allendalepharm Chapter 111 The Silver Spirit's Employee
Chapter 111 The Silver Spirit's Employee
Chapter 111 The Silver Spirit's Employee
"What?! They actually refused?!"
"Why wouldn't I accept something that's all benefits? When I was invited, I didn't hesitate at all and joined on the spot!"
"Yes, that's really strange!"
The onlookers, the Tianhuan mercenaries, were immediately in an uproar, unable to understand Li Yuan's choice.
Gashley looked equally surprised. He assumed Li Yuan was unaware of the intricacies, so he patiently explained, "You might not be aware of the benefits of joining the Heavenly Ring. Heavenly Ring members enjoy many privileges, such as—"
"I'm sorry," Li Yuan interrupted him before he could finish. "Tianhuan is indeed very good, but I have my own considerations. Nevertheless, thank you for your invitation."
Hearing Li Yuan say this, Gashley could only shake his head helplessly. He wasn't angry about being rejected, but he felt a little regretful.
However, the next moment, Li Yuan suddenly changed the subject: "The Xuanji Mercenary Group has only been established for a little over a month. Tianhuan must be interested in us because of our resurrection ability, right?"
Gashley didn't hide anything and readily admitted, "That's true."
"In that case," Li Yuan smiled, "we can actually cooperate."
"With so many businesses, Tianhuan must have some very dangerous ones. Why not subcontract these kinds of jobs to our Xuanji Mercenary Group and let our people take over these dangerous jobs that are easy to lose manpower?"
This suggestion piqued Gashley's interest. Although he hadn't been able to recruit the Xuanji Mercenary Group, a collaboration would still be a good thing.
After thinking for a moment, he reported the situation to his superiors and quickly received permission to cooperate.
So he didn't say anything more and directly signed a cooperation agreement with Li Yuan.
The contract essentially states that members of the Sky Ring can contact the Xuanji Mercenary Group privately at any time to request support, but they will need to pay a separate fee.
Furthermore, it was agreed that the two parties were partners and would not wage war in any form. If Tianhuan was employed by one party, then Xuanji Mercenary Group could not be employed by the other party, and vice versa; otherwise, it would be considered a breach of contract.
The party that breaches the contract first shall pay compensation to the other party, and the contract shall be null and void.
Apart from that, the other terms are quite lenient.
This contract is notarized by the Mercenary Alliance, guaranteeing that both parties will fulfill their obligations.
After signing the contract, Li Yuan and Han Xiao exchanged a glance, and Li Yuan said, "If I'm not mistaken, you'll definitely accept the Silver Spirits' employment, right?"
Gashley nodded, making no attempt to hide anything: "It's not just Sky Ring; other large mercenary groups won't let this opportunity slip by either."
"My team has received the summons from the officers and will be heading to the Feiwen system to rendezvous soon."
Hearing this, Li Yuan smiled and said, "I wonder if our Xuanji Mercenary Group can come along? You might need our help sometime."
Gashley thought for a while and decided that there was no harm in bringing Li Yuan and the others along, so he said, "Okay, you can take your team to the dock later and take our spaceship there together."
"However, you should be mentally prepared. If the mission is very simple and Tianhuan doesn't need your help, then you'll have made a wasted trip."
"That's natural." Li Yuan nodded.
Soon, Li Yuan led all the members of his mercenary group to an airport.
On the way here, he had already briefly explained the situation to the others.
After a long break, the players were all eager to get back to work and ready to make a big splash.
Hela and Aurora also had smiles on their faces, looking forward to this mission.
The Sky Ring Alliance is wealthy and powerful; even a squad like Gashley's was allocated a civilian spaceship for interstellar travel.
This streamlined spaceship is tens of meters long, with a shape that is narrow at the front and wide at the back, resembling a teardrop, but with distinct edges and corners.
The spaceship's exterior armor is covered with sections of dark gold metal structures, resembling a suit of armor.
Two mechanical crossbars are fitted into the tail of the spacecraft, with spiral-shaped thrusters at the ends of both sides, which can be adjusted in angle and are very flexible.
After everyone boarded the spaceship, Gashley set the automatic flight path on the control panel. With a shudder, the spaceship slowly left the airport and entered space.
As the engines roared to life, the tail thrusters began to glow brilliantly, and the entire spaceship entered a warp state, transforming into a luminous streak as it plunged into a teleportation portal near the Jubilee Hub.
"Alright, we'll soon reach the Favon system through the stargate. The Silver Spirits' spaceship is stationed on planet 122 in the fourth sector. The journey will take about twelve days," Gashley said, getting up from his seat and addressing the people on the spaceship.
The space on the spaceship was fairly spacious. After the rooms were assigned, the group dispersed to rest.
Without a word, the spaceship successfully arrived at planet 122 in the fourth sector of the Feiwen system.
This is an unclaimed planet without any civilization, where the Silver Spirits who issued the mission reside.
As a result, in the past few days, this once desolate planet has seen a large influx of mercenary ships.
Various types of spaceships formed a defensive position, with the Silver Spirit's travel spaceship at the center.
Gashley led the group to the foot of an even larger spaceship, where over a hundred Sky Ring mercenaries had gathered.
"You've finally arrived." A tall woman wearing a blue hooded robe walked over from the crowd.
This is a woman with long, light blue hair, striking features, and a cool, aloof demeanor. Her voice sounds ethereal.
She is a third-ring level cadre codenamed "Icebound Mystic," whose real name is Goya, and she is the leader of the Sky Ring Allied Forces on this mission.
Goya's gaze swept over Gashley, finally settling on Li Yuan and the others. He frowned and asked, "Who are they?"
"The Xuanji Mercenary Group just reached a cooperation agreement and came to help," Gashley said hurriedly.
Just as Goya was about to say she had never heard of it, she suddenly felt a pang of fear, her magician's senses alerting her that she had encountered a powerful figure.
She was startled and carefully examined the members of the Xuanji Mercenary Group, only to realize that there were several B-level superhumans among them who were at the same level as her.
On the contrary, among all the people in Tianhuan, she was the only B-level, which was far less than the mercenary group whose name she had never heard of.
After clearing his throat, Goya gestured for everyone to follow: "The Silver Spirits have hired a lot of mercenaries, so they don't lack combat power, but the situation isn't good right now—let's go ahead first and talk on the way."
After listening to her explanation, the group finally understood what was going on.
It turns out that the reason so many mercenaries were gathered here without taking action was because they couldn't find the enemy's location.
The scavengers who attacked the Silver Spirits were very good at hiding, making them impossible to find and impossible to attack.
This mission, lacking intelligence, was extremely troublesome. The mercenaries used various detection methods, but still couldn't find the scavengers.
This made the surviving Silver Spirits very anxious, so they issued a new demand: a generous extra reward would be given to anyone who could provide valid location information.
"Besides our Tianhuan, the Blade and Purple Gold people have also arrived. Purple Gold has already gone to find the divination master; perhaps they can locate the enemy's position," Goya said, looking around.
The Blade Legion and the Purple Gold Legion, like the Sky Ring Alliance, are large mercenary legions of the same level active in the Shattered Star Ring.
As they were talking, they ran into the Blade Legion. The two sides then traveled together, with Goya and the leader of the Blade Legion walking at the front, chatting casually.
Soon, the group arrived at the center of the position.
Li Yuan and the others finally saw what the Silver Spirits looked like.
These cosmic nobles had snow-white skin, wore gorgeous clothes, wore transparent masks, and had cute, slender antennae on their heads.
At this moment, the captain of the Silver Spirits was negotiating with a group of mercenaries: "It has dragged on for too long. I hope you can set off to rescue my companions as soon as possible. If you continue to slack off, you will not receive any reward."
"Don't worry, our comrades have already gone to invite the diviner. As long as you keep your promise and give the informant an extra reward, I believe we'll have results soon," a mercenary said.
"I only care about the results; money is not an issue," Captain Silver Spirit emphasized again.
Just then, another spaceship landed, its hull emblazoned with the Purple Gold Legion's insignia.
The crowd parted, and the Purple Gold Legion disembarked and walked over. At the front, besides the leader, was a fortune teller holding a crystal ball.
This diviner is also a member of the Purple Gold Legion, and he came all the way from several star systems away for this mission.
As the Silver Spirits and a group of mercenaries stared at each other in disbelief, the strategist of the Purple Gold Legion began to chant incantations that no one else could understand while holding the crystal ball.
After more than ten minutes, a blurry image finally appeared in the crystal ball.
The diviner stopped chanting, stared at the crystal ball for a while, rubbed his eyes, and said hesitantly, with some uncertainty, "I saw a void dragon—"
The onlookers were stunned. Void Dragon Clan?
Seeing the strange looks he was receiving, the fortune teller said helplessly, "This is the best I can see. Do you have any ideas?"
The mercenaries started discussing amongst themselves, but none of them could offer any useful clues.
Suddenly, Goya frowned and slowly said, "Could it be... Dragon's Lair?"
Upon hearing this, the surrounding noise instantly ceased, as if a mute button had been pressed.
The mercenaries looked at each other, their faces showing visible fear.
In the Xuanji Mercenary Group, some players had never heard of this name before, so they asked curiously, "What kind of place is this?"
Han Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly: "Dragon Tan Floating Island is a neutral place that dares to accommodate all kinds of scavengers, space pirates and so on."
"The major civilizations in the Shattered Star Ring have an unspoken understanding to largely ignore these neutral zones."
"Because the people who control these kinds of places are extremely powerful."
"The ruler of Longtan Floating Island is a powerhouse surpassing even the level of a natural disaster!"
Natural disaster level, also known as level A.
Those above Grade A represent a new level, enough to become dominant forces in interstellar space.
These types of people are commonly referred to as Super A-level.
When an individual reaches this level of strength, they are no longer afraid of many rules. Few civilizations are willing to provoke such powerful individuals. Even some star system-level civilizations, even if they mobilize the entire strength of their race, may not be able to defeat them.
In the entire Shattered Star Ring Starfield, there are only four known Super A-level powerhouses!
They were renowned and each of them was someone that ordinary people could hardly reach.
And the controller of Longtan Floating Island happens to be one of them.
The Void Dragons are interstellar creatures that live in the universe and have bodies that are thousands of meters long. When they die, their flesh turns into ice and dust and dissipates, leaving only a huge skeleton drifting in the universe.
This race has a strange characteristic: when they are nearing the end of their lives, they will quietly wait for death beside the corpses of their companions.
Therefore, the numerous corpses gathered together formed a burial ground resembling a comet.
Dragon's Lair was originally a huge burial ground containing the skeletons of twenty-four Void Dragons.
After being captured by its current rulers, it was embedded in the surface of a barren planet.
Then, this controller used its supreme power to tear off the landmass, equipping it with various anti-gravity stabilizers, ecological maintenance devices, and so on, turning it into the current Longtan Floating Island.
Upon hearing that the mission might be related to Dragon's Lair, many mercenaries immediately backed down.
"Sorry, I'm withdrawing from this mission."
"I'm quitting too."
"Sorry, we're not taking this job."
Soon, the leaders of the mercenary groups made their decisions and turned away without looking back.
In the end, only the members of the three major mercenary groups, Sky Ring, Blade's Edge, and Purple Gold, remained.
After all, these three legions are large and powerful, with connections, backing, and confidence.
Apart from them, only Li Yuan and his group remained.
Taking this opportunity, Li Yuan stepped forward and confidently asked with a smile, "Do you need any mercenaries?"
Upon hearing this, the members of the three major mercenary groups all turned their heads in surprise.
The Silver Spirit Captain immediately nodded, no longer caring about credit points.
What's the use of a high credit score?
Those renowned mercenaries had high credit scores and had previously promised to rescue their companions, but they backed down as soon as they heard the location. They were not as good as the uninvited Xuanji Mercenary Group!
Li Yuan and Han Xiao exchanged a glance, whispered a few words, and then said to the Silver Spirit Captain, "Let's make this clear first, our reward is a bit special. If we help you rescue your companion, you will—"
He rattled off a bunch of conditions, most of which were superhuman knowledge that wasn't easy to buy.
This knowledge is rarely sold by any faction in the Shattered Star Ring, but it is not a problem for the Silver Spirits, cosmic nobles from advanced civilizations.
Therefore, the silver spirit captain agreed without much hesitation.
Without further ado, Li Yuan and the others boarded Tianhuan's airship and headed to Longtan Floating Island with the three major mercenary groups.