The Ghost Shepherd

Big Profit

The moment Steelforged told him, the little humanoid rat opened his eyes wide and then it was lights out. Many would condemn Steelforged actions as immoral but she did give him the information before she killed him, so technically she was in the clear.

The people standing around tried to react but it was gonzo who drew his guns first and started firing towards the hunter that was the furthest away.

Ta ta ta ….

AHHH...

The screams from the burning pain reverberated through the area and the first thing that the others did was duck to the ground. The members of the organization that came to do the investigation were thugs that intimidated and killed in numbers but they were not skilled. The moment blood and pieces of meat from their leader splashed on their faces while screams came from their side was the moment they ran in different directions.

KILL THEM!!

Steelforged screamed to get the killing started but it was an unnecessary call to action as the members of team Overpowered were in sync and already attacking without holding back.

It was a one-sided slaughter and unfortunately for the team, the commotion called the attention of other teams that came running to take a look.

Whoosh … Whoosh…

“What happened here?” It was the Voice of a member of the Barak Race and it was very deep and would have easily been mistaken for the voice of a 50 year old man. His group was composed of 14 people and they were looking at the scene with frowns on their faces and weapons in their hands.

Anybody could tell that the Barak's team was a real hunting group and that it was made out of veterans, they weren’t flustered by the scene and instead acted in the most sensible way and got ready for a fight if communication broke down.

Steelforged looked at Anku waiting for her to step up as leader of the team and proceeded to place the corpses that were still recognizable into the space folder with the now ownerless Nanotrons that had a built in feature to restructured into weapons for easy carrying.

“They were headhunters that tried to kill a member of our team. You should be careful too, we saw three members act as moles in a team and in the most crucial moment they betrayed their comrades and eliminated them to keep all the Argonians. It was the perfect cover since they could have acted like they died in the struggle. Gonzo show them the clip”

Thanks to the chip, as long as anybody in the Umdali alliance with the E.F.S system saw something, it was recorded and could be wirelessly sent to a Hologram projector. The scene of Chameleon, Kled and the other members of the team killing the last member of their group played out as well as the beginning of the chase before the feed was cut and the video of the Rat like humanoid asking the group and telling the thugs to kill them was displayed for all to see.

“Boss isn’t that…”

The Barak nodded his head but said nothing to his friend while in the back of the group some of the members hid out of sight of the members of Sly’s team.

“I can attest that you were in the right but a word of warning, they are members of Raol's organization so be careful, they are monsters that does not understand reason”

Snort…

Everyone looked at the Giant Dwarf woman that had already collected all the corpses and couldn’t say anything else.

“You should be careful too, you might have some of their members as well… good luck” Said Anku looking concerned.

“LET’S GO”

The Barak watched the back of a member of his race fade away and made a mental note to try and convince him to leave that team and join him so that he could stay out of trouble.

Raol was a man that paid back the smallest grievance and the majority of the people in the bunker of the east side knew that he had connections to powerful people in the 500th floor of the third tower.

Sly and the others left the scene without realizing the trouble they were in but Steelforged was taking massive steps towards putting the majority of the blame on herself so that whoever was behind the group of headhunters will focus on her and on the organization Eternal Darkness that she belonged to.

Back in the Bunker Raol was taking care of a shipment when news of the demise of his right hand man came.

Crash!!!

The table he was sitting at was broken in two and he screamed at the person delivering the news.

SAY IT ONE MORE TIME… SAY IT!!!

“Remink was killed by a Dwarf and his team”.

Whoosh!!

Raol swung his tail around and hit the guy delivering the news square in the chest sending him flying towards a wall and breaking a couple of ribs in the process.

"I can't believe there are still people that f**k with me in this area, I guess, I need another example".

Raol moved towards the bunker and saw Sly and the others already at the government belt placing the more broken down Dracos. There was already another member of his organization standing behind him listening and ready to carry any instructions no matter what it was.

"I want everything you can find about them and prepare an excuse in case Remink was caught red handed. Inform my brother of the problem and tell him I will take care of it"

" Yes boss."

The total amount of Dracos that the team managed to acquire added up to about 45 while the kellsid added another 20 to the mix for a total of 65 bodies. The Kellsids were worth a lot more than the Dracos in the east area and they were sold to a restaurant that paid 1500 a piece while 25 of the other Argonians were processed at an average price of 700 E.C.

The remaining Dracos were sold to Blackie’s contact for 936 E.C earning the team a whopping 66,220 E.C that were split evenly through all the members, in addition, Steelforged was kind enough to add 10,000 E.C to each of the members from the money the Rat humanoid known as Remink gave her for the information before she killed him.

Every member of Overpowered got 21,036.6666 E.C and then went to the Bar to celebrate but not before Steelforged told them to not leave the Bunker until she came back from a trip to the city.

Sly did not have a problem with the decision and went with everyone towards the Bar and sat around an empty table where the beautiful waitress from before was ready to take the team's order.

“WOW!!! I can’t believe we made so much money on our first trip, it is Amazing” said Alice completely forgetting about the danger of the HeadHunters.

“I am going to get a nice apartment in one of the towers. I heard the rent for the tenth floor is about 500 E.C a month, if we can continue to hunt at this pace I will be able to afford it”

“Don’t spend it all at once Gonzo, we should focus on strengthening ourselves, look at Sly, he doesn’t rely on his E.F.S weapon alone and carries a gun. We need some nice defensive gear, I heard there is a plasma shield that is worth 10,000 E.C but is guaranteed to stop 3 attacks from a 5 star Draco”

“Anku is right,” said Allan while Clayton drank ale and Sly stuffed his face with Frost Slink tartare.

“What are you going to spend your money on Sly?” continued Gonzo.

“A wace mak”

“What?”

Gulp!!

“A face mask… My sensitivity to light just got worse and this t-shirt is barely holding on”

“That shouldn’t be too bad, have you checked the equipment store here?” said Allan.

“Yeah… I didn’t see anything similar to the puppeteers”

“The Puppeteers?” Alice said, intrigued.

“Code Name: Puppeteer, she is so cool”

“Is she pretty?” Said Gonzo almost immediately

“Not sure, she wears a mask, but she is the strongest person on this planet. Check this out”

Sly took out the same device that allows one’s chip to send information and display it in the form of a Hologram for everyone to see. It took a second for the video displaying the Puppeteer hunting the dracos to appear and everyone to be amazed.

“What an interesting weapon… I never would have thought it was possible. Leave it to the Umdali to come up with sick tech, that puppet does it all. I bet she is pretty weak herself”

“I am not sure about that, but her control over nanotrons is second to none” said Sly with a pensive face.

Anku's eyes had stars in them and she was already wishing to one day be as strong so that her race’s position in the alliance could be elevated even more.

“That is the mask I want, at least in the design since I am not sure if it does anything else other than covering her face”

“That should be pretty cheap, try the shopping mall on the 50th floor of the second tower, I heard they have the latest fashion brought over from the main planet controlled by the alliance, planet Angur” said Alice finally joining the conversation again.

“That is a good Idea but you need somebody with access to the floor. I think I am going to ask Steelforged to make me one”

The conversation kept going deep into the night and finally when it was almost 2 am Sly decided to retire to bed.