Ch.421Welcome To Tannhäuser

And before I could recover from the shock of Jessica’s words, a mysterious event message appeared before my eyes.

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<Event>

<The Leviathan Squadron Wants to Live.>

<Content>

<The ‘Leviathan Squadron,’ or rather, the last ‘Earth Defense Fleet,’ which appeared with an incredibly arrogant attitude.>

<After fleeing, they encountered 3,700 fleets including the Kraken, along with fortified bases.>

<And seeing more than 10,000 fleets approaching in real-time from beyond, they’ve determined they cannot escape alive.>

<In order to survive, they wish to negotiate with you.>

<Option 1: Accept the Leviathan Squadron into the ‘Icarus Triangle Zone’!>

<Option 2: Heh heh heh, get lost, you bastards.>

<Warning!>

<Being hostile to the Leviathan Squadron may put you in an extremely dangerous situation.>

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‘Huh.’

After seeing that event message.

I realized why the Leviathan Squadron, which had so proudly appeared earlier turning someone else’s Dreadnought into just a ‘D’, was now acting so pathetically(?).

And I felt a strange sensation that was difficult to explain.

And despite all this, seeing the event message boldly threatening me.

I felt my expression twisting as I wondered what I should say.

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Meanwhile, at that very moment while Icarus was “doing something something.”

Inside the Leviathan-class ship that was facing off against 3,700 fleets including Icarus, there was a situation full of confusion about the current circumstances.

“Why is the one who defeated the Northern Border Defense Force here?!”

“Could it be that we’ve fallen into a trap!”

From their perspective, they had barely escaped from territory that had fallen to rebels, only to find…

“Of all people, we end up encountering the mercenary who possessed the Kraken-class.”

Not only were there two Kraken-class ships belonging to the guy who had nearly destroyed their Jormungandr-class at their border defense fleet last time.

Along with rare ships like the Hresvelgr and Ouroboros.

Seeing thousands of Commander fleets waiting, and at least 10,000 more fleets gathering from all directions.

Anyone could see they had fallen into a ‘trap,’ and they were in a state of despair.

Of course, despite the situation…

“Most of them don’t even have proper battleships, just patrol-level forces.”

“If you entrust this to us, we will definitely break through this encirclement.”

The vigorous troops and captains of the Leviathan Squadron were showing their determination to crush the forces surrounding them.

But no matter how powerful the Leviathan Squadron was…

After continuous fierce battles with Humanity, they hadn’t received proper repairs or supplies.

And the overall condition of the fleet was quite poor, with ships having been directly hit by fortress cannons during the breakthrough at Petrograd.

After much deep and lengthy deliberation, the Security Council Chairman and Fleet Admiral leading the Leviathan Squadron decided to negotiate with the representative of the Commanders who had surrounded them.

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And after hearing about this situation from the Leviathan Squadron’s Admiral ‘Gilgamesh’ right after receiving the message…

I remained silent for a moment.

<Option 1: Accept the Leviathan Squadron into the ‘Icarus Triangle Zone’!><Selected

“Welcome to Yokoso Tannhäuser Park!”

-“Huh…?”

-“Th-Thank you for welcoming us.”

I immediately chose option 1, deciding to let the Leviathan Squadron, who had made a mistake, settle within our triangle zone.

The problem was that in the process, I was so relieved by their response that…

I accidentally pressed down on the sewing machine that was hovering over the ‘Hire Mercenary Corps’ button…

Shortly after.

-“Hahaha! Calling mercenaries again, what a rich nobleman!”

-“What are we up against?”

-“Wait a minute, isn’t that the Earth Federation main force.”

-“How are we supposed to fight that?”

-“Were we meant to be meat shields?”

“Aaaaargh.”

I hurriedly detached the sewing machine and threw it to the ground, smashing it.

But by then, 450 mercenary corps had already been hired, resulting in two-fifths of my precious remaining resources being completely wasted.

Of course, all those hired mercenaries had their contracts terminated before a day had passed.

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To be honest, I had ‘naturally’ assumed that the Leviathan Squadron would be subordinate to me…

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<Event>

<Conditional Surrender of the Leviathan Squadron!>

<Content>

<By accepting the conditions of the Leviathan Squadron and the Security Council Chairman, the Leviathan Squadron will now be stationed in the ‘Icarus Triangle Zone’.>

<Result>

<The ‘Leviathan Squadron’ is stationed within Commander ‘Icarus’s’ territory.>

˪<This unit will only respond if the Commander’s territory is attacked, and will otherwise remain on standby somewhere within the territory.>

˪<However, if ‘appropriate resources’ are provided, the Leviathan Squadron might assist the Commander in battle for a short time.>

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But that wasn’t the case. If anything, they would be stationed in my territory in a kind of ‘friendly neutral’ state.

And if I wanted to use them, I would have to offer ‘appropriate resources’ like they were mercenaries.

While I felt somewhat disappointed, I decided to be satisfied with the fact that they were at least worth the price of the ‘Rednought’ that had disappeared leaving only ‘D’ behind.

…Of course, before that.

“Smile now.”

“Hmm.”

“Heh heh, I never thought I’d be doing this after coming all this way.”

“We’ve preserved our lives and fleet, so that’s fortunate, isn’t it?”

“Ready to take the picture? 3…2…1…Snap!”

-Flash!

First, I decided to take a commemorative photo with the Earth Federation Security Council Chairman and the Leviathan Fleet Captain/Admiral who had successfully escaped to this point.

I carefully saved that photo and proudly posted it on the gallery.

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And shortly after.

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Title: Now that business is done, everyone get lost ^^ㅗ

Author: Icarus

Content: [Authentication photo showing Security Council Chairman ‘Jamie’ and Leviathan Squadron Admiral ‘Ranka’ taking turns shaking hands and smiling.jpg], [Event message showing the Leviathan Squadron stationed in the ‘Icarus Triangle Zone’, with the ‘resource supply’ part cropped out.jpg]

ㅇㅇ

They’re on our team now. Bye.

Comments:

-[What the hell]

-[?????]

-[Is this for real?]

-[What?]

-[Wait, did Icarus just devour the Leviathan?]

-˪[Looking at the event message, he didn’t eat them, it seems more like friendly neutrality]

-[Are you crazy?!]

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When the content of the message Icarus received was partially revealed in his authentication post.

Most users who had been quietly watching were stunned by the suddenly changed situation.

Especially the piranha-like and wolf-like users who had been waiting to pick up scraps if Tannhäuser collapsed realized that what they wanted had become ‘forever’ impossible.

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Title: Isn’t Icarus a hacker?

Author: ㅇㅇ

Content: [<Link to authentication post showing the Leviathan Squadron stationed in Icarus’s territory>]

Seriously, why does an individual get to have that?

It was already annoying enough that he’s running something like a clan by himself in the Central Zone, and now he gets this too?

Don’t all Central Zone users need to get together and crush him once? Right?

Comments:

-[Hmm interesting;;;]

-[Is it really that bad?]

-[It is kind of annoying, a bit hypocritical style]

-[Lolololol]

-[Time to brutally kill him]

-[Lololol this is so typical of Central Zone bastards]

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Under endless malice and jealousy toward Icarus, they were relentlessly showing their determination to ‘kill’ him.