I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 651

The mages responded swiftly, carrying out my instructions perfectly.

Junior disrupted Iphian’s spellcasting at the same time as [Elemental Disassembly], forcibly downgrading the 10th tier magic to 9th tier. [Elemental Disassembly is a technique that breaks down magic into its base components, weakening it.]

Once the magic levels matched, we countered with Diarmuid’s specialty: fire magic.

*Kwaaaaaa!*

Dark magic erupted from Iphian’s severed right neck, accompanied by a terrifying shriek. Our mages’ combined fire magic collided head-on with it.

At first, the two magics seemed to be in equilibrium, but soon Iphian’s dark magic began to push forward fiercely.

‘Hey, it’s being devoured!’

The mages were terrified. Our pillar of fire was being engulfed and corrupted by the darkness, and the point of impact was being pushed back.

I urged the mages on.

‘Hold on, no matter what!’

‘But the output difference is too great…!’

‘Agh! All magic users, join the combined magic! We have to endure!’

At my command, all heroes with magical aptitude joined in the combined spellcasting.

I figured it was like adding RAM when assembling a computer; just connecting multiple people increases efficiency. I don’t know much about computers or magic, but I guess it’s similar!

‘While they hold out, we need to destroy his reverse scale!’

Meanwhile, the vanguard heroes who had approached Iphian were climbing up his body, reaching the forehead of his middle head.

‘Huuuup!’

Lukas, who had wrapped the golden aura of [Full Body Descent] around his [Bestowed Sword], struck with an enhanced [Willpower Strike]. [Full Body Descent is a technique that enhances physical abilities by channeling energy throughout the body.]

*Jjeo-eok!*

Along with a dazzling sword light, a crack appeared on the reverse scale that covered his closed eye like armor.

‘Kuhilan!’

‘I know it!’

At the same time as Lukas stepped aside, Kuhilan, who had regained his posture in mid-air, wrapped his body in a crimson aura and plunged down.

‘First – Heart Severing Wolf Fang!’

*Jjeo-eo-eong!*

For a moment, space seemed to distort, then it expanded back to its original form.

It was Kuhilan’s ultimate skill, using all the powers of the race god, who was currently the strongest on the front lines in terms of pure specs. Moreover, its form was that of the first Wolf King, Lunared.

With tremendous power, countless cracks appeared on the reverse scale.

However, the reverse scale endured without breaking.

Kuhilan, retracting his fist and stepping aside, shouted.

‘Nobody-!’

*Tadatadat-!*

Nobody, who had run up Iphian’s sloping body with nimble steps, leaped into the air.

‘If you’re going to emit such a foul aura!’

He crouched in the air, his left hand gripping the scabbard, his right hand gripping the handle of the long sword inside.

‘Even a blind man like me can see where everything is!’

He charged towards Iphian’s middle eye, located at the end of his trajectory, and drew his sword.

*Tsukaak-*

His slash, which could bisect anything if it hit, effortlessly cut through the reverse scale.

…Or so it seemed.

‘What…?!’

At some point, Iphian’s middle eye had opened, and the darkness emanating from that eye covered the scales like a shield… preventing the scales from being completely cut.

《It’s useless.》

*Flash!*

The next moment, golden light burst from the middle eye.

‘Keok!’

‘Kuhuk?!’

Lukas, Kuhilan, and Nobody, who were near the eye, coughed up blood and were thrown back.

Lukas and Kuhilan regained their posture in the air and landed with difficulty, but Nobody lost his balance and fell below.

‘Safe~!’

Fortunately, Evangeline, who had rushed over, caught him, and Zenith was seen using recovery magic.

Iphian no longer paid attention to the heroes there and stared straight at us.

《The darkness has already gathered enough.》

The darkness emanating from his three wide-open eyes coalesced into a sphere in front of his open mouth. At the same time, the magic power gathered inside his throat bubbled up.

It seemed he was about to use his dark breath, the most powerful of all Iphian’s patterns.

《I will sink you into the deepest night…!》

And this pattern was the perfect chance I had been waiting for to defeat him.

‘Damian-!’

I shouted to my trigger, the cheat sniper, who was preparing to snipe from behind me.

‘Finish him off!’

‘Yes, Your Highness.’

Damian calmly replied and prepared to snipe.

Seven magic bullets, which had been rotating in the air, merged into one and were loaded into the barrel of [Black Queen], which had already been converted into railgun form. [Black Queen is a powerful magical weapon that can be configured into different forms.]

Iphian’s reverse scale was already damaged. He had even brought out a dark shield as insurance, so that was his last means of defense.

At the very end, on top of his last shield!

We will slam the strongest bullet we have…

‘Fire-!’

As I swung my fist forward and shouted,

‘My eyes…’

Damian muttered softly, staring into Iphian’s eye.

‘I see better than your eyes.’

…Why is he feeling a strange sense of competition?

*Tu-kwaaaang-!*

With a sound like a cannon firing a shell, Damian fired [Black Queen] at maximum output.

The recoil of the shot sent Damian tumbling backward, and the other heroes who were waiting caught him.

The magic bullet, fired like a ray of light, flew straight and accurately-

*Tu-hak! Tu-hak! Tu-hak-!*

Broke through the barrier of darkness,

Tore apart the last remaining reverse scale,

And pierced straight through Iphian’s middle eye, which was open inside that reverse scale.

*Puh-uh-uh-uhk-!*

It pierced through the center of Iphian’s forehead, and then burst out with a flame-like explosion.

《Keheok…?!》

Iphian let out a death rattle.

The sphere of darkness gathered in front of his mouth scattered in vain.

Iphian had lost control over the darkness as he lost his middle eye – the Dark Magic Eye.

Damian’s magic bullet pierced the center of his forehead, churned his brain into mush, and made a huge hole in the back of his head. He staggered, unable to control the breath he was gathering, and spewed it out as if it were flowing backward.

《Kua, euuuuk, aaaaah…!》

*Ching-grang…!*

The magic circle floating above his right neck flickered and then shattered like breaking glass.

The dark magic that had been shooting from that magic circle, which had been pushing right up to our mages, disappeared at once – and conversely, the fire magic that our mages had fired pushed towards him.

*Kugwagwagwagwang!*

Iphian’s huge body was instantly engulfed in tremendous flames.

The flames were so intense that I was worried that the heroes who had approached might have been injured… but fortunately, I saw five people scrambling away. They seemed to be safe.

‘Ooh…’

Diarmuid muttered softly, gazing at the pillar of fire burning the collapsing black dragon as if in a trance.

‘This is the most beautiful flame I’ve ever seen in my life. To create such a flame, I am indeed… amazing.’

‘……’

No, isn’t this the time to praise the combined power, will, cooperation, and unity of everyone?

Anyway, I had shattered Iphian’s greatest weakness… the reverse scale, and pierced through the Dark Magic Eye.

In addition, I had destroyed his brain by piercing his forehead, and burned the rest of his body with maximum output fire magic.

The darkness that had been emanating from various parts of Iphian’s body gradually faded,

*Kugugung…!*

Iphian’s huge body, which had been staggering while engulfed in flames, collapsed forward.

The wall of black flames that had been surrounding this ‘Royal Guard Barracks’ also began to gradually extinguish.

I smiled without realizing it.

Finally, we had defeated him.

‘Everyone, you’ve worked hard, he was a nasty one, wasn’t he? But we still defeated him so wonderfully…’

I stopped speaking.

Suddenly, the incident with Winged Hwan came to mind. The evil dragon who had endured and finally unleashed his breath, which should have been canceled, purely with his transcendent hatred and will.

A chill ran down my spine.

‘…No, everyone! Don’t let your guard down!’

If this were a game, Iphian would have been definitely dead. It was already an overkill confirmation.

But, however – this is reality.

The evil dragon’s transcendent will can far exceed my calculations.

‘Don’t lower your guard until his death is confirmed! Maintain combat readiness!’

And, my caution was right.

From Iphian’s face, which was lying down and burning, two closed golden eyes suddenly opened wide.

《…I hate you.》

*Thump!*

He stretched out his burning front leg.

《The existence seen from above the universe, the father who curses fate, we who are imperfect children, the dream of our legion that rebelled against the heavens and defied the natural order, but ultimately perished.》

*Thump! Thump! Thump!*

Even while lying face down, with his whole body burning, scattering blood, brain fluid, and darkness from the front and back of his head, which had a huge hole in it.

Iphian began to crawl towards us, moving his legs that were turning to ashes.

《Memories of the Milky Way, the burning earth, the warmth I’ve never felt, the torn me, the broken me, the ripped me, kill and kill and kill and die and die and die, only that.》

He was constantly uttering words that could not be understood, and even though he was definitely dying – or perhaps he was already dead – Iphian was rushing towards us with terrifying momentum.

《Don’t play with me, don’t rejoice at my death, I have lived to destroy this world with my father, because that is the only way to ruin your pleasure!》

I gritted my teeth and raised a wall of magic.

The vanguard heroes raised their weapons and shields, and the rear heroes poured out all sorts of restraining attacks, including magic and gunshots.

*Pung! Pung! Pububung…!*

Iphian’s entire body, which had already lost all of its usual defense, collapsed in an instant. But even as he was crushed and broken, he crawled towards me madly, thumping.

《Why do you keep interfering, mortals, without even understanding my father’s great will to fight against the beings in the sky!》

The vanguard heroes who were blocking his path stabbed their weapons into his eyes and blew away his burning scales with sword strikes.

But Iphian, like a broken tank, ignored all those attacks and pushed in fiercely.

《I will, definitely, kill you, here…!》

With blood and darkness flowing from his burning, torn, empty eye sockets – he stared straight at me.

《Guardian of the world!》

My magic wall had already collapsed, and the vanguard heroes who were protecting me fell, unable to stop his charge.

The Glory Knights, who had rushed over, grabbed me and dodged. But Iphian, who had become the very obsession of a dead dragon, did not stop and chased after me.

‘He’s already dead!’

I thought as I desperately ran away under the protection of the Glory Knights.

‘This is just a last-minute tantrum before collapsing! If we just hold on a little longer, he’ll collapse on his own!’

My thoughts were only half right.

It was true that he was already dead, and that the evil dragon was making a final struggle with his obsession. But the problem was the premise of ‘if we just hold on a little longer.’

That was not possible.

*Flash-!*

His burning jaw opened wide, and the torrent of magic power that had formed inside was aimed at me.

‘Breath?! Wasn’t it all scattered earlier?!’

He had been pierced through the brain by Damian’s magic bullet and collapsed while gathering his breath.

Most of the breath he had gathered in his throat at that time had scattered, but some of it had remained intact!

‘If you’re going to die anyway, why can’t you just die peacefully, really…!’

I cursed and unfolded the cloak Kellybay had given me like a shield. It was supposed to block a breath once, so I was going to try to hold out with this.

‘……?!’

Then, a thought belatedly crossed my mind.

Even if I was safe using this cloak.

What about the Glory Knights who were protecting me? And the other heroes behind me?

Could they survive this direct hit of the breath?

Behind me now are the core damage dealers of the World Guardian Front. If we lose them here, there is no way to fight Night Bringer.

‘Agh, this damn game, seriously-!’

I spat out a curse filled with sincerity, unfolded the cloak Kellybay had given me, and threw myself forward – directly in front of Iphian’s mouth.

‘Your Highness?!’

Hecate’s shocked voice was heard from behind, but this was the best option.

Trusting the defensive performance of the cloak Kellybay had given me, I would block the breath from the very front.

I thought it was a gamble worth taking. If I was lucky, the cloak would completely block the breath, and if I was unlucky, I would just suffer a major injury.

The other warriors who had to defeat Night Bringer would be safe…

I gritted my teeth.

Even if it hurts, it’s better for me to be the one who gets hurt!

*Taat-!*

It was then.

Someone jumped between Iphian’s mouth and me like a flash of lightning. And reached out his arm towards me.

The moment his hand touched mine,

*Charrrr-!*

The chain armor that had been wrapped around his body disintegrated and was transferred directly onto my body.

This armor was none other than the [Owner of the High Tower]. [Owner of the High Tower is a powerful magical armor with unique properties.]

And of course, the owner of this armor was…

‘Really.’

Dusk Bringer, who was smiling at me, said.

‘You don’t know how precious your body is. You’re like a child left by the water…’

I didn’t have a chance to say anything.

The next moment, from behind Dusk Bringer, who had self-exploded his dragon blood, sunset-colored magic stretched out like a curtain and enveloped us – and on top of that, Iphian’s breath, which he had unleashed as a final struggle, poured down.