Ch.481The Damned End of the Event!

The Leviathan Fleet, which had disappeared without a trace for some time, suddenly emerged and unleashed a fierce barrage.

Those jokesters in the gallery who had claimed the Tannhäuser siege was a defeat for the user alliance, or who had planned to raid the so-called “Icarus Kingdom” while its fleet power was depleted, quickly vanished.

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Title: Breaking News) Leviathan Fleet confirmed deployed in Tannhäuser siege

Author: News Boy

Content: [gif of Jormungandr-class and Ouroboros-class ships from the Leviathan Fleet firing simultaneously, obliterating the charging Xenovia Empire fleet heading toward Icarus’s fleet]

They melted the Xenovia Empire’s heavy battleship squadron that was rushing toward Tannhäuser as soon as they appeared

Of course, the Titan Arum-class ships from the Obsidian Fleet hurriedly returned fire

But unlike the Xenovia Empire side that only brought a small portion of the Obsidian Fleet, the entire Leviathan Fleet showed up here, so they’re just getting overwhelmed in firepower

For reference, the Leviathan Fleet has over 100 ships each of Jormungandr-class and Ouroboros-class

And the Leviathan Fleet that reappeared this time has even more ships

Comments:

-[What the hell, they had that many?]

-˪[That’s why they managed to break through Humanity’s grand encirclement and escape]

-[“Hey bro, go ahead and annihilate that fleet”]

-[Kyaaaaa]

-[Damn, those insane barrages almost got us killed when we surrounded the Earth Defense Fleet]

-˪[How did you survive?]

-[Finally the neighborhood tough guys showed up]

-[Why did they only appear now? Was Icarus sleeping?]

-˪[Icarus initially drew the line saying he couldn’t mobilize the Leviathan Fleet this time]

-˪[Ah, I see]

-[Looks like they’ve absorbed the rebel forces that appeared in Humanity’s territory]

-˪[Oh]

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While the gallery was burning up with discussions, I was watching the conversation between the admiral of the Obsidian Fleet leading the Punishment Fleet and Admiral “Lanka” of the Leviathan Fleet, relayed through communications from the flagship Leviathan.

Of course, though they were called NPCs, they were set to be much older than me, with speech patterns and attitudes that were difficult for me to understand.

My IQ 25, Jessica’s IQ 275.

“Commander, it’s not about IQ. You just didn’t try.”

“Hush now.”

Using our combined perfect intelligence of 300, the conversation between those two translated into chat form would be as follows:

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<Conversation between Admiral Lanka and Admiral ‘Basili’ (Obsidian Fleet Deputy Commander and Punishment Fleet Commander)♡>

-[Damn it, you guys showing up is cheating](Basili)

-[Or at least you could have brought just a small force](Basili)

-[LOLOLOLOLOLOL](Lanka)

-[If you’re jealous, you should have brought all your capital ships and fleet too LOL](Lanka)

-[You bastards…](Basili)

-[Loooser♡](Lanka)

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Somehow, the dialogue seemed quite different from the dignified and serious conversation I had heard between the two admirals.

Looking at the chat version, I felt a strange emotion that was hard to describe.

“…Is this really the correct conversation? It seems quite cheap compared to what I heard.”

“It’s 95% accurate since I used the gallery’s average speech patterns from the supercomputer at the base to recreate what you’re seeing.”

“Hmm.”

Anyway, accepting that this was correct, I nodded with understanding.

And as I comprehended their conversation through the chat window, a quest completion message appeared before my eyes—one that only I had received.

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<Event>

<‘Not-So-Fun Leadership Check Time’ Quest Cleared!>

<Details>

<The following rewards are granted for completing this quest!>

<Results>

<Leviathan Fleet’s trust greatly increased. Leadership check events will no longer be generated.>

<When your territory is invaded, the Leviathan Fleet will now help attack enemies even if connection to your stronghold is severed.>

<The Leviathan Fleet’s stronghold has been confirmed!>

˪<Level 7 ‘Earth Federation Provisional Government’>

˪<This stronghold provides no additional effects besides the defense fleet.>

<Quest completion reward: ‘Dimensional Causality Fixation Voucher x100’ has been granted!>

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“Did you clear a quest, Commander?”

“Yeah, it was a really annoying quest.”

I closed the message window and tossed it into the corner of my status screen.

After taking a screenshot of the “Earth Federation Provisional Government” on the mini-map where the Leviathan Fleet would now be stationed,

I decided to declare victory in the gallery, announcing that we had won as the Punishment Fleet, intimidated by the Leviathan Fleet, was returning to their home country.

However, the reaction to this victory declaration was surprisingly lukewarm…

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Title: Users’ Victory!

Author: Icarus

Content: [jpg of the Punishment Fleet returning home in a flash of light]

We survived

The Leviathan Fleet intimidated the Punishment Fleet and sent them home

[jpg of Level 7 stronghold ‘Earth Federation Provisional Government’ displayed on the mini-map]

Now the Leviathan Fleet has officially moved in here too

Sweet ^^

Comments:

-[Haven’t you taken too much damage to call this a victory?]

-˪[At least those who were planning to raid your place when the Leviathan Fleet appeared are gone]

-˪[Actually, they’re more active in the shadows, saying they just need to draw the Leviathan Fleet’s attention]

-˪[What?](Author)

-[The admin barely survived the battle, now he’s about to get raided by other users LOL]

-[Remember the ‘Will of Fire’ in the Central Zone…!]

-˪[This isn’t the will of fire, it’s the burning will of plunder]

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‘What are you talking about, gallery friends?’

Seeing such malicious comments, I decided to check the gallery to see what these jokesters were up to again.

Of course, I thought ‘Surely they wouldn’t dare with the Leviathan Fleet around,’ but…

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Title: Conversation of evil Demon Lord’s army trying to raid Icarus Kingdom.jpg

Author: Cash & Cow

Content: [jpg of chat capture from what appears to be Central Zone users]

Summary for those illiterate bastards who don’t read:

1. Even though the Leviathan Fleet is strong, they don’t have enough ships

2. Now that the Punishment Fleet has retreated and there’s no stronghold defense fleet, we’ll raid the empty house thoroughly

3. Even if the Leviathan Fleet is large, what can they do against 100,000 Central Zone users?

Comments:

-[“What comes after the battle ends?”]

-˪[“A new battle begins.”]

-[Icarus Kingdom, just defeated the Empire’s army and now the Demon Lord’s minions are invading the gallery LOL]

-[Damn LOL]

-[Turns out the users were the final event bosses all along~]

-˪[Oh this reminds me of an old boomer cartoon]

-˪[Are you insulting the godly anime Emongaycon-ACK!]

-˪[Damn it, at least get the name right]

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Title: Upvote if you’re a jokester ready to devour Icarus Kingdom in a hurry LOL

Author: Anonymous

Content: [jpg of the Tannhäuser area showing the annihilated stronghold defense fleets]

Let’s go~

Comments:

-[Excuse me, but saying “hurber hurber” doesn’t sound right, you should correct it to “hurriedly”](Icarus)

-˪[Thank you for making the correction](Icarus)

-˪[What](Author)

-˪[The author tried to frame someone as gay but got framed himself]

-[Damn it, stop talking nonsense NN](Author)

-[I was wondering why this got pinned]

-[LOLOLOLOL]

-[Look at the admin deliberately not deleting this]

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These jokesters were being more mischievous than expected, taking advantage of the situation.

-Beep! Beep beep! Beeeeeeeep!

“Commander! Other commanders’ fleets are being detected near Spiralis, Barracuda, and Avalon!”

“Ugh, these damn jokesters.”

Seeing that they weren’t just causing trouble in the gallery but actually approaching, I tearfully prepared to deploy my fleet to hold them off while the Leviathan Fleet went on patrol to beat them all up.

But just as I was about to deploy the fleet…

-Beep!

-“Commander Icarus, large-scale warp signatures detected near Tannhäuser!”

“Commander, warp signatures from a fleet of at least 100,000 ships detected ahead.”

“Now what?”

Admiral Lanka aboard the Leviathan and Jessica beside me both urgently warned me at the same time.

I was starting to feel resigned, wondering what unfair event was coming next.

But right after the warp of this fleet of over 100,000 ships completed…

-“Oppayaaaaa!!! Your eternal wife, Marian has arriiiived!!”

“…Oh.”

Realizing whose fleet it was, I immediately contacted the Leviathan Fleet, which was preparing for battle, and ordered them to stand down.

“Ah, Admiral Lanka, don’t fire, they’re allies.”

-“…The Pirate Empress herself leading an elite fleet of 100,000 ships including the ‘Armada’?”

“That’s my wife.”

-“Oh.”