Chapter 1116 Pay Up
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"S-Shit…!"
"Ahh… W-We weren't doing anything, dude!"
"Yeah!"
The pilots hid their tools behind their backs. I considered the option of letting them go. But that would only make them try it another day.
I can't just deal with the same thing every day. Even in this highly technological society, maybe "that" is still the answer.
"Is that right… Well, I saw you were holding tools, and I also overheard what you said," I said. "If you confess what you were doing to Henriette and authorities, I'll try to appeal to them, so they lower your sentences and punishments."
I was straightforward, I gave them one and only one chance.
If they don't take it, they're fools.
"What?!"
"What bullshit are you talking about?"
"You bastard… You're really full of shit!"
"Since when did you become so confident, huh?!"
"Right! A few days ago you were always crying and running away from battles!"
"It doesn't make any sense you're so good now, fucker!"
"So what if we came here to fuck your stupid machine up, huh?!"
"Ain't no way you can stop us anyways, right? And who are they going to believe? One guy or twelve experienced pilots that had been working hard for years!"
I smiled, crossing my arms.
"So that's your response…" I nodded. "Alright then, I'll defend my machine with my life. Come at me, all of you at once. It won't be fun otherwise."
I stood there, without changing pose or anything, my bare hands was all I needed.
Everyone looked madder, glancing at one another and smiling.
"Well, if you're provoking us like this, we got even more reasons to defend ourselves!"
"Right? Yeah!"
"I wonder if you'll be able to pilot after I break your fucking legs!"
They ran towards me, holding the heavy repair tools as weapons. Their movements were… sluggish, just an average human being at their peak without any supernatural power.
Though, I believe we are slightly stronger than normal humans, as we are genetically modified to withstand the pressure of space, and many adverse symptoms that flying through space using machines causes.
We're more resilient and tougher than normal humans, yeah.
Yet…
"DIE!"
Three of them swung their weapons at me, acting like thugs even in such a scenario…
Humans truly never change, huh?
I blocked their attack using a metallic tool with my bare hand, then I grabbed the hand of the man in front of me and twisted his arm backwards as seamlessly as I could.
CRACK!
"Ugh?! Uaaggh!"
As he screamed in pain, I kicked his crotch and once he was on the floor, I crushed his face, breaking his nose and making one of his eyes burst, blood covering his face.
"W-What the?!"
"You fuck!"
The other two attacked. One swung their fist against my face, another tried to hit my legs with their tool, a long key-shaped thing that seemed to be able to modify circuits.
"I don't even need to put effort into this…"
I kicked the man moving for my legs, he was wide open, an elbow kick and he was sent flying. The man trying to punch me… I didn't even bother evading; I punched his chin and his fist never hit me.
I didn't just let them fall into the floor though, that would mean they could come back again. So, with he momentum I had, I kicked and crushed their balls, then their faces.
Done.
"Who else? Hurry. I need to assess some things with my machine… I don't have time for walking shit like you."
"Ah fuck! Hit him at once! Jump on him!"
Attacks came from every angle. They felt slow though, although the trial was supposed to seal my abilities, my body's strength, reflexes, and agility remained to a large extent.
Enough for me to even beat a thousand humans like these with my bare hands anyways…
BAAM! BAAM! BAAM!
I hit their faces one after another, I didn't even evade their blows anymore, showing them how tough I actually was. It made them recoil in fear. They didn't understand what was happening.
Well, I didn't need them to understand, I crushed their faces and broke their arms and legs with the tools they brought.
"P-Please stop! Not my leg! Please not my leg!!!"
CRACK!
"AAAGGGHH!"
Once they were all down and asking for mercy, I stopped hitting them, and glanced at the blood on my hands and my clothes.
"I'll have to clean this later," I sighed. "Anyways…"
I walked towards them, as they tried to crawl away, well, the few that remained conscious.
"Hey."
I glanced at them from above and put my foot on the head of one of them.
"Keep crawling and I'll burst your skull."
"W-Wait! Please…!"
He stopped crawling, the other three also obeyed me.
"Now that we're all good friends, let's talk."
I smiled at them, only for their eyes to grow even more fearful.
"You learned your lesson, right? Don't mess with me."
They nodded nervously.
"Will you do it again?"
"N-No…"
"Never!"
"I'm sorry Blake!"
I nodded, feeling relieved.
"Good, thank you. I'll bring you to the infirmary now. Let's say it was all a friendly brawl to exercise, alright?" I patted their heads. "If you say something else I'm going to kill all ten of you." Experience new stories on empire
They fell silent, paralyzed.
I brought them to the infirmary, where robots were in charge of tissue-growing machines.
They were put inside and healed instantly.
Wow, this is good technology.
Most of them regained their consciousness, panicking. The robots were confused, but I explained to them we were just friendly sparring.
"Anyways, I hope you all understand now… Also, give me ten thousand Credits each." I asked.
"T-Ten thousand?!"
"Wait a second, that's all I have!"
"No way, please not my money!"
"Actually, let's make it thirty thousand," I said. "Hurry, those that can't pay yet will be in a debt with interests. So work hard if you don't want your face to mysteriously become disfigured again."
"Y-Yes…"
They didn't have much of an option right now.
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