Chapter 265

Posted by Kuze, ? Views, Released on January 2, 2025

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Chapter 265. The Siege of Avalon. (1)

After the mini-event ended,

I worked my butt off collecting resources, gathering and gathering, and then gathering some more.

There were some rumors in the gallery about some clan collapsing or whatever, but I was too busy clearing faction quests to pay attention.

Anyway, in just over half a month… no, to be precise, about 20 days?

I did wonder how much I could actually gather in that time.

But when the construction of the Air Command was finally completed, and the repair of the “Large Aircraft Carrier” was nearing its end…

“Jessica, report on the current stockpile of resources.”

“Combined with the resource crates you just opened, Commander, we have 3 million minerals and 750,000 rare resources.”

“Hmm, nice.”

Surprisingly, our base had amassed over 3 million resources.

Of course, contrary to my expectations, the reason we gathered so much was, as Jessica mentioned…

I had opened a ton of resource crates that had piled up.

But aside from that, I also miscalculated and forgot to account for some resources obtained through “Quests.”

Plus, after clearing a monster faction quest recently, we also snagged an extra 100,000 minerals and 10,000 rare resources.

Anyway, the important thing is that we now have a ton of resources…

And to seal the deal…

“Alright, let’s start looting the resources from the trading market~”

“Wooow.”

With Jessica’s half-hearted cheer, I invested 25,000 gold, more than originally planned, including what I got from the mini-event,

and bought a massive amount of premium resource crates to open…

A moment later.

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<Result of Opening 16,700 Premium Resource Crates from the Trading Market>

<Obtained 1,997,814 Minerals and 130,561 Rare Resources!>

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With nearly 2 million minerals and over 130,000 rare resources obtained,

I nodded in satisfaction and asked Jessica to check the exact amount of resources we now had.

“Jessica, report the base’s resource status.”

“Currently, we have exactly 5,071,952 minerals and 892,594 rare resources.”

For a moment, I felt an overwhelming sense of awe at the sheer amount of resources I had never experienced before.

Then, following the original plan, I headed straight to the <Mercenary Dispatch Center> in the base.

“Oh, Icarus? It’s been a while since you last visited.”

“Hmm.”

“Finally thinking of hiring new mercenaries? We’ve been getting a lot of info about mercenary groups set up by some hot-blooded folks lately.”

Sitting down on the sofa in front of the bartender-like dispatch center manager,

I confidently spoke without even glancing at the catalog he handed me.

“5 million minerals, 850,000 rare resources.”

“Huh?”

“I’ll hire as many mercenary groups as this can cover for up to 5 days. Hire them all, right now.”

“Huh?”

Of course, the manager’s sly face cracked with confusion at my response,

but it was only for a moment.

Soon, understanding the situation, the manager broke into a wide grin, gave a sharp 90-degree bow, and quickly began assembling the mercenary groups.

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And not long after…

-Commotion, commotion, commotion

-Beep beep, vroom vroom

“Wow, there are so many.”

“Yeah, there really are.”

With so many mercenary groups rushing to the dispatch center’s call,

combined with the existing mercenary groups and the defense fleet Marian sent, it felt like there were tens of thousands of pirate ships floating nearby.

From my perspective, it was an overwhelming sight.

And if you actually counted the numbers…

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<Mercenary Group Employment Status>

<Currently Employing 512 Mercenary Groups>

<Daily Resource Consumption: 808,550 Minerals, 99,581 Rare Resources>

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The total number of ships, including battleships, carriers, and cruiser battleships, had exceeded 45,000.

“The effect of paying 5 million minerals and 850,000 rare resources in one lump sum was incredible!”

To be precise, the lump sum = recruitment cost was 2.5 million minerals and 500,000 rare resources.

Anyway, from a spectator’s point of view, it was a scale that could literally take your breath away with joy.

And on top of that, there were about 5,000 ships from the ‘Pirate Alliance’s Defense Fleet’ that Marian had previously deployed and handed over command to me… to be exact, about 4,900 and a few dozen ships.

Additionally, thanks to Princess Luka’s hard work, the Monster Fleet had grown significantly, including one large cruiser battleship-class monster, totaling about 30 ships.

And finally, my main fleet of 25 ships, led by Kraken and Hreðsvelgr.

It seemed like the quantitative scale decreased exponentially as we went down the list.

Combining all these fleets, it was equivalent to a small to medium-sized clan going all out.

I set aside about 1,000 ships from that fleet in case of a potential base raid.

With the remaining 50,000 ships, I planned to head straight to the largest ‘Tanhoizer Gate Fortress’ in this central zone.

But at this very moment, opinions started pouring in that I should revise my plan.

“Oppa, no matter how impressive your current forces are for a single commander… the Tanhoizer Gate Fortress is really not a joke.”

“I agree, Commander.”

“…Yeah, it does seem a bit much.”

Honestly, at the time, I was so furious that I couldn’t see straight and just wanted to devour the ‘largest city’ in one go.

But realistically, the defensive power of the ‘Tanhoizer Gate Fortress’ was at a level that even my 50,000-ship fleet couldn’t possibly conquer.

“Ugh…”

“Belial and Marian are right, Commander.”

“Remember, the fleet at the Tanhoizer Gate Fortress has thousands of battleships alone.”

“The aircraft from the fortress hangars alone would number in the millions. Even under my command, that’s an impossible scale.”

“Plus, if the fortress’s main cannons fire, half your fleet could be wiped out in one shot, Oppa.”

So, we gave up on the ‘Tanhoizer Gate Fortress,’ which was physically impossible for one person to siege, and instead decided to head towards a nearby, decently large and beautiful stronghold.

A place that was ‘decently’ fortified, had a ‘decent’ number of fleets, and was ‘decently’ close by.

We decided to head towards the so-called ‘Avalon Fortress’ with all our forces.

“Alright, let’s go to Avalon!”

“Yep.”

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Meanwhile, at the same time Icarus was happily heading towards Avalon with a fleet of over 50,000 ships.

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Title: Yo, what clan is this?

Author: ㅇㅇ

Content: [A fleet of 50,000 ships sailing through space]

Out of nowhere, they’re moving through the central zone as a clan unit.

So annoying?