I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game [EN]: Chapter 807

“Do you remember?”Standing before the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess,’ facing the tip of the sword she held, Aider suddenly recalled a distant past.”There was a time when you asked me to go on a picnic together.”《…….》”You said there was a hill on the outskirts where we often played as children. You said there was a large zelkova tree [a type of deciduous tree], and that it bloomed in the summer…”The ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ couldn’t recall any memories.”You were the one who first asked me to go on a picnic there.”The ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ couldn’t recall any emotions.”You have no idea how much my heart fluttered then. Just imagining spending a happy time alone with you, the one I had a crush on, I was so excited that I couldn’t sleep that night.”The distant past was nothing more than forgotten, burnt ashes.The only reason she was listening to this man was because he was a former player. The Outer Gods were on alert, unsure of what he might have prepared.But Aider was simply, calmly, unraveling a long-forgotten memory.”But it rained on the day we promised to go.”A tender smile appeared on Aider’s lips.”It suddenly poured, and the picnic was eventually canceled. I was so dejected and disappointed.”《…….》”But do you remember what you said to me then…?”No memories.No emotions.Nothing came to mind.Yet, suddenly.The sound of rain echoed in her ears…”When it rains, you can see the rainy scenery.”The two of them,In their forms from five hundred years ago.”And when the rain stops, you can see a rainbow.”Sitting side by side in the pavilion of the royal palace courtyard, watching the rain together…And then, the rain stopped.Like the sky clearing up brightly, the young princess smiled.”Come on, Aider. Let’s go see the rainbow.”The princess’s hand reached out, taking the slave’s hand,And the two of them stepped into the sunlit, rain-cleared world-“Let’s go see the rainbow…”Once he blinked, the distant memory vanished like a lie.This was a battlefield.Standing here were not a princess and a slave, but the master of nightmares and a failed hero.”…The rainbow I saw with you that day.”Aider quietly confessed.”Has kept me alive until now.”《…….》”The beautiful things you gave me were so radiant… They are still etched in my heart and won’t disappear, and that’s why I’ve lived until now.”Aider’s halted steps moved forward again.”Since the day the Lake Kingdom fell, your world has been eternally raining black rain.”As he approached, the sword in the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’s’ hand emitted a chilling aura.Aider didn’t care.It didn’t matter what she held in her hand, it never had.What he wanted to reach was only her heart.”My poor princess, who took on all that rain to save a world drowning in black rain.”One step closer, Aider approached.Thud-!The dark sword pierced Aider’s chest.But even in that state, Aider took another step.The pierced chest shattered like dust and scattered. A surge of blood soaked his lips. His trembling legs faltered as if they would collapse at any moment.But, with a truly desperate will, he took one more step-And reached out his hand.Aider’s old fingertips touched the princess’s cheek beneath her veil.”This time, I will.”Stroking her cold cheek, Aider smiled with his blood-stained face.”Show you a rainbow.”The Outer Gods, sensing something was wrong, hurriedly tried to pull the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ back.But it was already too late.A dazzling flash of light erupted from Aider’s fingertips.The silver light enveloped the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ like puppet strings – riding the Outer Gods’ ‘gaze,’ it soared into the sky.In the Spirit Realm, the Outer Gods had forcibly expanded the passage, and as a result, the Outer Gods’ gaze towards the mortal realm also became stronger.The black gaze connected to the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ became clearer than ever. The Outer Gods, not wanting to lose control over her even for a moment, injected an unprecedentedly strong will.The gaze wrapped around the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’s’ body looked almost like black spiderwebs.Aider had aimed for this very moment.This moment, when the Outer Gods had strengthened their connection with the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ more than ever before.This moment was when his prepared ‘trump card’ could not possibly miss, a moment of absolute certainty.”To break the ‘Game of Destruction,’ no. To break your ‘system’ itself…”The reason he had stepped down from being a ‘player’ and called himself a ‘director.’The reason he had been dealing with the game called the Game of Destruction, and its system.The reason he had spent countless years finding loopholes in the system, preparing ways to bypass it, and gradually infiltrating his traces.All of it was for this very moment.For the rebellion he would attempt at the very end.”It’s my small revenge.”It was a kind of virus that would neutralize the system.And the very embodiment of a man’s obsession, who had fought an unbeatable opponent for an eternity.Following the black gaze connecting the Outer Gods and the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess,’ the flash of light Aider had launched surged and rippled.Charrrr-!And following that trajectory, the Outer Gods’ gazes simultaneously malfunctioned, exploded, and lost their function.Faced with this sudden situation, the Outer Gods hurriedly tried to sever the connection, but they couldn’t.They were connected to the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ like spiderwebs, bound by their own will.Flash-!The flash of light that had finally risen to the sky reached the eyes of the Outer Gods.『…!』Screaming inaudibly, the Outer Gods squeezed their eyes shut.All the ‘systems’ that the Outer Gods had imposed on this world simultaneously malfunctioned. The passage that allowed them to interfere with this world, even though they existed in a distant other realm, was momentarily blocked.”How was it, Lord?”Watching the scene of countless eyes covering the sky closing in pain, Aider suddenly asked Ash.”Was it a good timing?”***”It was the best timing, Aider…!”I shouted.Aider’s ‘trump card’ had detonated, and the Outer Gods covering this Spirit Realm also trembled in pain.The power of the Outer Gods to interfere with this world rapidly weakened.But this was only a temporary phenomenon.Before the Outer Gods regained their strength – we had to decide the outcome this very moment!”Demon King!”I shouted to my eternal rival.”Can I leave it to you?”The Demon King, who met my gaze, smirked, his white, crack-like mouth curving up.《Of course.》He answered simply, but reliably.The Demon King soared into the sky, leaving a long, brushstroke-like trail of darkness behind him.And standing in the very center of the sky, he stretched out his arms to the left and right, emitting an enormous amount of darkness from his fingertips… and grabbed the passage connecting to the other realm.《Kuhhh…》At the same time as a painful groan erupted from the Demon King’s mouth,《Aaaaaaaah!》Kugugugung…!It began to close.The sky.The Outer Gods, who had been opening the passage with a giant hand just moments ago, tried to create that giant hand again to interfere, but perhaps because Aider had destroyed their system, the hand failed to form properly and crumbled on its own.『What are you doing, Demon King!』The Outer Gods urgently shouted at the Demon King.『Stop! Do you intend to violate the principles of this universe that we have established?!』『You were also a Constellation! If you go against the laws you yourself set, your very existence will be annihilated!』『This world is just a play on a small stage! Are you willing to die for something so trivial!』Spraying darkness like blood in all directions, the Demon King shouted.《I don’t care!》『…!』《Constellation, universe, principles, play, it doesn’t matter to me…!》Even as the system collapsed and the passage crumbled, the Outer Gods desperately poured out ‘blinks,’ ‘gazes,’ and ‘touches’ to attack the Demon King.Taking all those attacks, his entire body shattering and reforming repeatedly, the Demon King roared.《There wasn’t a single soul I couldn’t corrupt until now. So, if I can corrupt that person…!》At this moment.On this small stage.《Even if my soul is completely burned away, it’s fine…!》For the first time, the Demon King took the lead role.《I’ll show you, that you’re just an ordinary human…》At some point, his destroyed body could no longer recover.It was because the Demon King’s power was also decreasing as the passage to the other realm closed.《Living normally, dying normally, being happy normally, being unhappy normally… that’s what an ordinary human should be…!》But with unbelievable determination, the Demon King continued to close the sky with his body torn and bursting apart.《I’ll corrupt you and prove it-!》The Demon King desperately squeezed out his last strength,《Aaaaaaaah-!》And just before the gate to the sky completely closed-Chwaaaak…!Unable to withstand the countless ‘blinks’ pouring from the other side, his entire body finally burst and he collapsed.The Demon King fell powerlessly.Falling down with his whole body in tatters, he desperately turned his broken face to find me.And…Taat-!The moment he fell, I was soaring up at the same time.Passing each other in mid-air, our gazes met.The Demon King asked with difficulty.《Can I leave it to you?》I smiled brightly.”Of course…!”Soaring to the center of the sky, I stretched my hand forward.On my hand was the [Imperial Seal Ring].”As the race god of humanity, no…”Staring intently, I declared.”As the leader of the World Defense Front, I represent all the free will of this world!”Then, from all over the world, a white, transparent energy began to swirl and pour towards me.This was not power borrowed from the outside world.It was the pure power of this world, the sum of the free will of everyone in this world.”I desire, representing this world.”Gooooooo…!The will of the people gathered was fervent.This time, it was deeper and heavier than any sum of will I had gathered before.That’s why I don’t hesitate even more.Because I have the responsibility to correctly represent the hearts of those who believe in and follow my banner…!”We reject all oppression imposed on our world…”I refined the ‘will of the world’ that had gathered to me…”-Reject it!”And shot it towards the sky.A dazzling white light covered the passage to the other realm.The Outer Gods attempted a final resistance. Somehow, they pushed their broken fingers into the passage, pouring countless ‘blinks’ towards me.The endlessly overlapping ‘blinks’ and the Outer Gods’ touches managed to block the will of the world.For a moment, the two forces reached an equilibrium.A tense tug-of-war ensued.”Aaaaaaaah-!”I roared and stretched my hand forward.How did I get this far?Do you think I’ll be pushed back here?”Just a little more…”Feeling the pain of my whole body burning in the torrent of light, I desperately shouted.”Just a little, more…!”And.Thud, thud…On the [Imperial Seal Ring], which could not withstand the fierce battle, cracks began to appear little by little.