Chapter 88

Chapter 88

Boom-!

A hammer, swung by the Gargoyle Chieftain with Lilly in its sights, went right through Lillys body, as if a sword cut through water.

It was Lillys trait, [Flame Skin]. She had evaded the physical attack by consuming MP.

The Gargoyle Chieftain was taken aback for a moment, but quickly raised the other hammer in its hand.

This time, a crimson, magical energy gathered around the hammer. Lilly couldnt dodge this, no matter what!

In desperation, I yelled out.

"Bodybag! Lilly!"

"Yes, yes!"

The telekinetic, Bodybag, stretched out her hand and pulled Lilly to the side using telekinesis.

Crash-!

The Gargoyle Chieftains hammer barely brushed past Lilly, embedding itself into the ground.

However, the wheelchair attached to the end of the hammer was flattened upon impact.

"Yeeeaaaargh-!"

Lilly screamed in terror, falling a few beats late. I yelled again.

"Godhand! Catch her!"

"Yep!"

Godhand, sprinting towards the falling Lilly, caught her.

"Argh! Are you okay, Lilly?"

"Uh, uh, wow..."

Lilly, who had been staggering and out of sorts, was shocked to see Godhands face in front of her.

"Let, let go! Im okay."

"But, your leg is..."

"I said Im fine! Let me go!"

Leaving the two of them to their awkward exchange, I ordered Bodybag again.

"Bodybag! Rescue your team members!"

"Oh, okay!"

Bodybag quickly used her telekinesis to lift three archers, scattered in different parts of the castle wall.

I looked at my party members.

"Main party, rejoin the battle! Prepare for combat!"

The two Gargoyle Chieftains, now aware that we were their enemies, started walking towards us, emanating a menacing aura.

The behavior logic of boss monsters is different from that of ordinary monsters. Theyre more intelligent and more malicious.

They kill the more important enemy first.

Thats why they attacked the archers and the artifact first.

Even now, having descended the castle wall, they will probably try to kill the dealers before the tanks.

And me.

They will try to kill me first - the lowest level and the most important commander.

Then, Lucas, standing anxiously beside me, frowned and said.

"Your Highness. The two boss monsters are a problem, but so are the remaining gargoyles."

Lucas was right. I glanced across the castle wall.

Squawk-

The last six waves.

The sixth wave of the Gargoyle army was flying towards the castle wall.

The wind artifacts blocking the center had been utterly destroyed, so their bloodless invasion was inevitable. Damn it...

I didnt expect the two bosses to approach through the air!

Of course, there was no such gimmick in the game.

They were not an airborne unit. They werent HALO dropping down, executing a hero landing right on the castle wall.

We were ill-prepared.

He reproached himself for not considering the deployment more broadly and creatively.

However.

There is still a way to confront them.

He had prepared a tactic to defeat the boss, and it was still valid.

"We have a way to face the Gargoyle Legion Six. Leave it to me."

"Yes, my lord."

Despite a hundred gargoyle enemies closing in, Lucas seemed to accept my words without an iota of doubt.

He must trust me that much.

Just then, Godhand brought Lilly to us, carrying her as she squirmed.

Lilly writhed free from Godhand, collapsing on the ground and panting.

"Haah, haah, saved by an elf..."

"Lilly. You must be disoriented, but theres work to do."

I asked Lilly.

"What about the other artifacts? Can we activate them right away?"

"Ah, yes! Since we placed the rest somewhere else, except for the Whirlwind Artifact, as you ordered, we can use them."

We had installed the other artifacts elsewhere from the start in case the enemy attacked the Whirlwind Artifact first.

The alchemists were also operating them remotely. Thanks to this, they were unharmed in the disaster.

"Go activate them immediately. Magic Amplifier Artifact. The target is me."

Wham!

Crack-!

And were flung away.

The two SSR-ranked knights.

"Cough?!"

"Woah-!"

The iron hammers swung by the Gargoyle Chieftains held immense force.

Lucas, who barely dodged the attack, skidded backward, while Evangeline flew a considerable distance while maintaining her shielded posture, and finally stopped after planting both feet on the ground.

"Heavy...!"

"Damn, the shields cracked?!"

The twin Gargoyle Chieftains charged once more, causing the two knights to recoil in horror.

Thud! Thud! Crash!

Eight massive hammers, four in the hands of each monster, battered the ramparts.

Lucas and Evangeline were forced back by the sheer power of the onslaught. It was only natural. Instead of facing one boss, which would have been a fair challenge, they were up against two cloned beasts.

But, they could hold out.

Both Lucas and Evangeline were top-tier tanks in this game. They could buy some time.

And then,

"Your Highness!"

The awaited moment arrived.

"The Artifact, the Magic Amplifier! Its ready!"

"Good."

I nodded vigorously in response to Lillys shout from the other side.

"Activate it right away!"

"Yes! Activating the Magic Amplifier!"

Lilly and the alchemists triggered the magic engineering device.

It would enhance the magic effects of a single targeted character by 100%. Only once.

The target was me. Ash!

Vroooom!

A pale blue light wrapped around my body. I could feel magic power boiling within me.

So this is what it feels like.

A sense of invincibility welled up inside me.

With an involuntary smirk, I activated my first skill.

[Activating Gaze of Command.]

[Please establish eye contact with your target.]

Suddenly, the world seemed to slow down.

The pale blue interface unique to skill use spread out over the world. Within it, I stared fiercely.

My target was the boss monster, the Gargoyle Chieftain. The one that first stormed the ramparts!

Our eyes met. Now was the time!

[Target detected: 1 entity.]

[Please issue a command.]

"You,"

I stretched out my hand and commanded,

"Kill your comrade!"

Flash!

All at once, the magic power drained from my body.

My heart throbbed painfully. A trickle of blood dripped from my nose. I wiped it with the back of my hand.

[Command difficulty: Hard]

[Comparing the users Intelligence stat with the targets Magic Power stat.]

[Determining success rate. Rolling for resistance...]

Gargoyles as a species have low magic defense.

What does that imply?

Theyre vulnerable to all types of magic resistance. In other words, their resistance to mind control is weak.

So, if I pushed a little harder.

And if I used the Magic Amplifier, which doubles all magic effects for one time.

I can control even a boss!

Ding!

A flash of blue light burst in front of my eyes with a sound effect signaling the completion of the judgment.

I gritted my teeth. Success or failure!

[Judgment complete!]

>Success: 1 entity

[Executing forced command.]

Unconsciously, I clenched my fist.

"Yes!"

This is the game, you monster bastards!

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