Chapter 331

Posted by Kuze, ? Views, Released on January 2, 2025

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Chapter 331. The ‘Real’ Event. (3)

Anyway, after snatching half of Princess Luka’s precious Monster Fleet and bringing it over.

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As I officially entered Round 5, a thought suddenly flashed through my mind.

‘Fleet power is pretty much the same everywhere, but the important thing is that this time, I’m on the same team as the user.’

As long as there’s another fleet with similar power to mine, unless my ally is a complete idiot, even if the NPC fleet outnumbers us, we should still be able to win.

Of course, if there’s ‘team-killing’ like in the last Ancient Empire event, I’d have to worry about surviving rather than winning…

But thankfully, as you can see from the fact that we’re on the ‘same team,’ team-killing is completely blocked in Round 5 of this event, so there’s no chance of getting trolled out of nowhere.

After thinking this far, I glanced at the status window, but it was still showing that the opponent matching was in progress, with the loading bar just rolling around.

‘Man, this is gonna take a while.’

I shook my head and decided to check the fleet and superhumans I’d deploy for this round while waiting for the match to be found.

Of course, the fleet itself, aside from the Cruiser Battleship, is pretty much just a monster faction dispatch team.

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-Kieeeeeeek! Kieeeek!

-Kyaaaaaak!

-Kkwieeeeeeek!

-This time, I’ll do politics for the people!

-“?”

-“Is this a psychic illusion?!”

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They’re already screaming nonsense before even being deployed into battle, showing off their lively energy.

Of course, Princess Luka boasted that she ‘raised them with love, resources, and a little bit of love♡(?)!’

Unlike my fleet, which explodes one after another when built, resetting their levels every time, her fleet, though called a ‘hobby fleet,’ is essentially her personal guard.

Being the direct descendants of the Queen of Monsters, they were born with some leveling adjustments, and Princess Luka trained and fed them with care, leveling them up quietly. Compared to my small ships, they show a clear difference in quality.

‘And here I am, trying to grind down the Princess’s ships.’

I felt like I was becoming some kind of villain, but anyway, the important thing is that thanks to the Princess’s cherished guard fleet being mobilized, this round should flow relatively smoothly compared to before.

And along with that, since the real goal of this battle is to ‘hijack the NPC fleet’s flagship,’ unlike Rounds 2, 3, and 4 where I brought superhumans specialized in fleet battles…

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“Savior, which infidel should I eliminate this time?”

“Hmm, not yet, not yet.”

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This time, I brought Partia, who can just be thrown onto a ship and will take care of everything and bring the ship back.

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Actually, at first, I was planning to bring Smeragi instead of Partia.

After all, sneaking into the enemy flagship with Smeragi on the submerged Nerañzara, using her stealth as an assassin to cut down the command staff and snatch the ship would’ve been sweet.

But Smeragi herself said:

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“Commander, how do you think this battle will go?”

“The goal is to raid and capture the enemy’s super-ship after the fleet battle.”

“Then it’s a full-on battle, right? Ignis or Partia would be better than me.”

“Hmm…”

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She suggested that Ignis or Partia, who can both deal damage and tank, would be more suitable than her, an assassin.

And honestly, after hearing Smeragi’s words, it made sense.

‘If there are superhumans popping out of the NPC fleet, especially S-class or higher… Smeragi might not be stable enough.’

And since I was choosing a bruiser role rather than an assassin, even though Ignis is an SSS-class superhuman with the best leveling, when it comes to the role of a bruiser who can both deal and tank, Partia is far superior in terms of class.

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“Partia, I choose you.”

“I will live up to your expectations, our Savior.”

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After some deliberation, I decided to bring our reliable Partia.

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Of course, it goes without saying that fleet command was entirely up to me.

But it’s not like I was personally on a ship commanding from there. I was operating remotely from this safe fortress, so it shouldn’t be a big problem.

And while I was reminiscing about the past (?) like that…

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‘Ah, finally!’

After the painfully slow matching with the opponent was finally completed.

When the message that Round 5 was finally starting popped up, I steeled my nerves once more to stay unshaken until the end.

And while thinking that, I also sent up a prayer that I wouldn’t get stuck with some troll on my team.

‘Please, don’t let me get stuck with some idiot who can’t friendly fire but just pushes ships around or charges recklessly.’

Of course, even as I prayed, the possibility of being betrayed wasn’t completely eliminated.

Just in case the opponent was a troll or a jerk, I tried to prepare some countermeasures.

But before I could even set up those countermeasures, the speed of entering the battle was much faster.

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<<<Round 5 Battle Entry Complete!>>>

<Note>

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Above all, the moment I saw that the opponent user was someone who ‘absolutely’ didn’t require any such countermeasures.

I threw the notes of my betrayal prevention plans, which I had been jotting down until just before, into the trash bin on the command center’s computer.

Then, with a bright face, I opened the chat window and greeted her warmly, as it had been a while since we fought together.

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<Event-exclusive Chat Window>

-[Iyeol]

-[Long time no see!]

-[It’s the first time we’ve fought together since the Ancient Empire event last time!]

-[Let’s do our best](Icarus)

-[Yes]

-[To be precise, it’s the first time since we last contacted each other about the base representative issue](Arcadia)

-[Ah, right, that’s true ㅇㅇ](Icarus)

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And since Arcadia responded well, I felt a surge of optimism that this round might go better than expected.