Super Mothership
“Boom!” A warship belonging to the Maniac exploded violently.
Amid the flames of the explosion, a faint, transparent phantom lingered on everyone's retinas for a moment before disappearing like a ghost.
“Boom!” Another warship crashed nearby. Even two mechas along its path were instantly sliced in half, yet the attacker remained completely invisible.
“Damn it, I can't see him! I can't lock onto him at all!”
“Our radar is useless! Use area-of-effect attacks to force him out! Mecha squadron, lock down all the surrounding space!”
“……”
The communications channel was filled with chaos.
Yet their countermeasures were completely ineffective. That phantom continued moving effortlessly through the siege of thousands of mechas, dodging attacks with ease and occasionally striking down several enemy machines.
The spherical propulsion devices installed at his elbows, knees, chest, back, and other locations would periodically erupt with flashes of light, allowing the Shadow to perform instantaneous changes of direction in the void like the Soru technique from the Six Powers of the Navy.
Large-scale AOE attacks lacked sufficient power and were likewise ignored thanks to the crystallized shield surrounding him.
The Shadow was a Legendary Mecha that had pushed its agility attributes to the absolute limit. Combined with its powerful stealth capabilities and crystallized shield, it was unquestionably one of the most troublesome types of existence on any battlefield.
When Shadow realized that he had completely lost contact with the Karon Beast, he immediately understood that the situation was beyond saving.
He decisively ordered the fleet to retreat while personally staying behind to cover them. With astonishing confidence in his own abilities, he effectively used himself as bait to hold back the entire pursuing fleet.
Of course, that didn't mean there were no enemies capable of threatening him... such as another Legendary Mecha.
“Shadow, if you've got the guts, stop running!”
Red Dragon charged over in the Red Dragon, clearly exasperated.
“Clang!”
After a brief exchange, Shadow once again relied on his nearly twice-as-fast speed to shift to another battlefield.
This scene had already happened more than once. Every time, Shadow refused to engage in prolonged combat, avoiding getting entangled with Red Dragon. Clearly, he intended to delay them for as long as possible.
In a concealed location.
Flint stood motionless on a warship, holding his sniper rifle. The scope continuously tracked that ghostly figure moving through the battlefield.
After a long while, Flint let out a quiet breath and finally lowered the rifle.
Shadow had clearly learned that Flint possessed a Legendary Sniper Mecha. Even while fighting, he was constantly guarding against being locked onto.
With the enemy deliberately taking precautions, Flint's probability of hitting him was less than thirty percent.
Of course, that wasn't the only reason he had decided not to fire.
Flint turned his head toward another battlefield, where the extremely conspicuous Karon Beast was being dragged away like a dead fish.
The Karon fleet had completely collapsed, while the Debt Collection Alliance had been thoroughly routed and was basically nothing more than a source of free kills...
In such a short time, that Ghost Captain had completely reversed what had seemed to everyone else to be an absolutely hopeless situation and accomplished an astonishing comeback.
The Debt Collection Alliance was one thing. They were nothing more than a mob, and Flint could crush them with a single finger.
But who was Karon?
He was the hidden BOSS above the level of the Legendary Mechas of the Shattered Star Domain, the true No. 1 in individual combat power.
And yet he had been killed just like that, somehow?
The Ghost Captain's repeated miracles had forced Flint to repeatedly revise his evaluation of him.
Compared with the mysterious and elusive Shadow, Flint now felt that the Ghost Captain, who was even more mysterious than Shadow, might actually be the greater threat.
If that was the case, Shadow being alive was far more beneficial to him than Shadow being dead.
At the very least, the Dark Temple and the forces behind it would absolutely not let the Ghost Captain—the culprit responsible for wiping out both the Gold Coin Pirates and Karon—off the hook!
Flint couldn't afford to provoke either of the forces backing them.
If the two sides fought each other, he might have an opportunity to profit from the chaos. But if one side became overwhelmingly dominant, how could they possibly let him off afterward?
Thinking about this, Flint couldn't help shaking his head with a bitter smile.
Who would have thought that before today, he had still been full of ambition, dreaming of completely dominating the Shattered Star Domain, yet after today, he would have to carefully maintain a balance of power and keep his tail between his legs?
Sigh...
Perhaps it was time for him to find someone powerful to back him up too?
……
With Flint deliberately holding back, Shadow eventually withdrew calmly and disappeared into the void.
This massive battle in the Shattered Star Domain, which had dragged all seven major pirate groups into the fray, finally came to an end.
In this battle, the Gold Coin Pirates were annihilated. Their wealth, accumulated over a century, was brutally divided among the victors, and their leader, Golden Dagger... was dead!
The Karon Pirates were left without a leader and descended into civil war, splitting into several smaller factions and effectively being erased from the list of the seven major pirate groups.
The Karon Beast... was dead!
When they finally looked back, all the pirates who had been watching the battle realized in shock that two major pirate groups had been wiped out in succession in such a short period of time.
This was more than enough to trigger a massive reshuffling of the forces throughout the Shattered Star Domain.
And even more unbelievable was the fact that the person who had destroyed them...
Was the same person!
The Ghost Captain!
A man destined to become a legend of the Shattered Star Domain!
Other pirate groups could at most step onto the stage by standing on the corpse of one of the seven major pirate groups.
But this guy apparently thought that wasn't flashy enough.
He had stomped on two of them at once!
Granted, there were various reasons behind this, including the coordinated assault by the Four Great Pirates and the Karon Pirates' own internal conflicts. It didn't necessarily mean that the Ghost Captain was truly strong enough to fight two major pirate groups simultaneously.
But no matter what, his Double Kill record was genuine.
Whether he had tower-dived for the kill or simply picked up the leftovers...
Compared with his astonishing battle record, however, some of the rumors circulating about the Ghost Captain were even more fascinating—and, after thinking about them carefully, downright terrifying.
After this battle, following titles such as “Number One in Individual Combat Power,” “Shattered Star Supernova,” and “Mechanical Noble,” the Ghost Captain gained yet another nickname—
“Debt Collector Killer”!
According to rumors, the Ghost Captain had a peculiar quirk...
He hated owing other people money the most!
Anyone he owed money to would be written down in his little notebook.
Thus, Golden Dagger died, while the Debt Collection Alliance had committed the ultimate taboo by coming under the banner of collecting debts. In the end, most of them died as well.
That's right!
The Ghost Captain was such a terrifying man!
Before killing someone, he didn't issue a death notice or leave a bloody handprint.
He only did one thing...
Borrow money!
……
On the other side of the Shattered Star Domain.
“Beep! Beep!”
An urgent communication ringtone rang out.
“Ugh...”
Holding his throbbing head, Gold Tooth raised his wrist groggily and answered the call.
“Hello! Who is this? Don't you know what time it is?”
Gold Tooth complained drunkenly, his breath reeking of alcohol.
“Uh... Lord Gold Tooth, I'm the owner of the Tongsha Money Bank. I'm terribly sorry to disturb your rest.”
“Tongsha Money Bank?”
Gold Tooth struggled to recall the name through his hangover before finally remembering the somewhat familiar institution.
Wasn't this the money bank where his own boss had previously mortgaged shares in Shattered Star City because he was short on cash?
Why were they contacting him now?
Could it be that the boss's CPU had malfunctioned and he'd forgotten to repay the loan?
They had only borrowed 15 million at the time, but it was a high-interest loan. Several months had already passed...
Interest upon interest upon interest upon interest...
By now, it should have grown to several hundred million, right?
Thinking about this, cold sweat immediately broke out on Gold Tooth's forehead, and his drunkenness completely disappeared.
Panicking, he naturally failed to notice that the other party's tone was excessively respectful.
“Uh... may I ask what you want?”
Gold Tooth asked cautiously.
“Hey! Why are you calling me ‘you,’ Lord Gold Tooth? I'm just the owner of a tiny money bank. A customer like you is God!”
Oh no!
Something was seriously wrong!
The first law of owing money:
The more polite your creditor becomes, the more money you're definitely going to have to pay back!
“Are you here because of the 15 million?”
Whether he stretched out his head or pulled it back, he'd still get the same chop. Gold Tooth gritted his teeth and got straight to the point.
“Yes! That's exactly what I'm here about! It's very urgent!”
Sure enough!
But his boss was so broke that he had to borrow money on credit. Where could they possibly find the cash to repay it?
“I came here today to inform you that you don't have to repay that 15 million!”
“This... could you give us a few more days... Uh! What did you just say?”
Gold Tooth didn't process it for a moment, thinking he had misheard.
“I said you don't have to repay it!”
“But... why?”
Gold Tooth was completely dumbfounded.
What did he mean, he didn't have to repay it?
Was this a money bank or a charity?
If you were running a charity, could you at least change the name Tongsha Money Bank first? It sounded far too ambitious and murderous for a charitable organization.
“Customers are God. How could we possibly take money from God? Lord Gold Tooth, please don't ever mention repaying the money again. Anyone who brings up repayment, I'll fight them over it! It's settled! Click!”
With that, the owner immediately hung up the communication, as though he had just thrown away not 15 million but a dangerously hot potato.
Gold Tooth:
“？？？”
He shook his somewhat muddled head.
Wait!
Let me sort this out carefully.
A customer who owes money is God...
And you can't take money from God...
So the conclusion is...
You want me to borrow your money for free?
Looking at the communicator in his hand, Gold Tooth fell into the most tempting dilemma of his entire life.
Should he...
Call them back and borrow some more?
TL Note- Loan.......
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