3. The difficult road home
"Boom"
The scorching guns grazed the Milano's wings and slammed the asteroid ahead, and the debris that burst in all directions rolled back and forth between the black stars, rendering the already dangerous gravel belt even more terrifying.
"I'm afraid you're not a bunch of crazy people!
Star-Lord scrambled to steer the ship's direction, swaying through the rubble with unimaginable agility, while behind him, a dozen crimson-painted cones followed, and even though the ships were destroyed by the rubble every minute, the rest of the men were still desperately chasing the escapees in front of them.
The deadly red and yellow light was scattered everywhere, but under Star-Lord's madness, the Milano was like a leaf falling in the wind, always dodging deadly attacks at the most critical moments.
"Criminal, Peter Quayle, you have violated the Constitutional Regulations of the Ulric Empire 7, 15, and 23! The Righteous Lords have issued an arrest warrant!
A low, menacing voice rang out in the Milano's communication channel: "Come back with us for trial!
"Death to those who break the law!"
"You're insane, aren't you! Isn't it just 300 star yuan for food, can't I give it?"
Star-Lord felt creepy at the insistence of the madmen behind him, and he shouted loudly in the communication channel while trying to adjust his direction and break out of the encirclement of these madmen, in front of the asteroid belt, there was a spatial distortion point, and if he was lucky enough, he could have escaped before they could merge with him.
This is the 12th day of Quill's departure from Xandar Star, according to the original route that Yongdu took him out of Earth all the way back, he originally thought it would be a very quick journey, frankly, at the moment of sailing into the sea of stars, Quill even had some feelings, in the first few days of calm, he also had expectations for Earth.
Although his mother is dead, he still has relatives there, and it is not known if his grandfather is still alive, as well as his uncles and aunts.
Some kind of connection from the bloodline made him can't help but sail as fast as he can, and as a result, the day before yesterday, he had to choose a nearest civilization planet for resupply, but the problem arose.
Quill finished a dinner full of alien style, and according to the fine tradition of interstellar pirates, he hid in the crowd and planned to sneak away, as for the food... What kind of food money? I don't pay for the restaurant in Shandar, okay?
But the perfect escape plan went awry, and after being chased by the restaurant owner for several streets, Quill easily got rid of him, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it, it was only 300 stars, but 2 hours after the Milano took off, he found a whole assault ship formation sweeping from behind.
He was too young to die, and he was chased and killed by these madmen because of only 300 star yuan.
", fools!"
The Milano is like a phoenix with wings spreading, at the moment of rushing out of the gravel belt, the 3 energy generators located in front of the assault ship immediately began to work, and at the spatial distortion point, a passage large enough to accommodate the Milano to escape, Quill waved his fist excitedly, he glanced back, although the starships painted red were super powerful, but the speed and agility were obviously not as good as the Milano, and it was difficult to trek through the planet's gravel belt.
So this guy mocked in the communication channel:
"You guys with brains in water, just because of you, you want to catch Lord Star-Lord too?"
He laughed wildly and planned to sail the Milano into it and completely escape from the ascension, but just before approaching the spatial passage, the light of the spatial leap of Qi Brush Light lit up less than 2,000 meters in front of the Milano, and another fully equipped and 22 integrated assault ship formation blocked in front of the Milano like a divine soldier.
Looking at the familiar livery and the shape of the starship, the smile on Quill's face did not disappear, and he found himself in a desperate situation.
He hurriedly steered the Milano back, but behind him, the battleships that had struggled to climb out of the gravel belt also closed behind, trapping him completely in the lonely starry sky.
"The criminal, Peter Quayle, has violated the laws of the Empire, arrested and killed 13 heroic Empire ship pilots, a heinous crime!"
Another cold voice passed through the amplifier, spreading the Last Judgment through the star field:
"In the name of the Righteous Lord, executed on the spot!"
"Click"
As the order of the trial fell, the main guns of all the starships in front and rear were aimed at the Milano that was sandwiched in the center, seeing that the dense main guns began to entangle crimson energy in the black muzzle, Quill's whole body was chilling, his brain was running wildly, but at this moment, he could not find even a way to save his life.
"Wait!"
Star-Lord shouted in the communication channel, "I'll go back with you!
"It's late!"
The voice was even more indifferent, and the next moment, the alarm of the Milano began to warn frantically, the battleship was completely locked, and even tactical dodging could not be done, and the encirclement was still shrinking, and it was simply falling into the death Jedi.
"It seems that I am destined to not go back in this life..."
Approaching death, Quill is irritable, he is like a hamster forced into a corner, facing the wild dogs that are running wildly, he has no resistance, his fingers dance in vain on the operating table in front of him, but in the end, his fingers are pointed on the old-fashioned Walkman put aside, and the golden songs of the previous era sounded at this critical moment, which made Quill's restless heart also quiet.
He looked up at the interceptor ships outside the porthole in front of him, and in the splendor of the song, it seemed that there was nothing to be afraid of the charging muzzles.
"At least I can still have my songs, songs that only belong to me in this starry sky!"
Quill nervously sat back in the driver's seat, humming a song, intending to leave everything in front of him behind, and at this time, the indifferent voice sounded again:
"Is there anything else you'd like to say?
"What I want to say is, greet your Mother of the Righteous Lord for me!"
Quill said something full of malice, and the next moment, the old-fashioned voice sounded again:
"Well, yes, I'll pass on your greetings to the Mother of the Righteous Lord! Greet your judgment!"
"Buzz"
The muzzles of dozens of main guns were charged to the extreme at this moment, just like more than a dozen red pillar of light nodes, but just a second before the commander gave the order to fire, two milky white bright halos rushed into these murderous battleship groups from two directions, and they were like whips, and the whips like poisonous snakes were as sharp as knives, crisscrossing back and forth in the battleship group.
Quill's eyes widened, but even he couldn't see the glittering trail of the light, and in short, the light of the knife flickered, and in the star field around the Milano, unimaginable explosions and flames enveloped everything, and with the cheerful melody ringing in his ears, it all looked so gorgeous.
It's like when Quill was a child, Yongdu was in a very good mood, and when he celebrated his birthday, the brilliant fireworks released on the pirate ship.
It was one of his few fond memories.
When the flames of the explosion burst out, a slightly faint light also shrouded the shell of the Milano, and the whip of light of destruction was scattered at the touch of a button, and the brilliant ribbon of light made Quill's eyes can't help but follow it farther away, and as a result, he saw a white eggshell-shaped spaceship rushing out of the spatial distortion point, which looked like the jack-o'-lantern in the stories he heard when he was a child.
What stunned Quill the most was that a bearded, white-robed man was waving at him with a smile on his face as he stood on the fast-flying jack-o'-lantern.
Quill could see that he was really a bearded man, and he looked like a human on the surface, but he was not wearing any protective clothing, and he was standing on the flying machine with a big grin, like an old cowboy.
"Wait, am I dazzled?"
Quill rubbed his eyes, and then saw the strange and strange man standing on the pumpkin-shaped ship, gesturing at him, and then the lower deck of the pumpkin ship slowly opened, apparently asking him to drive the Milano in.
Star-Lord didn't act immediately, he first looked at the battlefield left and right in front of him, the wreckage of the battleship that was scattered by the light whip was still left in the lonely starry sky, looking at the slowly extinguishing steel shards all over the starry sky, Quill's back was wet, which made him realize what kind of danger he was in just now.
"Dididi"
The alarm sound of the console made Quill subconsciously look at the projection, where the overall condition of the Milano was projected, and behind the chic assault ship, a burning rift was visible, obviously, the protection just now was not complete, and now even if he didn't want to, he had to find a safe place to repair the ship.
Quill gritted his teeth, grabbed the lever with both hands, and slowly flew into the jack-o-lantern-shaped spaceship in front of him, and now he had to gamble that this strange old man had good intentions towards him.
The Milano slowly landed inside this pure white spaceship, and the heavily armed Quill cautiously jumped off the Milano, holding his elemental gun in both hands, and carrying three rune stones that can summon demons in his pocket.
And the moment he stepped onto the white spaceship, the door of the warehouse also opened left and right, and the strange bearded old man strode into the warehouse, followed by a chick in a green robe, the chick was no different from an earthling, but Quill noticed that above her head, there were two bug-like tentacles, still shining.
"Stop!"
Quill watched the old man walk towards him, and couldn't help but take a step back, he looked at the old human man in front of him, not handsome and handsome, his hair was full of white curls, the beard that covered his cheeks and the eyes that were not cloudy, and his tall posture made him feel very close, after all, in the vast sea of stars, it is really not easy to find his own kindred.
"Who are you, and why are you helping me?"
Quill pointed the elemental gun in his hand at the old man in front of him, and he said vigilantly: "Don't look at me as only one person now, as long as I want, I can summon a whole demon army in an instant, and destroy the Kree border fleet by myself, have you heard of it?"
"Oh, my child... Look what you've become!"
When the old man heard Quill's warning, a look of pain appeared on his face, and he looked at Quill and whispered, "If your mother is still alive, she will be very sad to see you alive like a little ruffian... Of course, I'm sorry to you, I should have picked you up 19 years ago. ”
"Wait!wait!!"
Quill felt a little dizzy in his head, he couldn't help but take a step back, he looked at the old man in front of him:
"Uncle with amazing powers, who are you?"
The question made the old man a little sad, and he was silent for a few seconds, then raised his head and looked at Quill:
"I'm your dad, my name is Iago, Quill... I gave you your name, and I asked Yongdu to bring my dearest son back to me, but that dog thing didn't make a promise... I can only come to you in person, I have searched most of the universe, and thanks to the Creator, I have finally found you. ”