I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game - Chapter 466

◈ 466. [Side Story] The front flag

Imperial Palace. central prison.

The guards are guarding this place with anxious expressions,

bang!

I opened the door roughly and Metallic and the 1st Legion appeared.

“Everyone freeze!”

“This prison is under siege! Do not resist!”

The guards were not stupid enough to resist the 1st Corps, the most elite of the Imperial Army.

Due to the emperor’s speech, morale had plummeted to the bottom.

The guards were quickly overpowered and Metallic hurriedly entered the prison.

Most of the prisoners in the central prison were those who had been brought in for opposing Fernandez.

Metallic moved into the depths of the prison ordering their release.

“Lord! Where are you!”

As Fernandez prepared for the shutdown protocol in earnest, Lark was transferred here. Metallic had obtained information in advance.

“Lord! It’s metallic! We’re here to save you!”

Metallic, who was shouting and heading inside, stopped abruptly.

the innermost part of the prison. In the narrow jade room where even the light does not enter properly.

The man was locked up.

Losing both arms and both legs, he was a miserable, drooping figure.

“Lord!”

Crying out as if vomiting blood, Metallic charged. Lark, who was dying in the prison cell, opened his cloudy eyes.

“… Sir Metallic?”

“Yes sir. That’s me! I will take it out now.”

Metallic held back tears and pulled Lark out of the prison cell.

Lark was in a terrible state of losing all his limbs, but he sharpened his consciousness as soon as he was carried out of the prison cell by Metallic.

“The current situation… ?”

“His Highness Prince Ash is directing the entire operation to stop His Highness Fernandez!”

Metallic briefly reported the entire war situation and tried to escape with Metallic on his back.

However, Lark stopped such metallic.

“Sir Metallic. leave me behind.”

“… yes?”

“I have to go where my younger brothers are fighting.”

Lark looked at the imperial palace in the distance from the prison entrance.

The imperial palace, where black thorn trees proliferated, already looked more like a bizarre dungeon than a palace.

“In the place where the fate of our brothers is decided… I must be.”

“… .”

“Then leave me alone.”

“It can’t be.”

Carrying Lark on his back and heading towards the imperial palace, Metallic spat out in a blunt voice.

“I will take you where you want to go, sir.”

“You won’t come out alive.”

“It doesn’t matter. I will share life and death with my lord.”

“… .”

The determination in Nogisa’s voice was clear.

Having gone through countless battles together throughout their lives, Lark knew very well that the old knight’s will could not be broken.

“Thank you, Sir Metallic.”

So, without refusing his loyalty any longer, Lark gave himself up and spoke heavily.

“egg plant. To the final battlefield.”

Without a word, Metallic lifted Lark on his back and took a step forward.

To the imperial palace covered in thorns.

To the place of the decisive battle that will decide the fate of the world where Fernandez and Ash are fighting bloody battles.

***

Kwagwagwang!

The audience room had already been destroyed to such an extent that it was difficult to recognize its original shape.

Fernandez attacked me using Everblack’s branches like his own limbs, and I blocked them all with the summoned fortress wall.

“Kuk!”

The problem is that Everblack is not just a tree.

As a guardian tree of mankind directly connected to the spirit world, it is like a magical antenna that transmits the power of the spirit world to mankind.

In other words,

coo-gu-gu-gu-gung!

The branch itself has more magical properties than any other weapon… … !

The wall I summoned was crushed like clay, and thorns poured from all sides. Grinding my teeth, I pulled my body back.

“How on earth are you going to stop me if you keep withdrawing like that? little brother?”

Still sitting leisurely on the throne, Fernandez grinned.

“How much time do you have? Don’t you have time to go round and round like that and aim for my gaps?”

“Ha ha you’re noisy ha ha I’ll put my fist in your chin on my own so ha ha be quiet.”

I took a deep breath and wiped the sweat from my chin.

Before I knew it, the distance between me and Fernandez had grown far.

Between us, countless thorny trunks are entangled and frighteningly flicking at their ends. like a bunch of venomous snakes.

‘It’s tougher than I thought… … .’

While muttering inwardly, Fernandez slowly rose from his seat.

“Look at this, Ash.”

Then, he threw off his shirt.

I frowned as best I could.

“I don’t have a taste for men’s bodies… .”

“I don’t think it’s my taste to show that I am… Look at this engraved.”

The body of Fernandez is like a tattoo. I clicked my tongue.

“No, why did you draw so many pictures? Then you won’t be able to enter the public bath.”

“These are the records I left behind in the last episode.”

Fernandez, who let my joke lightly, pointed to his upper body.

“From the distant past before your return began to all the episodes I have recorded. This world never survived.”

“… .”

“Always perish. In the final great invasion of the monsters, the front line collapsed, the country burned, and the people died.”

Fernandez stared at me intently.

“Do you think this time will be different?”

“so?”

I growled.

“He said he would kill everyone with his older brother’s hand and take only his soul and run away to the spirit world… Did you come up with this crazy plan?”

“At first, I tried to surrender to the demon king and beg for my life. But I soon realized Even if he accepts surrender, you can’t trust him.”

That’s right.

Rather, it is more likely that they will annihilate them all after saying, “Since you surrendered, I will spare you.”

If a flock of sheep entrusts a group of seungnyang with the key to the fence, the outcome is obvious.

“That’s why I prepared this ‘last ark’ plan.”

“Your name is very intriguing… .”

“If the demon king accepts surrender, even the humans who did not board the ark will be able to survive. However, if they do not accept surrender, only the human race on the ark will survive.”

I shook my head.

“This is not survival.”

“no! It is undoubtedly survival. Even if the body perishes, the soul and will continue. With this, the human species and our empire endure.”

Fernandez nodded heavily.

“This was the best I could do in the face of certain destruction.”

“It’s the best policy… … .”

I laughed openly.

“It looks like a rare shovel to me.”

“spadework… ?”

“It sounds like you’re kicking a lot in the shithole.”

Fernandez’s eyes narrowed. I growled ferociously.

“The game isn’t over yet. But, not intending to fight until the very last moment, but thinking of escaping… … .”

“You’ve lost all the fights so far, but you talk a lot, younger brother.”

Koo Goo Goo Palace… … !

The thorns entangled themselves with each other and sprang up. The thorns, coiled up from all sides, approached me intently, aiming for my throat.

“After being constantly defeated, broken, and exhausted- even losing myself. Are you still saying you will fight?”

Fernandez knew.

That I have overlaid someone else’s memory.

Nevertheless, the fact that he continued to treat me as a younger brother… … Was it because I acknowledged that I, Ash, were still the subject of this attack?

“This episode is the last chance for survival left to mankind in this world! that chance… … I’m not stupid enough to bet on an uncertain gamble!”

Fernandez roared.

“I will save the people I can. I will guide their souls to the New World!”

“… .”

“And Ash. You are included among the people I will save.”

“what?”

“You deserve to be saved. No, you must be saved.”

Fernandez’s dark red eyes flashed with clear will.

“In return for inheriting the heavenly punishment called a regressor… You who fought for the world while giving up on yourself must be saved.”

“… .”

“So I will knock you down right here. And I will force them to board my ark.”

Thorn trees are already surrounding me.

One gesture from Fernandez will attack me at the same time.

Before the final attack, Fernandez spoke anxiously.

“Let’s go, Ash. Let’s go to the New World together.”

“… .”

“An eternal empire that endures in the spirit world… … rule with me You, and only you, deserve it.”

While listening to Fernandez’s proposal with his head bowed,

“… my salvation.”

I replied with a smile.

“I’m not hiding in those shelters.”

“… !”

“My salvation is… … After fighting and winning, you will get it.”

Raising my head and facing Fernandez, I exhaled forcefully.

“It is as you said. So far I’ve lost every game. Because of that. Isn’t there a way to fail again?”

“Don’t be stupid!”

Fernandez gritted his teeth. His fists trembled.

“You’ve never won before! Why can’t you tell the difference! We can’t win! Look at the record of countless defeats engraved on my body!”

“… .”

“Let’s give up now, Ash. please! It’s your last chance! No one will blame you for running away!”

“It’s not a matter of anyone blaming me.”

I shook my head slightly.

“It’s a question of whether I’m proud of myself.”

“what… .”

“There is definitely a chance. brother.”

Games exist to be played.

Jin Ending.

I have already grasped the thread leading to that place.

That, of course, will be a difficult and difficult road. But –

if there is a road in front of you.

As a flag bearer.

I have to stand at the forefront and go through the road.

“I will make a suggestion. Let’s not give up bro.”

“… .”

“This final episode… Come with me. Please fight by my side.”

Unless the odds are zero. I’m not giving up.

I am a player of this game

So I did not give up on Fernandez, who had already crossed the irreversible river, and reached out to him.

… but.

“Conversation doesn’t work.”

Fernandez only raised his hand slowly with a stiff face.

“Yeah, I didn’t think I could convince you with words from the start.”

Ku-gu-gu-gu-!

The trunk of a thorn tree lined up around me like thousands and thousands of snakes coiled around me

. … !”

Kwakwagwagwang!

Thorns started pouring like waves towards me.

“okay… Sometimes, there are relationships that can only be understood by swinging a fist.”

Seeing that, I gritted my teeth and smiled.

“Then, shall I go with all my might soon?”

It was the first time I used the effect of [The Flag of the Great Commander], the exclusive equipment obtained this time, in actual combat.

“Huh-!”

grasp!

I put the flagpole on the ground.

Fernandez laughed at me like that.

“no use! Your walls can’t stop Everblack! You should know!”

That’s right.

All of my Fortress Summoning Techniques that I have been using – [Imperial Declaration] have all been destroyed by Everblack.

… So we need to evolve it one step further.

my ultimate prayer.

And myself… … !

Flash!

A gray fortress rose from beneath my banner.

Thorns poured from all sides toward my fortress. The gray walls split and collapsed quickly.

I probably won’t last even a few seconds.

… that is enough.

“- Say it.”

Inside the crumbling fortress, I murmured softly.

“This is a fight for the fate of the world.”

Grabbing the flag and earnestly wishing—

he shouted.

“Everyone who once raised this flag – gather here!”