Chapter 25

Slaves

 

After the bandit leader surrendered, I float myself over at eye level with him and write on his forehead with my blood, to make him my slave using [Blood-Rune Magic]

{MY LOYAL AND
OBEDIENT SLAVE}

This hits me harder than doing 2 summon magics, compared to the exact same magic on his 3 subordinates being merely the same difficulty. Must be 'cause of the difference in Tiers. Even though draining the bandits I had killed raised my Level to 9. Just shy of reaching the Tier 2 bottleneck.

-flashback-

I pull out my Beast Core, wrapped in 4 different Barriers. One to keep impurities out, the second to keep 'influences' out, third to pull in Qi, and fourth to pull in affinities. Then I plunged it into a mutilated bandit's mouth, guided it into his dantian, and 10 minutes later pulled it back out. Ready to harvest the essence of the next in line . . Having finished all 6, it's time to let the ants have them.

. . .

Having finished another 4, it's time to let the ants have them.

. . .

Having finished yet another 6 . . I'm feeling "stuffed". And a bit worried about Karma. I know they deserve punishment, but this might be beyond what is acceptable. I'll do something else to the rest of them. Maybe take them as slaves . . What was that saying again? *"The punishment should fit the crime"* If they raped and killed women and girls so many times, what if they were made into women, then sold to be raped. That should be easier than turning a female into male. They already have one X-chromosome, just add another and take away the Y, as well as physical changes of course.

-end of flashback-

I've gotten a bit tougher, but it still packs a wallop. 2 of these would easily knock me out. Heck, just the one has me feeling almost like I have a migraine.

I opt to tuck in for the night.

. . .

In the morning, we have a new problem.

My slavery spell on the first bandit has worn off.

It seems as though a constant effect has a limited lifespan.

Maybe I can find some way to extend it? Without a permanent version, the slavery spell is not much better than useless.

. .

My first idea is to try carving the words into his forehead, like on the tombstone. Even then it might wane with time. My second solution is to change his body somehow, so it produces more of my blood, with which to replenish the mark.

But this needs to build on the first, and requires self-mutilation, as I graft some of my bone into his body. That means it isn't something I can use on the masses.¹even if I wasn't already concerned
about Karmic retribution,
a real thing in worlds like this one.
But to punish an evildoer?
That's me earning good Karma

My third idea is to lessen the slave mark's scope. If it no longer makes them "loyal", but still "obedient", that should be good enough. And it also punishes them with the torture of not being in control of their own decisions and actions. Hopefully it will be enough, so I don't have to resort to a more . . final solution. Oh Inari,²for those not familiar; japanese goddess of foxes, beauty and fertility-rice, animals and people-. So basically Aphrodite as a 9-tailed foxkin, plus good food I sound like a damned nazi.

With my newest slave holding him still, I refresh the first slave mark. First by using my claw to gouge out the lines and curves, then filling the marks with my fresh-dripping blood.

{MY TOTALLY
OBEDIENT SLAVE}

While the first slave-spell had the same impact as a summon, this one hits like FOUR.

I barely finish ordering him to protect me and prevent any captured bandit from leaving the island before passing out.

In the next 2 days, I refresh the other 3 slave marks, the middle 2 right before the first runs out, so they hold still just fine. But the last one hit me A LOT HARDER! It's a good thing he was still under the first mark's effect for a few more days, cause I passed out within a heartbeat.

. . .

Then to make sure they stuck, I spent the next 3 days attaching one of my tails to each of those four, and in the same order for the third time. To do this I had to cut open the base of their spine, removing the coxxyx (tailbone) in order to have someplace to attach the tails to, and also carve a complicated [Blood-Rune Magic] spell on their lower backs.

{BIND MY TAIL TO THIS MAN
AND MY BLOOD TO HIS BLOOD
TO MAKE ALL MY SPELLS
CARVED IN HIS FLESH
BECOME PERMANENT}

. . .

I spent the next three days making more of the Nutrition Paste. To keep our "guests" healthy, and to speed re-Regenerating my four tails.

. . .

Then I go through the rest of the bandits with the "obedient slave" spell, carving it on their foreheads. Since they're all Tier 1 like me, I can do 6 in a day. This takes a week.

. . .

Since they were the same Tier as me, it seems to be permanent on them without one of my tails. Which is wonderful, we wouldn't want to waste a week's work.³I Like aLLiterationaL Linguistics, but Lack Locations to empLoy LavishLy Long Lucid Lines Like I Long for.
. . Lobster! LLama! Leopard! LiLLy! More importantly, I don't want to keep mutilating myself. Then I go through them again with a new spell.

{BECOME AN EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL
FUTANARI WITH D-CUP BREASTS
AND DELICIOUS HONEY-POT}

This made them both male and female at the same time, fully functional. Though I told them not to use their new p*ssy without express permission from their owner, me (until they're sold at auction).

Why not write hermaphrodite? Two reasons: there are actually 3 different types of hermaphrodites, with varying sets of 'equipment.' By using the japanese word instead, it specifies the particular type I was aiming for. Second, the word is shorter, quicker to write. Important when you use your blood as ink. And also for that reason you really do want to get it exactly right the first time, every time.

. . .

And then for the the next few weeks, 3 more new spells, on 2 slaves each day.

{PRODUCE MILK WITH
AN APHRODISIAC THAT ONLY
AFFECTS HUMANOID ADULTS}

{PRODUCE MILK WHICH ENHANCES
MALE PERFORMANCE THAT
ONLY AFFECTS ADULTS}

{WHEN FULLY DRAINED
OF MALE YANG
LOSE YOUR MASCULINITY
AND GAIN THE
PURE YIN UNIQUE PHYSIQUE}

It should be noted that each time one of the slaves was imprinted with this fifth spell, 'he' was grouped up with another two, to "Fully drain him of male yang to supplement your female yin. Using only your mouth. And give him some of your milk at the start, then every time he begins to slow. And don't stop for anything, except him not having it anymore."

On the average, each slave lasted 6 days before being 'finished off.' Then they could switch off in their sets.⁴why not do each other at the same time?
they'll each refill themselves that way

After that we'll have 42 ravishing beauties, completely obedient to every last whim from their owner. All with the Pure Yin Unique Physique, and their intact female virginity. Just waiting to be ravished, like all their previous victims.

They'll each make me a fortune being put up for auction.

All together? That's like an emperor's ransom!

Since these spells needed a full 3 weeks to carve onto all of the Tier one bandit slaves, the earlier Nutrition Paste was not enough. They had resorted to fishing and some hunting to last. But now I can spend another full day to make more.

But that leaves me with the other 4 to think about. I didn't want to handle them the same way because having fox-tails could trace them back to me. Instead, I'll have them become wolf beastkin and sell the others on my behalf. Then sneak off to return to my side and continue to take their punishment. Literal, not innuendo-ral.

For that I use a new spell on these four.

{BECOME A BEAUTIFUL FEMALE
WOLF BEASTKIN WITH A
PERFECT PAIR OF C-CUP BREASTS
AND A DELICIOUS HONEY-POT
USING OFFERED DNA AS BASE
WITH MY TAIL REMAINING
UNCHANGED EXCEPT FOR FUR}

Because of the difference in Tier, it again took 3 days to do this spell four times. Of course, it took some effort to convince one of the local Tier 2 male wolves to "donate material". Though I'm gonna have to avoid carving more spells on someone 2 Tiers higher than myself in the future, if I can help it.

It's already been 2 months. One week to capture the bandits, 7 more for the spellwork. Plus a few odd days of pill refining. And by my count it'll be another 3-4 days for the lesser slaves to finish polishing each other "COMPLETELY OFF."

Might as well do some more pill refining. Now I finally have ingredients to try the Azure Lotus Pill recipe again.

. . .

Success! Wish I could tell what Grade they are. Though I'm pretty sure the Purity is at least a 9. Not sure if they go higher. I'll finish up my wait with more Nutrition Paste. That's always useful.

And while I'm busy, these new *wolf sisters* are re-learning to walk. Since their feet have now become digigrade paws⁵walk with your weight upon your toes instead of plantigrade.⁶walk by planting heel They're also getting used to a much-increased sense of hearing as well as having an ultra-enhanced sniffer on their new muzzles. It will be much easier for them to notice scents, though learning which one is what will take time and experience. Just like learning to read. The enhanced low-light vision should help them as well, though not as much as if they were feline, with reflective backing on the retinas. It should take them a day or two to be ready to march, needing to get used to their new stance and senses. Then another few days of sparring to be able to fight to their fullest.