Chapter 593 Sudden Emergency (2/2)
All sorts of thoughts flashed by, but after glancing at the communicator, he found out that it was an unknown caller, which left him surprised.
After establishing a connection, an unfamiliar figure appeared in his screen, and he questioned Han Xiao fiercely.
”Black Star, what have you done to my men‽”
”Your men?” Han Xiao replied.
”Befuli! Don't tell me you forgot!” The other party's tone was sinister.
Now where had he heard this name…
Han Xiao stroked his chin before belatedly realizing. Isn't he that guy with the fiery golden eyes? Oh no, that guy with the Esper ability of shooting fire from his eyes.
That idiot had attempted to steal his spaceship and ended up being held captive, with his Esper ability being drawn every day, allowing him to obtain over 100 bottles of the Genetic Medicine. He was probably only left with skin and bones, a foot away from death.
That was to say… the other party should be the 'Purple Snake' Sykes, Befuli's leader and the Captain of the Purple Snake Space Pirates.
”Turns out, it's you.” Han Xiao raised his brows. ”Your subordinate tried to steal my spaceship, and you still dare to look for me?”
”Where has Befuli gone? Have you killed him?”
”Oh, the answer to that would be… you guess?”
Sykes had a vicious expression on. ”Black Star, hand over my people, and I can pretend that this incident never happened.”
”Urgh…” Han Xiao exaggeratedly exclaimed before saying, ”Your subordinate attempted to steal my spaceship and was captured by me. Now, you want me to release the person and pretend that nothing ever happened? You don't look too pretty, but your thinking is indeed worlds apart from your looks. I'm not sure if I should even thank you for this!”
”Humph, Black Star, you indeed talk as much as the rumors say. However, did you think that I would look for you if I was unprepared?”
Sykes revealed a cold smile, with an inexplicable tone of confidence.
I talk a lot? Which b*stard spread that rumor… no, that's not the main point. Han Xiao regained his wits and immediately understood what Sykes was hinting at. A sense of helplessness spread across his face as he commented, ”Who have you captured?”
The corners of Sykes' mouths curled up, and he pressed a button. The screen revealed a jail cell with a group of people tied up together.
Taking a closer look, this bunch was probably the players, no doubt about that. It should be a group of players that were headed for another mission and were ambushed halfway by Sykes' people. In that case, the other party definitely had people that had successfully infiltrated the Garton Star System.
”Black Star, hand over Befuli, or you can forget about seeing the mercenaries under you ever again.”
The screen disappeared, and Sykes reappeared on the screen.
”Oh, we can discuss this…” Han Xiao deeply sighed before saying, ”How about you just kill all the hostages?”
”News regarding you is being spread all over the galaxy, do you treat me as a fool! You have tens of thousands of immortal warriors under your flag, completely unkillable! However, I believe there will be many organizations that wish to experiment on such immortals and will be willing to fork out the cash. So, you'd better listen to me. I'll only give you five days to escort Befuli to the coordinates of a barren planet. If I do not see him, or if you play some tricks, my Space Pirates will specifically target your mercenaries and sell them to the other Star Clusters.”
Sykes' tone carried some threat, immediately cutting off any possible thoughts of rebellion from Han Xiao.
”… Fine.” Han Xiao's mouth twitched.
”Remember, five days' time!”
After stressing that once more, Sykes immediately cut off the communication.
If it was not for the fact that his right-hand man had been captured, Sykes would not have antagonized Black Star. Luckily, he did not need to hand over the hostages in person. Sykes was not prepared to go in person, getting someone to go over to the Garton Star System to handle everything whilst he stayed in the Gavin Star System. After all, safety was paramount.
Han Xiao rubbed between his brows, looking helpless. The players were still not strong enough. To allow them to explore and complete missions, he had been expecting such a matter to occur, but he did not think that it would come this quickly.
To have the players be killed because of being unable to repay the ransom, this was considered their own personal encounter. He was no nanny, and by rights, he should not care about this kind of matter. However, Sykes was a Calamity Grade, and for him to target the Black Star Army was a hidden danger. It seemed as though he would have to move out this time.
”F*ck, I can't even take a few god-damned days to rest! Right now, even the time taken to build my little cuties has been deprived!”
With an expression full of grievances, Han Xiao came to the cell where Befuli was being held at. Looking at the unconscious person, he threw an [Observer's Mark] on him.
”Isn't it good to be alive? I had almost forgotten about looking for trouble with you guys.”
…
In the Garton Star System, a spaceship that the Purple Snake Space Pirates had taken over was floating quietly in the Universe.
In the dim spaceship cell, a bunch of players were tied there with space pirates on guard at the door.
”President, it seems that we've been down on our luck recently.”
Poseidon, one of the core members of the Guild of Gods, turned his head to address Jupiter, who was beside him.
Recently? F*ck that, our luck has been bad the whole time. Who are you looking down upon right now? Jupiter had a dark expression, not even bothering to reply.
He had originally chosen a mission that was quite good and had prepared to bring his core members of the guild to complete the job. However, he had not even reached the place of employment when he was suddenly captured.
The universe was actually this dangerous?
The law and order there could not even be compared to Planet Aquamarine!
The vice president Shiva had an indifferent expression on. ”It seems that we have encountered an emergency. Maybe it's a hidden mission.”
”The last time we got into trouble, you said the same thing.” Poseidon was not polite in his rebuttal.
At this time, a guard outside bellowed, ”Who allowed you to talk? Shut your mouths!”
Everyone only turned to look at him before ignoring him, continuing to chatter on.
The guard could only spit out a sigh of resignation. He wished that he could pull out his guns to shoot the hostages into smithereens, but his leader's orders were to not kill even one of them. Killing them would be equivalent to setting them free. Since they were not afraid of death, what could they use to threaten them?
The guards were helpless and could only silently watch on as this group of people behaved more arrogantly than the pirates themselves.
Bang!
At this point, the spaceship suddenly shook, and screams of misery could be heard.
”What happened?”
The guarding pirate lost some color in his expression, hurriedly running over to check it out. However, upon turning his head, he found a majestic figure blocking his way, covering all the light from outside. The pirate's height only reached the figure's belly…
”I'm taking over this ship,” the figure stated indifferently, his voice like thunder.
Before waiting for the pirate to respond, a strong blow shot to his side, the speed too fast for him to avoid.
The burly tall figure slapped the guard out of the way, splattering him into meat paste on the side of the wall.
Jupiter and the rest stared at this figure.
With his back to the light, no one could see his looks. They could only see what seemed to be a pair of curved horns on his head, one of which was broken in half.