Chapter 319

Chapter 319. The Struggle of All Against All (2)

But in response to his words, the reaction in the village chatroom was as cold as ice.

Of course, there were various reasons for this, but the biggest and most significant one was…

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<Village Chatroom>

<Notice: Meeting in Progress>

– [Why would Icarus even accept us?]

– [I hate to say it, but they probably have more reasons to reject us than to accept us.]

– [Brutally honest, huh?]

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The fact that Icarus had no “reason” to accept them was the main issue.

And on top of that, other things kept popping up.

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<Village Chatroom>

<Notice: Meeting in Progress>

– [We need to look at our situation objectively right now.]

– [Honestly, if we just charge in, wouldn’t we just look like a bunch of beggars?]

– […Now that you mention it, yeah.]

– [If I were them, I’d probably see us as beggars and kick us out too.]

– [True.]

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Eventually, as the opinion that Icarus was unlikely to accept them gained traction, the idea of “every man for himself” emerged as the next goal.

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<Village Chatroom>

<Notice: Meeting in Progress>

– [Honestly, the best option is probably just going our separate ways.]

– [If we scatter, wouldn’t we just get picked off by others?]

– [Staying here doesn’t mean we’re any less likely to get picked off.]

– [True.]

– [I think it’s better to join either Humanity or Justice.]

– [For real, Humanity accepted those who participated in the Walpurgis Run last time.]

– [Wasn’t that just because Walpurgis got support from Humanity?]

– [Nah, that was just a rumor.]

– [Wow, really?]

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After a marathon meeting of intense discussions, they finally reached a conclusion.

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<Village Chatroom>

<Notice: Meeting in Progress>

– [Alright, seems like we’ve all reached a conclusion.]

– [Half to Justice, half to Humanity.]

– [Feels like we’re splitting up like separated families, kinda weird.]

– [Lol]

– [Not wrong though.]

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The plan was to flee to either Justice or Humanity, located near the Monster or Earth Federation areas, and live a peaceful life.

Of course, no matter which side they chose, they’d have to offer resources—that much was obvious.

But either way, as long as they could build a fleet, it would still be better than being constantly harassed or robbed by others.

The village users seemed convinced this was the best conclusion.

However, while reaching this decision, some users expressed confusion…

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<Village Chatroom>

<Notice: Meeting in Progress>

– [Wait, why aren’t we considering the Pirate Alliance or the Xenobia Empire?]

– [For real.]

– [If we’re talking distance, isn’t the Pirate Alliance the closest?]

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In response to their questions, the other users reacted as expected.

Unsurprisingly, they shook their heads at those who asked such questions, as if to say, “Don’t be stupid.”

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<Village Chatroom>

<Notice: Meeting in Progress>

– [The Pirate Alliance?]

– [Are you serious?]

– [That’s where the Loki Clan is.]

– [It’s crawling with the same guys who’ve been robbing us. You really wanna go there?]

– [Oh.]

– [Same with Xenobia. I heard from a friend that another war just broke out there.]

– [Wait, really?]

– [Yeah.]

– [Oh, I heard that too.]

– [The Magellan Clan teamed up with the northern clans to wage a massive war against the southern alliance.]

– [Wait, I heard they were on a truce and taking a break.]

– [That was hours ago. Apparently, they both broke the truce and started attacking each other again.]

– [Rough times.]

– [Anyway, the point is, if we go to the Pirate Alliance, we’ll just be dealing with the same guys under a different name.]

– [Got it, makes sense.]

– [And if we go to Xenobia, we’ll just get caught in the war and have all our resources stripped away.]

– [True.]

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Following the logic that Pirate Alliance = Loki Clan = Troll Gathering = The same guys who beat them up, the Pirate Alliance was the first to be ruled out.

And as mentioned earlier, the Xenobia Empire was also out of the question.

The civil war was in full swing between the ‘Northern Alliance,’ led by the Magellan Clan, and the ‘Southern Union,’ a coalition of mid-sized and minor clans that had hired Raksha as mercenaries.

Naturally, avoiding both sides, there was nowhere to go unless you were a Space Monster or the Earth Federation.

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Anyway, with the target location set, our village users first sent out today’s resource supplies.

While the raider users were off guard, they gathered all their high-speed patrol ships and quickly dispatched them to their target locations.

Of course, someone might wonder why they didn’t just move the entire base instead of sending out only the ships.

But due to the game’s system mechanics, to teleport an entire base somewhere, you first needed to reveal the coordinates, or ‘sight,’ of that area at least once.

So, they hastily sent out patrol ships to uncover the sight within the territories of the ‘Space Monster’ and ‘Earth Federation,’ places they had never been before.

However, the journey of those patrol ships, filled with their dreams and hopes, didn’t last long.

Most users in the Central Zone wouldn’t just let ships from users who didn’t know their territory pass through.

All the invading patrol ships were sunk.

Additionally, they were sunk by NPC hostile neutral fleets, such as unaffiliated pirates, wild monsters, or Earth Federation deserters.

Some were chased by other users and crashed into planets, exploding.

Due to all these hardships, most ships didn’t even reach their targets.

A few lucky ones barely managed to enter the territories of the Space Monster or the Earth Federation.

But the problem was, even if they did reach there…

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<Village Chat Room>

<Notice: Meeting in Progress>

-[Damn, arrived at Earth Federation]

-[Coordinates shared]

-[<Censored>]

-[???]

-[What is this]

-[The Space Monster territory is a mess ^^]

-[<Censored>]

-[Why isn’t this working]

-[···Apparently, coordinates you haven’t seen are censored by the system]

-[Oh, I see]

-[Ah···]

-[Those who found the coordinates should escape first]

-[Jealous]

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Due to the system’s censorship, not only were the chat messages censored, but even the in-game ‘communications’ and any written coordinates were censored from the viewers’ sight.

The users who barely arrived had no choice but to move their bases to that area to save themselves.

The remaining users wanted to send out a new expedition.

But…

-“You bastards, running away on your own?”

-“Fill in the gaps left by those who escaped.”

“Ah, those damn bastards.”

As soon as the decrease in the number of village users was noticed, the raider users swooped in, plundering the remaining resources.

They even pressured the remaining users to fill the gaps left by the departed users.

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<Village Chat Room>

<Notice: Meeting in Progress>

-[Damn, those bastards keep crossing the line]

-[Did we get possessed by the game or by slavery?]

-[Lol, those damn bastards]

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Furious, the village users decided that rather than waiting to wither away like this, they would prepare a rebellion against the raider users, centered around their only reserve force, the ‘Superhuman’ power.

However, considering the possibility that the raiders might not be off guard and could attack from a distance with their fleet, the village prepared one last move.

And what was that ‘move,’ you ask…?

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-“···That’s how things turned out.”

“So… you’re asking if I can take them in, is that it?”

-“Yes.”

After hearing that grand story, I felt my head spinning, not knowing what to say.