I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 768

Dududududu-!

The four cavalry units sped north like the wind.

Each symbolizing plague, war, famine, and death, these white, red, black, and blue knights distorted their surroundings with their mere presence.

The ground the white knights trampled instantly rotted, and flames ignited in the paths of the red knights.

Around the black knights, plants and wild animals withered and died, and finally, the blue knights…

Daggadak, daggadak, daggadak.

They simply rode silently.

Unlike the other three cavalry units that loudly announced their presence by devastating their surroundings, the blue knights were galloping quietly, muffling their sounds.

Kicking off the frozen winter ground, they moved silently north.

“…….”

I clicked my tongue, observing the path the blue knights had taken, which was unusually white and frozen.

I knew.

Those guys were the most dangerous…

***

A few days ago.

After it was confirmed that the opponent for Stage 48 was the Apocalypse Knights.

I divided our forces into four units. Each unit was evenly distributed with tanks, damage dealers, mages, and healers.

And I appointed Torkel, Evangeline, and Lucas as commanders of each unit, except for the one I would lead.

All three were tanks and heroes with experience and talent in commanding troops.

Torkel’s unit was assigned to face the red knight of war, Evangeline’s unit the black knight of famine, and Lucas’s unit the blue knight of death.

“Then what about you, my lord?”

“I will block the white knight of plague.”

There was a reason for this personnel arrangement.

First, I am immune to plague. Thanks to the divine peach Salome gave me, plague cannot affect me or my surroundings. Therefore, I am a counter to the white knights just by existing.

‘You guys are nothing compared to Raven.’

I clicked my tongue, recalling the plague lord with the crow mask that I had defeated with Salome.

Next, the red knight of war.

These guys bring war fires. In other words, they have fire attributes.

However, even though they handle flames, it is only a secondary effect. It’s just that embers ignite along their path.

Their strength is their ability to wage war using overwhelming physical power.

They are the best at melee combat among the four units.

Among our field commanders, Torkel is the most suitable to face them.

Torkel, who can easily command his entire force through the purified Nightmare Slayer, [Original Sin], should be able to put up a good fight against these guys.

“…….”

At the word ‘war,’ Torkel suddenly stroked the helmet he was wearing, [Original Sin].

Was he perhaps recalling the battle with the Goblin God King, the owner of that helmet… and the one who caused him to lose all of his old comrades?

“I will follow your orders, Your Highness.”

Torkel bowed deeply and stepped back.

Next, the black knight of famine.

As their title suggests, these guys cause droughts, drying up the mountains and rivers. In other words, they have water attributes.

They don’t actively use water to exert their power, but rather they drain moisture from their opponents and surroundings.

And water is life.

They are troublesome guys who often use life drain.

Evangeline laughed, raising her nose.

“Hehe, is this arrangement because you want me to stop their famine with my moist charm?”

“No… it means you should endure with the fat stored in your round belly…”

“What did you say?!”

Of course, I was joking.

The leader of the black knights has a pattern of attempting a wide-area life drain on our heroes. This arrangement was to counter that with Evangeline’s ultimate skill, [The Last Fortress].

“Well, if that’s the reason… but I hardly have any belly fat now?! Instead, I have rock-hard abs!”

Evangeline looked at Lucas, pounding her stomach as if she was wronged.

However, Lucas, with a serious face, only looked at the map layout and asked me.

“What are the abilities of the blue knights, my lord?”

“Death.”

I sighed, clasping my hands together.

“And death emanates coldness.”

I remembered the pile of corpses I had seen at the forward base a long time ago.

The terrible chill I felt then suddenly cooled my neck. But without showing it, I nodded.

“The blue knights extract coldness every time they take a life.”

Every time they take our lives, the blue knights wrap themselves in the coldness extracted from that death.

But this is not just simple coldness… it is a coldness that touches the soul, extracted literally from death. Mortals exposed to this coldness suffer damage to their souls.

If the snowball effect works properly, by the end of the battle, their entire bodies will be covered in a bluish cold, transforming them into something like ice armor.

So, if you have to categorize it, it’s an ice attribute.

“Do you have a sense of how to deal with these guys?”

“…We must minimize the damage to our troops.”

“Correct.”

I nodded at Lucas’s answer.

The more damage our troops take, the more coldness the blue knights will wear and the more power they will gain.

We must buy time while keeping our troops alive as much as possible.

“…….”

Ice. And an enemy that grows stronger as it takes the lives of our troops.

Suddenly, Selendion came to mind. The battle with the Vampire King who led the Frost Ghouls was similar.

I closed and opened my eyes tightly.

That’s right. Everything, we have already experienced this hardship once. It’s a trial we’ve already passed.

Are we going to succumb to such adversity now?

“Lucas. You and your unit must not engage in a head-on fight with the blue knights.”

I gave the order.

“After I, Torkel, and Evangeline’s units have crushed our respective enemy units, we will join you. In the meantime, you and your unit will buy as much time as possible, holding them in place with minimal damage.”

“…….”

Lucas listened to my words, his deep eyes lost in thought.

To face the most powerful of the four enemy units and just buy time.

Normally, it would be a suicidal order. But the one who gave this order was me, and the one who received it was Lucas.

I will not let my people die.

And Lucas is undoubtedly my ace.

He has the ability to carry out this operation. That’s why I trust him and leave it to him.

“Hold the forward base as long as possible. But, if the situation becomes difficult, do not hesitate.”

“Yes. I will retreat.”

After that, I instructed Torkel, Evangeline, and Lucas on which heroes to assign to each of them, what equipment to bring, and how many soldiers to take.

Finally, I said.

“Everyone, remember. In this battle, our role in fighting at the forward base is only to break the enemy’s spearhead.”

The three unit commanders looked at me with shining eyes. I nodded.

“There is no need to overdo it to annihilate them. It is enough to reduce the number of enemies and buy time.”

I emphasized the forward base operation method, which I had probably said hundreds of times while operating the monster front.

After emphasizing that they should retreat without hesitation when necessary, I clapped my hands.

“Alright, there’s not much time left! Let’s do our best until the end!”

Then, Evangeline suddenly thrust her fist forward. Huh?

Looking at her in confusion, Evangeline silently raised her eyebrows and looked around at us.

Lucas was the first to chuckle and bump his fist against hers, and then I and Torkel, who finally understood her intention, also bumped our fists.

Pat!

After lightly bumping each other’s fists.

We went outside to organize our respective units.

***

Present.

“This is…”

I declared, planting a flag on the ground.

“The forefront of the world!”

Chwarururuk!

Gray walls made of magic rose from all sides, and a fortress appeared on the empty field.

Immediately, the heroes and soldiers under my command, who had been waiting, quickly began to take their places inside the fortress.

“Hoo.”

I took a short breath and looked around.

Even though I had tried to minimize the burden as much as possible in the previous battle, the faces of the heroes and soldiers were marked with fatigue that could not be completely erased.

It was not just fatigue from the continuous battles at the end.

The fatigue accumulated from fighting endlessly for the past three years was etched on everyone’s faces like scars.

“…….”

All of that will soon be over.

I turned my head to the sky.

Of the two airships, La Mancha was stationed in the sky, where it could oversee all four forward bases.

Damian was also on board La Mancha, in charge of providing support fire for all four forward bases.

Considering the vast distances between each forward base, it was an absurd order, but Damian was a clairvoyant. It was okay to give him something a little absurd.

Therefore, La Mancha and Damian would provide support to the four forward bases as needed. The Sky Knights and Mikhail, who operated from La Mancha, were the same. They would sortie and provide support if necessary.

The pirate airship Blue Pearl, which had joined us recently, was attached to Lucas’s unit. Since their enemy was the strongest, they had an airship ready as a means of retreat.

While I was thinking about the status and equipment of the heroes attached to the other units…

“It’s good to worry about the other units, but…”

A voice came from behind.

When I turned around, a bald dwarf was walking towards me with a wobbly gait.

“Even so, shouldn’t you worry about us first?”

“Kellybay.”

I smiled.

“With the great Dwarf King here, what do I have to worry about?”

“This guy, his tongue has completely become that of a politician.”

Kellybay shook his head as if he was dumbfounded, and looked around inside the magic fortress.

“You’ve deployed all the main heroes and soldiers to other units, and even given away all the artifacts and equipment… all that’s left here is you, me, my subordinates, and some volunteers who joined recently.”

Kellybay looked south.

“Can we really handle this on our own?”

Dududududu-!

In the distance, a cavalry unit, raising dust clouds and fluttering white cloaks, appeared from the south.

The white knights of plague.

The path taken by these mounted archers, all equipped with bows, was completely rotten and black. The pure white cavalry galloping on the blackened path was eerie in itself.

I chuckled.

“You should ask the opposite, Kellybay.”

“Huh?”

“Isn’t it too much power gathered here? Wouldn’t it have been better to scrape up the rest and support the other units?”

Kellybay opened his mouth slightly, as if he was speechless at my bluff, but in fact, I was somewhat serious.

The power of the dragon or the power of the divine is being saved for the ‘clear,’ but.

Even without using that, I’m already half a cheat character.

When I spread my arm to the side, the magic wall next to me began to transform rapidly.

Clank! Clank! Clank!

Thud-! Thud-! Thud-!

The transformation was completed in an instant, and what was erected there were automatic defense turrets.

The number was exactly – one hundred.

‘With SSR-grade [Super Super Rare] magic cores overflowing and being used as missiles, I should use the overflowing R-grade [Rare] magic cores in this situation!’

This is the ultimate move that only the commander-in-chief can use to deal with resource saturation in the late game – turret spam!

What are you going to do with the minerals left over when the game is over! You have to use them all!

I winked at Kellybay, who was gaping.

“Shall we have some fireworks, Kellybay?”

Then Kellybay clenched his fist and shouted.

“That’s a great idea-!”

Clank-!

The one hundred automatic defense turrets simultaneously detected the enemy cavalry within range and turned their heads.

The next moment, the muzzles of the one hundred turrets simultaneously spewed out a dazzling cyan light.