Ch.399Call Me Icarus. (5)

Title: 10th Round Clear + Quitting Post.txt

Author: Icarus

Content: [10th Round Clear Proof.jpg]

This is such bullshit

I’ve been through so much… it’s really tough

[Dreadnought heavily damaged… but with propulsion systems shut down, external bridge blown off, and weapons shattered, looking completely sunk to anyone.jpg]

[Image of Ouroboros-class with its main cannon and rear section melted and evaporated.jpg]

[Image of Bayern-class with more than half of its outer armor in the dual-armor structure torn off by “something”.jpg]

I’m seriously too exhausted so I’m quitting here

[Image of pressing N when asked to proceed to the next stage after clearing the 10th round, while flipping double birds at the screen.jpg]

Comments:

-[Every bit of content and each image is a masterpiece]

-[LOLOLOLOL]

-[Look at all that emotion in the last one]

-[Wow, a Dreadnought actually got sunk?]

-˪[Looking at those holes in the armor, that’s definitely not battleship-class fire LMAO]

-[So it was true that patrol ships can penetrate them]

-[Why did Ouroboros get castrated?]

-[Oh shit, the Bayern-class got wrecked horrifically]

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Of course, when my verification post went up, most users reacted as if “a top ranker did what top rankers do,” giving the impression I was putting on some kind of strongman show.

Regardless, some users were analyzing the destruction state of the ships I posted to gauge the difficulty of the 10th round…

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Title: Analysis of the 10th Round Results Posted by Rank 3.txt

Author: Megaranica

Content: [Collection of screenshots from Icarus’s verification post.png]

I see people there talking about patrol ships making small holes and whatnot

[Close-up of impact marks on the Dreadnought verification shot.jpg]

The small holes weren’t made by patrol ship main guns or anything like that, but by particle beam fragments from battleship-class weapons

Think I’m lying?

[Close-up verification of damage on his own battleship.jpg]

Nope, it’s true. Deal with it.

Comments:

-[What]

-[Boring]

-[So this isn’t about patrol ships penetrating battleships after all]

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Title: Isn’t that Ouroboros just suffering from energy backflow?

Author: Ochinchin Peperoncino

Content: [Ouroboros castration image.jpg]

At first I thought it got caught in annihilation ship bombardment

But the pattern looks exactly like the gun barrel got blocked, causing energy backflow that blasted straight back through the barrel

[Some crude diagram drawn in Paint.jpg]

Something like this?

Comments:

-[Cute drawing]

-[Crude but adorable]

-[Agreed]

-[Are you guys only evaluating the last drawing and not reading the content?]

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Title: Honestly, I think the difficulty after Round 5 is overhyped

Author: Auschcream

Content: [Round 8 Clear Verification.jpg]

I’ve cleared up to Round 8

When I see claims about patrol ships or destroyers punching holes in battleships, those must be from people who didn’t properly upgrade or equip their ships

If you properly equip and level up, that’s all nonsense

Of course enemies do get stronger, but at most they’re like fighting ships one class above yours

And most enemy ships are normal grade due to balance patches, so you don’t need to worry much

I don’t know what kind of bullshit might appear in Round 10, but people who prefer the comfortable tutorial-style of Rounds 1-4 might find it frustrating

Comments:

-[So Rounds 1-4 are for super cowards, and from Round 5 it’s a world for real men?]

-˪[You bastard, casually throwing down a challenge](Author)

-˪[LOLOLOLOL]

-˪[LOLOLOLOL]

-[Not wrong though]

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Title: But is it really possible for normal-grade to destroy S~SSS-grade?

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of Bayern-class being horribly torn apart.jpg]

Seriously?

Isn’t this too brutal to be happening?

Was it under-leveled?

Comments:

-[You don’t know anything]

-[It’s not about leveling, this game doesn’t have ships that are overwhelmingly superior in every aspect just because they’re higher grade]

-˪[Huh? But when I see people using SSS-grade ships, they destroy everything](Author)

-˪[That’s because the users with SSS-grade ships max out equipment, upgrades, and leveling while tryharding]

-[In this game, unless you’re talking about superhumans, ships don’t overwhelmingly outclass normal-grade ships in every aspect just because they’re higher grade]

-[Higher grades get stronger through special functions and higher potential]

-[If you don’t upgrade properly and level properly, the baseline is the same for all of them]

-˪[Ah, thanks](Author)

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The veterans and other users were showing their kind hearts(???) toward the clueless newbie who was crying “I’m a baby, take care of me.”

Though honestly, it felt less like kindness and more like creepy old men saying “come here, newbie” with ulterior motives.

Anyway, through my verification, many users who had chosen to quit at Round 5 declared they would push through to the next round.

As a result, many users had their main ships blown up by ridiculous bullshit.

Superhumans were dying left and right.

With cries of “The enemies are too strong for this to be a base defense concept, is this right?!” echoing through the gallery, there was an outburst of wailing and anger.

Because of that, some mysterious attacks were about to be launched against me and other users who cleared beyond Round 5, but they were suppressed by other moderators…

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Unfortunately, during that time when the gallery was burning…

—

<“Last Stand” 10th Round Clear Reward Granted!>

<Reward>

<Dimensional Causality Fixation Usage Rights x50, Minerals 1,000,000, Rare Resources 100,000>

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“Huh.”

As one of the parties involved, I had turned off the community window including the gallery and even disabled notifications.

So I knew absolutely nothing about the burning situation as I was receiving my reward for clearing the 10th round.

But when I realized the reward was a “gacha usage right” of all things.

“Commander, the reward is Dimensional Causality Fixation Usage Rights.”

“Hmm.”

“So basically we just received a ton of resources, right?”

“…”

I could see Jessica’s expression twisting involuntarily as she confirmed the contents of the reward, just like mine.

“It feels like they’re telling us to just eat resources and drop out.”

“…Well, I’m sure that wasn’t the original intention.”

Normally, I should be rejoicing like “Wow! They’re giving us 50 free pulls!!!” but.

Given my track record so far.

The nightmare of those 9,980 pulls still hadn’t faded.

Despite receiving such a substantial reward, I could feel my mood turning extremely sour.

If there was any consolation, it was that through this battle, I had obtained the utterly rootless toy called the “Anchorage-class.”

Given its characteristic of using “Grab.”

The fact that I could have some seriously fun pranks if I used it well gave me a feeling that boosted my mental state a little.

And while I was thinking about this.

“Oh right, Commander.”

“Yes?”

“In about 2-3 days, the monthly and weekly quests will be completed simultaneously, bringing in additional Dimensional Causality Fixation Usage Rights.”

“Oh, is it already that time? So how many will we have in total?”

“All together, enough for about 80-90 pulls.”

“Oh.”

Hearing that a large number of gacha usage rights would be supplied in a few days.

I felt the fresh thought that I might accelerate the restoration plan for the fortress’s main guns with resources obtained from the gacha.

But the day after self-terminating this event.

As always, after completing daily quests, when I opened the community to manage the gallery.

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-[Holy shit, Earth Federation coup d’état](126,161)

-[Oh my god, Humanity staged a coup against the Federation!](543,119)

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‘What?’

Faced with news of such an unexpected and large-scale incident, I felt my mind shift into a very peculiar state.