Chapter 304 From The Ashes 6



The crown prince knew of Hiro's inclination, making deals with this bastard was extremely hard as he was cunning. Keeping personal matters separate from business, in deals and trades he even gave Alan a run for his money.

The Apocalypse zone's monster materials were one example. Dylan repeatedly begged to have Hiro for the right to sell the materials, but even with their relationship Hiro never let up.

The butcher gave a portion of the money to Dylan to rebuild Partisan. But as he was among the reasons why it was destroyed in the first place it was hard to not be greedy.

Only one group of people could get anything they wanted from Hiro with no strings attached. And that was his wives, sister, and daughter. Anyone interacting with Heaven Sword would see the stupid faces Hiro made when he interacted with them.

The absurdity of his actions to please them also were borderline insane. Nothing was impossible for him, so long as the request came from his harem. As such this request to protect the entire continent would have most men decline but not Hiro.

"Really?" Hiro's wives grew stupefied at his curt answer.

Fussy with regards to the why, no amount of shaming or grandstanding affected Hiro. He never wished to be famous. Even becoming honorable didn't interest him. But when Raylene said the magical words everything changed.

("Let me rephrase it. As a gift to me, I want you to protect the entire continent my darling.")

That became all that was needed. Because Raylene wanted it. Hiro would break the status quo to fulfill it. No more no less. Jade and Vanessa seemed on board. So conflict between the wives is not an issue. Thus his answer no longer cared about anything else.

"Then let us tell you the plan. Jei and Nessa helped me make one."

"No need. I know the meticulous planning of you three. If you already have a plan made then we just need to execute. Just tell me what to do."

Silenced by the words the butcher gave them the three felt their pleased. To be loved unconditionally and praised for your own ability were different kinds of validation. The former is a blessing that warms the heart. But the latter was a feeling of satisfaction derived from purpose.

Raylene asked once more as a formality. "Are you sure of this darling?"

"Yes. Since Lene wants it, and Jei and Nessa don't have an issue, then I will do my best to fulfill it."

Hiro walked forward and placed his hand on Raylene's face and tenderly caressed it. His eyes full of love and affection showed just how much emotion flowed in his soul at this moment.

Not expecting such an attack the woman blushed scarlet and tried to hide her face in panic. Despite being in love with her husband the no-nonsense way Hiro expressed his love to them always made her heart skip a beat.

"Wait! Please don't look at me!"

Amused Hiro then moved close and playfully bit her neck like a vampire. Unable to resist Raylene made a seductive moan as her body jolted from excitement. She quickly tried to push back her man as she murmured in a trance.

"Ah, darling please have mercy. There are too many people here...You can have me to your heart's content when we get back...Please endure for now."

With a new love mark on the woman's neck Hiro then gingerly traced Raylene's neck like examining a gemstone. He then playfully nibbled on her ear as he whispered.

"Were those words for me? Or were they for you? You are already gushing below my perverted exhibitionist. Did you just imagine me railing you in front of all these people? Wouldn't you just love that, My darling?"

Unable to make a decent reply the originally battle-hungry woman called the bloody boxer now turned into a scared horny kitten. She covered her face as she turned red like a tomato. "Hauu...Darling...stop bullying me..."

Extremely amused at Raylene's endearing demeanor. Hiro gave a small peck to her lips and sent a mental transmission to Raylene's brands.

'I will fulfill your request darling. But know that the price will be steep. Prepare both your body and your heart for the time I collect. Enlisting my services is extremely expensive.'

Afterwards, Hiro asked his wives to stand up and said to Dylan. "Your Highness, gather all the representatives I will grant them all a chance to protect their kingdoms from danger. Exclude the ones you wished destroyed."

"Ah! No, don't do that the people are innocent! Just because the top is an asshole a whole kingdom should not be destroyed!"

unable to stop herself Raylene quickly shot down Hiro's argument. Scared that he probably got offended the blue-haired empress turned to her husband only to see him lovingly smile at her.

Hiro then corrected himself. "Lene is right, my mistake, call everyone, contact the other cities as well if possible. I will show you all the might it takes to protect an entire continent."

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The group then proceeded to the throne room of Dylan's castle. There were over fifty diplomats and representatives from various kingdoms. Over ten screens floated in the air each of them showed similar reception area's across the various cities of the Dominii Empire.

"Dylan, we all gathered because you said this was a conference to protect the continent. Care to explain what you meant?"

On one of the screens, Rhyne sat on an elegant throne as she asked. Artorius and Maximilian were beside her. Like a broken record, Dylan repeated the same message he kept saying earlier.

"Onee-sama, as I already mentioned, please wait until everyone gathers I will have them explain for better clarity."

Outwardly how the empire views Dylan would affect his chances of succeeding. While they could just rule in tyranny it led the land to ruin. Thus both Rhyne and Dylan tried to raise the opinions of the citizenry and nobility. Ruling a country is one of the things that cannot be resolved by just strength.

The doors to the hall opened and Hiro walked forward with his battle harem. The simple entrance enraptured both the ones in the hall and those calling in. Many were mesmerized by the transparent glamor of the men and women of Heavenly Sword.

The battle harem then kneeled in front of Prince Dylan like knights to a king. The crown prince gestured and once they stood up he announced.

"Okay, since everyone is here now, I will explain the purpose of this conference. As you should all know by now. A simultaneous monster invasion of over a hundred kingdoms is underway.

"The use of the Apocalypse alarms should give every insight into how grave the situation is. Now. To elaborate further, I will have one of my allies explain our plan to resolve it."

Raylene stepped forward and introduced herself. "Hello everyone! I am Lene Musashi a submissive of the battle harem Three Swords. We have all gathered you all here to address the problem at hand."

Jade waved her hand and created a construct of the continent as a miniature model. Several bright red circles then lit up on the model for all to see. Extremely impressed with the presentation several murmurs made rounds about who these beautiful women were.

Lene then moved towards the model and created an Aura construct of a pointing stick. "Let me get right straight to the point. The main issue is that most of the battle harems capable of stopping the invasions are in the cities of the New Valorious Empire. While the other members are still defending the kingdoms, the dominants, and the strongest submissives are not."

Like a teacher, the blue-haired empress started to go over the main issues of the current predicament. "The Apocalypse alarms are special in that they allow cities to detect the invasion over a week instead of the normal three days standard alarms would have. However, even with the extra time, there is too much time to cover for all the battle harems to return."

Not waiting for the others to respond, the woman continued. "Short wave teleportation is possible, but it is unrealistic to transport everyone as the cost is too high. The stronger battle harems can technically sprint the distance at the risk of getting intercepted on their way. The next problem is the combat strength available.

"It is a known fact that battle harems differ wildly in capability. Even when one takes into account the differences in the monster invasions it is all down to luck who gets who. Once all the battle harems reach their home bases it is normal that they no longer try to assist the other kingdoms.

"This me first mentality may make sense but in the grand scheme of things, it is incredibly short-sighted. Thus by the order of Prince Dylan, Three Swords now presents a problem to this solution."

Vanessa then stepped forward and raised her hand. Upon doing so ten portals appeared beside her. And in the screens gasps and murmurs all happened at once.

Raylene smiled and continued her presentation. "It is as you surmised everyone. Three Sword holds the ability to create multiple long-distance gates under a specific set of rules. My colleague will now demonstrate."

Vanessa then acted like a model and walked through each portal and visited ten different cities in a span of a few minutes. Upon her return, Raylene then smiled as she continued.

"We wish to offer our services under one condition. Any kingdom who wishes to use the portal must fight to save the others."