Chapter 23

Chapter 23. Lone Wolf vs. Troll (1)

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It had already been three days since I found out that the event had abruptly ended early.

Anyway, whatever the detailed reasons were, the damn event was over, and that was a fact.

I was enjoying the holiday that came with sweet rewards while watching our server stabilize.

Of course, that was separate from this.

“Huhuhaha.”

“Commander, your laugh sounds weird.”

By getting a free destroyer, I was finally able to rotate my main fleet in three shifts if needed, which made me genuinely happy.

A free 10x gacha ticket—how generous!

‘This is the real deal, like chicken and beer.’

And on top of that…

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[Resource Zone Raid Completed]

[350 Minerals Acquired!]

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While reclaiming the resource zone that had been attacked by pirates, I also managed to snag the resources they had.

This was truly a happy occasion.

Moreover, with the free 10x gacha and various other rewards,

my minerals had temporarily skyrocketed, giving me the chance to use our resources as I pleased.

So, I prioritized upgrading our base, which was the most urgent task at hand.

However, unlike regular facility upgrades, this was a full-on ‘base’ upgrade, so…

-Weeeeeeeng

-Dddddduk

-Kwoong! Kwang!

-Kakakakakak!

‘No matter where you go… I hear your noise.’

No matter where I went in the base, the loud construction noises followed,

and I could see the entire base transforming and expanding in real-time.

On top of that, while wandering around, I even got to see construction equipment like tower cranes that I’d never seen inside the base before.

The problem was that this massive base upgrade was essentially a full-scale ‘remodeling,’ so…

[Base Upgrade in Progress…]

[Time Remaining Until Upgrade Completion: 25:31:02]

Even though I started the upgrade immediately after receiving the rewards, it was still far from being done.

I wish upgrades would just go *poof* and be done in a flash, all shiny and new.

Why does this game insist on eating up so much time for everything?

And while it’s true that most games like this have ‘time reduction’ items,

for this base upgrade, using such items was completely blocked.

So, I was stuck enduring the construction noise for the past three days and would have to endure it for another day and an hour.

Fortunately, there were exactly two places where this noise didn’t reach.

One was the ‘Commander’s Private Bedroom,’ equipped with soundproofing for user comfort.

The other was the ‘Command Center,’ which, despite seeming impossible to soundproof,

somehow managed to be quiet thanks to the game’s ‘realism’ or whatever.

So, except for the first day when I didn’t know any better, I spent most of my time shuttling between my quarters and the command center, giving out orders.

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Anyway, while I was busy with all that,

the community atmosphere was turning really unfavorable for the so-called ‘Villain Alliance,’ a group of trolls.

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Title: If the Villain Alliance sucks, give me a thumbs up

Author: ㅇㅇ

Content: ㅇㄷㄴㅂㅌ~

Comments

-[Thumbs up if you think it sucks]

-[But it’s true that it sucks]

-[True]

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Of course, from the perspective of most ‘normal’ users,

they were naturally more favorable to the ‘Veteran Alliance,’ which helped or could help them,

rather than the Villain Alliance, who acted like dopamine-addicted troublemakers.

But as is often the case in life, some started mimicking the Veteran Alliance.

The problem was…

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Title: Isn’t the Veteran Alliance going too far?

Author: ㅇㅇ

Content: [Image]

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No, I asked for help because they said they’d help, but then they show up with a fleet of 10 ships, including a cruiser, just to catch some pirates with one destroyer and two patrol ships, and now they’re asking for deployment fees. Is this for real?

It costs 1,000 minerals for one deployment, how is a newbie supposed to afford that??

I thought at least they deserved some effort, so I scraped together 700 minerals and gave it to them.

But they said it’s not enough, destroyed my fleet worth 300 minerals, and left. What kind of nonsense is this?

Comments:

– [Is this for real?]

– [What’s going on? I’ve never been asked for something like that.]

– [What kind of jerk is this?]

– [Current alliance member here, we don’t do that kind of stuff.]

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Title: MUST READ) Newbies, beware of alliance scammers.

Author: MintChocoLover

Content: [Image 1], [Image 2]

Some guys are popping up like mushrooms, copying the old-timers who used to help for free.

Among them, the ones I’ve shown in the images, even if they offer help, don’t accept it.

They send a grand fleet that newbies can’t resist, then demand ridiculously high deployment fees.

And if you don’t pay? They attack and plunder you.

Unlike trolls, they’re more like loan sharks.

Comments:

– [True story.]

– [I almost got hit by those guys while my main fleet was away. I held out at my base and managed to fight them off.]

– [Why are there more and more jerks like this in the game?]

– [This is insane, 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