Chapter 146 Joseon''s Counterattack (3)


    Pirate King Carlos.


    The notoriety of terrorizing the entire continent in the past andpletely dominating the sea was not an exaggeration at all, but the truth.


    Kwak Kwa Kwam.


    “Ha ha ha ha ha! Power bombardment! Don''t leave a single one behind and sink them all!”


    Spreading and concentrating thousands of ships at will, annihting the iing enemies at once. The appearance of mercilessly subjugating all the ships in the depths of the sea without showing any mercy was the worst criminal on the continent.


    [Sinking a ship of the 1st Fleet of the Shōen Imperial Navy...]


    [Sacking a ship of the 1st Fleet of the Shōen Imperial Navy...]


    [Sinking a ship of the 1st Fleet of the Shōen Imperial Navy... ]


    [Sinking a ship of the First Fleet of the Shōen Imperial Navy...]


    A naval fleet of the Shōen Empire came to subdue them. However, as if Carlos had been waiting for this situation, he naturally mobilized all his ships to surround and hunt them.


    Woo woo woo.


    And a ck cuss crying while emitting ck energy from his hand. Looking at it, Jaeyoung could understand why Carlos''s fleet was able to destroy the enemy''s fleet so mercilessly.


    [The fear of the ck sea engulfs the victims.]


    [The blessing of the ck sea dwells on the subordinate ship.] [


    Overall stats increase by 100%.]


    [Combat power of subordinate crew members increases by 30%.]


    [Skill Absolutemand is triggered. Command power increases by 200%.]


    [The skill Ocean Ouw is activated. The morale of the enemy is reduced by 50%.]


    A powerful item that canpletely change the game of fleet battles. Terror of the ck Sea. Just a regr Carlos was so powerful that no admiral could ignore it, but this fraudulent legendary item, airlifted directly from the Devil World, consuming tremendous probability, was literally the same as putting wings on Carlos'' back.


    “Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha! Kill them all!”


    Carlos gave orders while smiling madly with red bloodshot eyes as if he was possessed by madness. After one of thest ships of the Shōen Empire, which was resplendent under his ruthlessmand, sank into the sea, countless messages appeared in front of Jaeyoung''s eyes.


    [The Shoen Empire''s Navy Admiral Armien has died.]


    [The Shoen Empire''s Navy 1st Fleet has been annihted.] [


    The Shoen Empire''s naval control has been seized.]


    [Influence on peace negotiations with the Shoen Empire is greatly increased. .]


    [Shoen Empire''s influence is reduced by 7.8%.]


    [Legendary feat. The regr fleet of the Imperial Army was annihted using the pirates!]


    [Probability 283251 obtained.]


    [The defense of the linked quest base failed.]


    [The linked quest Peace Negotiation was created.]


    The ocean, which can be said to be the front yard of the Shoen Empire. Carlos and his ck Pirates suddenly appeared there and began to upy it. They shouted as they looked down at the countless wreckage floating on the sea.


    “I won aaaaaaaaaaaaa!”


    “Long live the ck Pirates!”


    “Long live Carlos!”


    ndslide victory. Of course, the number of ships was so great that the ck Pirates could not be defeated evenpared to the Shōen Empire''s fleet, but all they lost were dozens of ships at the cost of sinking thousands, so it is a sea battle that will be recorded in history and will be remembered forever. There was no doubt that it was a perfect session.


    “Hmm... pretty well chosen.”


    “hmm? what is the owner?”


    Jaeyoung, who was quietly watching this whole process. He replied with a strange smile to Tan who asked back with a bewildered face.


    “No... I like the painting more than I thought.”


    “What picture?”


    “There is such a thing.”


    Jaeyoung mumbles something he doesn''t know and smiles. Although the beings of Arcadia, including Tan and El, did not know, he was clearly aware of it. The story of the world outside here turned upside down like a bomb exploded.


    [Raise the g.]


    [All fleet sortie.]


    Thetest video of Jaeyoung released by iPlus. Users who saw Carlos leading a fleet of thousands of ships and heading somewhere with a frantic deration in it were literally in a huge shock.


    [We will never stop until we find the new continent...]


    -New continent...?


    -What the fuck are you talking about again? it''s a new continent


    -It''s Dex! Dex did it again!


    Thement box has already exploded. There were a lot of chirashis guessing what the situation was, but among them, there was onement that received the most rmendation and went up to the top of the video.


    -This... isn''t the new continent referring to another continent? It''s the second continent for Korean users to y. America is one continent. Maybe there are multiple continents like that? Haha


    I just made a guess without thinking. However, those who pondered the spection naturally came to associate the continent they referred to whenever they made an official statement in Arcadia.


    [On the 2nd continent of Arcadia...]


    [What happened on the 1st continent of Arcadia...]


    [The service of the 4th continent of Arcadia...]


    Official position referring to a different number of continents for each country Arcadia Co., Ltd., which was announcing I thought that the concept of a server was simply referred to as a continent, but at this moment, people realized. Perhaps the fact that Arcadia may be a single world where users from all over the world y together on a single server.


    -Crazy, does that make sense? The number of real-time concurrent users alone would easily exceed a billion units?


    -Amodating that much traffic to a single server? You really need to do some bullshit.


    -I am a current server developer. A single server at this scale is impossible to rummage through and wake up to.


    -lol. If that''s the case, this virtual reality itself doesn''t even make sense in the first ce.


    -agreed. But again I don''t know. If it was what the threemanders did, I might understand.


    Argos Silico Ajin Electronics, which boasts ultra-futuristic technology that far surpasses the science and technology of the present era, suddenly brought virtual reality to the world. If the threemanders had intervened, it was a world where even nonsense becamemon sense, so users as well as reporters started to put all sorts of questions into Arcadia''s customer center without hesitation.


    Piri-ri-ri-ri-ri-ri-ri-ri-ri-ri-rik.


    And along with it, the customer service support center of the Korean branch of Arcadia Co., Ltd. exploded again. Soon after, the Crisis Management and Response Team was receiving and responding to customer inquiries pouring in, but they soon ran into limitations.


    [No, where is that answer?]


    “An official position will be announced soon. I''m sorry, but if you wait a little bit, I think you will be able to check the answer to your inquiry.”


    Han Mi-na of the customer service support team bows her head and apologizes again when asked if Arcadia is a single server. As if she had lost the fresh and lively energy she had when she first joined thepany, she held onto the microphone in her headphones with frizzy hair and wide eyes.


    “Several customers are asking the same question. We ask for your understanding that we cannot give the same exnation to each and every person in this regard.”


    Mina informed her that she could not tell them about the rted facts and hung up the phone as politely as possible. But before she could catch her breath, she had no choice but to answer the phone again.


    “I love you, customer. How can I help you?”


    A response thates out mechanically. However, that person had a slightly different identity from the many clients Mina had received so far.


    [hello. I am Han Sang-wook, a reporter at KNB. I contacted Arcadia Co., Ltd. because I had an inquiry. Can I get an answer?]


    KNB is thergest terrestrial broadcasting station in Korea and has the greatest influence. Mina was a bit taken aback by the fact that she was a reporter belonging there, but soon asked in a calm voice.


    “Could you confirm what kind of inquiry it is?”


    [It''s not different, it''s a story that has recently be a hot topic on the Inte. There are growing suspicions that Arcadia, a virtual reality service in service around the world, is in fact operated as a single integrated server rather than separate servers for each country. I contacted you because I wanted to ask about the official position on this.]


    As expected, the reporter asking the same questions that are pouring into the customer center right now. Mina gave the same formal answer as the previous answer to his question.


    “Sorry, sir. We ask for your understanding that we cannot respond to inquiries rted to this. We will deliver the contents of your inquiry to the upper management and respond to the official position as soon as possible. Also, for these inquiries, please contact the Arcadia Public Information Team, not the customer center, to inquire.....” [


    Hmm..... You say you can''t answer, but you don''t deny the suspicion? Are you saying that the content that is spreading on the Inte right now is not aplete lie?]


    A reporter who asks in a strangely suspicious voice. At his question, Mina spoke again with a puzzled face.


    “This means that we cannot confirm whether it is false or true. Until the official position on that partes out, any spection or spective articles are at Arcadia Co., Ltd.... Oh my?”


    Mina was trying to warn Mina strongly against the tone as if she was trying to find an excuse and write a novel on her own. However, she turned around in embarrassment when someone suddenly removed her headset from behind.


    “The boss of thepany?”


    President Lee Mi-yeon gives a signal to be quiet by putting a finger to her mouth when she came in. In the noisy space, where no one seemed to notice her presence, she was busy talking on the phone with customers.


    “hello.”


    [Um..... Who are you...?]


    Reporter Han Sang-wook seemed a bit taken aback when the caller suddenly changed. President Lee Mi-yeon spoke to him in a rxed tone.


    “Are you the reporter who called the public rtions team earlier? I heard that you are still trying to contact the customer center with the same number, so I came to answer you directly.”


    [Ah, is that so?]


    The reporter was delighted to hear that he would give an answer. CEO Lee Mi-yeon said to the reporter with a funny smile.


    “Write it down. It''s probably a scoop you''ll never have again in your life.”


    [yes? What is that...?]


    To a reporter who asked in a puzzled voice, CEO Lee Mi-yeon said as if making an announcement.


    “As you inquired, the virtual reality game Arcadia is a world made up of a single server that is equally serviced throughout the world.”


    “.....”


    “...?”


    A voice that wasn''t that loud. However, the entire customer service center, which seemed to be at the bottom of the noisy market, became quiet in an instant. Everyone just stared at President Lee Mi-yeon, who grabbed the headset with a shocked expression and informed them directly.


    [Is that really true?]


    “It consists of a total of 8 continents, and each continent is grouped with a specific country or countries with simrnguages and cultures to provide services. For example, Europe or the Arab world... and Southeast Asia or Oceania would be such good examples.”


    [Wait a minute..... Then how do you amodate that many people and keep the server stable? The opinion that that is practically impossible is prevalent among industry insiders?]


    Arcadia has over billions of subscribers and hundreds of millions of people y at the same time. As if he couldn''t believe that everything was being operated as a single server, he asked in a suspicious voice, making the sound of me typing on the keyboard while busy writing something. However, President Lee Mi-yeon answered the reporter''s question in a confident tone.


    “It would be impossible with the general industry technology you mentioned. I can''t exin in detail... but at Arcadia Co., Ltd., we can only answer that it is possible.”


    President Lee Mi-yeon is about to hang up the phone as if she had said all she wanted to say with that answer. The reporter''sst question hurriedly asked her over the receiver.


    [Can I know the title and name of the person who spoke to me right now?]


    “Me?”


    [yes. I need it when I write an article.]


    At that, she seemed to think about it for a moment, then answered with her eyes sparkling.


    “President Lee Mi-yeon.”


    [Yes..... Yes...?]


    The reporter''s voice seemed shocked to see if he had heard it wrong. However, as if what he had heard was not a lie, he heard her title and name clearly again in his ears.


    “I am Lee Mi-yeon, the president of Arcadia Co., Ltd.”