Chapter 144 Unexpected Harvest
Duanmuhuai didn't spend much time dealing with this group of pirates.
After all, whether it is him or the Night Guard, the main enemies are Chaos and Demons. Compared with this kind of shabby third-rate star thief, basically they will definitely win as long as they take action. Even the pirates who invaded the merchant ships were killed mercilessly by the Night Guards.
Duanmuhuai interrogated the star thief leader who was shivering and almost wet his pants with fear. He was speechless and found out that these pirates were indeed not doing well. Just like the dilapidated corridor that Duanmu Huai saw before, the pirates in the entire fleet can be said to be extremely poor. Perhaps this Holy Grail class ship is the most valuable thing they own.
In addition, they also imprisoned a group of indigenous slaves they captured from various planets in the battleship. Most of them were humans, and there were also a small number of alien races. According to the confession of the star pirate leader, the reason why he attacked the merchant ship was to seize the goods and food-their rations were not even enough for the crew.
It can be seen that this group of pirates is really miserable.
After sending two night guards and the leader of the star thieves to check the goods and prisoners, Duanmu Huai sat on the chair and sighed helplessly. This group of pirates is really too cool. In his opinion, there is no challenge at all. It would be more fun to have black bean sprouts or something...
"Your Excellency."
At this moment, Duanmu Huai saw a night guard coming in and bowed respectfully to him.
"The captain of the Risk Assessment would like to see you."
"Meet me? Okay."
Duanmu Huai didn't think much and just nodded. Soon, he saw a man wearing something similar to a mink coat. He had a majestic figure. He wore a beaver hat and a mustache. He looked like a Looking like a shrewd and capable businessman, the man was stunned when he looked at Duanmu Huai sitting on the command chair. Then his face turned pale, he reached out and took off his hat, put it on his chest respectfully, and lowered his head.
"It's a great honor to meet you, Your Majesty the Great Inquisitor. I am the captain of the Risk Assessment, Dardaniel Solas. Thank you and your men for saving us from danger. If not for your coming, I'm afraid this time..."
"Okay, no need to say more polite words."
Duanmu Huai waved his hand.
"Well, I want to make a deal with you."
"Deal...is that right??"
"That's right."
Duanmuhuai nodded.
"I can sell you this battleship, and you just need to give me some goods in exchange."
To be honest, after taking a detailed look at the internal conditions of this Holy Grail-class ship, Duanmu Huai was completely disappointed with the ship. Only one-tenth of the weapon system could operate, and even the void shield generator was broken. Others The life support equipment is basically considered old. To be honest, this Holy Grail-class ship is a real gold and jade with a lot of corruption on the outside. If there is time to repair it, Duanmu Huai might as well open the void dock and build one by himself!
"You don't plan to keep this battleship?"
Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, Dardaniel was obviously a little surprised. Although he also saw that the inside of the ship was not very good, for this era, any warship is almost an incomparable treasure. After all, after the destruction of the human empire, there are fewer and fewer places where large warships can be manufactured. A warship like this, even if only the shell is intact, as long as it can still fly, is the best choice for any interstellar businessman. Good goods! !
"Not planning to."
Of course Duanmuhuai doesn't need it. He can make it himself, so why waste his time?
"So...what goods do you want?"
"Interesting, rare, mysterious, as long as it satisfies me."
After saying this, Duanmuhuai narrowed his eyes and stared at Dardaniel below. This is also the reason why he met Dardaniel and proposed a deal. These Rogue Traders walking around the universe always have some strange items in their hands, many of which are holy objects. If Duanmu Huai can get a few holy objects from Dardaniel and convert them into building points, it will be comparable to a ship. The Holy Grail level is much more valuable.
Not to mention, many holy objects are quite useful, such as the gravity gloves currently used by Duanmu Huai. Basically, for players, a good holy item can even span several versions without fading.
As for whether the captain is willing, Duanmuhuai thinks this is not a problem. Because most of the holy objects can only be used by inquisitors, space warriors or psykers, just like Duanmu Huai's thunder war hammer. Although he can hold it with one hand and sweep it, in the hands of ordinary people, four of them can Even my hands may not be able to lift it.
This kind of thing is put in the hands of ordinary people, either as a treasure at the bottom of the box, or simply enshrined as a symbol of faith - well, the premise is that they don't enshrine some holy objects of evil gods or rebel war groups, otherwise Duanmuhuai It's time to discuss the issue of loyalty with them.
At that time, I didn’t know whether the Star Thief or Duanmu Huai was a greater threat to these businessmen.
“This………………”
Faced with Duanmu Huai's request, Dardaniel was obviously hesitant, but he quickly nodded.
"Okay, Your Excellency, please wait a moment."
After saying this, Dardaniel bowed respectfully to Duanmu Huai, then turned and left. At this time, the star thief leader had already walked back dejectedly under the escort of two night guards. Soon, one of the night guards handed the list to Duanmu Huai.
"Are these all the prisoners?"
"Yes, Your Excellency."
"Hmm..."
Duanmu Huai glanced at the parchment written in Low Gothic. It showed that most of the captives were humans, and the rest were low-level aliens who were not much better than Ogryn... Huh?
However, at this moment, Duanmuhuai suddenly discovered a special noun from the list. "Psychic?"
He raised his head in surprise and looked at the star thief leader.
"You actually captured a psyker? Where is he?"
To be honest, Duanmu Huai really doubts whether these people have this ability. After all, in the ordinary world, psykers are basically superpowers or wizards. With this kind of star thief, he can really catch a Psykers? Did he think they were Custodes or Sisters of Silence?
"Sir, please spare my life!!"
Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, the star thief leader was so frightened that he lay on the ground and did not dare to get up.
"We don't know if he is a psyker. In short, we heard that the family has been a psyker for generations, so we arrested him...and the kid does have some weird powers..."
"What about people?"
"Uh...right next to your chair..."
"Huh?"
Duanmuhuai glanced towards the side of the chair, and then he discovered a thin and short figure huddled in the shadow of the chair. It seemed that he had fallen into a coma - he was probably frightened by Duanmuhuai's fearful aura just now.
"I'm going to go..."
Duanmuhuai stretched out a hand, lifted the short figure up like a kitten, and stared at him carefully. This is a child. Judging from the unkempt appearance, this child has obviously not washed for a long time. In fact, this child is just wearing a dirty rag and has an iron tied around his neck like a pet. chain, and his eyes were covered with a piece of white rag, looking just skinny and pitiful.
However, what Duanmu Huai cared about was not this issue, but when he focused his eyes on the kid, he also saw the information emerging above the other person's head.
[Astropath (LV20) is rare]
He's actually an astropath!
Duanmu Huai was also surprised when he saw this.
This is really rare!
The so-called Astropath is equivalent to the human transmitter of a battleship. To put it simply, during the empire, every battleship would have an astropath. Their task was to obey the captain's orders, condense their thoughts, send them out from the subspace, and transmit them to another battleship. In the mind of the Astropath - well, yes, the long-distance communication between the human empires was accomplished through this method similar to super telepathy.
It's just that this method is basically no longer used. After all, the astropath is easily contaminated by the subspace when transmitting information. Maybe she heard the whisper of an evil god. Moreover, errors may occur during the transmission process of the information itself. Just like the famous "Telegraph Game Experiment", even if a group of people stand in line in a room and quietly pass the words they hear to the people behind them, there will be an error when the last one is passed.
Not to mention the method of astropaths to spread information across galaxies. When a message arrives, only God knows how far it is from the original meaning.
However, this does not mean that Astropath is useless in the player era.
Astropaths can sense information from the Warp, and as we all know, the Warp has no concept of time. In other words, when an astropath receives a message, maybe the message was released from the past hundreds of thousands of years ago, or it may be that the message comes from the future hundreds of thousands of years later.
So to put it simply, any signal received by an astropath is either too late or too early. As for arriving on time... haha, let's ask for the Emperor's blessing.
The premise is that the old man is still alive.
However, this is very useful for players, because the ability of Astropath is extremely useful when used to explore space hulks or some dead worlds... and players happen to be interested in digging graves. Tomb exploration ruins are of most interest.
As a soul walker, Duanmu Huai naturally needs the guidance of an astropath. This way, it will be more convenient to find ruins and soul cards, right?
What an unexpected surprise.
I have to say that Duanmu Huai really didn't expect that among such a third-rate star thief, he could actually get such a treasure. It was already a considerable gain for him. But what Duanmu Huai didn't expect was that after that The equipment sent by Dardaniel also surprised me somewhat.
Dardaniel sent a total of three pieces of equipment, a chain sword, a bright red power glove that seemed to be dyed with blood, and a plasma pistol.
Moreover, they are not ordinary.
【Death of Alien】【Crimson Fist】【Left Hand of Justice】
"Hiss..."
Seeing this, Duanmu Huai couldn't help but take a deep breath. You must know that these three sacred objects are widely circulated among players.
[Death of Alien] This chain sword is specialized in dealing with aliens. It can be said to be a superb weapon for killing aliens and demons. The [Crimson Fist] is a piece of equipment belonging to the Terminator. In addition to its huge power, there are also rumors that every time the [Crimson Fist] kills an enemy, its energy field will become brighter and brighter— ——As if dyed red by the blood of the enemy.
Therefore, players also suspect that this thing may have something to do with the God of Violence...
As for the [Left Hand of Justice], the plasma gun itself is not very powerful, but it has a special ability - it is rumored that the mechanical priest who made this plasma pistol made precise prayers for the cooling and reliability of this plasma pistol. , so the gun is virtually indestructible.
Because this gun has also spread the joke among players that "the plasma of justice never overheats".
Seeing this, Duanmuhuai looked at Dardaniel in front of him in confusion.
Could it be that your ancestors have something to do with those blood ducks who are thieves?
(End of chapter)