I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 799

The eyes of the Outer Gods, glaring at me, flickered ominously in unison.

And those gazes, which had shone like stars, blinked in a wave-like sequence—

Flick.

Closed, then opened.

The next moment.

Thwack-!

A tremendous spiritual pressure surged, tearing through the atmosphere of the spirit realm.

It was the instant-death technique used by the Outer God who had previously contracted with the Great Mage Emperor Baekya. For the Outer Gods, beings of this world were mere toys, their lives extinguished with a single glance.

But the situation was different now.

The Outer Gods looking at us now did not have an intermediary contractor like Baekya back then. There was no mediator to fully connect their power to this world.

Even if the hostility shot from a distance as far as the stars was immense, its power would be diminished by the time it reached here.

Moreover, a dedicated defender had already been chosen to receive this attack.

Swoosh……!

The Demon King, stepping forward, lightly waved his hands, creating a massive curtain of darkness in the sky—’shielding’ the gazes of the Outer Gods.

Fwoosh-fwoosh-fwoosh-!

The shattered curtain of darkness scattered across the sky like fireworks.

Skillfully deploying and repairing the darkness, while brushing away the gazes pouring down like rain, the Demon King nodded at me.

《I’ll block all the ‘blinks’.》

“Reliable as always.”

《But you’ll have to deal with the hands yourself.》

The fingers of the Outer Gods, filling the entire sky, poured down.

These were not the actual bodies of the Outer Gods, but rather the materialization of their thoughts.

The very will of the Outer Gods, shot into this world to interfere in concrete ways beyond simple killing.

Because they took the form of fingers, they could interfere with this world in various ways, but….

Therefore, their simple power was weaker than that of the ‘blinks’.

“Hoo!”

I took a deep breath and drew out all the power I possessed.

The flames of the Red Dragon and the Black Dragon within my chest blazed simultaneously, and dragon wings made of magic unfurled behind my back. I flapped my wings and soared into the sky.

Shwaaaar!

The magic fortress I had deployed in advance rose up, following the flag in my hand.

In an instant, I took on a form resembling a dragon made of fortresses.

If I was the dragon’s head, the following walls were like the dragon’s body.

“I don’t know what your sinister intentions are, but in my world……”

Looking up at the fingers falling to fill my vision, I prepared the dragon’s power.

Red and black magic orbs floated above my head, rotating around each other in a circle…….

“Don’t lay your filthy hands on it.”

And merged into one.

Thwack-!

A torrent of pure magic—a Dragon Breath—was unleashed from the merged magic orb.

The red and black flames swirled and pierced the sky, setting it ablaze. The fingers of the Outer Gods caught in the breath were all reduced to ashes and vanished.

Following that, I swung the light flag in my hand once more.

The magic fortresses floating around me shattered into pieces and soared up, forming a long belt of walls in the air.

The tangled rings of walls overlapped, deploying a dome-shaped defensive barrier in the air. The remaining fingers of the Outer Gods fell upon it, but…….

Kugugugung!

They could not penetrate it.

My fortress completely occupied the sky, reborn as an aerial fortress.

“Alright, the first wave is blocked!”

I clenched my fist in joy, but only for a moment.

Gooooooo……!

An even greater number of hands and fingers than before tore through the sky and surged towards the ground.

“Kuh?!”

I grit my teeth, drawing up my magic once more.

“This isn’t easy, really……!”

There was a limit to blocking the Outer Gods. They were infinite, but I was finite.

Eventually, I had to close the spirit realm while holding out, but… Everblack was still standing firm, not yet destroyed.

“Father!”

I shouted to La Mancha, who was struggling to fly around Everblack.

“We need to remove Everblack! Isn’t there any way?!”

The Emperor was unusually flustered.

Among all living humans, he was the one who had been in contact with Everblack the longest and had handled it most skillfully, but now, he was not able to control it properly.

“Why, Thorn Tree?”

Even with its surface completely engulfed in flames, Everblack was still standing firm, and the Emperor slowly reached out his hand, keeping La Mancha close to the thorn tree.

“You are an existence created for humanity. A magical beacon that functions for humanity. You have never disobeyed the orders of our guardian, not even once. But why……”

The Emperor placed his hand directly on the burning surface of the tree, infusing it with his will.

While the Emperor struggled to control the tree, I continued to endure the onslaught of the Outer Gods’ fingers.

Wave 2, Wave 3, Wave 4, Wave 5…….

“Kuh……!”

I gritted my teeth and blocked the fingertips of the Outer Gods, their thoughts, which were now pouring down almost like a downpour.

“It feels like I’m playing a Tetris game that’s been modified to the hardest mode……!”

And I am a master of classic games.

I am a super expert at Tetris too……!

I cast ancient magic, shot feathers from my wings, chanted incantations, and charged my breath.

I continued to swing the dazzling light flag, controlling the aerial fortress without rest.

I utilized all the means I had at my disposal, placing ingenious moves every moment, and nullified the Outer Gods’ attacks.

And perhaps my stalling had not been in vain.

“……!”

The Emperor, who had been communicating with the tree while holding his hand on the burning Everblack, suddenly opened his eyes. I quickly asked.

“Father! Did you find something out?!”

“Ah, yes.”

The Emperor wore a mysterious smile.

“So that’s what it was… Haha. Indeed.”

“No, don’t just laugh! Explain what’s going on-”

It was the moment I was about to press the Emperor, panting roughly.

Crack-crack-crack……!

A finger that had crushed the aerial fortress and invaded like a surprise attack fell down.

Right above La Mancha.

I felt like all the blood in my body had dried up. I desperately shouted and extended the flag.

“Father!”

Immediately, new walls intertwined and restored the collapsed fortress, but—it was impossible to stop the finger that had already invaded.

I shouted desperately.

“Dodge-”

But, it was too late.

Immediately, the Glory Knights swung their swords, unleashing slashes, and La Mancha also desperately tried to evade, firing flames from its thrusters.

However, the giant finger of the Outer God, even as it was being destroyed, did not give up and thrust its tip towards La Mancha.

“……”

Even with death imminent above his head, the Emperor had a peaceful expression.

The Emperor opened his mouth slightly, looking at me. As if to convey something for the last time.

But he couldn’t speak.

Thwack-!

A massive flying object suddenly appeared, cutting through the sky, and intervened between the Outer God’s finger and La Mancha, protecting La Mancha.

The surprised Emperor and Glory Knights looked up at the flying object. I breathed a sigh of relief, stroking my chest.

“Oh man, I almost had a heart attack……”

The flying object that had protected La Mancha had a familiar shape.

A massive ark made of black thorn trees.

I yelled towards the identification name, ‘The Final Ark’.

“Why are you so late! I was waving the flag so hard for you to come quickly!”

The next moment, the thorn trees forming the outer walls of the Final Ark opened, revealing the space inside.

And two people walked out side by side from inside the ark.

“How wide the spirit realm actually is, how distorted time and space are, how difficult it is to drift and endure in the swirling flow of spiritual particles……”

The man with a monocle, his dark red hair braided long behind his neck—

Fernandez ‘Emberkeeper’ Everblack chuckled.

“What’s the point of explaining? Never mind, you rascal. It’s good to see you after a long time.”

Following him, the man with dark blue hair—

Lark ‘Avalanche’ Everblack burst into his characteristic hearty laughter.

“I came to help after seeing your flag, little brother!”

The greatest mage of humanity.

The strongest knight of humanity.

My two brothers, who had left for eternal exile in the spirit realm, had joined my side as allies in the final battle.

I sneered playfully.

“How was your exile?”

“It turns out my brother and I get along better than I thought. It wouldn’t have been bad to be exiled forever, but……”

Lark smiled and raised the longsword in his hand.

“If our little brother asks us to close this purgatory, of course, your older brothers! Will help with all our might!”

He had lost both arms and legs in reality, but here in the spirit realm, they had all been restored.

And Lark displayed his transcendent martial prowess without holding back.

Shatter-!

As Lark swung his sword powerfully, a bright blue trail was etched in the sky along the path of his blade, and then a storm of sword wind raged.

The fingers that were approaching were all torn to shreds and pushed far into the sky. And that was just from a single swing……!

“While we were exiled in this spirit realm, the flow of time was different from reality. We had to spend quite a long time here… What else would we do? We trained with our swords. According to the laws of the spirit realm.”

As I stared with my mouth agape at this unbelievable power, Lark touched his lengthened hair, looking embarrassed.

At that moment, Fernandez, who had been watching with his hands behind his back, stepped forward, holding his staff.

“By the way, I watched you fight for a bit, Ash.”

“Huh?”

“Even with that much power and status, your combat sense still needs a lot of work……”

“What did you say?!”

“You need to use it efficiently, efficiently.”

Fernandez raised his staff.

“Like this.”

Then, Fernandez’s magic intertwined with my aerial fortress like thorn trees, arbitrarily strengthening my walls.

The strengthened walls automatically shot out thorn tree vines towards the approaching fingers, and the fingers pierced by the thorn trees were helplessly shot down.

Not stopping there, Fernandez’s thorn tree-like magic endlessly intertwined with each other, continuing to expand like a net.

“Now it’s a bit sturdier.”

After arbitrarily strengthening my fortress to the fullest, Fernandez gave a sly smile.

I trembled with my fist clenched. If it weren’t for the middle of the final battle, I would have just……!

Thus, after pushing back the fingers once with the help of my two brothers who had joined us.

Lark and Fernandez descended onto the deck of La Mancha. The faces of the two brothers were clearly marked with tension that had not been there before.

“……”

The Emperor, who had been waiting on the deck, stared at his two sons.

Lark and Fernandez slowly knelt on one knee before him and bowed their heads.

“Long live His Majesty the Great Emperor.”

“Two unfilial sons greet their father.”

“……”

After a short, but seemingly eternal silence.

“My Avalanche. My Emberkeeper.”

The Emperor slowly opened his mouth.

“Due to my past misdeeds, you have turned your backs on the mortal world and have been living in eternal exile here.”

“……!”

“But the past is the past. We must look to the future, not the past.”

The Emperor’s voice was more aged and affectionate than ever before.

“Will you forget your grudges, forgive each other’s misdeeds, and lend your strength to this final battle?”

Lark and Fernandez bowed their heads deeply.

“It is an infinite honor, Father!”

“We will fight together until our bodies and souls are reduced to dust.”

The Emperor, smiling faintly, approached and grabbed his two sons by the shoulders, raising them up.

“The day has come when we four guardians, fighting against the fate of destruction, finally form a united front.”

The Faith Front.

The Dragon Blood Front.

The Shadow Front.

The Beast Front.

Once responsible for each direction of the Empire, once facing the enemies only to protect the Empire, the four fronts.

That front has already collapsed.

Now we protect not the Empire, but humanity.

Not just humanity, but all people regardless of race.

Not just people, but everything that makes up the world—

We seek to protect it.

“Commander of the World Guardian Front!”

The three people who were the commanders and guardians of each divided front looked at me simultaneously.

“To protect the world, give the order.”

And, at the same time, they bowed their heads.

“Raise the flag. We will follow your will wherever it leads.”

Unknowingly, a smile formed on my lips.

It was the moment when the four fronts, which had been torn apart and in conflict, and…….

Our family, finally became one.