I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 748

Kwagwagwagwang! The magical barrage unleashed by the mages struck Cromwell.

Colorful magical lights spread in all directions, melting and crushing Cromwell’s entire body.

《Kuaaaah…!》

Battered by all sorts of magic, Cromwell groaned for the first time and retreated.

“Now’s our chance, while his defenses are down!” I shouted, extending my arm.

“Let’s give him everything we’ve got! Fire!”

“Yes, sir!”

“Fire! Pour it all on him!”

The mages, who had been waiting and charging their magic, unleashed their spells without holding back.

Behind the Black Dragon Wall, various artifacts installed on the main wall of Crossroads also unleashed defensive magic a beat later.

Snipers, including Damian, and the artillery, who had briefly retreated, rushed back and bombarded Cromwell with projectiles.

Sword energy and arrows, divine power and spirits.

Even the various defense towers I summoned joined in.

Every means of attack that could be unleashed at this distance was used.

Bang! Bang! Pububububung…!

The [Night Bringer] stole the barrier, and [Elemental Disassembly] reduced his magic defense to shreds.

No matter how much Cromwell had grown by devouring tens of thousands of lives, in this situation, the damage was bound to sink deep into his bones.

《Kuaaaah, aaaaaaaah…!》

Cromwell roared and writhed in pain.

The massively proliferated flesh shattered and fell away in a shower of blood, and the horns that had been endlessly sprouting and rising were also broken and split.

The tentacles that had been wildly spreading in all directions also burned and shriveled pathetically.

Thud, thud, kugugugung…!

Cromwell’s barrier was neutralized, and his magic defense was shredded for only a few tens of seconds.

But a few tens of seconds was more than enough time to seize victory.

When Cromwell, who had been constantly retreating, pulled out hundreds more tentacles from his body to protect himself and shook off the [Elemental Disassembly] effect, the monster had already suffered irreparable damage.

Thud, thud, thud….

Blood and bodily fluids poured from Cromwell’s entire body, which had barely managed to distance itself from the wall, soaking the ground.

《…….》

The monster glared at us, spitting out bubbling, bloody phlegm from its gaping jaws.

At this point, I sensed a chance for victory.

Strictly speaking, we had only exchanged one blow, but this one blow proved a lot.

We had plenty of means to cut through his defenses and counterattack, while Cromwell had no effective way to break down our walls.

‘This is what a siege is about.’

To overcome a well-fortified fortress, the attacking side must possess means of attack that surpass the fortress’s defenses.

But does Cromwell have such means right now? A way to break down this wall made of black dragon?

‘He probably has more attack methods he hasn’t shown yet. But he shouldn’t have an attack power that transcends the black dragon’s defense.’

It’s a meaningless assumption, but if Cromwell had come in his original form, not as a zombie, leading his original demon guard.

He might have somehow devised siege tactics. They are a ‘military’ that fights like humans, with physical specs superior to humans.

They might have set up camp far away, waited for the black dragon wall’s magic supply to be cut off, and brought in demon-species cannons superior to those possessed by humans, pouring in artillery fire from afar.

But they have all become zombies, and the monster Cromwell, who has devoured the zombie horde and become one, has no way to break through this high wall.

‘Now, what are you going to do, monster! What’s your next move?’

Wrapping his body with tentacles to block our attacks, Cromwell paused for a moment to regroup.

As I observed him, various simulations rapidly ran through my mind. The attack methods possessed by the demon guard, the special abilities of the monsters Cromwell had devoured….

‘No matter what attack you make, I’ll stop it! On this wall, in this prepared formation, I am superior to you!’

In the end, this is a siege.

A defense game unfolding on a battlefield advantageous to the defender, with walls and fortresses.

No matter what attack you launch, I will break its edge again and again…!

《……Ah.》

And then.

《Ah, aaaaaaaaaah-!》

Cromwell opened his mouth and let out an incomprehensible roar in a mangled voice, then-

Thwack!

He kicked off the ground.

And, again, he began to charge towards the Black Dragon Wall.

“……?!”

I was rather taken aback.

He’s charging again? Is he going to ram into us again?

‘Is he pulling out some new card?’

No—no, that’s not it.

Without any particular magical movement or new special abilities we haven’t seen before, Cromwell is simply charging straight towards the wall again.

‘Why?’

I broke out in a cold sweat.

Well, the opponent is a monster. A nightmare creature hell-bent on killing the humans in front of it.

I’ve seen countless monsters that have smashed their heads against walls they couldn’t break through.

But there’s one strange thing.

‘This guy isn’t stupid! He wouldn’t repeat an attack that won’t work!’

That’s right.

Cromwell has reason.

He died and came back to life, and although he’s clearly gone mad, he has regained his reason through the demon-species’ unique sacrifice-devouring [a process where demons gain power by consuming sacrifices].

This is a matter that has been verified by previous reports, including Diarmuid’s.

Cromwell is not stupid. He must know that he cannot break this wall with his physical charge.

But he’s charging again?

Even though he knows it won’t work?

“We will respond!”

“Pour it on him!”

While I was struggling to grasp the enemy’s unknown intentions, my heroes were competing to fire their respective attacks forward.

[Elemental Disassembly] struck again, and all sorts of our attacks poured down on his weakened defenses.

Blood, flesh, and bones flew. The monster’s entire body was collapsing.

Even if it’s not strong enough to take him down in one blow, the damage is definitely accumulating.

Cromwell is stupidly charging straight at us again. Making it easy for us to intercept. If this battle repeats, we will win without any problems.

But as I watched Cromwell charge mindlessly, a chill ran down my spine. His flickering green gaze met my eyes.

At that moment, I was certain.

This guy is up to something.

“He’s about to do something strange! Damian!”

At my call, Damian immediately equipped [Black Queen] and aimed.

“Give the order, Your Highness! Where should I shoot?”

“His head….”

Immediately after, I stopped speaking.

Thud thud thud thud-!

The steps of Cromwell’s legs as he charged towards the wall were different from before.

He wasn’t just running. That’s….

‘A running start?’

He’s gathering strength in his legs, adjusting his steps to ‘jump’.

What’s he trying to do by jumping? Is he trying to ram into the wall with more weight?

‘…No, could it be.’

I looked back and forth between the monster’s massive body and our wall, estimating the height. Could it be?

“Is he trying to… jump over the wall?!”

The Black Dragon Wall is even higher than the existing Crossroads wall. Naturally, it’s much higher than Cromwell’s height.

And Cromwell is not a light deer. He’s closer to a mountain of corpses that have swollen to their limit.

No matter how nimbly he moves, there’s no way he can jump over this wall with that massive body.

And so far, no monster has ever had the crazy idea of trying to jump over the wall head-on….

‘That’s why he’s doing it!’

I was certain.

Something no one has done before.

A method that none of the many monster commanders who tried to break down this wall have ever attempted.

Therefore, Cromwell will definitely do it.

Because he was the commander of the demon guard before he was a zombie monster.

Because he is a commander of offensive warfare, attacking the human realm…!

To win, you have to go down a path no one else has taken!

“He’s trying to jump over the wall!”

“……!”

“Everyone, prepare to stop him! By any means…!”

I shouted and turned to Damian. Damian had already changed the form of [Black Queen] and was ready to fire it as a railgun.

If it were a normal zombie monster, it would be right to snipe its head and finish it off.

But I remembered the sight of the tentacles that had poured out from inside Cromwell’s skull hardening into the shape of deer antlers.

There’s a high probability that he’ll keep moving even if his head is blown off.

Then….

“Blow off his legs, Damian!”

“Yes, sir!”

Damian immediately adjusted his aim.

Seven magic bullets from [Black Queen] gathered in the air, lined up neatly on the rail that had been deployed forward, and then, the next moment-

Twuaaaang!

Fired.

The flying bullets stretched out dazzlingly, and blew off the two right legs of Cromwell, who was forcefully stepping on the ground.

《……!》

Cromwell staggered.

The lower joints of his right front and hind legs were completely gone. Cromwell, who had lost his balance in an instant, was about to fall sideways.

“Nice shot, Damian!”

We stopped his charge!

I was happy and praised Damian, but only for a moment,

Charrrrrk!

The tentacles that had sprouted from Cromwell’s entire body all touched the ground at once.

Cromwell turned all of his defensive tentacles, which had been wrapping around his body and taking the brunt of the attacks, to support himself instead of his legs.

And with an even more terrifying momentum, he rushed towards the wall.

“This crazy bastard…!”

Without a barrier, and with his magic defense shredded.

Cromwell, who had turned all the tentacles he used for defense into means of movement, took all the attacks we poured from the wall with his body.

Wounds rained down on the giant monster’s entire body.

Hideous flesh was torn and ripped apart, flying in all directions. Broken bones scattered, creating a white dust.

Even while tearing his body apart like that, Cromwell kept running.

As if he couldn’t feel any pain.

Just like a zombie.

Chwaaaaaak!

Cromwell, who had managed to reach right in front of the wall while being bombarded by countless magic and attacks, gathered strength in his legs. The tentacles swelled up fiercely, bulging.

And then-

Twoooong!

He created a huge crater in the ground as he slammed down, and soared into the air like a rocket.

As if he had poured all of his life force into this one jump, his tentacles all burst, spraying blood in all directions.

And that’s how high he was able to fly.

“…….”

Everyone gaped at the monster floating above their heads.

All of our prepared defenses.

This sturdy wall, our well-trained elite, our facilities, artifacts, and final line of defense-

The monster had jumped over and neutralized them.

“I’ll stop him!”

Thwack!

Charrrrrk!

I planted the flagpole on the ground and summoned a magic wall, and at the same time, activated the [Imperial Seal Ring] to gather ‘human will’ and convert it into physical force.

The white power of will mixed with the gray magic wall and was created on top of the Black Dragon Wall.

My magic wall, which spread out like a giant hand, soared into the sky in an instant.

I stretched out my arm with all my might, trying to grab Cromwell’s body with the magic wall that resonated with my will.

And then-

Kwaak!

I stopped him.

In the air.

My magic wall, which had soared up, succeeded in grabbing Cromwell’s lower body as if it were enveloping it.

“Stop him!”

“Shoot him down-!”

The mages and heroes on the wall relentlessly fired at Cromwell.

Our desperate interception struck Cromwell, who had momentarily stopped in mid-air. Cromwell was covered in blood and torn to shreds.

That’s right.

Torn to shreds.

Tzeeeeeeok!

He twisted his body, tore off his lower body that I had grabbed, and while being bombarded by our magic and attacks, he finally….

Crossed over the wall.

Thud-

Kugwagwagwang!

Scattering blood and flesh, the mangled zombie monster finally jumped over the wall and…

Fell inside Crossroads.