I Became a Commander in a Crappy SF Game.

Ch.272Siege Is Not the End (2)

by fnovelpia

“Let’s sign an exclusive contract with that Lodoss Mercenary Group.”

I immediately opened the newly appeared “Lodoss Mercenary Group Management Menu” in my status window to see what I needed to check.

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˪<Loyalty Effect: Prevents arbitrary retreat, 10% discount on contract fees>

<Warning!>

˪<When receiving a 10% loyalty discount with the basic 5% discount, only the 10% discount applies.>

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‘Hmm, seems pretty good.’

Fortunately, it wasn’t overly complicated, and the only things I needed to pay attention to were “status” and “loyalty.”

The main concern was the “desertion event” that wouldn’t happen unless loyalty dropped to -50.

While it was disappointing that the discounts didn’t stack, a 10% discount was already quite sweet.

I decided to be content with reality rather than getting greedy for more.

And while I was looking at the mercenary group’s management menu…

“Commander, Repan, the leader of the Lodoss Mercenary Group, is here to greet you.”

“Oh? Well, I might as well meet them. Let them in.”

I nodded without much thought and agreed to receive the greeting from “Repan,” the mercenary group leader.

But the problem was that Repan, who appeared before me, was quite different from the masculine-sounding name…

“Hello! It’s my first time meeting you in person!”

With peculiar greenish hair and despite being secured with a belt…

She boldly appeared with terrifying chest armor that seemed similar to or even larger than Pashtra’s.

Between her cyberpunk-style outfit that fearlessly covered everything except her chest and thighs, her unnaturally large breasts protruded as if screaming “I’m all natural!!!!”

Even down to the inexplicable holes in her inner thighs.

Upon witnessing the massive and violent appearance of Commander Repan, who wasn’t an exhibitionist(?) like Pashtra but was equally imposing…

Thanks to this, before I could even exchange greetings with Commander Repan when meeting her for the first time…

The first exclamation that automatically burst out from the depths of my heart was:

“Wow, those breasts.”

“Excuse me?”

“Commander.”

“Ah.”

And as soon as I blurted that out, I came to my senses at Jessica’s words.

‘Oh, I’m screwed.’

Thinking I might have just tanked my loyalty to -50 right from the start, I inwardly berated myself that nothing in this possession life seemed to go right, but…

That didn’t last long.

“Um, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to…”

“Hehehe, you can look as much as you want! That’s why I was appointed as the leader of the Lodoss Mercenary Group.”

“Huh?”

“According to our staff, Commander Icarus is quite fond of large breasts.”

“…”

“So, if our patron wishes, not only looking but also…”

She then brought her arms together in the middle, emphasizing her already bursting chest even more, and continued with a blush on her face.

“Holding me or anything else is perfectly fine too!”

“What.”

“…”

And seeing Commander Repan like this, I felt what you might call…

A considerable culture shock at this completely different style of approach.

But just as I was about to feel confused by the situation…

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<Event>

<Repan, the new leader of the Lodoss Mercenary Group, was elected by majority vote by mercenaries who analyzed your preferences.>

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Once I confirmed that this wasn’t genuinely friendly behavior toward me but rather an event-type reaction,

I quickly regained my composure and was able to have a more constructive conversation with Commander Repan.

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Anyway, after Oxianor’s appearance.

After meeting with Commander Repan, who made another shocking entrance following Smeragi-Tiamat,

Having resolved all issues with the mercenary group, I decided to check on the fortress repair status.

“Jessica, how’s the repair situation for this fortress?”

“The defense system is currently about 20% repaired, and it will take a week for 100% recovery.”

“Hmm…”

Hearing Jessica’s report, I felt my eyebrows twitch at the much slower recovery than expected.

Of course, the person responsible for this “slower than expected recovery” was me, who had ordered indiscriminate bombing to destroy as many defensive facilities as possible.

I decided to remain silent to avoid getting my ears pulled by Jessica’s rabbit ears for running my mouth unnecessarily.

No, beyond just keeping silent, since continuing this conversation might result in me taking damage,

I decided to steer the conversation in a slightly different direction.

“Alright, let’s stop talking about the defensive facilities.”

“Oh, yes.”

“How about the gate repairs?”

“Well… there’s no major issue there. Except for Gate 3, which was destroyed by the battleship explosion, the rest just need repairs to the damaged parts.”

“Hmm.”

“However, Gate 3 is completely destroyed, and Gate 1… is unusable because a fortress battleship got completely stuck in the entrance while departing.”

“…Ah, that one.”

At Jessica’s words, I recalled the battleship that had run aground(?) at the entrance due to an accidental collision during the battle.

It was wedged in so perfectly that they couldn’t forcibly push it out.

“So we’re currently working on cutting off parts of the gate entrance and the bow and stern of the battleship.”

“Hmm.”

“But since we’re cutting through battleship armor, that gate will only be able to accommodate patrol ships and smaller vessels.”

“Not easy, is it? How long will it take to complete repairs on the remaining gates?”

“Gate 5, which has the least damage, will be done in about 3 hours, and Gates 2 and 4 will take a day.”

I nodded with satisfaction at her words.

“Good, very good.”

But in response to my reaction, Jessica opened up about something more important.

“But Commander, what are you planning to do with the existing defense… I mean combat fleets inside the fortress?”

“Huh?”

“Those guys… maybe because they surrendered without fighting… some personnel are showing resistance toward you.”

“Resistance?”

No sooner had Jessica finished speaking than a new event message appeared before my eyes.

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<Event>

<However, some fleet commanders and troops are showing resistance toward the helplessly surrendered fortress command… and you.>

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‘Ugh, damn it.’

And it was a choice event related to rebellion, with a surprisingly high failure(?) probability.

For someone with bad luck like me, being presented with this made me think I might be setting myself up for a big failure in stabilizing the fortress I had just taken.

But right after that…

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Faced with content that anyone would find highly suspicious, and with one effect hidden behind question marks,

I found myself wondering what on earth this could be.

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