Chapter 351

Chapter 351. The King of the Center, huh~ (1)

Of course, besides those four so-called “super-large” clans…

Even the Magellan Clan, which is always short on power, and the Southern Alliance tried to recruit Icarus…

…but ended up clashing among themselves, leading to a massive battle where the ownership of one Level 4 base, two Level 2 bases, and five Level 1 bases changed hands in just a single day.

Clans slightly smaller than the four major ones, but still considered large, are also maneuvering behind the scenes to hire Icarus as an external mercenary.

In the process, the perception arose: “Wait, there are plenty of solo players besides Icarus who could be hired as mercenaries, right?”

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Title: The scary thing about the current stream of consciousness

Author: ㅇㅇ

Content: [Image of a toad clicking its tongue]

Gallery regular users = Asking how to raid Tanhoizer’s empty base, then trying to incite a rebellion among docked users, only to end up watching the battle like it’s a livestream.

Clan users = Seeing Icarus mobilize a large force and trying to stir up chaos, but somehow the solo mercenary business is booming.

ㅇㄱㄹㅇ (For real though)

So now, well-connected users are suddenly switching careers to become mercenary agents.

It’s wild. The more this goes on, the more the game situation feels like a total mess.

Comments:

-[Mercenaries?]

-[What’s that?]

-˪[Solo players in the Central Zone or other zones, connecting them with clans](Author)

-˪[Depending on the player’s preference, they can join the clan or be used as “external mercenaries” for manpower padding](Author)

-[What the heck is that?]

-[The more this goes on, the more it feels weirdly realistic]

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Title: What’s up with the mercenary business suddenly booming in just an hour?

Author: Mercenary Office

Content: [Suddenly increasing mercenary contract requests]

What’s going on?

I was taking a nap, and suddenly my chat notifications blew up with people asking if they could hire solo players as mercenaries too.

What?

Comments:

-[LOLOLOLOLOL]

-[<Link to Icarus-Tanhoizer related posts><-Check this out]


-˪[What the heck LOLOLOLOLOL](Author)


-[Good luck with your business, old man]




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It’s truly a sudden turn of events.


But with the sudden rise of mercenary-agency businesses promoted by various clans and small-scale clans, or user-agent businesses, the world really is full of unpredictable things.


And at that very moment, as chaos swirled around individual users and clan executives alike...


What was our beloved Commander, Icarus, up to...?




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-"We've broken through the enemy fleet's formation and pushed back their main forces!"


"That's juicy."




Except for those sneaking through the gate to launch surprise attacks from the rear, the rest of the fleets were being pushed back one way or another.


To be precise, they were literally "physically" pushing back the frontlines...




-KWAAAAANG! BOOM!


-"GYAAAAAH!"


-"Outingen sunk!"


-"Abandon ship!"


-"Keep pushing! Don’t let them get close enough for artillery fire!"




The losses among the numerically superior mercenary forces were devastating.




"Jessica, what's the current enemy situation?"


-KWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG!!!


"Hmm, the last battleship was just sunk by concentrated aircraft attacks, so half of the battleships are gone?"




After teaching those vicious battleships and their battleship friends a lesson in manners by physically crushing them...


The remaining battleships and other ships were huddled together, forming a defensive line and putting in their utmost effort to avoid annihilation.


Of course, by solidifying their defense while pushing back the frontlines, they were preparing for a devastating counterattack the moment our offensive reached its limit.


Under normal circumstances, at this point, it would be wise to halt the reckless offensive, reorganize the fleet formation, and focus on preparing to counter the enemy's retaliation...




"Ouroboros, what's the current charge status?"


-"Currently at 0.58% of maximum output..."
"Left!"

"Jessica, where are the others?"

"Just as you instructed, Commander, they're positioned to overlap the buff range."

"Very good."

Unfortunately for the NPCs of Tanhoizer facing me, what I was about to do wasn't just a simple test of strength.

"Very, very good. If we start with Ouroboros's 5x charge, we should end with it too."

"Heeeeeey."

Based on the principle that people love to die by their own methods, as Tanhoizer's fleet was pushed far away.

Once again, using the '5x Combined Maximum Output Full Charge Main Cannon' from Ouroboros, with all buffs stacked, we began the bombardment.

It wasn't focused or scattered, just a regular barrage, so nothing stood out particularly.

But the outer walls of Tanhoizer, battered by the fleet's bombardment including Ouroboros from the start of the battle, were already in tatters.

The energy surge, hitting a wider area than a focused mode, struck directly.

The fatigued outer walls of Tanhoizer showed widespread collapse, creating a large hole outside.

Only then did Tanhoizer's commanders seem to realize what I was aiming for.

-Beep beep beep, beep beep beep!

"Commander, all of Tanhoizer's fleets are launching an offensive again!"

"Oh, already?"

-"It seems they've figured out our goal."

"Tsk tsk."

The mercenaries, who had only shown defensive postures, were now hastily charging without even forming a proper counterattack formation...

"Turn both Krakens to the front, use them as the center to defend against their offensive."

-"Yes, employer!"

-"Understood, Commander."

"Hreðsvelgr, as soon as additional missile production is complete, immediately switch strategic missile warheads to cluster bombs and bombard Tanhoizer's external air defense network."

-"Understood."

"Ouroboros, as soon as cooling is done, focus on sniping enemy cruisers with about 10% charge."

-"Will keep that in mind, Commander."

"And Tiamat, deploy the aircraft to attack the air defense network near the newly made hole."

-"Already on it!"

Following the planned strategy, we quickly responded with a bang bang bang.

Finally, I turned my head back to Jessica and instructed her to proceed with the final plan.

"Jessica."

"Yes, Commander."

"The 10,000 patrol ships we set aside earlier, and the superhuman assault team, are they ready?"

"Yes, ready to launch at any time."

And that plan was not for the next move...

Excluding Tiamat, who has no combat capability, and Aquarias, who is no different from an ordinary person.

All the superhumans I have, and some superhuman mercenary leaders.

Even Lephan left his fleet to his adjutant and joined the assault team with his commandos, launching a massive superhuman assault directly into Tanhoizer.

Of course, as mentioned, Tanhoizer only had a big hole in its outer wall and some of the surrounding air defense network was down.

Most of the base fortress's defense systems were still intact, so a direct assault would have resulted in 90% of the assault pods being destroyed.

To prevent the air defense network from being overloaded and intercepting us.

Just in case, we deployed a bunch of patrol ships as meat shields instead of assault pods.

No matter how you think about it, this operation had no chance of failure.

"Good, then start the assault immediately, charge!"

"The Commander's orders are out, all troops, commence the assault on Tanhoizer!"

-"Assault pods deployed! Deployed!"

-"You idiots, cover the pods properly!"

-"Aircraft and Hreðsvelgr's bombardment are starting!"

The moment my orders were given.

Amidst the massive bombardment, hundreds of thousands of assault pods, covered by the patrol ships, flew towards the giant hole.

'Ah, this is the thrill.'

It was truly a thrilling sight, and I decided to take a screenshot to brag about it later on the forum.