The Next Day.
"Master, a customer is insisting on meeting you. He has gold." An old wolf-man wearing a suit said to a middle-aged man who was sitting on his chair with a hand over his face.
His fingers brushed over the horrible scar that covered his whole face. It was a claw mark that had torn through his face, leaving him with one missing eye and his nose slashed directly through. And even after many years, the phantom pain would still hit him from time to time.
He covered his face with a white and black mask before standing up and leaving his office without saying a word to his slave. He had chosen the wolf-man on purpose as his butler to remind him every day why he does what he does.
'These Demon spawn must be punished for the sins of their ancestors. They must be reminded every day where they stand in this world. These animals can never be anything more than tools for human use.' He thought to himself as a memory flashed by his eyes, a memory of a chained wolf-man who had lunged at him and ripped his face apart.
Meanwhile, Ali was sitting inside the reception area of the Slave Tent. It was even bigger inside than it looked from outside. He sat with his gold mask covering his face silently until the sound of footsteps took him out of his Force Sense.
'There is no other way into the underground dungeon and auction. Around thirty-two warrior slaves with aura, no mages. The rest are all powerless demi-humans and humans. Except for one cell where my reach was blocked.' Ali thought as he stood up and watched the Slave Master walk in with two level three aura users following him.
'In this city, level three aura users are mostly guards for high-class individuals. The city in total has more than twenty level four aura users, mostly the viscount's personal company and the strongest knights of the two knight houses in the city. That's other than what the adventurers have…', Ali thought.
"Hello sir, unfortunately we are closed at the moment. You see our grand auction is going to be held tonight and all the slaves we have are to be sold at the auction tonight." The Slave Master said to Ali, hoping to get rid of him quickly and get back to work.
Ali didn't answer right away but reached into the pocket of the cloak he had folded in his arms, where he took out a heavy pouch. The sound of coins raised the eyebrow of the Slave Master.
"Well, I might have to leave the city before nightfall, missing the auction. I'm hoping to at least browse some of the slaves you're willing to let go of before the auction. I'm willing to pay over their worth for your inconvenience." Ali said, opening the pouch to show the gold, and the Slave Master didn't show a shocked expression as did most seeing that amount of gold.
"An exception could be made for customers like you. Follow me…", the Slave Master said as he led Ali down a long staircase where they entered the dungeons underground. There were guards posted everywhere, and the security was tight.
The Slave Master showed Ali to many cages where he presented slave after slave, but Ali didn't show much interest in any of them. The Slave Master was losing patience with Ali.
They walked past cage after cage but then stopped when they came upon a bald slaver working under the Slave Master. The bald man was holding the bars of a cage tightly and slamming his head in between the bars with his eyes wide open and his tongue out, drooling on the ground like a hungry dog.
Ali looked lower to see the man had an erection and was even slamming his erection into the metal bars with no care for pain. He looked like a dog with rabies right now.
"Hey, what the fuck are you doing?", the Slave Master shouted, but the man didn't even notice his existence as he continued humping the bars of the cage.
"Take him out of here", the Slave Master grabbed the man, who still acted like a madman, and had the guards take him away.
Ali looked through the cage to see nothing but a large, dirty cloth hiding someone under it at the centre of the cage. He couldn't tell any features of the person with the rag covering them.
'My wrist is burning…Is this the elf?', Ali thought, but then he looked down at his crotch, slightly surprised. He was rock hard and his massive cock fighting against his pants for freedom.
'My hormones are…', Ali could feel his body getting hotter. His testosterone was surging just looking inside this cell.
"Hey, what do we have inside?", the slave master asked one of his guards, who didn't know either.
"Open the—", the Slave master was about to order them to open the cage, but then a thin violet passed in his eyes, and he froze.
"Let's keep going…", he suddenly changed his mind and took Ali with him to check out other cells.
In the end, they passed by a heavily guarded door where Ali guessed the more valuable slaves were. 'If that's where the elf is, then who was that in there…A power to be bewitch men and control minds.', Ali sat down back on the couch of the reception with the Slave master sitting opposite him.
"I will take the four Warrior Slaves you showed me. This should be more than enough", Ali said, throwing the pouch of gold to the Slave Master who snapped his fingers, and the guards behind him rushed down the dungeon to get Ali his demi-humans. They were the only demi-human aura users the Slave Master was willing to sell before his auction.
Ali took the four slaves and left them with Bona and Liza in the warehouse, which was now more than half empty. Most of the demi-humans were smuggled out of the city with Rook and Miles's help. Rook took them out of the city and gave them proper transport, while Miles used his drones close to the border to have them slip past patrols.
"Young man, what brings you to the home of the True Flame today?", the father, with closed eyes, asked Ali, who stood with his mask at the doorstep of the church. Behind Ali were more than a dozen holy knights camped out in the garden of the church. They looked at him while sharpening their swords and cleaning their armour.
"How can you tell I'm young with a mask on?", Ali asked as he walked past the priest, who followed him inside.
"What are you doing here? If you think I will hesitate for a second to reveal myself, you are mistaken. Do not push me..", the priest whispered behind Ali, with the torch on his neck shaking. They walked past nuns who smiled at them and regarded the demon with great respect. Some looked up to him as an incredible servant of the True Flame.
"The Paladin is inside, correct?", Ali said, looking up at the private room behind the giant golden statue of flames in the shape of a sword.
"You're here uninvited. They might just attack you.", the priest said, standing beside Ali and looking up at the statue. From behind the nuns, they saw this and smiled, thinking the priest was preaching to Ali right now.
"Which is why you will open the door and introduce me as an acquaintance of yours. I'll take from there after you leave the room.", Ali said without looking at him and signalled for him to open the door.
The priest's eyes transformed into their demon form, staring at Ali for a minute before returning to their normal human disguise.
He didn't say anything and knocked on the door once before opening it. Inside, the former royal princess was leaning over a map on the table before her, and she was in full white armour except for her helmet, sitting on the table holding down the paper map.
Around the table were three other fully armoured holy knights who served in her platoon. Every paladin travelled with their own group of knights and priests as they followed the orders of the bishops and cathedral.
"High Priest, what is the meaning of this intrusion?", Katarin asked, frowning, while the priest raised his hand apologetically.
"Apologies, Paladin, but I have a friend here whom you really must meet. He has something very important to tell you.", the priest said quickly as he moved aside for Ali to step in.
The moment the knights saw Ali, they reached for their swords as they felt the shift in the air when he stepped in, and their instincts warned them immediately of the threat Ali posed.
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