Chapter 167

Chapter 167. Let’s not fight cowardly head-on, let’s just play fair and square with some sneaky tricks. (2)

Of course, our super Kraken, which collided at full speed with the light aircraft carrier, only ended up with a scratch on its frontal shell. Unfortunately, the light aircraft carrier, whose back was shattered and its internal organs(?) exposed, ended its long and troubled life without even the time to auto-repair or do anything else.

“AAAAAHHH!!!”

Naturally, when Marshmallow, the commander who owned the ship, saw his small and precious light aircraft carrier turn into a light/aircraft carrier, his mental state completely collapsed. In an attempt to preserve the remaining ships, he decided to initiate an emergency warp back to the base, abandoning the frontlines.

However, despite Marshmallow’s desperate efforts, the fleet’s counterattack was simply impossible to execute…

“Why can’t I retreat even though I pressed the retreat button?!”

Unlike Marshmallow, who was mentally broken and sobbing, there was a reason why his ships couldn’t escape. And that reason was none other than…

-“The commander ordered a retreat! Push them back no matter what!”

-“Hahahaha! You think an S-class can handle me?!”

His remaining two light aircraft carriers had allowed the infiltration of Icarus’ superhumans, leading to a sudden siege situation where retreat was impossible. As for the flagship light aircraft carrier…

-“Don’t you dare try to steal our commander’s ship!”

-“Ughhh!”

-“Smeragi! We’re here too!”

-“Oh, good timing!”

Along with his only SSS-class superhuman, Smeragi, the S-class superhumans ‘Lion’ and ‘Banshee’ from other ships rushed in to assist. They managed to repel Partia and the invading forces from the flagship, successfully regaining control. However, the situation was quite different for the other light aircraft carrier…

-“Hahahaha!”

-“Ahhh! Crazy!”

-“Commander! We need to scuttle the ship!”

Unlike the flagship, which only had Partia to deal with, the other light aircraft carrier was attacked by Gryanarr and Ignis, who had transformed into their giant monster forms. The superhumans defending it, Aura and Marpaga, were SS-class, a step below the attackers.

Despite being mentally shattered, Marshmallow, who was still within the top 1% of all users, realized that if they kept fighting, his precious superhumans would just die. So, with a heavy heart, he decided to abandon the light aircraft carrier. He ordered the two superhumans facing Gryanarr and Ignis to retreat and quickly evacuate the ship.

Of course, he couldn’t just let it be taken, so he tried to ram it into other nearby ships to scuttle it. Unfortunately for Marshmallow, and fortunately for Icarus, Belial, who was trying to capture nearby ships, quickly intervened. While Gryanarr and Ignis brute-forced their way through the hangar, Belial launched an assault pod into the engine room, preventing a mindless charge and successfully capturing the light aircraft carrier.

Meanwhile, as Icarus’ fleet achieved great results—sinking one enemy light aircraft carrier and capturing another—Marshmallow, who had tried to force a full retreat, realized that too many ships were under assault. He gathered the remaining ships, determined to protect the last light aircraft carrier at all costs.

However, given the sheer difference in numbers, it was only a matter of time before the last ship either followed the others to the bottom of the sea or was NTR’d by Icarus, forcing Marshmallow to hear something like, “Sorry, but I like this person more (because their ranking is higher)!” from his own ship.

As Marshmallow’s mental state began to crumble, he considered a grand scuttling like the German Imperial Fleet… but just as he was thinking that…

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-[F***]

-[S***]

-[What’s happening now?]

-[I’m here now]

-[Get a grip]

-[Grab him!] (Ramuramu)

-[Oh] (Marshmallow)

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While Marshmallow was holding on as all the ships were getting wrecked.

Ramuramu from the Unity Clan, having received the call, rushed over at full speed with the entire fleet.

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-[The cavalry of Lox is coming!!!!] (Goliath)

-[LOLOLOLOLOLOL] (Bairaktar)

-[Damn, it’s already a mess, but the timing was perfect, right?] (Dolphin)

-[Ughhh] (Marshmallow)

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Like a cavalry charge straight out of a medieval fantasy movie, they bombarded and then charged straight into the flank.

“Commander, the enemy fleet is retreating!”

“OOOOOOOOOH-!!!!”

Even Icarus’s fleet, which had already taken losses, was “slaughtered.”

It seemed that even Ramuramu’s fleet, which still had some strength left, decided it was too much to fight 2-to-1, so they stopped their offensive and retreated back to their base.

Marshmallow, grateful for the reinforcements that arrived at such a critical moment, decided to regroup their shattered fleet, but…

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-[Yo, my fleet is almost gone lol] (Marshmallow)

-[How bad is it?] (Bairaktar)

-[1 light aircraft carrier sunk, 1 captured, and about 50% of the rest of the fleet destroyed?] (Marshmallow)

-[Holy moly] (Goliath)

-[That guy might crawl back out, so I’ll cover Marshmallow and head back.] (Ramuramu)

-[Yeah, we’ll set up an anti-air formation and wait, so hurry up.] (Dolphin)

-[We await your repair ship!] (Bairaktar)

-[What are you talking about?]

-[With half the fleet gone, there’s no way the resource mining ships can hold up.] (Marshmallow)

-[Huh?] (Dolphin)

-[My remaining light aircraft carrier isn’t in great shape either, so can I borrow just one repair ship?] (Marshmallow)

-[Uh… sure.] (Dolphin)

-[We don’t have a repair ship either.] (Bairaktar)

-[We got ambushed from the rear, and the heavy cruisers that were being repaired exploded, taking the nearby ships with them lol.] (Bairaktar)

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