I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game - Chapter 182

◈ 182. [Side Story] Reader’s Route

“The Monster Front will follow a completely independent route separate from the Empire.”

okay. I decided.

To cooperate in maintaining the Empire’s four fronts. Also, the

royal family made a pact to send reinforcements to the southern front in return for my

arranged marriage with Princess Yoon and benefiting the imperial family .

to reject all of these.

In addition, the southern front, freed from the protection of the empire, would be separated as an independent front.

I decided.

“… .”

At my declaration, the atmosphere in the room cooled down.

After a short silence, the emperor stared at me and opened his mouth.

“Explain it. Commander of the Southern Front.”

I faced the emperor. The emperor looked more curious than angry.

“Why did you make that choice?”

“… .”

why why

After- I took a deep breath.

‘There are three main reasons.’

first.

It is because of the adverse effect of the imperial family’s reinforcements on the southern front.

I requested reinforcements from the imperial family from the beginning of stage 1. Then Ader told me:

– … Are you really okay, Youngjoo?

Because I and Ader knew that requesting support from the center of the Empire would trigger some fatal ‘event’ in the middle of the game.

And that event was the imperial family’s encroachment on the command of the southern front.

As more and more imperial reinforcements are dispatched to the southern front, they gradually take control of the southern front.

And in the past, the player’s authority is deprived and the southern front is wielded according to the taste of the imperial family.

‘When I was an ignorant newbie, I used to be dumbfounded when I saw that I had lost all of my commanding powers and the game started automatically after overdoing commands to request reinforcements.’

The Imperial Support Army, which had taken control of the southern front, never operated the front properly.

SR-grade or higher hero characters are recruited and sent to the ecliptic, and high-grade items and magic cores are scraped off and presented to the imperial family.

In this way, the southern front only plays the role of an expansion base to mine resources right in front of the enemy camp, and then perishes without being able to prevent the raids of monsters in the gap that has become ineffective.

That’s why I tried to use a small reinforcement chance only once.

To get help just once, until the Southern Front grew strong enough to hold out on its own.

However, if I continue to work closely with the imperial family, the imperial family will continue to send reinforcements to the south.

Then, sooner or later, the southern front will be swallowed up in the hands of the imperial family.

So I declined.

More than the first. It is a functional reason for front line operation.

second.

“Because what I want to protect is people, not an empire.”

I raised my head and raised my voice proudly.

Embarrassment crossed the faces of the emperor and princes. the emperor asked curiously.

“person?”

“I had only one goal while standing on the monster front.”

I voiced the goal I had brought from the beginning.

“Killing monsters and saving people.”

Yes.

One purpose that should never be forgotten.

“Monsters don’t discriminate against people. kill equally. They don’t kill people of the empire first, and they don’t kill people of different races later.”

The purpose of the monsters is simple.

Kills people. destroy the world

That’s why the purpose of the monster front against him is also simple.

save people protect the world

“There is no ideology in the struggle of the monster front. There are no nations and no tribes. It is there for the simple purpose of rescuing the people behind the walls.”

Sublime in its simplicity

But as soon as I become subordinate to the imperial family, this simplicity will lose its luster.

The monster front, like other fronts, will prioritize the people of the empire, persecute the different races, and use and abandon the people of other countries.

It shouldn’t be.

“The monster front should not be divided into ideologies, nations, and tribes, and infighting. On the monster front, only people should take precedence.”

“… .”

“That’s why the Kaiju Front has to take its own route.”

The front line that the emperor and the other two princes were in charge of was only to protect the empire.

It is a front to maintain the system called the Empire and protect the ideology called the Empire.

But the monster front is different. I am also different from them.

I’m not fighting to defend my empire.

I fight to keep everyone within my reach. That’s all.

And in order not to lose this purpose, the southern front must become independent.

“… I heard the reason why he was cool, Ash.”

The emperor hung his head to the side.

“But is there a need to pretend to be with the imperial family for just that nominal reason?”

“… .”

“People rather than empire! good and not good! How beautiful is this. It’s a bit harsh for a guy called the prince of the empire to spit it out, but I like Jim.”

Golden light shone sharp like an awl in the black eyes of the emperor.

“But for that reason alone, are you denying all the benefits this empire can give you? It seems like a decision too hasty.”

“… .”

“Are there any other reasons? tell me.”

After inhaling, I swallowed dry saliva.

okay. as the emperor said

“As I said, I fight to save people.”

The third reason why I want to make the southern front independent. that.

“But Obama and his brothers are killing people to save the empire. Isn’t it?”

… It is because they are walking on the Surado (修羅道), which is out of the way of people.

I shot the three people in turn, whose expressions hardened.

‘serenade.’

I will use the information you gave me at the risk of your life for the sake of the southern front.

Reflecting on the information gathered by the Winter Silver Merchant, I spat out.

“Brother Lark. War crimes are rampant on the dragon blood front in the west, aren’t they?”

“… !”

“Murder, arson, and looting in the name of finding the Duke of Bringer, who escaped, and also in the name of obliterating the base of the guerrilla army… He seems to be turning the entire Duchy of Bringer to ashes.”

Lark shook his head with a stiff face.

“The material to wage war was burned by the surprise attack of the enemy guerrillas, so only some looting was allowed. It’s not as much as you think.”

“well. Is that all there is to it?”

I smiled and turned my gaze to my second brother.

“Brother Fernandez. The dark front in the center is doing terrifying things here in the ecliptic.”

“… .”

“In order to hunt down hostile secret agents, they captured innocent citizens, kidnapped, tortured, and killed them as if they were eating rice.”

Fernandez stared at me with narrow eyes. I shrugged.

“There are already rumors in small towns and harem districts outside the imperial capital. Rumors about gangsters who show up in the middle of the night and take entire families away.”

“Rumors tend to be exaggerated. And it’s a natural thing to do to find out the hostile secret forces.”

“Hmm. well. How are you?”

I glanced at Lark and Fernandez alternately.

“From what I’ve heard, the prisoners were taken from the Dragon Blood Front. And citizens abducted from the central front. all… … I heard that they are being replaced for human sacrifice.”

“… ?!”

Lark and Fernandez’s eyes widened. It’s like how did you know that?

I turned my gaze away from those two and slowly faced the emperor.

“Yes, Obama. In order to maintain the Northern Ishin Front… … You are making human sacrifice.”

“… .”

“In order to activate Everblack, a dark beast, to peek into the future, and to access the spirit world through that tree… I heard that it requires an enormous amount of mana. There is so much magic power that even the magic stones that are available on the market cannot handle it.”

The emperor is a face whose emotions are unknown.

But I continued to spit out whatever the Emperor had.

“That’s why they captured slaves of different races with wizard skills from all over the continent and offered them as sacrifices. Using their souls as fuel, Obama can access the spirit world.”

These gods are attacking to save their own children, the different races, but the emperor was burning the different races as fuel to stop them. It was a bitter irony.

“But gradually there were fewer well-trained slaves for fuel, and you had to come up with other measures.”

“… .”

“That’s why you started the invasion of the Duchy of Bringer, which you had to strike anyway. Prisoners of war, and the people of the Principality of Bringer, where the dragon’s blood flows even faintly, are great as fuel. It would be more useful as fuel if you catch the duke and steal the dragon blood.”

When I looked up, Lark averted my gaze.

“In the imperial capital, citizens were captured and tortured to find out the identity of the hostile secret drug forces, and after torture and interrogation, well-trained people were selected and sacrificed as well.”

Fernandez continued to stare at me without averting my eyes.

– No matter what happens, we must prevent that fate of destruction. To protect the empire at any cost.

It wasn’t just words.

They really did anything and sacrifice anything to protect the empire.

“It’s a really great cycle. The three fronts work so closely together and interlock.”

“… .”

“Heterogeneous slaves, prisoners of enemy countries and citizens of the outskirts… What are you going to burn next?”

I smirked at the emperor.

“Abama, in order to maintain this huge mass of flesh called the Empire. And my brothers are killing people.”

“… .”

“Killing and killing and killing and killing and killing again.”

I chewed on them and spit them out.

“You are another monster who kills innocent people to protect the empire.”

My purpose is to kill monsters and save people.

Only this banner must not be damaged.

That is why I cannot be with you who have become monsters for only one country.

It’s just such a simple story.

“… haha.”

And

“Ahahahahaha!”

The Emperor laughed.

He smiled coolly and cheerfully. I frowned. what?

“So what are you trying to do? my son.”

The emperor, who stopped laughing, yelled at me.

“On your own, fall into the monster fields of the South and keep your distance from bad guys like us! Are you going to wither away and claim yourself to be good?”

The emperor’s voice was booming.

“That road is Sura-do!”

“… !”

“You want to protect people? Then what is the definition of a person? Are you human? Are you of a different race? Or is he a monster that spit out human words? How far are you human?”

I gritted my teeth in front of the Emperor’s outpouring of words.

“Who is the traitor? the traitor? What about thieves, robbers and crooks? All these stinking garbage heaps are people! Are you declaring that you will keep all of them together?”

“… .”

“The more you pursue the infinite goodness, the more you suffer! Hell is where you are headed. Are you saying you don’t know?”

The emperor spewed out his lion’s roar, kicked off his chair, and stood up.

“No matter how white and clean you are with the flag! Eventually, the moment it passes through the battlefield, that flag will be covered in blood and ashes. My little son, do you really not know!”

“… .”

clenched fists

I barely raised my voice.

“… I have already sacrificed a lot.”

742 attacks.

741 perishes and only one success.

In all those games, I always threw my characters to death.

In order to efficiently clear the entire game, countless subordinates were thrown to death without any remorse. He had no doubts about the act.

I was a monster.

It was a monster that did not regard people who only knew efficiency-crazed strategies as human beings.

won’t do that a second time

“Sometimes there will be an unavoidable situation. There will come a time when you have to bend your beliefs. Maybe at the end of this road I am half a monster again.”

But I will do my best.

At least I won’t forget what is the most precious thing.

“If there is even a single white part left on the last flag I held in my hand, no! Even if there is not even a flag left and only the flagpole is held in hand. Even so, I will go forward with this flag.”

kill monsters and save people

don’t let go of this banner

To do so,

“I will say it again. The Monster Front will walk a completely independent route separate from the Empire.”

I spoke to the guardians of the empire.

“… I will protect the people, not the empire.”