2052 Life with the Guardians

As a raccoon who was tormented by a long-term ailment, what was it like to suddenly feel comfortable all over? It was even more comfortable than taking drugs.

After all, medical drugs could only treat the pain, but Light of Life could significantly reduce it and revitalize the patient.

Luke had used this move in 2023 to make Rocket drop his guard.

Since he had already confirmed that this method was effective, he used it again.

Light of Life flowed through Rocket and made him feel soft all over. Luke used Mental Communication to soothe him. Soon, Rocket told him about how Quill had killed his father, Ego.

The plot was so bizarre that even Luke, who had heard and seen so much, was stunned. Ego lived up to his 'Celestial' status – what kind of godly operation was that?!

It hadn't been easy for Ego to find Quill, this son who had inherited his bloodline. Given how much of a fool Quill looked, it had been easy to dupe him at first.

In the end, this idiot Celestial actually admitted to Quill's face that he was the one who had killed Quill's mother; he even crushed Quill's Walkman.

Infuriated, Quill fought Ego, and this Celestial died at his son's hands.

Because of that, Quill lost the power of the Celestials which he had inherited from Ego.

In other words, the reason Luke had been able to earn ten billion experience and credit points from Ego was because of Quill.

Luke felt that he owed this good son a favor for saving Earth and delivering his father's head to Luke, so he stopped trying to dupe this small team.

Although these 'Guardians of the Galaxy' were a small team, they were still split into three parties.

Quill and Gamora were sort of a couple, and could be considered one party.

Rocket and the little tree, Groot, had been partners for a long time, and were one party.

Drax and Mantis could be considered a third party, but the former was a simple-minded person, and the latter was a naive girl. The two of them never participated in any decision-making.

Now that Luke had taken care of Quill and Rocket, he had won over a significant portion of the Guardians of the Galaxy.

Gamora, the female alien, was the most normal and wary of the lot.

However, it was hard for her to go against the flow as a lone individual. She could only watch as her teammates grew closer to Big Dipper.

After Luke gave the Guardians a 100-cubic meter space storage, however, even Gamora was won over.

Food, water and daily necessities weren't worth much, but they were a must.

Also, the regular firearms, space suits and flight suits that everybody used every day weren't expensive, but could save lives at a critical moment.

Quill almost cried when he received this 'gift.' If he had this thing when he left Ego's planet, Yondu wouldn't have had to die.

If he had space suits in the space storage back then, Quill would have been able to take them out and equip Yondu, and both of them would have survived.

Rocket winked at Luke. "This is awesome. You've made fortunes with this, right?"

"I only take what I should." Luke chuckled. "Also, it's more useful for storing 'equipment' – you get it."

Rocket's eyes lit up, and he slapped his forehead. "That's right. If I use this to break out of prison, my reputation as the King of Jailbreaks will definitely increase."

Luke coughed and nudged his shoulder. "I'm saying that if an enemy catches you, you can look for an opportunity to counterattack."

"Bullsh*t, that's not…" Rocket turned around and saw Gamora glaring at him from the back door that had just opened.

Rocket changed the topic. "…Hm, let's study how to counterattack." He then winked at Luke.

Luke sighed and put his hand to his forehead.

Seeing that, Rocket was instantly vexed. "D*mn it, did I use my left eye again?"

Luke nodded silently. This d*mn quirk of yours! You like to wink with your left eye when you're lying. Can you even lie properly?

After getting to know the Guardians better, Luke stopped talking about leaving on his own.

Every day, he would look for Quill and Gamora to chat about what was happening in the universe, or he would sell some small equipment to Rocket.

Despite his small stature, Rocket was capable enough to be on par with Quill.

From spaceships to fliers, from armor to weapons, there were few things that he didn't know how to handle. However, what he still loved most were big guns with massive firepower.

Luke simply found a desolate planet, took out an M2 heavy machine gun, and let Rocket fire tens of thousands of bullets to his heart's content.

In terms of technology and power, the M2 heavy machine gun was definitely outdated, but the roar and vibrations made Rocket yell in excitement.

There were also many gun enthusiasts on Earth who liked to collect and play with old guns that were hundreds of years old.

Rocket was a cosmic-level gun enthusiast, and got a very big kick out of playing with them.

Quill thought it was boring and couldn't help but say something sarcastic along the lines of "outdated" and "backward," only to be shut down by Rocket's "Your Walkman and songs are just as outdated."

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Compared with Tony, Rocket was the classic example of a vagrant.

He had no fixed assets, no job and no relatives. Even this swallow spaceship was the common property of the Guardians.

Initially, his biggest joy was in taking big Groot around to look for money or valuable things.

That was until he met Quill and Gamora more than a year ago. Together, they defeated Ronan the Accuser in the Nova Empire, and then defeated Ego a few months ago. That had been very invigorating.

But they had been idle for the last few months; Rocket couldn't even talk about robbing people In front of Gamora. He was already so bored that he was dozing off.

As for doing good in space, that wasn't his style at all.

For example, when they received Luke's distress signal, he and Quill had been prepared to save him along with all his money.

With the arrival of Luke, this 'fellow enthusiast' and 'doctor,' most of Rocket's attention was diverted. One person and one raccoon tinkered with equipment in the rear cabin every day.

When these two techies started tinkering, Quill was depressed – it wasn't fun anymore when nobody bickered over which direction to head in.

However, Quill had always liked to say that this was his ship, so he could only shoulder that responsibility.

In fact, one person and one raccoon talked a lot in the rear cabin, and had privately reached a trade agreement for tech gear.

Even if Luke left the Guardians in the future, they could leave messages in the space storage as well as trade tech and equipment.

It had to be said that there was indeed so much high-end tech in the universe.

Even a small private team like the Guardians of the Galaxy all had protective nano energy flight suits.

The suits had many protective functions and life support systems.

Quill wore a T-shirt and a leather coat while Drax only wore pants as they flew around in space. It was just that the protective suits didn't affect the outer appearance of their regular attire.