"Are you ready to despair?" "Captain, are you alright?" Ming rushed to Jackal's side. The two glared over at Ryker. He was covered in his astral skin. "Master Knight, Lady Ming. What is our course of action." Jackal rubbed the spot he was struck earlier. "Simple, we knock some senses into snow-white before he loses his mind completely." He grins before unsheathing his sword. Ming had only just noticed the sword and gasps. "That's..." "Hehe, I didn't see Kris if that's what you want to know." "I see..." She muttered. "Well then, I'll have you two step back." Jackal grins as Ming and Aleister took a few steps back leaving him to face the berserk Ryker. "Snow-white. I don't want to be the one to do this, but you better snap out of whateve

"Rise and Shine, Snow-white!" "Huh?" Ryker slowly started regaining consciousness after yesterday's event. He opened his eyes to see Jackal, Ming and Aleister looking down at him. "Guys, I'm ba-" Before he could finish, he paused to look around himself. The first thing he noticed was that his hands were chained with cuffs similar to the ones they used on Kinkaid. He sat up to see that he was not in his room."Tck, what's the meaning of this!?" The ex-hunter snapped. "We can ask you the same thing," Ming replied. "What got over you?" She asked shooting him a hardened gaze. "I don't know." Ryker was reluctant to tell them about the Etherian."I believe you do, Master Ryker." Aleister pointed. "Is that why you guys locked me up in here!" He snarled. "Where we kept our enemies. Am I the enemy now?" He frowned upon them before looking at Jackal. Jackal did not wear his usual grin. "We decided we c

The prison planet Buukatraz was about twice the size of a large continent. Being one of the three great prison planets in the cosmos, it boasts an impenetrable fortress where the most notorious criminals were kept. "Alright, I'll go about this one more time. The person we're going to burst out is on the highest floor of the fortress where the most dangerous criminals are being kept." Jackal explained to the crew.Ryker raises his hand as if they were in a class and Jackal was the teacher. "Yes, Snow-white?" "I've got just one question as it seems everyone here is mentally unstable to say what needs to be said. How in the cosmos do you expect us to break into the Buukatraz fortress!?""Simple," Said Jackal. "We knock on their front door. Ryker plopped to the ground. As the ex-hunter got back to his feet, he looks at the others.He pointed at Kinkaid with his thumb."I get the psycho being chi

"This is insane." Ryker scanned the place that was about to become a battlefield. The number of guards present was 5 times larger than the guards they defeated to get here. The majority of the guards were armed with either low-grade magical weapons or Astro techs sponsored by the association. A minority were seen carrying weapons forged with Fellium ore. The biggest issue wasn't the guards, but the man leading them. "I don't need any sensory abilities to tell he's strong," Ryker said to himself. "Is it because of my Black astral awakening?"It was true that since awakening his black astral, his battle senses have improved."Are you getting cold feet?" Ming asked. Ryker responded with a smirk. "Me? Cold feet? I'll be honest, a few months ago, I'll be shitting my pants if I was in the same situation. But that's then and this is now. If anything, these chumps should be the ones getting cold feet.""Of course, you won't get cold feet Rykes," Kinkaid intervened. "You fought me didn't

"Huff. Huff." Ryker was covered with dozens of cut wounds. "Hahahahaha!" Varis laughed maniacally as he appeared in front of the ex-hunter. "Yield and I might just spare your life." Ryker's responded with a light chuckle and a smirk making Varis grit his teeth. "I'm sorry, I didn't realise I was telling a joke. Maybe I should stop using this dagger I picked up on our way here." Varis tosses the dagger he was holding. He then raises his hand and channels his astral energy until an energy blade was formed. Ryker gasped. 'He created an astral blade?' " Hahaha! Judging by your reaction, I'd say you've only started learning about the basics of using astral." 'Unlike astral projection where the user emits their astral energy out of their body, he emits his astral energy and keeps it attached to a part of his body while shaping said energy, incredible.' Ryker noted to himself. "Scared now?" Varis puffed his chest. "With my astral blade and flash steps, I am untouchable."