of me, swung her sword, splitting the dragon’s breath in a fleeting moment.

“…?!”

Faced with this unbelievable miracle, I was too shocked to move, my mouth agape… when someone yanked me to the side.

Looking back, it was the other knights of the Glory Knights. They were pulling me away from the range of the dragon’s breath in perfect unison.

“Hecate!”

As I was being carried away, I called out, and Hecate, still in the stance of swinging her sword, smiled faintly.

Kwaaaaaaa!

And the next moment, she was engulfed and disappeared in the breath.

I watched with gritted teeth as her beige hair, red eyes, and the blue armor she had received from Lucas were instantly burned away.

《Where do you think you’re going-!》

I don’t know how he could speak while spewing breath.

Winged Huan stubbornly twisted the trajectory of his breath to chase me. And the Glory Knights did not hesitate to throw themselves in the way to save me, just as their captain had done.

The knights used their unique skills to momentarily stop the advance of the breath, and then they were burned to death the next moment.

While they were sacrificing their lives in turn, I was held by the strong hands of the remaining knights, struggling to escape the range of the pursuing breath.

As if not caring about the lives he had swallowed, Winged Huan continued to adjust the trajectory of his breath, aiming for my life.

And, right after the last knight threw himself into the breath without a moment’s hesitation.

Taat-!

Hecate, who had crawled along the floor with her burned and melted body, swung her sword once more, cutting through the breath.

At that point, Winged Huan’s breath finally stopped.

Winged Huan’s breath attack felt like an eternity, but in reality, its duration was only a few tens of seconds.

“Hecate!”

I ran to Hecate.

The blue armor she had received from Lucas had completely melted away, leaving no trace, and she was breathing heavily as she regenerated her burned body in her old magical bandages… Hecate was struggling to catch her breath.

“…Are you, not hurt, Your Highness?”

“Is that what you should be saying right now?! Are you okay?”

“We are, fine. Because this is, what we have become for.”

I gritted my teeth and looked around at the area that had been swept by Winged Huan’s breath.

Everything that had been swept by just a few tens of seconds of magic radiation was reduced to ashes. And in these ruins, the knights who had saved me were panting and regenerating their bodies.

This was the Glory Knights.

Knights who could throw their lives away again and again to protect the Emperor.

The Emperor’s Imperial Guard, who had the curse of immortality engraved on their bodies, and who would never be defeated…

“His Majesty the Emperor has ordered us to protect His Highness the Crown Prince, just as we have protected His Majesty.”

Hecate smiled faintly.

“We are simply doing what we must do.”

“…”

There were many things I wanted to say, but they were not clearly organized, and there was no time for that. Because Winged Huan was preparing his next attack.

《You rat-like bastards! I’ll finish you off with this attack!》

Winged Huan raised his remaining right wing high.

Like a missile battery, black magic swirled around the feathers attached to his wing, and he finished preparing to fire them all at once.

“Block it-!”

The vanguard heroes were rushing to stop Winged Huan. But because there was quite a distance between the point where he used ‘Wind Wave’ and his current crash site, there wasn’t enough time.

And Winged Huan, as if not even seeing the vanguard heroes coming to kill him, only looked at me and swung his wing wide.

Tudududududu-!

With a sound like a machine gun firing, thousands of feathers poured out from his wing.

The feathers flying in, filling my vision, were aimed not only at me but also at the other rear support heroes behind me.

Hecate hurriedly came in front of me, preparing to block them with her body, and the rear support heroes also prepared their defenses, but… this was dangerous.

I slammed the flagpole into the ground again, summoning a wall and gritting my teeth. Could we withstand it?

“Uwaaaaaaaa!”

Violet, who had no defensive abilities, was especially in trouble. Violet crouched down tightly, seeing the rain of feathers falling above her head.

“I don’t want to dieee!”

I clicked my tongue, seeing Violet screaming.

‘Should I use the mage party?’

The mage party and Damian were currently deployed in another location far away for some reason.

I prepared to take out the [Blue Flame Torch] from my inventory. There was no choice, it was too dangerous like this. I had to send a support request…

But.

Tzeoeok!

It was at that moment.

Above Violet’s head, the entrance to my capture monster’s subspace tore open and appeared…

Tak-

Gracefully wagging its six tails, the eyeless, noseless dragon—the black dragon’s claw, Parekian—popped out.

“…?”

I blinked in disbelief.

No, why are you popping out when I didn’t even call you?

Clink, clank…

The capture monster, Parekian, made the sound of armor moving all over its body, turned its long, blunt head towards where Violet was crouching, and then,

《…》

Twuk-!

Suddenly, it kicked off the ground and jumped up.

Then, it wrapped its body in the air and began to spin around.

Kiiiiiiing!

With a sound like an engine starting, Parekian, with its body glowing red, spun like a top, wrapped in black magic, and following its movements, Parekian’s magic was fired into the air like a rain of arrows.

And this black magic barrage from Parekian met Winged Huan’s feather bombardment, which was pouring down from the opposite sky, in mid-air…

Kwagwagwagwang!

It exploded.

It wasn’t a complete annihilation of each other, but well over half of the feather bombardment disappeared due to this neutralization.

“…?”

Everyone was watching this scene with their mouths open.

What is that thing doing?

No, it’s a capture monster, but… why is it blocking its brother’s attack on its own, without me even ordering it?

Parekian landed lightly on the ground and stood in front of Violet, then tucked her under its belly.

“Huh? Uh, uh?”

Violet looked confused, but she didn’t want to die, so she quickly crawled on the ground and hid under Parekian’s belly.

In my dazed ears, I heard the urgent cry of the Merman King.

“I will help with the rest of the interception, Prince Ash!”

“I’m counting on you, King Poseidon… !”

King Poseidon summoned a stream of water with his trident and created a barrier in the air, and I also built a wall behind it.

Thump! Kugugugung…!

Pubeobeobeong!

Winged Huan’s feather bombardment was still powerful, but.

Thanks to Parekian’s interception, the number of feathers was greatly reduced, and it was now at a level that we could easily block.

With the cooperation of King Poseidon and my wall creation, we were able to safely withstand the bombardment.

“Whew!”

After the bombardment ended, I finally took a breath, and then I heard a bewildered voice from the other side.

《…Parekian?》

Winged Huan seemed dumbfounded to see Parekian wagging its tail next to Violet.

《You, what are you doing there…》

But Winged Huan couldn’t finish his sentence.

Because our vanguard heroes, who had already approached him closely, were fiercely swinging their weapons.

“How dare you try to harm our lord… !”

“I’ll crush the rest of your horns-!”

Led by a furious Lucas and Dusk Bringer, the vanguard heroes swarmed Winged Huan.

But even in that state, Winged Huan roared fiercely and fought back. He sharply swung his severed left wing, spewed dragon roars from his broken beak, and even managed to get up and savagely clawed with his crushed hind legs.

The vanguard heroes were unexpectedly struggling, and it was at that moment.

From the ruins where Winged Huan had crashed—the remains of the art museum—a chilling sob suddenly flowed out.

《Hic, hic, hic, hic…》

Everyone was startled and looked in that direction, and the Banshee Commander, with half of her body blown away, appeared holding the head of the Dullahan Commander in her arms.

《Hic, hic, kheeheeheeh…》

Sobbing mournfully, the Banshee Commander raised the head of the dead Dullahan Commander and then threw it carelessly towards Winged Huan’s rear.

Thud.

Roll, roll.

The Dullahan Commander’s head hit Winged Huan’s rear and then rolled pathetically on the ground.

《Hic, hic, hic, hic…》

The Banshee Commander continued to sob, pointing at Winged Huan’s rear.

“…”

“…”

What is it?

What does that mean?

Everyone was confused and just stared at her, and then the Banshee Commander suddenly ripped off the veil covering her face, swept her messy bangs back carelessly, and then.

《Ah~ seriously.》

She said.

《The reverse scale is over here, you human bastards! Get a clue… !》