Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship! Vol. 1 by Ryuto

Author:Ryuto [Ryuto]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: light novel
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Published: 2021-05-05T04:00:00+00:00

I fired my four heavy lasers wildly, occasionally tossing out flak as I passed by pirate ships. Having lost their three medium craft in seconds, the remaining pirates panicked. Their communications broke down. They piloted frantically, totally disjointed now. The chaos made them easy pickings.

“Eaaargh! That four-armed monster!”

“Shit! Stop the guy with the arms! We gotta shut him down!”

“Idiot! If we try to suppress him, he’ll just blow us to bits with flak! Do it yourself!”

“Run, run! We can’t win this!”

“Gah?! Don’t run! The galactic police will snatch you!” One pirate attempted escape, only to meet a thick ray of light that blew his ship to smithereens. Looked like the police had finished making their cage and were flying in for clean up.

“You have nowhere to run,” I said. “Now die.”

“You’re the one who’s gonna die, arm bastard!”

The remaining pirates trained their weapons on the Krishna and fired. So they’re gonna focus on me first? I wove through the flashing light of their attacks, spun around, and tried to shake off the pursuing pirates.

The ship’s AI sounded the alert. The ship status hologram reported a successful hit.

“Eeeeek!” Mimi shrieked.

I kept my cool. Yes, we had been hit, but it just dinged one of our three shields. We still had two more, and at this rate I could use shield cells after the second was broken and still have time to recover. Even if we somehow lost all our shields, we still had sturdy armor underneath. It certainly wasn’t time to panic yet.

The pirates went on firing at me, desperate and sloppy. I focused on evasion, counting on the other mercs to seize the opportunity.

“Yeehaw! Let’s eat ’em up, boys!” a merc shouted.

“Wanna ignore us, huh? That’ll be your last mistake!” another cheered.

“Typhoon, Fox 2, Fox 2!”

“Hurricane, Fox 2, Fox 2!”

No longer stuck on the defensive, the mercenaries eagerly smashed ship after ship. It was no fun just dodging, so I waited for my chance and finished off a couple pirates with my heavy lasers. They were way cheaper than the flak, which made them the better choice if I wanted to leave this expedition with a bigger payday.

It barely took fifteen minutes for us to clear out the entire space pirate fleet. Cheering rang out over the mercenary comms.

“Area cleared. We won, boys!”

“Shit started to go south for a sec, but then Four-Arms came in and saved the day!”

“Good going, Four-Arms.”

Welp, looked like I was Four-Arms now. Not the coolest nickname I’d ever heard, but it had a certain kind of charm.

“I’m off to the next area,” I said. “Good luck.”

“You too, bud. And same to your lovely little operator!”

“O-oh!” Mimi exclaimed. “Thank you.”

“Damn, she sounds so cute! She’s gotta be real cute!”

“You’ve got a one-track mind, my man. That’s why you’ll be a virgin forever.”

“V-v-virgin?! Nah, bro!”

Wow. Was that a common insult in this universe, too? Guess some things truly never changed.

I accelerated away from the celebrating mercenaries, searching for my next battle. That’s when I saw that ship again.

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