Ch.277The World Always Requires You to Watch Your Back (4)
by fnovelpia
Right at the moment when the Latten Water Clan was preparing to launch assault pods under Raksha’s command.
The Magellan Clan’s “main force” under Monalisa—which should have been more than a week’s journey away—suddenly appeared…
And immediately after that.
—————————————–
<Latten Water Official Chat Room>
-[Magellan bastards’ main force is here, what’s going on?]
-[There’s no way they could be here already]
-[W-what the f***?]
-[Oh f***!]
-[F*** evasive maneuvers now!]
—————————————–
“T-this is betrayal, you sons of bitches!!!!”
“Commander, we need to evade now!”
The sudden reactions in the Latten Water Clan’s chat room.
And as evident from Raksha’s response aboard the ship.
Monalisa’s Magellan Clan main force began indiscriminately bombarding the remaining Latten Water fleet that had been preparing for an assault operation.
Naturally, the Latten Water fleet—already depleted from fierce battles with defensive fleets—was completely exposed to this sudden attack from behind.
Not only the various capital ships that had remained until then.
But also the damaged ships undergoing emergency repairs couldn’t even mount a counterattack, becoming nothing more than exploding fireworks.
And by the time half of Latten Water Clan’s remaining fleet was annihilated by the Magellan Clan’s lightning strike…
When a user from one of the stealth ships observing the situation posted on the gallery.
Naturally, the gallery’s reaction to such an act of “betrayal” heated up intensely.
—————————————–
Title: BREAKING NEWS) Magellan Clan launches surprise attack on Latten Water Clan
Author: Anonymous
Content: [GIF of Latten Water Clan battleships exploding from Magellan Clan’s main force surprise attack]
The main force that appeared right after the battle ended has severely backstabbed Latten Water as they were preparing for an assault operation
In just minutes, half of Latten Water’s remaining forces were crushed, and it looks like Latten Water is retreating
Comments:
-[How is this not fake news?]
-[I came in thinking this was obviously fake, but it’s real]
-[LOLOLOLOLOLOL]
-[Holy shit]
-[Their timing was artistically perfect]
—————————————–
—————————————–
Title: Magellan Clan planned this backstab from the very beginning
Author: Anonymous
Content: [JPG calculating time from Magellan Clan’s main base to “Tunguska Fortress City”]
It takes a week one-way to get there from “Bern,” the level 2 stronghold that’s supposedly Magellan Clan’s main base
But right after Latten Water completely destroyed the Tunguska defense fleet, the Magellan main force arrives at that exact timing?
They factored in the time needed for the stronghold siege from the beginning, planning to leave early and quickly take it for themselves
Anyone who says otherwise is just talking nonsense, for real
I’m right, don’t bother arguing
Comments:
-[This makes sense;;]
-[They say you have to prepare thoroughly for a backstab, so they prepared a week in advance?]
-[But the siege of the 3rd ranked city that caused all this was only 5 days ago, is that even possible?]
-˪[Their goal was to take down Latten Water from the beginning, and they just used this to lure them in](Author)
—————————————–
—————————————–
Title: You f***ing bastards
Author: Raksha
Content: [Image of battleship taken from destroyer bridge]
Just you wait
You suggest we ally to attack the stronghold, then stab us in the back after we do all the work?
Comments:
-[LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL]
-[Let’s see the revenge story]
-[LOLOLOLOLOLOL]
-[Full-on rage mode activated]
—————————————–
Naturally, since people tend to feel repulsed by acts of “betrayal.”
The gallery was filled with voices condemning the Magellan Clan for “cowardly backstabbing” Latten Water, which had nearly captured a level 7 stronghold with their exceptional skills.
Especially after Raksha, the Latten Water clan leader himself, posted a message full of indignation, the atmosphere reached its peak.
However, unfortunately, such voices couldn’t last long…
—————————————–
Title: BREAKING: Latten Water Clan bases being ambushed en masse
Author: News Boy
Content: [JPG collection of various base bombardment images leaked through private chat rooms]
While the Latten Water fleet was being annihilated by the Magellan Clan’s main force
Reports keep coming in that various small and medium-sized clans are attacking bases belonging to Latten Water Clan users
I don’t know the exact reason, but it seems at least 10-20 clans are involved
Comments:
-[What’s going on?]
-[If 20 clans are ganging up on them, what the hell did they do?]
-[Did Latten Water accumulate bad karma or something? And now that they’re weakened, it’s all exploding at once?]
-˪[Oh]
—————————————–
As soon as a post appeared from a user who recently lived more as a journalist than a combatant.
All sorts of activities that the Latten Water Clan had been conducting, knowingly or unknowingly, surfaced.
—————————————–
Title: Honestly, Latten Water is just reaping what they sowed
Author: Anonymous
Content: [JPG of anonymous chat room tip], [Destroyed ship debris]
They usually relied on their physical skills and abilities to run a raiding economy, plundering surrounding clans
They’d pick fights with smaller clans just to level up when they got bored
They’d attack people who annoyed them
My first battleship got blown up because I “irritated” them, so this serves them right
Comments:
-[???]
-[Wait, is this for real?]
-˪[Yes, it’s real](Author)
-[Wow, that’s messed up]
-[That’s seriously messed up lol]
-[Are you making this up? Prove it properly]
-˪[That evidence is enough, damn it](Author)
—————————————–
Of course, the gallery users had no way of knowing whether this was the actual truth or not.
But since it seemed plausible on the surface…
The gallery’s public opinion quickly shifted to view the situation not as Latten Water being betrayed, but rather as them receiving their just deserts in a form of “lesson.”
And after a few days with the situation having turned around like that…
—————————————–
Title: BREAKING: Latten Water Clan annihilated
Author: News Boy
Content: [JPG verification image showing “Latten Water Clan” dissolution in chat window]
The Latten Water Clan, whose main fleet was completely destroyed in the recent “Tunguska Fortress City” battle, has been completely wiped out as of today
Most of the former clan members were absorbed into the Magellan Clan in exchange for preserving their bases and fleets
Raksha, the clan leader, and some users managed to escape through the encirclement despite losing their base
Comments:
-[I heard that Raksha guy had his base completely surrounded by an entire clan despite being a ranker, and he escaped?]
-˪[I don’t know the details either](Author)
-[As expected of a superhuman survivor]
-[Wow, a ranker clan just collapsed like this]
-[Raksha is finished?]
-[Additional info: Raksha only took some gacha ships and a few battleships customized for speed]
-˪[Aircraft carriers and other slow ships, plus most resource mining ships went boom along with the base]
-˪[OK](Author)
-[What about the stronghold?]
-˪[Naturally the Magellan Clan took it, but I heard they handed over their existing stronghold to another clan](Author)
-[Nice, justice served]
—————————————–
When news that the Latten Water Clan—arguably the strongest clan in terms of average skill—had finally disappeared into the annals of history was posted on the gallery.
For me, who had been doing various miscellaneous things a week after the stronghold capture, it evoked rather complex and ambivalent feelings.
0 Comments