I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game - Chapter 37

◈ 037. [STAGE 2] There is no business in front of the quantity (2)

There are many.

too many too many

I swallowed a dry saliva as I looked down at the waves of rats rushing towards the castle wall.

It seems to be standing not on the wall, but on the harbor.

And that too, above the stormy harbor, where the rolling turbulence is just beginning to rage.

Kirik! Kiriririk!

A gray wave made of monsters rushed towards the castle wall, then shattered like a wave hitting a breakwater.

It is because of the concentrated fire pouring from the top of the fortress wall.

“Shoot!”

“Fire-!”

The sweat-stained soldiers continued to shout. After that, shells and arrows rained down on the outside.

pop! Perbung!

Patter!

The rats were burned by explosions and pierced by arrows.

It was hard to hit them when they were far away because they were small and quick.

As we got closer and closer to the wall, the accuracy of our shells and arrows increased.

Is that all? Barricade installations are also more compact around the walls.

In particular, the fragments of the ghost knight’s greatsword, which was pulled out after being stuck in the wall, were playing a significant role.

It was not uncommon to see rats stepping on metal fragments and falling out.

‘It’s not bad, but it’s not bad.’

I moistened my parched lips with my tongue.

‘The wire was pulled too sooner than expected!’

Killzone was neutralized too quickly, and the rats crossed the field to reach the rampart. It was much faster than expected.

Neutralizing the killzone is an unexpected event, but it was my mistake for not properly calculating the running speed of the four-legged beast. shit.

‘Still, the defense battle is being carried out with ease.’

I skimmed over the castle wall.

The rat monsters reached the castle wall at once, but the soldiers did not fall into panic and were intercepting them one by one as they had been trained.

It was not only thanks to the accumulated experience of the last stage, but also thanks to the large number of veterans who joined.

“Calm down, kids! Tighten your ass!”

“Don’t overdo it already! Hours left to finish! Go get some water!”

“Are you going to be depressed because you didn’t hit the cannon that well? Just creating a net has the effect of making the monsters retreat! Keep shooting!”

He serves as a mentor to the young mercenaries.

Even if I didn’t give detailed orders, they were effectively attacking the rats on their own.

And what are our party members doing?

“Left line of defense! The grid is shallow! What are you doing! Shoot straight!”

Lucas is in command of the frontline.

If I direct the direction of the entire front, Lucas is the way to give detailed orders under my direction.

Even if I, who don’t know much about the mercenary skills of this world yet, give a command like a piece of cake, Lucas understands it perfectly and gives the order accurately. A talented protagonist.

Chunk!

Push! Push! Push!

Damian is sniping.

It is slowly but surely piercing the heads of the rats approaching the castle wall.

Demian’s strength is ultra-long-range precision shooting, so there is a sense that his abilities close to cheats are fading when the quantity is increased.

It is meaningful just to steadily build up a kill count. Cheer up.

“Gravity Field Artifact 1 will be down in 3 minutes! Please prepare the Gravity Field Artifact number 2!”

Lily is in charge of managing the Mercury Artifact on site.

The way he raises his voice and walks around busily is as if he’s appealing, saying, ‘I’m working hard.’

I’m sorry, Lily. No matter how much you need it, you have to go to the front… … .

For some reason, Lily seemed to be looking at me with a desperate gaze, but I tried to ignore it and looked away.

Next, the last member of our main party, Jupiter.

“Hey~ Everyone is having a lot of trouble.”

“… .”

lying down

With both legs stretched out on a simple bunk inside the castle wall.

I told him to wait while resting, and he is really resting very comfortably. is this your living room?

“Oh, oh, oh, go! My back hurts from trying to gather some mana! Aigoo!”

When I gave him a glare, Jupiter let out a pained sound and grabbed his waist.

“… .”

I went on without saying a word. Since you’re a noble wizard, I can’t say anything… … hey.

“Work properly later, Jupiter.”

“Obvious words!”

Jupiter, who winked at me with only one eye, now took the drink next to me and started drinking it through a straw. I hate this grandma… … .

Anyway, thanks to the efforts of everyone except Jupiter, the wire is well maintained even though it is pulled tight.

Do-do-do-do-doo!

In particular, the power of the automatic turret was at the level of what to say.

Although it has the downside that it consumes ammo quickly and takes a long time to reload.

While activated, it exerted absolute power. The low-level, low-durability rats were able to be annihilated in groups.

“Oh, how pretty!”

I affectionately stroked the automatic defense turret as it entered its third reload. keep doing this in the future

In front of the wall, the corpses of the rats are piled up in a small hill.

I nodded my head as I looked down at the harrowing yet exhilarating sight.

‘As long as it stays like this, the stage will be cleared!’

Finally, is it possible to clear without any accidents for the first time?

It was the moment when I was just thinking about such carefree thoughts.

“… ?!”

I saw something in the corner of my field of vision.

Startled, I turned my eyes towards it.

A man dressed as a minstrel wearing a cone hat was standing there.

Certainly on the far southern horizon.

I was standing still and looking at the front wall here where the rats were attacking.

‘As expected, didn’t I just see something stupid?!’

I activated [Create Map] among my talents.

The attributes brought to this battle are [Attack Totem] [Defense Totem] and [Map Creation].

It’s an attribute I brought in to accurately grasp the battlefield when it gets messy, but I used it without hesitation.

I had to find out who he was.

A wide dot-shaped map appeared before my eyes. I looked at the map where the musician with the cone hat stood.

“!”

Normal monsters are displayed as red diamonds. Boss monsters are marked with red skulls.

And that cone-hat musician… … was indicated by a red circle.

Won is an NPC character.

Red is hostility!

“What the fuck.”

Involuntarily, curse words flowed from my mouth.

It was only then that he found out the identity of the opponent.

‘Enemy NPC intrusion? At stage 2?’

During the stage, various events occur. Because all kinds of variables make the game colorful.

Invasion of hostile NPCs is one of them.

Whether it’s the NPCs in the dungeon under the lake or other kingdoms hostile to the empire, all sorts of guys interfere with the progress of the stage.

But now it’s only Stage 2! This is not the time for events like this to happen!

“Damian!”

There is no director next to me to ask why the game design is like this. I urgently called Damian.

Damian, who was loading the next quiver into his crossbow, immediately came to my side. I pointed south with my hand.

“See that guy?!”

This time, Damien saw it too. Damian nodded.

“yes. You mean that minstrel?”

“Shoot! right now!”

“yes?”

Embarrassed, Damian opened his mouth slightly.

“But it looks like a human, not a monster… ?”

“It doesn’t matter now! Gotta shoot!”

The NPC must have come from the Lake Kingdom.

and that outfit. That characteristic minstrel outfit.

I finally realized the opponent’s identity. a guy who knows I met him a few times while playing the game.

“You have to shoot him before he blows the flute!”

I screamed as I grabbed Damian’s shoulder, who hesitated and couldn’t bear to shoot.

“I told you to be my trigger, Damian!”

“… !”

“If you don’t want to see more people die, shoot him right now! hurry!”

But it’s already too late.

Between those few seconds of Damian’s hesitation. The bard already has a flute in his mouth… … .

Beep –

blown.

Even though it was a small flute, a sharp sound resonated throughout the area.

Kirik?!

Kiriririk?

As soon as the flute sounded, the rats stopped moving.

Thousands of rats across the wide battlefield. all in unison.

“uh?”

“what?”

“Have the rats stopped? what’s the matter?”

The soldiers on our side who felt the odds were also puzzled.

And the next moment

beep beep… … !

A long flute sounded.

Kirik!

Kiririk Kirik!

Right after that, red eyes flashed in the eyes of the rats, and their four legs kicked the ground.

In the meantime, the guys who were just running to the nearby castle wall in the middle of the day.

Suddenly, they began to rush to a point on the wall.

“They’re coming to a point!”

I shouted and clung to the edge of the wall.

“where are you?! Where are they aiming for!”

“It’s in the middle of the wall right next to the gate! that place… … !”

Lucas, whose complexion was pale, slurred his words.

“This part was repaired today… .”

Cannons spewed fire and ballistas fired crossbows at the crowds in one place.

But all can’t be stopped

The changes in their movements were too sudden, and the response of the defense line was not catching up in time.

The soldiers quickly turned the cannons and the ballistas turned, but it was too late.

In the end, the lead of the guys who crossed the moat reached the castle wall.

thud!

“… ?!”

I was puzzled by the weak vibration that ran up through my toes.

what?

What are you doing?

thud!

The rats didn’t climb up the wall. instead.

thud!

hit the head

thud!

bang one’s head against the wall

On the same wall that was repaired this morning.

thud! thud! thud!

Rats bang their heads.

I hit the stone wall with my body until my skull shattered.

The rats in the lead hit the wall with their heads until their heads exploded, and then fell covered in blood.

The next rat, the next rat… … .

“I’m crazy… .”

“what are you doing?”

The soldiers, lost in their bewilderment at this bizarre sight, murmured stupidly.

But then I understood their intentions.

“These bastards… .”

Wall repairs were completed just a few hours ago.

Despite the lack of time, everyone did their best, but the condition of the wall is unavoidably incomplete.

Because I only focused on filling in the flaws.

There is inevitably a gap.

And the rats were digging the gap with their bodies.

thud! thud! thud!

hit the wall with your head Bend the iron plate with your claws. Chews stones with teeth.

break down the wall

Not any other monster. in a way that only rats can do. The sound of cracking iron plates surrounding the

castle

wall echoed terrifyingly.

Grinding my teeth, I glared at the southern horizon.

In the distance, I could see the cone-hatted minstrel—the piper—slowly removing the flute from his lips.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion.

The guy seemed to be laughing.