Lord of Cinder in American Comics

"Oh, it seems your skin color is due to the mechanical modifications reducing the blood flow of your prototype. A survivor of the Lufenmodians, you seem quite valuable for collection!"

Hearing these words, Nebula struggled in terror, but she could only watch as the Greedy One waved his fingers and stripped all the mechanical parts off her body.

Under the control of the greedy, Nebula's remaining body began to be reconstructed, with bones, nerves, blood vessels, and muscles starting to grow.

Finally, a stunningly beautiful body appeared before the greedy man. She had the same skin color as Earthlings, but her body proportions were even more perfect.

Nebula looked at her hands and touched her face. The warm touch made her realize that she had broken free from her previous mechanically modified body.

Laura looked at the naked nebula, took off her clothes and wrapped them around her.

The greedy one said, "It seems you're quite satisfied with this body! Now comes the punishment and the price! Hmm... let me think, what should I do... I've got it!"

The greedy one reached out with ill intent, and a peculiar chain appeared on Nebula and Lara.

"You must stay with Lara at all times. Any revenge or retribution will be extinguished by you, and you will be unable to cause any intentional or unintentional harm to the people on the Jackdaw. This price will remain until the moment Lara dies!"

Nebula stood up angrily, wanting to grab the Greedy One. However, her body did not move according to her will, standing still like a puppet.

The Greedy One nodded in satisfaction and said to Laura, "I will bestow upon you, Laura Crawford, the glorious responsibility of being my collection's caretaker, and for that, I will reward you with endless life!"

"Do not!

"

Nebula's painful howls startled Laura, who was about to refuse.

Laura glanced at the greedy man's wink and silently cursed his little trick.

And so, the Jackdaw gained a resentful Nebula who could only follow Lara around at all times.

On the other hand, Gamora and the others also received rewards from Lothric.

Two hundred million in equivalent value, and custom-made melee weapons according to their specifications. When Star-Lord wanted to modify his Mirano using wedge-shaped metal as well, he only received a sarcastic remark from the Knights of Lothric.

"We don't coat our trash!"

"Hahahaha! He said your spaceship is junk!"

Rocket Raccoon's taunts and mockery, along with the Mirano's takeoff and Star-Lord's rebuttals, began to bring more energy to the spaceship.

Gamora smiled as she looked at everything before her; she hadn't felt such joy and freedom in a long time.

However, when Gamora touched the item in her arms, she hesitated a little about the adventure that lay ahead.

In her arms lay another reward from Lothric: an opportunity to summon the Lothric fleet.

As Thanos's adopted daughter, Gamora has learned about the most powerful beings in the universe and various amazing abilities. Precognition is not some fantastical power, and Lothric would never recklessly squander it.

And so, the Guardians of the Galaxy, who had failed to establish a real name, began their life of earning more bounties.

"Quail! You dared to exchange my things for money! Kid, I know everything you've done! Give me my share!"

Suddenly, Yondu's voice came through the Mirano's communicator.

The battle in the Land of No Return, with Ronan's death, spread throughout the galaxy, and the true purpose of Quill and the others obtaining the Orb of the Universe was also revealed.

After learning what Star-Lord had done, Yondu, unable to suppress the premonition of panic in his heart, used various means and finally found Star-Lord.

"No! Don't even think about it! I won't give it to you. I have my own team now! I want to go independent!"

"What nonsense are you spouting! If it weren't for me, you would have been eaten by others long ago. They've never eaten Earth's children before! You stole what belonged to the plunderers, and now I want my rightful share!"

"I told you that's impossible!"

While refusing Yondu, Star-Lord activated the warp drive of the Mirano. Having followed Yondu for so long, Star-Lord had traveled to almost every corner of the galaxy, but there was one sector that Yondu had never taken him to.

At this moment, in order to escape Yondu, Star-Lord began his jump to that star system.

Yondu angrily put down the communicator and said, "That brat dared to disobey my orders!"

Yondu's second-in-command, Kraglin, said, "In fact, Captain, Quill has been disobeying your orders all along!"

"I protected him for twenty years!"

"But you've never told Quill about his background!"

Yondu touched the player in his pocket, which he had found at a flea market and intended as a gift for Star-Lord.

Yondu said, "When Staka rescued me after I had been a slave for twenty years, he didn't say much. I was just following the traditions of the raiders!"

Yondu had been a war slave for twenty years, and only after joining the Raiders did he have a new life. He believed he was upholding the traditions of the Raiders, but he didn't know how to educate his children.

"So where are we going?"

Yondu pulled over a star map and found the location of Star-Lord Mirano on it.

"We have to find Quill, or his father will eat him!"

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Chapter 437: Quill! Your dad's gone mad!

Yondu played a fatherly role for Star-Lord.

Yondu, however, was previously a war slave and later became a raider. All he knew was fighting and illegal plundering.

Even with Star-Lord by his side, Yondu couldn't teach Star-Lord legal survival skills like a normal family would.

For space hunters like the Raiders, looting is simply a part of normal life.

As a result of this kind of life, Star-Lord took Yondu's strange words about the raiders eating children seriously, and even now he still believes that Yondu's minions eat children.

Fueled by his inner fear, Star-Lord desperately wanted to escape from the raiders.

And so, the starfield that Yondu had been trying so hard to avoid became Star-Lord's choice.

Emerging from the jump point, Star-Lord switched the Mirano to autopilot, let out a long sigh of relief, and said, "Alright, Yondu usually doesn't come here. We can relax for a while."

Rocket grinned and retorted to Star-Lord, "Ordinary? That's two hundred million! That's more than enough to buy a hundred Miranos!"

Even with two hundred million in funds, the crew of the Mirano haven't broken up. Beyond the camaraderie forged through shared life and death, the most important reason is that they haven't yet decided how to spend the money.

After suddenly becoming rich, the idea of ​​eating one set of jianbing guozi and throwing it away will forever remain just an idea. The equivalent items already lying in the cabin constantly remind them that sometimes spending money can be a kind of pain.

"I think I should buy a bed. I slept on those credit ingots yesterday and my back hurts. Even now I can feel the heavy pressure on my back!"

Drax solemnly stated his request to Star-Lord. He reached behind his back, intending to scratch his aching back, but instead pulled out a credit bar that had been stuck to his body for who knows how long.

Gamora, however, did not comment on this. Even though Ronan had been dead for months, the pager Lothric had given her kept reminding her that danger was still lurking nearby.

In the past, Gamora was fine on her own after escaping Thanos's clutches, but now she has a team, especially the unreliable but attractive Star-Lord, who has gradually taken a place in Gamora's heart.

Gamora said, "I think we should leave here sooner rather than later, and go to the three great empires or Lothric's territory..."

Star-Lord, however, didn't seem to care. He casually remarked, "Yondu doesn't care about the three great empires. He robs the banks in the empires' territories the most. We'll just stay here for a couple of days and avoid Yondu."

The Mirano drifted aimlessly through the universe. Gamora and Star-Lord had different opinions, but they both maintained restraint towards each other.

Rocket suddenly leaned out of the pilot's seat, tilted his head, and said, "Guys, I saw a little guy floating in space, about this big..."

The rocket gestured to show its size, but in the raccoon's hands, it was about the size of a walnut.

While flirting with Gamora, Star-Lord explained to Rocket without turning his head, "That's called perspective, and besides, who can be in space, holy..."

Outside the Mirano, a milky-white, oval-shaped spaceship moved in sync with it, while a humanoid creature with slightly graying hair smiled and waved to the people inside the Mirano.

Star-Lord, seeing the stunned crowd, asked, "Should we open the door for him?"

Rocket Raccoon said, "I don't think we can beat someone like that! Maybe he's here to ask you to acknowledge him as his son?"

Just as Rocket was talking nonsense, there was a knock on the hatch of the Milano.

"Gamora, cover up the Credits, Rocket, prepare your weapons!"

After completing the preparations, Star-Lord slowly opened the rear hatch.

The person standing outside the door was completely unaffected by the universe. Upon seeing Star-Lord for the first time, he warmly embraced him.

Star-Lord quickly pushed the person aside and asked, "Who are you?"

The newcomer opened his arms and said with a smile, "Can't you tell? I am your father, Peter!"

Gamora and the others turned around instantly and stared at Rocket Raccoon. This sudden attack almost caused Rocket to lose his grip on the bomb.

The Rockets retorted, "How do I know he really came to claim Quill as his son? I was just joking!"

"My name is Yin Ge, and you really are my child, Peter!"

The arrival of Ingo allowed the people on the Mirano to hear the story of Star-Lord's origins.

“I was forced to leave Earth. After your mother passed away, I had no choice but to entrust the Raider to bring you here, but he didn't bring you to me; instead, he kept you with him. Ever since then, I've been searching for you…”

Star-Lord said with a self-deprecating laugh, "Maybe it's because I'm small and thin, allowing me to reach places ordinary people can't go and steal for him?"

Drax drank the unknown liquid and exclaimed, "I thought Yondu was your father!"

Star-Lord said in surprise, "We've been together for so long, and you've always thought I'm related to Yondu by blood? His skin is blue!"

You two look very alike!

Drax begins arguing with Star-Lord about whether Yondu is Star-Lord's father.

Gamora asked Ingo, "How did you find us?"

Yin Ge said, "I have a special ability. When Peter came to my side, I sensed him! It's the power of blood, a telepathic connection!"

Yin Ge wasn't going to explain anything further. He stood up and said loudly, "Let's just set off now. Peter, you can bring your friends with you."

I assure you, it will be unlike anywhere you've ever seen. I've left you a unique legacy. Let me fulfill my responsibilities as a father…”

Yin Ge extended his hand to Star-Lord, but when his father stood before him, Star-Lord no longer felt the longing and excitement he had before.

As a child, Star-Lord fantasized that his father was a great hero who was always busy saving the galaxy and had no time for him.

But now, Yin Ge was standing right in front of him; his real father had stepped out of his fantasy and into reality.

Star-Lord said to Yin Ge, "Let me think..."

"I'll wait for you outside."

Ingo stepped into space alone and returned to his own oval spaceship. A path of light connected the oval spaceship to the rear hatch of the Mirano, and Ingo stood at the end of the path of light waiting for Star-Lord.

Star-Lord turned his back and muttered, "They've been silent for so long, and now they suddenly show up? Who knows if it's true or not? Maybe he's just trying to scam us out of our money!"

Facing Star-Lord, Gamora reassured him, "I know, but do you remember what you said about David Haselthoff? That time you were drunk, you told me you fantasized about having a cool father like him. Peter, maybe your real father is standing not far away now, but he's real."