Ames already knew each of the people who had come, Ringo had spoken about all of them, but her eyes focused almost directly on Aurora riding Will with Jack beside her.
She could feel the little girl's strong life force, which greatly surprised her, then she looked at Hila, and she felt the complete opposite, Hila's energy felt like a chill down her spine, extremely unsettling.
Hila was also watching Ames, seeing that woman who seemed completely ordinary floating peacefully in the air, she didn't dare to despise her, but Hila also had her own pride, so when Ames stared at her, she stared back.
Ringo, standing beside Ames, smiled and shook his head. Luckily it was Ames, if it had been Heber, Hila would have already lost her head.
Ames raised an eyebrow, a slight smile appearing on her face. She liked Hila. Her gaze shifted to Lena and Eva, neither of whom caught her attention. Eva narrowed her eyes at Ames, seeing Ringo so close to her, she sensed something was wrong.
Eva's dislike for Ames grew rapidly, Ames noticed, but completely ignored it, turning her gaze to Lena, who gave a gentle, nervous smile.
Ames nodded slightly to her, in terms of personal taste, Ames preferred Hila, seeing the hardened look she had during those years growing up.
But gentle Lena was still appreciated by Ames as well, as was little Aurora, who looked around while keeping her head down, afraid of upsetting Ames.
Eva... Ames ignored that brat.
Ames' gaze finally fell on Will and Jack, seeing the pair with their ears lowered looking at her, she smiled and approached, petting them.
Neither of them dared to move, like animals, their senses were far superior to the women's. They could sense the extreme danger of Ames, so they remained as still as possible.
The meeting was monotonous and the following arrangements were made.
Lena was placed under the responsibility of the logistics manager, Haier, a six-limbed, human-sized, bipedal insect. Ringo had never met him before, but he was the best mechanic working for Ames.
Even though he was a Grade B, he wasn't a fighter and probably had several secondary classes focused on construction and intelligence, still, he would be a great teacher for Lena.
Eva and Hila could work part-time as dragon guards, they just wanted some action, but that was difficult to achieve in Ames territory, so they would simply train with Ringo.
Aurora also wanted to improve, so she came along, and in the end even Will and Jack were dragged into it.
Thus arose the scene where Ames amused herself training them part of the day and spending the other part with Aesop.
Eva and she even grew close, Eva's determination might be inferior to Hila's, but Eva loved to fight, so she never complained, only charged forward with enthusiasm, although, like everyone else, she only ever got beaten up.
Thus, Ames' diabolical training group was assembled.
Despite being the instructor, Ames was the happiest of them all, having something fun to do and with Aesop nearby. Ames greatly enjoyed her current days, each passing quickly, unlike the monotonous days of the past.
But while Ringo's group was growing stronger, problems arose on the other side for Ringo's clone, more precisely, the clone responsible for staying with Emma on planet Xenomorph 1.
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(Xenomorph Planet POV 1)
Ringo's clone was working on C-31 at that moment, his evolutionary energy completely surrounding it.
But unlike the first time he saw it, C-31 now had a deep purple skin tone, continuously emitting a black/purple energy.
The C-31 tests had ended and Emma had saved some of its cells for future research. Ringo had also acquired the necessary genes, so the C-31 became... disposable.
Of course, Ringo wouldn't actually discard it, instead, knowing the potential of this thing, Ringo transformed it into a nightmare servant, his first servant to be more precise.
C-31 was initially weak and not a good option, but as long as it devoured stronger creatures, C-31 could continue to grow stronger, so Ringo fed it various galactic criminals and pirates he encountered, some of whom even wanted to plunder Xenomorph 1.
After Ringo started selling Magic Crystals, this planet soon became a target for various sources, but since Ames is backing Ringo, none of them really posed a problem, they all became food for the Xenomorphs and for C-31.
Ringo also didn't cut costs in terms of evolutionary energy, working continuously on it, by this point, C-31 was already very close to achieving Grade A strength.
Of course, at that point he avoided calling it C-31, due to its appearance which reminded him of the Demogorgons from Stranger Things. Ringo named it Demogorgon directly, he even used evolutionary energy to make it even more similar, which wasn't difficult because its cells could rearrange themselves however they wanted.
But while Ringo was focused on his work, his precognition activated on its own, the next moment, his vision of the future was activated in sequence.
Ringo saw a small, stealthy spaceship open, and a muscular demon emerged from it. The next moment, the demon attacked the base on planet Xenomorph 1 and destroyed everything in its path, even Emma died before Ringo could understand what was happening.
Ringo, on the floating dragon, was training his Chi, but at that moment his eyes narrowed dangerously, his rage swelling like a flood, his energy erupting like a burst of energy within his mind. The Parasite, which had been quiet for so long, exploded.
"Kill him, kill him, kill him... Protect her, protect her, protect her..".
The cacophony was deafening, but Ringo didn't pay much attention to the parasite at that moment, because he was thinking about what a mess had just happened.
He knew that demon who attacked the base on planet Xenomorph 1, it was Al Jabar, the leader of the Juberly Hub Warzone.
But why on earth had that guy attacked him?!
He didn't understand, was it resentment for having killed his two Grade B subordinates? But even if it was, was he crazy to seek revenge knowing that he was part of the Floating Dragon?
That made no sense at all! However, at that point it no longer mattered, that man had signed his own death warrant!
Ringo's anger wasn't solely because of Parasite, after so much time together, although Ringo didn't see Emma as a romantic interest, he had considered her part of his inner circle for a long time!
She had made the greatest contributions to him up to that point, so Ringo left the past behind, even without knowing what the future held for the two of them romantically, he already considered her a close friend and also an extremely important subordinate.
Seeing her die in his vision filled him with extreme fury, regardless of Al Jabar's motive, he would die on that planet.
Thinking this, Ringo moved, his body rapidly changing shape to the appearance of Black Spider, he waved his hand and a silvery-white spear flew from the corner of the room towards him, catching the spear, Ringo became a nightmare before disappearing from the Floating Dragon.
At that point he was so angry that he didn't even warn anyone, he went straight to planet Xenomorph 1.