The campaign had to keep going here, but the big kingdoms around them were a constant threat to them, so James asked to push forward over the kingdoms that already lost their fleets, and conquer them first.
These kingdoms were a few days away from their current location, and the debate was about leaving these small flies and go hunt the big fish, risking these flies to unite together, or receive reinforcements from other kingdoms, and turn into a big thorn on their side.
Or, they would kill their way towards the big kingdoms by sweeping all the small kingdoms on their path. After long hours of discussions, James proposed to leave behind part of the fleet, including all of their eight grand fleets gathered together to form a sweeping force over small kingdoms.
And when they would finish from these big kingdoms, they would return to aid their fleet by attacking from behind.
They didn't accept that idea in the beginning, but when he proposed to make this fleet primarily from his fleet, they agreed.
James wasn't acting generous, but he was cautious. These large kingdoms lost huge fleets already, but there was no guarantee these were all they had! So, the upcoming battle would prove challenging, as they would lose many of their ships in the process.
However, these small kingdoms were easy to deal with, especially when the eyes over them would be now shifted away, Rigo and Dora could use the old tactic here.
As such, the two lovers got separated as Rigo and Dora were asked to carry on the responsibility of cleaning out the small kingdoms.
As for James, he moved with a small part of his remaining fleet, heading with one of the seven fleets towards one direction.
They agreed that each force would discipline and conquer one group of kingdoms, which belonged to the main force protection; my kingdoms my responsibility!
James didn't argue with that, instead he was excited about it. After all, when they would be dealt great losses from their own men, the superiors of their powers would be enraged, and more fleets would come here eventually, turning this into a major expedition.
As he expected, in the following week all of the fleets here had suffered great losses due to the fierce resistance of these kingdoms. This came in surprise to most, if not all, the leaders here, and their superiors were pretty angry.
They had raised dogs to protect them, instead they turned into wolves to kill and bite their hands first. That was something they couldn't accept, as their ego stood in the line, claiming for revenge.
And such accidents started to be repeated at other fleets as well. When Amed came to James asking him to make his fleet sustain much longer here, as reinforcements were in the way, James expressed his support to his allies, and he promised that his fleet would continue guarding their backs with their blood and honor.
In fact, Rigo's campaign with Dora wasn't that hard at all. Their enemies were weak kingdoms, and many had no enough power to directly contend with them, even when their fleet got separated in such a way.
In addition to that, Rigo trained Dora on the undermined tricks they used to execute, like snatching some cruisers from some kingdoms, and raiding others. That made wars erupting in this area more frequent, and no one stood in their way prepared to stop them.
Dora marveled at these tricky tricks, and she started learning and engraving them into memory, as she would be asked to use them later on.
As for James, he kept showing off his grim and sorry face to all leaders, expressing his deepest sympathy to them, asking them for any help he could do, and they always responded with courtesy and appreciation.
They stayed there for three days, before the new fleet arrived just behind the fleet James left under Rigo and Dora's lead. This fleet was much larger than the first one sent by the seven forces, and as such the expedition took a punitive route, not just invasion.
As the news spread of their arrival, James went with the other remaining fleets here towards them, attacking small kingdoms in the process. The seven fleets were really angry, and even fighting monsters for these days didn't decrease their anger for a little bit.
So, they were attacking these small kingdoms with strange ferocity, making James wonder if they would leave these planets half occupied to him at least.
When they joined Rigo and Dora, they started to turn around and move towards the new fleet. The fleets this time were led by the general commanders, those with great fame and hard temper to deal with.
However they were all nice and smiling to James when they met him, and all dealt with Rigo and Dora in a kind way.
This was, of course, the strict orders of their superiors, as they realized all these losses came in front of their new important ally's eyes and ears.
So, they started to deal more kindly and much warmly to him, as they wanted to deepen their relations with James, not weakening it.
James understood this, of course, and he had no objection to be treated nicely. He received many gifts from the superiors of these seven forces, part of these gifts included top ranked beauties in them.
James didn't mind having more comfy bodies warming his bed at night, however Dora smelled danger at once, and she openly argued with James about these girls, however James just reassured her that he wouldn't take them to heart, only the three of them were there.
However Dora didn't trust his words, and she asked Rigo to watch these girls for her, besides she also started visiting the commanding deck more often, and usually calling there to check on James.
Each force granted James two super stunning beauties, and each had their own strengths in beauty, with no weaknesses at all.
When James started to know them better, he was astonished to discover they weren't all beauty, but they were also smart, with some leader ranks even in them.
Dora, when learnt about the news, decided to swallow her pride and sent these to Islinda, who just replied to her with simple words:
"Let them try."
These words, despite being simple and didn't reveal anything, were more than enough to strangely calm her down. Dora was surprised to discover how strong Islinda was, even small words like these made her rival trust that everything would be fine.
Dora realized her own weakness, her soft spot, and now instead of being secure and proud of her current achievements, she realized she was now threatened by mere foreigners coming from other places, despite being the oldest to know James.
"Screw you my mom!" she inwardly cursed, as this all was the mere crime of her mother, and the toxic legacy she left for her!
As for James, he was busy deepening his knowledge with each girl, as he was surprised to find that each girl had her own taste, and each one had her own style, even in bed!
The leader of this group of girls were two mesmerizing girls, each wasn't less than the other in beauty, confidence and sexy traits as well.
One was blond and the other was red haired, one was called Anasta and the other was called Riscka. For James they were like two little sweet birds he really desired to hold deeply; like two sweet fruits he wanted to suck and taste, enjoy alone with much pleasure and delight.
He knew his other girls, Dora, Luna, and Islinda would be mad right now, but he was now an acting emperor. Was there an emperor without long stunning beauties of harem?
He never heard of such a thing before! He also was raised in a harsh environment, and now it was his time to rest and enjoy, calmly tasting each beauty and experience her unique sweetness.
As for the new girls, they acted shy at first with him in bed, but gradually they showed their wildest desires. The two in front led the others in the back, as Anasta and Liscka were the first to be touched, squeezed, stripped naked, and greatly devastated by James and his manhood.
This stimulated the others as well, made them all remove the shyness veil over their selves, with their clothes as well, jumping in to join the fun.
And thus, simply like that, James spent the next couple of days immersing himself in pleasure, while knowing that Dora was now feeling envy and anger at him.
He didn't mean to be rude or mean to her, but he just was the emperor, and he had all the right to enjoy some special treatment, especially if the treat was really tastier than anything he tasted before!
Even Luna paled in front of some of them! which made him even more shocked indeed!