"Tck," Ryker clicked his teeth. He was latched onto an asteroid with Peck beside him. "This sniper is starting to get on my nerves."They were at the mercy of the continuous firing from the unknown sniper. "Alright! Lesson time!" Peck grabbed Ryker's collar much to the latter's dismay. "Hey, let me go!" Ryker snapped. "What is the one thing a sniper hates the most, and what is the major weakness to a sniper?" Peck asked as he slaps a shot that aimed at them. "Eh?" Ryker bares his teeth at the large man. "Are you seriously having a quiz session, now of all time!?""Oh, me, pick me!" Kinkaid raises his hand from an asteroid behind them. "Purple one!" Peck pointed at Kinkaid.Ryker facepalmed. 'We're sitting ducks in space under the mercy of a dangerous sniper and these idiots are making light of the matter.'"A sniper's biggest weakness is a close ranged encounter!" Kinkaid answered. "Correct purple one!" Peck gave Kinkaid a thumbs up. He then turns to Ryker. "You should be more l
"And that is everything I know, my mistress."Mysty was kneeling in front of the Black Stallion crew."Good servant." Zera patted her head.The A-grade hunter had become her slave and lost all her free will. Her irises were devoid of life, she was like a mindless zombie."That was easy," Ryker stated."Hmm..." Jackal rubbed his chin. "Did you get all that, Ming?" He turned to the android.After Zera warped the hunter's mind. She commanded her to tell them all the information she had about the BSA.Mysty rambled for nearly an hour and thus, it proved difficult for them to recall everything she said."Good thing Ming has an inbuilt recorder." Said Ryker.He crept closer to the mindless Mysty and squatted to her level."How does it feel to be the pawn now, witch?" He said with a satisfied smug on his face."Ehem." Zera stretched her hand out to Jackal. "I've done my role. Now, pay up.""Of course, the payment." Jackal glanced over at Ming and nods his head."Ming brought over a big sack
The location was the ark of the Aegis clan, the Dragonheart. Ernie was currently humming as he worked on the engine of the ark. "There," He dusts his hands. "With the new narly tweaks I placed, You peeps don't have to worry about this beauty breaking anytime soon." He gave Conroy a thumbs up. "That's great Bro Ernie!" "And with that, I'm done fixing the ark, it's good to go and so are we!" "About that... Where do go from here?"It has been 2 days since Ace and Reginald accompanied Kaz to see the elders. Vorus had awakened a day ago and the ark's repairs were completed. Ernie had finished the repairs ahead of time and even went an extra step to add a couple of upgrades. For starters, the Dragonheart lacked any cannons for battles against other Arks. Although these battles rarely occur in the Western Continent, Ernie warned the crew that the Eastern Continent is a place more brutal than where they came from. "That's where you met Sirs Kaz and Ace." Says Conroy as they arrived at
"Rex is up against your brother," Vorus said to Ace. The Aegis was seated at the bleachers to spectate the final match of the day. Zod had taken Kira to the medical sections to get her wounds treated as they'd be having guests later in the day. "Do you think Sir Zod would want to watch this match?" Conroy asks."Knowing him, he'll be looking after Kira." "By the way doesn't she remind you of someone with the same name?" Kaz's words made the Aegises ponder for a while."Hmm..." "That's it!" Maggie snapped her fingers. "Rada Khan's right hand, that woman Kira." The Aegises except for Lela gasped. "That's right," Ace said. "They even share a striking resemblance, except this Kira has long hair." "Are you forgetting that this Kira's a loose screw?" Kaz intervenes."Yeah, she's not well up there," Conroy adds."The other one is usually calm and collected. I don't know what she's up to or where she is." Said Vorus."Didn't Rohan order the capture of all the soldiers that survived t
LOCATION: BOUNTY HUNTERS ASSOCIATION, MISTY TRAIL GALAXY HQ."Congratulations on your promotion, Commander Sirius."The man identified as Sirius stood seven feet tall. He saluted to the Flag master who had his hands around his back.They were in the office of the Flagmaster."For the honour of the BSA, I will uphold my duties with the utmost diligence, Sir!""Yeah yeah," August lit up a cigarette."Onto more pressing matters." He tossed the new commander an odd device."The last commander, and your former superior, Kane was a loudmouth who failed to gather a good team. I hope you won't disappoint me as he did."Sirius gulped. He was well aware of what had happened to the former commander. He never liked Kane and always viewed him as a goal. Although that was the case, he'd never imagined the commander to face such an end at the hand of the Flag master."Kane was feeble-minded and slow when it comes to getting the job done. He believed in giving the weak a chance to seize power. I beli
LOCATION: RED WINEInside the warship of the association, Mysty was slamming her fists against the wall."How is this happening? Why're they losing against one man?"She was checking the heat scanners as she saw the fate of her subordinates."Is this the strength of the most wanted man in the cosmos?"She had sent waves after waves of hunters to the Black Stallion but the result was the same.They were beaten and knocked out with single blows by one man.Mysty was unaware of the fact that it wasn't Jackal who was beating up her crew."I guess, I'll just have to go there myself."...Jackal had a bucket of popcorn in front of him as he and Ming indulged themselves with the sight of a one-sided beatdown. They watched as bodies fly everywhere."Ack, how is he so strong!?""He has the rarest astral color!""But it was white moments ago plus he was a C-Grade hunter!"The hunters tried to make sense of Ryker's awakened powers but they all failed to get another word or thought in as Ryker ba
"Rise and Shine, Snow-white!" "Huh?" Ryker slowly started regaining consciousness after yesterday's event. He opened his eyes to see Jackal, Ming and Aleister looking down at him. "Guys, I'm ba-" Before he could finish, he paused to look around himself. The first thing he noticed was that his hands were chained with cuffs similar to the ones they used on Kinkaid. He sat up to see that he was not in his room."Tck, what's the meaning of this!?" The ex-hunter snapped. "We can ask you the same thing," Ming replied. "What got over you?" She asked shooting him a hardened gaze. "I don't know." Ryker was reluctant to tell them about the Etherian."I believe you do, Master Ryker." Aleister pointed. "Is that why you guys locked me up in here!" He snarled. "Where we kept our enemies. Am I the enemy now?" He frowned upon them before looking at Jackal. Jackal did not wear his usual grin. "We decided we can't have you lurking around the cruiser with us if you can seep back into that crazed s
Bam!Ryker slammed his back against the wall. "Huff. Huff." He breathed heavily before glancing over to his opponent."Is that all you've got, bot?"Ming was stoic as usual. Not angry, not happy, her facial expression if anything expressed her dissatisfaction. It was aimed towards Jackal for making her Ryker's sparing partner."No, I believe. Our match has only started." She rushed forward with her fist.Ryker instinctively activated his astral coating and blocked the attack. The impact from her blow forced his head to hit the wall.'Tck, this stupid tin can is trying to kill me!' Looking over at his arms, he winced in pain.'She almost shattered my bones, and that was after I put on my astral skin.' Ryker gritted his teeth.Ming smirked."Should we stop?""Tck, what do you take me for?""A human. Humans have the second weakest body amongst the races in the universe, I'll understand if you've hit your limit. The sparring session was proposed by the captain to gauge out your current po