Chapter 518

Chapter 518. He’s Not a Saint Either.

Meanwhile, apart from the Date Palm Clan, which had illegally occupied B554, I decided to hold the other village chiefs involved in this incident accountable as well. To be precise, I had already preemptively declared, “Surrender and I’ll show mercy!” so it wasn’t like I was going to beat them up like the Date Palm Clan.

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**[Central Zone Neutral Zone Chat Room]**

**[Notice: Village Chiefs Will Be Replaced]**

– [You all know, right?] (Icarus)

– [It’s time for a purge.]

– [Oh.]

– [Yeah.]

– [They did something stupid, so what can you do?]

– [Agreed.]

– [Okay;;]

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It’s true that I was swayed by the words of my friends in the Central Base Alliance, so I decided to cut them off from their village chief positions appropriately. And since the individuals involved also knew the price the Date Palm Clan paid for their crazy actions, things went much smoother than expected compared to that clan.

“It’s a relief they didn’t resist like those guys did.”

“Right? It almost got really annoying.”

Of course, “annoying” here isn’t synonymous with “difficult.”

“Also, it would’ve been a hassle to keep spamming the mercenary hire button.”

“Huh? Didn’t I bring a sewing machine for that?”

“The Mercenary Dispatch Center manager dismantled it, saying not to bring such things.”

“Oops.”

A sad story briefly came up during the process, but the important thing was something else. While I didn’t chase them out like that, I did disconnect all the bases of the users, including the village chiefs, who were docked there. This meant we needed new users and village chiefs to fill the vacant spots.

And it wasn’t just me who felt this necessity—other users were also sending dozens of chats asking to be made village chiefs. But I ignored most of those chats and decided to proceed with the plan I had in mind for appointing new members and village chiefs.

And so, the next day arrived…

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**[Central Zone Neutral Zone Chat Room]**

**[Notice: New Village Chiefs Have Been Elected]**

– [Oh, the village chiefs got replaced.]

– [Most of Barracuda and Spiralus members got swapped;;]

– [Nah, only the village chief and some clan members in Barracuda got replaced.]

– [Anyway, they got swapped.]

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**Title: Icarus Kingdom Village Chiefs Replaced in Just One Day**

**Author: ㅇㅇ**

**Content: [Image of the new election notice filled with new user nicknames.jpg]**

Well, the kingdom folks will handle the details, so I’ll just summarize briefly. First, users confirmed or confessed to be associated with external factions were expelled from the base. So, what happened? As written there, Barracuda elected Vermouth from the Ersangseu Clan, and Spiralus surprisingly went to Wyriddy, a user who came as the representative of the Biomass Clan. The remaining Level 1 bases were also swapped, except for Avalon and Arklight. To be exact, Venom, the village chief of Avalon, tried to escape, saying he was done with the hassle, but exactly 13 minutes after becoming a free citizen, he was forced back into the village chief position by a unanimous vote from the docked users.

**Comments:**

– [On this day, Village Chief Venom submitted his resignation, but it was not approved.]

– [I heard that guy was the one who leaked info to Icarus about this incident.]

– [Why would you throw away a hardworking, unpaid slave? LOL]

– [You chose the village chief, so tough it out, even if it’s hell.]

– [He didn’t choose it himself, though LOL]

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As per the gallery post, I expelled all the users who tried to stage a rebellion to the collective village. Barracuda went to Vermouth from Ersangseu, whom I’ve known for a long time. Spiralus was handed over to Wyriddy, the representative of the former Biomass Clan users who had defected from the Loki Clan. The remaining Level 1 bases also accepted my decision and made way for other users. Both clans and the new users seemed satisfied with my choices.

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Not long after, the chaos in my domain settled down. The two newly established clans, “Ersangseu” and “New Biomass,” also started adapting in their own ways.

They started to show signs of living well.

However, the way the two clans adapted (?) was quite different from what ordinary users like me had imagined.

Take Ersangseu of Barracuda, for example…

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Title: Why is Barracuda becoming more like a guild as time goes on?

Author: ㅇㅇ

Content: [Picture of Ersangseu Clan opening a permanent “Erosang Market” in Barracuda.jpg]

Icarus handed Barracuda over to Ersangseu Clan, as you probably know.

And Ersangseu, instead of engaging in fleet battles or whatever, just set up their own little marketplace inside, doing their own thing.

Other regular users who docked there either got involved or, if they were craft-oriented, kept hanging around.

It’s practically reminiscent of a medieval guild.

Comments:

– [Artisan Guild, and it’s oddly satisfying, you know?]

– [So if you go there, you can get some insane artifacts, right?]

– [Mostly junk items due to balance issues, though.]

– [But since everything gets sold in the market anyway, you don’t really need to go there.]

– [What kind of nonsense is this?]

– [The system handles deliveries automatically.]

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In that way, they acted like they were some kind of artisan guild, maintaining just enough strength in ships and superhumans for self-defense.

The rest of their resources and mental energy went into creating various items.

Like during the Erosang Festival, they showed off their efforts to create ERO-skins.

Of course, since Ersangseu Clan was already known for this kind of vibe, other users just accepted it as their thing…

But then there’s the New Biomass Clan of Spiralus.

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Title: Why is it like this when I docked at Spiralus?

Author: ㅇㅇ

Content: [GIF of a massive amount of blood vessels and tentacles spreading out from the docking area, not hostile but trying to spread into the user’s base.]

Please, I’m not really into this kind of thing.

Comments:

– [It’s always had a strong research lab vibe, and now that Biomass, which is part of the Monster Force, has taken over…]

– [The Clan Leader, Wyriddy, is probably trying to turn the entire base into some kind of monster organism.]

– [That’s just the default setting, but if you say you don’t like it in chat, it’ll go back to normal.]

– [Oh, really? Thanks.] (Author)

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Title: New Biomass Clan seems to be trying to do something on their own, like Ersangseu.

Author: ㅇㅇ

Content: [Picture of a slimy, tentacle-filled marketplace.jpg], [Chat log of Wyriddy and New Biomass Clan executives declaring they’ll create a “Tentacle Market.”]

So, what’s that about?

They’re calling it a “Tentacle Market,” using the body modification system.

Yeah.

Not just turning people into monsters, but also enhancing superhumans based on user big data.

They’re also selling ship modification kits, so it might be worth checking out when you have time.

[Picture of a woman buying a bunch of tentacles that look like 꼬chu.]

And of course, they’re buying and selling stuff like that too.

Comments:

– [What’s that last thing?]

– [꼬chu!!]

– [Body modification? What exactly are they doing?]

– [It’s not just about adding tentacles; they can turn furries into humans too.] (Author)

– [Is there no reverse option?]

– [Huh?]

– [It’s called a Tentacle Market, but it’s really more of a cosmetic skin market.]

– [They boost performance too, you know.]

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“Looks like everyone’s adapting well, so that’s good.”

“Yeah, though the last part is a bit weird.”

They’ve adapted *too well*, in a slightly different sense.

It leaves those watching with an indescribably strange feeling.