The Bloodline System

Author’s Note: Unedited Chapter

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“The Midelies have decided that you are no longer fit to Captain us. Captain Ostril has taken over,” Uta responded while turning to stare at the nine foot tall female by the side with pinkish star shaped marks all over her body.

“Hahahahaha surely you jest! You must be trying to cheer me up Uta but this is quite the expensive joke,” Strum tried his best to seat up but his entire body ached so badly, he wined in pain and stopped trying. 

Everyone stared at him with serious expressions which caused his face to slowly turn from ‘u’ to ‘–‘ shaped. 

“The micelles must have lost their minds!” He yelled out after realising Uta was serious.

“I am the only one who is fit to be captain! Ostril isn’t as powerful!” He gritted his teeth as he forcefully pushed himself up.

“Mother would never allow this…”

“Enough,” Ostril cut him short.

“You have lost your light,” She added.

“What do you mean? It’s still…” Strum’s face suddenly froze as he sensed something missing within.

“You’re now the weakest amongst us all. When you get your light back, you can come for the title of Captain but till then, I am captain,” Ostril voiced with a confident tone.

“This cannot be…” Strum had a look of disbelief as he muttered, “No, no no, how?” 

“I will succeed where you have failed and find a way to deal with the oppositions that block our path to victory like Captain Crimson…” Captain Ostril turned around at this point and everyone else followed after her, leaving Strum in his state of despair.

…

“We’re here,” Angy voiced with a tone of excitement. 

“Wow its massive,”

“Its beautiful too,”

The group exclaimed with looks of interest as they spotted the massive pyramid shaped structures in the distance.

These pyramid shaped structure were stacked upon one another and each of them was as large as a skyscraper. Fog could be spotted the further downwards it extended so it was difficult to tell just how long it was.

There was no other structure in sight beside this and a golden waterfall that circulated around the entirety of the structure extended as far down as the eyes could see.

People would occasionally be spotted sliding down the waterfall rings and they wouldn’t fall out despite no solid structure erected around the waterfall.

The group was currently standing on silver saucers which were usually the mode of transportation around here.

These saucers flew them in the direction of the stacked pyramid like structures without them having to worry about how to get there since there was no land around here.

This of course was the Zero Haven on the seventh disk and the entire group had come here with the purpose of having fun today.

They approached the entry point of the Zero Haven and were accosted by a bunch of Ozis who worked there.

“Welcome esteemed customers,” One of them voiced while handing them a coin sized item.

“This token consists of our services on Zero Haven but it can also serve as an access token,” One of them who was dressed in a white robes began to explain.

She went on to mention that the access tokens can be recharged with something called a Zeto and every access token had Zero Zetos upon entry. To access each of the services available on Zero Haven, they would need to have specific amount of Zetos in their access token.

“Oh guys I think we should try this one first,” Ria voice was laced with excitement as he tapped the coin sized token which displayed an holographic footage different activities they could engage in.

“That’s the beast riding thing I was talking about,” One of them voiced.

“Esteemed customers, if you would like to engage in that activity first you would need to head to the second level. It costs 10 Zetos per person,” One of them explained with a smile.

After the group learned how to recharge Zetos and other information about the Zero Haven they moved in. They made Gustav pay for the recharge and he didn’t actually mind. Gustav sometimes forgot that he was rich.

As they moved around the interior of the place, it was crowded with loads of people ranging from Ozis to other extraterrestrial species.

It would seem Zero Haven was quite the tourist attraction. 

-“Those are earth participants,”

-“Oh my goodness, is that Endric?”

-“I spot Aildris, he’s so beautiful,”

-“That is the famed Captain Crimson, I should take a picture,”

-“The fastest IYSOP participant Angy is also there,”

The group garnered attention to themselves as they made their way to the second level.

The Zero Haven had five levels which was equivalent to five stack of pyramid shaped structures. The second level was where they were told they could beast ride and they were currently on the first.

They had spotted other activities they could engage in like the saucer race, domino incision, exotic beast sightings and so many others.

They soon arrived on the second level and immediately moved towards the west which happened to be a slightly closed off area with another entry point.

The moment they went through the passageway at the entry point, they arrived at an open space that looked like they were outside. 

There was a sky, mountains, greenery, ice, rocks and everything that could be witnessed in nature all around.

Krrrrrooouuuhhhh! Tiisssshhhh~

Different species of beasts could be spotted diving across the blue sky. Some of them stirred winds as they made a show of gliding across the air elegantly. 

“How does Ozious always manage to gather creatures from across galaxies?” E.E questioned with an astonished expression.

“That’s because we have the known as the ravishers,” A loud voice answered E.E from up ahead.

Everyone stared in the direction of the voice and spotted a figure in front of a group headed towards them.

“Captain Vilax,” Teemee stated as everyone recognised the person in front.

He was clad in flowing golden robes and antennas flickered body in excitement as he approached them. His eyes which were positioned on both antennas darted around just like the others behind him.

“What a pleasant surprise to meet IYSOP number one group here,” Captain Vilax voiced as he arrived before them.

It turned out that the entire Ozious participants were here as well.

“Greetings captain Crimson, I don’t think we’ve formally been introduced,” Captain Vilax arrived before Gustav and extended his insect like hands.

“I don’t think we have,” Gustav reached out and shook Captain Vilax’s hand while the rest of the teammates from both sides respectfully exchanged greetings as well.

“You mentioned something about some ravishers…” E.E voiced from the side.

“Oh yes, the ravishers are a group from our esteemed planet specifically tasked with saving rare species across the galaxies and dying planets and bringing them here to a place where they can survive… live freely without issues,” Captain Vilax explained.

The earth participants had expressions of astonishment as they heard that.

“Why doesn’t earth have one of those?” Angy wondered out loud.

“Space… Planet Ozious is many times larger than earth,” Gustav answered the question. 

“You are indeed right… Although our planet wasn’t always this large. The ancient ones constructed more disks to accommodate a larger number,” Captain Vilax voiced.

“Anyways enough about that, are you lots here to ride beasts?” Captain Vilax questioned. 

“Yeah, we thought we’d have a little fun to relax,” Aildris respomded. 

“That is great. Let us help you attract the beasts you wish to ride,” Captain Vilax voiced while the others behind nodded.

“We also come here because beast riding helps ease the mind. There’s something special about it,” Vice Captain Aiel chimed in from the side.

“That one looks beautiful, I wanna ride it,” Angy voiced while pointing at one of the beasts in the sky.

This one happened to have light blue pair of wings that spanned across seventy feet upon full spread. Its head was oblong shaped with pretty blue and white markings all over and it emitted a glow on its belly area while it flew around.

“That’s the Parkly Glacial Furry. I could get it down but you can only ride it if it accepts you. It rejects 99.99% of people who visit here so everyone just avoids it even though its a pretty creature,” Vice Captain Aiel voiced while making hand signs with her insect fingers.

She brought her fingers down to her face and blew a small breeze in between the holes.

whiiiiiihhhh~

A whistling sound rang out and the Glacial Furry dove down in the next instant.

Bam!

It landed before them and Vice Captain Aiel gestured at Angy to move closer to it. Angy did as intended but the creature seemed to be moving backwards. 

“Oh its gonna reject her,” Someone voiced from the side.