Chapter 411

Chapter 411. Make Humanity Great Again! (2)

The Earth Defense Fleet, which had been holed up only within the capital region of Earth, steadfastly focusing solely on defense.

And the flagship of that fleet, the overall flagship of the Earth Federation.

The news that the Leviathan-Class, the largest “single ship” in the game, had moved directly caused a surge of suspicion within the Humanity Clan about what on earth was going on.

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**<Humanity Executive Chat Room>**

**<Announcement: The current top priority is connecting each occupied base, user regions, and external fleets>**

– [Didn’t we avoid aggroing the Leviathan?]

– [Why are you even talking about aggro?]

– [Ah]

– [For real?]

– [Yeah, for real]

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Of course, the suspicion was short-lived.

In essence, this news meant that the aggro of the Earth Federation’s main force had been released.

Users who had been constantly poking the fleet to keep the Earth Defense Fleet from moving began to suspect that they might have slacked off.

Some even suggested that since things had come to this, they should take advantage of the Earth Defense Fleet’s absence and target Earth, the “capital.”

But…

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**<Humanity Executive Chat Room>**

**<Announcement: Leviathan is moving, everyone prepare for response>**

– [Let’s go to Earth, woooo!]

– [This is even more messed up, isn’t it?] (Zegal Yang)

– [Why?]

– [Remember the Northwest Border Defense Fleet that Icarus wrecked a few days ago?] (Zegal Yang)

– [Yeah]

– [They and the Northern Outer Region Fleet got hammered from both sides and retreated, and the Western Border Defense Fleet even emergency warped to Earth to escape.] (Zegal Yang)

– [What… the.]

– [So even without the Earth Defense Fleet, Earth has enough power to defend itself now.] (Zegal Yang)

– [We’re screwed, no chance for an elite battle.] (Zegal Yang)

– [Ah, damn it]

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The border defense fleets that Humanity had previously destroyed while breaking through the defense lines, as well as the Western Defense Fleet that had been left to keep the Loki Clan in check, had all fled to Earth contrary to the plan.

As a result, Earth’s own defenses became solid, and the Earth Defense Fleet no longer needed to be tied down solely to defense.

With this newfound freedom, the Earth Defense Fleet, now declaring “we’re all dead anyway,” launched an all-out assault.

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And such a situation spread rapidly in all directions through the gallery.

I sipped my coffee and, upon hearing the news of the Leviathan’s appearance, realized that Humanity had really screwed Loki over.

“Wow, after the war ends, Humanity is really going to grind their teeth at Loki, huh?”

“Why is that, Commander?”

Jessica, sitting next to me, made a face and gesture as if to say, “What do you mean by that?” So I decided to give a straightforward answer.

“Well, the Loki Clan was originally attacking the West to keep Humanity in check, right?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“But in the process, they clashed with the Western Border Defense Fleet, leaving them in a pretty bad state.”

“Hmm… that’s true?”

Seeing Jessica nod in agreement, I gave her a brief summary as I always did.

“But actually, this was all part of the Loki Clan’s scheme.”

“Huh?”

“To put it simply, they filled up the aggro limit of the Border Defense Fleet themselves.”

I decided to post an explanation in the gallery.

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**Title: Yo, this was all planned by the Loki Clan from the start**

**Author: Icarus**

**Content: [Jörmungandr-Class Dreadnought from the Western Border Defense Fleet.jpg]**

So, remember how the Loki Clan was initially blocked by the Western Defense Fleet and couldn’t keep Humanity in check?

But ironically, that made the Western Defense Fleet extremely vigilant, causing their aggro limit to skyrocket.

You might ask, what’s the problem with that?

Well, to put it simply, they turned the Western Fleet into cowards and made them flee to Earth.

If Loki had just stayed still, the Western Fleet would’ve just been facing off against Humanity.

But since Loki had already built up that aggro limit by attacking, when Humanity attacked from behind, they couldn’t handle it and fled to their home base, Earth.

And with that, the Northeast and…

In the north, and on top of that, the western defense fleet is gathering.

So, we’ll leave Earth’s defense to three fleets, and the Earth Defense Fleet will launch a full-scale offensive.

Even without them, the user fleet won’t be able to mess with Earth anymore, ya know.

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Comments:

– [This makes so much sense, 3rd Seat!]

– [So, isn’t the Earth Defense Fleet actually an Earth Invasion Fleet?]

– [Both Humanity and Loki are using their brains like crazy, my head hurts for real.]

– [LOL]

– [Loki’s always been keeping Humanity in check, but now they’re serving them a big L, hahaha.]

– [Humanity is crying.]

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“I see, so it’s ultimately a battle of wits between the Humanity Clan and the Loki Clan.”

“At least that’s how I see it, Jessica.”

If it’s not that, then it’s just a mess, but those two prideful clans would never say, ‘Oh, it’s all just a coincidence.’

It’s highly likely that my thoughts are correct.

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At the same time, in the Loki Clan…

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<LokiLokiLokiLoki~>

<Announcement: LokiLokiLokiLokiLoki~>

– [Why does our announcement always sound like that?]

– [They were going for happy-happy but ended up with that.]

– [What’s going on all of a sudden?]

– [<Link to a post in the gallery praising the Loki Clan’s strategy>]

– [They saw that and went wild.]

– [Wait, did we really pull that off?]

– [Betelgeuse probably handled it.]

– [Our Clan Leader and staff are always working hard, there must’ve been a big picture.]

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Unlike the clan members who are only good at trolling and scheming but aren’t much help otherwise.

Even though it started as a mess, and even though Humanity was struggling, when someone who had been subtly annoying acknowledged him in a post.

“See! Everyone acknowledges my big picture!”

“Yeah, yeah, we get it. Now sit down, Clan Leader.”

“Happy happy haaaappy~!”

“Our Clan Leader seems to be under a lot of stress.”

“Yeah, seems like it.”

—

The Loki Clan’s Clan Leader, Betelgeuse, was so excited during the meeting that he started breakdancing on the table.

He kept showing off his joy.

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Meanwhile, whether Loki or Humanity were freaking out or not, some newbies in the gallery were puzzled by all the fuss the clans and top players were making.

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Title: Wait, why is the Earth Defense Fleet so scary?

Author: ㅇㅇ

Content: [A toad image with a background full of question marks, raising a question mark]

Why though?

I really don’t know.

Honestly, isn’t it just a really big Jörmungandr-Class?

Wait, no, it doesn’t even have the big freaking guns like Ouroboros or Jörmungandr, so isn’t it just a super huge Dreadnought-Class? Right?

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Comments:

– [What… did you just say?]

– [Take it back… what you just said…!]

– [You’re digging your own grave, kid.]

– [Huh?]

– [Whatwhatwhatwhatwhatwhatwhat]

– [Look at these old-timers having a meltdown, LOL.]

– [What’s with all the chaos?] (Author)

– [There’s gonna be a funeral and a festival soon.]

– [Ah, I see.] (Author)

– [Wait, is that about me?] (Author)

– [Yes, it is.]

– [You cheeky newbie, sit down and shut up.]

– [Our legendary old-timers are gonna tell you some epic old stories.]

– [Ah.] (Author)

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The way the question was asked ended up triggering the old-timers’ meltdown button (?).

So, the gallery users decided to roast the cheeky newbie first, then started sharing their own stories about the ‘Leviathan.’