◈ 019. [STAGE 1] Killzone
< Defend the Empire > is basically a defense game.
What are the basic principles of defense games?
Monsters have a clear pattern of behavior. Identify those patterns so that players can plan their defenses.
Most of the monsters in Defend the Empire have one behavioral pattern.
‘Kill a human.’
Kill the closest human by the shortest route.
Because of this clear pattern of behavior, several strategies can be used.
The easiest operation is decoy. You can dispatch a small force to attract the monsters’ attention and lead them to the desired point.
And the next strategy I use the most is ‘Forcing a Path’.
It is to block the road with wooden fences or wall barricades and waste their movement.
If the path is completely blocked, the monsters will break through the obstacle and advance. But if you clear the way a little
, and lure it with a small force, the monsters will be guided that way.
And to place a crossfire at the end of the induced path.
Drive the monsters into a narrow place and concentrate your firepower to wipe them out in one fell swoop.
This is the basic of the basics of defense game strategy.
“It’s a ‘Killzone’!”
I shouted, clenching my fists.
pop! Beep!
The monsters slowly poured in through the opening between the outer walls of the fence.
Cannons on the walls fired one after another at the monsters.
Kwakwang! Kuwagwang-!
With a dizzying explosion, the living armor that had passed through the door melted away.
“Fire-!”
I swung my arms in succession and yelled loudly.
“launch! launch! Don’t space out! keep shooting! Shoot until the gun barrel melts!”
Lucas repeated my order and delivered it.
“Shoot, load, shoot again! Don’t give them a chance!”
The soldiers attached to each cannon repeatedly reloaded and fired the shells while sweating profusely.
Distant gunfire resounded one after another, continuously causing explosions at the point of impact. The Living Armors were helplessly shattered.
But it doesn’t end here.
“Lily!”
I glanced around.
“What about the gravitational field artifact?”
“I am ready!”
Lily, who happened to be in charge of Artifact, responded quickly. I nodded.
“Activate it!”
“yes! Activate the Gravity Field Artifact!”
The waiting alchemists chanted in unison and activated the gray-brown magic instruments.
“Artifact activates!”
Woo-woo-!
A gravitational field artifact unfolded along with a strange driving sound.
One of the few R-class artifacts that have been repaired.
The effect is extremely simple. Strengthens gravity in some areas to slow opponent’s movement.
But it’s powerful because it’s simple.
As the gravitational field covered the kill zone, the Living Armor, whose bodies were already heavy, began to struggle.
Naturally, the accuracy of the bombardment went up.
“… Can’t we just block it like this?”
Damian, who was watching the inferno next to me, asked timidly.
“The monsters can’t get through there?”
“… .”
I kept my mouth shut and carefully watched the living armor being shattered by crossfire.
If I could easily block them with such a simple strategy, I wouldn’t have defined the Living Armor as my worst enemy.
just as expected.
I’m going to go to the middle of the day… … !
Through the thick smoke, the monsters came out of the kill zone one by one.
All living armors are holding shields.
The shield was held forward without a gap, and the power of the shell was reduced to withstand it.
In the first place, they are monsters made of sturdy armor.
It was impossible to kill everyone cleanly even if the bombardment was concentrated and the damage was poured.
“Ballista troops!”
That’s why we set up a separate cleaning team.
“Open fire on those escaping the crossfire!”
Lucas immediately repeated my order.
“Fire the ballista!”
“yes! Open fire-!”
Soldiers waiting with their ballistas loaded began firing at once.
Tung! Tutu tutu!
Large arrows were fired from the ballista with a dull firing sound.
The arrows shot flew towards the Living Armors, who built their shields and escaped the kill zone.
Kwajik! Quadduk-!
The sound of the shield being crushed resounded terribly.
The Living Armor, which had already been tattered from enduring the bombardment, could not withstand the ballista fire and collapsed.
Aaaa… … !
Fluttering Fluttering!
Looking down at the living armor that fell like scarecrows, I turned on the enemy information window.
[Enemy Information – STAGE 1]
– Lv.? ??? : 1
– Lv.5 Living Armor Assault: 810 (Kill Counts: 242)
The kill count was rising horribly.
‘Okay, that’s the way it is.’
Form a kill zone and hold enemies there for as long as possible, eliminating them in one fell swoop.
It was the standard defense tactic of < Protect the Empire >. Even though it was the first stage, they were fighting well in their own way.
If only the wires could be maintained like this… … .
“majesty!”
But,
“There are bastards coming around the wall!”
“… !”
It’s not that easy a game.
I quickly raised the telescope to where Lucas was pointing.
Some Living Armor troops were returning after taking a long detour left and right along the wooden fence wall.
If it is completely blocked, it will simply be destroyed, so a path was pierced in the middle and at both ends.
As the middle road was blocked and came to a standstill, the Living Armors in the back row began to detour to the left and right.
The number of detours was not large. But it had to be stopped.
“Jupiter!”
I immediately called Jupiter. Jupiter and the party retreated close to the wall and waited.
“Leave the Living Armor unit coming to the right of the fence! Hit and run to intercept and block!”
“I do as you say.”
Jupiter nodded at me and lightly kicked the horse in the stomach.
“let’s go! What!”
The five members of Jupiter’s party rushed forward.
Jupiter, who rushed at the Living Armors who were bypassing them, waved both hands.
“Eat this!”
Flash-!
Quagmire!
Lightning struck and fried the Living Armor in the lightning.
‘good. Over there, Jupiter is blocking it well.’
All that’s left are the ones coming in a detour to the left.
I looked around. As our eyes met, Damian swallowed dryly.
“Damian.”
“Yes yes!”
“Your turn.”
I chinned towards the Living Armors approaching from afar.
“Snipe the guys who take a detour to the left of the fence and come.”
“… yes.”
Damian gripped the crossbow in his hand and approached the castle wall.
After mounting the crossbow on top of the castle wall and aiming at the living armor running in front,
“Whoa…” … .”
I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and opened my eyes.
and pulled the trigger
Chunk!
Push-!
Arrows were fired from the crossbow with a crackling wind.
The shot arrow flew far beyond the range of a normal crossbow.
Okay!
The lead Living Armor, who became the target of the sniping, raised his shield upwards, but
Tsukaak!
The arrow twisted itself like a snake, drawing a monstrous trajectory in the air before digging through the shield.
Tuhak!
It burrowed into the gap between the helmet and breastplate of the Living Armor.
The demon that shimmered blue inside the armor shattered and shattered.
Ur ku goong!
The movement of the armor monster stopped in an instant, as if its heart had been pierced. Then, empty armor fell to the floor.
The mouths of the soldiers who were watching this side opened in unison. I grinned contentedly.
This is the [Clairvoyant].
Find the enemy’s weakness and snipe them accurately.
‘No matter how much, I never thought I’d pierce the spirit core of a specter with just an arrow in an ordinary crossbow… … .’
How much replacement correction do you get? This cheating trait!
Push! Push! Push!
Damian continued to fire arrows without breathing.
gee… … .
Aww!
And all of those arrows pierced the Living Armor.
One shot one kill.
It was a truly godlike workmanship. The soldiers around looked at Damian with their mouths wide open.
Damian didn’t pay attention to the stares around him and continued to load and shoot arrows over and over again.
The front is Killzone. Jupiter on the right. Damien is on the left.
The defensive battle proceeded extremely smoothly
[Enemy Information – STAGE 1]
– Lv.? ??? : 1
– Lv.5 Living Armor Assault: 560 (Kill Counts: 492)
500 kills are just around the corner!
I nodded as I examined the stabilized wires.
‘At this rate, things will go smoothly until the boss mobs appear, right?’
It was then.
A thin fog-like mist was emanating from the armor of the living armors that had been shattered all over the battlefield.
“… ?”
I blinked my eyes blankly.
What else is that?
Wasn’t there anything like that in the game?
Fog slowly gathered in the air and condensed into a single mass.
It was whitish and became more and more vivid. The more Living Armor dies, the more… … .
Eventually, the moment the kill count reached exactly 500,
T-ring!
A change occurred in the enemy information window.
[Enemy Information – STAGE 1]
– Lv.25 Ghost Knight: 1
– Lv.5 Living Armor Assault: 552 (Kill Counts: 500)
The name of the hidden boss monster has been revealed.
The boss monster of the Living Armor Corps, ‘Ghost Knight’.
This is as far as I know.
But at the same time the name is revealed,
saaaaa!
Masses of fog gathered in the air began to take shape.
A tattered mat wrapped around pale limbs that were grotesquely bent… Should I call it a giant ghost?
‘The boss monster of the Living Armor Corps, the Ghost Knight!’
Originally, if you defeat all the normal monsters of the Living Armor Corps, all the ghosts in the armor will appear together.
This is the cause of the living armor corps’ extraordinary strength.
The corps themselves are tough, but even if you defeat them all, the boss monster will appear just like Phase 2.
‘But I haven’t defeated all the Living Armors yet?’
Why have you already appeared?
The ghost knight who appeared did not take any action. He did not apply a wide-area debuff or use a powerful attack skill.
It’s just floating in the air.
“Uhhh… ?!”
“What is that?!”
But this isn’t a game. stark reality.
The sudden appearance of a gigantic monster in the sky caused the soldiers to panic all at once.
‘shit!’
I gritted my teeth.
This is the difference between human vs. human and human vs. monster warfare.
The primal fear of a gigantic heteromorphic existence.
The mere appearance of a boss monster terrifies soldiers and reduces the efficiency of the front lines.
And it’s not just humans who are terrified.
Hee hee hee-!
The horses couldn’t overcome the fear and began to go mad. He couldn’t stand the fraud spewed by the boss-level monster.
The war horses of the Jupiter party, who were conducting guerrilla operations outside the city walls, were no exception.
The horses ran amok, and Jupiter, who was just preparing for the next lightning spell, lost his balance and fell out of the saddle.
“Damn it… ?!”
Courage!
The fallen Jupiter fell to the ground.
“Ahh?!”
“Heuk!”
The rest of Jupiter’s party members did the same. Everyone who fell from the mad horse groaned.
“Keuuugh… ?”
As he fell off his horse, he hit the ground head first, and Jupiter couldn’t come to his senses.
While struggling to get up, he collapsed and lost consciousness.
Aaaaa!
In the meantime, the Living Armors who escaped the loose kill zone rushed like crazy.
To kill the living humans right in front of you.
