Episode 421. Welcome to Tanhoizer.
And before I could recover from the shock of Jessica’s words, a mysterious event message popped up before my eyes.
<Event>
<The Leviathan Fleet Wants to Live.>
<Content>
<The 'Leviathan Fleet,' or rather, the last 'Earth Defense Fleet,' appeared with an incredibly bold attitude.>
<But upon seeing 3,700 fleets led by the Kraken and fortified bases in the place they fled to, and over 10,000 fleets approaching in real-time from beyond, they realized they couldn't survive like this.>
<In order to save their lives, they are trying to negotiate with you.>
<Option 1: Accept the Leviathan Fleet into the 'Icarus Triangle Zone'!>
<Option 2: Hahaha, get lost, you idiots.>
<Warning!>
<If you antagonize the Leviathan Fleet, you may find yourself in a very dangerous situation.>
“Huh.”
And after seeing that event message, I realized something strange. Unlike how the Leviathan Fleet had boldly appeared, turning someone else’s Dreadnought into a ‘D,’ why were they acting so pitifully now? It was hard to explain.
And even in the midst of this, seeing the event message boldly threatening me, I felt my expression twist on its own.
Meanwhile, at the same time Icarus was doing ‘something something,’ inside the Leviathan-Class ships facing off against Icarus and the 3,700 fleets, there was a lot of confusion about the current situation.
“Why is the one who defeated the Northern Border Defense Force here?!”
“Did we fall into a trap?!”
From their perspective, they had barely survived after being overrun by rebels in their own territory.
“Of all people, we ended up facing the mercenary who owns the Kraken-Class ships.”
Not only did they have two Kraken-Class ships that had nearly destroyed their border defense fleet’s Jörmungandr-Class last time, but there were also rare ships like the Hreðsvelgr and Ouroboros, along with thousands of commander fleets waiting. And now, seeing at least 10,000 fleets closing in from all directions, it was clear they had fallen into a ‘trap,’ plunging them into despair.
But even in that situation…
“Most of them are just guard-level forces without proper battleships.”
“If you leave it to us, we will definitely break through this encirclement.”
The spirited soldiers and captains of the Leviathan Fleet were sharpening their swords, ready to turn the tables on the forces surrounding them.
However, no matter how powerful the Leviathan Fleet was… after continuous fierce battles with Humanity, they hadn’t received proper repairs or supplies. Plus, during the breakthrough at Petrograd, they had taken direct hits from fortress main guns, leaving the entire fleet in a dire state.
After much deep and long deliberation, the Security Council Chairman and Fleet Admiral leading the Leviathan Fleet decided to negotiate with the representatives of the commanders surrounding them.
And after hearing about this situation directly from the Leviathan Fleet’s Admiral ‘Gilgamesh’ right after receiving the message… I remained silent for a moment.
<Option 1: Accept the Leviathan Fleet into the 'Icarus Triangle Zone'!><Select>
“Welcome to Yokoso Tanhoizer Park!”
-“Huh…?”
-“Th-thank you for the welcome.”
I immediately chose option 1 and decided to settle the Leviathan Fleet, who were filming a misunderstanding, inside our Triangle Zone.
The problem was, in the process, I accidentally pressed the ‘Mercenary Hire Button’ I had been hovering over, due to my tension easing after hearing that.
A moment later.
-“Hahaha, hiring mercenaries again? You must be rich!”
-“Who are we supposed to fight?”
-“Wait, isn’t that the Earth Federation’s main force?”
-“How are we supposed to fight that?”
-“Were we just cannon fodder?”
“Ahhhhhh.”
I frantically detached the sewing machine and threw it to the ground to destroy it, but by then, 450 mercenary groups had already been hired, causing two-fifths of my precious resources to vanish into thin air.
Of course, those hired mercenaries…
Before passing by, I had already dismissed all the hires.
To be precise, I naturally assumed that the Leviathan Fleet would be subordinated to me…
<Event>
<Conditional Surrender of the Leviathan Fleet!>
<Content>
<By accepting the conditions of the Leviathan Fleet and the Security Council Chairman, the Leviathan Fleet has been stationed in the 'Icarus Triangle Zone.'>
<Result>
<The 'Leviathan Fleet' is stationed within the territory held by the 'Icarus' Commander.>
<This unit will only respond if the Commander's territory is attacked and will remain on standby somewhere within the territory otherwise.>
<However, if 'appropriate resources' are provided, the Leviathan Fleet might temporarily join the Commander in battle.>
It wasn’t that, but rather a sort of ‘friendly neutrality’ where they were stuck in the territory.
If you wanted to use them, you had to offer ‘appropriate resources’ like mercenaries.
I felt oddly pleased and decided to be satisfied, thinking it was worth the price, even if only the ‘D’ remained after the ‘Rednote’ disappeared.
…Of course, before that.
“Okay, smile.”
“Umm.”
“Hahaha, who would’ve thought we’d end up doing this after coming all this way.”
“Since our lives and fleet are preserved, isn’t that a relief?”
“Okay, I’ll take the photo. 3… 2… 1… Shoot!”
-Flash!
Here, we successfully escaped, and our Earth Federation Security Council Chairman, along with the Leviathan Fleet Captain, Squadron Leader, and Admiral, decided to take a commemorative photo first.
After taking the photo, we neatly saved it and proudly uploaded it to the gallery.
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And shortly after.
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Title: Alright, the deal’s done, everyone scram ^^ㅗ
Author: Icarus
Content: [A photo of Security Council Chairman ‘Jamie’ and Leviathan Fleet Admiral ‘Ranka’ holding hands and smiling alternately.jpg], [An event message stating that the Leviathan Fleet is stationed in the ‘Icarus Triangle Zone,’ with the ‘resource supply’ part cut off.jpg]
Yeah
Now they’re on our team ㅅㄱ
Comments:
-[What the hell?]
-[?????]
-[Wait, is this for real?]
-[What?]
-[Wait, hold up, did Icarus just swallow Leviathan?]
-˪[Looking at the event message, it seems more like a friendly neutrality rather than being swallowed]
-[You idiot!]
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As the content of the message Icarus received was partially revealed in the post, most users who were idly watching were suddenly struck by the absurdity of the situation.
Especially users who were like vultures waiting to pick at the scraps if Tanhoizer fell, realizing that what they hoped for had become ‘forever’ impossible.
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Title: Is Icarus a hacker or something?
Author: ㅇㅇ
Content: [<Link to the post proving the Leviathan Fleet is stationed in Icarus's territory>]
Seriously, why does an individual get to have that?
It was already bad enough running a clan-like thing alone in the Central Zone, and now this?
Shouldn’t all Central Zone users band together and crush this? Right?
Comments:
-[Hmm, interesting;;;]
-[Hmm, seems about right]
-[Kinda sucks, a bit of a double standard]
-[LOL]
-[Time to go full savage ON]
-[LOL, that’s so typical of Central Zone guys]
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Under endless malice and venom towards Icarus, they were unabashedly calling for a ‘savage beatdown.’