Ch.455″Once the event is over, a rest period is needed.”

Meanwhile, I was happily daydreaming while overseeing ship repairs.

At the same time, I was leisurely scrapping light cruisers to earn new fleet points.

Before I knew it, the event had ended, and it was time to receive the proper rewards.

—

<<<‘All-Big-Ship’ Event Conclusion Notice>>>

<Announcement for all Commanders!>

<As of this moment, with the conclusion of the final boss raid, the event has officially come to an end!>

<Points are calculated based on your score in each round and round completion!>

<Rewards will be distributed according to these points, and you can purchase items from the event shop with the reward points, so please participate actively!>

<Reward points assigned to ‘Icarus’: 1,450>

—

“Ohhh.”

“Is this finally the proper reward?”

“Seems like it.”

Since it was a shop-style reward system where users could choose their own rewards…

I immediately sent the light cruisers that had just arrived at the perfect timing to the shipyard, and opened the newly available shop window to check what rewards were available.

When I opened it, the rewards themselves were quite lavishly arranged, but…

—

<‘All-Big-Ship’ Event Shop>

<Remaining points: 1,450>

<Product List>

<Rafflesia-class Assault Combat Aircraft Carrier: 2,500>

<Invincible-class Medium Battleship: 1,500>

<Dunkleosteusclass Dreadnought: 2,300>

… … …(continued) … … …

—

‘You bastards.’

The ships at the very top of the shop page were completely out of reach with my current points.

Seeing this situation, I immediately began to suspect that the administrators were deliberately messing with people.

And naturally, I wasn’t the only one thinking this.

—

Title: Hey admin bastards ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Have you lost your minds? ㅋㅋㅋ

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of reward points under 1,000, with various items over 1,000 points prominently displayed at the top of the shop window.jpg]

What is this? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

What exactly are we supposed to buy with this? ㅋㅋㅋ

Comments:

-[Hah, losers who couldn’t earn enough points should just buy resource boxes ㅋㅋㅋ]

-[Don’t you understand the grand intention of the admins not to give awesome ships to incompetent scrubs who showed neither skill nor contribution!]

-˪[Oh for f*ck’s sake](Original Author)

-[ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

-[ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

-[Damn, I don’t have enough points to buy anything either ㅋㅋㅋ]

—

—

Title: Hey, something’s weird about this event’s rewards

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Proof of winning all 4 rounds.jpg], [Image showing point acquisition of only ‘1,700’.jpg]

I won all 4 rounds, fought well against enemies,

and even carried my team, but I only get 1,700 points? Does that make any sense?

Comments:

-[Yeah, for real]

-[Why is it like this?]

-[This is definitely strange]

-[Hmmmm]

—

The entire gallery was flooded with posts complaining about “Aren’t the shop prices too expensive compared to the points we earned?”

And like the last post showed, the points received were quite pitiful compared to the effort put in.

Most people were dumbfounded, wondering who could actually afford anything with these points.

Fortunately, shortly after…

—

<<<General Announcement>>>

<The rewards for Round 4 results are currently being calculated and will be distributed tomorrow.>

—

They must have been in a hurry, as a very short and simple announcement message popped up.

But it contained all the necessary information.

—

Title: Raise your hand if you actually trusted the admins ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Full text of the announcement message about additional Round 4 rewards.jpg]

I’ll go first~

Comments:

-[This guy was criticizing the admins earlier and now he’s completely changed his tune]

-˪[What is life? It’s all about timing](Original Author)

-[The confidence of a forum user ㅋㅋㅋ]

-[Quick position changes are a floating user’s specialty]

-˪[Talking about ham makes me want to eat some]

-˪[?]

—

—

Title: Real-time chat status of the 4 major clans.jpg

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Humanity clan chat that was burning with complaints about rewards, suddenly flooded with admin praise.jpg], [Loki clan spamming “We believed in you” to the admins.jpg], [Magellan clan blaming everything on the Southern Union and pushing their all-purpose Southern theory.jpg], [Justice clan with messages criticizing rewards and praising rewards written by the same person on the same page.jpg]

Title says it all

Comments:

-[How the hell is this guy seeing all this?]

-˪[Must have mobilized his acquaintances]

-[Clan leaders, there’s a spy here!]

-[How did he capture all of this?]

—

In an instant, gallery users one after another changed their stance and naturally began posting praise for the administrators.

—

The next day.

While enjoying the salty taste of a caviar sandwich that I had somehow acquired…

—

<Event>

<‘All-Big-Ship’ Event Round 4 Clear Reward Distribution!>

<Content>

<Round 4 clear rewards are being distributed.>

<Result>

<Commander ‘Icarus’ is awarded an additional 1,050 event reward points!>

—

‘Oh.’

Seeing the reward message that popped up at just the right time, I stuffed the last caviar sandwich into my mouth.

I immediately opened the shop window and took some time to consider…

‘Wait, come to think of it, I do need some aircraft carrier power these days.’

Since I now had exactly 2,500 points after receiving the Round 4 clear reward,

Rather than buying various mediocre items, I decided to spend all 2,500 points to get that sleek ‘Rafflesia-class’ assault combat aircraft carrier.

But while I was waiting for the Rafflesia-class to be delivered through the dimensional causality whatever,

A new announcement suddenly appeared before my eyes and those of other users…

—

<<<General Announcement>>>

<Update Notice>

<Announcement for all Commanders!>

<There will be some changes to the point system between ship classes related to reward money, so please remember to check the changes!>

<Update Contents>

<Point values for some special ship classes will be changed.>

˪<Change list: Assault Combat Aircraft Carrier, Medium Battleship, Annihilation Siege Battleship, Siege Battleship, Arsenal Ship, Super Dreadnought, Super Carrier, Aviation Battleship, Aviation Cruiser, Annihilation Ship, Shield Generator Ship, Assault Ship, Assault Landing Ship>

<Special ship classes that were previously grouped together in the fleet status list will now be displayed properly.>

<The firepower and defense of forward bases will be strengthened by 10%.>

—

Seeing the content about changes to the point values of “special ship classes” embedded in the update notice,

Since my fleet was filled with these special ships, I wondered what was going on.

Despite seeing the Rafflesia-class being delivered, I decided not to open it immediately and check the points first.

And right after that…

“Ugh, damn it.”

I naturally let out a curse.