Chapter 29

Episode 29. Lone Wolf vs. Troll (7)

Alongside the battleship-grade particle beam bombardment unleashed by Pashtira, six destroyers fired in unison.

Adding to that, the main cannon and missile attacks from the Overseer hitting them from the rear.

It was more than enough to obliterate 90% of my patrol ships and completely wreck MelonMelon’s already damaged fleet.

Especially since, in an attempt to “cover” the Overseer, all their main destroyers had gathered in the center, which turned out to be a huge mistake.

From their perspective, it was like being hit by battleship cannons from both front and back.

In our surprise attack, four out of five destroyers from MelonMelon’s fleet stationed in the center were instantly sunk.

One of the nearby escort ships even got caught in the explosion of a destroyer.

Thanks to the bombardment from my destroyers and the Overseer’s missiles, the rest of them turned into a spectacular fireworks show.

Of course, our destroyers took a bit of a beating too.

But compared to their fleet, which was completely blown to bits, it was nothing.

“Ah, this feels refreshing. Now this is what a fleet battle should be like.”

It ended up being an accidental full-scale fleet battle, but hey, it worked out well.

As I thought this, I used the additional escort ships and destroyers to chase off the remnants of Melon’s fleet.

At the same time, I sniped them one by one with the Overseer’s awesome main cannon, forcing them to take even more damage as they fled.

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After their forces completely disappeared from sight,

I decided to collect the destroyer I had used as bait, along with the minerals, various ships, and scrap from the battlefield.

I even called in the Resource Mining Ship to tow all this glorious scrap back to the base.

Of course, the most valuable item from this battle, the SSS-Class Cruiser, was being repaired on the spot using the mining ship’s drones, while making its way back to the base.

However, I ordered three destroyers, including the one Pashtra was on, to return to the base ahead of the others.

The reason for this was none other than…

<Pirate Group Activity Detected>

<A pirate group heading towards the Commander's base has been spotted by the outer surveillance base.>

“Ah, crap.”

“Commander, all we have left at the base are two patrol ships that just finished construction.”

Just when we had barely won the battle, it looked like we were about to get backstabbed by pirates.

Of course, now that we’ve completed the Level 3 base upgrade, it’s not like the old days where we’d tremble at a pirate ambush.

“All base defense systems activated, and the unmanned defense drone hangars are ready for deployment.”

“Hmm, very good.”

Now, the base’s defense systems alone are enough to hold off any half-baked pirates.

“Jessica, what’s the scale of the pirates approaching right now?”

“Hold on, let’s see… four destroyers and five escort ships.”

“…”

Sadly, it seems like some kind of level-scaling system is in play.

The pirates’ forces have also been upgraded, leaving me with nothing but tears.

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Anyway, after wrapping up the battle like that,

and barely fending off the pirates while successfully restoring my fleet to normal,

the next day, I suddenly became curious about how the enemy had reacted during the battle.

After all, while I was busy dealing with the pirates yesterday,

I accidentally unblocked the chat and received a whiny email from them demanding I return their cruiser.

To which I simply replied:

-[ㅗ^^ㅗ]

And then immediately blocked them again.

So I had no idea how they might have reacted.

Well, it’s probably all the same, but you can’t just brush off human emotions like that.

I ordered Jessica to deploy the new Resource Mining Ship into the New-Resource Fleet for mining operations,

then immediately leaned back in my command chair and started scrolling through the community forum.

And soon enough, I found the post I was looking for.

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Title: WTF, how did my cruiser get stolen by a boarding assault?

Author: Melon

Content: [Cruiser stolen message], [Message that cruiser ownership has been transferred to Icarus]

I clearly had S-grade defense troops and equipment on that cruiser, but that damn bastard dove in with a patrol ship and just straight-up stole it.

What the hell, is this a bug or something? I deployed my defense troops, so why the hell did I get wiped out?

This is just straight-up broken, isn’t it? If you can just steamroll everything with a Superhuman, what’s even the point of having Ships in the game?

This game is absolute trash, damn it.

With such a user-unfriendly attitude, let’s see how long this game lasts.

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Comments:

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‘Hahahahaha, you idiot….’

Now they’re not even bothering to hide behind anonymous nicknames and are openly targeting me.

Looking at the frustration in the post, I couldn’t help but think, “Was that Melon guy way more of an idiot than I expected?”

‘Losing because you’re bad and then blaming it on the game being broken—why is it always the same?’

Even the games that were once hailed as national treasures back in their prime.

Even now, 30 years later, the whining of trolls and no-lifers hasn’t changed one bit.

And it seems like I’m not the only one thinking this.

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[Why do idiots always have the same script?]

[For real.]

[Always crying about the game being broken, ugh, damn it.]

[You’re just bad, you noob.]

[Trash♡ Even lost your Cruiser, what a loser♡ Go die♡]

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The reactions to his post were mostly negative.

In fact, just a few days ago, it was revealed that he had stolen a Resource Zone from a veteran player.

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[Is this the place where you tried to mess with the veteran and ended up losing your Ship?]

[Pilgrimage time lolololol please let this gacha pull be successful.]

[Trash♡ What a trashy♡ place, just die already♡]

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