I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game - Chapter 576

◈ 576. [STAGE 35] Find The Way (4)

The dwarves quietly and silently began digging a tunnel leading down.

Junior, who was watching the scene, asked softly.

“But do I really have to go downstairs? Up or sideways?”

“I scouted and looked, and the higher I went, the more maggots than ‘food’. And the side… … .”

Kelly Bay pointed to the side.

“Look for yourself.”

There was a small hole in the wall Kelly Bay pointed to. Wind was seeping in through the hole.

Junior, who saw the outside through the hole, swallowed a gasp. The ground was far away.

“Oh, that’s very high… .”

“If you escape this way, you will all fall down. So I have no choice but to dig further down.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a hole pierced the bottom. Everyone looked carefully under the hole.

Downstairs was a new room. Other prey caught paralyzed were full. Fortunately, there were few flies.

Junior swallowed dry saliva. How much further do you have to go down like this?

Hiding from adult flies roaming around irregularly, running away from maggots pouring out of eggs irregularly, digging burrows and continuing to descend… … ?

“… Is it possible to escape like this?”

“Tell me if there is another way, genius wizard.”

At Kelly Bay’s question, Junior let out a sigh.

“… No, no.”

Even if you drill a hole in the side and escape using wind magic, it is close to impossible to land everyone safely. Even after landing, they’ll be chased by fly chasers.

Even so, even if he shoots magic with a judgmental heart in this stomach, he will be subdued before the Lord of the Flies strikes a fatal blow.

Right now, as Kelly Bey said, it seemed best to dig an escape route little by little.

“I want you to know. let’s move The lower room seems safe.”

The able-bodied survivors picked up survivors who were still paralyzed. At this time, Junior hurriedly headed for a small hole in the wall.

“wait a minute.”

Junior shot his magic element through the hole. The shot magic elements stuck to the outside of the hole and emitted their own light.

Kelly Bay tilted her head.

“What is that?”

“My magic elemental sign. You’ll find out at Crossroads. Then we can announce our survival.”

Kelly Bay clicked her tongue.

“Big. Do you think it would have been better not to?”

“yes? why?”

“If they knew we were alive, they might send out a rescue team to save us again.”

“… .”

Junior, who had been silent, looked at his magic element shining outside with serious eyes.

“… But again I don’t know. Will we, who are here, lead to a new strategy?”

Anyway, it’s the enemy’s stomach.

They do not yet know what variables they can become.

“To convey as much information as possible to His Highness, Prince Ash… I think it’s more important.”

Turning around, Junior smiled confidently at Kelly Bay.

“Anyway, let’s find our own way!”

Kelly Bay thought to herself.

How can you smile like that in a situation like this?

Junior, this kid has become quite bold… … .

***

Returning from the scout tower to the manor house, I was lost in thought.

Although trapped in the belly of the Lord of the Flies, Junior survives.

And the fact that Junior is alive means that other heroes who were captured earlier may also be alive.

‘The flies were indiscriminately sweeping away everything that could be used as food… … . Does that mean I won’t kill you right away?’

I also remembered how the Insect Busters were captured earlier. Is it a method of paralyzing it with a poisonous needle and kidnapping it into the stomach?

‘food. captured alive. And stored in the stomach… … .’

Suddenly, an old battle against an army of monsters flashed through my mind.

stage 8. Slime Legion.

Quylan and the Punishment Unit were once eaten by the Slime Emperor.

At that time, the strategy I chose to save them was… … .

“… !”

Suddenly, a new idea came to mind.

I hurried into the backyard of the manor house. First, we need more information.

And in the backyard

… … .

The white night, which had just transferred its consciousness to the fly’s body, was staggering and trying to move.

I didn’t have time, so I went to the side of the staggering midnight sun and asked in a firm tone.

“Can you move?”

《… I think I’m going to vomit… … .》

As there is no speech organ, the white night answered with a few strands of mana. It’s amazing how a fly can use magic like that.

“First, tell me what information you can get from that fly.”

“Tell me what you want to know specifically… . Ugh, it’s hard to organize… … .》

I first asked for the necessary information.

“Where and how are kidnapped ‘prey’ kept?”

《The stomach of Lord of the Flies… … This is a hatchery and warehouse. Food is brought here… … From the top of the ship to the bottom, in order… .]

In other words, the lower the belly, the more recently caught prey.

If Junior and the survivors escape, they’ll most likely head downstairs. If you go up, it’s the enemy’s base.

“… .”

After organizing my thoughts for a while, I faced the Paris White Nights.

Now was the time to confirm the biggest purpose of putting the Midnight Sun into this body.

“How about going in? Can you take control of Lord of the Flies?”

After a moment of silence, the white night answered slowly.

《… Collective consciousness is the driving force behind Lord of the Flies. It is a collective body of countless flies.”

“You are also a fly now. Don’t you think you can fit in there?”

《When individual flies come into contact with the Lord of the Flies, their consciousness merges with the collective consciousness at that moment… … Perhaps my consciousness will also be sucked into it.”

Is it also combining computing power like a connected computer?

《I could try stealing it, but… … I honestly can’t tell… … I don’t know how strong their collective consciousness is… … .》

“You have to do it, White Night.”

“To be honest, I don’t want to go… It’s terrible to be such a mess, but in the worst case, if my consciousness is eaten by them… … .》

“White night.”

“Stop doing this and provide me with the corpse of a human mage. I’m a magician I will help you with magic. Huh?]

I let out a light sigh.

Then what if you turn against me?

I’m not naive enough to believe in a monster I’ve already betrayed once.

“Baek, you must go.”

《What?》

In the next moment, I linked the [Mystic Eye of Command] with [Be mine!].

By the time the Midnight Sun came to its senses, it had already been filled with a magic restraint in the form of a dog collar around its neck.

The Paris-Midnight became my catch monster.

“Even if you are trapped in the body of a fly, you are dangerous. You don’t need a safety device.”

Although it looks pitiful, the midnight sun is also a monster who tried to destroy this world.

And in the future, if given the opportunity, he will make the world go wild and try to ascend to heaven himself. I’ll have to fill the neckline.

“You… … !》

“Anyway, the current situation is better than being stuck in the dark, right? Don’t grumble too much. ruler.”

The shivering white night spat out the words with difficulty.

《… If I just go alone, the probability of failure is too high. I need to shake his consciousness. Disruption is needed… … !”

“Don’t worry about that.”

I chewed slowly and spat out while still staring at the dark southern sky.

“I’m going to cause a big disturbance.”

***

Dawn before dawn.

I called all the heroes belonging to the front line.

It was midnight, but the heroes gathered without a murmur. Everyone was well aware of the seriousness of the situation.

“… First of all the good news. Junior is alive.”

Some heroes were taken aback by my words. I spoke.

“Flies paralyze ‘prey’, capture it alive, and then store it in their stomachs. In other words, all of the comrades captured earlier have a chance of survival.”

After looking around at each of the heroes in their own thoughts, I called out the name of one.

“Quilan.”

Quylan immediately took a step forward. I smiled and asked the Beast King.

“Shortly after you joined the front lines here… Do you remember the battle with the slime army?”

“Of course Captain Yiwu.”

Quylan grinned. A shy smile appeared on the lips of the punishment unit members standing behind them.

stage 8. There was an incident where Quylan and the members of the penal corps were eaten by the Slime Emperor who climbed up the wall.

“At that time, the captain himself came to rescue us.”

“It did.”

I was deliberately eaten together to save Quylan and the members of the penal unit. And together, they managed to escape through Slime Emperor’s stomach.

“It was a reckless act, but in fact, it was also something I did by trusting the insurance.”

I took out a scroll from my bosom and shook it.

“The belly of large monsters is a ‘dungeon’ judgment. And I had this dungeon escape teleport scroll.”

For example, you have to give up all the rewards of the dungeon for more than 10 seconds of casting time. Because the conditions of use are difficult. Although it was rarely used in the Lake Kingdom dungeon.

In the stomach of a monster, the story is different.

They say that you can safely escape from the body of an enemy monster, but why is the casting time of 10 seconds long and what is the importance of rewards?

“This Lord of the Flies is the same. The belly will be a dungeon, and if so, you can safely return with this scroll.”

I looked around at the heroes and nodded.

“Do you see what I mean now?”

Lucas, who has always been with me in my reckless operation, responded the most noticeably.

“… Are you going to use the strategy of being eaten by the Lord of the Flies on purpose?”

“That is correct.”

I nodded.

“A team of alchemists has already finished analyzing the paralytic poison used by the flies. The antidote will also run out of combinations soon. After taking this antidote beforehand, we were kidnapped by flies… … Move into the belly of the enemy and start the operation.”

The heroes’ faces turned pale. I didn’t care and continued.

“There are three reasons we are running this operation. The first is disturbance. Right now, a separate operation is being prepared to deal a major blow to Lord of the Flies.”

In order to recreate the situation in history where the Lord of the Flies was defeated in the past. The operation to infiltrate the collective consciousness of the flies that Midnight Sun is preparing.

“For this operation to succeed, the consciousness of the Lord of the Flies must be disturbed. That’s why we have to mess around in his belly.”

Taking a deep breath, I mentioned the second reason.

“The second one’s production facilities are damaged.”

“… !”

“They seem to be pouring out indefinitely, but like the monsters so far, they are existences that originate from nightmares. That is, reproduction is impossible. In other words, if you run out of eggs you currently have… … No more new flies are produced.”

I smirked and patted my fists.

“Even if the first operation fails, I burn as many eggs as possible and destroy the hatchery myself so that I can increase my odds in the ensuing battle.”

If you allow access to the production facility, you should actively use it. If it hits well, it can do a lot of damage.

“And third. Rescue of the comrades who were captured first.”

As soon as I said it, the dwarves nodded with widened eyes.

The wizards who had been with Junior and the party ‘uncles’ who had been with Chain also nodded firmly.

“… .”

Jean Valen of the Confederation of Southern City-States, who had recommended Insect Busters to me, also stroked his beard and made a serious expression.

“The above three reasons led me to carry out this reckless operation.”

I looked around the heroes one more time.

“If you’ve heard this far, you’ll know, but this is practically a suicide operation. I cannot guarantee my life.”

Even if it’s in the stomach where you have an escape scroll and Lord of the Flies is hard to counter.

Anyway, it’s the enemy’s base. It doesn’t change that it’s an insanely dangerous operation.

You don’t know what variables might explode. In the worst case, the input itself may fail and there is a possibility that all power may be wiped out.

And the enemy is also impregnable enough to have to use such a strategy.

“therefore… Only applicants will be accepted.”

I took a deep breath and closed my eyes tightly.

“Everybody close your eyes.”

“… .”

“I repeat, the probability of death is higher than that of survival. You don’t need a lot of numbers in the first place. There is no need to be ashamed not to engage in this suicidal operation. We also need a lot of men to fight on the walls.”

“… .”

“Nevertheless, those warriors who are ready to voluntarily go to hell raise their hands.”

After a short silence, when I opened my eyes.

My heroes had their eyes closed and their hands raised.

It was power.