I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game - Chapter 370

◈ 370. [STAGE 15] Anguished

Crossroads. Temple.

“Bring more bandages!”

“I don’t have enough potions! hurry!”

“Saintess! You should come here too! I’m in a hurry!”

I stood in the hallway of the temple that became a mess and watched the heroes being rushed to bed.

In today’s battle, a total of 3 parties became incapacitated.

Leprosy killing squad.

As the most severely injured party, they all came back as super-corpses because they blocked the goblins’ attack with their whole body.

He would need treatment for at least a few weeks.

Holy Grail Explorer.

The degree of injury is not so great, but the problem is that they are a party that is biased toward dealers.

For those not as strong as the tank party, injuries of this magnitude take time to recover.

and shadow troops.

2 man warrior. 2 injured. 1 missing… … .

And Lily, who was put in to rescue them, is also missing.

“… .”

First day now.

In the first battle, 3 hero parties became unavailable.

The damage didn’t end there. The parties that had been in the decoy corps were also exhausted and injured.

In particular, Junior’s wizard party and Damian’s sniper party, which are the core of firepower, were discharged due to excessive use. You should give it time to rest.

“Lord.”

Lucas came to me. Turning around, Lucas nodded in that direction.

“The emergency treatment of body bags and burnouts is over… . Would you like to go see it?”

“… I will.”

Upon entering the hospital room, Body Bag and Burnout, whose bodies were wrapped in bandages, immediately stood up and saluted.

I waved my hand and told him to rest, then sat down on the chair in front of the bed.

“Report exactly what happened.”

Burnout was unable to speak, so Body Bag took over and reported it.

Due to the use of Dusk Bringer’s Dragon Roar, the hunter’s hound, which had been temporarily incorporated into the shadow unit, left its position, and the castle wall where he went to pick up the hound was attacked… … .

The entire shadow unit fell out while trying to save the hunters who were trapped under the collapsed wall.

In an attempt to rescue the stragglers, two parties were put out of action and two core fireteams were discharged.

And still the Goblin Legion is alive and well.

Listening to the report, I cupped my forehead with my hand. Bodybag finished the report.

“… So we got back through the gate. Afterwards, I waited for God Hand and Lily to return, but before that, the gate was closed… … .”

“… .”

“really… I’m sorry, Your Highness. Because of us, the wire suffered too much damage… … .”

“It’s not because of you.”

I said one more time

“It is not because of you. Don’t beat yourself up.”

No one was malicious.

Rather, it was just good intentions.

A person tried to save a person. To save a party member who was crushed under the wall To save a fallen comrade To save the life of a lover who may or may not have lived… … .

Everyone risked their lives.

In this situation, who can blame who?

However, people die, the damage accumulates, and the battle goes past.

Everyone’s goodwill came together, but the result was disastrous.

“It was I who ordered the use of the dragon roar and the one who ordered the dispatch of the rescue team. All responsibility lies with me.”

I slapped the shoulders of the two members of the Shadow Unit who bowed their heads and blamed themselves in turn.

“So, don’t think about anything else today and get some rest.”

“but… .”

Bodybag started to cry.

“But but… The two newcomers, God Hand, and Lily-sama… .”

“… .”

Without saying a word, I patted Body Bag on the shoulder once more and left the room.

Burnout soothed the sobbing body bag with his bandaged hand covering his face.

When I walked out of the temple hallway with Lucas, Evangeline, who had just finished first aid treatment, was waiting for me at the temple entrance.

The three of us rode the carriage back to the manor house in silence.

I sighed hard in the carriage on the way back.

“Would it have been right to give up?”

“… .”

“… .”

They both just stared at me, but didn’t answer. I muttered, rubbing my tired eyes.

“If we had just given up on the Shadow Unit, the situation could have ended with one incapable party. However, they went out to rescue them, and in the end, only three parties were unable to fight… … For the time being, up to two firepower parties will not be able to go out.”

This defense battle is a long game.

The minimum is three days and may be longer. The size of the enemy is also large, and it is because he has established a strategy to gnaw them down while taking as much time as possible.

But on the first day, the first button was sewn wrong.

And you don’t know what a huge impact this snowball will have. It’s time to change the tactics of all guerrilla operations from tomorrow.

“Did I make a mistake… … ?”

I let out a sigh.

Could it be that he endangered the entire front line by being obsessed with humanity and clinging to justice, which should not be entangled?

For victory or strategy, you need to know how to boldly and calmly give up and cut it off.

Throwing people’s lives like bullets during the 742 raids. Because I regretted myself being a monster only for attack.

That’s why I tried to protect the people I could touch… … Could it be that it was actually a mistake?

“Seniors.”

Evangeline calmly opened her mouth.

“Senior came by himself to save me from being besieged by the golem army in the past.”

“… It was because I was sure That I can safely save you… … .”

“You’re bluffing again!”

Evangeline suddenly reached out and squeezed my left arm. Aaghh?!

“What are you doing! It hurts!”

“Do you know that I don’t know that you’ve been having trouble using your left arm since that day?”

“… .”

That’s when I went to rescue Evangeline.

I had an injury that shattered all the bones in my left arm.

The temple’s special treatment has allowed him to move normally to some extent, but in fact, he is not as free as before.

“Even these days, when it rains, your left arm gets sore. look at it now It’s starting to snow, but honestly, you’ve been sore since before, right?”

“… No, I’m not even a grandfather, so it hurts like this… … .”

“I told you to stop bluffing!”

“Ouch!”

In fact, I finally admitted it because it was right to be squeamish. Only then did Evangeline let go of my arm and nodded.

“If you really considered efficiency that day, you shouldn’t have come to save me with this kind of risk.”

“… .”

“But senior saved me. Even risking your own life… … .”

Evangeline’s emerald eyes do not waver.

“So I sympathized with him and followed him. The banner raised by the senior. The justice of this frontline is to kill monsters and save people.”

“… .”

“It is as you said. If we had abandoned the Shadows from the start, we would have been able to fight the rest of the defense with more forces. But if so… … Would the banner of this front be intact?”

Will you abandon your fallen allies or save them?

Is it an attack or a person?

After all, it is a repetition of the troubles of the past.

In the meantime, somehow the two were compatible. The attack was maintained and people were saved.

But if one day the moment comes when you have to choose between the two… … .

Then I… … .

“We are fighting to the death not to maintain the territory of the Empire. The pride of protecting everyone on the front line and… … It’s because of the cause you raised.”

Evangeline smiled and nodded.

“For that cause, I could die.”

Compared to the light tone of the girl knight’s voice, the meaning was too heavy.

So I missed the timing to reprimand, ‘Don’t talk like that recklessly’.

Lucas, who had been silent for a while, also opened his mouth.

“The day may come when that cause will strangle the lord’s neck. Maybe that day is now.”

Immediately after, Lucas shrugged.

“But what about it?”

“what?”

“As Evangeline said, it is a front line to kill monsters and protect people. therefore… Do not regret your decision, lord.”

“… .”

“Even if the path you have chosen is painful, please take the lead. We will silently follow.”

Although he opposed the dispatch of the rescue team this time, it was Lucas who pushed my back after I made my decision.

Evangeline banged on my knee as I was speechless.

“is it so! Before the start of the operation, I said while maintaining my form that I had no regrets, but then I told you not to regret it! You’re just having a set of regrets!”

“haha… .”

I laughed bitterly.

Suddenly, I remembered what the emperor had told me in the imperial city.

– 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!

“… .”

The banner I put up. And my heart holding it.

It agonizes and shakes and wears away little by little.

At the end of this road, can I still stand holding that flag?

Will I be able to wave the flag I have protected as if to say hello to those who follow me?

or not… .

“after!”

He raised both hands and slapped himself on the cheek.

Now is not the time to think like that. As the two articles said, it is a waste of time to regret.

I have already chosen a route and the attack is underway.

find a way out put a tombstone That’s what I have to do as a commander.

“Modify tactics.”

I took out the plan of action from my bosom.

I unfolded the original plan for the second day.

After roughly reading the contents, which were written in so many words, I crumpled them up carelessly.

“Tomorrow’s guerrilla operation… .”

Then, I looked at the two knights in front of me and grinned.

“You guys will have to suffer.”

Then Lucas and Evangeline laughed at each other like bad boys.

No, even if Evangeline was like that, I didn’t expect Lucas to smile like a bad kid… … .

What do you think? What is required when killing a monster is far from being good and upright.

A little naughty child is suitable.

Unclenching my fists, I showed my fangs.

“Let the monster hunt begin.”

***

night.

Snowy forward base.

“It’s difficult,”

Carly-Alexandre groaned in her makeshift barracks.

Taking off his helmet and armor, he was treating his bloody left arm himself.

There was no way there would be a doctor in the goblin army. No one has learned healing magic.

The only one with medical knowledge was Carly-Alexandre herself.

He was sitting in front of a mirror, examining his wounds with a knife and a hot iron, and performing the operation himself.

The elf’s spear pierced his left shoulder.

The spearhead shattered inside his shoulder, scattering shattered metal shards all over the inside of his left arm.

Roughly large fragments were cut through the arm and pulled out, but small pieces could not be pulled out.

Looking down at her immobile left arm, Carly-Alexandre clicked her tongue.

《You got a good shot at that elf… … .”

The goblin amirs who were helping him let out a low moan.

Kali-Alexandre wiped the sweat on her brow and looked back at the goblin amirs.

“My injuries are over… … How many Amirs are left now?》

《Kirik We are all three… .]

《Many have died.》

The name is the highest officer under the King of God, but many died in vain.

The same goes for the goblin Janissary. How many died in this day alone, the loss was enormous.

The damage suffered by the goblin army was as great as the damage suffered by the monster front today.

《Choose and call the seven most skilled among the Janissaries.》

Covering his injured left arm with a cloak, the Goblin God King stood up.

He was unconcerned as if he had been injured.

《Choose 500 of the regular goblin soldiers who are highly skilled and assemble them by tomorrow morning.》

The war still has a long way to go.

There was a need to hide his injury and the officer’s vacancy.

Finally, he put on a helmet that combined a mask and a crown and returned to his usual unshakable appearance.

“I need to ‘promote’.”