I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 698

Above ground.

South of Crossroads. The edge of the battlefield.

The last resistance was crushed.

The clones summoned by Ash couldn’t withstand the relentless onslaught of darkness and were swept away. Ash himself was repeatedly struck down by the Night Bringer’s honed darkness, eventually collapsing.

Yormungandr, his body split in two, succumbed to his fatal wound. The clown, Crown, who stood beside the serpent, was torn apart by the Night Bringer himself.

Parecian, who had struggled fiercely, had his entire carapace crushed by a single blow from the Night Bringer and fell.

And finally, Scayrian.

《Kuh, kuek……!》

His neck was gripped in the Night Bringer’s hand, and he was lifted into the air, choking. He was the strongest magic defense among the Black Dragon Legion, the Eastern Dragon, but the beautiful scales that once covered his body were shattered and fell like rain. Now, he was a hideous figure, covered in wounds and blood.

《Scayrian. My pure lin.》

The Night Bringer asked his own son with a mocking voice.

《Did you see what you wanted to see?》

《……Yes, Father.》

Scayrian smiled, his lips curling up as he coughed up blood from the intense pressure on his neck.

《I saw it to my heart’s content.》

《Hooh…… What was it?》

《You wouldn’t understand even if I told you.》

Scayrian’s gaze was calm, as if he was truly satisfied and had no more regrets.

《A beauty that you, who only think about closing the world… who are huddled in the night, will never discover.》

《…….》

《I saw it.》

Scayrian chuckled.

《To not feel this beauty, Father, you are truly… pathetic…….》

Crack!

Scayrian could no longer speak. The Night Bringer had broken his son’s neck by tightening his grip.

《Since you originated from me, return to me.》

The Night Bringer casually placed Scayrian’s limp body on his back. The area where the two dragons’ bodies touched melted into a black goo, and Scayrian’s body slowly began to be absorbed.

The Night Bringer looked around. Ash, who had been making a lot of noise, was also torn apart and unable to rise. Now, there was no one left to oppose him.

The world’s last resistance was so futile…

There was no reason to play around anymore. The Night Bringer was now going to end everything.

《……Huh?》

It was then.

Kugugugugu…….

Suddenly, the sky trembled.

And at the same time as the Night Bringer looked up at the sky in bewilderment-

Tearrrrr!

The dark curtain that covered the sky was torn to shreds, and through the gaps, dazzling sunlight began to pour down.

《What……?!》

The Night Bringer couldn’t understand the situation for a moment.

The dark curtain that covered the sky was made by weaving together the darkness from under the Lake Kingdom. It was that terrible darkness, filled with the will of those evil and disgusting Outer Gods [entities beyond mortal comprehension].

The Night Bringer had even used the darkness of the Outer Gods, whom he hated, to achieve his goal. The reason was simple: because that darkness was powerful.

The darkness that the Outer Gods had scattered under that lake was different from ordinary darkness; it was overflowing with malice, trying to drag all living beings into despair.

Since this world became a playground for the Outer Gods, no mortal had ever overcome that darkness.

That’s why, the darkness that he trusted even more than himself, how could it be…….

《Kuek-?!》

The clear morning sunlight poured down like the tip of a spear.

The Night Bringer’s massive body began to melt away under this indiscriminate sunlight.

Before descending to the mortal realm, he had spread a dark curtain in the sky to deepen the night, and by combining that deepened night with his own body, he had gained a much more transcendent power than before.

To destroy the world this time, he had even used the reverse-heavenly technique of covering the day with night, turning the principles of the world upside down to get here.

《Don’t make me laugh…….》

He was collapsing.

As the dark curtain was torn to shreds and the dawn that should have come to the world was cast down… his body, his plan, crumbled like the twilight before morning.

《Do you think I’ll give up with just this-!》

The Night Bringer glared at the sky and activated his dark eye.

Kwaaaaaaa!

With just the transcendent evil will of the evil dragon, the dark curtain that had been torn to shreds began to seal itself, with tentacles reaching out to each other.

The sunlight began to be blocked again, one by one, by the patched-up dark curtain. The Night Bringer was doing everything he could to reclaim his night.

It was then.

Thump, thump, thump…….

The sound of several legs lightly hitting the ground was heard. The Night Bringer flinched and looked down.

There it was.

Without eyes, nose, ears, or mouth. With six legs and six tails…….

His other son, who looked more like a lizard than a dragon.

The Night Bringer trembled and called out his son’s name.

《Parecian……!》

The Black Dragon’s Claw, Parecian, slowly lowered his stance. And.

Kiiiiiiing-!

A sound like a mechanical engine echoed from his core, and a red aura spread throughout his cracked body.

《Don’t interfere, you bug-!》

Roaring, the Night Bringer unleashed dark magic indiscriminately.

Kwagwang! Kwagwagwagwang……!

Parecian’s entire body exploded from the direct hit of the magic. The Night Bringer thought that his own son had been crushed to pieces.

But it wasn’t.

《……!》

As the thick smoke cleared, Parecian was transformed into a different form.

If his health fell below half, Parecian would enter the next phase… revealing his ‘true form’.

This form was so difficult to deal with that Ash even used the tactic of capturing Parecian with mind control without letting him pass the phase.

Kiiiiiiing…….

As the outer shell peeled away, Parecian had transformed into a sharper and sleeker form than before. If he was a lizard before, now he felt like a fox wearing armor.

Kiiiiiiing!

His unique engine sound echoed once more, and red flames erupted from all six leg joints of Parecian.

Thwak-!

Parecian, who had kicked off the ground, dashed forward with unbelievable speed. The six tails that trailed behind him also emitted red flames at their ends, increasing his speed as if he were a living rocket.

The fastest dragon.

Among the members of the Black Dragon Legion, no, the fastest being among all the dragons that had existed in the history of this world.

That was the Black Dragon’s Claw, Parecian, and even the mighty Night Bringer missed his speed for a moment.

In an instant, Parecian reached right in front of the Night Bringer.

However, in the end, Parecian was also a being that originated from the Night Bringer.

《No matter how fast you are…….》

The Night Bringer’s golden eyes flashed menacingly.

《Do you think I can’t catch you-?!》

The ‘Honed Night’ came crashing down.

It was an accurate aim without a single gap, and Parecian was hit directly.

Clang……!

With a sound like glass breaking, Parecian exploded once more.

And,

《……What?》

Under Parecian’s crushed carapace, the final phase that shouldn’t have existed – the third form – was revealed.

A smaller, sleeker, and smoother form, like a fox that had even thrown off its armor.

This form, which the Night Bringer was seeing for the first time, was the result of using the second wish-fulfilling orb that Scayrian had on Parecian.

The wish-fulfilling orb was a tool to raise the level of existence.

With this, Parecian forcibly broke through his limits, reaching the end of the talent bloom that had only existed as a possibility.

And, it wasn’t just Parecian who had used the wish-fulfilling orb and surpassed his limits.

“W-wow, wow, wowww……!”

The illusionist, Violet, who Parecian had hidden inside his carapace, trembled, wrapping her arms around Parecian’s neck.

《It’s okay.》

Then Parecian spoke.

Because he had no mouth, his voice flowed out as if it were echoing from within his chest.

Violet’s eyes widened at the first time she heard that inorganic, yet gentle voice. Parecian spoke once more.

《Let’s go.》

“A-ah, o-okay……!”

Thwak-!

Parecian, who had kicked off the ground, soared up like a rocket.

Parecian climbed up the Night Bringer’s body with a speed that was truly like a flash of light. In his third form, Parecian was so fast that even the Night Bringer couldn’t do anything about it.

In an instant, Parecian, who had climbed up the Night Bringer’s neck and approached right in front of his head, gave a signal.

《Now, Violet.》

“Uuuu…….”

Even while trembling in fear in front of the world’s strongest monster,

“Waaaaaaah-!”

Violet finally kicked off Parecian’s back and jumped up, placing both hands on the Night Bringer’s head.

Violet was just a petty thief, just a con artist, but she wanted to become great herself.

So, Scayrian gifted her his wish-fulfilling orb and used it right before this battle to raise her level.

Thus, her illusion magic, which had only been used to swindle money from villagers in a backwater gambling den,

Flash-!

Now possessed the power to be used even against the world’s worst black dragon.

Violet’s ultimate skill, [Daydream], exploded.

《……?!》

Feeling a sensation of her mind being shaken for the first time in her life – the Night Bringer let out a painful roar in all directions.

Kyaaaaaaaa-!

The dragon’s roar tore through the air and lashed out in all directions.

The dragon’s roar also poured down on Violet, who was using illusion magic and falling down. Violet sensed her own death.

“Haha.”

But why was it? She wasn’t as scared as she thought she would be. Rather, she felt relieved.

Perhaps it was because she had achieved a great feat that she had never even dreamed of in her entire life.

‘Did you see that, world?’

Violet smiled brightly and closed her eyes.

‘I got one over on you.’

Then, a dragon’s roar like a blade came crashing down on her.

Violet couldn’t avoid it.

Kagagagak……!

***

《Huk……. Huk…….》

The Night Bringer lowered his body and panted roughly.

His mental strength was high. He wasn’t so weak that he would be affected by a mere human’s illusion magic.

But, he was shaken.

He wasn’t affected by the illusion, but his mind was definitely shaken. The Night Bringer felt his heart boiling with an unprecedented agitation.

‘It’s because of the sunlight. Because the sunlight suddenly poured down…….’

Tear, tearrr-

As his concentration was disrupted, the dark curtain that had covered the sky like dark clouds began to tear apart again.

The sunlight that penetrated through the darkness became more and more abundant. The darkness that had been combined with the Night Bringer’s body also began to evaporate, unable to withstand it.

When the Night Bringer, who was panting roughly, raised his head…….

《……?》

Suddenly, in front of him, he saw the figure of a woman shimmering like a heat haze.

In the distant past, at the end of that mythical era that no one remembers anymore. The red-haired woman who had killed him and looked down with sad eyes.

Just like a midday dream [a fleeting, unrealistic vision]…….

– Your story ends here, Night Bringer.

The woman smiled sadly, her long red hair fluttering.

– ……Wait. I’ll follow you soon.

《Kuk?!》

The Night Bringer shook his head roughly and looked straight ahead again, but there was no trace of the woman from his memories.

Instead, in the shimmering gray haze, a scarred man wearing a black chain coat and holding a banner was walking towards him.

Thud, thud.

In the battlefield that had become quiet, only the man’s footsteps echoed softly.

Was it an illusion?

From the shadow of this degraded, diluted, and polluted descendant, where the greatness of the ancestral dragon could not be found even with a magnifying glass…….

“What’s wrong, Black Dragon?”

Why was her scent so clear?

Why.

Ash, who had approached the trembling Night Bringer, smiled crookedly with his bloodied face.

“Did I stir up some painful memories?”

Instead of answering, the Night Bringer roared roughly and rushed at Ash.

Facing the shining golden eyes, Ash also rushed forward head-on.

The decisive battle for the fate of the world was now reaching its climax.