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.

soldiers wearing white winter coats and holding long silver energy

it came to security within buildings? No one had

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

Felix stared at the grey walls and basic

asking the lady at the front desk,

registering

The receptionist smiled charmingly

"Yes."

playfully,

replied casually

you will.' Asna squinted her eyes

in it if you were

was left tongue-tied yet

and entered

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

the business to make

that he had experienced a few times in his

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

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

eyes, the suite was just a bigger version of a

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

brought out the holographic list again. This time,

and the things

network, the current big dogs in the city are the

mind the names of those squads and their logo so if he ever met

The Ring of Phantoms, Unsung Heroes, Exalted

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

entangled in their matters and

some new Intel that he didn't find

squad, notorious in the city for paying gangs to harass lone new mercenaries just to

shameless technique would actually work on some new recruits if they

about the matter just

sign a contract with the squad

shitty ass squad with a

members from ditching the squad before finishing a number of

mercenaries.' Felix scratched his chin

against

allow direct harassment of

bit too much discrimination in his

gangs members would

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

as he would head to the Void

*****

Morning

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