Chapter 53: Practise and new Accquitance

Hyperscape, three hours later, Obscurus

The cumulative upgrades done to the Obscurus from the moment Arcturus got enough funds to fund them all already crossed over 400,000 of the Universal Credits, and he had to admit that Red Queen did a lot of work on them.

One thing that was especially bringing him joy was the changes to his personal chambers that were on the top of the starship because the entire place was right now far more comfortable than it was before.

They would soon arrive back at the Rylon Star System to the Starfort Lycurgos. They were going fast enough to relay the information personally to the General in charge of the Alaric Star Domain.

It was highly possible that with this information at hand, the Alaric Star Domain would get more information from the Headquarters when they had proof that the Illithids were planning to attack the Imperial Space.

Aside from the Mind Flayers' spaceship, they also managed to procure several corpses of the eldritch squids, which was another bonus. From their brains, Arcturus managed to obtain their Psion Nuclei, which was basically heavily contested Psionic Energy in crystalline form.

This was rather useful to him in terms of cultivation because he could use these Nuclei to enhance his own base with them.

From what he learned during the online courses he was taking from the Imperial Universe of the Asurya, the use of the Nuclei was recommended only after someone had rather good control over their Psionic Energy Cultivation Method.

Otherwise, one would be not only totally wasting up a good piece of resource but also risking some damage to himself. Using the Illithid's Psion Nuclei as a cultivation resource was a good thing that many would never encounter in their whole lives, but at the same time, it was also a bit dangerous.

Their Psion Nuclei contained their particular energy mark, that one needed to completely purify during the assimilation process or one would risk getting corroded by it.

Fortunately enough for him, his Nuclear Chaos Formula was more than capable of dispersing the side effects from the Illithid's Psion Nuclei.

'Master, I already found buyers for the corpses of the squids. The buyer is willing to pay us approximately 100,000 Universal Credits for all corpses of the Mind Flayers. Unfortunately, the corpses are of grade, and they are heavily damaged, but there are nine of them that were in a state of being to be sold on the market.'

Anotzher 100,000 Universal Credits was certainly welcomed surprise, because money were needed above everything else. His master already told him, that for his cultivation in the near future.

Having extremely powerful and potent Psyker Ability wasn't always a win-win situation.

There were records of countless people who awakened rather powerful and rare Psyker Abilities or people who, while not Psykers, awakened very powerful and potent Psionic Energy but failed to grow due to the lack of resources, and some thus died prematurely.

In fact, there were only a handful of them, and all of them either belonged to the Military or were members of the most prominent Bloodline Lineage Families of the Empire, so they didn't really need to worry about the resources.

He needed to make money with his own head or use the possibilities of the Imperium and became the Imperial Military's private military contractor. He was sure that if he built something good with his hands, he could annoy his master until he helped him make it real.

Unbeknown to him, he had already made a good impression on the Bashar-General Varathar Medes, and having connections like this with the Imperial Military would be crucial for his future growth.

The Imperial Military didn't have many Private Military Contractors as it didn't really trust mercenaries and other types of people. Mercenaries, adventurers, and private companies were obviously untrustworthy right from the start.

Right now, the small number of the Private Military Contractors that were cooperating with the Imperial Military were all created and run by either veterans from the Imperial Military or the Bloodline Lineage Families.

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Rylon Star System, Alaric Star Domain, Ruusor Star Sector, Frontier Star Segment, Chronus Expanse

The moment Arcturus returned back to the Rylon Star System and his spaceship docked back to the Lycurgos Starfort; he was welcomed by several officers from the Imperial Military.

"Sir Crawford, Bashar-General Varathar Medes is awaiting you right now; please follow me."

The woman who was adjutant of the Bashar-General Varathar Medes immediately stated, leaving no room for any discussion. Arcturus nodded at this and followed the adjutant of the Bashar-General Varathar Medes.

"Then lead the way, miss?"

He said as the woman nodded. She was tall, around one meter and seventy centimeters tall, with short black hair and bright blue eyes. He had to admit that she was rather attractive, but her expression was colder than ice.

"Irene Verinus Tarun, rank Bator-Commandant, currently adjutant to the Bashar-General Varathar Medes."

She introduced herself as she adjusted her uniform a bit and led Arcturus directly to the core area of the Starfort Lycurgos to the Bashar-General Varathar Medes. She was rather young to hold the rank of Bator-Commandant, which was relatively high in the Imperial machinery of the Eternal Empire of the Asurya.

Arcturus noticed that she wasn't a member of the Highborne; if yes, then she wouldn't be put into the position of the commanding officer. The Highborne, with their powerful Psionic capabilities, were typically drafted into special units and were given rather unique positions within the Military.

They were rarely in the position of "ordinary" officers in the Imperial Military.