Ch.594Battle Tournament Finals. (2)

After the third match ended, which was essentially my first match.

I continued to secure victory after victory in the main tournament.

Of course, the reason was simple – I was only restricted from using unlimited mercenaries.

With five base mercenary units, including one from a massive level 9 base.

The scale was simply too overwhelming for ordinary users to handle.

Of course, besides that, having already upgraded my base to level 10, which increased my main fleet’s points.

My “main fleet” itself was stronger than most users’.

Additionally, there was one more minor but quite remarkable reason.

“Commander, can you see our mercenary unit?!!”

“What? Why did it grow?”

“I heard they captured other commanders’ ships during the previous battle.”

My mercenary units kept “capturing” enemy ships during battles and adding them to their own fleets.

Particularly noticeable was the “Rhodes Mercenary Unit,” which initially had only large ships and was significantly smaller than other mercenary units.

Let me check how much they’ve grown…

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<Rhodes Mercenary Unit>

<Fleet Composition>

<1 Medium Battleship, 5 Battleships, 5 Battle Cruisers>

<Commander: Lepan>

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‘They’ve grown quite a bit.’

Considering their original strength was “5 battleships and 3 battle cruisers,” they’ve increased by about 1.5 times.

The delegation led by Oxianor had also grown in strength.

However, in the case of the monster delegation, the increase in strength wasn’t reflected in the “number” of ships but rather in their “quality.”

“Hmm, let’s see… Jessica?”

“Yes, Commander.”

“What was the original strength of the delegation? I believe it was around 5 battleships.”

“To be precise, 5 battleships, 10 medium cruisers, 3 light cruisers, and 40 destroyers.”

“Isn’t there more?”

“Oh, and 30 assault ships and 52 patrol ships. Since they’re actually living beings, we should count them as creatures rather than ships.”

“That doesn’t seem particularly important.”

The original strength was as Jessica said: “5 battleships, 10 medium cruisers, 3 light cruisers, 40 destroyers, 30 assault ships, and 52 patrol ships.”

But now…

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<Delegation (Monsters)>

<Fleet Composition>

<8 Battleships, 10 Medium Cruisers, 5 Light Cruisers, 39 Destroyers, 30 Assault Ships, 48 Patrol Ships>

<Commander: Oxianor>

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Perhaps because they were well-fed and growing well, I could see that the ships had “grown” overall.

One disappointing aspect was that while the Rhodes Mercenary Unit wasn’t restricted in size from the beginning, so it didn’t matter whether their forces increased or not.

The monster delegation had been under system restrictions regarding fleet size from the start…

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<Event>

<Delegation Fleet Size Exceeded!>

<Content>

<Commander Icarus’s delegation has been detected to be abnormally large.>

<If the size doesn’t decrease before the current event ends, it will be forcibly reduced after the event ends!>

<Fleets exceeding the limit will return to the ‘Monster’s Nest’>

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‘Ah, damn.’

Unfortunately, a message appeared indicating that this expanded structure could only be used temporarily during the event period.

I realized with sadness that it wasn’t possible to grow the monster delegation like Princess Luca’s hobby/royal guard fleet by feeding and nurturing them.

But well, since I could use them freely during the event period.

‘It can’t be helped.’

I decided to use the monster delegation more actively in the next round.

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After finishing the 3rd, 4th, and 5th rounds, my opponent in the 6th round, unlike before, perhaps due to accumulated experience.

Showed a surprisingly aggressive response to my offensive while trying to give me a hard time.

They didn’t rush headlong into my much larger forces but kept harassing me with light attacks while constantly trying to outflank my lines, making me think, ‘This guy’s pretty good.’

When I reduced their capital ships using strategic missile teleports out of frustration, they countered by harassing my fleet with stealth ships.

Or they deliberately abandoned their weakened dreadnought after it was hit by strategic missiles.

Then when the monster delegation and Rhodes Mercenary Unit approached to capture or consume it, they detonated it.

-KABOOOOM!!!

“Kyaaak!”

“Fleet emergency evasion!”

The Rhodes Mercenary Unit, which had grown to 1.75 times its original size, was reduced back to its original size.

Similarly, the smaller ships in Oxianor’s monster delegation were left looking like dried squid.

As this intense battle continued, I found myself nodding in acknowledgment at encountering a proper user after a long time.

Of course, no matter how tough the opponent was, I had my own countermeasures for whatever they threw at me.

I tried sniping enemy capital ships with Urongi’s 140% charge.

I used the teleport spear tactics that would make anyone on the receiving end want to curse.

Or when the enemy’s vision was momentarily obscured by our barrage.

I deployed Bendalof and Nero’s assault teams at the perfect moment to chip away at their forces.

I mobilized every available means and put in tremendous effort in the battle against the opposing user.

But the problem was that as I was gradually completing the encirclement and gaining the upper hand.

-Beep beep! Beep beep!

“Two enemy medium cruisers charging from the front!”

“Checking ship codes… confirmed, they’re Overseer-class!”

“Huh? An Overseer is charging at us?”

The Overseer-class, which was once my only gacha ship (though I never got it from gacha) that I used as an artillery ship, but eventually gave up its flagship position to the Kraken and other ships.

And after participating in various battles, it was eventually sunk and lost forever. Now, seeing two of them charging at me.

At first, I thought the user was attempting another suicide attack, so I immediately contacted Austria to concentrate fire on the two Overseer-class ships.

But just before giving such an order.

“But Commander, the enemy commander’s fleet is firing at the charging Overseers.”

“…What, friendly fire?”

Seeing the enemy user’s fleet frantically firing at the two Overseer-class ships charging(?) toward our fleet.

I immediately withdrew my fire order and decided to observe the situation for a moment.

And less than a minute after having that thought…

-Beep! Beep!

“Save us!”

“We won’t stay under that bastard anymore! We surrender!”

‘Huh???’

Suddenly, a communication channel was forcibly connected, and desperate voices begging for surrender came through.

Then immediately after.

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<Event>

<Desperate Escape!>

<Content>

<In the midst of battle, some of the opposing commander’s superhumans have seized ships and are requesting surrender to you!>

<If you accept, these superhumans and their ships will immediately be incorporated into your fleet.>

<Of course, whether this is genuine or a false surrender for internal sabotage is entirely up to your judgment.>

<*In this case, even if your fleet points are at maximum, you won’t be restricted by the point limit!>

<Do you accept?>

<Y/N>

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“They’re surrendering to us. What would you like to do, Commander?”

“What is this, really.”

Faced with an event I’d never seen before, I couldn’t hide my confusion.