Chapter 429

Chapter 429. Now it’s a real triangular pyramid shape. (1)

The day after hearing Jessica’s nonsense, I felt a momentary sense of bewilderment.

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<<<Fortress Main Gun of 'Tanhoizer Fortress' restoration complete!>>>

<As of now, the 'Fortress Main Gun' is included in the 'Fortress Comprehensive Defense System' of the 'Tanhoizer Gate Fortress'!>

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“Finally!!”

“Is it finally complete?”

Recently, the Humanity Clan tried to use it, but they got utterly destroyed by the Leviathan Fleet, which slightly tarnished its reputation.

However, it remains the ‘most powerful firepower’ that users can currently deploy.

At first glance, the fortress main gun, which looks more like a massive facility or a ‘city’ than a cannon, revealed itself…

I felt an immense sense of satisfaction looking at the grand and splendid fortress main gun.

And finally, as the fortress main gun unveiled itself to us…

“Commander, I heard the fortress main gun of Tanhoizer has been completed.”

“Wow, seeing it like this, it’s really huge.”

-“It’s an incredible size! A large aircraft carrier could fit inside the barrel!”

Not only Belial and Tiamat, who were out leveling up, but also today’s escort (rock-paper-scissors winner) Smeragi were all excitedly fussing over the fortress main gun.

And the other superhumans and mercenary commanders were all showing positive reactions as well.

“With this, we won’t have to sortie out as often.”

“Hoh, hoh hoh.”

“Wow, Commander Icarus, you really surprised us with this.”

As Lepan, the squad leader, mentioned, they were the ones who had to sortie out frequently to deal with threats.

Now, with the fortress main gun, they thought that a single blast would solve everything, so they couldn’t help but be friendly.

Of course, as always, Ignis, Partia, and Oxianor only congratulated on the ‘firepower high.’

They showed quite a lukewarm reaction.

As for our professor, the all-purpose troublemaker Grigri Gryanarr…

“Commander, have you thought about modifying the fortress main gun into a bio-weapon?”

“…What are you talking about?”

“Remember the idea from the ‘Super Mobile Fortress Tyranno’ we got last time? What if we attached that to the main gun?”

“Just asking, but you don’t really think that’s possible right now, do you?”

“What about making bio-components inside? It could grow on its own and create a fortress main gun with giant tentacles for the Commander.”

“No.”

Spouting magical words that drove listeners insane, he boldly spewed crazy ideas.

And finally, our trigger-happy nun Pashtira…

“Haaa… What a magnificent weapon…♡”

“Hmm.”

“If we bombard the fleet with that… Hehe♡”

“Hmm.”

She was glued to the command center window, her face flushed red as she gazed at the fortress main gun.

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Anyway, with the long-awaited construction of the Tanhoizer fortress main gun finally completed,

To share the joy, we played a happy-happy-happy~ broadcast throughout the base.

While doing daily quests, I opened the gallery window, and something astonishing appeared before my eyes.

And what was it…

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Title: Real-time occupation count updating stronghold.txt

Author: ㅇㅇ

Content: [A GIF showing the level 5 stronghold ‘Spiralus Research Institute’ changing hands 5 times in a day]

It’s the Spiralus Research Institute in the Central Zone, which is currently a total mess!

It’s a legendary stronghold that changed hands 5 times in just one day!

Comments

-[Since when did level 5 strongholds become so easy to capture?]

-[Idk?](Author)

-[Lol????]

-[No matter how non-defensive the stronghold is, how does it change hands 5 times in a day??]

-[Where did the defense facilities and fleet go for the owner to change so often?]

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It was the information that a level 5 stronghold had changed hands 5 times in a day.

But a level 5 stronghold is not a place that can be easily captured, considering how much I struggled to conquer it in the past.

Why are users capturing it so easily, like eating cake?

Moreover, I wasn’t the only one thinking this…

“Strange…”

“Well, a level 5 base means not just the fleet, but the defense facilities are pretty solid too, right?”

“Yeah, you’re right.”

The comments on that post, and even Jessica, who was watching the situation from the side, looked puzzled.

Not long after, the speed-wagon uncles started showing up in the gallery to explain what was going on.

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Title: The Brutal History of the Spiralus Research Institute.txt

Author: Nosy Speed-Wagon

Content: [Ships around the burning Spiralus Research Institute.jpg]

1. The clan and users who originally occupied Spiralus were invaded on a large scale by users from other sectors and defeated.

Even though the base’s combat fleet remained, the original occupying users negotiated to hand over the base rights in exchange for preserving their remaining fleet and base.

2. Just 2 hours after the transfer of rights, about 3,000 Yellow Turban rebels charged at the base.

The guard fleet and defense facilities were completely wiped out, and the user fleets were annihilated, so users from other sectors collectively decided to raid the base.

3. After the Yellow Turbans were done, both the defense facilities and the guard fleet were wiped out.

They hurriedly tried to restore the defenses, but within an hour, users from a different sector arrived and started pounding the base with siege assault ships.

The Yellow Turbans had more numbers, but the other side had more siege ships and large ships, so they got beaten from a distance and fled.

At this point, the main combat fleet was effectively wiped out.

4. The new users were shocked to find the base completely empty.

They frantically docked their bases to use as makeshift defense facilities and used resource mining ships to repair the internal facilities, but then another group of users from a different sector appeared.

And of all things, they were monster-themed users who overwhelmed them with sheer numbers.

The fourth group of users, who had a ‘large ship killer’ style centered around siege ships, fled as soon as the monster users approached.

The base was destroyed lol.

5. The monster users, after taking over the base, realized there were no defense facilities or fleets left.

They pondered what to do since their fleet wasn’t good for defense, and ended up handing the base over to a passing Earth Federation, or rather, a Humanity clan.

In return, they decided to take over another level 3 base that the clan had.

6. Today’s final owner.

They were tricked by the monster users above and ended up with a base that had no defense facilities or anything, and are now in tears.

[A toad in a tuxedo bowing 90 degrees left and right. gif]

Thank you.

Comments:

-[What lol]

-[Identify the group that suffered the most losses here (5 points)]

-˪[Correct answer! The guys who suddenly had to abandon a perfectly good base and start trench warfare!]

-[If the defense facilities and fleet are all gone, what’s even left?]

-˪[Nothing, even the defense barriers are all melted and the main fleet gate is blocked lol] (Author)

-[How did you even find out about this?]

-˪[Through connections]

-˪[If it’s connections, then it’s legit]

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And after hearing that mysterious fixed-nick’s oddly detailed explanation.

‘It was a real mess.’

I realized why such a thing happened and nodded in agreement, expressing ’empathy’ in the gallery.

But that thought was short-lived.

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-[But where exactly is that place that keeps attracting people trying to destroy a level 5 base?]

-˪[<Spiralus Research Institute spatial coordinates>] (Author)

-˪[Here] (Author)

-˪[Wait, isn’t that near the Icarus Triangle Zone?]

-˪[Yep, so after the defense fleets were wiped out, I thought whoever takes it will end up screwed, so I’ve been lurking and watching] (Author)

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As I read the following comments, I realized that the Spiralus Research Institute was right near me.

“···Jessica.”

“Yes, Commander.”

“Call the Mercenary Dispatch Center immediately. It’s time for a sortie.”

I realized that this was essentially a ‘free’ opportunity to seize a level 5 base, so I immediately spent all my remaining resources to hire a large number of mercenaries.

With all the hired mercenaries and the main force, I began marching straight towards the Spiralus Research Institute.