I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game Chapter 4

◈ 004. [STAGE 0] There is a hole to rise

“Immediately cut the throat of this rude child who insulted the imperial family and the commander-in-chief!”

Lucas’ face went white when I ordered Ken to be put to death.

“Your Highness! I lost my mind for a moment because I was tired from the series of battles, but Ken is an excellent knight of the Empire!”

“… .”

“We fought most valiantly in the previous battle. Please be lenient!”

“Looks like you didn’t hear my orders, Lucas.”

Of course, I had no intention of killing Ken here.

How do you kill a knight, a member of the party, when you feel sorry for one soldier? No, am I not a crazy person who just kills people in the first place?

“Immediately, cut Ken’s head right here and there. It is an order!”

But more than that, it was necessary to firmly grasp the chain of command here.

In the first place, the Ash I possessed was an incompetent madman.

Right now, this place will collapse tomorrow, but there was no way to gain the trust of his subordinates overnight.

In the end, there is only one way to get them to follow me.

only fear

A handshake of hands, a handshake of hands, but there is no other way than this.

“Ken!”

When I didn’t seem to want to change my mind, Lucas turned to Ken, bewildered.

“What are you doing! Apologize to His Highness immediately!”

“Kuh… .”

“Ken! hurry! If you are a knight of the Empire, be polite and apologize to His Highness the Prince!”

Ken, who flinched, slowly lowered his head.

“I’m sorry, Your Highness. I was over-excited. Please forgive my rudeness.”

“Ken.”

I looked bleakly cynical toward Ken like that.

“You must have thought of that? It looks like everyone is going to die here anyway, so what’s the difference between being killed by my sword or being killed by a spider’s claws?”

Ken’s shoulders trembled as if he had been hit. I smiled and continued to smile.

“But it is different. They are very different.”

“… ?”

“If you die fighting a spider, you remain a knight, but if you die fighting against me, you remain a traitor.”

I pointed to the end of the hallway. Ken’s face went white when he saw that.

At the end of the corridor was a pigeon cage.

Jeonseo-gu (傳書鳩).

They were pigeons that had been flying around with letters requesting relief forces for the past few days.

The black spider army didn’t attack the birds in the sky, so the telegraph was functioning properly.

It looks like this side will be wiped out before the relief army arrives… … In any case, I mean,

“If you die in disgrace, it will hurt your family back home.”

If you mess with me, I won’t end it with killing you, and you’ll let the fact know to your home country. Then your family will suffer as well.

I was outright threatening.

The fact that Ken has a lot of family to support has already been figured out by looking at the [List of characters].

Now Ken’s face was in a state of swarthy because he was tired of whitening. I whispered kindly.

“Death isn’t the end, Ken. Think about it even after death.”

“I am really sorry, Your Highness the Prince!”

Ken is now on his knees on the floor.

“Please be merciful… !”

“Although it should be punished for the crime of daring to scorn the imperial family in front of them.”

I shrugged.

“Considering the difficult situation in the war and the fact that you have been active so far, I will pass this time.”

“Thank you, Your Highness… .”

I was worried that Ken might get sloppy and cause fragging, but fortunately that didn’t happen. Just get down on your knees and obey me.

‘I’m glad I got eaten.’

I secretly sighed inwardly.

It doesn’t matter if you’re sleepy. It doesn’t matter if it hurts

This was a gambling board. If things work out against my intentions even for a single moment, I will die anyway. Fortunately, the baseline suppression seems to have been successful.

“Let’s go to bed and if possible!”

I looked around at each of the party members and nodded.

“Wouldn’t it be better to survive together than die together?”

It was so natural that there was no need to ask for consent. The party members nodded their heads in bewilderment.

I stretched out my arms in front of them.

Carrots behind the whip.

Behave like a dog once and be honest and humble after that.

“No excuses! Due to my fatal mistake in judgment, our current military is on the brink of annihilation.”

Everyone’s eyes widened. It’s probably the first time I’ve seen this psycho prince admit his mistakes.

“But now is not the time to dwell on the mistakes we have made. It’s time to think about how to survive from those spiders in the future.”

I looked at each of them in turn.

Lucas, Lily, Ken and… … Damian, still squatting over there, whimpering.

The faces of those who are destined to die tomorrow, but who will stand with me.

“And I have a way to drive out those black spiders.”

Lucas’ eyes widened at my words.

“yes? Is that true, Your Highness?”

“okay. I have a thin but sure chance of winning.”

A commotion spread among the party members.

I couldn’t tell if it was because I was surprised to hear that there was a chance of winning or because I was stunned by the mad prince’s nonsense, but one thing is certain.

“only once! Won’t you trust me and follow me just once?”

The fact is that if you all don’t want to be executed anyway, you have to come along.

***

After setting the mood.

“From now on, I will explain the role you will play in tomorrow’s battle.”

With the party members sitting in front of the huddle, I began to explain.

“First, Lily.”

“Your Highness the Prince.”

Lily’s eyes lit up as if she was listening to me.

But her face hardened at my continued words.

“You take on the ‘shield’ of this party. As the main tank, block the attack of the spiders.”

“… yes?”

Lily asked as if it was absurd.

“Come on, Your Highness the Prince. I’m a wizard, and I’m also a fire-type attack magic user… … ?”

Ignoring Lily’s disapproving question, I turned my gaze to Ken.

“And Ken.”

“Yes yep!”

“You secretly infiltrate the middle of the enemy camp and confuse them.”

Ken, whose face resembled Lily’s, pointed at himself.

“yes?! Me?! Penetration?! derangement?!”

“Next Damian.”

As expected, I ignored it and turned my head to the next party member.

The most important and most insecure member among us. It was Damien, the healer.

“You become the ‘sniper’ of this party.”

“… .”

“You must snipe the enemy’s most important target.”

Demian was weeping, but he looked up at me as if he was dumbfounded by this statement.

“Finally, Lucas. You command the rest of the soldiers to hold the line.”

“… .”

Lucas’s mouth hung open as he listened to the crazy role assignments. Well, that’s what everyone expected.

In the midst of the silence, it was Lily who cautiously offered her opinion.

“Well, to put together His Highness’s words… … As a fire attack mage, I stand in the front line and take on tanking.”

“okay.”

“Ken, a shield knight over two meters tall, infiltrates the middle of enemy lines and conducts covert operations.”

“yes.”

“And Damien, a healer who has never held a bow in his life… Snipe?”

“Yes. You heard me, Lily.”

“I’m embarrassed, but can I ask you one question, Your Highness?”

Lily looked up at me with genuine concern.

“Did you ever get a head injury in a daytime battle?”

Even if they didn’t say anything, it was obvious that they were thinking the same thing.

No wonder it sounds crazy. I ordered the mage to tank, the shield knight to disrupt, and the healer to snipe.

However, this is a stage that cannot be cleared by normal means.

Then there’s no other way than to wake up like a madman, right?

“Your suspicions are valid. I’m sure just listening to it will make it feel like another suicide bombing show by the mad prince.”

As if everyone really thought so, their shoulders trembled in unison.

“But all of you have the ‘ability’ to do the missions I’ve given you.”

I smiled and looked around at the faces of the party members.

“Am I wrong?”

“… .”

At my words, Lily and Ken Damian exchanged glances with puzzled faces.

***

Just before convening the party members. my accommodation.

I was looking at the stat windows of the party members.

First of all, my escort knight and the main character of this game. Lucas.

[Lucas (SSR)]

– Level: 25

– Title: Prince’s escort knight/Protagonist

– Occupation: Intermediate Knight

– Strength 25 Agility 25 Intelligence 10 Stamina 25 Horsepower 10

‘Look at the beautiful stats.’

The level 25 stat limit is 25, but all the items needed as a knight are Max. It’s not that he has very little intelligence or very low horsepower. It’s not like he’s an SSR-ranked hero for nothing.

And let’s see the skills.

– Possessed Skills

> Passive: Man of Steel

> Skill 1: Strike of Will

> Skill 2: ??? (Open after 2nd job change)

> Ultimate Skill: ??? (Opened after 3rd job advancement)

Passive skill ‘Man of Steel’ increases basic defense and nullifies damage that leads to death once per stage.

It can be said to be the best performance in this game where you die and get game over. Because he is the main character, should I say insurance?

Skill 1, ‘Strike of Will’, is also a luxurious morale option worthy of the main character, and it is a skill that stacks up permanently every time you kill an enemy.

In other words, each time you kill an enemy, the damage increases.

If the game progresses until the 3rd year, this skill becomes the ultimate level of power for quite a few other heroes. What kind of crap is this… … !

‘It’s a pity that skill 2 and ultimate haven’t been opened yet.’

It’s strong enough even at the time of the tutorial. also the main character

‘Lucas confirmed, and next… .’

will you see me I turned the screen sideways.

[Ash (EX)]

– Level: 1

– Title: Rogue 3rd Prince

– Job: Beginner

– Strength 1 Agility 1 Intellect 1 Stamina 1 Magic 1

“… .”

What is this maggot?

I was dumbfounded and froze for a while. But when I rubbed my eyes and looked again, I didn’t see anything wrong. what?!

No, what is level 1 in the first place? Wasn’t the minimum level in this game 5? And weren’t the basic stats at least 5? Why are all the stats 1?

‘And what is the EX grade again?’

It was the first grade I saw. Wasn’t his original grade N?

Character grades in this game are classified as SSR-SR-RN.

I was embarrassed because it was the first time I had ever seen EX, who had pushed this game to the limit.

‘Ash is ‘I’… … He became a different character than he did in the game.’

It was embarrassing. It was embarrassing, but it could still be an unknown variable.

do you know It might be an unexpected jackpot machine in this hopeless situation.

I tried to turn the circuit of hope and looked at the skills I possessed. Let’s see.

– Possessed Skill

> None

“… .”

no calm down Keep calm and breathe deeply.

It’s like level 1 now. If you level up and change jobs, you will have skills and stats will rise.

I tried to think that way without stopping the hope circuit that smelled of burning.

I turned off the skill tab and opened the properties tab.

Characteristics, apart from skills, are habits or quirks that the character acquires in the process of growing that affect the stats.

There is no limit to how much you can get, but you can only equip up to 3 of them.

When I opened the Properties tab, I saw one property.

– Equip Attribute (1/3)

> Map Creation

“Ah, there is.”

Fortunately, the traits Ash had in the game remained the same.

Mapping. It’s not actually the ability to draw a map

[Map Creation Lv.1]

– You can grasp the entire battlefield with a dot-shaped mini-map. Can be activated for 5 minutes once per day.

It is this characteristic

It’s an ability that only players have, but I wondered why the character had it… … .

‘Is this a skill given under the assumption that a player like me will possess it from the beginning?’

Well, it wasn’t something to worry about right now. First of all, it’s something to think about after breaking through the crisis right now.

Confirming the existence of map creation, I quickly turned off my stat window. The figures were so gruesome that I didn’t want to see them any more.

Now let’s take a look at the other three stat windows.

“Hmm, everyone is normal.”

Lily Ken Damian had nothing else to look at, befitting a high-class character.

At least, Lily is an R-rank wizard and her stats are on the side. Ken, an N-rank knight, and Damian, an N-rank healer, have stats worthy of an N-rank.

If all the stats were visible like this, I would have given up on the attack right away. Because it was impossible.

but… There is something special about Lily Ken Damian.

A ‘prank’ planted by the developer in the tutorial character that could not be used in the game.