Chapter 226 Rocket: I am not... am I really a raccoon?
No, buddy?
We fought for a long time against a small team, and you, a person stationed on a spaceship, destroyed their lair?
Not to mention Steve, everyone was stunned.
It's like the forward of a football team who has been fighting with the enemy for a long time and finally broke through the blockade, but the ball was snatched away. He comes back disappointed and finds that his goalkeeper kicked the ball across the entire field and scored.
You make us look stupid.
"How did you do that?" Felicia asked.
But Steve was still worried about his safety first: "Are you okay, Bucky?"
"I didn't…wait, what are you doing?"
Before the Winter Soldier could finish his words, he seemed to have encountered something unexpected, but before Steve could get nervous, a slightly sharp voice came through the communication.
"Hey, hey, I'm Rocket!"
"Most of the credit for shooting down this spaceship is mine—" said Rocket.
At the same time, Steve and the others heard a heavy and unclear voice coming from afar. Rocket replied impatiently:
"I know you've killed the most people Groot, but now shut up!"
Then Rocket said in a profiteer tone: "I know you are from the Tiangong Association. I can't get the spirit ball. I wonder if you will take this spaceship?"
As one of the three major empires in the universe, the Kree's technology is still very advanced.
Ronan's Accuser Legion is the most powerful army in the Kree Empire. In other words, the technological content of this spaceship is almost the most advanced among the Kree Empire.
Peter and his team had no say in this matter, but Bant did hear the content of the communication.
He immediately replied: "One price, two billion."
Rocket was not very satisfied with this: "Two billion? I can make more than two billion if I dismantle it and sell it as scrap metal!"
It's an exaggeration to say that they're selling it for scrap metal, but if the Kree fleet were really dismantled into parts and sold separately, the advanced technology would definitely cause a sensation on the black market, and the entire spacecraft could easily be sold for billions.
Since Rocket didn't know what the Cosmic Orb was, he really didn't think that a broken ball could be more valuable than the Kree's spaceship.
Boom.
At this time, Bant had traveled thousands of kilometers and returned to the Sakaar Messenger.
And exited the transformation before entering the spaceship.
After all, T'Challa and Steve don't know the secret that he can transform into an alien yet.
Although Bant no longer cares about it, he still does it subconsciously.
Felicia opened the hatch and let him in.
"Maybe you're right, Rocket, but the credit for capturing the Kree spaceship is not yours alone. Barnes is a member of the Heavenly Union, so I can only give you half the price."
Rocket listened to him and agreed without too much hesitation.
After all, the value of the Kree spacecraft is one thing, but whether anyone dares to buy it openly is another.
It would be a small matter if you couldn't make a penny from such a big spaceship. The real trouble would be if the Kree came to attack you.
The three of them were able to take down the spaceship only because the corridors inside the spaceship were narrow and there was a limit to the number of enemies they had to face at one time. Groot killed them all with just a flick of his fingers.
And because they were already on the spaceship, the other side did not dare to use weapons with too powerful power.
"Two billion is a deal!" Rocket rubbed his hands and said, "Cash, or...?"
"Cash," Bant started the Messenger, and the small spaceship instantly rushed into space.
"Come with me to Sakaar to collect the money."
Inside the spaceship, Star-Lord heard that the guy named Rocket had received 2 billion from the Tiangong Association, and he immediately became jealous.
You know, he worked hard for a long time but got nothing.
Not only that, because Ronan directly pulled the temple out of the seabed, his spaceship was destroyed. It can be said that he lost both the wife and the army.
So he immediately rubbed his hands and walked shyly in front of Bant, acting like a disgusting little woman.
"Um... I also helped in the fight to get the spirit ball..."
Upon hearing this, before Bant could say anything, Peter, who was furious, rushed over, pinned Star-Lord to the ground and beat him up.
"How dare you say that! If it weren't for you, I would have gotten the Cosmic Spirit Orb long ago!"
If Star-Lord has any credit, it is for helping Ronan!
"Stop, stop, stop hitting my face!"
Star-Lord immediately begged for mercy.
But at this moment, after hearing what Peter said, everyone on the spaceship's impression of Star-Lord instantly dropped to freezing point.
The Power Stone was the only goal of their trip. Now that this guy had interfered and the stone had been obtained by Ronan, no one would be kind to Star-Lord.
"So, the Power Stone is still in the hands of the Kree?" T'Challa frowned.
They are not clear about the intricate relationships in the universe, they only know that Thanos and Ronan are in the same group, and the enemies they met today are teams parallel to the Black Order and the Accusers.
If the gem falls into Ronan's hands, it would almost be equivalent to being controlled by Thanos.
And Thanos' intention...
"Hacker?" Steve looked over with a hint of concern.
"Don't worry."
Bant held out his hand, and the black sphere opened, the nanomolecules dissolving to reveal the power gem inside.
Felicia came closer, her silver eyes reflecting purple light.
She subconsciously wanted to touch the gem, but fortunately Bant stopped her with his quick eyes and hands.
Not everyone can touch gems.
Even the thin layer of battle gear she was wearing might not be able to hold up.
"Wait, this is the Power Stone? What is that?"
Peter pressed his face against the window of the plane, looking down.
Everyone followed his gaze and saw purple light bursting out from the planet Morag, and the huge energy index did not decrease at all.
At this time, Ronan had completely escaped from the ice sea, and the fake power gem was still emitting a strong glow on his weapon!
"That's also the power gem." Bant smiled slightly.
Everyone didn't fully understand what he meant, but he didn't explain much, just said softly: "Let's go back to Sakaar first."
So, the Courier led the way, and the Kree spaceship occupied by the Winter Soldier and Rocket also took action. Under the strange gazes of the other fleets, they turned around without permission and disappeared from the planet Morag in the blink of an eye.
Planet Sakaar.
After several space jumps, Bant and others finally passed through the Holy Gate and arrived at the outskirts of Sakaar.
Today, the entire Sakaar planet has been completely enveloped by a huge energy shield.
The power of the Space Stone is fully demonstrated on the planet.
This layer of protective shield cannot be broken by brute force alone. Although it looks thin, it has actually brought Sakaar into another dimension.
Suddenly seeing such a huge Kree warship, Kaila and others who stayed behind on Sakaar were really surprised, and even immediately prepared to counterattack.
Fortunately, Bant contacted the other party in time, which disarmed the defense system of Sakaar and opened the passage. "This is Sakaar..." Peter looked down in surprise.
Today, Sakaar has transformed from a red barren planet into a green and life-filled planet.
When Bant defeated the Red King, the entire planet was resonating with him. After the fire of Sakaar was ignited, the entire planet exuded the vitality of life from the inside out.
“It feels like it will be a good place to retire.”
Steve said with a smile.
Seeing the greenery of Sakaar, they all felt calmer.
It was hard for Peter to imagine that such a place was once a world shrouded in war and full of oppression.
At this moment, Kaila had come to greet them with the royal guards.
Rows of Messengers spread out before everyone's eyes like wild geese, and on the front of each spacecraft was the logo of the Tiangong Association.
Bant and others landed in the wilderness. If it were normal times, he could drive the Messenger to the high tower of the Tiangong Association headquarters, but now there is an extremely huge Kree spaceship following behind.
After the group got off the spaceship, Kaila hurried to greet them. Not only her, but also Loki and Brunhilde came together.
"Keila, take this Kree warship to Bill and ask him to dismantle the parts of the warship and put them on the huge warship."
Bant ordered.
"Yes!"
Kaila nodded obediently.
For the Saka people who have been picking up garbage for thousands of years, this is what they are best at.
Kaila immediately ordered the warriors to study the Kree warship.
At this time, Winter Soldier, Rocket and Groot also came down from the battleship.
Rocket quickly reminded: "Don't forget my money!"
"Give this raccoon 4 billion." Bant said lightly, and he even doubled the original price.
On Earth, perhaps he is just an ordinary business owner who is rich enough to rival a country, but on Sakaar, 2 billion, 4 billion, or even 40 billion are insignificant.
"Hey hey!" Rocket's face was half excited, but the other half was angry, "No matter how much money you give me, you can't call me a raccoon!"
"I'm not a fucking raccoon!"
In response, Bant didn't say anything, but just threw his phone to it without looking back.
Rocket caught the phone nimbly, then looked at it in confusion: "What is that?"
But then he was completely stunned, his black eyes widened to an enormous size.
"Hey, I'm really a raccoon..."
He stroked the screen of his cell phone, on which were several photos of raccoons that Bant had found for him.
Rocket was immediately unable to take his eyes off this creature, which had never appeared in the universe before.
Bant ignored Rocket's reaction. After he arrived on Sakaar, it seemed that even his temperament had changed.
In his little home in Queens, he was just Bant Parker, but in Primus Tower, he was the sheriff of the Heavenly Association, and here, his identity was the King of Sakaar.
"How's Luma doing?"
"The Red Wind Queen is still recuperating," Kaila replied, "Her soul has been slightly damaged. It will take some time for her to fully recover."
Bant was naturally aware of this.
General Corvus Glaive resides his soul within the blade, which makes the weapon have the power to hurt the soul to a certain extent.
Luma had been ambushed by him, so naturally the situation was not particularly good.
Fortunately, the situation is not very serious.
"Let her recover from her injuries. We won't take her with us in this war." Bant said without letting her be refused.
Keila nodded.
The group returned to the imperial capital together.
Along the way, everything on Sakaar attracted everyone's attention.
Many cities have been built. Based on Sakaar's original technology and the knowledge from different races in the universe, Sakaar's infrastructure construction is developing very rapidly.
The original imperial capital still had a cyberpunk look, with a huge economic gap, but now it is completely different.
Today's imperial capital is already a city of the future.
It's just like the future 2077 in "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse", except that the buildings are actually not very tall, and there is no need for the population of Sakaar to build too many skyscrapers.
Therefore, except for the landmark totem tower, the rest of the buildings are mostly low.
But looking around, the whole city is full of futuristic style. Hovering cars, which have not yet been popularized on Earth, can be seen everywhere here.
Peter could almost see what New York would look like in the future from here.
Today, the Totem Tower is as lively as a festival.
Countless Saka people gathered here and cheered wildly.
"This is?"
"It's a fighting competition." Kaila replied with a smile.
"This totem tower is not only the imperial palace, but also the headquarters of the Tiangong Association, and also a huge arena. The cruel tyrant who once ruled Saka drove slaves to fight to the death here for his amusement. Only by becoming a champion can one enjoy honor and praise. The totems of the totem tower are the champions of all generations. Of course, the arena has now evolved into a place to select members of the Tiangong Association."
"It seems that it hasn't been so lively in the past?" Bant was also a little surprised.
The last time I came here, there were fights in the arena, but they were not as intense as they are now.
"Because of the upcoming war, the membership of the Tiangong Association is also expanding. Everyone wants to join the Tiangong Association." Kaila explained, "Plus, the joining of the Corbin people has also aroused some fighting spirit."
The transformed warriors of the Corbin people are quite powerful, and unlike other alien races, they come in large numbers. Both the Red Sakaar and the Blue Sakaar do not want to lose to the Corbin people easily.
Of course, they are not against outsiders.
After all, even their King of Sakaar cannot be considered a complete native of Sakaar.
Hearing this, Ben Te nodded.
It's a good thing that the warriors are motivated, no matter whether the next enemy they face is the Kree or the Dark Order.
In the Marvel Universe, there are always countless world-destroying crises, and those who are not strong enough can only be regarded as appetizers.
Peter seemed very interested in the arena. He wanted to see how the alien warriors fought and whether each of them had different superpowers like the alien heroes that Bant transformed into.
"Go if you want to. We'll meet up later."
Bant said.
So Loki volunteered to take the others to visit Sakaar.
(End of this chapter)