Chapter 120: More Monsters equal More Money

"It's just for now, wait until we sell these places, and then we will turn these hell pits into gold mines," James said, trying to console Rigo.

"I have sent my men to establish many defenses around all the places with monsters. Next time they appear, we will be able to handle them better and much easier than this time," Rigo said, explaining his plan and arrangements.

"What do you think of invading other places?" James suddenly asked, which made Rigo pause, looking at him deeply for a few moments, before muttering:

"You want to sell as many monsters as possible."

"Yes, that's quite a money trove," James said, "plus their presence would boost our strength," he added.

"Or weakens it," Rigo corrected him, as the presence of the more foreign forces inside their territory didn't necessarily mean it was a good thing.

"Either ways, we would have a lot of forces that we can exploit anytime," James said, "you didn't give me your opinion yet," he added.

"I'm in, any war I will gladly comply raging it, just I don't have any targets for now," Rigo said, in some regret.

"Don't worry, I will bring you more details soon," James said, in a way that made Rigo understand how he would get these news. "by the way, where is this girl you told me about?" he suddenly recalled that trouble maker, the one with some fog over her identity.

"Oh, I'm keeping her inside my own cruiser," Rigo said, " I will send for someone to bring her," he added, pausing for a moment, "I think you might like her," he finally added the final thing he aimed for this meeting.

James just side glanced at him, before just chuckling. He didn't know why his best man was thinking like this about him, after all he didn't touch Islinda, not yet.

Rigo then led the way to a small cruiser, where they rode it to go to Rigo's cruiser. along the way, James asked:

"What do you know about this mysterious girl?"

"Her name is Luna, and she is quite sneaky. She used the state of chaos and our invasion and claimed that she was just a guest, who came here on invitation from the past king," Rigo said.

"And?" James asked, as Rigo paused and said nothing, "who is she really?" he added.

"She is a slave, bought by money for the benefit of the current king," Rigo said, while winking his eyes.

"You brought me all the way here for just a slave a defeated king bought?" James couldn't believe this was the true reason behind it.

"Well," Rigo seemed to be at a loss, "the exact words of that king made me sure you will be very interested in her," he added.

"And why would I be interested in her?" James asked, stressing on this matter, "Don't tell me she is a beauty and this nonsense," he added, warning Rigo.

"No, not at all, though she is really a beauty," Rigo swallowed the rest of his words when he saw the anger look over his leader, "but she isn't worth all the wealth the king paid for her just for that," he then went silent, before whispering, "she is said to have an access to a power far greater than any race can wield."

He finally said it, and his revelation made the eyes of James widened at once. He knew what this meant, and he even held himself hardly from jumping out and shouting of triumph.

He finally found a clue about the powers he had gained, and might also be a good lead on this.

"Thanks, thanks a lot," he smiled and warmly said to his right handed man.

"I told you, you will like her," Rigo teased him.

"Oh, you are right," James just laughed, while watching the nearby large cruiser which they were heading to. He was now eager to go there, meet this girl, and understand everything about her.

"Just a question, if she is this strong, why didn't she leave before?" James suddenly asked.

"I asked about it, and it turned out that a certain man was looking for kids with special powers, and he found her. She is branded with a strange tattoo, sealing her powers, and if she wasn't obedient, the owner might torture her, or even kill her. That stupid silly king just used her for his own pleasure, and never thought about making her teach him anything," Rigo said, adding more pieces of info to the story.

"Oh, she can teach?" James asked, with a bright smile.

"Yes, she can. She is called one of the owls, whatever this nickname even means," Rigo said, telling the last piece of info he had.

"We will know everything soon," James said, to reassure his unsettled soul, not Rigo's.

It didn't take time for the two of them to go into the large cruiser, and head towards the room where this Luna was staying at.

Islinda was now heading towards the planets, to organize things there, busy with many things including the dealings with the merchants, the several auctions she needed to organize, and the info gathering mission she was tasked for.

As for James, he was now going to have the best fun time in his entire life.

"Here is the girl that kept asking for you all day long," Rigo said, after he opened the door, letting himself enter first, before James followed him inside.

The room was quite spacious, with a view over the stars on most parts of the wall. Amidst all this, there was a lady, fine lady, with a very slim and alluring body, with her curves really expressed tightly by her very, very tight and short dress.

"Oh, finally I'm able to meet the leader, not the pawn," she said, giving James a warm smile, and Rigo a scolding glance.

"I think she would make a fine couple with Islinda," James whispered softly to Rigo, who tried to control his short laugh.

"Hi, I'm James, may I know who you are?" James started by asking, as if he knew nothing about her.

"I'm Gedy, I'm a guest coming here under the private request of the past king," she said, leaning her body in a familiar curtsey.

James just glanced, silently, towards Rigo without saying a thing, before he said welcoming her:

"Oh, a guest of the last king is a guest for the current king. Come come, let's have a seat."

He then moved towards the distant wall, made of transparent glass showing the amazing beauty of the scene of the outside world.

"Oh, I- I just wanted to meet you so I can ask t…" she was about to speak of leaving, when James just patted her shoulder, so nicely, as he grabbed her body with him to the front, watching the scene together.

"See all these ships? They are mine, and this is only part of my own large fleet," James said pointing to each ship appearing in their vision, "this one here is my right handed man's cruiser, and that over there is my main cruiser. I have other large cruisers as well, but I kinda feel lonely most of times, right Rigo?"

The face of Luna changed as she looked quite paler, before she could even speak or say anything, James patted on her shoulder, grabbed a chair and sat on it, before pulling her towards him, to sit in his lap.

She was smaller than him, appearing to be like a youngster sitting on the lap of an adult. Her face showed faint redness, but her eyes were full of fear.

"Don't be afraid," James touched her soft cheeks softly, "I will take a good care of you, Luna," he finally said her true name, a name that once she heard, her full body trembled, jolted away from James, before muttering in horror:

"I'm not a sex doll to play with, I'm a very talented person, I'm not here to please you, don't treat me ill like the last king, please, please, please," she pleaded, and her tears flew over he cheeks. James just looked at her and sighed, he knew life was full of injustice, and he wasn't responsible to make this right.

However, this little girl was now under his protection, so he could do whatever he wanted with her.

"I don't know if you will believe me or not, but I can relay perfectly to your feelings and sufferings," he said, as he adjusted his body to sit more comfortably on the seat, "you got me wrong, I don't want you to please me, I want you to help me," he added.

"Help you?" she muttered, with more doubt than shock.

"Yes, don't you teach others how to train and use their powers?" he asked, looking directly into her beautiful red eyes, as he added, "I have powers, sealed away like you, and I want to start training it so I can unseal it."