MegaC

Avery Asteria was far from having anyone's dream job. Family circumstances had him drop out of school and flying around the expanse of space looking for treasure among the discarded trash in an old ship his father had been restoring. It was far from glamorous work, but it was all he could do to earn the money he needed. 

He was not the only one looking for fortune among the stars, though. One day a score that looked too good to be true led to a run in with a band of pirates. With some quick wits and a bit of luck, Avery managed to escape the worst, but he ended up missing out on collecting the valuable salvage he had his sights on.

Having lost a large chunk of his gear in his flight from the pirates, Avery seemed to be truly at the end of his rope. However, a twist of fate led him to discovering an experimental vessel that had been lost to the far reaches of space.

With this new ship in his possession, his prospects were looking up. It had everything and more than what any spacefarer could want. And Avery was going to use it to become the leader of the greatest band of mercenaries in the galaxy.

Path to Becoming the Greatest Space Mercenary

While Avery and Kaiden had no awareness of the significance of what Grito had just said, the expressions on Jasmine and Ezra's faces were dead giveaways that they knew about whatever this Odium Syndicate was.

As for Sergeant Farash, he was noticeably displeased that Grito had revealed this bit of sensitive information to an uninvolved party.

"Is there something important I should know about this Odium Syndicate?" Avery whispered into Jasmine's ear.

"Yeah, they're an illegal organization that operates in the alliance's third quadrant. I don't know too much about them since they don't have any influence around the Yuson System, but apparently, they bring in some highly addictive drugs from the Zatis Consortium."

Digging deep into his memories, Avery pictured the large star charts he had been forced to memorize when he was still a student and could vaguely recall the Zatis Consortium.

Chapter 106 Attack on Phregon III