I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game Chapter 302

◈ 302. [Side Story] Winter is coming (2)

Lark, who had been staring at me silently for a long time, opened his mouth.

“ash.”

I was nervous inside. It was a situation where it wouldn’t be strange if Lark threw a fist or spat out abusive language.

However, this first prince opened his arms left and right.

“It’s time for fraternal hugs!”

They were talking the same thing and laughing out loud.

“… .”

That’s right, this man was such a character… … !

For a moment, Lark, who strode towards me, who had been frightened, hugged me tightly with his thick arms. Kek?! he exclaimed cheerfully.

“Yeah, it’s been a while! My little brother! How have you been?”

“Geuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu”

No, I’ve been doing well until a little while ago, but I can’t say good-bye thanks to your choking on the back of hell! let go of this! I think I’m going to die.

After a while, Larc released the embrace, and I gasped wildly, groping to see if my ribs were intact. This bastard was deliberately begging hard!

“You seem to be managing this place quite well, Ash.”

While I checked the health of the erector spinae muscles, Lark calmly glanced outside the mansion and talked.

“I checked the faces of the citizens on the way. Everyone has bright faces. I thought you had the talent

for governing. ” … .”

“The ecliptic only caused problems of infidelity… My brother saw you again.”

“Did you bring it up because you wanted to use that language play? uh?”

I think I used to show respect to this uncle in the ecliptic, but now I let go of my words naturally.

Let’s say it’s my own rise in intimacy between siblings.

After guiding Lark to the table, I sat down first. Lark was also seated in front of me.

When Ader handed over the tea he had served, Larc shook his hand and refused, then asked.

“Do you have any milk?”

“… milk?”

What is this good life man… … Is that why you’re tall?

When Ader handed him a glass of freshly served cold milk, Lark gulped it down. I carefully floated my luck.

“Did you come alone? Of course, I thought he would bring his men.”

“All I want is peace, Ash.”

widely! Put down the empty milk glass. Lark, who ran the back of his hand over his milk-stained lips, muttered.

“Peace that this country and my children who will live in this country should enjoy… It is my duty to keep it.”

are children

Come to think of it, this man was married. I have three children.

The image of Lark on good terms with his wife, whom he had seen at the party in the imperial city, flashed through his mind.

“ash. Of course, you are also included among the people I have to protect.”

“… .”

“If I had scolded you for every mistake, would you still be alive?”

I laughed bitterly.

“so… Did you come alone because you thought that you alone were enough to discipline me?”

“Aren’t you an adult too? It’s discipline. I’m here to convince you.”

Only the words are different, but in the end it sounds the same.

This strongest knight thought that he alone was enough to ‘convince’ me, so he came alone.

I glanced at the long sword worn around his waist. If Larc puts his mind to it, he’ll be able to cut me down with this whole mansion.

“Don’t drag on, let’s get to the point. Guide the Grand Duke of Bringer and her knights to me.”

Lark spat out straight and stared at me.

“Then, don’t put your militant acts on fire. Neither Obama nor anyone else in the empire will know what you did.”

“It’s a transfer act… … .”

“ash. Currently, our Everblack Empire is fighting enemies on four fronts.”

okay.

The ‘Guardian Meeting’ held in the imperial capital. I still remember the contents clearly.

“Abama’s deity front that blocks deities from the northern spirit world. Fernandez’s dark front that blocks the dark forces in the center of the ecliptic.”

“… .”

“And my dragon blood front that is at war with the Principality of Bringer in the west. Finally, your monster front that is defeating the monsters here.”

Four destinies that will destroy the empire.

Against him, the Emperor and his sons are fighting on their own fronts.

“Duke Bringer is the opponent designated as one of the four destinies that will destroy the empire. You must kill her.”

“… .”

“To do that, I personally burned the Principality of Bringer, which was a longtime ally and brother country. Countless people have died. But if the duke is not captured, this war will not end. All those sacrifices become meaningless.”

So give it up- Lark didn’t bother to say it.

Now that he has brought out all the matters, he just stares at me as if he is asking me to decide. You have a really light personality.

food.

I let out a low laugh and raised one corner of my mouth.

“What if I can’t give it to you?”

“what?”

“If you can’t deliver the Duke of Bringer to your brother, what will your brother do?”

“Are you trying to stop the imperial family from carrying out their official duties?”

“Did you forget that we declared our readership here? It has been recognized for 3 years of autonomy. It is my heart to accept and protect those who have fled here.”

As he burried his back on the sofa while chatting leisurely, Lark’s momentum changed wildly.

The air temperature dropped to freezing cold, and the furniture inside the drawing room shook as if an earthquake had struck.

It’s such a mess just by simply raising the level of life.

His large hand slowly climbed onto the handle of the longsword at his waist.

“Then I have no choice but to ‘convince’ you. I didn’t want to use my strength as much as possible.”

Sreung-

Lark’s longsword was slightly pulled out of the scabbard.

Brilliant blue magical energy formed on the blade of the sword, which was shedding dull metallic light, and scattered cold air – remnants of magical power like snow powder.

I am short of breath.

With fighting power like mine, it was obvious that he would not be able to resist and would be torn to pieces.

but.

“I’ll give you one last chance, Ash. Deliver the Duke of Bringer to me immediately. Or you with this sword-”

“You can’t.”

I cut off Lark’s words and let out a cold sigh.

“You can’t swing a sword at me bro.”

“… what?”

“You’re not cool enough to wield a sword against your kin, bro.”

Lark’s eyes were stained with bewilderment. I laughed leisurely.

Why can I be so calm in front of the world’s strongest knight?

It’s because I got tired of figuring out what kind of character this human named Larc was in the game.

‘Lark is the one who can’t kill Fernandez who rebelled in the game just because he’s a brother.’

A person with too much janjeong.

I can’t even kill Fernandez who plotted against me, so there’s no way I can do anything with my sword for stealing the enemy general.

“… Ha true.”

Sure enough, Lark frowned and pushed the sword back into the scabbard and let go of the handle.

The suffocating pressure and the trembling atmosphere instantly calmed down.

“Anyway, this guy is good at it. He said that he lost his memory, but the way he treats him is the same.”

“Where will the things I’ve grown accustomed to for the rest of my life go?”

The smile on my lips grew thicker as I answered in moderation.

so as well.

“Even though I cannot cut you with my own hands, my troops are waiting three days away from here.”

“Ohh.”

“As soon as I give an order, attack the crossroads here, burn the southern front to ashes, and capture you and the Duke of Bringer to the ecliptic-” “

Can’t do that.”

I’m sure you won’t be able to do this either.

“Your brother can’t do that.”

“what… .”

“Here, the southern front is also preventing one of the empire’s destruction. If you burn this place, what will happen after that? Who is going to stop the monsters coming up from the south and how?”

Reports must have gone up about the number and viciousness of the monsters that occurred in the Black Lake.

Monsters are getting stronger and more terrifying day by day. In this situation, attacking the southern front with a civil war?

When and where will you set up a new front and deploy that much force? It is absurd from both a cost point of view and a practical point of view.

“Besides, if the western and southern fronts collide, and the two defenses of the empire’s borders collide with each other, who will benefit? At least nothing good will happen to our empire.”

“No, but-”

“More than anything, hyung isn’t good at it. ‘Unless someone orders it’ for such an important matter.”

Lark blinked blankly. I want to laugh out loud now.

The grounds for believing that I could convince Lark.

It is none other than the 742 game attack experience.

In Year 2, when I was choosing which side to side with, between Lark and Fernandez, I mostly sided with Lark.

Because it’s easy to handle.

‘Lark ‘Avalanche’ Everblack is the strongest knight in the Empire.’

It is said that its ability has long surpassed human limits and its martial arts reached the realm of myth.

but.

however.

Because the power of one’s body has reached the sky, if one swings the sword incorrectly, one’s own country and the subordinates he cares about could be swept away and killed.

He restrained his powers from a young age and tried to solve everything possible peacefully.

And this attitude continued even as an adult.

To put it mildly, benevolent.

To put it bluntly, it is indecisive.

“Your brother is a knight who wants his sword to be in a scabbard.”

By analogy… … Shall we say that they carry nuclear weapons and threaten with them, but do not have the courage to actually launch them?

This is evident from the war with the Principality of Bringer.

If he had made up his mind, he would have been able to annihilate the Principality of Bringer and kill the Duke of Bringer as he wished and seize the Dragon Blood.

He couldn’t be more brutal than necessary.

Even so, he couldn’t show kindness to the people of the principality.

The Duke of Bringer never surrendered and the war dragged on in ambiguous ways, with losses on both sides snowballing into each other.

Even after the victory celebration party was held in the imperial city, he still couldn’t finish it, and eventually missed the Duke of Bringer.

Even so, he came here and ‘persuaded’ me, so he was doing what he said.

‘He may be a good field commander when carrying out orders. A person who can’t become a ruler who has the pulpit to make decisions on his own.’

In a sense, a true soldier – that is Lark.

And this personality acts as his decisive weakness in the subsequent war for the throne against Fernandez.

‘Well, let’s talk about the future later.’

When the threats that won’t work are blocked, the older brother, who is born with the talent of a murderer, is stuck in the shell of a pacifist.

I decided to show you the way out.

Charleuk!

I handed over the file I had prepared to Lark. Lark was puzzled and accepted it.

“What is this?”

“Read it once.”

Receiving the folder suspiciously, Lark opened the contents and his eyes widened.

Needless to say, this file folder was a compilation of the data Serenade had collected in the ecliptic.

In other words – a collection of evidence of Fernandez’s treason.

thud!

Lark, who had gone through the contents of the file in an instant, threw it on the table and growled fiercely at me.

“It is a lie.”

“You really think so?”

“lie… I mean. The reason why Fernandez plots treason… … Isn’t it!”

“It would be appropriate to try to find out the reason for the treason there.”

The secret forces inside the ecliptic are actually the Aegis task force themselves.

The human sacrifice magic circle ‘Shutdown Protocol’, which is secretly installed in major cities of enemy countries, is secretly installed under the ecliptic.

The arms and limbs of Fernandez’s political enemies are being cut off one by one in the name of finding out the secret power.

And most of those political opponents are nobles who support Lark himself.

Even though there was so much evidence, it was Larc-like to start denying that he believed in Fernandez.

This indecisive bastard incarnate. Is this because you only drink milk every day?

“Let’s call it a lie, brother. Even so, shouldn’t my brother first go to the ecliptic to find out the authenticity of these materials?”

“… .”

“If it’s false, I just have to come back and punish me for slandering the innocent second brother. But what if it’s real?”

“… .”

“We will be able to prevent the crisis of the ecliptic in time. If so, wouldn’t this be much more urgent than the Duke of Bringer?”

I sighed and drove a wedge at Lark, who was looking down at the file folder with trembling eyes.

“lets think. If, however, Fernandez really rebelled, who in the ecliptic would be in great danger?”

“… ! Obama!”

“Baby really. that’s not it bro Can’t you figure out the real situation?”

I raised my index finger and slowly pointed at Lark’s chest.

“My dear sister-in-law and three lovely nephews… .”

your wife and children

“Your life is being threatened.”

would be the first to be targeted.

I reminded this ignorant soldier of reality.

“… !”

The blood drained from Lark’s face. I clicked my tongue.

“The biggest reason you want to kill the Duke of Bringer is actually dragon blood, right?”

An almost limitless source of magical power.

The magic furnace core left by the last dragon. that’s bleeding

The prophecy of destruction is only a secondary reason, but the imperial family struck the Principality of Bringer to take it away and is trying to kill the Duke of Bringer.

Larc silently nodded his head in recognition, and I added.

“Let’s say my brother killed the Duke of Bringer and presented dragon blood to the imperial family. What if Fernandez really rebels and gets this dragon blood in the process?”

“… !”

“Fernandez is a very capable wizard. If dragon blood gets into that hand, the situation will be irreversible.”

The Lark was already half way over on my tongue. I had a smooth finish.

“So, I will detain Duke Bringer here on the front line. Let this scary dragon lady run away again and plot without knowing where she is. It is much better to mobilize in the war against monsters here on the southern front… … Is it sure and safe from a management point of view?”

“… .”

“While I safely detain the Duke of Bringer, my brother is going back to the ecliptic and figuring out the authenticity of the data I gave him. How about it? I said it a while ago, but if it’s a lie, come back and get along with me and the duke, isn’t it?”

Of course that won’t happen.

Because Fernandez’s treason is real.

‘Fernandez accelerated his rebellion.’

If so, to match the tempo with the games I’ve played before.

Stopping the rebellion of Lark, Fernandez’s opponent, should also be accelerated.

‘It’s a skeletal race that will happen anyway.’

ruler.

let’s accelerate

A bloody civil war among members of the imperial family.

To take advantage of everything available.