Chapter 170

Chapter 170. The one who suppresses their anger is scarier when they finally explode.

Of course, the sharp reactions of the main fleet members ended up “fusing” Marshmallow’s crumbling mentality in a “different way.”

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-[Who the hell made me go alone and get screwed over? Is that really your reaction?] (Marshmallow)

-[You went along with it because you wanted to, didn’t you?] (Goliath)

-[What the hell?] (Marshmallow)

-[Whoa, whoa, whoa] (Dolphin)

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Along with the three heavy cruisers that were blown up along with the repair ship due to Icarus’s surprise attack,

since they were at the center of the formation, they suffered the most damage in Icarus’s fleet battle.

With three cruiser battleships on the verge of being destroyed and only about 10 heavy cruisers left, Goliath snapped and blurted out something. When Marshmallow saw this,

he lost his patience at Goliath, who had been mocking him for being a “weak carrier,” and immediately turned into a battle-hardened warrior in the chat, starting a full-on brawl.

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-[Hey, you bastard, didn’t you say the carrier was weak and to just attack?]

-[Is that really the reaction you’re gonna give?] (Marshmallow)

-[What the hell, who do you think lost half their fleet?]

-[You’re talking nonsense, you think only your fleet got wrecked? Only yours?] (Goliath)

-[You bastard, do you think losing two 40-point ships in one shot is the same as you?] (Marshmallow)

-[I lost 100 10-point ships, you idiot.] (Goliath)

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In that situation, naturally, Byraktar and Dolphin, who were tired of Marshmallow’s whining, stayed silent.

At the same time, they secretly hoped Goliath would win (?)…

But right at that moment…

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-[Shut the hell up, all of you.]

-[I lost two-thirds of my fleet trying to help you guys, so stop whining already.] (Ramuramu)

-[Oh.] (Goliath)

-[Oh.] (Marshmallow)

-[You both acted like idiots, so just stop.] (Ramuramu)

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Until now, Ramuramu had been subtly leading the clan, covering for the users who just slapped together a main fleet.

But when Ramuramu’s rage exploded over the idiocy of both sides leading to the fleet being torn apart, the chat fight came to an abrupt halt.

Instead…

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-[Goliath, you’ve been whining from the start and inciting everyone by saying the carrier was weak.] (Ramuramu)

-[But everyone agreed back then.] (Goliath)

-[Shut up, I clearly refused with a valid reason, but you went full idiot mode.]

-[And Marshmallow, you’re a damn bastard too.] (Ramuramu)

-[What the hell, why me?] (Marshmallow)

-[While the main fleet was getting wrecked, you just sat there trying to take out four mercenary squads and “aircraft.” What’s your excuse?] (Ramuramu)

-[I asked for support because I was getting wrecked.] (Marshmallow)

-[You idiot, the mercenaries with light cruisers as their max output and one Kraken attack squad were all you sent, even though your aircraft level is higher?]

-[You just wanted to take out the weaklings quickly while the main fleet tanked the aggro, didn’t you?]

-[When I brought the fleet over, most of your ships were destroyed recently, you bastard.] (Ramuramu)

-[Oh.] (Marshmallow)

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Thanks to Ramuramu’s “ultimate rage” and chaotic chat spamming,

the Unity Clan’s chat suddenly turned into something resembling a people’s court.

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After Ramuramu’s rage mode ended…

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-[Alright, everyone, let’s grit our teeth and work together now, okay?] (Ramuramu)

-[Okay.] (Goliath)

-[Okay.] (Marshmallow)

-[Finally, it’s quiet.] (Byraktar)

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After somehow managing to sort things out, the Unity Clan realized that despite their massive losses,

from an objective standpoint, they were still in an overwhelmingly advantageous position.

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-[Wait, if you think about it, we’re still in a good position, right?] (Dolphin)

-[?] (Goliath)

-[Think about it…]

“Try it, the mobility of the cruiser battleship will be fixed in half a day at most, right?” (Dolphin)

– “Yeah, exactly about 14 hours.” (Goliath)

– “But no matter how strong their aircraft are, can’t we just hold out by thoroughly organizing the fleet’s anti-air defense formation with the remaining ships?”

– “Even though Ramuramu’s fleet has been split up a lot, if we combine Bairaktar and Marshmallow’s fleets, we should be able to crush their aircraft.” (Dolphin)

– “I don’t think that’s wrong. Especially since I’ve taken almost no damage to my small ships, so if I deploy them externally, we can probably withstand a couple of their aircraft raids.” (Bairaktar)

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After that, all sorts of discussions happened.

To summarize, it was, “Our anti-air capabilities are still sufficient, so we can hold out here.”

Once the mobility of the cruiser battleships and other main ships is restored, the small ships can block Icarus’s raids with their bodies.

Meanwhile, the main ships can be sent to the base to crush them with firepower. That was the clean and simple plan.

Including Ramuramu, whose mental state was subtly shaken, the Unity Clan unanimously agreed to the plan for the first time.

They then began preparing to show off a space defense posture like a hedgehog and deliver seven consecutive hits to Icarus’s cruiser battleship.

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But a few hours after that thought.

Icarus, who had returned after a good nap, launched a hit-and-run raid using Kraken + Light Aircraft Carrier.

“Ahhh! Air raid alert! Air raid alert!”

“Commander! Snap out of it!”

No matter how much they were deploying their space defense, the increased number of aircraft raids compared to before, along with…

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– “Torpedoes from the rear!” (Ramuramu)

– “Wow, teleport is so OP.” (Goliath)

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…another teleport raid, which Kraken can only do once a day, began.

The bizarre phenomenon of five users being toyed with by one user in real-time was making everyone’s nerves sharp.

The only silver lining was that their sole Light Aircraft Carrier had explosively leveled up through the fierce battle.

Despite being outnumbered, the already well-grown Light Aircraft Carrier was able to fight evenly against Kraken’s squadrons.

At the very least, they could avoid the first wave of the vicious Kraken aircraft attacks.

But no matter how high the Light Aircraft Carrier’s level was, the opponent was an OP ship that only appeared occasionally in the highest tiers.

The remaining ships had to rely on the anti-air formation to stubbornly hold out.

Of course, the massive anti-air formation of five users’ fleets wasn’t just for show—Icarus had initially lured them into complacency by throwing Light Aircraft Carrier aircraft at them.

The insane level of anti-air buffs applied to the entire fleet was enough to equally crush Icarus’s aircraft, whether they belonged to Kraken or the Light Aircraft Carrier…

But as the relentless raids continued, along with the insane teleport torpedo drops that had just shocked the clan members…

For every few hundred aircraft they destroyed, one destroyer would explode, slowly…

Very slowly, the fleet’s strength was being eroded.

But the tension didn’t last long.

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– “That bastard’s retreating!” (Goliath)

– “How many aircraft did they send?” (Ramuramu)

– “About 3,500? 4,000?” (Marshmallow)

– “They’re throwing 4~500 aircraft just to sink one destroyer, damn it.” (Bairaktar)

– “But they lost that many aircraft, so let’s have a drink~” (Dolphin)

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After hours of vicious raids, Icarus retreated with most of their aircraft destroyed.

The Unity Clan members finally breathed a sigh of relief, having survived.

Although, because they had to divert the support superhumans who were speeding up repairs to defense…

The repairs that should have been completed in a few hours when the raid started were completely halted by the time the raid ended.

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