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

buildings? No one

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

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

asking the lady at the front desk, he realized that this

Felix requested while registering his ID into

receptionist smiled charmingly

"Yes."

and added playfully, "If you want some company dial

replied casually and walked towards the

you will.' Asna squinted her eyes threateningly while

say in it if you were

Asna was left tongue-tied

faintly and

He wasn't planning on calling it since he knew that it wasn't for the receptionist but a prostitute business that could hook

was paid by the business to

common practice that he had

would be done in the UVR unless the client paid

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

his eyes, the suite was just a

it was a sound-proof

out the holographic list again.

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

have read in the network, the current big dogs in the city are the five

their logo so if he ever met with a member, he would make sure

Heroes, Exalted Fangs, Blind Scarves,

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

dearly to avoid getting himself entangled in their matters and waste

some new Intel that he didn't find

the city for paying gangs to harass lone new mercenaries just to show up and

a shameless technique would actually work on some new recruits if

Felix was ignorant about the matter

the lone recruit sign a contract with the squad only then would he realize that

shitty ass squad with a shitty ass

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

Felix scratched his chin as he closed off

could understand the soldiers not moving against the gangs

of real

too much discrimination in his

in the same manner, those gangs members would have

to ignore this shit anyway.' Felix closed his eyes and

as he would

*****

Morning at

seen eating breakfast on a common-looking