I Became a Commander in a Crappy SF Game.

Ch.215″From now on, protect each other.” (2)

by fnovelpia

“It’s been a while since we met, and I don’t want to spend even a week without my darling!”

“My goodness.”

“Oh.”

Seeing her boldly diving right in like that, I had mixed feelings for a moment.

When Marian suddenly started whining about wanting to come along too, I naturally felt suspicion before embarrassment or any other emotion.

‘Wait, taking Marian along… is that even possible?’

According to the event notice, “mercenary groups” and “faction fleets” couldn’t participate in this event.

Could Marian, who was essentially the leader of a faction fleet, really come with us?

But the answer to my doubt was spoon-fed to me by Jessica, who was standing beside me.

“Commander, aren’t you thinking of bringing Marian along?”

“It’s not that. The question is whether Marian, as a faction leader, can come with us.”

“Doesn’t matter, does it? The restriction was on ‘fleets’ and ‘mercenary groups,’ not ‘superhumans.’ It clearly stated that superhumans can participate.”

“…Hmm!”

Hearing that, I realized she was right, so we asked Marian if she was okay coming alone, since it would be difficult to bring her flagship too.

“That’s fine! The others will take care of my flagship, no problem!”

“Oh.”

Seeing Marian’s attitude—willing to abandon her battleship (which was supposedly a captured Earth Federation vessel or some clan’s ship that she had modified) and come alone—

I nodded and added the newly sparkling “Marian” to my fleet’s superhuman roster.

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<‘Ancient Empire Capital’ Event Participation Form>

<*Warning!* Once you participate, you cannot return to the original map until you achieve final victory or are defeated.>

<Y/N>

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I decided to press Y on the “Event Participation Message” flashing before my eyes.

And right after I pressed confirm.

-“Commander, a massive wormhole has appeared in front of the base!”

“Wow, so this is how it works.”

“It’s incredibly large.”

Seeing the enormous black hole that appeared, large enough to swallow even this massive base.

“Alright, let’s go!”

“Yes sir.”

I led all the ships waiting at the base, boarded the Hresvelgr with Jessica, and immediately set off into that deep, dark hole.

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As we moved through the wormhole toward the “Ancient Empire Capital” with my fleet positioning Kraken at the vanguard and making final battle preparations,

Jessica and I were discussing the upcoming situation on the Hresvelgr’s bridge.

“How many commanders do you think will participate in this event?”

“Well, considering they’re offering invincibility protection, probably most users.”

Users who wouldn’t participate in the event would either be “eccentrics” or those engaged in life-or-death battles between clans, so they would be rare.

I was internally excited at the thought that once we exited the wormhole, we’d see a spectacular view of hundreds of thousands or millions of ships of all varieties brought by tens of thousands of users.

And separately, since I had no intention of revealing all my forces to others:

“Tell Neranjara to submerge into subspace and wait as soon as we exit the wormhole.”

-“Understood, Commander.”

Unlike the others, I decided to keep the “Neranjara-class” hidden since it could be concealed sufficiently.

Anyway, contrary to my expectation of seeing an insane scale of massive fleets…

“The fleet will exit the wormhole shortly!”

“Oh.”

After the NPC on the bridge reported this, my fleet emerged from the wormhole with a bright white flash, and the scene before us was different from what I had expected.

There weren’t as many ships as I had anticipated.

“That’s quite a lot.”

“Indeed it is.”

Of course, what I had imagined was probably excessive.

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The fleet of about 1,000 ships where we appeared was, paradoxically, visible all at once and gave an incredible sense of pressure.

Unlike the Unity Clan from before, which had only 10 large ships bigger than medium cruisers among their 408 vessels,

The other users had also brought several large ships like battlecruisers or light carriers.

With over 50 battlecruiser-class or larger vessels visible at a glance, not only Jessica and I,

But also all our superhumans who were connected for fleet command and battle reporting purposes showed bewildered expressions.

-“My goodness… Commander, you’re not planning to fight against all that, are you?”

-“Commander, we only have 65 ships including patrol ships and repair vessels.”

Of course, since those people weren’t our enemies but rather our “friends” (if I may say so), Jessica and I, having regained our composure, had to focus on calming down the confused superhumans.

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Meanwhile, as Icarus was restoring the superhumans’ mental stability by explaining that those weren’t enemies,

The users who had arrived earlier and were waiting were also amazed at Icarus’s fleet that had joined them…

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-[LOLOLOLOL what is that?]

-[Wow it’s seriously huge]

-[My adjutant says it’s 5 times, no, 6 times bigger than my battlecruiser]

-[Isn’t that thing only used by that guy who’s ranked 3rd or something?]

-[Oh yeah, that seems right]

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Naturally, the first thing that surprised the users was the Kraken, which had grown even larger, but that was just the beginning.

As Icarus’s fleet drew closer, they could see that it had a rather unique composition.

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-[So that’s the overpowered carrier called Kraken or whatever.]

-[Its mouth is freaking huge]

-[But what’s that ship next to it with only 3 gun turrets?]

-[Hey, that’s the Hresvelgr-class missile battleship]

-[Hresvel? Oh, Hresvelgr, got it]

-[Nice, they also brought 3 battlecruisers and 1 light carrier]

-[They really came prepared]

-[You need at least that much to reach 3rd in the rankings]

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Of course, just looking at the absolute number of ship types or large vessels, it wasn’t particularly impressive.

But special ships like the Kraken-class assault combat carrier or the Hresvelgr-class missile battleship couldn’t really be considered equivalent to other large ships.

After analyzing Icarus’s newly arrived fleet, the users who had been busily chatting and analyzing forces,

Thought that with this level of power, they would definitely win this round, and decided to welcome him warmly, suggesting they should just ride his coattails.

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Back to the same moment.

After comforting the whimpering superhumans and continuing to approach the fleet, chat notifications began popping up before my eyes.

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-[hihihi]

-[hi]

-[oh hi](me)

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Seeing the incredibly warm welcome and how naturally they incorporated our fleet into their large formation,

I nodded, feeling deeply satisfied that at least the first round of this event wouldn’t turn into a mess because of some clueless trolls.

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