Supremacy Games

The driver wasn't really a good guy trying to make a living by driving this shitty cab. In fact, he was part of one of the small gangs in Craghorn.

They mostly prey on new arrivals by checking first if they were rich or not. The way they do so was by asking them to buy the list for a massive amount of money.

If they agreed in a heartbeat, the driver take them to an empty alley and stop the hovercar. Then, he would act like it broke down and exit to check the engine.

The moment he did so, he gets jumped up by his gang members and beaten up to avoid suspicion while the passenger receives a totally different treatment.

Since the gang members always moved in a pack and they were strong on their own rights, the passengers usually concede to their conditions to avoid getting killed.

That's because unlawful killing in the city was totally allowed as long as it didn't happen in public space.

This sort of freedom was the reason why Felix wasn't requested to sign a contract before stepping foot on the planet.

A contract that should forbid such criminal activities.

One would think that the capital city of the empire with the strongest army in the universe would have the strictest order and safest environment.

Alas, that wasn't the case at all.

Craghorn city was filled with tens of gangs made out of retired mercenaries, criminals who joined the Mercenary Guild but quit after finishing their sentence, and failed recruits.

Although the army could clear them out in a single week if they desired, they still left the gangs to keep doing their pitty business in the capital city.

Before stepping foot in the city, Felix had done his due diligence and found out everything to know about this dreadful city.

This was the reason he knew that the driver meant bad business the moment he proposed that price.

As for the reason why the army left the city to be a den of criminals? No one really knows but the Great Commander who gave off the order.

Though, Felix had read a few smart guesses in the network. His favorite was that the criminals were there to filter the good apples from the bad ones.

If one was stupid enough to get robbed or killed on his way to register in either the army or the mercs, they wanted nothing from him.

Only those who were smart, strong, cunning, observative, and battle-honed were required to fight against those abominations.

The rest would be merely wasting their resources and time to train.

"We are here sir." The driver notified Felix with his face looking in front, not daring to stare at him.

"Thanks for the list."

Crack!

Felix patted the driver's shoulder lightly and exited the cab.

"Mmmm!!"

Not caring about the stiffened cries of the driver, Felix took big strides towards the hotel's front gate.

white winter coats and holding long silver energy

buildings? No one had

the army allowed rats in their city, it didn't

hotel in the city.' Felix stared at the grey walls and basic furniture with a speechless look, feeling like he was cheated

lady at the front desk, he realized

suite please." Felix requested while registering his ID into the

receptionist smiled charmingly as

"Yes."

your key." The receptionist handed him a card and added playfully, "If you want some company dial the number in

replied casually

Asna squinted her eyes

have a say in it if you

left tongue-tied yet

and entered

he knew that it wasn't

by the business to make such

was a common practice that he had experienced a few

itself would be done in the UVR unless the client paid extra

top floor of the hotel, he checked in the suite. He wasn't surprised one bit when he saw

was just a

Felix liked it since the hygiene was top-notch and that it was a sound-proof suite. Those were the only

the bed, Felix brought out the holographic

he shouldn't cross and the things he needed to take advantage of if

current big dogs in the

so if he ever met with a member, he would make sure to avoid bashing his

mercenary squads were The Ring of Phantoms, Unsung Heroes, Exalted Fangs, Blind Scarves, and

'SS' ranked mercenaries with the

entangled in their matters

further down, he started to see some new Intel that he

squad, notorious in the city for paying gangs to harass lone new mercenaries just to show up and save them.' Felix snickered, 'They are really

new recruits if they didn't

about the matter just a few seconds

a contract with the squad only then would he realize that he

that he had joined a shitty ass squad with a shitty ass clearance

most squad contracts forbid the members from ditching the squad before finishing a number of missions with

mercenaries.' Felix

the soldiers not moving against the gangs to

of

much discrimination

gangs members would have their spines

shit anyway.' Felix closed his eyes and went

day as he would head to the Void Guild

*****

Morning

breakfast on a common-looking wooden table