Chapter 481

Chapter 481. The Damn Event is Over!

The Leviathan Fleet, which had been MIA and practically invisible, suddenly showed up and started raining down some serious firepower.

Some folks in the gallery, who thought the Tanhoizer siege ended in a loss for the User Alliance or were planning to raid the so-called “Icarus Kingdom” now that its fleet was wiped out, quickly disappeared.

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**Title: Breaking News) Leviathan Fleet Confirmed to Have Sortied in the Tanhoizer Siege**

**Author: News Boy**

**Content:** [GIF of the Jörmungandr-Class and Ouroboros-Class ships from the Leviathan Fleet obliterating the Xenobia Empire fleet charging at Icarus.]

The Xenobia Empire’s battleship fleet, which had rushed straight into Tanhoizer, got melted on the spot.

Of course, the Obsidian Fleet’s Titan Arum-Class ships scrambled to retaliate, but unlike the Xenobia Empire, which only sent a small portion of their forces, the Leviathan Fleet showed up in full force, completely overwhelming them in a firepower showdown.

For reference, the Leviathan Fleet has over 100 Jörmungandr-Class and Ouroboros-Class ships each, and this time, they came back with even more.

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**Comments:**

– [“Wait, seriously? That many?”]

– [“That’s why Humanity’s encirclement got broken through and they escaped.”]

– [“‘Hey bro, bro’s here to wipe out the fleet.'”]

– [“KYAAAAA”]

– [“Dude, that insane bombardment almost got us wrecked when we tried to encircle the Earth Defense Fleet.”]

– [“How did you even survive that?”]

– [“Finally, the neighborhood tough guys showed up.”]

– [“Why are they only showing up now? Did they just wake up or something?”]

– [“Icarus initially said they couldn’t mobilize the Leviathan Fleet this time.”]

– [“Oh, I see.”]

– [“I think they absorbed the rebels that popped up in Humanity’s territory.”]

– [“Ohhh.”]

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Meanwhile, while the gallery was burning in a different sense, I was watching a relayed communication from the flagship Leviathan, observing the conversation between the admiral of the Obsidian Fleet leading the Punishment Fleet and the Leviathan Fleet’s admiral, Ranka.

Of course, these two were NPCs, and according to the lore, they were way older than me, so their speech and attitudes were hard to follow.

My IQ: 25. Jessica’s IQ: 275.

“Commander, it’s not about IQ, you just didn’t do it.”

“Shush.”

Using our combined IQ of 300, we translated their conversation into chat form, which looked something like this:

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**[Admiral Ranka and Admiral Vasily (Obsidian Fleet Deputy and Punishment Fleet Commander) Conversation♡]**

– [“Dude, you guys showing up is cheating.”] (Vasily)

– [“At least bring a smaller force next time.”] (Vasily)

– [“LOLOLOLOLOLOL”] (Ranka)

– [“If you’re mad, why don’t you bring your whole fleet next time? LOL”] (Ranka)

– [“You guys are such trash…”] (Vasily)

– [“Weaklings♡”] (Ranka)

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Even though the actual dialogue was far from the serious and profound conversation you’d expect from two admirals, seeing it translated into chat form gave me a weird sense of… satisfaction.

“…Is this really what they said? It feels way cheaper than what I heard.”

“The base’s supercomputer recreated it based on the average behavior of the gallery you frequent, so it’s 95% accurate.”

“Hmm.”

Anyway, I nodded, accepting that this was probably accurate. And as I understood their conversation through the chat window, an event message popped up, notifying me that a quest I had received was completed.

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**[Event]**

**[Quest ‘The Not-So-Fun Leadership Check’ Cleared!]**

**[Rewards]**

– **Leviathan Fleet’s trust has significantly increased. No more leadership check events will be generated.**

– **If your territory is invaded, the Leviathan Fleet will now assist you in attacking the enemy even if the base connection is severed.**

– **A base where the Leviathan Fleet is stationed has been identified!**

– **Level 7 ‘Earth Federation Temporary Government’**

– **This base provides no additional effects other than the Defense Fleet.**

– **Quest Clear Reward: ‘Dimensional Causality Fixation Usage Rights x100’**

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“Did the quest get cleared, Commander?”

“Yeah, it was a pretty crappy quest.”

I closed the message window and tossed it into the corner of my status screen. After taking a screenshot of the mini-map showing the Leviathan Fleet stationed at the ‘Earth Federation Temporary Government,’ I watched the Punishment Fleet retreat back to their home base, intimidated by the Leviathan Fleet. I decided to declare our victory in the gallery.

But for some reason, the reactions to my victory declaration were… lukewarm at best.

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**Title: User’s Victory!**

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Author: Icarus

Content: [Punishment Fleet returning to the homeland with a flash.jpg]

Alive.

The Leviathan Fleet threatened the Punishment Fleet and sent them home.

[Level 7 Base ‘Earth Federation Temporary Government’ displayed on the minimap.jpg]

Now it’s confirmed, the Leviathan Fleet has decided to settle here too. Yep.

Sweet ^^

Comments:

– [But didn’t you suffer too much damage?]

– [With the Leviathan Fleet around, aren’t the guys who used to loot empty bases gone?]

– [No, actually, they just need to attract the Leviathan Fleet’s attention, and they’re more active in the shadows.]

– [Huh?] (Author)

– [Barely survived the battle, now it looks like other users are going to loot you lololol]

– [Remember, the ‘Will of Fire’ in the Central Zone…!]

– [This isn’t the Will of Fire, it’s the Burning Will of Plunder.]

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‘What are you talking about, gallery friends?’

When such vicious words popped up, I thought the jokesters were at it again and immediately went to check the gallery.

Of course, even then, I thought, ‘Surely they wouldn’t mess around with the Leviathan Fleet here…’

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Title: Conversation of the evil demon army trying to loot the Icarus Kingdom.jpg

Author: Cash & Cow

Content: [Screenshot of users’ chat in the Central Zone.jpg]

Summarized for those who can’t even read short texts:

1. No matter how strong the Leviathan Fleet is, they lack ships.

2. With the Punishment Fleet gone and no base defense fleet, we’ll loot the empty bases hard.

3. No matter how many Leviathan Fleet ships there are, if 100,000 Central Zone users charge, what can they do? lol

Comments:

– [“What comes after the battle?”]

– [“A new battle.”]

– [Icarus Kingdom, just defeated the Imperial Army, now the demon army kids are here lololol]

– [LMAO]

– [Actually, the users were the final event boss~]

– [Oh, this reminds me of an old geezer manga.]

– [Are you insulting the god anime Emongaycon now- ouch!]

– [Shut up, you can’t even mention the name right.]

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Title: Jokesters trying to loot the Icarus Kingdom in a hurry, upvote lololol

Author: ㅇㅇ

Content: [Image of the area near Tanhoizer after the base defense fleets were annihilated.jpg]

OMG~

Comments:

– [Even though it’s a mess, saying ‘hurriedly’ is a bit much, maybe ‘in a rush’ would be better.] (Icarus)

– [Changed it, thank you.] (Icarus)

– [What?] (Author)

– [Author tried to troll but got trolled himself.]

– [Stop talking nonsense, no no.] (Author)

– [I wondered why this was posted.]

– [LOLOLOLOLOL]

– [Look, the admin isn’t deleting this on purpose.]

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The jokesters are causing more chaos than expected.

– Beep! Beep beep! Beep beep beep!

“Commander! Fleets from other commanders have been detected near Spiralus, Barracuda, and Avalon!”

“Ugh, these damn jokester bastards.”

Not only are they causing chaos in the gallery, but they’re actually crawling towards us.

While the Leviathan Fleet is busy touring the bases and beating everyone up, I tearfully prepared to sortie the fleet to hold them off.

But as I was about to deploy the fleet…

– Beep!

– “Commander Icarus, a large warp reaction has been detected near Tanhoizer!”

“Commander, a warp reaction of at least 100,000 ships has been detected ahead.”

“What now.”

Admiral Ranka on the Leviathan and Jessica beside her both urgently warned me.

I was starting to feel like giving up, thinking it was another unfair event.

But as I thought that, right after the warp of the 100,000+ fleet ended…

– “Oppaaaaa!!! Marian, your eternal wife, is hereeee!!!”

“…Oh.”

Realizing whose fleet it was, I immediately contacted the Leviathan Fleet to stand down.

“Ah, Admiral Ranka, don’t shoot, they’re allies.”

– “…The Pirate Empress herself leading an elite fleet of 100,000 ships, including the ‘Armada’?”

“My wife.”

– “Oh.”