Ch.410[Episode 410] The Other World, Area 12

Sir Dominic passed his fleet license test in one go.

The Glory of Feralant was built with full options, including an artificial intelligence that managed navigation routes, allowing Sir Dominic to pass the license test without lifting a finger.

Of course, he did observe manual operation, but since he already had an airship license, he was able to obtain the fleet license without much difficulty.

Afterward, Sir Dominic received some knowledge about space warfare before he could meet Captain Elang again.

“Sir Dominic! Welcome. Are you all prepared?”

“I am.”

Sir Dominic nodded in response to Captain Elang’s question.

“Then shall we go right away?”

Captain Elang asked for Sir Dominic’s consent.

When Sir Dominic nodded, Captain Elang took him to the Mirror World Story Mode.

There were already several people Captain Elang had called, including not only the basic members Suzuki, Lily, and Lee, but also some dealers and supporters whom Sir Dominic didn’t know.

“These are the people who will clear Area 12 with us.”

Captain Elang introduced them to Sir Dominic.

When Sir Dominic slightly bowed his head in greeting, the others bowed back.

“Before we go in, I’d like to know the plan.”

A macho, muscular man with a cigar in his mouth raised his hand.

He was wearing an officer’s uniform with his chest exposed, giving the impression of a rough sailor even at a glance.

“Rather than being wiped out clumsily like last time, shouldn’t we make a plan first?”

“Exactly.”

A woman with a tightly cinched corset emphasizing her figure agreed with the muscular man.

She was also wearing an officer’s hat, with a laser pistol at her waist.

“Those two are from the mercenary group, and they’re the only ones in our party who have had a battleship until now,” Captain Elang whispered in Sir Dominic’s ear.

Sir Dominic tried to recall if there was a clan called the mercenary group, and remembered it was one of the clans that survived until the end of the alpha test.

Perhaps their concept was to work as mercenaries for a reasonable price.

“The two of them saved up money to buy a battleship. Thanks to that, they’re both treated as 3-tier.”

“I see.”

Sir Dominic nodded at Captain Elang’s explanation.

“Anyway, I’d like to hear the plan first.”

“Of course.”

Captain Elang nodded in understanding at the two people’s words and explained the plan.

“The plan is simple. Sir Dominic charges in to draw aggro, and we clean up. That’s it. Easy, right?”

“What?”

The macho man spoke in disbelief.

“No matter how great Sir Dominic is, space warfare is different from regular stats. There’s no way he can hold out.”

The woman spoke as if it was absurd.

It seemed these two knew something about Sir Dominic.

“Sir Dominic will be able to do it.”

But Captain Elang believed in Sir Dominic.

It was because she vaguely knew about Sir Dominic’s special skills, [Standard Bearer] and [Cinematic].

“Hmm.”

The muscular man stroked his chin, seemingly captivated by Captain Elang’s confidence.

“Alright. I’ll trust you this once.”

The man said as he dropped his cigar on the ground and extinguished it by grinding it with his heel.

“Then the rest of you agree with this plan as well?”

At Captain Elang’s words, the others nodded.

The people gathered this time were all dispatched from the mercenary group.

Captain Elang had hired mercenaries with her newly acquired wealth.

Among them, the muscular man had the highest tier and most experience, followed by the woman in the corset.

So their decision was essentially the decision of the entire group.

“Good. Then let’s move to Area 12.”

Captain Elang said and moved to Area 12 first.

At that moment, Sir Dominic suddenly realized that he only knew about the gimmick of Area 12, but hadn’t heard about the exact victory conditions.

“Come to think of it, I haven’t heard about the victory conditions.”

Sir Dominic looked at the portal Captain Elang had entered for a moment, then shook his head to clear his thoughts.

“I’ll find out when I get there.”

With those words, Sir Dominic walked into the portal.

…

[Welcome to Area 12.]

[Area 12 is based in space.]

[You can choose one of the following objectives:]

[1. Annihilation of the enemy]

[2. Destruction of the enemy command headquarters]

[3. Occupation of all strategic points for 30 minutes]

[4. Destruction of the enemy’s mystery ‘Interplanetary Ballistic Missile Launcher’]

[The defeat triggers are as follows:]

[1. Annihilation of allied forces]

[2. Destruction of allied command headquarters]

[3. 30 minutes elapse with all strategic points taken by the enemy]

[4. Destruction of allied mystery ‘Warp Gate’]

[You will clear Area 12 as soon as you achieve one of the objectives.]

[Good luck, Captain.]

…

With a bright light, Sir Dominic found himself standing in the lobby of a space station in outer space.

Captain Elang, the mercenaries, and other commanders were there, and Sir Dominic immediately approached Captain Elang.

“There are quite a lot of people.”

Sir Dominic said to Captain Elang.

“Area 12 is a cooperative mode… Oh.”

Captain Elang just realized she had forgotten to give Sir Dominic a detailed explanation about Area 12.

“Uh, I’m sorry. I should have explained Area 12 to you in more detail.”

Captain Elang hurriedly began explaining.

Area 12 was set in outer space, and our goal was to succeed in one of the objectives that had just been shown.

As it was a cooperative mode, the difficulty of the opponents was proportional to the number of allies, and everyone would win if just one objective was achieved.

On the surface, it didn’t seem like a difficult mission, but…

“The problem is… the enemies are too strong.”

Captain Elang said with a gloomy expression.

In Area 12, if you participated, you would win along with others if someone achieved the goal.

And Area 12 had a gimmick where the difficulty varied depending on the number of commanders.

In other words, commanders who entered just to reap benefits without contributing would still affect the difficulty.

“Those who bring the cheapest ships are at least decent. At least they have ships. But…”

Captain Elang glanced at the people in the lobby.

And she noticed that more than half of the people here were riffraff without even a ship.

“…Those without ships are the problem.”

Captain Elang whispered.

She didn’t want to be reported for speaking loudly enough for other commanders to hear.

[1 minute remaining.]

“Ah. It’s about to start.”

Captain Elang watched the remaining countdown with Sir Dominic.

Once the countdown ended, the main game would begin.

“Excuse me. Are you Sir Dominic?”

At that moment, someone approached Sir Dominic.

Sir Dominic thought it was one of the commanders, but he was wrong.

“Um, I’m an employee of the Executive branch managing this station…”

The self-identified Executive branch employee looked at Sir Dominic with a troubled expression.

“Well, Sir Dominic’s ship is too large to depart from the space station’s dock. So I was wondering…”

The Executive branch employee made a suggestion to Sir Dominic.

“How about being summoned from the Warp Gate instead…”

Sir Dominic looked at the Executive branch employee who had said this.

…

[The war begins! May you be victorious, Captain.]

With the system message, numerous battleships launched from the space station.

Most were around 100m class, with occasional 50m or 200m class ships.

These were the largest battleships that commanders at their current level could afford.

Of course, there were some larger battleships.

Captain Elang’s mercenary ship, the ‘Flat Back of the Head,’ was one such example.

Befitting a mercenary group, this massive ship boasted tremendous firepower and was a 300m class battleship, currently the largest in Area 12.

Although its durability wasn’t great due to some defense industry corruption, being the largest battleship was what mattered.

“…I don’t like this from the start.”

However, Captain Elang had no time to worry about such trivial matters.

Size wasn’t that important in space warfare.

To be precise, in the face of overwhelming numerical differences, size just meant being an easier target.

Allied battleships numbered around 300. Enemy battleships were clearly over 5,000.

And it wasn’t as if allies had the advantage in size either.

The enemy had a 500m class battleship.

“…Are we going to lose this round too?”

Captain Elang sighed as she said this.

As if to further upset Captain Elang, the 500m class battleship from the enemy side advanced forward and urged all fleets to surrender through public communication.

[“You cannot win! Your chances of victory are zero, both qualitatively and numerically, so surrender immediately! If you surrender, I’ll ensure you return with minimal damage!”]

The 500m class battleship began to approach.

It was so close that it was within the weapon range of all ships.

[“…Should we just give up and restart?”]

Such desperate content flowed through the allied communication network.

The battle situation between the enemy and allies was clear, and allied morale was steadily declining.

But even in despair, hope can bloom.

[“Surrender! If you surrender… Huh?”]

The captain of the 500m class battleship suddenly noticed something sparkling from the Warp Gate.

[“What’s that?”]

The captain of the 500m class battleship stretched his neck forward to see what the sparkle was.

…And that was the captain’s last moment.

[5-tier space battleship, ‘Glory of Feralant’ has arrived through dimensions!]

[[Standard Bearer] effect applies 13.5% damage reduction to all allies!]

[[Cinematic] effect raises the morale of allies!]

A 1.2km metal spear that emerged from the Warp Gate had pierced through the 500m class battleship.

The 500m class battleship was split in two with an explosion, but the Glory of Feralant was intact.

No, there was some damage.

There was a slight scratch on the ram at the front.

In this absurd situation, the battlefield fell silent.

[Due to the effect of the ‘Glory of Feralant’, Wi-Fi is available throughout the battlefield. How nice!]

…Probably twice as silent because of this message.