Chapter 409

Chapter 409. The Million-Strong Army. (3)

And the result of the extremely brutal battle.

“Commander, the Humanity Alliance fleet has just broken through the front lines.”

“Hmm.”

“And the Jörmungandr-Class and Dreadnoughts… they escaped via emergency warp, so we failed to eliminate them.”

“Hmm.”

Of course, as mentioned before, the massive number of mercenary groups consumed resources in the tens of millions per day.

After the time spent moving and the full-scale battle that followed.

Despite the chaos of battle, the sheer scale was sooooo huge that it took a loooong time.

The initial upfront payment of 30 million resources was completely drained in just 3 days.

Of course, as mentioned earlier, Humanity provided an additional 30 million, but that also ran out in 3 days, and on the final day, we almost faced a disaster due to resource shortages.

However, thanks to external mercenaries and subordinate clans who quickly threw about 12 million resources my way after assessing the situation, we somehow managed to finish the battle properly.

But as a result of all that intense fighting.

The million-strong army—no, the million-strong fleet—that I mobilized for the first time in my life…

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<Icarus-Indypatible-Menaldu Chat Room>

-[LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL]

-[LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL]

-[<Image of the remaining mercenary fleet reduced to 1,010 ships.jpg>]

-[LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL](Icarus)

-[Wow](Indypatible)

-[Wow](Menaldu)

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After about 7 days of brutal struggle, even with emergency additional resource support from Humanity.

The result was a miraculous change from 1.01 million ships to 1,010 ships.

‘Oh my god.’

Of course, thanks to the “sacrifice” (?) of those mercenary groups, we avoided the total annihilation of the main force and my direct mercenary group.

Anyway, I couldn’t help but feel that good things are good.

Of course, such facts were physically impossible to hide.

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<Icarus-Indypatible-Menaldu Chat Room>

-[Payment of at least 15 million minerals, 4 million rare resources, and 10,000 gold]

-[If you don’t give it, I’ll cry](Icarus)

-[LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL](Menaldu)

-[Yeah, I’ll give it]

-[Honestly, you know who our sugar daddy is now, right? You’ll get it soon, no worries](Indypatible)

-[OK](Icarus)

<Menaldu has requested a trade with the Commander!>

<Menaldu (5,000,000 minerals, 1,500,000 rare resources, 10,000 gold) ⇒ Icarus>

<Will you accept?>

<Y/N>

-[Yeah]

-[Take it](Menaldu)

-[You’re quick with the work](Icarus)

-[I’ll send the rest as soon as I get it]

-[Thanks](Menaldu)

-[Yeah](Icarus)

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And just like that, I received the resources as payment for this ordeal.

I led the remaining fleet straight to a nearby Humanity base, then used the teleport network there to head to Lumanya.

From there, I returned to my beloved Tanhoizer, terminated contracts with the mercenaries, and…

-Whimper

-Whimper

“It’s quite a mess. That Kraken seems beyond self-repair.”

“Ugh.”

Under the judgment of Princess Luka, the monster expert (who is actually a monster herself), it was concluded that the Kraken’s condition was serious.

So, I sent it through the gate to the Monster Force for long-term hospitalization, and immediately sent the other ships to the shipyard for repairs.

Feeling like I had done all I could, I decided to open the gallery and do some management.

But as soon as I opened the gallery, while dealing with the usual flood of reports and banning users…

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Title: Breaking News) Humanity Alliance’s external forces break through Earth Federation’s defense line

Author: News Boy

Content: [Image of Jörmungandr-Class and Dreadnoughts spewing black smoke from all sides, escaping via emergency warp, surrounded by users’ ships.jpg]

At around 9:30 AM today, the Humanity Alliance successfully repelled the Earth Federation’s Jörmungandr-Class and direct Dreadnoughts that were holding the defense line.

With the main ships gone, the Federation’s border defense fleet eventually retreated under the full-scale offensive of Alliance users, and the level 8 border base ‘Augustus’ was captured.

In this breakthrough, Icarus, ranked 3rd, with the help of Humanity, external mercenaries, and subordinate clans…

It has been confirmed that a large-scale mercenary force was mobilized using Liang’s resources.

And thanks to burning through all of that in a week, the Humanity Alliance was able to launch an additional offensive.

Comments:

– [The media is trash.]

– [Finally, something is happening.]

– [How much did they even throw in to make a big deal about just one more user joining?]

– [They mobilized 1.01 million ships.]

– [Damn, that’s a lot of mobilization, I admit.]

– [LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL]

– [Cool admission, nice to see.]

– [So did Icarus join as part of the Humanity team?]

– [Nah, doesn’t seem like it.]

– [From what we found out, they broke through the frontlines and then immediately returned to their base.] (Author)

– [Ah, I see.]

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When I saw the news of me causing chaos for the Earth Federation already posted as a top post in the gallery.

“…Wow, news travels fast.”

Now, they’re collecting information way faster than even the so-called info clans.

I couldn’t help but wonder if they were journalists or info clan leaders.

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And just as our Icarus reduced 1.01 million ships to 1,010 ships and entered a brief rest period.

Even though the storm-like Icarus was gone, the breached defense line wasn’t regenerating like those Naxx aliens.

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<Humanity Alliance Official Chat Room>

<Announcement: Let’s take down the Earth Federation>

– [Let’s gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo]

– [Let’s gooooooooooooooo]

– [Aww♡]

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Even the external mercenaries and lower clans, who had been complaining about Humanity’s sluggishness, didn’t miss this opportunity and continued to push forward with a strong offensive.

Of course, they weren’t just blindly charging in without a plan.

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<Humanity Executive Chat Room>

<Announcement: Current top priority is connecting occupied points, user regions, and external fleets>

– [The Chaos Clan fleet is about to make contact with the Vagabond Fortress.]

– [Contact the users docked at Vagabond and tell them to execute a double encirclement on the surrounding Federation fleet.]

– [The clan near Proxima Gamma is asking if they can switch to an offensive on their own.]

– [Users at the points should focus on defense to prevent confusion, and respond when the allied users arrive.]

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Users within the Earth Federation’s sphere of influence, having grasped the situation, also chose to avoid reckless offensives.

Instead, they waited for the allied forces to approach before responding to stabilize the frontlines.

The chaotic situation from before began to settle, and the mental overload on Humanity and other lower clans decreased.

And with their brains no longer overloaded,

Humanity’s staff, now with their brains bouncy and elastic, could focus their newfound energy on one place instead of scattering it everywhere.

And with more brains, the collective intelligence grew exponentially.

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<Humanity Executive Chat Room>

<Announcement: Current top priority is connecting occupied points, user regions, and external fleets>

– [Southern key point, Turk Supply Base, secured.]

– [Maximus Fortress also secured.]

– [Gargantia Interstellar Defense conquered.]

– [With this, the Earth Federation’s territory is effectively split in half.]

– [Let’s gooooooooooooooo]

– [Now’s the time.]

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Unlike the Earth Federation fleet, which was still overloaded from fighting on all fronts,

Humanity calmly picked off targets one by one, effectively splitting the Earth Federation’s territory in half.