I Got a Monster Spaceship from the Tutorial Tower - Chapter 39

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Episode 39
Episode 39
Floor 20.
The Boss Stage where the Iron Blood Assault Squad emerged, once again proving their notorious reputation through Ha-yun’s failed Clear attempt.
There.
[Relic Grade Space Battleship (Super Carrier), Identity/Nationality Unknown, Floor 20]
└ It’s actually here;;
└ They entered even after seeing Hades fail?
└ They wouldn’t just walk in—there must be a way if they got in.
Finally, the Space Battleship made its entrance, its massive hull leading the way.
Since the viewers had already witnessed Hades’s failure, the chat’s mood was notably subdued for a Space Battleship Clear attempt.
No one ranked the Space Battleship below Hades.
But with Hades showing such obvious limitations in defeat, the consensus was that the Space Battleship would face similar difficulties.
The general opinion held that while a Clear might be possible, achieving S+ Rank was out of reach.
Though he wasn’t actively reading the live chat, Yeon-woo had anticipated reactions of roughly that magnitude.
“As long as we stick to the plan, it’s absolutely doable. Everyone, let’s do this.”
— Geez…… I really can’t believe I’m going to fight the Iron Blood Assault Squad…….
— Just give the order, Captain!
It seemed the Iron Blood Assault Squad’s fearsome reputation wasn’t confined to just the goblin ranks.
The pilots carried themselves with noticeably greater resolve than usual.
“Launch carrier aircraft.”
At Yeon-woo’s command, the carrier aircraft began launching one after another down the runway.
The Silver Edge, the Full Mail, and the Goliath.
This time, Sureka piloted the Goliath instead of the Gauntlet.
The Silver Edge was already tearing forward at a speed that made escort impossible anyway.
The balanced Goliath was simply the better choice for coordinating with the Full Mail.
And before their eyes, the crimson assault force revealed itself.
As if to announce this was a different enemy than before, the assault squad approached in five-craft formations at precise intervals—a stark contrast to the ordinary goblin fighters.
Unlike the usual goblin fighters with their rust-mottled hull plates haphazardly bolted together,
these craft boasted seamlessly joined armor plating finished in a deep red dye that evoked the color of blood.
The Iron Blood Assault Squad consisted of three distinct aircraft types, each bearing its own designation.
Fifteen primary fighters: the Red Fin.
Armed with two machine guns and two laser cannons each, they rake across the battlefield at high speed.
Four fire-support craft: the Scarlet Hammer.
Each equipped with a large-caliber laser cannon, they perform both surgical strikes and sustained fire support simultaneously.
And finally, nineteen flagships led by the foremost: the Bloody Hawk.
Painted in a deeper crimson than its sister craft, the Bloody Hawk charged forward at a speed even faster than the Red Fin—flagship or not.
Ha-yun had managed to eliminate six Red Fins and one Scarlet Hammer, but ultimately failed to break through the Bloody Hawk and was forced to retreat.
Yeon-woo himself could not afford to fire the Main Gun carelessly, partly because the Bloody Hawk’s velocity exceeded the traverse speed of the gun.
Groooooowwwwl……..
They were still approaching slowly from a distance away, merely observing the situation,
yet the weight and presence that reached even to the battleship’s bridge was extraordinary.
Thrummmmm…….
Minute vibrations rippled across Lapis, who stood atop the Master Ball.
There was no denying that a tension utterly unlike anything before had filled the bridge.
Clench.
Yeon-woo clenched both fists with force and cried out.
“Go!”
At the same moment, Lapis received Yeon-woo’s will and traced a course that appeared in his vision like a blue current.
Like a whale from the deep surging powerfully upward, the Space Battleship began to move.
And the viewers watching that movement unfold in real-time
└ ????
└ Are they insane?
└ Avenging Hades or something like that?
could only doubt their own eyes.
And for good reason—the Space Battleship under Yeon-woo’s command
Shrieeeeeek!
Rummmmmble……!
charged ahead at full throttle to meet the Iron Blood Assault Squad, which had finally begun building speed.
Even the Silver Edge and other carrier aircraft that had launched ahead of the Space Battleship were now parting to both sides, clearing the path.
So this was the situation now……
└ So the plan was to ram down the Bloody Hawk headlong?
It was a posture of not shying away from a direct collision with the Bloody Hawk, which charged forth as the vanguard of the Iron Blood Assault Squad.
* * *
The Iron Blood Assault Squad’s response to the Space Battleship’s sudden charge was markedly different from how they’d reacted to Hades.
After the melee began, the Scarlet Hammer, responsible for tricky long-range bombardment, fired the first large-caliber laser cannon.
Boom-boom-bang!
“Enemy Scarlet Hammer, commencing sniper attack!”
“Lapis!”
At Urelka’s report, Yeon-woo called out to Lapis as well.
But Lapis was already adjusting course in real time before Yeon-woo could even call her name.
A blue ripple undulated across the black sea of space.
A turning maneuver at angles hard to imagine for a vessel of that mass.
It wasn’t merely changing direction.
It was an artistry—tilting the battleship diagonally to match the trajectory of the incoming fire.
Not simple technique, but evasion born from a complete understanding of the Space Battleship’s form, calculated and incorporated in an instant.
It wasn’t yet time to deploy the Barrier.
Yet the impact transmitted to the bridge was so slight that it might rightly be called a miracle.
Whizz-whizz!
Two of the laser bolts sailed wide entirely, and the remaining two drew dangerously close but scraped past by the narrowest margin.
The first salvo inflicted zero damage.
Paradoxically, because the Bloody Hawk’s speed was so extreme, the Scarlet Hammer never managed a second volley.
By the time reloading neared completion, the Scarlet Hammer and Space Battleship had already closed to near-contact range.
The Plasma Gun mounted on the Scarlet Hammer glowed brightly in preheating, a sight clear even to Yeon-woo’s eyes.
Yeon-woo’s voice burst over the communications channel.
“Markoss!”
— Kwooo-kwooo-kwooo-kwoooaah!!
Shreeeeeek!
But unprepared for the Space Battleship’s sudden acceleration, the preheating was too slow.
With Markoss’s scream, the Silver Edge shot between the Space Battleship and Scarlet Hawk like a madman’s charge.
It was a perilously reckless dive—one misstep away from collision with the Scarlet Hawk itself.
Crunch!
Even in the vanguard, a flagship is still a flagship.
The Scarlet Hawk barely avoided the collision with a sharp turn nearly matching Markoss’s own.
In doing so, it lost its chance to target the Space Battleship and swept past.
The Red Fins that had been following the Scarlet Hawk still maintained their distance.
Yeon-woo called out again.
“Deploy the Barrier!”
Fwoosh!
The green Barrier that had been held in reserve unfurled around the Space Battleship.
Simultaneously, the Space Battleship, which had been advancing straight, pivoted ninety degrees in place and exposed its broadside to the Iron Blood Assault Squad.
According to Hwa-ryeon’s analysis, a pointed-form Red Fin like the Silver Edge could theoretically penetrate the battleship’s Barrier and enter.
But it was only “theoretically” possible; whether the fighters would maintain combat effectiveness after piercing through the acidic Barrier was an entirely different matter.
Moreover, having lost sight of the flagship, the fighter craft couldn’t independently make such a dangerous judgment call.
Whoooosh!
The Red Fins that had likewise been charging at the Space Battleship veered off in different directions as if performing an air show, evading the battleship and falling back to regroup.
Which is to say, their flagship, the Bloody Hawk, was—
‘Cut off from the main force by the Space Battleship and that massive Barrier.’
This was Phase One of the strategy—the foundation of everything.
Ordinarily, the textbook move would be for all the carrier aircraft to swarm in and shoot down the isolated Bloody Hawk.
But that would consume too much time, and meanwhile the battleship would be exposed to the main body of the Assault Squad—a fatal weakness.
Even now, the regrouping Red Fins were preparing to unleash attacks in concert with their follow-up forces.
The carrier aircraft had to buy time against the main body however they could.
Which left the Bloody Hawk—
Yeon-woo, confirming that it had fallen away from the main force and was reducing speed, issued his command to Urelka.
“Full Drone deployment.”
“Deploying all Drones, sir.”
Drones.
A variable Yeon-woo had activated before entering Floor 20’s Clear, investing two Directional Points to unlock it.
“Unmanned Drone Technology.
Effect: Launches Unmanned Drones to secure numerical superiority.
The number and performance of drones are determined by the Space Battleship’s level and invested Directional Points.
Currently deployable Drones: 20
Cooldown: 3 days
Points required: 2
The pressure of a three-day cooldown normally would have made me hesitate to activate it at all.
But facing the Iron Blood Assault Squad now was no time for caution.
Thud-thud-thud-thunk!
Launch ports opened along the Space Battleship’s flank, and jet-black drones spilled forth in rapid succession.
Their form resembled the unmanned units I’d encountered from Floor 1 through Floor 10.
They were small in size, but their overall specifications were more than sufficient to engage medium-class drones.
Individual combat power, of course, fell woefully short compared to the Bloody Hawk.
But the Bloody Hawk had lost even its Red Fin escorts to successive crises and now hung disoriented.
Since it remained relatively close to the Space Battleship, the deployed drones descended upon it in a blink of an eye.
Fwip-fwip-fwip-thunk!
Screee-eek!
Multiple laser beams shot toward the Bloody Hawk.
Yet it refused to yield easily.
With a reaction speed that commanded admiration even from an enemy, the Bloody Hawk surged its output and dodged the volley.
In the same breath, it melted two drones with its Plasma Gun.
But the drones, being machines and not living creatures, pursued their target relentlessly without fear, clinging to its heels.
Shriek-eek!
Fwip-fwip-thunk!
A melee erupted between drones and the Bloody Hawk along the Space Battleship’s flank.
The kill ratio was overwhelming.
While the drones’ lasers couldn’t even graze the Bloody Hawk’s wingtips, it grew steadily more composed, methodically shooting down one drone after another.
└ Wow, the unmanned units are crazy good though? Where’d those come from?
└ But they’ll all melt soon ㅠㅠ
└ You actually came to Floor 20 relying on those?
└ Dude, they’re solid ;; but the Bloody Hawk is actually insane. How is that even real?
The viewers watching the livestream cheered at the drones’ appearance but soon fell silent.
Yet neither they nor the experts analyzing the footage realized the truth.
That every moment of this confrontation had been choreographed in advance.
“The Bloody Hawk has never found itself in such a predicament. Isn’t that right?”
“Correct, Captain. It’s as though…….”
Urelka watched the Bloody Hawk racking up kills between the drones and offered a brief assessment.
“They’ve fallen victim to the very tactics they themselves employ.”
The Iron Blood Assault Squad’s tactics were intuitive yet razor-sharp.
The Bloody Hawk and Red Fins engaged a small number of enemies in a chaotic brawl.
Against enemies unable to build proper momentum, the Scarlet Hammer waited at a distance and delivered sniper strikes.
But now, with the Bloody Hawk isolated and its ankles held fast by drones?
Whooooosh…….
No matter that the Bloody Hawk possessed the capacity to shoot down twenty drones single-handedly, it meant nothing.
Not while it lacked the space to cruise at full throttle.
‘Fire.’
Boom-whoooosh!
The Bloody Hawk couldn’t dodge the Main Gun even if it meant sacrificing nearby drones alongside itself.
‘Besides, the drones are gone whether they’re destroyed or not — only the cooldown matters. No waste in it.’
The distance, from the battleship’s perspective, was practically point-blank.
……!!
The Bloody Hawk, finally registering the threat, tried to climb despite letting its wings be pierced by the drones’ fire.
Crack-boom!
It was too late.
The massive Main Gun obliterated the Bloody Hawk, leaving only a tiny fragment of its front end.
— Screee! Red Fin, the Red Fin!
— Goblin, careful. Red Fin fast.
— Don’t worry, Gudru!
On the opposite side of the battleship, the carrier-based fighters were just beginning to engage the Red Fins.
The cosmic battlefield had crackled with tension up until combat commenced.
Having lost their flagship in an instant, the Iron Blood Assault Squad seemed caught in chaos with no chance to demonstrate their strength.
An assault squad that understood honor—true warriors.
Honor and discipline were weapons in themselves, yet they carried vulnerability alongside their strength.
“So you’re saying that when the shell cracks, something soft lies beneath……?”
It was Urelka’s observation, watching the Red Fin units crumble more helplessly than expected.
Meanwhile, the Scarlet Hammers positioned at a distance were frantically reactivating their laser cannons to support the Red Fins.
The carrier-based aircraft wouldn’t go down without a fight, but there was no reason to simply stand and watch.
“Lapis, move the battleship to flank those units.”
Pssshhhh!
At Yeon-woo’s command, the massive hull of the Space Battleship shifted toward the side of the battlefield.
Boom! Boom!
Two Scarlet Hammers swung their cannons toward the advancing battleship and fired without hesitation.
“You’re trying to take us down with sniper fire?”
Whooooosh!
In an artillery duel fought from a stationary position, the Space Battleship would never falter against such a display.
The Main Gun’s beam made the Scarlet Hammers’ laser cannons look no more threatening than toothpicks.
The Main Gun surged forward, devouring the laser fire entirely, and obliterated both Scarlet Hammers in a single stroke.
And once the scales tipped out of balance,
「Tutorial Tower, Floor 20.
S+ Rank Clear.」
they tilted irrevocably in one direction until the Clear notification blazed across Yeon-woo’s vision.
Reward notifications cascaded down with the Clear.
「Floor 20 Clear Reward.
Scrap x20.
S+ Rank Achievement Bonus: Iron Blood Assault Squad’s Clan Flag awarded.」
“……What?”
One of them seized his attention with striking force.

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