42. Half-Silver Alliance

Tuk.

 

 

The sound of someone dropping something.

It was also the hope they were barely clinging to.

 

 

 

 

“Shibal… We’re not looking at aliens, are we?”

“…”

 

 

I’d rather it be that.

If it’s aliens, wouldn’t they be more reasonable than the Galactic Empire?

Wouldn’t they be better than Yu-Eun, who openly reveals his ambition to conquer the world?

 

 

“I wish it were, but that’s…”

 

 

The A-Force unit commander in charge of the Gargantua team struggled to speak.

 

 

“It’s the Galactic Empire’s fleet…!”

“Damn it! Don’t live up to your name in this kind of situation!!”

“How the hell did they gather so many ships??”

 

 

There’s fear, and there’s despair.

But more than anything, it doesn’t make sense.

 

 

What the hell are they that they could mass-produce so many spaceships, when even the United States, which once accounted for half of the Earth’s military power, barely managed to make a dozen?

No matter how much technology they took from Varcana, no matter how much absolute loyalty and assistance they receive from the Voznians, who number well over a billion,

 

 

Still, isn’t this too much? There’s a limit to how much the balance can be broken.

 

“Even if I wrote a novel like this, I’d get cursed at!”

“Enough. Stop it now. We have more important things to do right now. All hands to battle stations!”

“A-All hands to battle stations!”

“Relay the situation to the agents of each country, and A-Force will launch Titan to confront them.”

 

First, command.

Now that it’s clear that they are the Galactic Empire’s fleet, we have to engage in battle.

 

 

“But the agents don’t have Titans? They have no ability in space! At best, they can only stand by on the ship or assault…”

 

 

Titan is an ‘ultra-large humanoid mobile suit’ developed in top secret for A-Force, and by extension, for the defense of the United States. Naturally, foreign agents wouldn’t have it.

And this is space.

No matter how much stats the agents have, they can’t move in space without such a suit.

 

 

“We have to do an assault, even if it’s just that! The ultimate goal is Gargantua, but since we’ve encountered them here, we have no choice but to fight. First of allㅡ,”

 

 

The moment he was about to continue his orders, an intense light began to spread from the Grand Armada in front.

 

 

It was like a night sky.

Galaxies embroidered in space, and ships emitting light instead of covering those galaxies.

For a moment, he thought it was beautiful.

 

“Tremendous energy in front…!!”

 

 

As if responding to the operator who couldn’t finish his sentence, the light embroidered in space rushed towards them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Juriel and A-Force, disguised as Agnes’s bodyguards, entered Gangnam, the heart of the Galactic Empire.

They couldn’t easily close their mouths at the sight of Gangnam, which was much more developed than they had expected.

 

They had seen it in photos and videos for the operation, but it was different from seeing it in person.

The towering skyscrapers and the floating ships flying around without difficulty.

It’s like watching a sci-fi movie.

 

 

And above all….

 

 

‘Everyone’s crazy…!’

 

 

The enormous stats visible to her with her scout talent.

When she first saw Agnes, she had hoped for stats that were several times higher than hers, but when she came to Gangnam, it was nothing.

 

 

No, it wasn’t nothing, but it was hard to see it as overwhelmingly strong.

 

 

“We’ve been waiting.”

“…”

 

 

When they arrived at the tallest building in Gangnam and the center of the entire Galactic Empire, including the Harem Palace, maids who had been dispatched in advance were waiting to guide them.

 

‘…’

 

 

She was already stern-faced because she was disguised as a bodyguard, but Juriel’s expression became even stiffer.

She had heard about it, but she didn’t know it would be this much.

 

 

‘What the hell kind of neighborhood is this!!’

 

 

The value of stats has fallen a bit these days, but it is still solid.

If you go abroad, one stat is traded for about $5,000, so it’s not easy for an individual to collect 1,000 stats.

Even she herself would have had difficulty securing even 2,000 stats, let alone 20 million, if it hadn’t been for the support of her country.

 

In that sense, Gangnam… and the things in front of her were true monsters.

 

 

Stats in the millions were just lying around on the street, and as she entered the center, holders of millions of stats appeared, and in the city center, where the Imperial Palace and stat casinos were concentrated, the base started at 30 million.

 

 

The 10 maids who came out to guide them each had hundreds of millions of stats.

 

Considering that the ratio of stats to attack power and defense is four times lower based on the first job change, it’s a truly absurd figure.

 

‘A feint? A feint is impossible like this!’

 

The original plan was for the Gargantua team to infiltrate the moon while she caused a ruckus in the heart of the Harem Palace.

But if even the maids who came out to guide them have hundreds of millions of stats, then it’s impossible to cause a ruckus in the first place.

Death as soon as they show any suspicious signs.

 

 

‘A mere maid is on par with Chairman Agnes.’

 

 

As her expression darkened, the expressions of the A-Force members who were also disguised as bodyguards darkened as well.

 

 

“What’s the occasion? You’re even coming out to greet me.”

“Oh, what are you talking about.”

“You just ignored me when I came before.”

“Surely not.”

 

 

Agnes, who had been saying barbed words for a while, nodded, and the maids, still smiling, began to guide them.

 

 

“The Master is looking forward to it very much.”

“Hmph. Talk is cheap.”

 

 

It’s even more spectacular inside the building.

Now she can’t even find stats in the millions.

 

‘At this rate… it’s a dog’s death….’

 

 

The despair is too great to even feel.

Natural actions and gestures are possible as if nothing happened.

The recognition itself is not working.

 

 

‘Should I tell her?’

 

 

She glances sideways at Agnes, who is walking right next to her.

Agnes looked very calm.

She also felt somewhat bored.

 

 

‘No. This woman probably knows too. She’s the chairman, so she must have a hidden scout. She must have figured it out a long time ago.’

 

 

But if that’s the case, what is this composure?

It’s like she came to her death with her own feet.

 

 

 

 

“Ah, men can’t come in from here.”

“What?”

 

Just before boarding the elevator,

The maid who had been guiding them turned around and blocked the group.

 

 

“I figured. I wondered why they were letting us in so easily.”

 

Agnes still has a calm expression.

 

 

“Wait in the car. This building itself is a men-only area.”

“Ah, no, what are you talking about…”

 

The male members protested against Agnes’s absurd order.

Except for Juriel and the other 5, everyone else was waiting outside after entering the building.

But if they drop them off here, all that’s left is Juriel.

No matter how much she is the captain, she’s sending her alone?

 

 

They thought it was unacceptable, but Agnes was already in the elevator with Juriel.

 

 

“We’re going too!”

“I told you, you can’t come in.”

 

When the male members tried to step in, one of the 10 maids stepped out and blocked them.

 

 

“Still, in consideration of Agnes-nim, the chairman of D10, we have specially prepared a waiting area on the first floor, so please be satisfied with that.”

“That doesn’t make any senseㅡ,”

“Stop, I told you to wait.”

“…”

 

 

When they bit their lips and looked at Juriel due to Agnes’s fierce pressure, she nodded as well.

Since they came in disguised as bodyguards, it would be strange to disobey Agnes any further.

At least they were able to stay inside the building, so that’s a relief.

 

 

 

 

In the end, Agnes was left to guard Juriel alone.

 

 

 

 

 

“By the way, your secretary has changed from before. I don’t recognize her face.”

 

 

In the elevator that was going up, the maid suddenly said that.

 

“Uh-huh. She’s not good at her job. It was time for a change.”

 

 

And Agnes skillfully parries.

 

 

“I see.”

“…”

 

 

It was nothing more than a conversation, but why is she so nervous?

 

 

‘What is it? This ominous feeling… is it because of the stats? They’re definitely going crazy….’

 

 

She caught something like a hunch that she couldn’t explain with just that.

 

 

 

 

Ding.

 

 

 

 

Inside the elevator, which felt quite long.

But that time was soon over.

 

Arriving at the top floor, the door finally opens.

A woman with golden bobbed hair was standing demurely in front of it.

 

 

“Ugh!”

 

Juriel involuntarily covered her mouth as she felt nauseous the moment she saw her.

She barely managed to calm down, but she couldn’t believe what she was seeing.

 

 

 

 

“From now on, I’ll guide you myself, so you can go back and do your job.”

“Yes, Chief.”

 

A woman who has often been seen on TV and often mentioned in operation plans.

Because she is so famous, information about her stats was naturally included in the report.

 

 

The stats she saw at that time were easily in the billions.

But…

 

 

 

 

‘It’s different…!!’

 

 

 

Whether the information was wrong or it had risen in the meantime, it was more than 10 times different from what she had known.

That information was probably the latest information from less than a week ago, but it has increased 10 times in the meantime?

It’s an incomprehensible situation unless she was given stats.

 

 

 

 

 

 

“You there.”

“…Huh?”

 

 

When she came to her senses, she was already in front of a large door.

Was she lost in thought because of the shock?

Im Seo-hyun declared with a stern face.

 

 

“If you do anything that offends the Master, you will never get away with it. Do you understand?”

“…”

 

 

A woman with hundreds of billions of stats is glaring at her in front of her eyes.

Her whole body trembled at the sight, but she struggled to keep her mind and nodded.

 

 

‘Yes… the numbers are a bit different… but I knew it would be overwhelming… we’re just… a feint… if the agents in Taiwan move, somehow….’

 

 

 

Knock knock.

 

 

 

 

“Master, Agnes Isabella 『Minister of Intelligence』 and one other person have arrived.”

“…Huh?”