I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 785

The final defense.

On the day of the commencement.

Dududududu….

The earth shook violently.

The black lake bubbled and foamed, scattering spray around, and then, in the next moment.

Swaaaaaaa!

The surface of the water surged as if exploding.

Once the thick mist that had briefly risen cleared, the sight of the monsters marching out, filling the black lake, was revealed.

The various monsters that had attacked the human realm until now were mixed together, pouring out like sewage flowing backward during the rainy season.

Thump…! Thump…! Thump…! Thump…! Thump…!

As if they had come out with the color of the black lake on their bodies, all were dyed pitch black.

An endless number of monsters, surfacing and breaking through the water, began their march.

“……Gulp.”

“T-There are so many……”

Looking at this scene from the sky, the Rompeller siblings aboard the airship ‘Blue Pearl’ swallowed hard at the same time.

“……”

Lukas, who was also on board and looking down at this scene, was calmly assessing the situation.

During the previous zombie great invasion, there were many monsters, but there was a crucial difference from now.

Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!

Red eyes scattering clear hostility.

An orderly formation moving in groups.

The monsters were all maintaining their original reason, and they were advancing north at the maximum speed each could achieve.

Unlike the zombie horde, they were in a state where they could fully demonstrate their inherent abilities as monsters.

Their combat power was incomparable.

‘No, in the first place, gauging individual combat power is meaningless.’

Infinite.

At the final defense, the lake was constantly spewing out monsters.

It didn’t matter how strong each individual was. After all, the endless wave of monsters would eventually capture Crossroads and destroy the human realm.

‘Our role is to hold out as long as possible.’

While Ash, who had left alone, was engaged in the final assault.

Everyone in the World Guardian Front had to hold off these monsters and endure for as long as possible.

‘I will trust and wait, my lord.’

Lukas gripped the hilt of his sword at his waist.

‘Until you return, I will protect the human realm with my life.’

Not much time had passed since the black lake began spewing out monsters, but already the area was covered with an enormous number of them.

And intermittently, flying monsters began to mix in, and now they were darkening the sky as they flapped their wings north.

Confirming this, Lukas nodded heavily.

“Strike force, begin Operation ‘Thunder and Tsunami’.”

Following that, Lukas stretched his arm to the side and shouted to the artillerymen.

“Prepare the first thunder! Blue Pearl, load the magic core missiles!”

“Missile loaded-!”

“Initiating launch sequence!”

The artillerymen, who had been waiting tensely, moved quickly.

All the special-grade magic cores that remained in Crossroads had been converted into missiles.

It was a wasteful tactical weapon that turned ultra-rare materials, which were difficult to obtain even globally, into a single explosion. However, at the monster front facing the final battle, there was no room to consider this a luxury.

“Standard-type general magic core, ignite!”

“Standard-type high-grade, standard-type top-grade, and standard-type special-grade magic cores! Chain magic reaction in order!”

“Launch preparation complete! Aiming complete! Sequence all clear! Ready to fire at any time!”

At the ready signal, Lukas commanded and pointed his hand forward.

“Fire! Crush the vanguard of those bastards!”

Twuaaang-!

The magic core missile was launched from the front battery of the Blue Pearl.

Inside the launched missile, four stages of magic cores resonated with each other in a chain reaction, and the magic power was condensed as if swirling in a spiral, and then-

The moment the missile reached its impact point, it burst out all at once.

Kwaaaaaaaang!

A pure white explosion occurred.

With a tremendous roar, the atmosphere rippled, the ground in the area split, and the frozen trees were uprooted and blown backward.

The tremendous explosive pressure swept through the area, enough to make even the Blue Pearl, which was floating far away in the air, stagger.

Inside the violently shaking airship, people struggled to steady themselves, each grabbing onto something.

“Kuh……”

Once the dazzling light subsided, Lukas checked the point where the missile had fallen.

“……!”

Relief flashed in Lukas’s blue eyes.

The vanguard monsters were literally annihilated.

The monsters within the range of the tremendous explosion, whether flying or ground-based, were all crushed, smashed, and collapsed.

“Good……!”

Lukas, who had unknowingly cheered, had to shut his mouth tightly.

The monsters that had fallen and were dying disappeared one by one like black mist.

And right behind them, the still intact and still infinite monsters were calmly advancing as if nothing had happened.

Because the attack on this side was so powerful, everyone felt fear at the sight of the enemies nonchalantly nullifying the damage.

But Lukas did not waver.

“The purpose of our strike force is not to annihilate them!”

In the first place, such a thing was impossible in this battle.

“Our goal is to inflict damage on as many of them as possible, and to weaken the horde of monsters that will reach Crossroads appropriately!”

The strike force is the thunder.

The final defense line of the Crossroads headquarters is the tsunami.

Weaken the enemy with a surprise thunder, and crush the enemy with a powerful tsunami.

And endure for as long as possible.

This was the gist of Operation ‘Thunder and Tsunami’.

“Ignore the stragglers who survive and advance! Just inflict damage on the large groups!”

“……!”

“Don’t waver and keep firing! We’re making holes in their forces! Magic core missile, next load-!”

“Missile loaded-!”

“Initiating launch sequence!”

And, while the Blue Pearl was loading the second missile.

Swaaaaaaak!

The griffon unit of the Sky Knights, which had already been dispatched, shot down like arrows over the heads of the monsters.

On each griffon, there were two people: a knight from the Vermillion Kingdom and a mage sitting behind them.

The knights protected the mages, and in the meantime, the mages drew a joint magic circle in the air…….

“It’s the second thunder-!”

They summoned a huge thunderbolt.

Junior, who had completed an enormous thunder fire at the center of the spell, flicked his staff downward, and the thunderbolt that fell from the cloudy sky kicked off the ground and ran along the surface.

Flash-!

Pachichichik!

The thunderbolt, which looked almost like a giant pillar of light, exploded, turning the monsters at the impact point into dust, and then spread throughout the entire area where the monsters were standing.

The electrocuted monsters, charred black, could not withstand it and collapsed in droves.

Because the monsters were densely packed, the effect of the lightning magic was even more outstanding. The lightning, riding on the bodies of the clustered monsters, wriggled like a snake searching for prey.

The overflowing lightning was sucked into the black lake. Lightning bounced on the surface of the lake, and the electrocuted monsters screamed.

The Sky Knights cheered in unison, and the mages sitting behind them raised their fists to the sky.

Junior smiled brightly.

“How does it taste, you bastards?!”

However-

“……!”

The joy of a successful attack did not last long.

Bubbling, bubbling…….

The monsters were, quite literally, infinite.

The inside of the black lake, where the lightning had entered, writhed like a living thing, and then began to spew out malice from within, as if a volcano were erupting.

Bang-!

Swaaaaaaa!

In the next moment, countless monsters that burst out as if surging up all let out terrible screams in unison.

《Kyaaaaaaaa-!》

The faces of the griffon riders turned pale in an instant.

The sheer quantity was on a completely different level from what they had experienced in previous battles.

It wasn’t just filling the horizon. The black lake was spewing out monsters like crazy, with the momentum to fill the land, sea, and sky entirely.

It was at that moment, when everyone was momentarily shocked.

「Third thunder. Firing soon.」

A calm voice echoed through the short-range communication device.

「Everyone, evacuate from the firing line.」

A hill overlooking the black lake. The top floor of the spire erected there.

Demian, with the [Black Queen] transformed into a form similar to a railgun, was exhaling deeply at the firing seat of the special sniper equipment, similar to the one that had made a hole in the sky during the Black Dragon War.

“Hoo……”

The long barrel of the [Black Queen], combined with the installed ballista, was aimed straight at the lake.

The magic bullet launcher had become so large, with various artifacts attached all over it, that it was hard to tell where the barrel began and ended.

Demian, sitting almost lying down in the firing seat of the launcher, stared at the lake full of monsters and slowly placed his finger on the trigger.

Chijik, chijijik…….

The seven magic bullets of the Black Queen finished the process of rotating in the air and merging into one.

This time, there was only one person enchanting this magic bullet, and the reason was simple.

This one enchantment was too powerful.

“I succeeded in enchanting the magic bullet with the Wind Spirit King!”

Hannibal, who was sweating profusely, then raised both hands and stepped back.

“The power is…… I don’t know either! Let’s hope the Spirit King is in a good mood!”

Demian, smiling at Hannibal, focused his eyesight on the lake.

A white flash flickered in his brown eyes, and

“Fire.”

Demian, having confirmed that there were no allies in the path, pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Tuhaaaaaak-!

A tornado in the shape of a magic bullet was fired.

The recoil of the firing caused the spire to sway greatly backward. Everyone waiting on the spire screamed and rolled on the floor.

And, the power of the magic bullet was overwhelming.

Twakwakwakwakwak……!

Countless monsters that had flooded out through the entrance of the lake were all torn to shreds.

It was as if a huge storm was crushing an erupting volcano.

With the power of the Wind Spirit King added to the already powerful Black Queen’s attack, no monster swept away in its path survived.

“Waaaaaaa……!”

The soldiers cheered as they watched the monsters being annihilated.

Clearly, the enemies were infinite, but if the strongest forces of the monster front took turns pouring out powerful attacks like this, it seemed like they could hold out for as long as they needed.

And-

Tuk……!

Suddenly, the air changed.

The surface of the lake, which had been rippling like a stormy sea, suddenly became calm.

Without a single ripple, as if time had stopped.

“……”

A sinister silence filled the area as if by a lie.

Monsters and humans alike, instinctively held their breath and bristled.

Lukas, who was watching this scene, felt cold sweat running down his back.

The knight knew well.

This kind of situation was never a good omen.

“Everyone, prepare. Something is not right…….”

And in the next moment.

Chalang.

A round wave pattern spread across the surface of the water.

When this small wave, which had spread from the center of the black lake, reached the edge of the lake.

Swaaaaaaa…….

The central part of the black lake swirled downward and caved in.

This vortex was endlessly deep, as if it were connected to the bottom of hell.

And, from the very bottom of this empty black wave…….

Sapak. Sapak. Sapak.

Footsteps echoed.

Even though it was a very small sound, for some reason, the sound was clearly heard by all beings in the area.

As if clearly proclaiming the advent of a being of a different dimension to this world.

Everyone who heard the sound could not move.

And, when those small footsteps stepped on the swirling lake water as if climbing stairs-

Finally, the figure of that being was revealed to the human realm.

“……!”

It was just a small human figure.

But all living beings who witnessed her trembled.

It was a woman with her face covered by a morning veil with burnt edges.

The dress she wore also had burnt edges at the hem and cuffs, and the tall crown she wore on her head was also scorched and blackened. Even the ends of her long white hair, which seemed to drag on the ground, were burnt black.

Around the woman, shimmering starlight was scattered.

The ends of her pale white dress, which seemed not of this world, were discolored to black, and they flickered ominously, containing the darkness of another world.

The embodiment of destruction.

The name of all those nightmares.

“She has appeared!”

A scout reported in a trembling voice.

“Individual name, ‘The Sleepless Lake Princess’!”

Tteok-!

As she descended, the sky split.

Through the gap in the sky, which had split in an impossible way, countless eyes blinked greedily, trying to observe her existence.

“……”

Lukas, who had unknowingly been mesmerized and facing the strongest and worst monster, suddenly came to his senses.

It was because he had definitely noticed that the gaze under the veil of the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ was directed at him.

“Initiate evasive maneuvers!”

Lukas shouted urgently.

“Blue Pearl, initiate evasive maneuvers-!”

“Yes?”

“Evade immediately, hurry!”

Instead of the airship helmsman, who could not come to his senses, the Rompeller siblings, who had gritted their teeth and rushed over, grabbed the helm and turned it sharply.

Immediately, the Blue Pearl attempted evasive maneuvers at the highest possible speed, but-

It was too late.

《…….》

The ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ slowly raised her hand, aimed at the enemy ship – the Blue Pearl, and then…….

She clenched her fist.

In the next moment, the darkness of another world poured in from all directions and covered the Blue Pearl.

There was no way to avoid it.

Kwagwagwang……!