Ch.501″Bear the weight of a crown you never wanted.”

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<EVENT>

<Oh, our esteemed Chairman.>

<CONTENT>

<There was a very long and complicated series of events with intricate circumstances.>

<Due to the aforementioned incident, the Security Council Chairman of the Earth Federation was purged and lost his life.>

<The Earth Federation Interim Government and Leviathan Fleet, suddenly left without a leader, held extensive internal discussions.>

<Under the command of Admiral ‘Lanka’ who blew off the Security Council Chairman’s head, they have decided to appoint you, Commander, as the new leader of the Federation!>

<RESULT>

<Your stance toward the ‘Earth Federation Interim Government’ has changed to ‘Cooperative’.>

<As of this moment, you can use the ‘Leviathan Fleet’ without spending resources or gold!>

˪<However, usage is limited to once per week, for a maximum of 3 days.>

˪<The Leviathan Fleet recovers independently, and you cannot arbitrarily perform additional equipment installations or repairs.>

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‘What, what in the world is this, desu.’

I was just enjoying petting Jessica’s soft black rabbit ears or scratching my chin while watching Pashtra and Lephan’s diagonal boob quad-core content.

Naturally, I was planning to adamantly refuse this random attempt to make me the leader(?) of the Earth Federation, which is hostile to Humanity, through such an unexpected event.

But as if reading my thoughts, the status window showed me it wasn’t going to take no for an answer, crossing an even bigger line:

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<GLOBAL EVENT>

<Subjugation of Earth Federation and Leviathan Fleet>

<CONTENT>

<The ‘Earth Federation Interim Government’ and ‘Leviathan Fleet’ have requested surrender and subjugation to Commander ‘Icarus’!>

<As of this moment, Commander ‘Icarus’ has been elected as the leader of the ‘New Earth Federation’!>

<All forces of the Earth Federation, including the Leviathan Fleet, will follow Commander ‘Icarus” orders!>

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“Fuck.”

“Wow, Commander, you’ve really become a faction leader now.”

With nothing left but the Leviathan Fleet, which had grown 2.2 times larger, and a self-defense fleet, the system had the audacity to announce this through a global event message.

“I don’t want to accept this.”

“Since the Leviathan Fleet members declared it on their own, I don’t think you can refuse even if you want to.”

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<Leviathan Fleet Deployment Management>

<Current Status: Standby>

<Fleet Status: Normal>

<Would you like to deploy?>

<Y/N>

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‘Aaaaargh.’

As if insisting I accept whether I wanted to or not, a dedicated deployment management window for the Leviathan Fleet appeared right in front of me.

Unable to process this sudden change in circumstances, I felt like my brain was about to short-circuit.

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And as mentioned above, the fact that I unexpectedly took over the Earth Federation and Leviathan Fleet spread to all users…

The result.

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Title: So now “Master of Earth Federation” gets added to his 3rd place nickname?

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of Icarus taking over Earth Federation Interim Government shown in global event message.jpg]

So should we call him the Master of Earth now?

Comments:

-[LOLOLOLOL]

-[Master of Earth (nonexistent)]

-[More importantly, can he control Leviathan freely now? So jealous]

-[What the hell do you have to do to make this happen lol]

-[Humanity worked so hard to screw over Earth Federation, but Icarus ended up taking their flagship and elite fleet lol]

-˪[For real, even Humanity would have to admit this is impressive]

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Title: “Who goes there!”

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of person with poorly photoshopped Leviathan holding a gun standing at a door.jpg]

“It’s me.”

“Then enter!”

Comments:

-[Everyone knows who it is now]

-˪[If you don’t want to die, you better open up lol]

-[Who am I? ‘The Master of Leviathan’]

-[Did he really just take the most valuable fleet? For real?]

-[If you don’t open up, he’ll kill everyone with a beam]

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Users were chattering away like this, with all kinds of discussions going back and forth.

They kept recycling the same jokes over and over, with all sorts of ridiculous comments flying around.

They were showing me quite a burdensome amount of attention in various ways.

And while these kinds of ‘simple reactions’ gradually died down over time…

Unfortunately, what wasn’t simple reactions but rather ‘thorough analyses’ were just starting to catch fire:

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Title: Breaking) 3rd place seems to have absorbed the Earth Federation Interim Government

Author: News Boy

Content: [Image of Marian’s pirate fleet, monster fleet, and Leviathan Fleet gathered near Tannhäuser airspace.jpg]

This is unconfirmed information from a clan member reporter on site

Before the Earth Federation Interim Government subjugation event appeared, the pirate alliance and monster faction’s large fleets gathered in Icarus’s territory

The pirate alliance even brought the Pirate Empress with her flagship Eclipse and Armada

So while it’s said that the Earth Federation submitted to Icarus

In reality, the space monsters and pirate alliance connected to Icarus might have subjugated the Earth Federation forces and divided them up

So as the factions have now officially started moving through the recent event

The theory is that 3rd place Icarus is just a figurehead, and the monsters and pirates are actually splitting the central zone between them

Comments:

-[Whaaaaat]

-[W-what kind of conspiracy theory is this?]

-[So now a user becomes a figurehead? lol]

-[What are you talking about, wasn’t Icarus part of the pirates?]

-˪[No no, Icarus belongs to the space monsters]

-˪[If you look at the Gold Horse base, there’s something like flesh attached to it. Monster faction members always have flesh-like things attached to their bases]

-˪[Ah, I see]

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Title: Central zone politics is insane

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of an interested toad]

This is just my personal opinion

But during the 4th anniversary when Xenovia’s reputation in the central zone was damaged through faction events

I think the monsters and pirates formed a kind of non-aggression pact and tried to take over the Leviathan Fleet that Humanity couldn’t get

You might wonder what I’m talking about

But from the beginning, Icarus has been straddling two factions unlike other users

With the pirate alliance, he can hire unlimited mercenaries after surrendering to the Empress, but his actual faction is monsters

Until now, this seemed to just mean he wouldn’t be invaded by the two factions, but with this incident, I think Icarus is essentially being used as an outpost for both factions

So when Icarus and user fleets were all wiped out by the Punishment Fleet last time, there was no way to keep them in check

Plus, with all the forces supporting the Leviathan Fleet = Interim Government in Humanity territory wiped out

[Image of Princess Luca leading the monster fleet.jpg]

Since the monster faction brought fewer ships than the pirate alliance, it seems like under the Empress’s leadership, they plan to season and eat Icarus and the Leviathan Fleet to grow stronger;;

Comments:

-[Hmm interesting;;]

-[Ohhh…]

-[Is this for real?]

-˪[Dunno?](Author)

-˪[You throw out conspiracy theories and then say you don’t know? wtf]

-˪[When there’s controversy, just say you don’t know]

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Watching them let their imaginations run wild and create this crazy political drama about me.

I briefly closed the gallery window and then.

“Jessica, Jessica.”

“What is it, Commander?”

“I think I’m getting a nervous breakdown. Could you go to the medical bay and bring me some medicine?”

“Oh dear, that’s unfortunate.”

I decided to take some medicine and get some sweet sleep to escape this crazy situation.

Of course, even after waking up from that sweet sleep…

“Commander, commanders who have docked at Tannhäuser and other bases keep sending communications asking ‘I heard you became the master of Earth Federation, does that mean we’re in your clan now?'”

“Aaaaarrrrggghhh!”

Seeing, hearing, and feeling that the situation hadn’t changed even after waking up, I felt a strong need for stomach medicine.