Outside Ryan Star, the wreckage of four warships left by the brief battle slowly drifted apart, becoming space junk in the silent Star Sector.
"Captain, we've finished taking possession of the six warships that surrendered, and all the prisoners aboard are under control," Golden Fang reported with a broad grin.
These were proper warships from the Locke Conglomerate's Fifth Fleet, and they were still in seventy to eighty percent of their original condition. They were far better than the pirates' armed merchant ships.
In the Shattered Star Region, warships like these were hot commodities. This haul alone had made the trip worthwhile.
He really had picked the right new boss!
As for offending the Locke Conglomerate again... well, it wasn't the first time. Their reputation had long since fallen into the "hated" category, so one more debt hardly mattered.
Ever since joining his new boss, Golden Fang had found himself becoming increasingly unflappable...
"They really didn't have much fighting spirit. They surrendered after just two volleys." Unlike the delighted Golden Fang, Nie Yun was rather disappointed.
He had wanted to give these pirates some combat practice, but he hadn't expected the garrison here to be so small-or so incapable of putting up a fight.
In fact, the Locke Conglomerate had dared to station only ten warships on this planet partly because it was remote and desolate. Almost no ships passed through, so outsiders knew nothing about it.
Secondly, it lay deep within the Locke Conglomerate's territory. Apart from holding a batch of "prisoners" from a vassal civilization, Ryan Star offered nothing worth plundering. The Locke Conglomerate had never imagined that a pirate fleet would raid the place, allowing Nie Yun to take it with ease.
"Uh..." Golden Fang was left rather speechless.
*We had over a hundred ships. That alone