◈ 528. [STAGE 26] Discipline (5)
The main party sweeps away the beetles.
The newcomers who watched the performance of such a main party shed their voices in astonishment.
“It’s four people… ?”
“This is the best of the monster frontline… ?”
Then they looked at me in awe. It’s a look that makes me a little afraid of myself, who has heroes with such mythical majesty under my command.
“… .”
Feeling those gazes, I lifted the telescope and surveyed the battle situation, then lowered the telescope with a leisurely smile. And I thought.
‘What is that scary?’
me i just… … I just ordered them to somehow rescue the Sky Knights and land on the ground using the parachute they had developed and provided in advance.
As soon as the duo of knights finish their rescue mission, they switch to an extermination mission and are sweeping away the beetles.
Like some kind of platformer game, stepping on beetles and jumping… … .
Damian and Junior also switched to ultra-long-range sniper and magic attacks, erasing even the enemy’s rear wave, which can’t be seen from this side. Have you guys reached the map weapon level?
‘… Yes, this is the third year.’
It is also a time when monsters become more dirty and stronger, but
also when our heroes complete their awakening and achieve cheat-level performance.
‘If you awaken all your heroes one by one like this and make them fraudulent… … .’
Clearing the true ending won’t be too far away.
While I was thinking,
“Prince!”
Damian, who had been sniping non-stop, suddenly stopped shooting and shouted at me. It was a slightly tense face.
“An enemy corps commander is approaching!”
“The boss gave me this.”
In the distance, in the clouds, I could see the shadows of huge figures swaying.
I grinned.
My subordinates are filming such a cool mad movie, but I can’t be the only one playing around.
In the face of the boss raid, it was finally time for me to go out on my own.
***
Gooooooo-!
Before long, it was a monster in the form of a giant rhinoceros beetle that broke through the clouds and appeared.
The Hercules beetle is the largest known beetle species on Earth. It was just such a monster. Only the size is terrifyingly large.
A long, thick single horn sprouted from its head, and its wings extended to the left and right resembled a thin glass membrane.
The six legs drooping downward, unable to overcome the weight, are a vicious blunt weapon itself.
and red eyes.
An existence that can be said to be the strongest among the monsters tagged with ‘bug’. It was the appearance of the beetle corps leader.
“big-?!”
“What else is this child… !”
Lucas and Evangeline, who broke through another wave of beetles and approached the corps commander, each swung their weapons, but
Kang-!
All of Lucas and Evangeline’s attacks bounced off without penetrating his upper body.
Both of them have used up some of their strength in the previous battle, but… … There is also a reason why the beetle commander’s defense is transcendent.
The beetle corps commander indifferently swung one of his front legs at the two knights bickering above his head.
Fuck!
“Hey… !”
“Kyaa Ah-”
Lucas and Evanzeline went out far away and worked on the parachute that was paid before the operation.
A white parachute popped up in the air. You will land safely. Although I can no longer participate in this battle.
‘I did as much as I could.’
After congratulating the two knights inwardly, I turned around and saw Damian and Junior looking at me with bewildered faces.
“Our attacks won’t work either!”
“The upper is harder than expected… !”
Among my subordinate heroes, Damian and Junior are the top two in terms of dealing ability.
It is worth guessing the transcendent defense power of the beetle corps commander, since the attacks of these two do not work.
It was like that in the game too.
This gigantic beetle was a veritable aerial fortress, advancing silently through the air, repelling all external attacks with its sturdy carapace.
So, what are the weak points of the guy who can catch this monster?
“What is mind control!”
Concentrating my mana, I shouted.
“Did you prepare Junior?”
“Of course, Your Highness.”
I told Junior to prepare a magic right from the start of the battle, and Junior was waiting with his cast already finished, intercepting enemies with only his remaining magic power.
I nodded and Junior jerked his wand forward.
Zeng-!
A dazzling halo formed above the beetle lord’s head, and rifts streamed down the sky around him.
Against boss monsters, the strongest morale skill, Junior’s ultimate skill.
[Element Dissolution] exploded. After finishing the cast, Junior breathed and reported.
“The target is too far away and the size is too big, so the duration is very short!”
“How much exactly?”
“Looks like less than a minute… !”
“That’s enough for a garage!”
I grinned and concentrated magic in my eyes.
It feels like it’s been a while since I wrote this!
[Use the Mystic Eye of Command.]
[Make eye contact with the target to use the skill.]
In an instant, the world slowed down and the light blue interface unique to using the skill spread densely over the world.
I put the beetle corps leader and the rest of the beetles flying around him all into my field of vision.
[Target acquisition: 100 objects]
[Please say the command.]
“Hey Beatles!”
Flying monsters are formidable.
Being able to use the sky, which is not allowed to mankind, as a stage is obviously a cumbersome condition to deal with.
but. however.
That’s why there are strategies like this.
“Everyone, drive your head!”
[Command Difficulty: Easy]
[Contrast the user’s intelligence stat with the target’s magic stat.]
[Determine the success rate. Initiate the saving throw… … .]
Tring!
A light blue flash of light flashed in front of my eyes, along with a sound effect announcing the completion of the judgment.
Basically, monsters in the bug tag have very low mind control resistance.
Even the high-ranking corps commanders were fed [Dismantle Elements] to sharpen their magic stats.
of course!
all!
[Judgment completed!]
>Success: 100
[Executing compulsory command.]
Success!
The next moment, the monsters flying across the sky in formation bowed down all at once.
It was a spectacle in a different sense that everyone made the same movements at once, as if they were dancing a sword-like group dance.
And just like that – with your head towards the ground. It falls.
bang! Kuwang! Kwakwagwang… … !
Kwajik! Kwajijik! Kwajik-!
100 beetles that landed on the southern plain in front of the castle wall hit their heads on the ground at the same time.
The flying monster’s greatest weakness?
Of course, if you fall from a high place, you die without a hitch.
In the end, most battles with flying monsters are about how to bring them down, but I have the [Evil Eye of Command], a wide-area mental control skill, and my proficiency has increased dramatically.
You can even use it like this!
The beetle monsters that fell from high altitudes were as heavy as their solid defenses. With that weight, I made him slam his head into the floor.
All of them died instantly, crushing the horns that were each standing high.
“This is the power of potential energy!”
He shakes his fist, mentioning an outdated drip, but on a plain where dust rises from the simultaneous fall of hundreds of monsters… … One of the monsters flinched and moved.
Beetle corps leader.
Even though his great horns were broken and his upper body was completely crushed by the impact of the fall. The guy staggered and raised his body with strong vitality.
But the wings are already torn.
Flight is impossible.
Nevertheless, the creature trembled and got up, spread its torn wings and tried to fly again.
“hmm… .”
Looking at the monster corps commander, I touched my chin.
His magical defense has already been hacked to pieces with [Dismantle Elements], and his upper body, which is the source of his physical defense, has all been ruined.
Originally, it would have been possible to defeat it with Japanese firepower fighters as it is.
‘[Be mine!] It’s an angle.’
The table is already set, but it’s no use not using the connection machine.
“Hey, rhinoceros beetle!”
I spat out the starting word for the skill.
“Be mine!”
Charleureuk!
Then, something like a dog collar with chains attached appeared in the air and tightened the neck of the beetle corps commander.
Tring!
[The beetle lord Hercules (SSR) has been incorporated as an ally!]
– Current Loyalty: 20/100
– Absolute Command: 1 time
“Hey, you’re lucky.”
If the loyalty was 0, I tried to dispose of it right away, but it turned out to be 20.
There is a high possibility that the corps commander object will not listen, so I have to reduce useless variables, so if possible, I was not going to embrace it with [Be mine!].
There should be plenty of room for this to be used.
‘But why are you so loyal? Because it’s not the nightmare corps commander? Or is it because my skill proficiency has increased?’
Many factors seem to have worked in combination, but good is good anyway.
The leader of the beetle corps- Hercules slowly looked up at me standing on top of the castle wall half-raised in the plain.
I grinned and spit it out at him.
“greeting?”
Then the giant beetle slowly lowered its head to me.
Nodding my head in satisfaction, I snapped my fingers. Then Hercules’ huge body turned into magical particles and slowly dispersed.
I would have been accommodated in a subspace dedicated to my summoned beasts. I hope that the seniors who moved in there first educated me well.
I looked up at the sky. No more monsters to be seen. The ones I just crashed and wiped out were the last wave.
“after.”
As I took a breath and turned around, I realized belatedly that people were staring at me.
If the new recruits were surprised and amazed while watching the volley fire of the most elite artillerymen, the air battle between Lucas and Evangeline, or the overwhelming firepower of Damian and Junior.
The way you look at me now… … It was close to being unbelievable. Does it seem that he has done something far beyond the scope of understanding?
Well, I repeat, this is the 3rd year monster front.
Dirty and vicious enemies are killed with more lethal and vicious cheat-level methods.
And before I knew it, I had become one of those cheats.
“Welcome to Crossroads.”
I spread my arms from side to side and smiled.
“Welcome to the monster front, kids.”
***
Boom! thud! Kugoong!
The returned sky knights landed on top of the castle one after another.
Everyone is bloody and exhausted, but fortunately, there are no fatalities.
A few seriously injured knights were seen, but the priests of the waiting medical unit hurriedly carried them on stretchers.
“… .”
Mikhail pursed his lips and watched as his knights were being carried away.
I slowly approached and stood behind Mikhail.
“I’m glad you’re safe. Mikhail.”
“… .”
I patted the silent Mikhail on the shoulder and turned my head toward the castle wall.
“Thanks to you, I was able to play this defensive battle with ease. Certainly the Sky Knights are strong.”
“… .”
“It is fortunate that no one was seriously injured. Leave the rest and rest.”
Probably the first failure in my life.
The young crown prince will need some time to clear his mind. Thinking so, I stopped teabagging and tried to leave.
But.
“Prince Ash!”
Mikhail called me first.
When I turned around, Mikhail was staring at me with big scarlet eyes.
“It’s frustrating, but I’ll admit what I have to admit.”
“hmm?”
“This bet is my complete loss.”
first failure. first defeat.
Living as a crown prince, a genius swordsman, and the owner of the Blue Sky Knights all his life. It’s a situation you’ve never experienced before.
In reality, his face turned red as if he was angry, but Mikhail gritted his teeth and admitted it.
“You won, Prince Ash. I will never step out of command here again.”
“… .”
“And thank you for saving me.”
After that, Mikhail slowly lowered his head.
“If you hadn’t sent your men… My knights would have been wiped out there. Thank you very much.”
