I Got a Monster Spaceship from the Tutorial Tower - Chapter 59

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Episode 59
59
「South Korea’s Jeju Named Portal ‘Orc’s Blade’ Cleared.」
The Named Portal had been cleared.
Elite Squadron and Named Warship confirmed to appear.
The catastrophe summoned by the Tutorial Tower—an ordeal beyond all prediction—had been met and overcome faster than anyone had anticipated.
It was a triumph achieved even before deploying the three dozen or more level-30 fighters that had been assembled for this very purpose.
The response was silence.
A silence so profound that no one dared to speak.
The Shield of Bitter Cold, which had struggled to the end and attempted a landing, had been torn to pieces in a collision with Silver Edge and was plummeting now.
Every moment of that descent had been an unbroken succession of breathless tension.
[Ah… yes, Clear. Clear! We have a Clear! The Named Warship, the Shield of Bitter Cold, has been defeated, and South Korea is safe once more!]
The news anchor, who had been conducting emergency broadcast coverage, snapped out of a daze and erupted in cheers, leaping from his seat.
The panelists and experts sitting beside him did the same.
Forgetting entirely that they were broadcasting over public airwaves, people embraced and shared their joy.
└ They’re actually doing this lmao
└ Seriously what would’ve happened without the Space Battleship
└ But Hades was insane too. Didn’t Hades alone take down the Elite Squadron’s flagship one-on-one?
└ Yeah the video quality was bad but solo yes
Clearing a Named Portal without level restrictions was so rare that you could count the instances worldwide on one hand.
The Bridge of the Space Battleship remained quiet for some time.
— Eeeeeeyaaaaaahhh! I got it! Captain, Markos defeated the Named Warship! Cock-a-doodle-doo!
Putting aside the details of how it had happened, the only sound breaking the silence in the Space Battleship’s Bridge was Markos’s cry of triumph—the pilot who had managed to destroy the Shield of Bitter Cold even after it had withstood all of the warship’s cannon fire.
“Ah… ah!”
The first to come to her senses was Seong-a.
She cried out in delight as she watched the security guards and staff who had been with her at the airport board military vehicles and escape to safety.
The debris left behind by the Shield of Bitter Cold was falling through the air.
But most of the downed monster fighters had been reduced to dust and scattered; what little could be collected as scrap was negligible and posed no real danger.
Seong-a replaced her overwhelming joy with a radiant smile and turned to look at Yeon-u and Ha-yun, the heroes of this conquest.
Ha-yun, too, wore an unusually flushed expression of excitement.
Yeon-u smiled quietly, his expression serene and composed.
‘To save a nation and yet carry himself with such grace—he wears that smile so naturally.’
Seong-a nodded to herself as she observed the bearing of Yeon-u, who seemed to possess even more dignity than she did.
Outwardly he appeared innocent and genuinely kind.
But was this what it meant—that a Ship Captain would need to be someone of such caliber?
Yeon-u himself was, of course, deeply pleased to have cleared the Named Portal safely.
But the notification window that appeared before his eyes magnified that joy a hundredfold.
「Named Portal Clear Reward.
All participating Pilots receive 300 Scrap.
Additional rewards granted to the Top Pilot and Excellent Pilot.」
「You have been selected as the Named Portal’s Top Pilot.
Additional Reward: Brave Hammer Clan Fighter. Standard Antimatter Generation Module (Carrier Fighter exclusive).」
‘This is huge!’
Even if an oil field had opened up beneath his house, it couldn’t possibly compare to this.
This time, the Top Pilot reward consisted of two items.
It seemed an Excellent Pilot had been selected as well, accounting for the additional rewards.
The Brave Hammer Clan Fighter.
Just as Torca, who had become the steady and reliable commander of the combat air division, had emerged through the Summon of the Iron-Blooded Assault Squad Clan Fighter—a Summon befitting an Artifact Grade like the Space Battleship itself—
the Brave Hammer Clan Fighter would surely offer a comparable reward.
And an Antimatter Generation Module at that.
‘We can use Antimatter now, just like Hades?’
Carrier fighter weapons came in many varieties with different properties, but among them all, Antimatter ranked supreme.
It bypassed any barrier or heavy armor with contemptuous ease, delivering fixed damage with precision.
With proper targeting, a single shot could bring down an enemy fighter—a fantasy attribute made real.
But Yeon-u restrained himself from showing such elation outwardly.
‘I can’t be jumping around excitedly in front of the President.’
Unintentionally, he had not only rescued Seong-a directly but had even brought her all the way to the Bridge of the Space Battleship.
Though his secret and the warship’s secret had been exposed, now that the Named Portal was cleared,
only proper compensation from Seong-a and the government remained to be received.
In any case, it was necessary to project an image of someone who would never grow frivolous over such matters, no matter how momentous they might be.
Watching Seong-a nod seriously, it seemed the strategy was taking hold quite well.
“Ship Captain.”
“Hmm? Urelka.”
Just then, Urelka hurried toward Yeon-u and called out to him.
Was there still more to handle?
As Yeon-u responded with puzzlement, Urelka spoke casually.
“By the way, if you clear a Named Portal, you receive a High-Rank Summon Opportunity instead of a regular summon.”
“……W-what?!”
A High-Rank Summon?
That revelation completely shattered the composure Yeon-u had maintained so rigorously until now.
A High-Rank Summon was irresistible!
His smile widened uncontrollably.
Before he knew it, both corners of Yeon-u’s mouth had shot up at an eleven-ten angle.
“…….”
Seeing his expression, Seong-a tilted her head quizzically, while Ha-yun’s face showed she’d expected just this reaction.
Seong-a casually spoke to Ha-yun.
“A High-Rank Summon? What does that mean?”
“The Space Battleship grows stronger through summoning—things like fighter jets and pilots.”
Ha-yun answered without thinking, then only realized her listener was Seong-a and hastily cut herself off.
Seong-a smiled softly at her belated change of expression.
“I see. Come to think of it, summoning sounds impossible at first, but…… actually, it might be the only method that makes sense.”
Seong-a, mulling it over, reached a conclusion of her own.
The Space Battleship showed something different at nearly every level.
Some theorized it was revealing hidden strength it’d been holding back.
Others believed there was a growth method beyond anyone’s imagination.
The opinions varied widely, but if that method was summoning, it certainly made sense.
It fit remarkably well with the Space Battleship’s limitation of firing its main cannon only twice.
Yeon-u, realizing a moment too late that his own composure had crumbled, shot a look at Urelka before asking Seong-a.
“You’re…… taking this rather calmly?”
Seong-a shook her head with a satisfied expression and replied.
“Surprised? From the moment I climbed aboard a carrier fighter with Torca, I think I’ve been shocked enough to last a lifetime.”
“Oh.”
Yeon-u felt a sudden chill of worry.
‘What if they arrest me for sending Torca to rescue the President?’
Should he have risked it and gone himself?
Or should he have just left things alone, whatever happened……
“I’m joking, joking.”
Seong-a waved her hand dismissively as she watched Yeon-u’s face grow increasingly serious.
“Actually, if I hadn’t learned this secret today, I would’ve been even more worried. Don’t humans fear what they don’t understand?”
Seong-a’s gaze turned outward from the battleship.
The sprawling expanse of Jeju’s land and the open waters of the South Sea came into view all at once.
“Who is the Ship Captain of this Space Battleship, really? What’s he thinking? What if he takes it abroad, or attacks us later? Or even if he doesn’t, what if he makes some ridiculous demand?”
Since the Space Battleship’s arrival, the Blue House had been consumed by heated debate every day.
They cycled through every conceivable scenario about the Space Battleship’s true intentions—who quietly climbed the tower without revealing their identity—and formulated contingency plans for each.
But once she’d actually boarded the Space Battleship?
Certainly, when Torca and Gudru first came to rescue her, she’d panicked so badly she thought she might actually die—never mind being shocked speechless.
Yet that panic didn’t last.
Monster pilots who engaged the enemy with a sense of mission even more unwavering than human pilots.
Ha-yun, who lost her parents in childhood to a monster invasion, yet moved seamlessly alongside them without hesitation.
And finally, Yeon-u, who in combat mode displayed a Captain’s presence entirely different from his usual self.
The unprecedented potential shown by the battleship and its crew.
She would never have known any of this without setting foot on the Bridge of the Space Battleship.
If one were to sum up Seong-a’s feelings at this very moment in a single phrase……
“Rather, my heart feels at ease.”
Her worries had been rendered utterly hollow by this peace of mind.
It was perhaps also a reflection of Seong-a’s thoroughly pragmatic nature.
No matter how much they escaped danger with their strength or conquered Named Portals.
If push came to shove and someone stubbornly insisted that monsters were off-limits, progress would never come.
‘Isn’t an ally simply someone—monster or human—who shares the same goal?’
This was a world where even human pilots, depending on circumstance, could seize strategic strongpoints and threaten passing cargo ships and aircraft.
Seong-a quickly accepted the situation and began calculating how to absorb this Space Battleship’s vast military power and potential into South Korea.
Hearing Seong-a’s words, Yeon-u’s expression grew uncertain.
‘Something about Stockholm syndrome, maybe…….’
He understood her general sentiment, but Seong-a had only just encountered the monsters.
He worried that the shock might have damaged something in her emotional processing, that fear had twisted her reasoning.
……It was a thought that would have wounded Seong-a deeply, had she known of it.
But what mattered was that things were working out.
Yeon-u turned to Ha-yun.
“Would you mind escorting the President to Seoul for us?”
“Me?”
Ha-yun’s eyes widened slightly, as if this request had never occurred to her.
The Hades had enough internal space to carry one more person of Seong-a’s size.
But beyond mere capacity, the prospect of flying alongside someone so troublesome left her cold.
Yeon-u smiled as he explained.
“I can’t exactly ferry her in the Space Battleship, and the other pilots wouldn’t be suitable either.”
“……Ah. I see.”
Now that he mentioned it, Ha-yun realized she was indeed the only suitable choice.
A colossal Space Battleship landing at the Blue House?
The question of whether it could even land at all came first.
It would be fortunate if the surrounding area wasn’t completely destroyed.
Seong-a, listening to their exchange, clapped her hands together in delight.
“My, what a fortunate day! A ride in the Space Battleship and a tour in the Hades. Here I am, just a D-rank Artifact Grade dungeoneer.”
“Please follow me. I’ll have you there shortly.”
Ha-yun rose as if to leave immediately, moving toward the Bridge’s exit.
Seong-a followed her, but just before stepping out, she turned back to Yeon-u and spoke.
“Well, it does bother me that the Fierce Tiger Clan flatly denied knowing you.”
“……!”
Yeon-u jumped at that unsettling remark.
People really did change between entering and leaving a room.
‘She just said she felt relieved!’
Did finding a way out of the ship flip her sentiment so completely?
Though that wasn’t what she meant at all.
“Now I understand exactly why they did that. I suspect secrecy is the very thing you want most, isn’t it?”
“……Ah, yes. That’s correct.”
As Yeon-u nodded awkwardly, Seong-a smiled as if she’d known it all along.
“Yes. My staff and I will work out the details carefully. We can discuss other compensation later. Since you showed me the Bridge, I suppose I should give you a tour of the Blue House, shouldn’t I?”
Mom, Dad—I made it!
Yeon-u had held some awareness before participating in the Named Portal operation that this was an opportunity for the nation to officially recognize his existence.
But he’d never expected things to unfold so cleanly.
‘Isn’t getting into the Blue House harder than acquiring a Space Battleship?’
While Yeon-u entertained these thoughts, Ha-yun and Seong-a had already departed the Bridge.
Whirrr.
As the Bridge door sealed with a soft hum, Urelka approached Yeon-u and spoke.
“Still, shouldn’t the Captain offer proper respects as your nation’s leader departs……?”
“……Urelka, when did you ever say anything about proper etiquette? You used to cut the line the moment I said ‘acknowledged.'”
The Vice Captain who’d hung up on Hades the instant Yeon-u finished his last word was a curious one to invoke formality.
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Meanwhile, in Seoul—at the very moment the Named Portal battle raged on.
While the world’s attention fixed on Jeju, an unidentified Capsule crashed from space into Seoul.
Fortunately, it landed in a mountain and drew little public attention.
But military authorities, analyzing that its occupant might not be human, rushed to the scene, recovered the Capsule, and opened it for inspection.
Hisssss.
Inside the Capsule, which opened beneath dozens of rifle barrels trained upon it in a tense atmosphere,
“……I will not speak another word until the Space Battleship’s Captain is brought before me.”
A Speaking Monster emerged.

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