Chapter 240

Chapter 240. The reason you’re in 3rd place is because you’re in 3rd place.

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<This is a notification message delivered only to Icarus.>

<Icarus's ranking is 3rd, and the reasons for this ranking are as follows.>

<Plus Factors>

˪<9 consecutive wins>

˪<Average ships sunk per match: 50+ (top tier)>

˪<Average superhuman kills per match: 20+ (top tier)>

˪<Average assists per match: 500+ (top tier)>

˪<Leadership score bonus>

˪<Strategic fleet operation score bonus>

˪<Top-tier reconnaissance score>

<Minus Factors>

˪<1 loss>

˪<Fleet annihilation judgment>

˪<3 team kills>

Final Result: 3rd place

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After seeing the evaluation method in that message, Jessica and I couldn’t help but sigh deeply.

“Eh.”

“What a shame. If you’d done just a bit better, Commander, you could’ve at least hit 2nd place, if not 1st.”

As Jessica said, it was a pretty disappointing result.

But realistically, the reason I ended up in 3rd place was probably because of that glaring “1 loss” written there, unlike the other rankers.

While trying to console myself over that disappointment, I couldn’t help but feel a strange sensation about hitting 3rd place three times in a row.

“By the way, Jessica, isn’t it weird that I’m in 3rd place again?”

“You’re right. There must be something oddly fitting about you being in 3rd place, Commander.”

Anyway, now that I roughly understood why I was in 3rd place in E-U, I decided to check how others were reacting by opening both the gallery and chat windows.

Of course, the first thing I looked at was the “room where solo rankers gather.”

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Because there are people who…

From now on, don’t write posts if you’re in the bottom 0.1%, okay?

Comments:

– [The brain rot never ends]

– [10% set it up, 1% stepped up, and 0.1% suppressed it. I’m done.]

– [WTF, the 0.1% oppressing 99.9% of users?]

– [Stop using a random nickname and proudly reveal your main one!]

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Now that they’re even trying to pull off brain rot, I’m done with this gallery.

Antares, who’s been too busy managing the clan to be active in the gallery, and Raksha, who’s gone silent after losing the top spot, are out of the picture.

So, as the representative, I decided to dump a post in the gallery to put an end to all this nonsense.

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Title: I’ve come to end this war.

Author: Icarus

Content: [Proof of being in the top 0.001%, Rank 3]

I have descended.

If you dare to pull off one more brain rot, I’m blocking everyone below me.

Comments:

– [Wha… what?!]

– [?!]

– [Cool, confirmed.]

– [LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL]

– [But… but there’s still 1st and 2nd place…]

– [But there’s no 1st or 2nd right now]

– [Oh, right.]

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Anyway, after crushing those who try to start drama over the weirdest things…

“Commander, a cruiser squadron from the Earth Federation is attacking our base.”

“Send out the Kraken to make them its meal. Just in case, deploy escort ships and the Monster Fleet to protect its soft belly.”

“Got it.”

As always, the random enemies that spawn are being fed to the Kraken, and now the gallery’s drama is sprouting in a whole new direction.

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Title: By the way, who are the two new people in the top 10 this time?

Author: Anonymous

Content: [‘Legacy of the Ancient Empire’ event ranking chart.jpg]

1st to 8th are all familiar faces, but 9th and 10th are new.

Anyone know them?

Comments:

– [No clue.]

– [No idea.]

– [I know that Königs guy. He got the nickname ‘Political Officer’ during this event.]

– [What’s a Political Officer?] (Author)

– [Go read through the gallery pages properly.]

– [Ugh, I hate scrolling through pages.]

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Title: Königs is one thing, but who the heck is Mona Lisa?

Author: Anonymous

Content: I’ve never seen them before.

They were on the All-Star team when Rank 3 fought them, so they must be skilled, but…

Does anyone know who they are?

Comments:

– [Königs got talked about, but Mona Lisa hasn’t been mentioned much.]

– [Maybe they’re just decently good? No standout playstyle or anything.]

– [Ah, I see.]

– [They once pulled aggro on Rank 2 with faction trust and got marked.]

– [Oh, so that was them back then.]

– [LOLOLOL]

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And since the drama this time revolves around explanations (?) about the new ranked users…

I decided to calmly look through the posts about these two newcomers to gather some info.

Of course, even in the middle of this…

“Umm, Commander?”

“What is it?”

“Pirates have appeared this time. They’ve stuffed all sorts of things into Monster Ships and are dragging them around as slaves.”

“Ohhh…”

When pirates randomly showed up at the base, even enslaving Monster Ships (?)…

We beat them up and also worked on building trust with the Monster Faction.