748. [STAGE 45] Corpse Predator (2)
Wriggling…
The tentacles sprouting from the giant reindeer Cromwell’s entire body were pulsating.
‘It looks like the parasite I saw back then.’
It is a tentacle that looks similar to the zombified parasite that Rosetta pulled out and showed. Should I say that it looks as if the parasite was enlarged and then added indiscriminately without any design consideration?
Ta-dak. Ta-dak-dak.
At the same time, the huge teeth that appeared all over Cromwell’s body meshed together, making an eerie bone sound.
Like a pressing press, the teeth were pressing against each other at regular intervals, but the problem was that the teeth were sprouting all over Cromwell’s body. It is constantly emitting crackling sounds from its entire body, crying out for the next food.
《Kaaah….》
The entire body of the swollen monster commander was filled with huge teeth and tentacles. It eats with its teeth and its tentacles assist it. It looks like it’s just for eating something.
Suddenly, the battlefield becomes quiet.
In the long battlefield, the remaining zombies either died from our firepower or died from fighting among themselves.
Cromwell devoured every last part of the body.
‘If you’re going to do a mukbang like this anyway, don’t come to us and just eat each other in the basement…’ I
muttered to myself, but I could vaguely guess the reason.
Cromwell used the battlefield itself as an ‘altar’. And the life offered on the altar was taken as a ‘sacrifice’.
If they just indiscriminately ate each other, the effect of the ‘sacrifice’ would not have been properly achieved, but through this method, they would have completely consumed the spiritual and physical bodies of their subordinates. In any case, it is a devilish idea, as if it were a devil species.
Thump…. Thump…. Thump….
As proof of this, Cromwell’s body continues to grow bigger in real time, swelling like a huge mountain.
And when there were no more corpses to eat, Cromwell finally began to walk straight towards the Crossroads at a slow pace.
I wet my dry lips. For a split second, my head started spinning.
Cromwell did not appear as a gimmick in the game.
However, this ‘destruction play’ has long since become far removed from what it was in the game. This is nothing to complain about.
The important thing is how to deal with this monster in the end. That’s it.
How will we protect the world? That’s it.
《Kaaaaaa!》
Cromwell, who was slowly approaching, raised his head and let out a high, tearing roar.
The devil’s horn, shaped like a deer’s antler, sprouted profusely above the monster’s head, shimmering with ominous green magical energy. It really looked like a tree.
A swaying tree planted on top of a mountain of moving corpses…
boom!
The next moment, Cromwell hit the ground and immediately began rushing toward the castle walls.
It was already running, using not only its four legs but also its tentacles. The ugly tentacles that sprouted all over the body touched the ground and glided forward in a single movement, like a cephalopod creature like an octopus or squid.
“Fire!”
“Shoot, shoot!”
The soldiers on the walls responded as if they had been waiting.
Pubububung! Burbububbung!
Hundreds of cannons and ballistas fired their firepower all at once.
A barrage of gunfire, literally forming the shape of a cross, exploded over Cromwell’s body. Tremendous explosions and flames continued to rise above the monster’s body.
But-
“Pfft…!”
“It doesn’t work!”
A translucent green barrier surrounds the monster’s body.
It’s probably the protective magic created by that giant horn.
Even a decent physical blow does not inflict proper damage.
“It doesn’t matter, keep shooting!”
“yep!”
The soldiers did not give up on my orders and continued to throw fire power, and I looked to the side and shouted.
“Damian!”
“yes-!”
Damian finished loading the last special bullet and I nodded.
Damian, his brown eyes flashing, pulled the trigger.
Touwooung-!
A special bullet containing the final concentrated treatment was fired from the modified ballista and flew across the barrage-covered sky of the battlefield toward the monster’s head.
Pachichichik!
The green barrier flashed and it seemed like the special bullets were also blocked…
but boom! pop! Pubububung-!
The crossfire that poured down just before shook the barrier.
No matter how strong the protection magic is, there are hundreds of cannons and ballistas firing salvoes above it. There are bound to be moments when the magic wave wavers.
And Damian aimed precisely at this shaking moment and fired a special bullet.
Cheonggang…!
The special bullet penetrated into the barrier with a clear sound like breaking glass.
The arrow part that made up the special bullet was completely burned at that moment, but the warhead twisted its body as if it had life and forcibly flew in –
boom!
It was stuck in one of Cromwell’s eyes.
“It’s a hit!”
The soldiers, including the scouts who were watching, all cheered. Since it was a special bullet that had previously effectively stopped the zombified monster commanders, it was believed that it would work this time as well.
But Damian and I still stared straight ahead with our expressions set.
And sure enough.
thud! thud! thud! thud! thud!
It doesn’t stop.
Cromwell continued to run toward the castle walls without losing momentum. Suppressed moans escaped the panicked soldiers’ teeth.
The cure for zombification does not work on Cromwell.
Well, that guy is actually a parasite and is the same as the owner who spread the parasites. Would administering a drug to drive out the parasites work?
‘Even taking that into account, even though one of his eyes was blown out and a foreign object was shoved into his brain, are you still running to me?’
Right after I grumbled to myself.
Something wriggled and leaked out from inside the eyelids of Cromwell, who had suffered a gunshot wound.
It was… a small tentacle.
Then, like a dam bursting from inside the eyelids, tentacles poured out and hardened all at once, turning white.
It looked as if deer antlers were pouring out from inside the eyes.
“Tch!”
You respond very dynamically with your body.
I clicked my tongue briefly and waved my hand.
“Stop artillery fire! “Go away!”
“Stop shooting!”
“Stop shooting! “Go away!”
As soon as the order was issued, the artillery and archers quickly retreated behind the castle wall in trained movements.
“Everyone else, get ready to respond!”
“Ready to respond!”
“Ready to respond!”
Damian got down from the gunner’s seat of the modified ballista and loaded his magic gun equipment.
Not only Damian, but all the other heroes and soldiers who had been watching and waiting for the battle were standing ready to respond.
thud! thud! thud! thud! thud!
Cromwell is already close.
Every time its legs and tentacles hit the ground, an enormous vibration is transmitted through the ground, enough to shake our shoulders standing on the castle wall.
“atmosphere.”
But I didn’t take any action and just stared straight ahead at the guy who was getting closer.
The heroes and soldiers glanced at me. I shouted without heeding anything.
“atmosphere!”
Gulp, gulp….
Dry saliva continued to flow down the throats of the heroes and soldiers.
The monster is just a stone’s throw away. In just a few steps and just a few seconds, you will crash into the castle wall.
But I still shouted like this without taking any action.
“atmosphere-!”
thud-!
Cromwell arrived right in front of the castle wall and kicked the ground with force, preparing to hit the wall.
Some of the soldiers who could not bear it closed their eyes tightly. The hands of the heroes holding weapons and shields were filled with strength.
A series of scream-like moans erupted. Eyes glistening with cold sweat fell on my back.
But I said this.
“Trust me and wait! Maintain a response posture!”
And Cromwell slammed his huge body against the castle wall.
Kugwagwagwang!
Huge shock waves, explosions, and vibrations shook the earth.
Some of the soldiers on the wall reflexively raised their arms and covered their heads. It must have been thought that, as it was struck by the onslaught of that gigantic monster, the castle wall would collapse and the people on it would die in droves.
“…?”
But it’s fine.
Soldiers who had closed their eyes and covered their heads with their arms flinched, lowered their arms, and opened their eyes.
“What…!”
And then, startled, I looked up at the front. The rest of the heroes and soldiers, and I, who was observing these reactions, also looked straight ahead.
Crackling, crackling….
A black barrier surrounds the castle wall as if to protect us above it.
Yes.
That monster isn’t the only one with a barrier.
Crossroads’ new castle wall [Night Bringer] also has the highest performance barrier – as if it were a given.
A magic barrier developed from the castle wall on our side spewed out in a circle, blocking Cromwell’s barrier and the charge together.
《Kaaaaaa-!》
Cromwell used the dragon to push with his huge body, but the Black Dragon Wall did not budge and held on like a mountain.
“Barrier output is at maximum, Your Majesty! You have blocked the enemy monster commander’s charge! By the way…”
Lily, who was reporting to me, became a little teary-eyed and shouted the following report.
“As expected, these walls don’t listen!”
Giiiiiiing!
As if waiting for those words, the nine black dragon magic cores within the walls resonated and vibrated at the same time.
And –
pachichichichichichik!
With a crackling sound, the enemy’s barrier – Cromwell’s green barrier – began to be ‘engulfed’.
《…?!》
Cromwell flinched and tried to move back, but it was already too late.
Cheok-!
Just like a skilled soldier snatches an enemy’s weapon and takes it into his own hands.
So naturally, the Black Dragon Wall took Cromwell’s barrier and built it around its own barrier.
‘Hwiyu.’
Even though the situation was imminent, I whistled without realizing it.
This is the secret feature of Crossroads’ new wall [Night Bringer].
‘Take away’ any means of defense from the enemy and use them.
Although the effect is temporary, it can be said to be truly crazy performance.
‘Okay, that’s good. It’s really good, but…’
I trembled.
‘Anyway, you have a bad temper, you black dragon…!’
Look at this natural scene of extortion! Even though he died and became a castle wall, what kind of scoundrel can he be?
Even this ability cannot be activated at our own discretion. This wall just activates when I feel like it.
Anyway, this castle wall is a special artifact in terms of category, but there is almost nothing that we can manipulate and activate among its special abilities. It’s all a matter of probability. Well, there are walls like this…
“Anyway, it’s effective.”
Cromwell, whose charge was blocked and his barrier taken away, hesitated and widened the distance behind him.
Uh huh, where are you going!
“End it now!”
I turned to the side and shouted.
“All wizards-!”
Our strategic weapons, who had already finished casting their assigned magic, looked at me and nodded. I nodded and stretched out my arms forward.
“Give me a hit!”
“yes-!”
The next moment,
boom!
A series of dazzling magical lights arose and illuminated the castle walls.
First, Junior’s [Elemental Disintegration] exploded, distorting the space, and in an instant, Cromwell’s magic defense was reduced to the negative area… Kwagwagwagwang
!
The wizards’ barrage of magic rained down mercilessly.
