Ch.270The Conqueror of the Fortress

At the very moment Icarus was celebrating the successful fortress siege with a full dopamine recharge…

The users who were trying to watch “Icarus’s Heart-Pounding Siege Livestream” through thousands of stealth ships, as well as those who had bet “Gold” on Icarus’s siege success probability…

Were all displaying reactions that could only be described as absolutely hysterical.

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Title: Upvote if you’re feeling good for reasons you can’t mention lolololol

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of a toad laughing hysterically with a background covered in “ㅋ” characters]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

What’s the right bet?

Trust the ranker lolololololol

Upvote if you believed in verified safe assets lololololol

Comments:

-[This is the last time]

-[Agreed]

-[Upvoted lolololol]

-[What the hell]

-˪[Maybe…?](Author)

-˪[MAAAAAAYBE?]

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Title: How the hell did that succeed?

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Screenshot image of destroyed spaceport gate]

WTF why did that suddenly explode

Did they infiltrate special forces into the fortress beforehand?

Suddenly everything’s exploding, where’s the fairness in this BS

Comments:

-[This is what happens when you don’t trust verified safe assets and waste your money]

-˪[Where do you live, asshole](Author)

-[Special forces is BS, wasn’t it a stray railgun shot that hit?]

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As they say, C is between life and death, B and D.

The contrasting joy and sorrow of countless users who tried to bet for or against Icarus in the gallery…

If Icarus himself saw it, he would likely be secretly delighted, saying as always that the absurdity made it entertaining to watch.

And separate from these gambling addicts experiencing mixed emotions from their gambling aftermath…

Most users, after recalling Icarus’s past “battle” scenes…

Were now screaming “Whaaaaat?!” as they realized that Icarus had actually been “hiding his power!” in battles against users.

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Title: “Yeah, yeah, bro was hiding his power even in 1 vs 5”

Author: Anonymous

Content: [GIF of 50,000 ships advancing]

“As if I’d ever show my true power to mere users.”

Comments:

-[LOLOLOLOLOL]

-[A ranker hiding his power, terrifying]

-[What kind of template is this now]

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Title: So he was just going easy on us during Unity

Author: Anonymous

Content: [JPG of post list praising his 1:5 victory at the time]

He called in pirates because we crossed the line by beating up his base at the end

Comments:

-[That’s exactly it]

-[Smart young man]

-[Not easy]

-[LOLOLOLOL]

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And while everyone was collectively roleplaying as high school girls like this…

There were some who tried to analyze Icarus’s combat capabilities, concerned about potential future PVP encounters with him.

Of course, their hidden agenda was…

-‘Should we subtly try to check this Icarus guy?’

-‘How?’

-‘He’s too strong by himself, let’s gather other players around him and make them fight each other’

-‘Oh.’

They attempted to check or even eliminate Icarus, who was powerful as a “single player” in a different sense than the 2nd-ranked Raksha…

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Title: Isn’t 3rd place’s power too strong?

Author: SoloOnly

Content: [GIF of fortress spaceport gate being destroyed]

Looking at the 1:5 situation last time too

He’s called a single player, but isn’t he basically a clan?

Shouldn’t we solo players band together and teach him a lesson? Right?

Comments:

-[Slightly toxic]

-[What’s this now?]

-[Tsk tsk tsk]

-[This is targeted harassment]

-[Do you not realize you’ll be counter-targeted if you openly harass like this?]

-[Oh](Author)

-[Wait, I can’t handle a 1:5 situation dammit](Author)

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Being too obvious, he failed to notice he was setting himself up for counter-harassment…

And ended up being torn apart by solo players who came at him saying this was the perfect opportunity.

Meanwhile, other users, after confirming that Icarus had depleted his forces to conquer “Avalon Fortress”…

Suggested that everyone should gather and attack now while his forces were weakened.

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Title: Wait, didn’t 3rd place lose a lot of ships conquering the city?

Author: Rau

Content: [JPG of large ships passing by with small ship debris scattered everywhere]

According to posts from people who were livestreaming, it looks like he lost almost half his fleet

Couldn’t we just push through against his depleted forces?

Comments:

-[Looking at what was lost, it was only small ships]

-[Most of the fortress combat fleet couldn’t even deploy because he blocked the entrance, so they’re mostly intact]

-[Meaning, if you mess with him now, a fleet with at least 300 battleships and over 100 cruisers will say hello and beat you up]

-˪[Plus, since a day has passed, whoever strikes first will get hit by Hresvelgr’s strategic teleporting missiles and have their main ships blown up before they even start]

-˪[Oh I see](Author)

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Title: Backstabbing 3rd place is really dangerous though

Author: Poop-Smelling Old Man

Content: [GIF of Hresvelgr firing strategic missiles all at once]

More than anything else, since a day has passed during this siege

Whoever attacks first needs to be prepared to have all their capital ships destroyed

And then whoever tries to loot the empty house next will get slaughtered

Comments:

-[LOLOLOLOLOLOL]

-[A beautiful world where everyone is looking to stab each other in the back]

-[So being 2nd place instead of 1st means you can beat rankers and take fortresses too? Sweet]

-˪[You can’t take it alone, the defense fleet is still intact]

-˪[But they said the gate was destroyed, doesn’t that mean the fleet can’t deploy?]

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And despite warnings that “you’ll lose all your capital ships and be torn apart by other users”…

Driven by the desire to easily claim a Level 5 fortress, one user’s greed was shining through as they prepared to backstab…

No, to boldly attempt to swallow up the “Avalon Fortress” that Icarus had conquered.

But just a few minutes later…

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Title: Combat fleet takeover complete

Author: Icarus

Content: [Message showing Avalon Fortress combat fleets have surrendered]

Yep

Lol

Gate’s already repaired, good luck

Comments:

-[Oh]

-[Repairs happen really fast, how?]

-[Must have removed the battleship that was stuck in the gate]

-[Congrats]

-[City conquest king, upvote]

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When Icarus boldly posted his “city takeover” verification shot…

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Title: I will never challenge Icarus-nim again

Author: Rau

Content: [Image of someone bowing deeply]

Yes sir

Comments:

-[What’s this now?]

-˪[This is someone who was picking a fight with a ranker but immediately bowed down when the city fleet takeover was announced]

-˪[LOLOLOLOLOL]

-[LOLOLOLOL]

-[Ah, no discipline needed, what a shame]

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He showed himself desperately trying to maintain his smooth and long life by immediately bowing down in apology.