Ch.413[Episode 413] The Other World – Area 12

The flagship “Glory of Feralant” steadily began advancing to burn the enemies.

The commander’s battleships loaded with consumable cash items were moving around Sir Dominic’s battleship, maintaining proper formation.

“Hiring Sir Dominic this time was truly a stroke of genius.”

[“I know. How did we manage to hire a 4-star character like Sir Dominic… no, today he’s a 5-star, I guess. Anyway, how did we hire a 5-star character?”]

“We got lucky.”

Lieutenant Elang conversed with another commander through a private radio channel.

The commander was from the same guild.

Unlike clans, guilds could be created by anyone who shared common interests, and anyone could join them, so Lieutenant Elang’s guild membership wasn’t particularly surprising.

[“Well, thanks to him, we might be able to clear Area 12. As expected of the beta test strategy team.”]

“You’re making me cringe when you say it like that.”

Lieutenant Elang felt embarrassed by the praise coming from across the communication line.

In truth, Lieutenant Elang was quite famous outside of Gachaland.

He wasn’t originally famous, but he had made a name for himself since starting Gachaland by performing various feats and sharing information about different characters’ efficiency.

Of course, most of that information stemmed from Lieutenant Elang’s remarkable luck.

[“I can’t believe a 4-star Sir Dominic is this amazing.”]

Sounds of admiration came from across the communication line.

[“If a 4-star is this good, what would a 5-star or a transcendent 6-star be like?”]

Lieutenant Elang nodded in agreement with his fellow commander’s words.

Currently, the upper limit for characters commanders could hire was 4-star.

The company that created Gachaland had announced that when the game officially launched, it would be possible to hire 5-star characters or higher, though they warned it would be extremely difficult.

This was what the Unborn President had told reporters during the beta test.

“I’m not entirely sure, but Sir Dominic definitely feels like the strongest right now.”

[“I don’t think so. I disagree.”]

The fellow commander shook his head at Lieutenant Elang’s words.

Among the recruitment cards they could draw, there were several 4-star characters besides Sir Dominic and Sir Dominica.

Quite a few 4-star characters had been added during the beta test.

Sir Dominic might have been the best card in the initial card pool, but now with so many new characters added, it was questionable. One could only tilt their head in uncertainty.

“That’s because you haven’t seen Sir Dominic’s true strength.”

Lieutenant Elang began explaining Sir Dominic’s power to his fellow commander.

“Sir Dominic is practically immortal. Plus, his base stats are high. And also, and also—”

[“Ah. I get it, I get it.”]

The fellow commander cut off Lieutenant Elang’s words as if his ears were hurting.

In truth, the fellow commander’s interruption wasn’t just because his ears were hurting.

[“It looks like combat will begin soon. Let’s end our private communication now.”]

“…Okay.”

[“Good. I’m hanging up now.”]

With those words, the fellow commander ended the call.

But Lieutenant Elang didn’t care whether the fellow commander ended the call or not.

Instead, Lieutenant Elang looked ahead of the battleship.

He was looking at the enemy battleships emerging one after another from the defense bases in orbit between planets.

“…This is why I can’t quit Gachaland.”

Lieutenant Elang felt goosebumps rising as he gazed at thousands of battleships.

[“All fleet, maintain current positions. I repeat. Maintain current positions until further orders.”]

“Ah.”

Lieutenant Elang heard the communication from the allied command headquarters and immediately stopped his battleship in place.

The mercenaries operating various parts of the old battleship gulped.

The battle was about to begin.

…

“I don’t understand why the enemy has formed their ranks like that.”

Sir Dominic tilted his head as he observed the enemy formation.

The enemy formation had left the center empty while concentrating all their forces on the left and right flanks.

In contrast, Sir Dominic’s formation was a concentrated one, which already looked small due to its compact nature, and appeared even more pitiful due to the numerical difference.

“Are they conscious of my presence?”

Sir Dominic thought that this formation was designed because of him.

It seemed like they wanted to avoid him and deal with the other battleships first.

“I don’t know, I really don’t.”

Sir Dominic frowned with his one remaining eye.

But Sir Dominic’s concern didn’t last long.

The enemy battleships slowly began to move.

“…I should move too.”

With those words, Sir Dominic slowly headed forward.

The war began silently.

…

The “Glory of Feralant” stood at the very front, heading toward the center of the enemy formation.

The center of the enemy formation was completely empty, making it look like a trap, but Sir Dominic intended to enter the trap anyway.

That way, he could draw the enemy’s attention to himself.

That was the role of a tank, and that was why Sir Dominic was here.

However, he had no intention of just taking hits like a fool.

The Glory of Feralant initially moved straight ahead, then turned its head 45 degrees to the left, and fired its main cannon.

For other battleships, it would have been safer to come to a complete stop before firing, but the Glory of Feralant was a very expensive ship.

That meant it was more than capable of handling this maneuver.

The energy cannon fired by the Glory of Feralant once again turned dozens of enemy ships into piles of scrap metal.

No, the damage might have been even greater.

One ship at the center of the energy blast completely vaporized due to the overwhelming power of the energy cannon.

Truly terrifying, overwhelming power!

However, the enemy’s response was not to be underestimated.

All enemy ships began firing their main cannons at the Glory of Feralant.

But as everyone expected, the Glory of Feralant was no ordinary ship when it came to defense.

It was sturdy in proportion to its cost, and thanks to Sir Dominic’s trait [Tank] and special ability [Standard-Bearer], the damage was reduced. Moreover, the Glory of Feralant had a special function.

“It seems it’s time to use this.”

Sir Dominic lightly pressed a button.

Then, a petal-like shield unfolded at the front of the Glory of Feralant.

The shield blocked a certain amount of damage, then began to flicker and allow some attacks through.

Of course, the Glory of Feralant didn’t take any damage.

To conserve energy, instead of blocking all attacks, the shield started letting through attacks that the main body could withstand.

Truly excellent technology befitting a state-of-the-art battleship.

Sir Dominic continued deeper into enemy territory like that.

Leading his allies.

…

“Wow, my goodness. Is this even possible?”

Lieutenant Elang followed Sir Dominic while letting out an incredulous laugh.

Enemy attacks flew past Lieutenant Elang’s battleship.

Normally, the damage would have been more than enough to destroy the battleship, but Lieutenant Elang’s ship survived.

This was thanks to Sir Dominic’s special skill [Standard-Bearer].

Thanks to Sir Dominic’s skill reducing damage by a formidable 15%, the ship survived with minimal durability remaining.

But at this rate, it would certainly be destroyed by the next attack.

However, Sir Dominic’s ship, the Glory of Feralant, shone even in this situation.

Due to the field repair base that Sir Dominic had installed on the Glory of Feralant, surrounding ships were automatically repaired at a rate of 2 durability per second.

This was insufficient compared to proper repairs, but it was enough to withstand the enemy offensive a little longer.

With Sir Dominic’s area damage reduction effect, repair effect, and communication interference and beam weapon interference particles, Lieutenant Elang was practically a one-man army.

The impossible situation of 150 battleships pushing against 5,000 battleships had become reality.

And that was despite being outnumbered and outgunned!

But Lieutenant Elang had no time to think about that.

Before such thoughts, he needed to reduce the number of enemy ships as much as possible.

By burning enemy ships and drawing attention, they could strike the enemy from behind most effectively.

With that thought, Lieutenant Elang grinned.

This time, this time for sure!

Lieutenant Elang felt hope that he would finally succeed in Area 12 after failing so many times.

“Please, I’m not even asking for total annihilation. I know capturing the strategic point is difficult. So…”

Lieutenant Elang looked toward where the hidden fleet might be circling.

“Please, let us succeed with at least some other condition…?”

That’s when it happened.

Lieutenant Elang suddenly realized something was flying from the enemy planet.

Time began to slow down for Lieutenant Elang.

His pupils quickly identified what that something was.

And he realized it was a missile.

A missile as large as a battleship.

Lieutenant Elang vaguely understood why the enemies had formed such a strange formation.

Was it all for this?

In this slow-motion moment, Lieutenant Elang turned his head to follow the missile’s trajectory.

And he realized that the missile was heading toward Sir Dominic’s Glory of Feralant.

“Dan-ger-“

Lieutenant Elang quickly tried to warn Sir Dominic through personal communication, but the missile was so fast that its warhead had already penetrated the Glory of Feralant.

Lieutenant Elang blankly stared at the missile digging into the Glory of Feralant.

And then…

With a boom! a massive explosion erupted from the Glory of Feralant.