I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 804

He wielded both the divine and the beastly powers that devoured humanity.

He combined the world’s two most powerful weapons into one, fully unleashing their potential.

As if a god had descended upon him, he took a determined step forward and unleashed a will-filled strike.

Lukas fought like the protagonist chosen by the world.

As Ash had confidently declared, Lukas, having bloomed his potential beyond its limits, was undoubtedly the strongest knight.

However-

“…….”

The ‘Sleepless Lake Princess,’ reborn as the master of nightmares, was invincible.

She was the embodiment of the world’s nightmares, a personified destruction.

She was not an opponent that could be fought, confronted, or pushed back in the first place.

Against such a foe, Lukas had endured for dozens of exchanges. It was an achievement that was unbelievable for a mere human.

Each time Lukas’s great sword of light blocked the dark great sword held by the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess,’ the outer gods’ eyes widened in shock.

But miracles are ultimately temporary.

The difference in absolute power was too great. He could not endure forever.

This final delaying tactic was also coming to an end.

“……Haaah…….”

White breath escaped from Lukas’s bloodied mouth once more.

Currently, Lukas was leaning against the caved-in gates of Crossroads.

He had been struck by the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’s’ attack and sent flying backward, crashing into the gates like a cannonball.

Lukas still firmly held the great sword of light, [Toward the Stars], in his hand.

However, all his other equipment was horribly damaged.

Gauntlets, boots, breastplate, shoulder guards, backplate—the armor [Black Scale] was tattered everywhere, and blood poured from the flesh beneath the broken armor.

‘Just one more time.’

Blood dripped from the ends of his disheveled blonde hair. Unprecedented, terrible pain surged through his body where the dark sword had cut him.

But his still-bright blue eyes shone with a sharp light, and his will remained unbroken.

‘Block just one more time.’

Lukas knew it well himself. He could not stop the master of nightmares forever.

So—just one more time.

Just one more time. Just one more time. Just one more time. Again and again…….

Thud-!

The next moment, the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ charged forward. The dark sword in her hand swirled fiercely.

Even in the midst of this fierce battle, Lukas was awakening to the principles of swordsmanship.

He was constantly learning how to face that overwhelming dark sword to endure even a little longer…….

The two swords of light and darkness intertwined, and this time too, he managed to withstand the enemy’s attack.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Lukas had endured, but the gate he had been leaning against shattered.

Along with the fallen gate, Lukas was thrown into the fortress. Lukas tried to quickly regain his balance by planting his sword on the ground, but he still had to slide back quite a distance.

“Kuh……!”

Lukas gritted his teeth.

The enemy had finally entered the fortress.

Through the entrance of the fortress, where the gate had fallen and a cloud of dust was rising, the sound of footsteps, thud, thud, echoed.

The next moment, the dust cleared with a gust of wind, revealing the enemy—the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess.’

The enemy’s light footsteps landed inside the fortress. Lukas clenched his teeth and gripped his sword tighter.

Once more.

If once isn’t enough, then twice, if twice isn’t enough, then three times—

It was something that could be achieved by trying again and again without giving up.

So, once more…….

“……?!”

However, immediately after, Lukas belatedly realized that his knees had touched the ground.

His mind was still holding on, but his body had reached its limit first.

‘Get up!’

Lukas gritted his teeth, striking his knees with his fists as they had given way on their own.

‘Move, you damn legs!’

But before his trembling legs could struggle to stand again, the enemy was approaching once more.

The moment Lukas put strength into his hands to swing his sword even in his collapsed posture—

Thump!

Someone rushed forward and stood in front of him.

Shining platinum blonde hair, dazzling white armor, and a shield and lance.

It was Evangeline.

“Together!”

Before Lukas could say anything, Evangeline spoke resolutely.

“Don’t handle it alone. I’ll endure it with you, so…….”

Evangeline turned and smiled brightly.

“Together, let’s overcome it……!”

To the left and right of Evangeline, who stood at the forefront with her shield raised.

All the shield warriors and soldiers of Crossroads rushed forward…….

In just a few seconds, they gathered their shields together and formed a perfect phalanx [a rectangular mass military formation].

While the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ and Lukas were engaged in fierce battle, the remaining monsters had left the battlefield. To avoid being caught up in their master’s fight.

But the people on the monster front had devised a plan to help Lukas and had jumped in.

“……!”

Lukas, seeing the ‘shield’ that had appeared before him, suddenly realized the current situation.

He slowly reached out and carefully placed his hand on Evangeline’s shoulder.

Whoosh……!

The golden aura that had been enveloping his body spread to Evangeline.

As if she had been waiting for it, Evangeline slammed her shield forcefully on the ground, squeezing out all her remaining magic to unleash her ultimate technique.

[The Last Fortress].

A golden magical shield formed in front of all the people standing in formation, and soon, they merged into one.

The ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’s’ sword strike, which had rushed in, crashed down on the completed giant golden shield.

Bang-!

The dark sword made no sound, but the shield that was struck directly by the sword screamed as it was destroyed.

Evangeline’s shield, which had taken the attack head-on, shattered into pieces. Not only the shield but also Evangeline’s entire left arm was torn apart, spraying blood everywhere.

It wasn’t just Evangeline’s shield. All the shields of those who had gathered together were destroyed at the same time.

However—that was all.

It was a powerful dark strike that would have evaporated the soul and killed anyone who dared to face it.

But the courage of the humans who were willing to die created a worthy miracle.

Many people resonated with a single purpose, completing a single shield, and that shield contained the light that opposed the darkness.

Thus, the shield was destroyed, but the people endured.

No, it didn’t end with just enduring.

“In my city…….”

[The Last Fortress] was a defensive technique that absorbed the enemy’s attack and then returned it to the enemy.

The enemy’s attack, which everyone had absorbed together, was stored in the shields of everyone gathered here.

“To my people……!”

Like the tide turning from ebb to flow, from the rear to the front, they gathered and poured out—

“Don’t you dare touch them, Sister-!”

It burst from the tip of Evangeline’s lance.

The largest [Damage Save] ever, and one that would never be seen again—

And,

[Damage Payback]!

Whoosh!

Evangeline’s right arm was torn to shreds, and her lance shattered. The dark power that had swirled and gathered at the tip of the lance was shot directly at the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess.’

It was a power that Evangeline alone could not have blocked, stored, or returned. But it was a miraculous counterattack made possible because everyone gathered here had resonated and united their wills.

《……!》

The ‘Sleepless Lake Princess,’ who had received her own attack back, was pushed back.

As powerful as her own attack had been, the counterattack she received in full was also formidable. She had to retreat dozens of steps, something she had never done before.

When she regained her senses, she was back outside the fortress.

It was as if her intrusion into the fortress had been a lie, and she had to retreat a long way.

《…….》

The outer gods were shocked by this unbelievable reality, and while their puppet, the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess,’ was creaking and adjusting her posture.

“Torkel-!”

Falling backward, Evangeline squeezed out her remaining strength and shouted.

“Go-!”

《……!》

The ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ urgently raised her head, and a large, heavily armored knight was falling from the sky.

It was Torkel, the strongest tank on the monster front, who had been waiting in the sky with the griffin riders and had jumped down at the perfect timing.

The ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ sharply extended her hand. Then, the power of darkness wrapped around and lacerated Torkel’s entire body like a whip.

Not only the shield Torkel was holding but also the armor on his entire body was shattered.

But Torkel had already used his ultimate technique, [Humans Are Not Born to Lose].

He felt the pain, but he did not take any damage.

And Torkel was not a man who could be stopped by pain alone.

Grab!

The warrior’s strong hands grabbed the enemy’s body. Torkel held onto the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ and clung to her.

He knew.

The ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ knew, Torkel himself knew, and everyone here knew. Torkel’s strength could not stop the enemy.

Even knowing that, Torkel volunteered for this role.

If he could create even a small opening for the enemy in the mere ten minutes he could endure.

If he could expose even a tiny flaw in the invincible monster.

If it could be of even a little help to his comrades’ counterattack that would follow!

It was worth trying.

At the same time that Torkel fell and grabbed the enemy, Junior, who had been waiting on the fortress wall, raised her staff forward.

Clang-!

A halo appeared in the sky, and the entire space was split like a mosaic.

[Elemental Disassembly].

It was [Elemental Disassembly] that had been chanted dozens of times and condensed into a single spell.

Until now, Junior had forcibly made [Elemental Disassembly] effective against enemies it didn’t work on by layering the spell multiple times.

But this time, she changed her approach.

She decided to delve into a single [Elemental Disassembly] to its limits.

Reaching a place never reached before, cutting through the yin [the dark, passive, feminine principle in Chinese philosophy], surpassing the void, and even transcending the realm of the 虚 [emptiness or void]—

Into the realm of 無 [nothingness].

And she succeeded in proving the theory that had only existed in formulas.

Instead of the insufficient magic power of the mortal realm, she forcibly overloaded the magic core of her staff to complete the spell.

In the end, the staff [Rod of Crimson], which had exceeded its limit, could not withstand it and exploded. But even that was part of the plan.

“…….”

Junior sensed it.

That this was the final ultimate magic of her life as a mage.

But for some reason, rather than feeling regret…….

She felt relieved.

“Heaven, behold!”

Completing her ultimate technique, Junior smiled brightly.

“We are here-!”

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The halo, which had grown to an unbelievable size, covered the entire sky, and the space below it was completely shattered.

Junior, who had coughed up blood violently, collapsed. But her ultimate magic had certainly been effective.

《……?!》

The inviolable barrier that had made the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ invincible was being peeled away.

Especially at this time when the connection between the spirit world and the mortal realm was weakened, and magic power was becoming scarce.

The curse, nightmares, and darkness that formed the essence of the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ were also created by the power of another world, that is, magic power. Therefore, her existence was clearly wavering…….

And Junior’s ultimate magic had struck that gap properly.

“…….”

Supported and healed simultaneously by the two priests, Rosetta and Janice, Lukas stood up straight.

Looking around, he saw that his golden aura was spreading to everyone in the fortress in turn.

It was another miracle born because they all shared the same purpose and followed the same banner.

“……Once more.”

Lukas murmured softly,

“Once more-!”

The people rushed out.

To stop the enemy once more.

One more time, to protect the world.