I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 797

The Mortal Realm.

Crossroad, humanity’s first gateway and last fortress.

The southern plains stretched out right before it.

A barricade zone surrounded by countless wooden fences—the kill zone.

“The vanguard of the enemy monster army!”

A scout watching the area shouted urgently.

“They’re entering the kill zone-!”

“……!”

Dududududu…….

The ground rumbled faintly.

Woosh…….

The winter forest to the south of the plains seemed to shudder, and then, in the next moment.

Thud-!

Monsters poured out into the entrance of the plains.

Swirling like a flooded torrent, the black monsters endlessly surged, filling the southern plains.

Lukas, aboard the airship Blue Pearl, looked down at this scene and took a small breath.

“They’ve come this far.”

Earlier, they had succeeded in the operation to topple the super-giant monsters—‘Titan Fall’.

They had been able to devastate the entire ground and air. Especially the ground, where the surface was split and broken, effectively hindering the advance of subsequent monsters. Moreover, a huge number of monsters had died and fallen in the process.

Nevertheless, they were infinite.

Nevertheless, they advanced.

Clutching at the broken ground and sky, the endless horde of monsters had stubbornly moved north over several days. And they had succeeded in advancing to these southern plains, where Crossroad was clearly visible.

They had continuously carried out delaying tactics in this process, but it was literally just a delay. A complete blockade was impossible from the start.

The vanguard of the monster horde, which had steadily advanced, had finally arrived here.

‘In the end, we have to defend from the main fortress.’

In the ‘Lightning and Tsunami’ operation, the lightning was eventually breached.

But the final barrier, the tsunami—the Crossroad fortress—remained.

‘I will show them that we can hold.’

Lukas took a breath and steeled his will to fight.

‘Because it’s what my lord has commanded, and…….’

His bright blue eyes stared straight at the pouring monsters.

‘Because I, too, want to protect this world……!’

Bang! Pubububung……!

A distant cannon fire echoed from the Crossroad fortress, and in the next moment.

Kwa-gwa-gwa-gwang-!

Artillery fire slammed into the kill zone.

Lukas was in charge of the airship Blue Pearl and the commando unit on board.

Evangeline was in charge of the Crossroad fortress defense line.

Evangeline, as the leader of the melee unit, had become very experienced, and she was also the rightful successor of Crossroad. The next lord’s command of the siege was flawless.

“I don’t need to worry about the defense of the fortress.”

Lukas looked around the bridge.

“Let’s do what we have to do.”

The heroes organized into the commando unit nodded in unison.

The ‘Lightning and Tsunami’ operation was still ongoing.

And the heroes on this ship were the final lightning.

***

The defense of the southern plains began in the same way as previous defenses.

The monsters that had moved north slammed into the entrance of the southern plains—the kill zone, and while they were bottlenecked by the obstacles, the crossfire from Crossroad flew in and tore them apart.

But it wasn’t long before everyone realized.

It was different.

This battle was different from the previous ones.

Bububububu…….

The monsters, tangled and clumped together, continued to pour out, mixed like a swamp boiling from within.

Endlessly, continuously, without stopping, they crawled out from the south and filled the plains.

Even during the previous zombie march, they had faced a terrifying number of monsters, but this was on a different level.

Literally infinite.

It was a truly enormous scale, befitting the final great offensive of the monsters.

“There’s no end to them, really……”

Evangeline, who was directing the artillery while holding binoculars, groaned as if she was fed up.

Before long, the area south of the plains was completely covered with monsters, with no space left that wasn’t black.

A huge black wave, a black tsunami, no…….

The black world itself was pushing towards Crossroad.

However.

“We’ve also made thorough preparations……!”

They had anticipated this situation from the start.

They knew that the enemy would be infinite and went into battle. They had stockpiled enough ammunition to last for a week of continuous firing, they had expanded the wide and high artillery positions, and they had secured manpower, including reserves.

“Artillery unit! Continue to-”

Raising the cavalry spear in her hand and waving the black flag tied to its end—Evangeline shouted with all her might.

“Fireeeee-!”

Bang! Pububububung-!

As if answering her cry, the orderly volley of fire tore through the sky and landed at the entrance of the southern plains.

Kwa-gwa-gwa-gwang-!

It exploded.

The current Crossroad artillery unit had established a structure where three units fired in rotation. Firing, reloading, aiming, and firing again, the fire net of these artillery units could devastate the target area without a moment’s break.

Moreover, the three units were not the end, as three reserve units were also on standby.

A total of six units alternated between creating a fire net and resting, creating a structure that could theoretically unleash an infinite barrage.

Furthermore, the people of the production guilds, who were usually evacuated for safety, were all staying in the city, helping to produce and repair war materials.

‘The enemy is infinite?’

Evangeline smiled fiercely.

‘Then we’ll just pour it on them infinitely too……!’

The monsters endlessly appeared and invaded the entrance of the southern plains.

Bang! Bang! Pububububung……!

They were battered by the endless crossfire pouring down from above, and they all melted and fell.

Although quite some time had passed since the start of the battle, not a single monster had even passed halfway through the southern plains.

‘The zombie horde experience was good practice!’

After stopping the zombie monsters, which numbered around 100,000 at the time, several countermeasures and ideas were proposed within Crossroad.

Ash had adopted some of them and applied them to this final battle. This system of expanding the artillery unit and enabling infinite alternating fire was one of them.

‘At this rate, we can keep blocking the small fry as much as we want……!’

And, as soon as Evangeline thought that.

Dududududu-!

A series of monster groups broke through the crossfire and rushed out.

Small, high-speed monsters that could run without being swept away by the fire net.

Large monsters that advanced while withstanding the crossfire with thick armor.

And flying monsters that appeared in the sky, piercing through the thick smoke.

‘Oh my!’

Evangeline hurriedly covered her mouth with her hand.

Anyway, this mouth of mine is the problem! How can it be that as soon as I say something, it happens…….

‘No, I didn’t say it?! I just thought it?!’

Anyway, you shouldn’t even think about it.

The fast small monster group that had safely escaped the kill zone created at the entrance of the southern plains, the large monster group armed with thick armor, and the flying monster group approaching from the sky.

Evangeline, who had been tapping her forehead while glaring at them, finally curled up her lips slightly.

It’s not good to be careless.

But, there’s no need to shrink back unnecessarily either.

“We’re fully prepared for this kind of situation……!”

Evangeline shook the end of the cavalry spear with the flag tied to it and commanded.

“Sniper unit, snipe the approaching small monsters! Mage unit, deal with the large monsters that are not affected by the artillery fire! And artifact team, prepare anti-air artifacts!”

As soon as the command was given.

Clack! Clack! Clack!

The sniper unit led by Damian aimed their guns and bows, and then began firing.

Bang! Bang! Baaang……!

Each time a slow gunshot rang out, the speed-type monsters that had been rushing towards the fortress fell down.

The shooting skills of Damian, the world’s best sniper, and the elite snipers he led were already transcendent.

It was just that Damian, who possessed clairvoyance, was too far outside the norm. Currently, the snipers under his command were all archers and hunters who were renowned from all over the world.

Each one of them was a top sniper of the current era, who had made a name for themselves with nicknames such as Hawkeye, Sharpshooter, Baba Yaga, and Smoking Gun.

In addition to the existing snipers that Damian had raised and trained from the beginning.

Once the sniper unit, consisting of thirty members, unleashed their fire, the heads of the monsters began to explode from a great distance.

Of course, Damian was still unrivaled in this.

Baaang-!

After simultaneously piercing and killing four monsters with a single rifle shot, Damian prepared for the next shot with an indifferent expression.

The snipers around Damian all made expressions of disbelief.

“I’ve lost, I’ve lost……”

The other snipers grumbled and continued to snipe.

Here, the mage unit led by Junior.

“Use magic that consumes as little magic power as possible and is highly efficient!”

Junior carefully coordinated the mages who were lined up in formation.

The strongest tactical weapon possessed by humanity. Mages.

They had not yet exerted their full power. To conserve as much magic power as possible in preparation for a long battle, they even fired small magic spells in resonance with each other after forming a formation.

And that was enough.

The basic elemental magic fired by the mages, who were already fully skilled in combined magic, intercepted the large monsters, and the large monsters fell to the ground without being able to resist.

Arrows of fire and rain of ice, blades of wind flew alternately, and the large monsters that had broken through the fire net all screamed and collapsed to the ground.

Here…….

“Anti-air artifacts, activated!”

The artifacts prepared by Lily and the alchemist team were activated all at once.

Then, the artifacts took effect throughout the Crossroad airspace. The flying monsters that had been pouring down, blackening the sky, all shuddered.

Speed reduction, defense reduction, disorientation…….

They were minor effects, but in return, they had an overwhelming range. All the flying monsters were simultaneously afflicted with harmful effects.

And towards these flying monsters, the strongest air force possessed by humanity rushed in.

“Let’s go!”

The Sky Knights led by Mikhail set out from the airship ‘Blue Pearl’ and jumped into the face of the pouring flying monsters.

“The sky belongs to all of us! Don’t let the monsters violate it-!”

Behind Mikhail, the healing priestess Zenis was also on board. It was to heal the knights and griffons on the spot.

All the Sky Knights were given divine power armor on their bodies, and their weapons were enchanted with various spirits.

They poured beneficial effects on the griffin riders, who already had combat power that was different from that of ordinary flying monsters.

Conversely, they poured harmful effects on the flying monsters.

The difference in combat power was overwhelmingly widened.

Kwa-gwang-!

Like a lion jumping into a flock of sheep, the Sky Knights tore through the flying monsters.

‘They’re strong.’

Evangeline clenched her fist without realizing it.

‘We are…… strong!’

They were completely blocking the passage through the kill zone by unleashing a six-shift crossfire.

And they were crushing the enemies that broke through with snipers, mages, artifacts, and air forces.

The movements of the army, working together, were beautiful in themselves. As a knight and an officer, Evangeline was moved to the point of shedding a few tears.

The efforts of humanity, honed on the monster front over the past three years, were by no means in vain. They had blossomed so orderly.

It was then.

“Reporting-!”

A scout’s shout, which completely blew away that emotion, pierced Evangeline’s ear.

“The ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ has appeared-!”

“……!”

Evangeline hurriedly picked up her binoculars.

Saaaah…….

Far away at the southern end.

Scattering thick darkness, fluttering the hem of her white dress, which was burned at the end…… the incarnation of nightmare appeared.

The burned veil fluttered in the wind, revealing the face behind it.

The pale face was expressionless.

It was so different from that of the woman she had once shared joys and sorrows with that it was hard to believe.

“…….”

Finally.

The worst enemy commander had arrived at Crossroad.

Evangeline stared quietly at the nameless one, who had become a complete enemy.

Then, she slowly raised her binoculars.

The dark string connected to the body of the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ crossed the world vertically…… and reached the end of the distant, torn sky.

Beyond the hideously torn sky, countless glistening eyes.

The gaze of the greedy Outer Gods, watching the final battle taking place on this land.

‘Senior.’

Evangeline lowered her binoculars with a determined expression.

‘We’ll keep their attention well…….’

She smiled with all her might.

“Go ahead and do it, to your heart’s content……!”

Along with the rebellion led by Ash, and the start of the Spirit Realm showdown.

Here in the Mortal Realm, the great monster invasion had entered its final stage.