Chapter 242

Chapter 242. Ranking rewards are sweet.

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So that’s how it was.

Why is there no mention of ‘ranking rewards’ in the notice that lists all sorts of things?

“Hey, admins, are you being stingy here?”

And it seems like the rest of the users only just realized there was no mention of ‘ranking rewards’ around this time.

The gallery’s bait was flowing towards demanding ‘ranking rewards’ this time.

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Title: Hey admins, why aren’t you giving out ranking rewards?

Author: ㅇㅇ

Content: [Collection of screenshots proving ranking rewards received from previous events.jpg]

Get it?

You should be delivering rewards promptly and doing what needs to be done.

Why are you only sharpening your badges and just handling the rankings?

Comments:

-[For real lol]

-[Shouldn’t the rewards have been distributed by now?]

-[For real lol]

-[For real lol]

-[Admins’ stinginess is on another level~]

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Title: Honestly, if you’re as mad as doing 100 pulls, upvote lol

Author: Angra Mainyu

Content: [Image of a toad being struck by a smiling toad]

Actually, if you’re as mad as doing 1,000 pulls, upvote lol

Comments:

-[This guy just said upvote]

-[Fine, just this once]

-[This upvote guy just said]

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<This is an anonymous chat room for everyone.>

<Let's all use polite language and maintain etiquette.>

-[Admins, is this right?]

-[Why no rewards why no rewards why no rewards why no rewards why no rewards why no rewards why no rewards why no rewards why no rewards why no rewards why no rewards why no rewards why no rewards···(omitted)]

-[Ugh, stop spamming]

-[Give us the rewards, admins]

-[You did the event well, why pull this stingy move at the end?]

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And like that, regardless of rankers, the gallery, as well as the entire chat and private chats, were mobilized, and public opinion was on fire.

About 5 minutes after it really started burning, the admins, seemingly in a hurry, sent out a notice with typos and quickly began damage control.

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<Urgent Notice>

<<<Notice Regarding 'Ancient Empire's Legacy' Rewards>>>

<We apoologize, Commander.>

<There is currently an error where ranking rewards are not being distributed.>

<We will resolve the error and distribute the rewards as soon as possible.>

<We apologize for the inconvenience caused to Commanders.>

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However, despite the sense of urgency, proper rewards were not immediately given.

So, our mischievous users didn’t calm down until 4 hours later when the error was resolved and the rewards were distributed.

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4 hours later.

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<Global Notice>

<Commanders, as of now, rewards for the 'Ancient Empire's Legacy' event have been distributed!>

<Please check your messages and receive your rewards!>

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<Top 0.001% Reward>

<Dimensional Causality Fix Usage Ticket x10>

<Rank 3 Reward>

<Minerals 750,000, Rare Resources 80,000>

<Dimensional Causality Fix Usage Ticket x10>

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<Notice Regarding Delayed Ranking Reward Distribution>

<We apologize, Commander>

<As compensation for the delayed ranking rewards, we are giving all Commanders 5 Dimensional Causality Fix Usage Tickets.>

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“Wow.”

“Wow, this is amazing.”

My goodness, our stingy admins.

So they’re just handing out rewards like this?

Of course, getting 25 gacha tickets in one go was simply because my ranking was ridiculously high.

No matter how much other users got, it’s obvious they’d get way less than me.

Anyway, with that thought in mind, I decided to immediately use this amazing reward to contribute to strengthening our forces.

Of course, by now, even Jessica—and even I—would have no choice but to admit it…

“So, combining what we’ve accumulated during this event period, our resources will be overflowing!”

“…Hmm.”

Since I didn’t expect anything special from spinning the gacha, I casually headed to the gacha machine like I was taking a stroll.

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Meanwhile, at the same time.

With the end of the southern campaign and to commemorate the event’s conclusion…

Under this pretext, Humanity Clan’s headquarters command center, strategically located close to “Earth” for easy coup d’état against the Earth Federation, was bustling.

Inside, Clan Leader Antares and the staff were just bringing up a new topic during their ongoing meeting for various reasons.

“Alright, next topic—this is about taking down this guy, Icarus.”

“Hmm…”

“Judging by his combat power during the event, if we’re not planning to recruit him, we need to crush him by any means necessary.”

The problem was, this was none other than a plan to eliminate our protagonist, Icarus.

After about half an hour of complicated discussions, the summary was as follows:

“So, to summarize… we’re going to use our superhuman forces to raid and destroy Icarus’s base?”

“Well, yeah… you skipped a lot of details, but that’s the gist.”

However, most of Humanity’s executives were pretty negative about the idea.

“Do we really need to mess with someone who’s just minding their own business?”

“Even if it made sense during the last Central Zone invasion, there’s no reason to touch it now.”

“We’d just waste valuable superhuman forces needed for the Federation coup.”

“We already threw five of our top fighters at him, excluding base defense, and still lost. How much more are we supposed to sacrifice?”

In short, they were all like, “Why poke the bear and get ourselves hurt?”

But in response to their reactions, the staff on the other side just shook their heads disapprovingly.

“Think about it—Icarus has held 3rd place three times in a row and didn’t stand out during the last Central Zone invasion.”

“According to Indypatible, who’s practically on our side, Icarus is practically the leader of the Central Zone.”

“Plus, he’s been overly obsessed with solo play, but what if he decides to drop that and form a clan?”

“Or, if he joins an existing clan instead… we could easily get backstabbed during the Earth Federation coup.”

In summary, their argument was, “Let’s strike first before we get stabbed in the back!”

But no matter how logically the staff tried to argue and persuade…

The plan itself wasn’t exactly friendly to Humanity.

And since it was a plan to turn Icarus, who’s currently neutral, into a definite enemy…

Aside from the staff who proposed the plan, the rest of the staff and executives—including former Unity Clan (now disbanded) users who got their main ships wrecked by Icarus—were shaking their heads, thinking it was a bad idea.

In fact, they were practically scolding the proposing staff for not considering the bigger picture.

But that was only temporary.

“Ahem, let me share my opinion here.”

“Ah, Clan Leader.”

As Antares, who had been observing the situation, finally spoke up, the chaotic meeting of Humanity Clan momentarily calmed down.