Chapter 234

Chapter 234. The Condition for a Masterpiece Is to Go All Out Until the End…! (6)

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The result of Melon and a standard-class battleship’s sacrifice.

Without even having time to mourn Hreðsvelgr’s death(?), what was deployed to the battlefield was…

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-<Indypatible’s Abukuma-class protected light cruiser has been sunk by Icarus’s Kraken-Class Assault Battle Carrier.>

-[Ugh, my ship!] (Indypatible)

-[Damn you, Kraken!] (Menaldu)

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The Kraken was busy munching on yet another light cruiser, gobbling it up like a snack.

But even though the Kraken was the size of a satellite, its opponents weren’t just in the top 0.1%—they were in the top 0.002% of elite users.

They managed to dodge the Kraken’s dozens of tentacles—err, “hair”—and either pulled them out or destroyed them.

Of course, realizing it had suddenly become a bald Kraken (like a user from a hair loss forum), it didn’t choose to commit suicide out of despair.

Instead, with its main cannon destroyed, it lunged at one of Laura’s battleships with its massive, beautiful maw, tearing it apart and successfully sinking it…

But right after that…

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-[Now’s the chance!]

-[Quick, while it’s busy eating that battleship, hit the Kraken in the belly!] (Laura)

-[What?] (Betelgeuse)

-[Belly shots are the answer, let’s go!] (Menaldu)

-[Got it, aiming for the belly!] (Indypatible)

-[Wha-wha-what?!] (Betelgeuse)

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With words that actively triggered Betelgeuse’s PTSD, the remaining ships focused their fire on the Kraken’s bloated belly.

Having already lost all its escort heavy cruisers that could have defended against such concentrated attacks, the Kraken’s swollen belly was hit directly by all kinds of shells, beams, missiles, and more.

-*BOOOOOOM!!!!*

-*SPLAT!*

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-[Wow, what a show!] (Königs)

-[Oh sh*t!] (Menaldu)

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The Kraken’s belly, which had swollen from all the ships it had devoured, burst like a balloon pricked by a needle, scattering horrifying results everywhere.

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Meanwhile, at the same time the Kraken was being sunk, the situation for the 100-man (or not) suicide squad in the rear wasn’t looking great either.

This was because, using the Kraken’s teleportation function, they had mobilized over 80 superhumans and all available assault troops to charge in all at once.

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-<Mona Lisa’s standard-class light aircraft carrier has been hijacked by Icarus’s ‘Gryanarr’ and Phoenicia’s ‘Demiurgos’!>

-<Königs’s standard-class heavy cruiser has been hijacked by Icarus’s ‘Oxianor’ and ‘Ignis’!>

-<Betelgeuse’s Jupiter-class electronic warfare cruiser has been hijacked by Pampakapam’s ‘August’!>

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At first, they used their overwhelming superhuman strength to quickly seize control of all nearby ships.

They even managed to open a new frontline between fleets, separate from the superhuman battle, which was quite the feat.

But that didn’t last long.

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-[If I can’t protect my fleet, I’d rather turn it to ashes.] (Königs)

-<Königs’s Königstiger-class battleship has sunk Königs’s standard-class heavy cruiser (hijacked)!>

-[What?!] (Laura)

-[???] (Antares)

-[Why would you blow up your own ship?!] (Mona Lisa)

-[Well, we got three superhumans out of it. Let’s drink to that.] (Betelgeuse)

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With Königs’s tactic of self-destructing(!) his hijacked ships and the arrival of reinforcements from other users’ superhuman forces, the tide began to turn.

Even though Icarus’s side had the advantage in terms of superhuman “quantity,” they were slowly being pushed back.

Of course, this was largely due to the issue of superhuman “tiers” reversing the situation.

While the All-Star team typically had 3-4 SSS-tier superhumans each, Icarus’s team usually only had 1-2 SSS-tier superhumans per user.

Numbers…

Although Icarus’s team has many members, the fact that all the superhumans from the All-Stars who come to support are SSS-level means that to deal with just one of them, at least three S-level members are needed. For A-level and below, a whopping ten members have to gang up, which ironically puts Icarus’s team at a disadvantage.

Moreover, if there’s one mistake the Icarus team made, it was targeting the “Anomalocaris-class” ship of the Mona Lisa, which is “too big” and not just any other ship. As a result, a third of their already insufficient superhuman forces had to be deployed just to capture a single ship.

Adding to this, Königs’s self-sacrificial strategy wiped out several superhumans by sacrificing just a few ships. Most of the ships they managed to capture were sunk by surprise attacks before they could even be properly utilized.

Including Icarus, the superhuman legion with nine SSS-level users found themselves increasingly cornered as time went on.

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At the same time, on another front…

The combined fleet of Icarus’s team, which had the strange position of being both a decoy and the main force…

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<Global Chat>

-[Why isn’t it breaking through?]

-[The defense is insane.]

-[LOLOLOLOLOLOL](Betelgeuse)

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Betelgeuse, who was mocking them… no, proving that he didn’t just top the rankings in Go-Stop, showed off an impeccable defense, minimizing their losses while maximizing the enemy’s.

Along with Antares, who boasted an ironclad defense, Arcadia’s thorough mobile defense covered for him.

Meanwhile, the ships sent ahead by other users…

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-[We’re here](Indefatigable)

-[Perfect timing](Arcadia)

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Finally, with the remaining ten or so ships that survived after sinking the Kraken joining the frontlines, the opposing team, who had deployed all their superhumans except non-combat personnel, couldn’t break through and were left floundering without proper command buffs.

Moreover, another unfavorable situation was unfolding for them.

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–<Raksha's Shimakaze-class destroyer has sunk Chuchu's standard-class battleship!>

-[Ah, damn it, please](Chuchu)

-[This is insane LOLOLOL](Pampakapam)

-[Someone please deal with that guy](Great Wolf)

-[What the hell](Raizengan)

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Raksha, who was essentially a plot device, annihilated Icarus’s flanking unit and instead of returning to the main force, began attacking the enemy’s rear solo.

The only silver lining for them was…

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<Global Chat>

–<Antares's Griffin-class battleship has sunk Raizengan's Kongo-class cruiser battleship!>

–<Raksha's Shimakaze-class destroyer has been destroyed by the explosion of Raizengan's Kongo-class cruiser battleship!>

-[???]

-[What?](Raksha)

-[Sorry, didn’t mean to](Antares)

-[LOLOLOLOLOL](Chuchu)

-[My ship blew up, but this is kinda funny LOL](Raizengan)

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Was it sheer luck?

In an absurd turn of events, when Antares’s battleship fired a shot that sank another user’s cruiser battleship, Raksha’s destroyer, which happened to be passing by, got caught in the explosion and was blown to smithereens like a paper boat.