Chapter 516

Chapter 516. Crazy strategies work sometimes, and sometimes they don’t. (2)

“Hmm, that kinda makes sense.”

And as if to hammer that thought into our heads, not long after Jessica made that comment, similar posts started crawling up in the gallery.

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**Title:** Are they seriously using Leviathan again?

**Author:** ㅇㅇ

**Content:** [Picture of the Leviathan Fleet stationed near the level 1 base ‘B554 Base’]

At this point, even the 3rd rank is a one-trick pony like the 10th rank, tsk tsk.

It’s not just ship one-trick, it’s fleet one-trick now.

**Comments:**

– [No matter the crisis, it’s always Leviathan one-trick~ Mercenary Group one-trick~]

– [But hasn’t it only been a short while since Icarus took over Leviathan?]

– [If it’s been over a month, it’s old news, bye.] (Author)

– [Using weird templating, I see.]

– [The nicknames are too many to call it a one-trick though;;;]

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**Title:** Like the post above, Icarus does have a one-trick tendency, but…

**Author:** ㅇㅇ

**Content:** [Image of a toad clicking its tongue while holding a cigar]

Not entirely wrong, but…

Kraken one-trick, sure, but Leviathan one-trick?

Isn’t it too early to jump to that conclusion?

It’s only been like 1 or 2 months since the Leviathan Fleet surrendered to Icarus.

**Comments:**

– [Wait, it’s only been that long?]

– [Feels like it’s been longer though.]

– [Wasn’t the Leviathan Fleet stationed in Icarus territory longer than that?]

– [I’m talking about the surrender period.] (Author)

– [If you count the time they broke out of Humanity territory and wrecked the Dreadnought, it’s longer.] (Author)

– [Shouldn’t that count too?]

– [Didn’t realize it was that short.]

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Anyway, seeing all these posts popping up, I couldn’t help but think…

Even though it’s still a small minority opinion, if things go wrong…

I might end up like Mona Lisa, who’s constantly mocked as a ship one-trick despite having the skills of a top ranker.

Plus, my reputation has always been a bit shaky compared to other rankers…

And as Jessica said, it’s true that I’ve been pushing the Leviathan Fleet a lot lately.

If I’m not careful, the opinion of “You’re nothing without Leviathan, you scrub” might spread inside and out.

And honestly, it’s not just one or two people—it could be dozens, hundreds…

No, thousands of trolls causing chaos.

And as I was thinking that, Jessica in front of me said:

“Also, Commander, your mental isn’t exactly rock-solid, you know.”

“…”

“Can you really ignore the chatter of thousands of people?”

“That’s a very valid point.”

She nailed her argument, and I, scratching my head, decided to send the Leviathan Fleet back home.

And to replace them…

“Belial, Tiamat.”

– “Just give the order, Commander.”

– “All Krakens are ready to go!”

“Once all the superhuman troops from the base are loaded, we’ll lead the entire fleet out.”

– “Yes, Commander.”

– “Got it.”

I decided to personally educate those rebels and protect my pride from those who talk too much.

Of course, I wasn’t going to take just my fleet.

I told Jessica to bring not only my main force but also the mercenary groups and the ‘faction dispatch team.’

“And Jessica? Bring everyone else too, including my direct subordinates and the base mercenary groups.”

“Got it.”

“Oh right, finally, bring Princess Luka’s hobby fleet too.”

“Uh… the hobby fleet too?”

“Yeah, isn’t that obvious?”

For some reason, when I mentioned bringing the hobby fleet, Jessica seemed momentarily flustered.

No, not just flustered—she went ahead and made a suggestion that went beyond what I said.

“Should I ask Marian to mobilize the Armada and the rest of the Pirate Alliance fleet too?”

“No, why would you?”

“Oh, so you’re just taking the hobby fleet? I’ll let them know then.”

“No need to state the obvious.”

Luckily, Jessica nodded and quickly went to contact Luka…

The princess was seen delivering a message via communication.

Suddenly, I felt my head tilting in confusion as I wondered why our Jessi-Jessi was clearly taking all my direct fleets with her.

…Although not long after, I realized why Jessica had reacted that way.

But that was literally a story for later, so for now, all I had was a swirling sense of doubt.

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Anyway, after completing all the preparations I could make.

Leading with three grand and splendid Dreadnoughts, the main force in the middle included the three Kraken brothers, Urongi, and Hreveli.

“All fleets, report your status.”

-“This is the Rhodes Mercenary Group, all ships are fine~”

-“Avalonia Security Fleet, ready for deployment.”

-“Lemings Assault Team, ready to flank at any time.”

-“Me, Mecharshetentakel, I’ll do, do anything.”

Four mercenary group leaders and their direct mercenary groups.

And finally…

<["Commander Icarus, the princess asked me to tell you to avoid blowing up your own ships again."]>

“Ah, um.”

<["She said if you turn your hobby fleet into a 'was' fleet one more time, she won't lend it to you again."]>

“Ugh… I’ll try my best.”

From Oxianor’s intense warning to the dispatched forces of the faction, everything was in place.

Seeing all the fleets I could mobilize gathered in front of Tanhoizer, I couldn’t help but feel emotional, remembering how just 1-2 years ago, I was struggling against fleets of this size.

Moreover, if it were other users, they’d be racking their brains over how to defend against a base raid with all their forces deployed.

‘But we have the base defense fleet and the Pirate Alliance fleet! What is there to fear!’

Even if I deploy all my forces, the base is protected by the sturdy base defense fleet docked at Tanhoizer.

-“Boooooo”

“Ugh.”

-“That’s unfair, Oppa.”

“Ugh.”

-“Why are you taking the Monster Fleet but not mine!”

“You’re pregnant, you should take care of yourself.”

Even Marian’s Pirate Alliance fleet (strong) was pouting and complaining about being left out.

With such reliable friends protecting my base, I took a moment to survey the base and confirm our readiness.

‘Excellent!’

Nodding in satisfaction at the perfection of our setup, I immediately ordered the sortie for a pleasant meeting time with the rebellious B554 friends.

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Meanwhile, at the time our Icaros was leading the entire fleet on a sortie.

The Date Palm Clan of the B554 base, already in a panic, hadn’t even thought of the word ‘surrender’…

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Title: Crushed the rebels lololol

Author: ㅇㅇ

Content: [Gif of Icaros leading his direct fleets on a sortie]

Damn, is it real with three Kraken and three Dreadnoughts?

Even the special ships, when you add up all types, exactly three.

Matching the third place, the ships are also in sets of three.

Comments

-[The man of 3;;]

-[Lololol damn, Dreadnought 3, Kraken 3, and special ships 3]

-[Matching like that isn’t easy, really]

-[But are the rest all destroyers except for one? Did he really bring the resource mining fleet too?]

˪[Seeing the destroyers fully armed, they seem to be regular destroyers, not transport types]

-[What’s amazing is that if you exclude either the battleship or the cruiser, the destroyers and the rest also divide into three.]

˪[Oh damn?]

˪[Really.]

˪[Why is this real?]

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Moreover, hearing that Icaros wasn’t mobilizing mercenaries but coming to beat them up himself.

Finally regaining his senses, the clan leader Yazanamu of Date Palm thought of the word ‘surrender’ and decided to act on it.

But unlike Yazanamu, who had regained his senses, the other users were in no such state…