Chapter 21

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation

Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

“You mean we’re targeting the child of a statesman?” Captain Feroman asked, feeling troubled.

At this moment, he finally understood the severity of the consequences. If he had known that the target had such a background, he would never have attacked.

Given their style of action, they usually killed all witnesses to avoid becoming fugitives. If they killed David, it would be tantamount to going against the entire Star Federation. Those who returned from Battlestar alone would be able to kill them. 

He suspected that killing David would involve cosmic warships that would hunt them down.

“Stop all contact with the outside world. We’ll move to a second safe house and hide there for a while,” Captain Feroman said, finally coming to a decision.

He no longer wanted to recover the T3 Sniper Assist Device. Hence, he decided to let that sum of money be the compensation for the losses of the statesman’s child! 

Clark nodded heavily. He was extremely supportive of the decision. He was a veteran soldier who had returned from Battlestar, and the statesmen were heroes in his heart. He couldn’t help but be thankful for the failure of the mission.

Ed and Fessier were in support of that decision as well. Now that everyone was looking for them, it was best that they stay in hiding for a while. 

Not long after the four people from the Sky Wolf Mercenary Corps left, eight armor-bearers surrounded the building.

Now that news on the Sky Wolf Mercenary Corps was of great value, the intelligence peddlers would not let go of any chance to get rich.

In fact, things were more serious than Captain Feroman had thought. Since they had undergone regular, legal procedures when entering Planet Rocky, the investigations naturally traced back to them. 

Previously, Abbott had crashed into nearly a hundred people, which was also interpreted as an attack on David, the son of a statesman. They ignored the fact that Abbott was flying a personal aircraft with no capabilities of attacking, and that David was a senior high school student whom Abbott had never met before.

Anyway, the entire Sky Wolf Mercenary Corps had been given such a label and all the members were exposed. They were likely to become highly wanted fugitives.

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David placed his hand on the shoulder of the Shadow Servant and a familiar wave of energy flowed from the Shadow Servant into his body, causing him to begin moaning involuntarily. It was a type of spiritual relief. 

Perhaps because the energy this time was not as large as the previous time, but he did not pass out. Instead, he truly felt the sensations that it brought to him.

After the soothing sensation had passed, he felt as if his brain had been rinsed with water. 

“Display my attribute panel!” he ordered the Shadow Servant, which obeyed.

Name: David Karl 

Strength: 2.52 (1)

Agility: 1.7 (1)

Physique: 2.1 (1)

Mental Energy: 3.0 (1)

Literature (3% Intermediate), Mathematics (5% Intermediate), General (51% Beginner), Bodywork (99% Beginner), Longsword Mastery (5% Beginner)

His Mental Energy had increased by 0.2 arbitrary units, and he was now 100% sure that the Shadow Servant had absorbed the souls of Amos and the female mercenary, and had fed him some of his soul energy, thus increasing his Mental Energy. 

He didn’t know what effect the Mental Energy attribute had, but he knew that it allowed his learning speed to increase. 

“Let me see how many Knowledge Orbs Amos and the female mercenary have given me,” David mumbled under his breath, extremely to see the answer.

He had been trying to perform experiments to confirm some suspicions before, but the Shadow Servant had to absorb souls to get Knowledge Orbs. Where was he supposed to look for corpses that belonged to people who had just died? 

Although the situation today was dangerous, it did give him two good souls. 

At the very least, he could confirm that Amos was an armorer. That female mercenary was definitely a powerful person, having become a mercenary of the Star Federation. 

He could sense an orange Knowledge Orb and a yellow Knowledge Orb in the body of the Shadow Servant, which made him energized. 

There was a Knowledge Orb that was even more high-level than the orange orb! Since the orange orb meant intermediate, what was above the intermediate level? 

Warhammer Mastery (82% Intermediate), Electronic Warfare Retaliation (98% Proficiency).

David’s eyes were wide open. The 98% Proficiency Electronic Warfare Retaliation Knowledge Orbs was beyond his imagination.

Even the armorer Amos’s Warhammer Mastery was only at an 82% proficiency level. However, the female mercenary’s Electronic Warfare Retaliation was at an incredible 98% proficiency. If she had been given more time, she would probably have been able to break through and reach a higher level.

“It’s such a pity! If…” David couldn’t help but mock himself for being greedy. He was effortlessly obtaining a proficiency that others could only reach in a lifetime, yet here he was, still demanding more. 

He hadn’t absorbed or fused any Knowledge Orbs today, having been more than a day since he last did so. He kept his eyes fixed on the Electronic Warfare Retaliation (98% Proficiency) Knowledge Orb, which was pure knowledge. It would not trigger a physical reaction.

He initially wanted to fuse the Heavy-axe Mastery (33% Beginner) Knowledge Orb, but he didn’t even have a heavy axe. Even if he learned the Heavy-axe Mastery, he wouldn’t be able to practice it.

Of course, it was the same for the Warhammer Mastery (82% Proficiency) Knowledge Orb, which he had decided to absorb and fuse with the Electronic Warfare Retaliation (98% Proficiency) Knowledge Orb. 

David’s whole body relaxed as he guided the Electronic Warfare Retaliation (98% Proficiency) Knowledge Orb into his body, after which he saw that the Electronic Warfare Retaliation ability on the attribute panel in front of him was rapidly increasing.

He walked in front of an optical computer, pressing his hand on it and tapping continuously.

Large segments of codes darted out, and to his satisfaction, he understood the meaning of the codes.

The process of coding went on for a long time, multiple coding languages and various techniques applied to them.

As he stopped tapping, he thought the illusion was coming to an end. However, his surroundings had simply changed to a different scene and he appeared in front of the console.

There were various devices on the console, and as each of them appeared, they automatically disintegrated in front of him, while the structure of the devices and various related knowledge entered his brain, military and civilian. 

Later on, he even appeared on a starship, and in front of an optical computer in the main control room, another large wave of knowledge poured into his brain.

David fell asleep on the floor, his head tilted, snapping out of the illusion when the last wave of knowledge entered his brain.

As for his idea of being able to absorb two Knowledge Orbs per day, it was shattered in front of the 98% Proficiency Knowledge Orbs. 

In fact, if David’s Mental Energy hadn’t reached 3.0 arbitrary units, that influx of knowledge alone would have been enough to make an ordinary person fall asleep for a few days without being able to absorb and fuse all of the 98% Proficiency Knowledge.

How could the Electronic Warfare Retaliation Knowledge that Edna had be that simple? She was a master of Electronic Warfare, someone who could make Captain Feroman of the Sky Wolf Mercenary Corps resort to all means to recruit her. She was a top existence among all the masters of Electronic Warfare. Edna was a genius in Electronic Warfare Retaliation, and she was able to reach such a level with the full support of the Sky Wolf Mercenary Corps.

David had accepted and fused the massive amount of knowledge within a short period of time, which was a feat that perhaps only the legendary gods of the Great Divine World could perform. 

David’s Shadow Servant’s ability had long ago gone beyond the original concept of a Shadow Servant and became another mysterious existence.

David, who was currently in the moment, was clueless about that. Although he was aware that the Shadow Servant was special, the only description he had of it was the one stated in the sacrificial manual that caused his predecessor’s death. He did not believe it at all.

When David woke up the next morning, he found himself sleeping on the floor and couldn’t help but recall the events of the day before. He was so shocked; he even summoned the Shadow Servant to activate the attribute panel.

When he saw that there was an additional Electronic Warfare Retaliation (98% Proficiency) ability on his attribute panel, he finally felt a sense of relief. If he had wasted the yellow Knowledge Orb, he would have been filled with intense regret. 

At the same time, he also knew what the item he had put away was: the ‘K2 Military Electronic Warfare Retaliation Device,’ a weapon used by a master of Electronic Warfare Retaliation. Just like the T3 Sniper Assist Device, it was a military item that could not be purchased on the market.

Only fearless mercenaries were able to obtain such a weapon through various channels. However, unlike the T3 Sniper Assist Device, the K2 Military Electronic Warfare Retaliation Device was a complete equipment of the Electronic Warfare Division.