Chapter 09 Gordoban Calico

Made his way through the hallway that looked like a five-star hotel with an elegant impression from the walls covered in dark torrent wood, crystal chandeliers and soft snow-white carpets, Gordoban walked with his subordinates towards the main hangar inside the ship, his ship Fire Cage was 300 meters long, 60 meters wide and 27 meters high, and was a large class ship, based on a high-end military ship that he got somewhere, 80 percent of the ship's components had been replaced with modified components and spare parts, including the shield, engine, thrusters and weapons, most of which were illegal but the performance didn't lie, Gordoban loved his ship like his own child, he poured so much money into this beast and yet Gordoban never regretted it, his life had been saved countless times because of it, this ship was his pride and palace, the small king and his little kingdom.

"Fain, is everything alright?" Gordoban asked the person walking a little behind him.

A woman with black hair, a black robe and a white mask painted with a simple smile line and two open wide eyes red in color hiding her face, without any holes or seemingly anything for her to see through the mask, walking with two sword hilts sticking out of her waist, Fain Ertronis answered in a flat tone without emotion "everything is safe, my Lord"

Hearing the answer, Gordoban nodded lightly, but honestly he felt a little uncomfortable with the woman behind him, just for this meeting he had hired this assassin to escort him, he had indeed rushed to pick her up from the nearest system he passed by, but from what he had gathered, this woman was quite famous in that region, A level 140 Assasin, no wonder the fee she asked for was quite unreasonable, but Gordoban dared to close his eyes and hire her, this was another stroke of luck to find such a powerful assassin that he happened to meet, the money he spent now was nothing compared to what he would get later, this was a small investment to make his plan a success Gordoban thought to himself.

Arriving at the hangar, Gordaban looked around, there were twelve new model fighter jets parked beautifully with the crew and mechanics hurriedly running towards him and saluting with their hands on their chest.

"Welcome Captain Gordoban!" One of the chief welcomed.

but Gordoban didn't even pay attention to their salute, and waited for someone who got off one of the dark red fighter jets, wearing the best quality pilot's suit available, that person stepped forward and casually took off her helmet.

"Welcome Father" With her left hand on her chest in a salute position like the others, a girl with long white hair like snow lowered her head with a strict expression, with red eyes and porcelain white skin, Sentria Calico welcomed her Father.

"Raise your head Sentria" Gordoban said with a smile.

"Yes Father" Sentria raised her face and replied with an expressionless face, right After, the other subordinates followed suit by raising their heads and lowering their hands because they were all Sentria's direct subordinates.

Turning his gaze to the parked fighter jets, Gordoban spoke happily "I see the modifications are complete?"

"Not yet Father, we still have to make some adjustments" Sentria said, looking at the fighter jets with a faint smile.

"Sentria my beloved daughter, you know I will have a very important meeting right now" Gordoban said.

"yes, I wish you a great victory"

"Gahahaha! Don't worry! After this I will buy you more fighter jets that you can use as you wish, Right, how about you make your very own fleet?" Gordoban said with a gentle gaze at his only daughter.

"That... would be amazing" Sentria couldn't help but smile at the thought, however she quickly covered her smile "...but I don't think you need to do that for me Father"

"You don't need to be embarrassed Sentria, you are my daughter" Gordoban smiled softly which he usually didn't do "You don't need to feel humble just because you're not my biological child, I already consider you my own blood"

Hearing that, Sentria lowered her head "Thank you for your kind words Father"

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"Hmm, you've always been like this since you were little" Gordoban sighed, he had taken care of Sentria since she was a baby but since she started to grow up, Gordoban felt himself and Sentria getting further apart, maybe they should do father and daughter activities to strengthen their relationship, unconsciously falling into his thoughts, Gordoban came to his senses with Sentria's voice.

"Father? Please forgive me for what I'm going to say" Sentria said a little hesitantly

"Oh? Is something wrong?" Gordoban's eyes sharpened, if anyone dared to wronged his daughter then he must destroy them with all his strength.

"I know that you are going to meet a great noble father, I only humbly suggest to bring some insurance, I hope to come with you" Sentria said in a serious tone before glancing for a moment at the masked woman named Fain who was quietly listening behind her Father.

"Hm, do you feel something with your skill?" Gordoban asked, his gaze was very sharp and his expression looked cold, Sentria had a special skill to sense danger as if predicting the future, although there were limitations and shortcomings in her special ability, Sentria's skill was great enough to be called amazing, and that was one of the biggest reasons Gordoban adopted her.

But Sentria frowned doubtfully "I'm not sure, I can feel something coming but I'm not sure...."

"so there will be something" Gordoban spoke confidently, Sentria's vision was not always a bad thing, sometimes she could predict good things too, but Gordoban was confident in Sentria's prediction.

"Oh? Are you Sentria the Red Ace?" Suddenly someone's voice entered their conversation. Looking behind, Fain the assassin walked forward and talked to Sentria, but the reaction from the people around those three was shock and fear because of her rudeness.

However, Fain didn't care and continued to speak "I heard a lot of rumors about you, is it true that you have the Clairvoyance skill that can read the future?"

"Do you not care about your life anymore?" The one who answered was not Sentria but Gordoban who had veins on his head, speaking in a cold tone, the great mana power that radiated from Gordoban raised fearful voices from around him, but Fain only stared at Gordoban casually as if not affected "Forgive me my Lord, I was just curious"

"do it again and you'll be curious from your grave" Gordoban stared at Fain with a murderous gaze, this was not a threat, he would really kill Fain if she dared to do something, and Gordoban had the ability to do so.

"My deepest apologies, my Lord," Fain lowered her head, looked at Fain lowly, Gordoban turned his gaze again to Sentria who was ready with her hand on her laser gun.

"I can't take you Sentria, you will be in charge of this ship while I'm gone" Gordoban fixed his clothes to cool his anger.

"Excuse me Father, but is there no one more suitable?" Sentria asked.

"No, you know many of our best men died in that forsaken battle, it's a shame but most of the ones left are just trash" Gordoban looked around him in disgust, in order to make a deal with the great Noble he had sacrificed most of his competent men to death and almost half of his remaining fleet suffered damage, just remembering it made Gordoban's head hurt, he didn't know that a capital ship that had been infiltrated by traitors, sabotaged, partially disabled and surrounded was able to wipe out half of his fleet, from his fleet of 200 was now reduced to 100 with most of them limping.

"I can't risk bringing you, but you can rest assured, I've planned everything" Gordoban said firmly, the space station he was currently in was in a solar system far from the center of the Empire, and closer to the borders of the Dorian Republic, even the planet below it was a rural planet with only a few million inhabitants which was the territory of a poor little noble lord who foolishly built this space station with all his money hoping to advance his territory, well, thanks for that this place was the perfect place for under the table kind of deals.

The good thing is, the Lord of this system only has a few old, dilapidated ships that would even be defeated by a fleet of low-class pirates, that's why the nobles around this regions pay Gordoban as protection money, indeed the Nobles have very great power in many senses, but in remote areas like this, pirates like Gordoban have influence even over the small Nobles who fear him.

"You just need to do your job well Sentria, besides I have brought several trump cards, although one of them might be in vain" Gordoban glanced at Fain who was standing with a stern look.

"Yes father, sorry for doubting you"

"No, I'm glad you're worried about me" Gordoban smiled, the little humanity he still had, with that the main giant hatch of the ship opened, Gordoban and his entourage walked off the ship to the meeting place inside the station.

Sentria's predictions are never wrong, I must be alert for every possibility.

Gordoban thought then glanced at Fain, the assassin he hired, maybe it was a mistake to hire her but it was too late to leave her or take her, the results could be bad, at least he had to keep this person under his guard, however, there was still a feeling of unease in Gordoban's heart, he felt that whatever Sentria predicted would be greater than a mere assassin.

No, I have placed scout ships at every point, all I need to worry about is an ambush but even so I will be able to escape before their fleet even gets close here, my plan is perfect, no one can ruin it, even great nobles can't mess with me, I have what they want...

Convincing himself, Gordoban glanced at Sentria once more who was still standing watching him leave.

Hmm, maybe it's time to give my fleet to Sentria after I rebuild it, that way I can retire peacefully in the imperial capital, maybe I'll marry her off to a young noble, of course if he's a bastard, I'll flatten his face.

Gordoban's gentle smile inadvertently leaked out.