Chapter 436

Chapter 436. Icarus vs. Huang-Seon Tribe. (1)

Anyway, after racking their brains like that, they came up with what they thought was a decent plan.

The Huang-Seon Tribe, thinking, “Yo, with this, we’re 100% winning, right? Right?”, started launching a full-scale offensive.

Of course, there were users staying back for rear defense, and those participating in the offensive couldn’t commit all their forces to base defense.

According to the strategy, except for those who could capture and dock at the strongholds, the rest only brought about 70-80% of their maximum power…

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[Libertarian Offensive Strategy Chat Room]

[Notice: Let’s go as planned]

– [Hey, but we’re kinda short on power compared to how it looks, is this okay?]

– [Except for the stronghold assault team, most are below 70%, right?]

– [?]

– [Wait, didn’t they say to bring 70-80%?]

– [If you actually believed that and brought that much, you’re an idiot.]

– [Ah, damn it.]

– [LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL]

– [These guys never betray expectations…]

– [Kyaa, this is what Central Zone users are all about.]

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…Actually, since most only brought 60%, there was a fair bit of anxiety building up.

But after a few small-scale skirmishes with the user coalition forces that poured out of the Triangle Zone, involving a few to a few dozen people.

A certain opinion started to quietly rise among the Huang-Seon Tribe.

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[Libertarian Offensive Strategy Chat Room]

[Notice: Let’s go as planned]

– [Those guys are kinda dumb, huh?]

– [Seems like it.]

– [Hmm, interesting;;]

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Unlike them, Icarus had a solid rear defense with their stronghold and defense fleet.

Even though they must’ve mobilized all their forces except for the resource mining fleet…

When facing their fleet, which only brought about 60% of their power on average, most of them got wrecked.

Of course, there were some exceptions, but people tend to remember only the impactful parts.

Not long after, the Huang-Seon Tribe held a few meetings among themselves.

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[Libertarian Offensive Strategy Chat Room]

[Notice: Let’s go as planned]

– [It seems like, except for the mercenary users, the rest of them didn’t level up their ships properly.]

– [It looks like they just hastily pulled them out.]

– [For real.]

– [Then let’s just charge head-on? The mercenary users are probably less than 2,500 anyway.]

– [Even if our power is at 60-70%, we still have more numbers, right?]

– [Was it 6,000?]

– [No, around 5,500.]

– [Huh? Since the 1-2 level guys were reduced from 500 to 200 per stronghold strike, we increased the numbers here instead.]

– [Ah, then it’s 6,000, yeah.]

– [Then let’s go.]

– [Okay, let’s go go go go go.]

[Notice: Everyone, attack as planned]

– [Let’s gooooooo!]

– [Let’s gooooo!!]

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They charged head-on against the so-called “Triangle Coalition Forces” while simultaneously launching a second offensive towards Spiralus as planned.

While keeping the coalition fleet immobilized, they started using tactics to lure Icarus and the rear users towards Spiralus.

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At the same time.

As the Huang-Seon Tribe pushed forward, panic erupted within the Triangle Coalition Forces.

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[Triangle Zone Official Chat Room]

[Notice: Everyone, be careful]

– [Why is our team so bad?]

– [More than half of the users are farming users with almost no fleet, what more do you expect?]

– [They’re just conscripts.]

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As the Huang-Seon Tribe users had guessed and actually felt.

Most of the coalition users were either chilling in safe zones or…

They were just here to casually dip into the game and got dragged into this mess…

Even now, years later, many users were still just making harem videos with superhumans, so they tended to perform poorly in fleet battles.

And that tendency exploded in battles against the Huang-Seon Tribe users, who had grown fiercely through countless real battles.

In small-scale skirmishes involving a few to a few dozen people, without mercenary users, they kept losing.

Not long after, in a full-scale battle with the Huang-Seon Tribe, they suffered devastating losses.

At least the mercenary users were on par or even better than the Huang-Seon Tribe users in fleet management.

Thanks to the rest of the users tanking(?), they managed to retreat without major losses, but…

The rest of the users were exposed to the offensive of the Yellow Turban users and ended up getting blown to pieces.

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**[Triangle Zone Official Chat Room]**

**[Notice: Everyone, be careful]**

– [Teeeng, my noble fleet has been annihilated, desu~]

– [My fleet has been wiped out, dechyaaaat!!]

– [LOLOLOLOL]

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The morale-shattered users holed up in the Triangle Zone’s base again, rapidly turning into hikikomori.

Of course, thanks to the voluntary sacrifices (?) of those users, the main force of mercenary users’ fleets managed to safely retreat from the battlefield and return to the base.

It wasn’t like the Yellow Turban users were unscathed either…

The Yellow Turbans and allied users engaged in sporadic skirmishes centered around the Avalon Fortress, the defensive stronghold, entering a thorough stalemate.

But right after that stalemate began…

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**[Triangle Zone Official Chat Room]**

**[Notice: Everyone, be careful]**

– [Wait, help, help!]

– [H-L-P]

– [?]

– [The Yellow Turban bastards are swarming towards Spiralus]

– [At least a thousand of them]

– [Requesting backup]

– [Ah, damn, was that their goal all along?]

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As the Yellow Turban users launched a massive offensive towards the Spiralus Research Institute, whose defensive fleet and facilities were only 10% repaired…

The allied forces and Icarus concluded that the Yellow Turbans’ goal was to seize Spiralus, a level 5 base, and establish themselves as a full-fledged “faction.”

Icarus, who was waiting in the rear, along with about 200 mercenary users and the fleets of users docked at Spiralus, hastily decided to move to Spiralus through the internal gates.

Of course, even with all that, they only numbered around 300, so…

There were concerns that their forces were insufficient to deal with the Yellow Turbans invading Spiralus…

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**[Triangle Zone Official Chat Room]**

**[Notice: Everyone, be careful]**

– [If needed, Icarus can just send the base defense fleet here, lol]

– [Honestly, even now, there are 20 defense fleets from other bases stationed here]

– [Combined with the 10% recovered local fleet and facilities, plus our fleet, it should be manageable]

– [Yeah, that makes sense]

– [Considering the number of Yellow Turban users, that’s probably their max effort, so no need to worry about additional offensives, LOL]

– [Even if they try harder, it’s only about a thousand users, which is only enough to take one base]

– [Tanhoizer can be defended with just the fortress main gun and facilities, so Barracuda is the only real concern]

– [If they come to Barracuda, the Tanhoizer defense fleet can just move there, so yeah]

– [Alright, perfect]

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Given the realistic problem of “that’s impossible,” Icarus and the mercenary users made a common-sense decision and launched a rescue mission to save the endangered Spiralus.

Of course, in the process, they tried to reinforce their forces by utilizing mercenary groups, including Icarus and other users.

But the moment Icarus and the group arrived at Spiralus and revealed themselves…

– *Crack!*

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**[Event]**

**[Spiralus Route Disconnected!]**

**[Details]**

**[The route connected to ‘Spiralus Research Institute’ overlapped with routes to other bases and was forcibly disconnected!]**

**[Result]**

**[Connections to Tanhoizer Gate Fortress, Avalon Fortress, and Barracuda Supply Base have been disconnected.]**

**[Internal gate network disconnected]**

**[Defense fleets can no longer be moved from other bases.]**

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As the Yellow Turbans’ scheme caused simultaneous invasions of nearby low-level bases, they quickly fell into the hands of the Yellow Turban gang.

A triangular zone formed by these bases effectively severed the connection between existing bases and Spiralus.

As a result, our protagonist Icarus and the other users were suddenly isolated in Spiralus…

Neither Icarus nor the mercenary users had anticipated that those damn bandits would pull such a move, leaving them utterly flustered.