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

within buildings? No one had

in their city, it didn't mean that they were welcomed into their

grey walls and basic furniture with

forward and asking the lady at the front desk, he realized that this was indeed

requested while registering his ID into

The receptionist smiled charmingly as she

"Yes."

a card and added playfully, "If you

casually and

hell you will.' Asna squinted her eyes

in it if you were my

left tongue-tied yet

and entered the

calling it since he knew that it wasn't for the receptionist but

receptionist was paid by the business to

was a common practice that he had experienced

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 that the room was just as sunless as the

was just

that it was a sound-proof

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

into the people he shouldn't cross and the things he needed

the current big dogs in the city are the five major squads owned by the Void Guild Assembly

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

mercenary squads were The Ring of Phantoms, Unsung Heroes, Exalted Fangs, Blind Scarves, and last but not least,

'SS' ranked mercenaries with the highest authority in the

entangled in their matters and waste his

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

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

would actually work on some new

the

a contract with the squad only then would

had joined a shitty ass squad with a shitty

from ditching the squad

much respect for mercenaries.' Felix scratched his chin as he closed

understand the soldiers not moving against the gangs to protect the

allow direct harassment of real

much discrimination in his

a soldier was treated in the same manner, those gangs

this shit anyway.' Felix closed

big day as he would head to

*****

Next Morning at

eating breakfast on a common-looking wooden