Chapter 321 The Green Knight, Boneless Bird (1/2)
Cesoly blended into the crowd and started chatting with others again. It seemed like he did not care much about the failed deal this time.
”Slave trader…” Han Xiao frowned as he looked at Cesoly's back.
”I might be short of money, but I have my integrity.” Kerlodd snorted, finished his drink, and said after a pause, ”There are hundreds and thousands of scavenger organizations in the Shattered Star Ring, recognizable by their tattoos. Some scavengers also do other shady business, like robbery, kidnapping, and extortion. That Cesoly is the middle man for the slave trade, in charge of looking for targets. He belongs to the 'Boneless Bird' scavenger group, a tough criminal group wanted by many galactic civilizations in Godora.
”The slave trade specializes in capturing rare species and Supers, selling them to customers with demands for viewing or beast fighting.”
Supers were very common in the universe but far less common than normal people. In the eyes of the people in the galaxy, Supers were considered trained warriors or talented geniuses.
Supers had higher positions, and some normal people started to have thoughts about controlling Supers. Thus, gladiator shows appeared. It was like watching a higher-grade boxing competition. The audience enjoyed watching the Supers fight each other to death both visually and mentally. Some official arenas hired Supers with high salaries, and some underground arenas bought Supers slaves; therefore, the Supers were always quite popular in the slave market.
”You guys have been targeted, so it's best to be careful, but scavengers won't do things that will cost them a loss. You should be safe in the spaceship since I rejected him, and he won't continue to try,” Kerlodd said.
”I feel that his target isn't us 'natives'.” Han Xiao thought about.
The spaceship suddenly shook and got out of the light jumping state. The window at the side of the hall showed the Short Horn Star closing in on a dark-gray planet. Its surface was covered with mountains, and there was not any hint of green. It was just a desolate rock, with dark and black streams formed from the dead rivers.
This was Star Zone 5, filled with dangerous places, and this planet was one such place. Its danger level in the Godora Star Map was 'Medium-High', which meant there was more than a forty percent chance that an investigator would die there. Planet Aquamarine's danger evaluation in their database was only 'Low'.
The spaceship entered the atmosphere, hovered high up in the sky, and let out its airdrop cabins to collect the new passengers on the ground. The public spaceships would fetch passengers on their way of the journey, and there was someone on this planet that had called for the Short Horn Star travel agency.
The passenger that had just boarded at the VIP entrance was covered in a ragged white cape. The body shape under the cape was tall and large, and a big bag was hanging across his body. His footsteps were very heavy, accompanied by the clunk of metal clashing.
Coming in front of the scanning gate, this person unbuttoned their cape and showed their real face—he was shockingly half man, half machine. A very large area on his body had gone through mechanical modifications. Pipes and wires were hidden between the gaps of the armor, indication lights flashed, and only his right arm was human of his four limbs. There was no modification above his neck. He looked cold and handsome, especially his sharp eyes, which gave off an unwelcoming aura.
The eyes of this person were light green, beautiful like emeralds. His skin was very pale, and his half-machine body was full of scars from battle.
After the scan was complete, a sound came out of the broadcast. ”Welcome aboard Short Horn Star. You have reserved the business cabin. Your passenger identification number is… Please enjoy your journey.”
The business cabin hall was at another place. There were not as many passengers there as the economy cabin, so its environment was better and quieter.
This person had no intention of stopping. He walked past the hall and went straight back to his room, with the passengers in the hall looking at him with shock.
”Is that 'The Green Knight'?”
”That's him alright, one of the very few warriors of the Sunil Family, high-class mercenary of the Mercenary Alliance, a very strong guy.”
”How unexpected to see him here. Didn't they say the Sunil Family migrated?”
The people chatted among themselves and subconsciously lowered their voices. It was like they feared that person and did not want him to hear.
…
Of course, Han Xiao did not know who had boarded the ship. The broadcast announced that the next stop was another star zone. There would still be a few more stops before they arrived at the Juberly Hub, but he was patient and not in a hurry.
He made use of the time to gather information from the passengers and the galactic channel on the communicator. The communicator also worked as a television. With advanced technology came psychological enjoyments—many channels were dedicated to playing all sorts of entertainment shows. Han Xiao found quite a lot of good stuff in one of Kerlodd's files called 'Investigator Work Documents'…
After looking at it for a while, Han Xiao turned it off in silence, his eyes burning.
”Godorans really know how to play.”
Kerlodd drank alcohol every day, and his allowance was finished very soon. He asked for more money from Han Xiao but came back to no result. Thus, he then slept in his room every day, totally lacking the attitude of one who had been kidnapped. In fact, Han Xiao was amused at how calm this Godoran was.