Chapter 331 Black Star: The Beginning 1 (2/2)
”What is this place?” the players asked as they looked left and right.
”The Mercenary Alliance,” Han Xiao said slowly. ”A powerful neutral organization that offers swords for hire. This organization's business can be seen in all corners of the universe. It was founded by the three big Civilizations in space. They maintain absolute neutrality, and all intelligent lifeforms can register to become one of their mercenaries. The Alliance ranks their mercenaries with different levels, and the difficulty of a mission, the value of reward, operation funds, and other benefits all depend on your level. The Mercenary Alliance is an ancient organization, and like the Intergalactic Bank, they never interfere in matters in space. It also pays great attention to protecting the rights of both the clients and the mercenaries. Mercenaries would never be forced into doing missions. It serves as a fair platform.”
He also knew that the original intention for the founding of the Mercenary Alliance was to give the Supers something to do. Being able to earn money and make a living with their power meant that they would have less time and energy to cause trouble everywhere. The effect that the founding of the Mercenary Alliance brought was evident. Not only did it make good use of the Supers' abilities, it also contributed to maintaining the security in an area.
But the players did not need to know about that.
The players were stunned, and for a while, it was as if light was coming out of their eyes. They had come to space so that they could take higher-level missions, and they could not wait to head into the building right now. However, everyone stood still as they saw that Han Xiao was not making a move yet.
Multiple fist-sized metal balls could be seen floating around the great hall of the Mercenary Alliance. These balls would fly toward players with a wave from their hands, forming a virtual screen upon contact. This was a kind of an automatic management system that allowed the mercenaries to take on jobs on their own.
Han Xiao retrieved a ball and opened up the virtual interface.
”Please enter your mercenary account username to proceed.” A robotic voice sounded out of the small ball.
Han Xiao directly selected the 'register' option, and the screen changed. After entering his identification information, his account could not be connected to his bank account.
Han Xiao entered the information for his own bank account, and with a flash, the screen refreshed and displayed his basic information. There was only a name and a single entry in his resume—Protecting Short Horn Star. This 'resume' would automatically record his official accomplishments, and as he had only entered space not too long ago, it was still as blank as a sheet of paper.
These accomplishments were basically the physical record of his renown, but the accomplishments that were made with no witnesses around would likely not be recorded. However, the renown on the player interface was different. Even without someone spreading the news, the renown points would still increase on its on whenever a player did something big.
Han Xiao needed a mercenary nickname. He was called ”Black Phantom” on Planet Aquamarine, but he felt like that name wasn't domineering enough. He decided to use a new name to to also pique the players' interests.
After a bit of thinking, Han Xiao said slowly, ”Then let's call myself… Black Star.”
Black Phantom was a name for a killer and felt a little bit edgy. He felt that the new name sounded much more 'righteous' and fitted his image quite well. The Great Mechanic Han was pleased with himself.
He chose the color black because he felt a connection to this color. He had liked to wear black clothing even in his past life, not because he thought it looked cool, but because he was too lazy to wash his clothes.
After entering a bunch more information, the little ball revealed a small probe and reminded, ”If you're a Super, please release your energy toward this probe. The system will analyze your class for you, and this will determine the difficulty of the missions that will be matched to you.”
Han Xiao held the probe and sent sparks of energy out of his fingertips. He used about eighty percent of his power, and C class was displayed on the screen.
”Data collection complete. Creating file…”
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Mercenary Codename: Black Star
Credibility Rating: 10 (Starting Value)
Strength Level: C
Class: Mechanic
Certificates and Badges: None
Faction or Group: None
Summary: Mercenary Recruit
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”File creation complete. Data has been entered into the system. Black Star, welcome to the Mercenary Alliance.”