Episode 90 – Encroachers (10)
‘Defense game Glory Tower.’
The newly activated game is a defense game, a common genre. As I closed the gate, I took a new look at the game, watching the villagers who had completely cleaned out a hive of bugs work to build a fortress in the area.
If you occupy a certain area, you must also prepare to defend that area.
First of all, we are overwhelmingly outnumbered by our enemies. It is obvious that combat durability will also be delayed. Even from what I could see from outside the screen, the bugs were just killing machines.
On the other hand, even if the residents fight passionately, they lose all their stamina in a day or two. As much as I fought, I needed to rest, and as much as I was stressed, I needed a way to relieve it.
This defense game was what I thought could fill that gap.
[hive (branch)]
“—!”
Meanwhile, residents who went out to scout the surrounding area and uncovered a new area discovered a new nest created by bugs. As expected, their base was located deep in the depths and was continuing to spread laterally.
Unless we find and destroy the stems and roots, which are incomparable to individual branches, they will continue to proliferate and wage a war of attrition against us.
I fought brilliantly and pushed out their nest, but when I saw the stunned residents who realized that it was only a very small number of cases, my feelings became stronger.
[Activate Glory Tower]
The only problem is that what I want is not strengthening the residents, but the automatic turrets that appear in the game.
Methods for strengthening residents have already been prepared through other games. I chose this game to make up for the lack of numbers and combat durability, but making only the residents stronger is less meaningful.
[Available items for purchase: Command Center, Magic Refinery, Warehouse, Hero Training Center, Tier 1 Defense Tower, Tier 1 Magic Tower, Tier 1 Control Tower…]
But my worries disappeared once the game was running. The newly activated defense game Glory Tower was slightly different from existing games.
Previously activated games clearly involved bringing residents into the game world, working there, fighting, and earning rewards.
Unlike that, the background of Glory Tower was the same as my desktop world. I don’t know if it’s because it’s a genre of game where you start PVP right away without a set story, but I was momentarily entranced when I saw a sign indicating that residents could build a basic defense tower next to a roughly constructed fortress.
If you think about it carefully, it wasn’t a bad thing at all.
‘I can’t believe it could work this way. It’s actually better.’
Until now, if there was a separate game, it was a two-stage play method where you had to send residents there to play the game together, and then use what they got there to operate the desktop.
However, if you can now use the game directly using the residents on the desktop, there is no need to play twice.
As a test, I calmly started placing the buildings that were given as default when I started the game.
First, from the headquarters. The level 1 headquarters, which looks like a large mansion, is the main base in the game. If this place is attacked, the player loses.
‘Just build it in the village.’
There was no reason to build this in the dangerous north. I flipped to the village screen and set up the headquarters in the center of the village.
“–? —!”
Naturally, the residents in the village were shocked and wide-eyed at the large building that suddenly appeared.
Similar to Mongolia’s ger, it is a wooden mansion with a style that is different from the traditional tent houses or block houses built by transporters using carved blocks. As far as I know, the higher the level, the bigger and more luxurious the mansion becomes.
‘That’s not the intention, but it will help improve Varun’s authority.’
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I chuckled as I watched the residents come out and bow to the headquarters after realizing that I had done it. Varun, the tribal leader, will probably live in that headquarters.
Anyway, he is the most important person in the tribe right now, and I am supporting him because he is capable and loyal.
I have since installed several more buildings in the village. A magic power refinery that automatically produces the currency called magic power needed to build buildings. And a hero training center that trains heroes who use special skills to kill enemies.
However, it was decided not to build the various types of defense towers in the village, but to install them in the north, where the war is currently taking place.
These defense towers were essential to protecting the occupied territories. Obviously we need hero power, but we already had heroes.
‘Think efficiently. How can I make the most of the resources given to me?’
I was seriously distressed. Installing defense towers and other facilities is entirely at my discretion. I can’t help but worry when I think that their lives depend on my choice.
‘You could build a wall, but why?’
Glory Tower’s installation items also include walls. It is used to block the opposing player’s troops.
However, it is not a wall like the 10m high wall that residents are making now, but is at the level of a fence. In the end, the alpha and omega of the game was between the attacker who breaks down the opponent’s wall and invades inside, and the defender who blocks it through the placement of defense towers and buildings.
In that situation, I didn’t want to spend resources building a wall that would quickly collapse against the bugs. This may be a bit harsh on the residents, but it seemed more sturdy when they built the walls with blocks they collected from sandbox crafting.
Instead, I could save those resources and build more defense towers.
[Stage 1 Defense Tower Installation]
[Step 1 Magic Tower Installation]
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After making the decision, I started placing the towers, investing all the resources I had.
‘It would be crazy to build a long, high wall from scratch.’
The most ideal form is to build a wall to confine the enemy’s base. But in the end, we are in a position to attack and eliminate them, and it is impossible to cover them all with only a few thousand personnel right now.
It seemed right to move forward by building a fortress in the form of a dot for now, leaving only the possibility for the future as for the Northern Wall that appears in the creation.
“—!”
So, we focused on placing defense towers based on the occupied areas that had become the front lines. Residents who were cleaning up the occupied land, where the land had been completely blackened by the effects of erosion, were confused and agitated by the large number of buildings popping up.
The first level defense tower is a simple structure with a large crossbow mounted on top of a stone watchtower. Looking at it like this, it doesn’t seem very strong, but the more you upgrade, the stronger it becomes.
‘Do you understand?’
It seems they quickly realized that the defense towers that were popping up here and there were built by me.
The vigilance quickly disappeared and people were seen looking up at the sky and offering prayers of gratitude.
“Good timing.”
When all defense tower installations have been completed. I chuckled when I saw the enemies chasing after those who had gone out to scout.
It was an opportunity to see just how powerful the first-level defense towers were. Although those ant-type bugs were swarming in numbers, their combat power per individual did not seem to be very high, so I was confident that an attack from a defense tower that was at least as good as a ballista would work.
“—!”
And my predictions were right.
Before the panicked residents armed themselves and rushed out to save the scouts, the defense turrets that automatically detected enemies fired arrows and magic all at once.
The large arrow cutting through the air instantly penetrated the bodies of the glitches, killing them, and the magic turret’s fireball exploded, causing wide-area damage to the surrounding area.
‘As long as our allies don’t get hurt.’
It’s not a real game, so allies may get hit by friendly fire, but since the turrets don’t chase and catch enemies until the end, and automatically attack enemies further away, allies end up getting injured and only have to deal with approaching entities.
[Magic power +60]
In addition, if you leave the Glory Tower on, it rewards you when you defeat enemies and automatically builds up magic power.
Being able to actively earn magic power like this, rather than just waiting for the magic power created at the magic refinery, means that you can cover more defense towers.
I am no longer afraid of a war of attrition. As the war of attrition progressed, not only the enemies but also we became stronger.
***
“It is true that I was at a loss when I heard that there were more of their nests, but the Guardian God was also expecting it.”
“I can’t even imagine how it works.”
Immediately after achieving an easy victory against the approaching enemies thanks to the power of the defense towers built.
Rakum agreed to Varun’s words. The defense tower, which automatically detects enemies and shoots large arrows and magic, was something that went beyond common sense, like most things in the game.
“Dwarf Kherson’s testimony is the same, and what God wants is also the same. “It seems right for us to continue working here.”
Varun muttered as he looked around the temporary base he had built, trusting the defense towers.
What if these defense towers were built in the village? No marauders would dare to invade the village.
However, the god they believed in and followed built the defense towers here, not in the village. That meant continuing to fight against the bugs swarming in front of us.
“That’s true, but black monsters can attack the village in various ways. Besides, the negotiations with Garhan are not over yet.”
“I will try to do something about it, so don’t worry. Garhan will definitely have no choice but to join hands with us. “For now, he will continue to push his authority, so it would be a good idea to follow his will and prepare to fight the enemies from here as a starting point.”
When Rakum said that he was worried about the village as he had mobilized a large number of soldiers, Varun shook his head. Varun believes that his duty is to implement what God suggests in accordance with reality as much as possible.
He was convinced that if God thought stopping the northern enemies was the top priority, it was right to prioritize that.
“I will definitely fulfill that obligation.”
“…You too are a warrior he trusts.”
Varun chuckled at the sight of Rakum, who had a determined expression on his face at the great responsibility entrusted to him. Rakum, who showed his best behavior as a young tribal leader, was clearly an outstanding warrior who was trusted by both Varun and the man watching off-screen.
Riena was chosen as the strongest warrior, but Rakum was trusted by everyone as an outstanding commander.
“What did the chieftain say?”
“He entrusted me with full authority. God wants that too. So, Larsen, let’s not get excited about one victory and do our duty.”
When Varun returns to his village. When his younger brother, Larsen, approached him and asked, Racoum chuckled.
Although he had to fight against terrible monsters, Rakum felt satisfied with his current life.
This is because I thought it was better and more like a warrior to fight like this rather than just being helpless and being swept away by the flow of the world.