I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 746

《Aaaaaaaah…!》

A desperate scream erupted from the Flame Giant King’s mouth.

The special concentrated zombie cure had pierced his eye and embedded itself directly into his brain. It was likely agonizing for the zombie parasite, which was incompatible with this cure.

Ultimately, the massive parasite couldn’t withstand the concentrated cure and immediately burst out of the Flame Giant King’s head.

The Flame Giant King’s zombified state was instantly解除 [kaijo – released/cancelled], and the zombie rabble that had been following him, their eyes gleaming, rushed toward the Giant King.

Groaaan!

Grrrroooan-!

Various zombies clung to the Giant King’s back.

Then, the Flame Giant King spewed fire from his mouth and swung his arms powerfully-

Thwack!

He turned all the zombies clinging to him into a bloody mess.

Just a moment ago, the Giant King had been slaughtering his own subordinates after their zombification was解除 [kaijo – released/cancelled].

Now, the situation was reversed, with the Giant King, his zombification解除 [kaijo – released/cancelled], slaughtering other zombies.

《Aaaaaaaah!》

The Flame Giant King, flames erupting from his entire body, turned all the surrounding zombies into ashes.

And toward that Flame Giant King….

《Kuaaaaaah-!》

《Kerek, krrreuk!》

《Kieeeeeeek!》

Other zombie nightmare legion commanders charged, letting out various bizarre cries.

The hellhounds Cerberus and Orthrus bit at the Giant King’s legs, a tentacle snail wrapped around his body, and cicadas, rhinos, mantises, and centipedes attacked in succession….

They eventually tore apart and crushed the Flame Giant King, who had resisted for a short time.

The Flame Giant King was also a notable named monster, so he held out for a while, but he couldn’t last long against the combined assault of monsters of the same caliber.

Thud, thud….

The Giant King’s broken body collapsed helplessly to the ground.

But he had bought enough time.

“Damian, keep firing!”

“Yes!”

Damian was able to fire the next rounds in succession.

Thud! Thud! Thwung-!

With heavy firing sounds, special bullets containing the concentrated cure tore through the air in succession.

The three special bullets that were fired struck the heads of the rhino commander ‘Ten Horns’, the mantis commander ‘Groom Devourer’, and the centipede commander ‘Thousand Legs’ in turn.

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack…!

《Kuaaaaaaaah-!》

The three monsters simultaneously let out terrifying roars as the parasites escaped.

Following that, the monster commanders who were still zombified and those who were no longer zombified glared at each other-

Clash.

Kugwagwang-!

They began fighting, biting and clawing at each other with tremendous force.

‘Ten Horns’, true to his name, was a giant rhino with ten horns, and he smashed his surroundings with those crudely grown horns.

《Booooooo!》

With a heavy roar, the rhino’s horns pierced other zombies. The monsters’ blood splattered everywhere.

Chak! Chakaaak…!

Following that, the mantis commander, ‘Groom Devourer’, swung her massive, bladed forelimbs in all directions.

The reason this friend has such a name is that she is a queen who mates with a male mantis monster every day, then cuts off its head and eats it….

Every time this terrifying mantis monster’s forelimbs flashed with sharp light, other zombies around her were sliced apart.

Finally, ‘Thousand Legs’.

As the name suggests, this giant arthropod monster—a colossal centipede—has an endless number of legs.

It doesn’t care if it’s cut, sliced, or severed; it moves separately, or it can detach damaged segments and connect the remaining parts… It’s a monster with a strong and disgusting vitality.

This colossal centipede wrapped its long, massive body around other zombies, crushing and bursting them.

Waaaaaaaah!

Faced with this terrifying scene, the people on the ramparts cheered in unison. The plan they had all worked so hard to prepare had worked perfectly. It was something to be happy about.

“The plan was a success, Your Highness! The commander-level monsters are fighting each other!”

Damian shouted excitedly.

As Damian shouted, although it was a somewhat grotesque and horrifying sight, the monster commanders had begun fighting each other in a tangled mess.

The rhino ‘Ten Horns’ and the hellhounds ‘Cerberus’ and ‘Orthrus’ rolled around on the ground, entangled with each other.

The mantis ‘Groom Devourer’s’ bladed forelimbs sliced through the slimy body of the tentacle snail ‘Vortex’ countless times.

The centipede ‘Thousand Legs’ and the ‘Wingless Cicada Lord’ engaged in a fierce melee, causing huge vibrations in the earth.

The sight of the giant named monsters intertwined and causing infighting was a spectacle in itself. It was like a recreation of the mythical era.

Other shrimp—zombies—caught in the middle of this battle of giant whales had their backs blown out repeatedly.

The battleground of the monster commanders became a new flesh wall, and the zombies could not pass through it.

‘Good, if we can maintain the war situation as much as possible like this….’

If we can make them attack each other as much as possible, making them eat their own flesh, we can resolve this battle stably!

It was at that moment that I thought that.

Thud…!

The air trembled.

From the very rear of the line of tens of thousands of zombie monsters, an eerie aura of unknown origin poured out in a circle and spread widely.

“…?!”

With goosebumps all over my body, I looked in that direction….

Cromwell, who had not appeared since the beginning of the battle, was standing there, motionless.

The demon guardian commander, who was on all fours, had transformed into a giant reindeer-like form.

No….

‘…It’s bigger?’

It had become gigantic.

More so than at the start of the battle.

And, as I watched what the crouching figure was doing….

Crunch. Crunch.

It was eating.

The corpses of other monsters.

On the long, wide battlefield stretching from the kill zone to the three party hall areas on the south side of the crossroads.

It was slowly following behind the line, eating the corpses of other fallen monsters, one by one, without leaving any behind, as if it were possessed.

《…….》

Cromwell, who had been frantically devouring the monsters’ corpses, slowly raised its head.

Its empty eyes, stained with blood, stared at me.

From the horns on the head of the carnivorous giant reindeer, ominous green magic scattered like starlight.

‘Tch…?!’

I shuddered.

Boss gimmicks that absorb and power up when their subordinates die are not uncommon. I’ve already met and defeated blood-sucking monsters and cannibalistic creatures.

But, why is it?

That Cromwell was something different.

Something… more ominous, more terrifying.

‘In the game, it was just a high-spec legion that fought in a way similar to humans! How did it become so corrupted, Cromwell!’

Anyway, I intuitively realized it.

Cromwell must not be allowed to ‘eat’ any more. It must not be allowed to ‘grow’ any more.

I urgently ordered Damian.

“Damian, fire all the remaining special bullets! The target is the remaining zombified monster commanders!”

“Ah, understood!”

Damian had also been frozen for a moment, but he quickly followed my orders.

Damian pulled the trigger of the modified ballista, firing all the remaining special bullets.

Thud! Thud! Thwung-!

The special bullets that were fired in succession embedded themselves in the heads of the remaining zombie monster commanders.

Cerberus, Orthrus, Vortex, and the Wingless Cicada Lord were all released from zombification.

The monster commanders, who had been fighting to the death just a moment ago, stopped fighting as if it were a lie.

And they all turned their heads and glared at the giant reindeer slowly approaching them.

《Kuaaaaaaaah-!》

The one who had zombified them and turned their legions into walking corpses.

Cromwell.

The monster commanders, enraged at her, kicked off the ground at once. All sorts of vicious monsters, letting out terrifying roars, charged at Cromwell at once.

Rhinos, mantises, centipedes, hellhounds, tentacle snails, wingless cicadas….

Their eyes gleaming with their own hatred, the powerful monsters, each capable of destroying the world, charged forward with clear murderous intent.

And-

Crunch.

It was eaten.

Cromwell’s mouth opened abnormally wide—as if its jaw had dislocated—and swallowed Cerberus, who was charging at the very front, whole.

The three-headed hellhound, swallowed into Cromwell’s mouth up to its upper body, frantically kicked its legs in resistance, but….

Crackle!

When Cromwell finally crunched its teeth fiercely.

The three heads were torn off at the same time, and they stopped moving.

Crunch… Crunch….

From Cromwell, who was slowly moving its jaw, a sticky, viscous evil energy spread out like a swamp.

Orthrus, Cerberus’s subordinate and the second-in-command of the same hellhound legion, tried to turn tail and run in the face of its leader’s death. But.

Swish!

Something long and tentacle-like extended from Cromwell’s side, wrapped around Orthrus’s entire body….

And then, it pulled Orthrus in and ‘swallowed’ it.

Crunch! Crack! Crackle!

The sound of chewing and swallowing was heard.

From Cromwell’s side.

Something like a giant tooth moved like a press at regular intervals, and the sight of the hellhound monster being swallowed was clearly visible.

“…Good heavens.”

While everyone was frozen, watching this scene.

Crunch, crunch, crunch….

Cromwell devoured the remaining monster commanders one by one.

‘Ten Horns’, ‘Groom Devourer’, ‘Thousand Legs’, ‘Vortex’, and ‘Wingless Cicada Lord’, all of them….

They resisted fiercely, but it was no use.

They were captured by the countless tentacles that sprouted from Cromwell’s body and dragged away, torn apart by the ‘teeth’ that had appeared on her body, or chewed up by the reindeer’s head.

Before long… all the monster commanders remaining on the battlefield had been devoured by Cromwell without exception.

As if not satisfied even after eating so many of those giant monsters, Cromwell raised its head.

Whoooooooom-

Cromwell’s massive horns emitted a green afterglow, and the ominous wave from before spread throughout the battlefield.

Then, the zombies remaining on the battlefield, who had been advancing toward us, all turned their bodies and walked toward Cromwell.

They knelt down one by one in front of her.

As if offering themselves as sacrifices.

In an orderly fashion. One by one.

And Cromwell began to eat those zombies one by one with great care.

The giant reindeer’s entire body was now overflowing with long tentacles and countless teeth. The tentacles and teeth moved constantly, without rest, swallowing the zombies one after another.

“Can’t you just be a pure zombie apocalypse?”

I gritted my teeth at this apocalyptic, horrific scene.

“Instead of a mutated creature thing, huh…?”

Well, the two genres are closely related, but…!