The Star Knight

"I wish you a long life—" Opal hummed a song, making fighting moves with both hands.

Raymond sat cleaning his weapon and asked, "What's the matter?"

"No." Opal said stupidly: "I was summing up after the battle, thinking back to that match just now... You played well. I saw you were very nervous when you and that guy fought in mid-air."

"You cooperated very well." Raymond said without raising his head.

Opal said: "You can also use a big sword?"

Raymond said, "A little bit."

Opal asked: "Who taught you how to fight? I remember that you never participated in the mercenary recruit training."

Raymond replied: "I said it was born with it, would you believe it?"

Opal turned his head sideways and thought for a while, then glanced at Raymond. Raymond didn't say anything more, put his long-handled ax aside, and went into the bedroom to sleep.The maid and Mrs. Anta lived on the spaceship for less than forty hours, and they also tidied their bedroom very clean.

They returned to Burning Star on Tuesday, the magnetic storm had passed and a new workweek had begun.

Opal walked to the gate of the mercenary union and stopped. Another mission was over, and he had to find a new mission for the next mission.Raymond didn't talk much, but he always felt that there were many unknown secrets. He never mentioned his life experience, let alone made any demands on Opal.

There are a lot fewer people, and the mercenaries who received the entrustment on Monday have all gone out on missions.

Raymond went to the window of the task hall on the first floor to deliver the task, and the other party said: "Azeroth has no time to see you, the South Gate Gemini and Ms. Refina have sent him a message during this time, you have to send Lei Hand in Fina's chip. There is also an additional entrustment allowance - [-] credits added by Ms. Refina. She is very grateful to you for saving her from the kidnappers. No amount of money can compare to her life, so this little money is just a token of affection..."

"Is she awake?" Opal squeezed to the window and asked.

"Ah, yes." The staff said casually: "Press your fingerprints here, and the money will be automatically transferred to your account. Whenever Azeroth is free, he will meet you. He is said to be very busy recently... ...very busy. You have scored [-] points for this entrustment, congratulations, you have advanced again."

Lei Meng looked up at the circular bulletin board on the wall and asked, "How long is it until the next round of refreshing?"

The staff said: "There are still 36 hours left, and your cooperation relationship is terminated. I wish you two long lives and the next one!"

The sun was shining outside, Lei Meng returned Opal's mercenary diary to him, and Opal flipped through it - F+ grade.The promotion requirement is 180 points.Opal said, "What about you?"

Raymond said: "I'm still early, more than 3000 points."

Opal read his mercenary diary, and then Raymond's, and the two were silent under the sun.

"Then..." Raymond said.

Opal said: "Let's go together, partner, I'm serious, I'm willing to hand over my back to you, you see, you are also willing to fight with me."

Raymond said: "No. Opal, you are a good comrade in arms. You are loyal, just, kind, and humble. You have always been. This is my own reason."

Opal had nothing to say, Lei Meng was silent for a moment, and then said: "We broke up, we will cooperate again when we have a chance. Goodbye."

Opal suddenly became angry, and shouted at Raymond: "You won't be able to rent a boat!"

Raymond said as he walked, "Not every mission needs a spaceship!"

Opal: "I won't lend you the boat next time! There's no way to join us! Just wait and see!"

Lei Meng turned around and walked backwards, poking his finger: "Whatever! Just wait and see!"

Opal cursed angrily, and stood at the gate of the guild for a while, checking his diary.

A mercenary captain said earlier that as long as he was promoted to E rank, he would be recruited into the regiment, and he could be promoted with 180 points.Although I forgot who the team leader was, but after being promoted, I wandered around the personnel hall on the second floor, and I always met someone who wanted me.

After these days, I probably know what is going on with the entrustment. At least the familiar goal has been achieved. Let's work hard after the bulletin board is refreshed.

So where to go next?Lie Xing is 72 hours a day, 34 days a week, refreshes commissions every two days, and releases them six times a week... Week [-]:[-] magnetic storm vacation.

There are still 36 hours for a new round of missions to be refreshed. It's dark, and there is nowhere to go in the long night. The lights are on in the bar. Opal went to dinner. Do you want to stay in a hotel?No, everything is in the spaceship, go back and play the game, and wait for a new round of mission cycle to start.

With a big sword on his back, he walked unsteadily under the street lights, like a lonely traveler. The street lights in Sunlight City are light blue, and iris flowers emit a slight red fluorescence at night, mixed together, the whole The city is like a purple fairyland.

"I wish you a long life—" Opal helped the drunk man on the side of the road, and said with a smile: "Alcoholism is harmful to health."

"Son! Do it well! Don't be afraid of difficulties!" The drunk patted Opal solemnly on the shoulder.

Opal also patted him on the shoulder. Many people in this city are retired veterans, and most of them have quite a lot of combat experience—such as the innkeeper.After they earn enough money, they no longer go through life and death, buy a small property, and live a peaceful life.

Opal enjoys the fresh night breeze, and starts to think about his future, will he do the same?No, his goal is to make a fortune, buy a spaceship with a jump function, and drive around in the universe as he pleases, to explore areas that have not been marked on the star map.

Rector said that the star map given to him is still a very small area, accounting for only 3% of the universe at most. Perhaps the territory of the Republic and the Empire is even narrower, where they are located, only 1% of the area.

There are too many places that have not opened the gate of the starry sky, and no one even knows where the end of the universe is, perhaps it itself has no boundaries.

Opal bought a set of clothes in a clothing store on the side of the road, wear-resistant military trousers, non-slip Chinese boots, a vest and a jacket. After wearing them, he looked very energetic. He also cut his hair, which matched his wheat-colored hair. The complexion looks radiant and healthy.The mercenaries all like to wear it this way, and some of them also like to pin some weird little things on their coats and jackets, tattoo patterns on their arms, wear earrings and so on.

Opal was walking on the street with a bag of old clothes. Someone stopped by the side of the road, whistled at him, and asked, "Hi! Beautiful wandering man! Give you a ride? Where are you going?"

Opal smiled and said, "I didn't expect where to go."

"Let's go! Go for a drive!" The man was a mercenary he didn't know, and he waved at him. Opal got into the car, and the maglev vehicle flew into the air. Opal said, "Just came back from a mission?"

"Yes." The mercenary turned on the music in front of the car and said, "I almost died in the Cancer Nebula, let's relax. It's good to be alive these days."

Opal smiled and said, "It's a good life. I wish you a long life."

In the bustling night, half of the fierce stars are brightly lit, and the city of War Star is shrouded in the dividing line between day and night. Turning to the deep night, the God of War star casts its blazing light on this land full of blood and hard work.

Opal chatted with the mercenary for a while about their respective missions, and when it came to the auction of the Star of Eternal Day, the mercenary smiled and said: "There is such a good thing, but at first I thought it was too little money. I know and go to have a good meal."

The two walked around, Opal yawned and said, "Let me get off the car on the tarmac and go back to sleep."

"Okay." The mercenary said, "I wish you a long life!"

Oper got off the car to say goodbye to him, walked into the tarmac, and suddenly remembered that he forgot to ask his name.But forget it, maybe one day it will happen.

He began to fall in love with this planet gradually, with a feeling of sharing weal and woe.

"A task so late?" The policeman asked without looking up.

"Come back to sleep." Opal said lazily, "Sleep on the spaceship."

The policeman said: "It's not good to always sleep on the spaceship. If you have money, go to the suburbs and buy a small house to live in. There are discounts for grade C and above. Keep your ID card safe. I wish you a long life."

Opal passed the customs and went to the IRC on the tarmac to check the accounts, when he suddenly heard a familiar voice from behind.

Xun: "Yes, yes, you can save a lot of money by entrusting tasks with us, at least you don't have to pay handling fees..."

The boy's voice: "I don't have much money, but please help me."

Xun: "No problem, let me see your account first."

Opal said blankly: "What are you doing again?!"

Xun was startled, and said coldly: "Why is it you again, don't meddle in other people's business."

Opal took the boy by the wrist, pulled him aside, and said seriously to him: "The entrusted task must go to the union branch, any union can entrust it, there is a direct train outside, don't listen to him. Don't ask anyone People show your account... what are you doing?! You want to fight?!"

Opal couldn't help but push Xun who was rushing in front of him a few steps, and protected the boy behind him.

Quickly roared: "What's none of your business?! Do you want to be beaten again?"

Opal rolled up his sleeves and yelled at him without giving in: "Come on! I don't know who wants to get a beating. Have you forgotten what kind of dog you were beaten last time?"

Xun's face was flushed and he was about to step forward desperately. The accomplices behind him obviously still remembered the last time they besieged Opal and Lei Meng, so they didn't dare to do it without authorization.Opal drew out the big sword behind his back and slanted it towards the ground, no one dared to step forward.

"What to do! Don't fight!" The police at the exit came over.

Opal raised his eyebrows provocatively, and drew his sword back.

Xun said coldly: "Just wait and see."

Opal said coldly: "It's you who will wait and see! If you want to make money, go work hard to accept the commission! Don't be a waste here! You will be cheated and abducted, and you will lose face as a mercenary!"

Xun was so angry that he trembled all over, straightened his collar, and walked away from Opal.

The young man was speechless for a while, and Opal said, "My name is Opal, what's your name?"

"Sid." The boy said, "Your name is Opal, um, good name, where am I going now? Here...why do I feel so tired."

Opal nodded and said, "Go outside and buy a map with places marked on it. Lie Xing's gravity coefficient is [-], don't run and be careful of fractures, it will be fine after you get used to it for a while."

The boy asked: "There are... many cities? Which city is easier to entrust tasks?"

Opal said: "Same thing, Sunshine City and Battle Soul City are fine. Most people in this place are good and trustworthy. Don't be afraid."

Sid said, "Thank you...thank you, I want to entrust a task."

Opal said: "Go to the trade union, there will be a special receptionist, I don't know the process. If that guy comes to pester you again, you tell him to be careful."

Sid nodded and said, "Thank you for your help, I will remember you, Opal."

Opal waved his hand to indicate that you are welcome, put his backpack on his back, went to the tarmac, and went back to the spaceship to sleep.

36 hours passed quickly, Opal wasted time in the spaceship, playing games until grass grew on his head, the night passed, and when dawn came, E7 beeped to remind him to get up, Opal became frizzy and took a shower New clothes, a clean shave, and a new day at work.

Find a group, or pick up single-player tasks, and keep working hard.

At zero o'clock in the morning, a ray of sunlight dyed the morning glow red like fire, and the mercenaries crowded at the gate of the trade union in Sunlight City were about to fight.

"Don't fight here!" Opal couldn't help but staggered, and finally entered the lobby on the first floor.

There were quarreling group leaders everywhere along the way, and the female staff screamed: "It's no use telling me! No, yes, use——! I'm not afraid of you——!"

Opal went to line up at the window of the single-player mission, but couldn't find Raymond. He suddenly remembered that they were still wearing earbud communicators, touched them subconsciously, and asked, "Hey, buddy, where are you?"

There was no answer, Raymond must have taken off the communicator, Opal waited a little annoyed, and shouted: "Hurry up in front of you!"

"Did you hear that! The people behind you are urging you!" The staff member shouted at the person in front of him, "How do I know that the employer has any criminal records! This is none of our business, the next one! Get out of the way!"

Opal waited angrily. Seeing that the single-player missions on the bulletin board were picked up one by one and disappeared, he shook his left leg impatiently. A small robot flew over and stretched out the communicator beeping.

"F+ rank mercenary Opal, you have a communication from Sunset City." Electronic voice said.

Opal thought of the chip Mrs. Anta gave Azeroth, and immediately picked it up, but there was another voice on the other end: "Hello, is this Mr. Opal?"

Opal replied in a hurry, and said helplessly after listening to the content: "I am accepting the commission, what is this? Can't it be transferred to other people?!"

"Consultation and tour guide are also part of the entrustment. The employer submitted the commission and asked you for special help. I hope you will uphold the mercenary spirit and complete it earnestly."

Opal couldn't laugh or cry, so he turned around and left the union hall, found an empty car and drove to Sunset City.

The trade union hall in Sunset City is very high-end and luxuriously decorated, but no matter how luxurious the place is, there are mercenaries who are arguing. The young Sid who met on the tarmac yesterday stood at a trade union clerk, looking up at Opal.

Opal was completely paralyzed, with such a tossing method, his mission was hopeless.

"Is there anything I can do for you?" Opal asked.

Sid, pale and shorter than Opal, said, "I only know you, the gentleman said, my commission rating is too high. Not enough credits, so I issued a... consulting commission , I want you to help me sell something."

Opal said: "What are the details of your mission? How much does it cost?"

The clerk behind Sid said with a blank expression: "Mercenary, I have to remind you that it is against the law to take orders from your employer in private. You will be detained for ten days and demoted three levels in a row."

Opal couldn't laugh or cry: "I know the rules very well! Let's go through the process now! You don't need to remind me, thank you very much!"

Opal went to swipe the card to accept the appointed commission, and said helplessly, "Forget it, let's have breakfast first, I'll treat you."

It was his first visit to this city, and its style was quite different from that of Sunshine City. The buildings all had the color of dusk. Although it was only early morning, the whole city was shrouded in a twilight, and it was very quiet.

Opal was wearing a pair of dark red sunglasses and a mercenary uniform, sitting outside the garden cafe, the morning light shone on him, handsome and unruly, with a resolute masculine charm.

"I only have [-] credit points." Sid said, "and the things my mother left me before she was alive. I want to use it for some money, and then go to entrust the task. The staff said that there is no pawn shop here... maybe some people will buy it. It. I don’t know who to ask, I only know you, please help me to ask if anyone is willing to buy it.”

"Let me see." Opal took something from Sid and asked, "What is this? A gemstone?"

Sid nodded and said: "My mother passed away when I was very young, and it is the only family heirloom she left to me..."

Opal's slender fingers rubbed the red gemstone and turned it over and over again, unable to find out what happened, he said, "Is there any history? How much do you want to sell it for?"

Sid: "20."

Opal's sunglasses almost fell off, and he asked, "Such a small thing sells for two, one hundred, ten thousand?!"

Sid: "That's what they said. I still have 25 to 20... I need to pay at least [-] to deliver the entrustment. [-] will be used as a handling fee, and [-] will be given to... the mercenaries."

Opal: "What type of entrustment? It is not allowed to accept the task privately, it is always okay to ask the type."

Sid looked sad and said: "Looking for someone."

Opal said: "Are there any detailed clues?"

Sid shook his head.

Opal Xindao is really difficult. The task of finding people is the most difficult. Finding people without any clues is no less than finding a needle in a haystack. Basically, even a mercenary is unwilling to take this type of task.It is a waste of time and life to inquire one planet after another.

Usually the cycle of tracing missions is very long, and the longest can even extend to hundreds of years. It is impossible for Opal to accept this kind of mission, and he cannot be attacked.He put the gemstone down, thought for a while, and said, "I have a friend who might know what your gemstone is used for. You wait here."

Opal got up and went to the union, and the disaster finally came - the bulletin board in Sunset City was refreshed.There were noisy mercenaries everywhere, filling the hall.

Opal was so crowded that he couldn't stop complaining, and finally ran up to the second floor, pushed the people in front of him away, and asked the liaison officer, "Can you help me find the wrench?!"

The liaison officer gave him a blank look: "Don't you have a communicator?"

"Hey!" The mercenary roared angrily behind him: "What kind of attitude do you have! How can you treat taxpayers like this! He is also a mercenary! We all paid taxes!"

The liaison officer screamed: "What an evil! I'm not afraid of you! Don't pay taxes if you have the ability! If you don't pay taxes, you won't even get the mission!"

Opal said: "I'm looking for a wrench! Help me contact him!"

The liaison officer said: "The person in charge of communication hasn't come to work yet—! Can't you go to the machinery store and buy a short-wave ground electronic communicator?! It only costs [-] yuan!"

"I'll help you find it, I'll help you find it!" Someone shouted from behind: "His home is in the city of the setting sun! Get out of the way, brother, I have something to do!"

Someone contacted Spanner for Opal. Spanner had messy hair and looked like he hadn't woken up. He squeezed up to the second floor and said, "I'm in the lobby on the first floor. What are you doing here?"

Opal said, "Do me a favor."

The wrench complained, "There's no time, we didn't even get the task this week..."

Opal said: "I'll pay! Three thousand!"

Wrench said: "Hurry up, hurry up... I won't charge you."

Opal and the wrench came down, and the wrench went to take the baseball cap in Lily's hand and put it on her head. Lily turned her head and looked at Opal, saying hello to Opal: "Hi! Little Oou! Hello! We meet again! What's the matter? Where are you going baby?"

Opal: "Lend your boyfriend to use it! Just a moment!"

Wrench: "Be right back."

Lily said to the window: "If we don't have all the preparations, we will find them ourselves! Sister! We have twelve people to support, please do your best! When you assign tasks, just treat them as the same as before!"

The staff at the window didn't like her, and said abruptly: "But now we have to re-register the form! Sister! You have all the people, and I need fingerprint verification! Otherwise, how can I register?! I want you to cheat Is it?! You are the one who can do it——sister!”

Opal was so disturbed, he came out with a wrench and said, "I thought you guys left on Monday."

Spanner: "One of our team members has gone home to work, and one person is missing, so we can't receive team tasks now."

Opal: "You are too miserable..."

Wrench: "Otherwise, why do you think the group leaders are in a hurry to find a replacement. Tell me, what's the matter? Let me have a cup of top-notch Sphinx iced coffee, thank you."

Spanner sat down in front of the open-air cafe, snapped his fingers, and the machine waiter went to serve coffee. There were more customers, most of them were small teams of two or three people. After receiving the commission in Sunset City, they came out to have breakfast and plan Task.

Sid explained his purpose, the wrench took the gem in his hand, and took out a pair of lenses, a small tool box, and a radio generator from his pocket.

"This is not a jewelry product." The wrench inspected it carefully and murmured: "This is a synthetic product."

"Is it worth it?" Opal only cares about this.

The wrench was expressionless, and shook his head slightly disapprovingly.

"I don't think any mercenary will need it. If you are not in a hurry to cash out, you can hand it over to someone from the Galactic Antiques Association for appraisal and pay a appraisal fee. Maybe you can sell it for a high price. Of course, it may be worthless. See luck."

Sid said: "But it is... an heirloom from my mother's family, she told me to keep it safe..."

The wrench asked: "Where did you get it? It can't be at your house from the beginning."

Sid didn't answer.

"How long will it take to sell it to the Antique Association and let them auction it?" Sid asked again.

"It's hard to say." Wrench shrugged: "It may take at least two or three cosmic years."

Opal couldn't bear to see it, and said, "Maybe we can think of other ways. Is the person who made this thing famous?"

The wrench said: "The material of this thing may be a bit old, but the formed crystals in the universe have basically existed for hundreds of millions of years, which can't explain anything. Besides, there is no batch number on it, let alone the name of the maker, so it cannot be regarded as an antique. Sell ​​it, you see."

The wrench injects a beam of light into the gemstone, and the beam of light enters the center of the gemstone and spreads out, refracting a halo of light.

Opal didn't understand at all and said, "Oh, what does this represent?"

The wrench said: "It is a technology that was rarely seen in ancient times. The crystal structure inside is relatively complicated. The divergent light is refracted by tens of thousands of crystal clusters, showing different and distinguishable characteristics, forming a halo. In fact Inside, the halo is composed of tens of thousands of beams of light with completely different frequencies."

Opal nodded blankly, Sid was confused when he heard that, the wrench put away the tool, finished his coffee and said: "It may be the optical signal control center of some complex machinery, but no one in the known machinery has adopted this kind of center. The way the signal is emitted. Could be a leftover from a failed experiment, I wouldn't buy it. Long life to you, I'm leaving."

Opal had no choice but to bid farewell to the wrench, Sid sighed.

"Put it away." Opal said, "I will refund you the entrusted money in full. Today there are two voyage ships, and you can take them to the Milky Way..."

"No one wants it." Sid finally told the truth: "I came from the Milky Way, and the pawn shop of the United Chamber of Commerce is only willing to pay [-] because they don't know what it is."

Opal said: "Sell it as an antique?"

Sid shook his head, Opal said: "Listen, try again, maybe there will be a turnaround."

Sid said: "It can't be done, the time is too long, my father may be dead."

Opal was taken aback, and then vaguely guessed something, it has something to do with his father?Then the task of finding people is like a muddle, and they don't even know whether they are dead or alive, and most of them are released but no one picks up.

But Opal still said: "Come on, don't give up." He himself felt that this was a bit silly.

"Hello." A middle-aged man wearing glasses said politely, "Is this Mr. Opal? I wish you a long life."

Opal frowned and looked up at him, feeling that the middle-aged man looked familiar, but couldn't remember where he had seen him.

Opal nodded, and the middle-aged man wearing glasses said: "I'm sorry to disturb you, my time is very limited, so I have to offend." After finishing speaking, he clenched his right fist and pressed his left shoulder, bowing politely, Opal After regaining his senses, he got up and saluted, and the two fists touched lightly.Opal said: "Let's talk here, Sid, wait for me for a while."

The middle-aged man said to Sid: "I won't take up too much of your time."

Opal asked the waiter to serve coffee, sat at another table with the middle-aged man, looked at him for a while, and always felt that this man was very familiar.His face has a sense of vicissitudes and mature masculine charm, and he looks quite old, and the eyebrows and eyes behind the glasses are full of wisdom and fighting spirit, which he has only seen in Rector's eyes.There is a wonderful harmony between elegance and roughness.

The middle-aged man has short brown-red hair, the hair on the temples slightly covers the ears, and the stubble on the side face is trimmed so sexy.

His fingers are thick and long, his hands are big, and he wears two rings on his middle finger and index finger.

Opal really couldn't remember where he had seen this person before, but he was indescribably familiar.

"Let me introduce myself, my name is Krillos Ben Azeroth." The middle-aged man said.

Opal: "..."

Opal suddenly realized: "So you shaved your beard and cut your hair short! I said so!"

Azeroth said: "Occasionally... also repair it."

The two were relatively silent for a moment, and then Opal realized that sitting in front of him was the spiritual pillar of the entire God of War galaxy—the legendary undefeated God of War, the mercenary king Azeroth.