69 The Finest Test is Upcoming

After Arla made her weapon, there was not much else to do. Arla finally decided on a bounty hunter that she will stick with. Rather than just be called various things. She chose the name Pursuer.

Furia's pregnancy has been going well. The True Mandalorians have fully recovered and have set up a stronghold.

As for me, I do have something to do. It is time I to create force-sensitive xenomorphs. It was honestly easier to endow a Queen egg with Midichlorians than anything else I have done with Midichlorians. Xenomorph adaptability is certainly terrifying.

I had the new Queen egg ready in a month. Now I simply needed to hatch it. Now it is time I return to Had Abbadon. It is also a convenient time to go to Had Abbadon. As the village I took control of is under duress. A normal band of pirates decided to oppress them at the start of the year. Taking food and goods. This had began at the start of this year. Which is currently 43 BBY.

It is about 2 galactic standard months into the year already, so they've been suffering for a while. Yet they haven't called for my help. Unwilling to pay the price and hopeful the pirates will move on. Pirates don't move on though. They will feed on weakness until there is nothing left to eat. They will ask me for help, very soon.

I let Arla and Furia know that I am heading out for a hunt. Along with the chance that it may be a couple of days do over two weeks.

Afterwards, I leave Myrkr for Had Abbadon.

I arrive in a Scout ship. As an Upgrade ship is more of a fighter/mini-transport, than a small frigate like the Scout ship is. In orbit, is a saucer ship. Typical ship for Weequay pirates. As for the camera and cloaked satellites I left behind last time. They are all fully operational and giving me a good picture of the situation.

No one has died, but there have been beatings. The situation is rather mild still as they have been able to keep up with the demands. They are faltering though. With today being collection day, things may go wrong. They certainly have not met demand this time.

One that I assume to be the leader, a Weequay, has everyone gather in the village center. There is even a stage, that looks quite new. This assumed leader takes the stage along with a younger Weequay. The Weequay begins to speak.

"My friends, I know you all have tried your best. You all were doing so well too. But! How could I accept this? You all did not fulfill my reasonable requests. I thought we understood each other? I thought we had a good thing going, haha. Well, now that good thing is gone. I am trying to teach my son Hondo about good business. Teach him so that he may succeed one day in this large galaxy. You all are embarrassing me in front of my son though. I can't have that. Good business sometimes requires a stern hand Hondo, remember this. Or else no one will respect you."

The Weequay then takes out a blaster pistol and shoots a random village man. The man dies quickly.

"I am Hanzo Ohnaka! I will not be disrespected by unfilled requests! Now you all need to make up the loss the next time I come to collect. Do not disappoint me now. Come Hando!"

I know these names. I recognize the Ohnaka surname. So this is Hando's father? A smart pirate, this I can tell. No wonder Hando ended up gaining so much power as a pirate. He is being taught the pirate way well.

The collection is every 4 days. The pirates are pushing them hard. However, the quota was not met and Hanzo killed 10 people as an example.

2 days later, a revolt is attempted. They are put down. Now the village is in a worse state than when I left it last time population wise.

Finally, I am called.

"Spirit of the Hunt, we will pay the price, please save us from the pirates." The elders of the village call out solemnly.

I reply in a disembodied voice for the entire village to hear.

"The Pirate Hunt has began.."

I stay cloaked in every way possible as I walk through the village. Every pirate I see, limbs are torn off, heads screwed off, bodies thrown the distance into the sky. All through the Force. I need to keep the mystical façade up after all. The pirates panic trying to find their unseen enemy. While the villagers are all cheering.

"Kill them Spirit of the Hunt!"

Once the pirates hear that, they put two and two together. Then start running for their lives. They all load up on their small saucer transport and ride it up to their saucer starship. Hanzo was on that leaving ship with Hando of course.

The villagers cheered when the ship left. Then an elder reminded them all of the price, and cheering died down.

I spoke to them again in a surrounding voice, "7 willing, as the last time. I will come for them tomorrow. The pirates will not return here."

The next day came, and the 7 women were ready. All 7 being recent widows except for one. A daughter of a deceased fighter. Young, and suitable for the Queen egg.

I made a spectacle out of retrieving them. I knocked them all unconscious and lifted up their bodies. As they were floating, I cloaked them with the Force to be unseen.

I carried them to the Scout ship and we off for Tython. To a different underground pyramid that was built in a different hunting ground on the other side of the planet. I wanted to decrease the chance of the two hives mixing as much as possible.

(Note: Was spelling Tython as Typhon before. Now I am spelling it correctly. It just always felt like a Typhon to me, you know? lol)

They remained unconscious until it came time for the sacrifice. First, the daughter was awoken to give life to the Queen.

Once the Queen was born, I secured it in a special apparatus. As I was accounting for Force abilities. Then I awoke the other 6 and they were led to the beds where they laid.

I then left the room once the facehuggers were confirmed to have done their work. I left the pyramid and went to the aboveground staging camp. Once the xenomorphs burst out of their chest. I wait 6 hours and then begin my hunt.

6 force sensitive serpents. Undoubtedly, they will be strong in the Dark Side. Which means I should be ready for cold ruthlessness manifest and empowered.

This will be a true test.

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