I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 795

Violet’s will to fight crumbled before this transcendent evil.

Behind Ziz’s wings, now shredded, two griffin riders appeared. They were the same two who had transported Violet and King Poseidon to the battlefield.

Screeeeeech!

The two griffin riders descended into this hellscape, where monster blood and flesh rained down like a storm, without hesitation. As promised, they had come to retrieve the allies who had entered this hell first.

The ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ slowly raised her hand, aiming at one of the griffin riders….

《Dance without a head!》

Just then, the Dullahan Legion Commander burst from Ziz’s corpse.

《Sing without tears!》

Immediately after, the Banshee Legion Commander appeared, her torn dress fluttering.

《Those who have lost their heads, fight with me!》

《Those who are left with only heads! Wail together!》

Then.

Thump-!

The corpses of the monsters that had died headless rose in formation, and the corpses of the monsters left with only heads opened their mouths and began to wail.

《Enough with the pretense of being good…》

《This battlefield belongs to us monsters!》

Leading the army of the headless and the choir of the head-only, the two monster legion commanders cast red gazes from within the pitch-black evil energy.

《The rest of you, get lost!》

Leading their respective armies, the two monster legion commanders charged towards the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’. Once, they had given up being human and became monsters to destroy the world. Now, they were charging at the monster of monsters, fighting against the world’s destruction.

“Ah….”

A griffin rider, who had approached, snatched the back of Violet’s neck as she stared blankly at this scene.

Thud!

Hanging on the back of the griffin rider, Violet flew towards where King Poseidon was.

“King of the Merfolk!” Violet cried urgently. “Let’s escape together, quickly!”

“Heh heh….”

But King Poseidon waved his hand, refusing to board. “It seems my tenacious life has come to an end.”

In the center of King Poseidon’s abdomen, a large tooth was embedded and broken. It was Leviathan’s tooth. Despite suffering such severe injuries during the battle, the King of the Merfolk had suppressed the bleeding with his power and endured. But it seemed that he had reached his limit, as blood poured from his abdomen and back.

“I’ll buy some time, so you should go quickly.”

“But!”

“Those who can live must live. That’s how hope will be born on this battlefield.”

King Poseidon pushed away the griffin rider’s hand and raised himself up, leaning on his trident. He gave a faint smile towards Violet. “Thank you for rushing to save me.”

“Your Majesty…!”

“If I can die for young people like you, that in itself is a blessing.”

KWAH-KWAH-KWAH-KWAH!

A roar echoed. Not far away, the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ and the two monster legion commanders collided. Each time the princess’s sword swung, the monster army the two legion commanders had conscripted on the spot was annihilated.

The two griffin riders exchanged glances and then shouted, “Hyah!” as they ascended the griffins again.

Violet reached out a hand towards King Poseidon and the two legion commanders, then tightly closed her eyes.

“…Huu.”

King Poseidon, staring at the retreating allies, reached out his hand to the side.

“Hey, Kraken.”

There, Kraken’s torso, with all its tentacles blown off like balloons, struggled to take its last breath.

“It can’t be over with just this, right?”

King Poseidon drew out his last strength, connected the tip of his trident to his home sea, and then, spewing seawater from the tip of his spear… he plunged it into Kraken’s body.

《…!》

As seawater filled his body, Kraken recovered his strength as if a dying ember had been rekindled.

“Let’s show them the fury of the sea, brother.”

Koo-ooo-ooo!

Filling his blown-off body with seawater in an instant, with a final roar, Kraken rose and charged at the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’. Above him, King Poseidon, holding his trident, jumped down and thrust his spear at the enemy commander with all his might.

To his left and right, the Dullahan Legion Commander and the Banshee Legion Commander roared together as they charged.

《…》

The ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ merely stared with emotionless eyes at these foolish ones who were resisting until the very end.

***

“….”

In the back seat of the griffin rider returning to ‘Blue Pearl’, Violet looked back with vacant eyes.

The mission was a success. The ground was devastated by the ultra-gigantic monsters, and the sky was completely cleared. The original goal of delaying the monster’s advance was brilliantly achieved.

However-

Did all of this even have any meaning?

Violet stared at the receding battlefield and at the enemy commander standing in the middle of it. The countless gazes of the outer gods pouring down from the split sky were clearly connected to the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ like black threads of darkness.

In that form, the princess held her dark sword and danced a deathly sword dance. In front of the lives she had taken, on top of the mountains of corpses of allies and enemies, endlessly….

Truly, like a puppet dancing, bound by the threads of fate.

***

Lake Kingdom. District 10. Royal Castle.

《The monsters are already beyond control.》

After accepting my alliance, the Demon King suddenly spoke.

《Player. Even if I cooperate with your plan, the advance of the monsters trying to destroy the human world cannot be stopped.》

“….”

《The rules of this game of destruction were made by agreement between you and me, but the ones who ultimately created and structured this game are the will of the outer gods.》

The Demon King looked up. Towards the sky, which could not be seen from under this lake.

《They want to see destruction. They are beings who simply enjoy watching the destruction of a world, like pouring water into an ant nest and watching.》

“….”

《The ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ is an agent of these outer gods. She is a puppet that moves in direct connection with the will of the outer gods, the observers who watch over this world.》

In other words, the authority for the final monster offensive had already been transferred from the Demon King to the outer gods.

To enjoy this final game, the outer gods were directly manipulating the nightmare incarnate – the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ – as their puppet.

《I also hate you humans for treating that person as a monster and subjugating them a thousand years ago… but the final offensive of the game of destruction is separate. This is separate from my hatred or this alliance, and it is not something that can be stopped.》

“….”

《Even if you and I form an alliance here, the monster invasion will continue to occur due to the will of the outer gods. And the outer gods will try to destroy your world no matter what.》

I chuckled.

“That’s exactly why, Demon King.”

《…What?》

“Because the outer gods have directly intervened in this final monster offensive, because they are directly using the nameless one as a puppet and playing with them….”

I took out the black thorn staff, Everblack, from my pocket.

“That’s where we have a chance of winning.”

The Demon King was flustered.

《What do you mean…?》

“You’ll see if you watch. Now, more importantly, let’s go quickly.”

I drew Everblack through the air. Then, space split open, creating a magical passage. It was a door to the Spirit Realm.

Standing in front of it, I grinned and pointed inside. “Our battle… the ‘Spirit Realm Showdown’!”

Now, two battles would proceed simultaneously.

The battle to stop the endless monsters in the human world, the Great Monster Invasion. The battle to rebel against the outer gods in the Spirit Realm, the Spirit Realm Showdown.

The two final battles that would be fought simultaneously were connected to each other. For each to win, they needed each other’s help.

‘Both sides will have a difficult fight. But.’

We can do it.

I believe in my people.

And I believe in myself, whom my people believe in.

I took the lead and jumped into the door leading to the Spirit Realm. The Demon King hurriedly followed me.

And….

***

[Now Loading…Teleporting.]

[Tip – If you don’t give up, there is always a way.]

The tip window, which I hadn’t seen in a long time, flickered before my eyes. And then, it disappeared with a crackle.

I smiled inwardly at the director who had squeezed out his last strength to send me a message, and I thought, ‘Let’s go. To the path to the ending that lies before us.’

***

Splash…!

Immediately after a sensation of being swept away by a torrent engulfed my entire body, I entered the sky of the Spirit Realm. The Demon King, who had closely followed me and escaped through the passage, turned his head and looked to the side.

《This is….》

From the end of the Spirit Realm’s sky, covered in aurora, to the long thorn tree stretching down to the distant white land. It was the stem and root of the Blackthorn Everblack.

《…》

It was then that the Demon King seemed lost in complex thought.

Kiiiiiiiiing!

Along with a sudden, loud mechanical sound, a huge airship appeared next to us.

《This is….》

“The more forces, the better, right?” I grinned and pointed at the airship. “Let me introduce you. My ship, ‘La Mancha’. And….”

On the deck of the airship, my father, Traha ‘Peacemaker’ Everblack, was driving, with a magic circle on the back of his hand. And behind him, five knights were lined up—the Imperial Guard ‘Glory Knights’ were waiting for me with determined expressions.

“The Emperor of the Human World and his Imperial Guard.”

The Emperor and the Glory Knights were no longer able to fight in the human world. But here in the Spirit Realm, they moved in the form of spirits, not bodies. In other words, the damage to their bodies had been naturally restored. And the Emperor and the Glory Knights were all those who had fought endless battles on the Northern Front of the Empire – right here on the Spirit Realm’s Otherworld Front. In other words, they were specialists in Spirit Realm battles. Among the heroes of the World Protection Front, there were no warriors more suited for the Spirit Realm Showdown than them.

Thud!

I and the Demon King stepped onto the deck. The Emperor and the Glory Knights all looked at the Demon King behind me with dumbfounded eyes.

“Ash. Are you really going to carry out this crazy plan to ally with that Demon King?”

It was just like His Majesty the Emperor to blurt it out without hesitation, even though he was listening. But the Demon King himself seemed to agree that this plan was crazy, as he didn’t seem particularly displeased and just stared at me. So I answered cheerfully, “Yes!”

“You crazy bastard….”

The Emperor chuckled and then raised his hand to steer La Mancha. “That’s my son.”

The ship, which had been floating in the air, began to descend rapidly – towards the base of Everblack’s roots. In the meantime, I spoke to the Glory Knights. “Glory Knights. I’m sorry for bringing you back to a dangerous battlefield.”

“It’s not a problem, Your Highness,” Hecate, who was at the front, smiled. “We are happy to be able to join you in the final battle.”

“That’s not why I left you on the front lines….”

I scratched the back of my head awkwardly and then urged them again. “You may be able to fight as you used to here, but the curse of immortality is gone. Don’t ever forget that you only have one life.”

“We will keep that in mind.”

Hecate scratched the back of her head awkwardly. “Because I want to find something I want to do… somewhere other than the battlefield. So, I will try my best not to die.”

“….”

I hoped that these twisted patriots, who had given their lives to the country, the battlefield, and the Emperor, could survive and find something they truly wanted to do. While I was praying, La Mancha had already reached the white sandy beach at the base of the roots. And on this beach where clear water was lapping, four giants were waiting for us.

Dwarf, Elf, Beastkin, Merfolk… the four race gods of the four different races, the four deities.

“…Are we really going to ally with them and fight together?”

“Yes.”

I nodded at Hecate’s question. I had already finished talking about this Spirit Realm Showdown through the avatars that the deities had put forward – Kellybay, Verdandi, Kuilan, and the Rompeller siblings.

The four deities would also fight with us.

“To bring together those who were fighting as if they would kill each other into an alliance again, really….”

Hecate glanced at me. “Your Highness is extraordinary.”

“I do get called a crazy bastard quite often.”

I think I heard it from the Emperor a little while ago.

Thump…!

La Mancha landed on the beach. I went to the bow of the ship and stood there. The four deities, who had walked out of the beach, approached the front of the ship. Turning my back to them, I spoke to the Emperor, the Glory Knights, and the Demon King who were standing on the deck.

“Alright. It seems that all the personnel who will be joining us are gathered… I will explain the operational overview of this ‘Spirit Realm Showdown’ one more time.”

Taking a breath, I said, “First, we will burn all the guardian trees of all races! To the ground!”

….

A moment of silence.

The Emperor, who had been listening quietly, muttered with a soft sigh. “As expected… he’s my son….”