Ch.430Now it’s truly a triangular pyramid shape. (2)

“By the way.”

“What is it?”

“The more I think about it, the more I realize what fantastic timing this is.”

“Pardon?”

If the users currently in Spiralis had been from the ‘Central District,’ my current position in this sortie would likely seem quite strange.

Perhaps reactions like “This ranker bastard is screwing over users from his own district just to save himself?” might have emerged.

And who knows what kind of nonsense I might have had to endure from troublemakers if that happened.

But right now, with that Level 5 stronghold being controlled by “a clan from another district made up of users from another district”…

At the very least, users from the ‘Central District’ couldn’t make unreasonable accusations against me.

So I launched a full-scale offensive with about 500 mercenary corps mindlessly charging in, while simultaneously deploying the main force’s Kraken and other vessels.

At the same time, I planned to execute long-range attacks with Hresvelgr and Ouroboros.

Of course, in response to my offensive, the ‘White Snake’ clan that had taken Spiralis showed resistance, seemingly unwilling to give up the Level 5 stronghold they had just acquired.

But no matter how hard they tried to hold out…

-“Commander, enemy medium battleships are hidden behind Spiralis’ external structures and cannot be detected.”

“Haven’t used this in a while. Teleport Hresvelgr’s strategic missiles using Kraken. Neranjara is already transmitting all the coordinate positions anyway.”

-“Understood.”

-“Kraken, prepare teleport activation!”

-“Haaahaaah♡”

From the front: heavy bombardment led by Ouroboros and Pashtra.

From behind: Kraken and Hresvelgr’s “deadly long-range teleporting spear thrust” coming in.

To charge through such bombardment…

-“Enemy fleet approaching rapidly!”

-“Time to work, you mercenary bastards!!”

-“Waaaaaaah!!!”

-“Uwaaaang!”

About 300,000 mercenary vessels positioned right in front of my main force and various battleships and carriers were in a thorough defensive formation.

But would I just sit still?

-“Sweep them all away!”

-“Waaack!”

-“For the Savior, for salvation!”

-“Uooooooh!”

And so my superhumans led the charge, with mercenary captain-level superhumans and assault units joining the fray…

About 3 hours later.

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<The ‘White Snake’ clan has surrendered to the Commander!>

<Authority over Level 5 stronghold ‘Spiralis Laboratory’ has been transferred to Commander Icarus!>

<All previously docked bases will be forcibly undocked and warped back to their original sectors!>

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<Spiralis Laboratory-Research Base>

<Lv. 5>

<Type: Research Base>

<Defense Force Status>

˪<Guard Fleet x25> (Replenishing, Current Remaining Fleet: 0)

˪<Fortress Combat Fleet x45> (Replenishing, Current Remaining Fleet: 0)

<Fleet Composition Table>

<Guard Fleet Composition>

˪<Cruiser Battleships 3, Light Cruisers 35, Destroyers 200, Escort Ships 1,500>

<Fortress Combat Fleet Composition>

˪<Battleships 10, Medium Cruisers 50, Destroyers 500>

<Fortress Comprehensive Defense System Status: Annihilated, Currently Recovering>

<Tip: Cities and fortresses are basically in a non-aggression state. Fleets will deploy when directly attacked.>

<Internal Teleport Network System Connection Complete>

˪<Currently Connected Strongholds: Avalon Fortress, Barracuda Logistics Supply Base, Tannhäuser Gateway Fortress>

<Warning!>

˪<When approaching within a certain distance of the fortress, guard fleets and fortress combat fleets will immediately deploy!>

<The following buffs and functions are granted when docking with the base:>

˪<Increased base resource storage capacity>

˪<Access to the stronghold’s main resource storage>

˪<Base ‘Laboratory’ efficiency +10%>

˪<Equipment enhancement and ship equipment enhancement efficiency +10%>

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‘Nice.’

Unable to withstand our full-scale offensive, the ‘White Snake’ clan surrendered.

As a result, I was able to acquire my third Level 5 stronghold and fourth stronghold overall.

And as soon as my annihilation battle ended…

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Title: Spiralis Changes Owners Again LOLOLOLOL

Author: Nosy-Speed-Carriage

Content: [Image of Icarus’ fleet bombarding Spiralis.jpg]

As everyone predicted, Icarus who was nearby showed up and devoured it completely

The White Snake clan that was last to occupy it tried to resist somehow

But with only about 300 members, they were simply overwhelmed when Icarus brought 300,000 mercenary ships

Comments:

-[He is the king of the center~]

-[So he ate it because the kids destroyed all the defense facilities while fighting each other?]

-˪[Obviously. You couldn’t break through that easily if the main fleet and user fleet were there together]

-[Wow, now he’s just gulping down strongholds]

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The gallery was being updated by a regular poster about my acquisition of a new Level 5 stronghold.

And once this fact was revealed in the gallery…

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Title: Let’s Go for the 7th Takeover~

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of Spiralis Laboratory that changed owners 6 times in one day, setting a new record.jpg]

The defense forces are gone either way

And those mercenary corps won’t last long

So let’s go right now~

Comments:

-[Oh]

-[That makes sense]

-[LOLOLOL these jokesters are immediately planning physical violence]

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As always, with the instigation of the gallery’s jokesters,

I could see user fleets from the surrounding area slowly emerging, heading toward the Spiralis Laboratory where the defense facilities and its own fleet had been completely destroyed.

But unlike the other users I’d conquered before, I had my own countermeasure:

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<Stronghold Guard Fleet Movement Order>

<Avalon Fortress – Guard Fleet 3, Combat Fleet 3 ⇒ Spiralis Laboratory>

<Barracuda Logistics Supply Base – Guard Fleet 5, Combat Fleet 2 ⇒ Spiralis Laboratory>

<Tannhäuser Gateway Fortress – Guard Fleet 5, Combat Fleet 2 ⇒ Spiralis Laboratory>

<Time remaining until arrival: 13 minutes 22 seconds>

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Through the internal gateway network connection, I could summon fleets from three strongholds to defend this place at any time.

First, I called a total of 20 fleets from the three strongholds.

After blurring out the exact fleet numbers, I posted it directly to the gallery as a warning.

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Title: Spiralis Welcomes You Humans

Author: Icarus

Content: [Image proof of fleets from each stronghold moving toward Spiralis.jpg]

^^🖕

Comments:

-[LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL]

-[Deploying Level 7 combat fleets to a Level 5 stronghold is overkill]

-˪[Ah LOLOL what can you do if the owner wants to do that LOLOL]

-[The jokesters who were sneaking toward Spiralis hoping to become Level 5 stronghold owners are collectively retreating~]

-[LOLOL]

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At this point, I suddenly realized something new.

Because this Spiralis I’d acquired was slightly separated from the other strongholds, it was positioned almost directly above the existing triangular zone.

Thanks to this, connecting my strongholds would create a small(?) triangular pyramid.

And I wasn’t the only one who noticed this fact.

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Title: Hey, It’s Not Icarus’ Triangular Zone Anymore, It’s a Pyramid Zone?

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of Icarus’ strongholds connected by lines.jpg]

Isn’t the space inside that literally the safest place now?

With fleets from 4 strongholds patrolling, and the Leviathan squadron and Icarus’ fleet permanently stationed inside

Comments:

-[Huh?]

-[Oh, that’s right]

-[The only safe zone in the chaotic Central District…]

-˪[Wait, thinking about it, that’s actually true?]

-[LOLOL wait a sec, damn]

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As this fact was revealed to the users,

For some reason, the situation was beginning to spiral in an increasingly unpredictable direction.