Chapter 632 Gundam Is a Mans Romance (1/2)
The gathering location was in another Star System within the Colton Star Cluster, very far away from Garton. Han Xiao had Risda fly him to the planet used for the gathering.
This was an unpopulated planet with just a series number. When the Blacklight Stealth arrived at the coordinates, there were already quite many spaceships parked on the ground, and a crowd had already formed. They all looked up one after another at the newcomer.
The spaceship descended steadily. Han Xiao walked out of the hatch and looked around casually. There were only two people there whose vital signs reached the level of Grade A. It seemed like they were two leaders, but they were unfamiliar. They both led a group of people, meaning there were two organizations present.
”The Garton Star System's Black Star? I've heard of him.”
”He came too.”
”Did he not bring those undying mercenaries?”
The crowd looked at Han Xiao with surprise and chatted among themselves.
A member of the Purple Crystal Civilization got out of the spaceship and stood in front of Han Xiao. ”Welcome, Black Star. I'm the one responsible for this operation, level 3 diplomat of Secret Service Department 4, Dodder.”
”Hi.” Han Xiao nodded. ”Where's Ralph?”
”His Excellency Ralph's position is very high; I'm his subordinate's subordinate. This operation does not require him to be in charge personally.”
Ralph's position was quite high in the Purple Crystal Civilization. What Han Xiao did not know was, of all the people who were invited to this operation, he was the only one that had been invited by Ralph personally. The others only had contact with Dodder.
This special treatment was because Han Xiao had attended the Tyrant's party before. To Ralph, Black Star was a member of the upper-class social circle, so he personally involved himself in this small operation that he did not need to be bothered about, showing that he took Han Xiao seriously.
”There are three organizations that are going to be working together for this operation. Let me introduce you to the other two.”
Dodder took Han Xiao over and introduced him to the leaders of the other two organizations.
”This is Jayne, a strong Esper. The others call him 'Seaquake'. This is Gadeli. His nickname is 'Hundred Rounds Cannon'. He's a Cannon Master.”
The two of them sized Han Xiao up and shook hands with him respectfully.
Jayne and Gadeli's equipment was very sophisticated, especially Gadeli's. His battle suit was made of super-nanotechnology. Han Xiao could see that this battle suit had very strong shapeshifting capabilities from a glance. This guy was a Cannon Master, so he might have turned his trump card firearms into parts of the battle suit and wore it on his body.
Han Xiao had never heard of the two of them before, so he told Phillip to do a search. He then realized that the two of them were not mercenaries but small private military organizations only formed a few years ago and had a rather small size.
Speaking of which, the Black Star Army had only been formed for a couple of years, yet it had risen extremely quickly at an unmatched speed.
In Galaxy, the number of such organizations was right below mercenary groups. There were various reasons that these organizations were formed, but it could be mostly categorized under two reasons. One was for private reasons; these organizations had their own goal and did not accept requests.
The other was similar to mercenaries but did not accept public hires like normal mercenaries. They only accepted private invitations or looked for long-term partners. Hence, they were not a part of the mercenary industry. They had much stricter regulations toward their members compared to mercenary groups. The Bloodshed Land belonged to this category.
Usually, as long as the organizer had enough money and strength, forming a private military was simple. The strength of the leader was the ceiling of the private military—those created by Calamity Grades were the comparatively stronger ones. Jayne and Gadeli had both formed such organizations. Their active areas were in Star Systems rather far away, so their name was unheard by Han Xiao. However, they had both heard Han Xiao's name before. It was clear which one of them was more famous.
This time, Jayne suddenly asked in a confused tone, ”You came alone?”
”I alone am enough.” Han Xiao smiled. As this was a sudden mission, he did not waste time to gather others.
Jayne and Gadeli looked at each other with hidden joy in their eyes.
They were new organizations, so this cooperative operation was a good opportunity to get in touch with the Purple Crystal Civilization. To the two of them, this was a competition for the opportunity to have a long-term partnership with the Purple Crystal Civilization. The other organizations were all competitors, so they had to perform well.
Initially, when they saw Black Star, they had been very worried. If Black Star had brought the undying army under his command, the two of them would be completely unable to compete.
However, now that they realized that Black Star had come alone, they felt relieved that they had the opportunity to put on a performance.
After the introduction, Dodder took out the star map and explained the details of the operation.
”We are currently in Star Zone 3 of the Thousand Lights Star System. The target is in Star Zone 7. According to the target's movements, we can intercept them in Star Zone 9…
”We have three Calamity Grade Supers and forty-four battleships. The target has sixty-five battleships, but some of them are civilian spaceships used as cover. Therefore, the actual combat capability of the enemies will be lower than that. The strength of their members is unknown. They entered the Colton Star Cluster from the desolate universe and did not go through any identity checks. They have also yet to stop and resupply along the way.”
The others nodded. The intelligence network of the Purple Crystal Civilization covered the entire Star Cluster—all they had to do was rush in. They had three Calamity Grades, so the enemy's advantage of just more than twenty battleships was meaningless.
”Just a small fleet…” Han Xiao raised his brows. He had initially thought it would be a high difficulty mission, but as it turned out, it was just clearing out some shrimps. Yet, the Purple Crystal Civilization had invited a few Calamity Grades for it. He felt that their main goal was probably to select some new private military organizations for future partnerships.
Ding.
A notification popped up on the interface.
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You have triggered the mission [Purple Crystal Civilization's Warning]!
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Han Xiao scanned through quickly and skipped the experience reward. Even the reward of more than a million Enas was not a big deal to him now.
The only reward that he felt was actually valuable was the Faction Contribution Point of the Purple Crystal Civilization, which was 330 points.
The higher level the faction was, the more difficult it was to obtain its Favorability. However, due to Han Xiao's pile of Legendary Points and titles, his current relationship with the Purple Crystal Civilization was not the initial [Indifferent] but [Neutral], so he had a starting Favorability of 450.
In order to obtain Cutting-Edge Knowledge, farming Faction Favorability was the method with the highest odds of success.
This time, Dodder suddenly thought of something.
”By the way, one more thing. The Star System Civilization ruling the Thousand Lights Star System requested backup from the Purple Crystal Civilization. One of the strongest people in their territory has gone missing, so they requested that we help them find him. The missing person is called Kernid, nickname Dark Purple Warlock. This is what he looks like. If you happen to discover any clues, do remember to tell me.”
Han Xiao was stunned for a moment. The name sounded very familiar.