Chapter 464

Chapter 464. Aren’t the Factions Actually Weak? (3)

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The first faction the Anti-Faction approached was, naturally, the ‘Loki Clan,’ a super-massive faction capable of opposing their enemies, Humanity and the Justice Clan.

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[A Chat Room by Users, for Users, of Users]

[Notice: For the Domination of All Users]

-[If it’s the Loki Clan, they’ll listen to us.]

-[Yeah.]

-[They’ve got a bit of a liberal vibe, right?]

-[They troll, but they wouldn’t bow to a faction, lol.]

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However, contrary to their delusions, the Loki Clan responded with complete silence—no coldness, no irritation, just pure *no response*.

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[A Chat Room by Users, for Users, of Users]

[Notice: For the Domination of All Users]

-[What did the Loki Clan say?]

-[They didn’t even respond.]

-[These guys are just the same, damn it.]

-[Honestly, all these guys are the same, ugh.]

-[They’ll all be equal when they get stabbed later, fr.]

-[True.]

-[What a waste of time, seriously.]

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After grumbling about wasting their time due to the Loki Clan’s silent treatment, they immediately shifted their focus to their next target: the Magellan Clan.

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Meanwhile, Betelgeuse, aka Marian’s punching bag and human shield, the Clan Leader of the Loki Clan, who had orchestrated the entire clan’s silent treatment toward the Anti-Faction…

…was openly laughing upon hearing through internal spies that the Anti-Faction was contacting the Magellan Clan.

Of course, it wasn’t just Betelgeuse; the Loki Clan’s executives and elite members shared the same reaction.

For one, Betelgeuse and the executives often got summoned and scolded by Marian, the Pirate Empress.

The Loki Clan’s motto, “We’re all trolls here,” stemmed from a malicious mindset of “I’m fine, but I hope you all suffer.”

It wasn’t a self-destructive mindset like “If you go down, we’ll go down with you,” so…

…they were following Betelgeuse’s orders of complete silence and ignoring the Anti-Faction more thoroughly than usual.

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Meanwhile, at the Magellan Clan, where the Anti-Faction had gone with inexplicable hopes, the reaction was no different from the Loki Clan’s…

…or rather, it was even more intense.

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[A Chat Room by Users, for Users, of Users]

[Notice: For the Domination of All Users]

-[The Magellan Clan is reacting pretty fiercely.]

-[What did they say?]

-[They said their Clan Leader isn’t some Xenobia Empire Grand Duke, and called us idiots.]

-[LOL.]

-[Damn, these guys are even worse.]

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As the Anti-Faction members’ chat showed, the Magellan Clan considered the Anti-Faction’s call for “faction collapse” to be…

…something utterly unacceptable.

Of course, the part about their Clan Leader being treated like an Empire Grand Duke was just a surface-level excuse.

The real reason was…

“Mona Lisa~ How about today~♡”

“Uh, today’s not good, maybe tomorrow…”

“Oh, you’re such a tease♡”

The Space Elf beauty, who was head over heels for Mona Lisa—the most handsome male Commander-type human—was also the representative of Mona Lisa’s faction delegation.

At the same time, she was a “princess” of the Xenobia Empire, which allowed Mona Lisa to receive high-end Empire ships (e.g., Rafflesia-Class) at bargain prices.

In a way, it was similar to how Icarus had Marian.

But to be precise, it was a slightly different situation.

First, Mona Lisa received high-end Xenobia Empire ships through the Empire’s princess.

Then, he resold or provided those ships to the executives and elite members of the Magellan Clan he led.

And in return, Mona Lisa would…

“Ugh, please stop with the blindfold already…”

“Anna and I had to endure ‘Chuubit Chuubit Eung Hoook!’ but anyway.”

“Experiencing the powerful frontline ships and main fleet of the Xenobia Empire in real-time must have been something.”

“From Mona Lisa to the executives and elite users of the Magellan Clan, even the regular clan members and sub-clans.”

“Overall, the perception was like, ‘Damn, even the ships we use are this strong, how powerful must a faction fleet stacked with these be?'”

“From the Magellan Clan’s perspective, it was shocking to see such powerful ships literally ‘stacked’ against them, making them fearless.”

“Of course, the Anti-Faction friends had no idea about these facts…”

“The Anti-Faction evaluated the Magellan Clan as just another power-hungry group (???) climbing the ladder.”

“Unlike others, they decided to talk to ‘Icarus’ in the central zone, who lives purely (?) alone.”

“And while the Anti-Faction’s conspiracy (?) was underway, what was our Icarus doing…?”

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“Who are we?”

“Of course, we’re the closest, right? Icarus!”

-“And I even mixed bodies with Oppaya and am carrying his seed inside me.”

“What.”

“Lately, with all the talk of crazy people breaking factions, it’s been a mess.”

“Trying to strengthen the bond between the two factions, I connected with Marian, only to be hit with a sudden pregnancy announcement.”

“‘Wait, how did this pregnancy happen?'”

“After just one night, it hit the mark.”

“Wow, my amazing accuracy. If I were a superhuman, I’d probably have a bunch of accuracy buffs.”

“Anyway, that wasn’t the important part, and Marian tried to brush it off casually.”

“So I quickly concluded, ‘Anyway, we’re close!’ and tried to wrap things up.”

“Of course, I didn’t forget to strengthen ties with the Monster and Pirate Alliance.”

“After all that, I slumped into the command seat, exhausted, while Jessica tilted her head…”

“By the way, Commander, with the Anti-Faction gaining power lately… is there a reason you’re making such a choice?”

“Huh?”

“Hearing that, I briefly wondered if Jessica was Anti-Faction and about to shoot me, thinking, ‘This pro-faction jerk!'”

“‘Crazy, right?'”

“Common sense said Jessica wouldn’t do that, so I nodded and opened the gallery to show the Anti-Faction’s antics.”

“‘Well, what the Anti-Faction does, at least to me, just seems like stupid nonsense.'”

“Heeeng.”

“Closing the gallery, I openly laughed at the Anti-Faction and continued.”

“‘I don’t know exactly how Humanity did it, but they spent three years weakening the Earth Federation to swallow it, right?'”

“Yes, there was a post about that in the gallery.”

“Plus, they mobilized 180,000 of their own users.”

“Uh-huh.”

“Adding their own mercenary groups, faction dispatch teams, and base mercenary groups, they barely won with a fleet worth nearly 300 million fleet points.”

“Without a leader to steer the situation, with forces ‘weaker’ than Humanity, and facing an unweakened faction, all they do is steal ships.”

“That’s true.”

“As Jessica nodded in agreement…”

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[The ‘Anti-Faction Leader’ has requested a chat.]

[Will you accept?]

[Y/N]

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“Appearing as if they were waiting, I couldn’t help but wonder why they were coming to me.”