C35 Auction (END)

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"YOU LITTLE SHIT! I'M NOT SOME LOW RANKED NOBLEMAN! MY NAME IS MILO BELLRICH, AND I'M AN EARL!" He screams at the top of his lungs. Messing with people is more fun than I thought it would be. He really must be an idiot. I baited him like a child and he fell for it so easily. The slave women behind Milo break out in relieved laughter. "HOW DARE YOU LAUGH AT ME! YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF SLAVE WHORES! LEARN HOW TO ACT IN FRONT OF YOUR BETTERS!" He moves to a woman in chains and lifts his hand to slap her, but Rem appears next to him bashing his leg with her flail. He cries out in pain as he falls to the floor holding his mutilated leg.

This reminds me of a bloodier version of that one UFC fight, where the guy's leg snapped in half. Eww, just looking at it sends chills down my spine.

"*sigh* A Noble of your esteemed standing is running a slave auction." I shake my head. "What has our kingdom come to." I turn around to face the crowd. "So, I think that I've given you all enough time to make a decision. What will it be? Surrender or death?" I ask. The room descends into silence, and all that can be heard is the pained cries of the Earl. "Let's make this simple, shall we? If you surrender then get on your knees with your hands on your head."

One person kneels and that causes a chain reaction, as one after another the people in the hall kneel. Not all kneel though, and the majority that doesn't kneel are from the VIP rooms. Since they won't kneel, they can't blame me for being merciless.

"Good, those not kneeling are to be killed immediately." I order. "Try and capture any of the strong people, as they have a use to me." My forces move swiftly and engage everybody that didn't kneel. The weaker ones are killed almost instantaneously. If your that weak, and you don't have any guards, then you should've surrendered. Those with guards were protected, as my men and woman fought their guards. Some were strong enough to fight the guards themselves. A few seemed to be tearing through my forces quite easily. Three men, each from separate VIP rooms looked to be quite strong.

'Souei, capture those men alive.'

'Yes, Master.'

The three men's shadows all expand and consume them. The shadow itself quickly dissipates leaving behind nothing of the men. My forces look shocked but relieved since they were being decimated by the now consumed men. After those men were taken out of the equation, the fight ended swiftly. Anyone that would be of use to me was captured, and those that weren't of use were killed. Everyone that kneeled let's out a sigh, as they made the right choice.

"Rem, heal the wounded with your water magic, please." I say and Rem gets to work healing our allies. I move my attention back to the injured whale on the stage. He's trying to crawl to the backstage leaving a trail of blood in his wake. "You're making a mess of your own auction house. Why don't you stop struggling? There's nowhere to run, even if you could." I say.

"Stay away from me! You're no child! You're a demon in child's skin!" The bleeding Earl screams deliriously.

"The blood loss must be getting to him." I say as my forces bring shackles to restrain those who surrendered.

'Souei, do we need him for anything?' I ask.

'No, I already know everything he could tell us.' He replies.

"Lily, put the whale out of his misery. I'm tired of hearing his voice." I order.

"Yes, Sir." She saunters up to him draws her sword and chops his head off.

"That's better. No more crazed yelling." I say and Nova flies into the room. She perches herself on my shoulder. "It's good to see you're alright, girl." I scratch under her chin and she screeches in happiness.

"Your Highness." I hear from below the stage. The Royal Guard Captain is there kneeling to me. "We've cleansed the city as you've asked."

"Good work, Captain." I complement.

"It's good that you're unharmed, Sir. I was worried for your safety." He comments.

"Yes, everything went as planned which is always good." I take a moment to bask in the success of my plan. "Captain, I'm going home to get some sleep. I want all of these criminals jailed, and everything seized to be categorized and stored for me to look through." I yawn.

"Yes, Sir."

"Also free all of the slaves, but they aren't to leave the city. I wish to speak with them tomorrow." I say and he nods. "Rem are you finished?" I ask her as she moves to my side.

"Yes, only a few were gravely injured. The rest was easy to fix. My rank has gone up as well." She says.

"Really? What rank are you?" I ask.

"Seven in both." Rem explains.

"Good job." I turn my attention over to Lily. "Come along, you can sleep in a room back at my manor." I offer.

"Wait, Your Highness!" She exclaims.

"What?"

"Can we bring one of the former slaves along too?" She asks.

"Why?"

"I know him, but I didn't think he would be here." Lily explains.

"The lion man in the chains?" I ask and she nods.

"Is he your boyfriend?"

"W-WHAT!? No, of course not." She stutters and blushes bright red.

"I see." I nod sagely. "Neither of you has made a move yet?"

"W-well, we've both been busy, and... wait. Can he just come with us, please?" She decides to avoid my teasing.

"Sure, no problem." I say and she moves to his unconscious body. Lily draws her sword to cut the chains binding him and lifts him into a princess carry. Well, that settles it. Lily is definitely a fighter, as a mage wouldn't have that kind of strength.

"Alright, grab a hold of me." I say and they both grab me. "Nova, take us to the manor." We then disappear in a burst of flames. When we return to the manor, I have Rem show the guests to their room. That's right, I made them stay in the same room. Hopefully, they appreciate the little push I'm giving them. The lion man is knocked out with whatever drug, and most likely won't wake until the morning. I'm sure he'll be in for a nice surprise by then. When I finally had a moment to myself, I made my way towards the baths. I felt dirty after dealing with all of the scum in the city. After my nice long bath, I went straight to my bed.

"Souei." I call.

"Yes?" He emerges from my shadow.

"Should we remove your presence from the memories of everyone that saw you today?" I ask as I wasn't sure.

"You want my opinion?" He asks and I nod. "I see no reason to hide my presence any longer. I'm most likely one of the strongest people in this world. If I'm not the strongest already. Although, I don't see a need for you to announce my presence to the world. If someone learns of me then what could they do?"

"Nothing." I answer.

"Exactly." He says.

"Alright, we won't hide you from the world anymore, but we won't announce your presence either." I say and get to sleep. I have a busy day tomorrow.

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