I Became a Commander in a Crappy SF Game.

Ch.587No Such Thing as Eternal Allies or Enemies (2)

by fnovelpia

Turning back time slightly, about 1-2 weeks after the Grand Cross event ended.

Unlike a certain unlucky player who blew their gacha after devouring Daedalus, the “former User Alliance Commander” Snow Leopard—who received one SSS-rank Superhuman and one starship as rewards, plus an additional SS-rank starship—was realizing something new.

‘Hmm, I think I’d be really good at running a clan.’

Of course, if someone else had such thoughts, he might have responded with “that’s bullshit” while firing a beam at their solar plexus.

Unfortunately for Snow Leopard, he had actually led the Central Alliance—full of pranksters and far too many helmsmen—and somehow managed the impressive feat of conquering the Grand Cross.

So when Snow Leopard announced he was creating a clan and recruiting users, it was only natural that nearly 100 users gathered in an instant.

But Snow Leopard’s expectations only went this far.

After forcibly managing a massive force, our Snow Leopard had determined that such leadership was beyond human capability. His wish was merely to run a small clan of several dozen to at most 100 members.

Sadly, immediately after creating the clan, he experienced the unfortunate event of “Raksha” finding him after hearing the rumors.

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-[You’re a ranker, right? How about I join you in making this clan?](Raksha)

-[Sounds good?](Snow Leopard)

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Here, our ordinary citizen Snow Leopard assumed that Raksha’s offer meant just Raksha “as an individual” would join.

Without asking anyone else, he thoughtlessly accepted, showing his naivety.

Realistically speaking, the assessment of Raksha as an “individual” with zero political skill who preferred to solo wasn’t exactly wrong.

Unfortunately for Snow Leopard, while Raksha couldn’t play politics…

Like Xiang Yu from the Records of the Han, he had many fanboys intoxicated with the notion that he was the strongest user, shining at #1 in the individual rankings.

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<Notice: Let’s live peacefully together~>

-[WTF why did dozens more people suddenly join?](Snow Leopard)

-[People who follow me lol](Raksha)

-[ARGGGHHHH](Snow Leopard)

-[Yo hello]

-[So this is old man Snow Leopard’s clan]

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The moment Raksha joined, Snow Leopard’s dream of “running a cozy rural retirement clan” met its end before it even began.

And the problem didn’t end there.

Since this was Snow Leopard’s first experience with such a situation, he failed to realize that news of them forming a clan together spread “extremely quickly” throughout the Central Zone.

When users who wanted to band together—while avoiding entanglements with Icarus, the Libertarians, other clans, or the Base Alliance—heard about this, they swarmed in.

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<Notice: No causing trouble>

-[Ugh FFS](Snow Leopard)

-[Drink up, Clan Leader]

-[Work hard, Clan Leader]

-[You can do it, Clan Leader]

-[Oh Clan Leader, why are you cursing?]

-[Damn it, if I had a MegaChad this wouldn’t be so painful, you bastards](Snow Leopard)

-[LOLOLOLOL]

-[Hey Clan Leader, Snow Leopard, get a grip]

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By the time the “Planetary Exploration” event was underway, the clan that was supposed to end with a few dozen members had bizarrely ballooned to a thousand.

Our poor Clan Leader Snow Leopard, unlike Icarus, had confidently taken on this role from the beginning.

Unable to openly abandon ship, he began to groan as he suffered severe psychological damage in real time.

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But Snow Leopard’s sorrows didn’t end there.

A few days after the “Planetary Exploration” event ended.

That is, right after Icarus led 1.5 million troops on “someone’s” request to utterly destroy the May Clan before returning.

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<Notice: No causing trouble>

-[Clan Leader, these small clans acting as mercenary agencies keep sending us love calls]

-[You mean they need mercenaries?](Snow Leopard)

-[Nope]

-[They want to join us]

-[Huh?](Snow Leopard)

-[Clan Leaderrr](Raksha)

-[I don’t know what you’re about to say but I don’t want to hear it](Snow Leopard)

-[Maybe it’s because Icarus just butchered a clan of similar size to theirs with 1.5 million troops](Raksha)

-[You know that mid-sized clan that’s been picking fights with us? They’re asking to join us now](Raksha)

-[Ugh FFS](Snow Leopard)

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Suddenly experiencing a web novel-like situation where “I’m just minding my business but everyone keeps approaching me,” Snow Leopard felt mental sweat pouring from his eyes.

Of course, initially he strongly resisted the idea of mercenary agencies and mid-sized clans joining.

But “again,” unfortunately for him, the day after hearing that a mid-sized clan wanted to submit to them…

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-[Hehehe]

-[How about you properly establish a clan in the Central Zone while you’re at it?]

-[We’ll support you hard, for real](Mona Lisa)

-[Why is everyone doing this to me](Snow Leopard)

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Although Mona Lisa had purged the anti-Humanity faction, she had no intention of continuing to act as Humanity’s puppet.

The Magellan Clan naturally attached itself to Snow Leopard, simultaneously offering support and “pressure” to form a clan.

Snow Leopard, who had only wanted to enjoy a peaceful small clan life in the countryside, appeared utterly exasperated by this unexpected political maneuvering, wondering why this was happening to him.

But unlike Icarus, Snow Leopard couldn’t muster overwhelming force to dismiss others’ opinions.

Our poor Snow Leopard reluctantly formed the “Blizzard Clan”—a coalition force combining his and Raksha’s forces, along with the aforementioned mercenary agencies, various small clans, and even mid-sized clans—all with the “support” of the Magellan Clan on his back.

Of course, regarding the Magellan Clan’s actions, the Raksha faction within Blizzard and others harbored reasonable suspicions:

“Weren’t you mortal enemies with Raksha’s gang? Yet you’re supporting us?”

Surprisingly, in response to such doubts, Magellan’s clan leader Mona Lisa said:

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<Notice: Clan created>

-[Well, there are no eternal enemies in this world, right?](Mona Lisa)

-[And to be honest, I’ve won everything since creating my clan, so I don’t need to hold grudges against Raksha anymore](Mona Lisa)

-[Hmm, it’s annoying but I have to admit that’s true](Raksha)

-[Why are you admitting that, damn it]

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When she demonstrated the principle that many people know but unconsciously fail to practice—”there are no eternal enemies or friends”—the executives and founding members of the Blizzard Clan felt an indescribably strange sentiment toward the Magellan Clan.

Add to that the truly peculiar feeling of “having someone sinister supporting you from behind”…

Except for Snow Leopard, whose mental state was already crumbling since his “healing rural small clan management plan” had gone out the window from the start, the other executive users couldn’t help but wonder:

Had they perhaps chosen the wrong clan? This thought came as a 1+1 bonus to their existing concerns.

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