Primordial Expanse: I have the Strongest Talent!

Everything to do with Alex's sudden return with four new pirate ships had already been sorted.

There were tens of thousands of witnesses to the spectacle, so it was impossible for someone to claim that Alex hadn't done what he had claimed to do.

Colonel Margit had already reported Alex's sudden surprise to the main HQ back in the Solar System.

So Alex was expecting another bout of rewards some time in the near future.

He wasn't too bothered about whether he got them in a few days, or a few weeks, since the war was already stressful for the federation to deal with, so he would understand if they couldn't prepare anything for him just yet.

But Alex had more important things to worry about that day.

Reaching C tier!

He was determined to finish his requirements within the next 10 hours, and he first started with getting out of the human base.

Which only took him a few minutes, considering he could leave from any airlock near him and take out his ship from his spatial storage.

Others who didn't have the luxury of such a large spatial storage had to park their ships in designated stations, and it could take them 30 minutes up to a full hour to traverse their way across the station and deal with all the bureaucratic jargon before they were actually on the ship.

Meanwhile, Alex had specifically requested that his private dorm be one near to an emergency exit, so it only took him 2 minutes maximum to leave the base.

***

After a short 10 minute journey across the Shen Wu system, Alex was already in orbit of the main battlefield.

He went through all of the usual procedures he was used to by now, scanning for the biggest hot spots on the planet, and identifying where the strongest Red Demons were battling.

And after just a few seconds he had gotten his answer.

And he couldn't help but have a smile creep up on his face when he saw one of the Red Demon's faces in the results.

'Varkoth!'

The Red Demon prodigy who had probably the easiest chance to kill him that anyone would ever get, but spared him due to 'honour'.

Alex was wondering when he would encounter this guy again, and he was very happy that it would be this day of all days.

'I'll be sure to let him know he's contributing to my ascension to C tier.'

***

Varkoth stood atop a jagged cliff, his sinister eyes surveying the chaotic battlefield below him.

Over the past week, the Shen Wu system had become more of a hunting ground for the Humans to prey upon the Red Demons, which was a stark contrast to the way it was just a week prior.

And it was all thanks to one individual.

'Alex.'

Varktoth hadn't been able to take his mind off of Alex ever since he blew up that Planet Buster base and completely overturned the Red Demon's plans in the Shen Wu system.

His blood boiled whenever he thought about how he had let Alex go that day.

What honour? What respect?

He had spared Alex in an effort to not stain his own reputation by killing him while he was severely injured and weakened. Enjoy exclusive adventures from m-v l'e|m,p y r

But in the end, after the higher ups had learned about his previous encounter with Alex, his reputation was tarnished anyway.

The respect he previously upheld was diminished, and his honours were demoted.

The Red Demons knew Alex was the main culprit behind the attack on their base, causing the destruction of the Planet Buster and the deaths of tens of thousands of Red Demons along with it.

And it didn't take a genius to realise that if Varkoth just did his job and finished Alex that day, then such an event would never have happened, and their plans would have succeeded.

The Planet Buster would have been completed, completely undetected, allowing them to withdraw all of their important forces stealthily and completely obliterate the planet, taking out the millions of human lives with it.

If this were to have occurred, the Human race would have had absolutely zero chance of fighting over the Shen Wu system anymore, and the remaining forces out in space would be forced to withdraw in a rush.

This was the plan in many other similar star systems around the border of the milky way as well, but thanks to Alex's relay of the information he had learned about the base, the Human race was much more alert of the Red Demon movements and many attempts to set up a Planet Buster were thwarted.

Varkoth was a prodigy that had earned his reputation through countless battles with other alien prodigies, and always coming out on top.

His strength was unmatched among his peers. He was practically a warrier bred for war.

But all of that was taken away in just a moment because of Alex.

So it was safe to say that Varkoth held quite some strong hatred for him.

And today, the monotonous atmosphere of the battlefield felt different.

'Something feels off…'

But Varkoth couldn't quite put his finger on it.

He felt his heart slowly speeding up in anticipation of something, but he had no idea what he was anticipating.

Until just a moment ago.

Varkoth's instincts, honed from years of combat, sensed a shift in the air.

It wasn't just the usual air of battle, nor was it the arrival of reinforcements from either side.

No, this was something else.

His eyes narrowed as he focused his senses, reaching out beyond the immediate battlefield.

'It's him!'

He sensed what had caused his weird feeling.

Up in the sky above the battlefield, a ship was rapidly descending.

And it was a ship that Varkoth would never forget.

"Alex…"

Varkoth muttered, his voice a low growl.

He could tell immediately that Alex wasn't headed for the battlefield below the cliff.

No, he was headed for Varkoth directly.

And when the ship was just a few dozen metres above the cliff, Alex appeared in the airlock door way.

"Surprised to see me?" He asked, with a wide smirk on his face.

Varkoth couldn't help his rage from boiling over from this provocation.