Chapter 278

Chapter 278. In a den without a tiger, the wolf becomes king.

However, as soon as the Magellan Clan took over the ‘Tunguska Fortress City,’ the situation began to shift in a different direction.

The various weak clans that had settled near the Laten Water Clan suddenly found themselves in a predicament. Unlike Laten Water, which only had a level 1 base for the sake of appearances, these clans now had to choose between submitting to the Magellan Clan, which had a level 7 base and no worries about sneak attacks from the rear, or being crushed and turned into resources.

Naturally, some of these weak clans immediately took to the forums to vent their grievances…

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**Title:** LOLOLOL Magellan dudes are expanding so naturally

**Author:** Kalamanshi

**Content:** [Image of the Magellan Clan fleet invading a nearby weak clan.jpg]

These damn bastards.

How the hell do they forget their own days as a weak clan and start invading their neighbors right away?

**Comments:**

– [But you guys joined in when Laten Water got wrecked, didn’t you?]

– [Then you shouldn’t have destroyed the means to keep the big clans in check LOLOLOL]

– [Dumbasses LOLOLOL]

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**Title:** To all the weak clans whining in the universe Kanfu section, read this.txt

**Author:** ㅇㅇ

**Content:** [Image of a mocking toad]

You brought this disaster upon yourselves.

Now you’re getting crushed by the calamity you summoned.

**Comments:**

– [LOLOLOL Did you think the clan that replaced Laten Water wouldn’t screw you over?]

– [LOLOLOLOLOLOL]

– [The burning is so sweet.]

– [But didn’t Laten Water really mess up though?]

– [Yeah, they messed up and got their karma, but you should’ve expected what would happen next LOLOLOL]

– [It’s dumb to think you could just carry on as usual without preparing any way to counter the Magellan Clan LOLOLOL]

– [The drama is delicious.]

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It’s truly a sad story for these weak clans.

But their unfortunate past or their grudges against the Laten Water Clan were of no concern to most forum users.

From afar, users simply mocked them, seeing them as no different from driving out a tiger only to let a wolf take its place.

Unlike the many weak clans that were crushed by the Magellan Clan for neglecting Laten Water’s collapse, the clans that actively responded to the request for an attack were generously rewarded by the Magellan Clan.

Some even received proper independence as subordinate clans and rewards through their bases.

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– [Guys, didn’t you say you didn’t have a base?] (Magellan Clan representative)

– [Yeah.] (Karma Clan Leader)

– [Since we took Tunguska this time, we’re giving it to the existing clans as a replacement.] (Magellan Clan representative)

– [Oh.] (Karma Clan Leader)

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As mentioned before, the level 2 base ‘Bern,’ which they had fought so hard for, was handed over to the clan that suffered the most significant losses as a fitting reward.

Thus, the chaos caused by the collapse of the Laten Water Clan in the universe Kanfu—no, within the Xenobia Empire’s user factions—began to stabilize much faster than expected.

And there was something else that further accelerated this stabilization…

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**Title:** Breaking News) Magellan Clan Leader Mona Lisa reveals she’s sponsored by the Xenobia Empire…

**Author:** News Boy

**Content:** [Image of Mona Lisa revealing the truth in the public clan chat.jpg], [Image of Mona Lisa and a glamorously dressed Elf taking a V-sign photo together in the chat.jpg]

The Elf envoy is none other than the First Princess of the Xenobia Empire.

This explains why she received an Anomalocaris-class combat carrier from the Murim Construction old-timer and why the Xenobia side had so many high-end ships… shocking.

**Comments:**

– [This Sanki is starting to look more and more like a gossip reporter.]

– [Wait, so this means an entire faction is backing her?]

– [Oh.]

– [Kinda similar to the 3rd place…]

So, he boldly declared that he was directly sponsored by the mighty Xenobia Empire, and at the same time, he made it clear that his clan would fully enjoy the trickle-down effect of this support.

As a result, even the mid-sized clans that had been negative towards the Magellan Clan started bowing down to them. Some clans even disbanded and requested to be absorbed into the Magellan Clan.

Not even a month had passed since the collapse of the Laten Water Clan, and the Magellan Clan had already established itself as one of the most prominent clans within the Xenobia Empire’s forces, showing an incredibly rapid growth rate.

But the problem was… due to this reckless expansion, a situation arose where they almost clashed with the ‘Justice’ Clan, which was located between the territories of the Xenobia Empire and the Space Monsters.

And regarding this issue, not only the gallery but also most of the users within the Magellan Clan didn’t think for a second that Magellan could beat Justice.

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**Title:** Heard that Magellan and Justice are about to clash?

**Author:** PoisonArrowFrog

**Content:** [Screenshot of a rumor posted in the global chat.jpg]

For real?

**Comments:**

– “Does that even make sense?”

– “Even if they absorbed Laten Water, Justice, being the first clan, would still wipe the floor with them, right?”

– “The scale isn’t even comparable. Magellan hasn’t even hit 10,000 yet.”

– “But Justice is over 30,000 now, right? 31,000 to be exact.”

– “Like the comments above, the difference in scale is too big. If they mess with Justice, the Xenobia Empire’s territory might just get reorganized under Justice.”

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There were all sorts of other miscellaneous discussions, but in summary, the general reaction was, “Winning is impossible.”

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Meanwhile, inside the fortress, while enjoying honey and watching soldiers devour octopus tentacles, or while securing nearby resource zones and relocating forward bases, or even witnessing Gryanarr’s bizarre “Clement-Voroshilov Plan” that somehow ended up with Oxianor’s lower half getting a gender swap…

From my perspective, even after seeing all sorts of grotesque things, the recent happenings in the gallery and other areas were nothing short of spectacular.

“Man, everyone’s really struggling, huh?”

“Yeah, tell me about it.”

After witnessing all sorts of incidents, I never thought I’d see the day when a top-ranked clan would backstab another top-ranked clan.

The world sure is full of surprises, and as I shook my head in disbelief, I closed the gallery window.

But unrelated to all that, I suddenly wondered about the population sizes of other clans after reading the last gallery post. So, since I was already curious, I decided to check out the rankings of the top clans.

And the results were…

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**<Clan Total Population Rankings>**

– **1st Place: Humanity – 51,092 members**

– **2nd Place: Loki – 35,969 members**

– **3rd Place: Justice – 31,451 members**

…

– **19th Place: Magellan – 10,058 members**

…

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“Hmm, I see.”

As the gallery users pointed out, the difference in scale was a whopping three times. I nodded in agreement, thinking it made perfect sense.

And just as I was marveling at how bizarre the situation was, I closed the gallery window and decided to focus on managing the fortress.

After all, from my perspective, it was all just “a story from a distant land.”