At midnight, the countryside seemed peaceful. Wildlife was barely agitated by the sounds of insects chirping. As this went on, some bounty hunters were on patrol while others were resting, no doubt about the battle that took place in the morning.

The Weequay Pirate retracted his binoculars and signaled the rest of his companions to move forward and take up position.

For now, they had to go through the forest, hoping for a surprise. They obviously couldn't take the main road into the valley, because it was too open and there were so many people. So they had to take the long way, and--

"Did you hear that?" one of the pirates shouted.

"Did you hear—?"

There was a strange tinkling sound in the air. Then there was singing.

Southern Nights

Even if you close your eyes, it's still good

I apologize to anyone who can actually say this.

He found a better way

"what is that?"

"I do not--"

……

The pirates were all stunned and looked down at the feet of one of their companions.

After a while, multiple needles from all directions hit quite a few people, and each of the people who were hit was covered with needles and fell to the ground, and many of them soon fell into a coma or paralysis.

The remaining pirates were now scrambling when they heard a short beep and glanced down in fear.

Southern Sky

Have you ever noticed the southern sky?

Its precious beauty is before our eyes

It penetrates your soul

Just like the old story

The pirates were quickly thrown out, shouting in terror, some still on the ground looking up in fear.

After a while, they were also thrown into the air by some invisible gravity, and the others fell down.

Feels great

Feels great

It's cold

I hope I can

Stop the world from fighting

Lada Dada Dada

Jumping back and forth between branches, Rocket chuckled to himself. "They say the same trick never works twice. Well, they haven't seen me yet."

Rocket looked down from his hiding place, put away the anti-gravity mine detonator, and retrieved a series of electrical disks. Once out, he jumped down and began to jump on each pirate while leaving a parting gift on their body. Each of them was frantic at his sudden approach and very confused as to what Rocket was doing.

Jumping off the last pirate, Rocket pressed the control switch connected to the switchboard, electrocuting the enemy pirate in one fell swoop. Seeing them all convulsing, the remaining pirates were defeated and fell to the ground.

"Then take good care of them."

Earlier, back in the village, people were moving in. The other bounty hunters had been alerted earlier when they began to hear explosions in the air and blaster fire.

"All right, everybody," Suji called out from the center of the village. "Move. Return to your places, stay in your homes and behind the fences.

Embo and HK moved together, taking a moment to pause and glance at the pirates screaming.

He saw a small group of pirates being thrown into the air and falling down from another part of the forest, and another group of pirates did the same. This process was repeated several times before Embo turned back to his work.

Star-Lord, Suji and Gamora are now standing in front of the fence, which will serve as a barrier for them.

“The farmers are already there,” Quayle said.

"Very good. Open the fence." Gamora said to Suji, who simply nodded and pressed a control on his wrist.

Instantly, what could be described as green electricity surrounded most of the village.

Suji and Rumi flapped around the Aero Rig, both marveling at how the technology molded around their shapes. Taking to the air, it was a slightly shaky experience for both, as they had not used anything like it.

The moment the two aerial bounty hunters stabilized, they discovered many objects flying towards them.

"We have company!" Rumi shouted, raising her sniper rifle.

"Fight, everyone!" Suji exclaimed, firing several shots at the oncoming pirate robots.

They take the blast well, raising their arms and morphing them into railgun form.

The two quickly flew away, replaced by Star-Lord, who flew straight at the droid with a quad blaster in his hand.

Star-Lord runs straight at them, weaving around oncoming blaster fire, and then dispatches the droid in mid-air. The droid "stumbles" so to speak, giving Peter the opportunity to blow it to pieces and move on to his next target.

Some flew down and fired railguns at the village, and their protectors ran around to defend the people.

Embo ran forward, lowering his hat to block some of the oncoming fire, and he had to tilt his head slightly to absorb the impact as these blasts proved to be particularly powerful.

He leaped over a robot, spinning as small discs fell from his body. It surrounded the confused robot, and when Embo landed, the robot was immediately shocked and overloaded.

Jiu Zangren looked up and nodded with satisfaction. He would definitely thank Rocket later.

Then, Embo heard the sound of an oncoming speeding car and ran forward.

A few people passed by, but the guy in the middle of the group had the misfortune of being thrown from his vehicle and commandeered by a guy in a fancy bounty hunter hat.

elsewhere...

Gamora was directed to another path, leading a group of pirates on a speeder bike that she had previously stolen from her enemies. After reaching a certain point, she signaled Serapis and the other peasants to take action. After a while, trees were knocked down the road. The oncoming pirates had no time to turn around, causing them all to crash into the falling flora, killing or seriously injuring them.

She turned back and smiled at Serapis, who nodded at her and then turned around -

*click, click*

Gamora's eyes widened in shock as she watched Serapis being engulfed and swallowed by the fiery explosion.

A moment later, from the smoking wreckage of the bounty hunter, several droids flew out of the black mist and chased after Gamora.

Gamora roared, turning her speeder around and heading straight for the robot.

They shot at her and Gamora returned fire. She managed to shoot down one, but the rest of the robots clamped onto the speeder's engine.

Gamora paid no mind to this and simply leapt forward with her borrowed speeder.

She reached out her hand and a retractable sword called "God Slayer" formed, cutting through both robots with one clean strike.

They both stumbled through the air before breaking into multiple pieces and falling to the ground.

The remaining robots flew around, trying to get around the professional assassins.

However, Gamora is already taking action.

Gamora uses her enhanced strength, speed, athleticism, and her surroundings to leap high into the air and perform a spinning kick.

In the village, the Guardians and their fellow bounty hunters are fighting off the pirates and their robots.

For the most part, the battle is relatively favorable to them thanks to Rocket's gadgets and their own fighting skills.

Until Hondo decided to get involved in his own special way.

Atop the cliff, Hondo sat in his tank, manning its main gun. He began firing at the village, not caring where he aimed, because he knew that wherever he hit, it would cause damage.

Unfortunately, one of them was heading in the direction that Embo was riding.

The blaster beam hit nearby, the shockwave enough to send Kyuzo flying through the air and landing hard on the ground.

"Embo!" Suji yelled, running towards her fellow bounty hunter. She reached him, checking to see if he was still alive. "Embo, can you hear me?" The Zabrak female saw him stir, weakly trying to stand up. "You're going to be fine. We'll get you inside.

More tank shells rained down on the land, causing more chaos, and peasants on their mounts were blown away and seriously injured as they tried to flee to safety.

"Everybody, retreat to the barn!"

The group paused momentarily as they saw a blaster shell coming in their direction.

Thankfully, however, Rocket was nearby, and in an instant, he threw out a swarm of tiny spheres that formed a giant shield in front of the group, who easily caught the blaster beam.

“That tank will tear the villagers to pieces,” Suji said wearily, lifting Eun-bo to his feet and carrying him to the barn.

"Quill, did you hear that?" Rocket said, looking up into the air, where Star-Lord was currently fighting some droids.

"Got it," Quill grunted, sending one droid flying with his weapon and blasting a hole in its head a second later.

Suji helps Eunbo walk towards the barn while HK provides cover.

"Bring him in. We'll hold them off as long as we can," Suji said, pulling Eunbo off her shoulders and onto a villager.

Suddenly, there was an explosion from above and Rumi's figure fell in front of them.

"No!" Zabrak cried out in horror upon seeing her friend, rushing towards her.

"Suji, don't get distracted, damn it," Rocket said, firing his ion cannon at a few pirates that had entered the village's main defensive perimeter.

"But--"

"Would you like to live one more day for your friend? And then grieve later!

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