by Dante King
Did he, now? Kim certainly looked eager to get started. She wiggled her cute little ass against me as she lowered her feet to the ground, as if she just wanted me to know how utterly available her tight body was for me whenever I wanted it. I let my eyes range over her slowly, devouring her curves, then turned my attention to the group approaching me.
My harem girls were in the lead. Each of them looked busy: Hazel, Anna, and Regina all looked utterly exhausted. From the condition of the buildings around them, they’d been working to save as much of the town as possible—but there wasn’t much left to save.
Each of them embraced me with no less vigor than Kim had shown. Anna even sniffed my neck, giving me a little look like she knew what Lyra and I had been up to on the way back. She didn’t say anything, though—just winked.
“We saw the wall of water on the horizon,” Hazel explained once we’d finished our greetings. “Is Plini…?”
“He won’t be troubling us any longer,” I said simply. The storm had washed the cultivator away. Nothing remained of him.
“Man, when you ran off, I was like what the hell is he doing?” Anna slapped me on the back, flashing a toothy grin. “Turns out you had a plan all along. You really showed the Hollow Frogs that this guild means business!”
“It’s not a guild,” Hazel protested, but her denials even sounded lame to her own ears. Everyone in the town knew we’d just declared war on the Hollow Frog Guild—and that ‘Clan Hyde’ fully intended to step into its place. There was no sense in hiding it.
I wouldn’t be hiding anything from here on out. From this point on, the Peak Supreme God’s example would be my guide. I’d say what I meant, and mean what I said.
“Today is a good day,” I told my harem. “But the Hollow Frog Guild will be back. Next time, they’ll bring more than just a single powerful lieutenant and some cannon fodder. It’ll be the whole Guild. Probably even Ji himself.”
Despairing looks met my proclamation. “Then there’s nothing we can do,” a villager complained bitterly. “We’ll spend weeks rebuilding this town, just to have the Hollow Frog destroy it again…”
“I didn’t say there wasn’t anything we could do,” I said, raising my voice. The crowd fell silent—their Governor was speaking. I liked being deferred to—almost as much as I loved the proud, needy look in Kim’s eyes as she watched me speak.
“What’s the plan?” Regina asked. She’d found a less revealing robe to wear, and was busy dressing Lyra before the poor woman froze.
“We’re going to put our plan into action in a hurry,” I told the women. Clearing my throat, I addressed the crowd. “Lyra or one of my other girls may have spoken to you prior to this attack,” I said, looking over the faces as I spoke. “By the time the Hollow Frog gets here, we need to have as many cultivators as we can ready to take them down. I mean to create an army if I can. I need as many weapons—and women—as possible.”
The crowd murmured to itself as they took in this information. “How will you make cultivators?” someone yelled, only to be greeted by a chorus of laughs by those who already knew.
“The same way I gave Lyra the gift of cultivation,” I said, putting my arm around the redhead’s waist. “The same way I gave Hazel back what Guildmaster Ji stole from her. Through Dual Cultivation.”
Meaning sex.
The reactions throughout the crowd were diverse. Most people seemed alright with the idea—or at least not angry enough to protest. More than a few husbands gave their wives distrusting looks, and most of the unwed women in the town looked as if they were positively salivating to hop into bed with me. This wasn’t going to be a problem, was it?
As smoothly as if we’d rehearsed it ahead of time, Kim stepped into the fray. “You don’t need to repair your town,” she said, holding up her hands. “I bring good tidings from my father, the mayor of Jinshu. He officially gives his full and unconditional support to Governor Hyde and his endeavors!”
The crowd looked surprised—and pleased.
“As a token of our fealty, we would like to open our doors to anyone left without a home by the savage actions of the Hollow Frog Guild. With the Jinshu Mines reopened, we’re in need of workers—not to mention beer!” She turned to Lyra with a smile. “Our tavern is your tavern, Lyra. Our people will be thrilled to have a master brewer in their town.”
The redhead smiled in surprise. “Well, that would be nice,” she said.
Kim’s smile grew wider—and naughty. “Finally, my father has requested that I join the ranks of Clan Hyde’s cultivators,” she said, shocking the crowd into silence. “I know many of you are nervous about allowing Governor Hyde to ‘Dual Cultivate’ with the women of your town—but know this. I consider it an honor to serve our Governor with my magic—and my body!”
She turned back to me, nibbling her bottom lip. “We should begin activating new cultivators as soon as possible, in fact. We have the Cores. We could begin on the road to Jinshu, perhaps…”
Fuck Kim’s brains out in the back of a cart? Don’t mind if I do, I thought.
“We’re only looking for unmarried women,” I explained, spreading my hands. “Widows are acceptable as well. I don’t want to take any wives away from their husbands—after all, I can’t guarantee the husbands would get them back.”
More than a few wives guffawed at that, startling their husbands. I began to think this would go very well, indeed.
“In that case, we should begin preparations for the journey to Jinshu,” Kim said, bringing the meeting to a close. “Pack up whatever goods we can in our carts, and we’ll take care of the rest. As far as the cultivators… Governor Hyde, do you have any ideas?”
I glanced over the eager crowd and swallowed hard. Would the women of the town really be up for this? And would my current harem of babes be okay with the group expanding so rapidly? Right now, they seemed perfectly content to share me—but that could always change.
I could keep four women satisfied, no problem. But forty?
“Well…” I said, thinking it over. “I guess, after Kim, we’ll take things on a first come, first serve basis. Any unmarried women who are interested in joining our cause should sign up with me before we leave—”
What happened next was a fucking stampede.
Young women of all stripes rushed forward, shoving aside the hapless peasants in the way. Over a dozen of them surrounded me, with more pushing in behind. Each of them giggled and gossiped, pursing their pouty lips and displaying their bodies like the girls in the Silent Auction. Suddenly I couldn’t move.
“Pick me next!” one of the villagers, a blonde with high cheekbones, begged. “I know I’ll be great at magic—I can feel it!”
“Fuck magic—I just want to fuck you!” That was another girl, with curves so thick I felt my tongue lolling from my mouth. “I know how to please a man, Governor! Let me be one of your special girls!”
“Let me ride in the cart with you on the way to Jinshu! I’ll sit on your lap the whole way…”
“Me and my best friend will Dual Cultivate with you at the same time! That’d be even hotter!”
My army, I thought, looking at the field of gorgeous females jockeying for position. I glanced over them to see Lyra and Anna, looking like they were holding back tears of laughter. Good luck, they seemed to be saying.
“Me! Pick me!”
“I’ll suck you!”
“I’ll fuck you!”
“I’ll worship you!”
Decisions, decisions, I thought, grinning from ear to ear like an idiot. Suddenly, I had all the future cultivators I needed. I was going to have my hands full all the way to Jinshu…
End of Book 2
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