I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 770

◈ 771. Unstoppable Momentum (7)

It’s very common to taunt the enemy on the battlefield to break their morale.

Evangeline considered the low-weight mockery to be that kind of attack as well. So, she tried to brush it off without much impact.

‘I’m going to beat them all to a pulp, you monster bastards…’

Her fighting spirit was burning even more fiercely.

However, the black knight commander’s scale game was not a simple taunt.

Immediately after the giant scale ‘ruled’ that Evangeline was heavier.

Clang…!

With a heavy sound like dragging chains, Evangeline suddenly staggered.

“Ugh…?!”

Her whole body felt as heavy as a water-soaked cotton ball.

Evangeline, staggering and grabbing the wall, gritted her teeth.

‘What is this, my body…?!’

Then, the black knight placed a new object on the scale and spoke.

《A person’s daily wage is enough with a 되 [a traditional Korean unit of volume, roughly 1.8 liters] of wheat, three 되 of barley, a little olive oil, and wine.》

“……?!”

《The sins that exceed this will accumulate on their soul, acting as a weight that pulls their soul to hell.》

Two objects were placed on the scale.

One was Evangeline, and the other was a calf.

Clang!

Evangeline was heavier.

The pressure of weight on Evangeline’s whole body also increased. Evangeline couldn’t withstand the suffocating pressure and knelt on one knee.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Successively, Evangeline and many other animals were compared for the weight of their sins. And Evangeline’s sins were heavier than any other animal.

《You have committed countless killings. Your sins are much heavier than any other beast.》

The black knight commander slowly reached out and pointed at Evangeline.

《Therefore, I shall take your life.》

The scale spun around, drawing circles, and the water-formed figure of the young knight was positioned in the center.

A powerful ancient curse was loaded.

Now, if the black knight waved his hand, he would take away as much life from Evangeline’s body as the judgment had determined.

“Sins, you say… ?”

At that moment, Evangeline opened her mouth, overcoming the pressure of the curse.

“Who are you to try to be the judge of my life… ?”

Crack!

Instead of dispelling the curse with magic, Evangeline endured it with brute force.

She braced her stomach against the curse that was pressing down on her from all sides and finally stood up. And she roared.

“I am Evangeline Cross! The daughter of Charles and Elaine, the eldest daughter of the Cross family, and the successor to the Margrave of Everblack Empire!”

Thud!

Evangeline, gripping her spear and shield, stared straight at the enemy commander.

“I killed the enemies to protect my people. Since I swore to defend this land, I have never been ashamed of my actions for a single moment.”

《…….》

“Don’t judge my life by your standards, you monster!”

The black knight commander silently completed the curse.

Clang-!

In the air around Evangeline, countless execution spheres made of chains appeared and fell towards her.

Evangeline raised her shield with all her might, blocking all the curses.

Clang! Claaang-!

Evangeline’s shield glowed blindingly white, recognizing the onrushing curses as ‘enemy attacks’ and absorbing them all.

“And more than anything… don’t you dare comment on my weight!”

After completely absorbing the black knight’s curse with her endless [Damage Save] capacity, Evangeline transferred the curse to the tip of her spear.

“My motto is ‘eat a lot and work a lot’! As long as I eat well and stay healthy, that’s all that matters!”

And she forcefully shot the gathered curse forward.

“I’m not going on a diet, you bastards-!”

Kugwagwagwang-!

The curse, reversed by [Damage Payback], exploded on the black knight’s group. The black knights who were hit by the attack fell like autumn leaves.

“Haa, haa…”

She had perfectly nullified the enemy’s first curse attack.

The pressure that had been pressing down on her whole body also disappeared. Evangeline lightly bounced in place with her lightened body.

“Ugh, I’m already hungry after doing that once.”

Whether it was the aftermath of absorbing the curse, she was overcome with extreme hunger.

She quickly stuffed the supply snacks she had tucked inside her shield into her mouth, when Berdandi, who was standing next to her, cautiously called out to Evangeline.

“President.”

“Yes? What is it, Berdandi unnie?”

Then, Berdandi nodded with a serious face.

“I think a little bit of belly fat is cuter.”

“…….”

“Really. Especially since our race has a constitution that doesn’t gain weight easily, we consider the plump side to be more aesthetically beautiful.”

“…….”

“You look really good right now, President. If possible, it would be nice if you gained a little more weight and restored your round cheeks from three years ago…”

“…….”

“Anyway, let’s just keep going like this!”

Then, she showed her teeth and smiled brightly, giving a thumbs up.

“…….”

Evangeline, looking at the Elven king who didn’t seem to have any worries about dieting, shook her head in disbelief. And she muttered.

“I should ask that old man later, which one he likes better…”

Well, it doesn’t matter what that man’s taste is.

Because she will live as she just declared.

Eat as much as she wants, and work hard at her duties.

This kind of life process cannot be a sin.

“Alright, come on in!”

The entire black knight unit raised their scales to cast a curse on the entire second forward base.

Evangeline shouted, granting the [Last Fortress] effect to everyone at the forward base.

“I’m going to destroy you all and eat until I’m stuffed tonight-!”

***

Whoooosh-

A desolate wind blew in front of the first forward base.

“Hoo, hoo, hoo…”

《…….》

Torkel, breathing roughly, and the giant, burning centaur standing in front of him.

The duel between the enemy knight commander and Torkel was not easily decided. Both were brave warriors, and their natural resilience was immense.

Every time the enemy knight commander kicked the ground with his hooves, flames rose, and gusts of hot wind and flames poured out from the greatsword he swung.

But Torkel was a man who had even taken the Night Bringer’s breath with his body. He could take this level of attack with a smile.

Of course, he didn’t just defend. Torkel also swung his mace in between, trying to strike the enemy knight commander.

He didn’t possess great attack techniques, but Torkel’s brute strength was not something to be ignored.

The mace that Torkel swung had the power to easily crush iron plates.

However, the enemy knight commander’s martial prowess was formidable. Even when Torkel launched a surprise mace attack, he easily deflected it with a swing of his greatsword.

The enemy knight commander unleashed a fierce attack, Torkel defended firmly, and then launched a sharp counterattack, and the enemy knight commander perfectly received that attack—a repeating process.

After dozens of exchanges, the enemy knight commander, realizing that the fight would not be decided this way, changed his pattern.

Whirr-!

The greatsword he raised was engulfed in fierce flames, and then a tornado of fire soared as if piercing the sky.

The enemy knight commander then brought this fiery greatsword down.

“……!”

Torkel knew he had to evade, but the forward base was right behind him.

If he couldn’t defend against that terrifying attack, the forward base would be destroyed.

“Huuup-!”

Torkel did not hesitate and activated [Humans Are Not Born to Lose].

He even threw away his shield and took the enemy knight commander’s fiery greatsword with his body.

Kwagwagwagwang-!

It was a sword strike with the power to easily split and burn any fortress, but Torkel had taken even greater attacks several times.

Torkel, who had charged straight ahead, splitting the flames with his whole body, gripped his mace with both hands.

The enemy knight commander was unable to move, having used all his power to use this fiery greatsword. Victory was in Torkel’s eyes.

‘I’ve got him!’

Crack-!

The mace was swung powerfully, aiming for the enemy knight commander’s head.

But the mace did not break the enemy knight commander’s head. Instead, it tore through the air and shattered the ground below.

“……!”

It was because another enemy knight had rushed into the battlefield, grabbed his commander, and pulled him back.

The enemy knight commander, who had narrowly avoided the mace, had flames flowing down his head like blood.

With that commander pulled back, the remaining enemy knights surrounded Torkel in a circle.

“To interfere in a duel between commanders…”

Torkel clicked his tongue.

“You are friends who don’t know honor.”

The enemy knights did not answer.

They only raised their greatswords and prepared to charge at Torkel all at once.

Torkel slowly looked around and gripped his mace again. As befitting a cavalry unit, the encirclement was quick and perfect. There was no gap to escape.

‘I’m not taking damage now, but soon…’

Once the [Humans Are Not Born to Lose] effect ends, the enemies will rush in at once. How long could he hold out then?

As Torkel thought this and readjusted his grip on the mace…

Thwack-!

With a refreshing impact sound, one corner of the encirclement collapsed.

A man who had flown from the wall had kicked down from the air, crushing the back of one enemy knight’s head and landing like a sled.

“Hey, Torkel.”

The muscular man with the red ponytail was Kuilan.

“You came here not as a mere warrior, but as a commander, right?”

With a grin, Kuilan’s left and right, the melee unit of Crossroad poured out through the opened forward base gate.

“Then, trust your comrades a little more. We’re here to be used in the right place at the right time.”

Thwack! Thwack! Thud-!

Kuilan’s penal unit quickly pushed back the enemy knights with their weapons.

In particular, Kuilan unleashed a tremendous fist, crushing the enemy knights in the area with overwhelming breakthrough power.

Realizing that it was difficult to maintain the encirclement, the enemy knights broke the encirclement and retreated to one side. Kuilan and the warriors who had come to rescue Torkel stood behind Torkel.

“…Well, well.”

Torkel smiled awkwardly.

“It seems I made a mistake, as this is the first time I’ve been in a position to lead so many people.”

“It’s okay. It was cool. You bought time well. And more than anything…”

Kuilan grinned and winked at the enemy knight commander who was getting ready over there.

“You won.”

“Haha…”

“It’s them who broke the one-on-one and sent out their subordinates first, how uncool.”

Kuilan picked up Torkel’s shield that had fallen on the ground and handed it to him.

“Our commander-in-chief put you in charge here for a reason. Please live up to that expectation.”

“…….”

Torkel silently accepted the shield and equipped it on his left arm.

“Alright, then! Commander of the First Temporary Forward Base, Sir Torkel!”

Kuilan bumped his two fists together in front of his chest and asked.

“Give us the order! How should we crush those guys?”

Torkel used his helmet, Nightmare Slayer [Original Sin], to quickly grasp the situation of his allies on the battlefield.

And he nodded.

“There was a way to fight honorably, like warriors. But since they broke the excitement of the duel first…”

Torkel slowly turned his body and looked towards the forward base.

“Let’s be underhanded too.”

There, Junior was standing with his staff.

Inside the opened forward base gate, mages were spreading a joint magic circle and gathering magic power.

During that time, the mages had been gathering magic power and transferring it to Junior, and now that process was complete.

“A duel between commanders, it’s romantic, but…”

Junior smiled wryly and raised his staff.

“‘Modern warfare’ is like this.”

Flash-!

A dazzling light gathered on Junior’s staff [Lord of Crimson], and it was shot towards the sky above the enemy knight unit.

And the next moment, a tremendous amount of dark clouds gathered at that point…

The opposite of the enemy knights’ attribute, ‘fire’.

And, Jupiter Junior’s original attribute, ‘water’-

It poured down like crazy.

Kwarururung!

A torrential downpour, accompanied by fierce lightning and overwhelming gusts of wind, mercilessly struck the enemy knight unit.