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

security within buildings? No one had to worry about

allowed rats in their city, it didn't

stared at the grey walls and basic furniture with

the lady at the front desk, he realized that this was indeed the best

while registering his ID into

The receptionist smiled

"Yes."

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

replied casually and walked towards the

squinted her

in it if you

was left tongue-tied yet

smirked faintly and

on his card? He wasn't planning on calling it since he knew that it wasn't

receptionist was paid by the business to make such offers

a common practice that he had experienced a few times in his previous

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

wasn't surprised one bit when he saw that the room was just as

suite was just a bigger version of

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

got comfortable on the bed, Felix brought out the holographic list again. This time, he started reading it

list was split into the people he shouldn't cross and the things he needed to take advantage of if the opportunity

big dogs in the city are the five major squads

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

Heroes, Exalted Fangs, Blind Scarves, and last but not least, Void

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

avoid getting himself entangled in their matters and waste

started to see some

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

would actually work on some new recruits if they didn't know about

ignorant about the matter just

the lone recruit sign a contract with the squad

sense that he had joined a shitty ass squad

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

for mercenaries.' Felix scratched his chin as he closed

against the gangs to protect

direct harassment of

much discrimination in his

was treated in the same manner, those gangs members would

enough to ignore this shit anyway.' Felix

big day as he would head to the

*****

Next Morning at 07:00

could be seen eating breakfast on a common-looking wooden