HPDBC Chapter 150 Returning To Get The Wreck
Chapter 150 Returning To Get The Wreck
We returned to the site of the derelict ship and found it just as we had left it.
I thought that we would need to don our spacesuits to go back inside the ship again but apparently the Merc only intended to board the ship once it was back at the station and being repaired.
He would then reward us for the rescue and I intend to ask him about the Data Chip I 'obtained' during his rescue then.
I did notice that the other two girls seemed to avoid him as much as they could, almost like they were upset with him or something?
I chalked it up to just something about girls or whatever it was. Even with the body of one, I still find it difficult to understand other women.
I'm not sure if the Merc himself noticed that but he didn't really interact much with anyone else during the journey anyway aside from asking a few questions about my ship which I answered.
As I was preparing to manoeuvre my ship in position to anchor his ship to mine, I received a warning about high energy objects approaching us at high speeds.
I checked the map and found four markers flying straight towards us from the side and I turned my gaze in that direction to see four ships making a beeline towards us.
"Might want to power up those shields and weapons, Tera," Amber suggested.
I did just that while also turning my ship to face them, Lea taking over the controls of my railgun and taking aim at them as well.
The four ships, which consisted of three A Class Fighters and a B Class Heavy Bomber, stopped a short distance away from us.
The first thing I noticed was the fact that they seem to be customised with some type of equipment that I've never seen before.
If I had to put it in words, it kind of looked like fishing equipment with the B Class ship even sporting a turret that looked like a harpoon.
I then received a hail from one of them and I tapped on my screen to bring up the call.
A masked man with a cybernetic left eye appeared and he was already scowling at me the moment the screen came up.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing here?! That's our salvage!"
"Your salvage?" I asked.
"Yeah! We found it a few hours ago and we're here to salvage it! Get gone!"
I shook my head at the screen, "That's unfortunate for you but I have the ship's original owner with me and we're taking this ship back to be repaired."
"Repaired?! Haha!! That's complete bullshit! In this state, it's only good for scrap now! You're just bullshitting us!"
"It's true though, do you want us to provide proof of ownership for the ship?"
He didn't even notice that I was still on the call with him as he tried to turn his ship away, right as the last fighter got blown up beside him.
"Aaaahhhhh!!! You bastard!! Fuck! Fuck! Fuuuuuck!!!" He screamed, firing his ship's weapons at the newcomer.
His shots went wide as his target deftly spun away, turning around to fly out of his firing arc and ending up behind him.
I could see the look of absolute fear on his face as he realised he was going to die.
The newcomer fired his lasers and pierced a hole through the hull of the ship and its engines.
The screen showed the interior of the cockpit being consumed by fire before the feed cut off abruptly.
I got ready to defend myself as well when Amber laughed from behind me, "You don't need to do that, Tera."
I raised an eyebrow at her, "What do you mean?"
Before I could get an answer from her, I received a hail presumably from the new ship.
Tapping on my screen to answer it, a video feed of a man with slick back blonde hair and piercing blue eyes appeared. The moment he saw me, he immediately grinned to flash his pearly white teeth.
"Hey there! No need to worry, beautiful! All the bad guys are gone! You're pretty lucky I received your distress signal! There's nothing out here for miles!"
Oh... The Merc's distress beacon was still online and he mistakenly thought that I was the one who called for help.
He most likely saw four ships on one side and a single ship on the other side, leading him to conclude that I was being threatened by them and that's why I sent the distress beacon.
While I was indeed being threatened, it wouldn't make sense if you think about it.
A distress beacon would be broadcasting across all frequencies so even the ones threatening us would receive that signal. So it wouldn't make sense for this situation because the distress beacon would have either prompted them to engage me in combat or to run away at that point.
In other words, this guy is an idiot.
But well, I wasn't going to antagonise him since he did respond to a distress call and opted to help someone he deemed was in trouble so he at least has a bit of conscience.
I waved at him, "Thanks for the help. Sorry for the trouble."
"Oh to rescue a beautiful lady like you, any time! So where are you headed? It's pretty dangerous around these parts so I think you could use an escort! I'll be happy to volunteer myself as one for the small price of a drink with you later."
I shuddered, "It's ok, I wouldn't want to trouble you anymore than I already have."
"Oh but I insist! Don't worry about it! You can leave your safety to me! So... Where are you headed to?"
God damnit... I'd rather you bring back the thugs from earlier and let me kill them myself so that I don't have to deal with this guy...