Chapter 314

Chapter 314. The Man Who Devours Level 5 Bases Like Cake.

Anyway, after witnessing such an embarrassingly ugly ending…

I figured that since the old man with the beard had been quite helpful before, Leonard’s elite fleet would probably arrive soon, doubling as Marian’s escort.

I casually hinted at whether we could use the Pirate Alliance’s fleet again this time.

But the moment I subtly brought up this idea…

“Of course, big bro!”

“Ab.so.lute.ly not.”

“Ah.”

Marian naturally nodded in agreement, but Leonard, who’s in charge of fleet operations, flat-out refused.

So Marian immediately switched to Empress Mode and started stomping on Leonard’s head with her boot.

“Leonard, are you daring to ignore your Empress right now?”

“No, Your Majesty.”

Despite Marian’s response, our reliable Leonard, with his golden curly hair now stained red with blood, maintained the demeanor befitting a “loyal subject” and firmly expressed his opposition to Marian.

“But Your Majesty, if you keep favoring Commander Icarus excessively, the alliance could collapse.”

“…”

“Helping Commander Icarus when he’s in danger is one thing, but aiding his expansion is just ridiculous.”

As he glanced at me, Jessica and I just whistled and looked away.

So Leonard turned his gaze back to Marian and added:

“Just as Your Majesty wants to help Commander Icarus, other pirates also have commanders they want to help.”

“…”

“But if this continues, those guys might start using troops and resources as they please, leading to the collapse of the alliance.”

“…Sigh.”

“Maybe that bearded Liran would do it, but I can’t stand that kind of mess.”

“Siiiiigh.”

Even as blood dripped from his head, Leonard’s logical argument made Marian visibly upset, but since he wasn’t wrong, she let out a sigh and nodded slightly.

And finally…

“Above all, Commander Icarus.”

“Yeah?”

“After Liran helped you and turned into a sow, I’m too scared to do the same.”

“Ah.”

“Ah.”

‘Wow, didn’t expect that story to come up here.’

The fact that Liran, the bearded guy, had turned into what he described as “feeling like my whole body became nipples” until he was healed was brought up here.

Since Leonard wasn’t wrong in pointing out that the once manly Liran had been turned into a female(?), I just thought, ‘Well, what can you do?’ and decided to come up with a new strategy.

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After some back-and-forth discussions with our top strategists…

“Alright, we’ve got it all figured out now.”

“That was quite a chaotic situation, Commander.”

Our fleet’s future plan was decided as follows:

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1. First, we’ll take over a new Level 5 base, specifically one focused on “supply” with Fleet Points and a Resource Warehouse.

2. Through that, we’ll expand our fleet and increase our total resource storage.

3. The goal is to double the size of our mercenary group and overwhelm them with sheer numbers.

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The reason why users who poured nearly 1 million points into this failed was ultimately due to the lack of absolute “numbers” of ships.

So, while we might spend fewer points, we’ll aggressively increase the number of ships by mindlessly hiring mercenaries.

And with that kind of brute force, we should be able to crush Tanhoizer’s defensive forces.

But aside from that…

“If we take this base, we won’t gain much, huh.”

I sighed, realizing that aside from the “Resource Warehouse” and the buffs from holding the base, there wasn’t much to gain from this base.

And naturally, Jessica questioned my reaction.

“Commander, what do you mean we won’t gain much?”

“Ah, Jessica, you don’t know?”

Seeing her confusion, I nodded and decided to explain it to her directly instead of checking the wiki.

“Well, basically…”

“Looking at it, it’s obvious. Most of the base’s functions can only be obtained if our base ‘docks’ at the base.”

“Ah…”

“So, apart from the inherent buffs you get from owning a base and the physical resource storage warehouses, the rest is pretty much meaningless.”

“I see, so that’s why the Commander said that.”

After nodding at my words, I glanced at Jessica, whose large black rabbit ears were swaying up and down.

Now, we’ve officially set the plan.

We decided to make the attack on the new base one week later, when my fleet and the ‘Avalonia Security Fleet’ would be fully operational.

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And finally, a week later.

“The day has finally come, Jessica.”

“Yes, Commander.”

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Fleet Status

Total Points: 850/850 points

Aircraft Carriers: 4 ships, 70 points each = 280 points

Special Battleships: 1 ship, 65 points each = 65 points

Battleships: 3 ships, 40 points each = 120 points

Aetheric Submarines: 1 ship, 50 points each = 50 points

Light Aircraft Carriers: 1 ship, 40 points each = 40 points

Cruiser Battleships: 7 ships, 30 points each = 210 points

Heavy Cruisers: 0 ships, 10 points each = 0 points

Light Cruisers: 10 ships, 6 points each = 60 points

Destroyers: 5 ships, 3 points each = 15 points

Escort Ships: 0 ships, 1.5 points each = 0 points

Patrol Ships: 10 ships, 1 point each = 10 points

Resource Mining Ships: 30 ships, 1.5 points each = 45 points

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With 2 Krakens and Hreðsvelgr leading the way, my main fleet, fully stocked with 850 points, is ready.

The ‘Avalonia Security Fleet’, a base mercenary group filled with freshly built ships, is also prepared.

Along with Lephan’s ‘Rhodes Mercenary Group’, which is under an exclusive contract.

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<Mercenary Group Employment Status>

<Currently Employing 525 Mercenary Groups>

<The Rhodes Mercenary Group and the Avalonia Security Fleet are excluded from the total ship count.>

<Total Ship Types>

<Battleships: 36 ships>

<Aircraft Carriers: 15 ships>

<Cruiser Battleships: 91 ships>

<Heavy Cruisers: 221 ships>

<Light Cruisers: 1,001 ships>

<Destroyers: 3,508 ships>

<Escort Ships: 15,592 ships>

<Patrol Ships: 34,250 ships>

<Daily Resource Consumption: Minerals 832,694, Rare Resources 100,079>

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After spending 2.7 million minerals and 500,000 rare resources in a lump sum for hiring.

And seeing the total of 50,000 ships from the mercenary fleet, which consumes over 830,000 minerals and 100,000 rare resources daily, I can’t help but feel…

“This mercenary group gacha was a success.”

“Uh, is that so?”

Compared to the previous mindless hiring of 512 groups, the number of aircraft carriers, light cruisers, and escort ships has decreased.

But the number of other ships has increased, so for a frontal assault like this, it’s actually more helpful.

“By the way, Commander, the ‘Barracuda Logistics Support Base’ you’re planning to capture is quite far from here. Are you just going to go there?”

“It’s far, but both the base and the base have long-distance teleportation functions.”

Moreover, as Jessica said, although the distance is a bit far.

By alternating the teleportation between the base and the base, the entire fleet can reach the target base in just a few hours.

Thinking that this should be enough, I nodded and immediately ordered the fleet to sortie towards the Barracuda Logistics Support Base.

And about two days later.

The Barracuda base, overwhelmed by the orange flood of numbers, was completely captured by me.