Inside the starplane, there was a spacious passenger cabin for transporting personnel, a row of sideways arranged seats on both sides of this room, an engine room, and weapons storage. The cockpit was designed for four pilots and surrounded one commander's seat in the center. Two of Nolan's crew sat in the starplane's pilot seats, and Nolan sat on the seat in the center of the cockpit behind them. The two pilots turned on the starplane and operated the control dashboard before them, pressing various buttons and pulling or pushing the levers, and controlled the starplane using the double control stick.
The personnel carrier fighter starplane, with a shape that resembled an armored flying wing jet, took off vertically upward with several jet engines under the starplane and was equipped with anti-gravity devices that resembled glowing patterns. The starplane flew toward one of the hangars in front of a massive metal double door and flew through it; the double door behind it closed, sliding from opposite directions to each other. Another double door opened in front of the starplane, which then flew out of this massive battlecarrier starship and continued flying toward the Wervas planet.
Werfas city, the capital of Wervas planet.
In the sky, the starplane on which Nolan and his two crew members were, flew close to this city, passed above the buildings, and got the attention of Arlen, Grimor, Rothur, the cloaked man, and everyone around them. Arlen smiled excitedly as he looked at the starplane. Little did they know that people of various races around them started to pay attention to them. One of the humanoid race men with purple skin wearing a noble overcoat suit spoke in a whispered tone to the female of the same race standing next to him.
"Aren't they Endless? What are they doing here?"
His female friend answered in a whispered tone.
"Shush, you know their reputation these days?"
The humanoid man was slightly surprised. They then walked away while chatting in a whispered tone. Back at Arlen, he appeared to have realized something.
"Why would the biggest pirate alliance like Lantern bring their entire fleet just to come here?"
Grimor's expression turned serious.
"Due to the ongoing war between the two monsters, Dzyranth and Titan will endanger the space pirates. I'm getting information that Dzyranth and Titan are stepping up operations to capture space pirates to avoid potentially disrupting their fleet's chain of command."
Arlen nodded curiously. Rothur watched them curiously.
"We have to be careful if someone like Nolan, the second most wanted fugitive in the universe, is even this wary."
Grimor’s expression turned curious. Arlen was surprised.
"Number two? Who's the number one?"
Rothur's expression turned serious for some reason.
"The number one most wanted fugitive is the captain of a pirate group who isn't even allied. He is Reid Vermount, captain of the Hundred Seas space pirates."
Grimor appeared to have realized something.
"I've heard stories of the Hundred Seas space pirates. It is said that they are very dangerous because of their mysterious power. They are so strong that some say this universe is theirs if they intend to conquer it."
Arlen was surprised.
"Is that true? I want to meet them."
Rothur's expression turned astonished.
"Do you know what that means? Why do you think Reid Vermount isn't allied? That is because he is a threat to all parties in the universe, which means he is also dangerous to fellow space pirates."
Arlen’s expression turned curious.
"Threat to all parties? Are they a neutral party or something?"
Rothur’s expression turned doubtful.
"It might be more correct to call them a sort of apex predator.…"
Arlen smiled broadly.
"Alright then, I have decided to meet the Hundred Seas; where are they now?"
Rothur became even more astonished and shook his head.
"How would I know? You can ask Dzyranth or Titan."
Arlen’s expression turned curious.
"Hmm... well, let's meet them too."
Rothur appeared irritated and replied in a raised voice.
"I'm just kidding!"
Seeing Rothur made Arlen laugh casually. Grimor watched the two with his arms crossed and smiled.
Back at Nolan, he looked out at the view outside the starplane he was in from the pilot's side window. Their starplane arrived at a two-story, right-angle-shaped building with many empty starplane parking slots connected to this building, and several starplanes were already parked there. Nolan's starplane landed in one of the starplane parking slots, with its rear door facing the building. The rear door opened and became a staircase bridge with Nolan and his two crew members standing behind the door. They walked downstairs and continued walking together as they talked.
"You guys keep an eye around here."
The crew next to him turned to him and nodded.
"Understood, captain."
Shortly after, Nolan appeared to realize something and stopped his steps; his attention was diverted to a red starplane parked in the starplane parking slot not too far from his starplane.
This red starship was a huge passenger starplane designed for several people to live in, combined with the functions of a fighter starplane. This red starship shape resembled a fighter starplane, with two wings on the right and left that form the rear body of the starplane. There were four additional wings, two at the end of the right wing and two at the end of the left wing. These four additional wings could be closed as one or opened into two, and these additional wings were 25% of the total wing length, with two smaller wings near the starship’s cockpit.
At the rear of the starplane were four jet engines on the rear of both wings and six jet engines pointing downwards under the starplane and main wings. These jet engines could point downwards and be stored back in the wings or the starplane’s body, and were useful for the starplane to take off vertically or hover. On one part of the starplane was a white skull symbol with sharp teeth and a black pattern resembling a burning fire that forms the left eye, while the right eye formed like the serious eye of a person. The starplane shape and the symbol on this starplane caught Nolan's attention.
A humanoid race woman with purple skin, wearing clothes resembling a suit, a knee-length skirt, and heels, was waiting for their arrival with a smile.
"Welcome to Werfas city, Mr. Nolan. Mr. Mayor has been waiting for you."
Nolan was slightly lost in his thoughts momentarily, but then he came to his senses and looked at the red fighter starship.
"Thank you for your information. By the way, whose starship is that over there?"
Nolan pointed in the direction of the red starplane he was referring to. The humanoid woman flight attendant turned toward that starship and appeared to realize something.
"Oh, that starship? It's a starship belonging to the Endless space pirate group, sir."
Nolan was slightly surprised, and then he smiled. They all walked into the building through one of the entrances, an automatic sliding glass double door.
Inside the airport's terminal building, they arrived at an expansive waiting hall with a two-story high ceiling decorated with beautiful carvings and chandeliers. In the middle of the room, many long armchairs were arranged back-to-back in rows and columns. They continued walking, and almost every visitor here noticed Nolan's arrival. One of the green-skinned humanoid race women spoke in a whispered tone to her male friend from the same humanoid race beside her, and they were not from the Wervas planet.
"Isn't that Nolan Arthemar? The second most wanted fugitive in the universe?"
Her male friend was shocked.
"Number two? Damn, all I know is Reid."
The woman shook her head.
"What's in front of us matters; we must be careful."
The man appeared to remember something.
"That's right, we also saw Endless coming before; what exactly is happening?"
Many people around here started talking about Nolan's arrival, and most of them were newcomers and not from the Wervas planet.
Nolan walked toward the starship airport’s terminal main entrance, located at the outer right-angle part of this right-angle-shaped building. The main entrance led to an expansive waiting hall with a row of metal-framed window panes, wooden double-door entrances, and ornately carved arches at each double door. Nolan stopped his steps and turned toward his two crews, who had followed him.
“I’ll go first.”
The two crew members nodded respectfully and then walked toward the other way inside the building. Nolan walked out of the building along with the flight attendant.
The front of the airport’s terminal building was a terrace with a short staircase leading to a sidewalk on the side of a two-way road, and above them was a classic concrete porch along the front of the building with a classic roof and a row of classic-style pillars. A classic-like four-door and four-wheeled sedan with a size slightly larger than the average sedan on Earth was parked on the side of the road in the main entrance direction, with a driver from the humanoid race of this planet. The flight attendant turned to Nolan and spoke respectfully.
“We have prepared means of transportation for you to go to the mayor’s office, Mr. Nolan.”
Said the flight attendant while inviting Nolan to get into the car. Nolan smiled and walked toward the car.

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