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.

wearing white winter coats

No one had to worry about a

it

at the grey walls and basic furniture with a speechless look, feeling like he was cheated by the cab

front desk, he

while registering his ID into

The receptionist smiled charmingly as

"Yes."

him a card and added playfully, "If you want some company dial the

casually

squinted her eyes threateningly while doing

a say in it if you were my girlfriend.' Felix

Asna was left tongue-tied

smirked faintly and entered the

it since he knew that

paid by the business to make such

practice that he had experienced a

itself would be done in the UVR unless the client paid

in the suite. He wasn't surprised one bit when he saw that the room was just as sunless as

his eyes, the suite was just a bigger version of a

the hygiene was top-notch and that it was a sound-proof suite. Those were the only two requirements he cared

he got comfortable on the bed, Felix brought out the holographic

shouldn't cross and the things he needed

in the network, the current big dogs in the city are

had already etched in his mind the names of those squads and their logo so if he ever met with a member, he would make

Heroes, Exalted Fangs, Blind Scarves,

the only squads that were led by 'SS' ranked mercenaries with the highest authority in the

avoid getting himself entangled in their matters and waste

he read further down, he started to see some new Intel that he didn't find

to harass lone new mercenaries just to show up and

on some new recruits if they didn't know

was ignorant about the matter just a few seconds

the squad only then would he

a shitty ass squad with a shitty ass clearance

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

for mercenaries.' Felix scratched

understand the soldiers not moving against the

allow direct harassment of

much discrimination in

treated in the same manner, those gangs

this shit anyway.' Felix closed his eyes

a big day as he would head to the

*****

Morning at

could be seen eating breakfast on a common-looking wooden table in the living