DLK— 1.6

Title: Ryu'er Takes Control

A petite woman with shoulder-length green-crystal hair tied into a ponytail stood in front of a closed room. The pale-skinned girl wore black trousers that tightened around her waist and hips to reveal that she wasn't any less than the women around her while a white shirt and black vest covered her torso, revealing her tasteful, modestly curvaceous body. Her literal emerald pupils revealed a hint of complicated emotions, her hands willing to push open the door yet Nik's words and her logic dictated her not to make this mistake.

"Here you are," Another girl with a figure similar to Klas walked towards her. With her short blue-black hair pulled back by a clip, the girl revealed her exotic blue eyes with crimson pupils.

"Ryu'er," Klas nodded.

"Have you seen the notice board outside the castle?" Ryu'er inquired with a sadistic glint in her eyes as Klas tilted her head in confusion and shook it.

"I thought so!" Smiling, Ryu'er gazed at the door.

"Oh, yeah, what is this room? We all are not allowed to enter this particular room and that's directly coming from Master..." Even after so many rounds of lovemaking, Ryu'er felt more comfortable addressing Nik as Master instead of anything else.

"This is where the rest of my family is," Klas smiled before turning towards Ryu'er, "Let's go and see that board."

Nodding, the duo left but Ryu'er still looked back once again with a curious expression.

Once they reached the entrance of the castle, it was quite barren as opposed to the number of girls filling the area the way Ryu'er mentioned.

On the notice board was the name of every girl in Nik's harem starting from the chronological order he 'recruited' them and on the other panel of the board, Nik had posted a description.

A quick read of the description revealed who Lucifer was and what her objectives were before being enslaved and all the pity that most of the girls had gone away with a poof. Instead, Klas was happy to give a one-star review herself.

However, the next few lines on the matters made her realize that despite Nik's current method, he did value Lucifer.

From one star to five. Every single girl in the harem had an individual ranking system. There was no definite period of time and the results will be concluded once all the ratings have been posted. This served as a method for the girls to truly know Lucifer despite her previous acts of defiance. Now that she was no longer connected to her main body by bloodline, she would be an entity within herself with the potential similar to the real Lucifer.

Despite the given frame of time, if the girls remained bias, this was also something Nik wasn't willing to interject into. After all, if he listed his priorities, then talent would be placed on the third or fourth step. To Nik, the thoughts and feelings of his harem mattered more.

"So... she is in the lake, right?" Klas hummed curiously. That's where everybody would be after this day. A slave which they all can control.

What could go wrong?

With that thought, Ryu'er and Klas made their way towards the lake. Even if the lake is not too effective on her, Klas really wanted to 'assess' Lucifer, and unknowingly glancing towards one of the most terrifying girls she ever had the pleasure to make friends with, Klas observed a silent, menacing glint in Ryu'er's crimson pupils.

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'That's right. All the mistresses could team up against the multiversal threat that Lucifer is even in her current form, slowly break her, and turn her into a perfect slave for Nik and themselves. What could really go wrong?' Klas questioned herself. She didn't consider herself a mistress. She was part of Transmigration Paradise and did have the intent to kill Nik once back then but her intentions could never be backed by her strength.

Posing no threat to Nik, she was captured and then demonstrated in anal action. That was the beginning of their relationship. But even then, Klas realized that sexual attraction came differently for her. Even if Nik could induce sex drive within her whenever she found herself near him, she herself never truly cared for such matters.

In rare cases, such as Nik, and now, Lucifer whose intentions to kill were actually backed by her strength, Klas would end up gaining a bit of vigor. As a senior on the matter, Klas felt that she could 'teach' Lucifer many things even if she ends up being discarded.

However...

Her glimmering emerald pupils gazed at the evaporating lake. All the herbs, the formation, and the hard work destroyed with a maniacal Azula laughing, hurling balls of blue fire and streams of lightning towards Korra, who, in return roared while striking with a golden claw— the external bone of Duskgold Terror Claw Beast— attached to her arm, creating an imitation of golden claw that flew towards Azula only for her to dodge by a hair's breadth.

"Don't you ignore me!" Yu Yan growled, her body lit in golden flames. Standing in front of her was a blindfolded Samya holding the hilt of the sword that had also taken a dip in her 'wet path of justice.'

"It is my task to train her," Samya yelled, her sword glowing with extreme power radiating from within.

"Hah? The hell you're saying, ya dirty sow!" Yu Yan gritted her teeth.

Many more girls fought, ruining the entire area. Most of them were already unconscious but it was a good thing that none of them went all out. Those inept with battle stayed away and watched from distance, one of them being Xiao Yun and Xiao Ming, the aunt and mother of Tanya with her half-cousin, Nie Yu, holding a bow and attacking from distance.

Instantly, Gojira struck Nie Yu, sending her afar.

"You crazy bitches!" Pavakā gritted her teeth, her ability not really suited for fighting, and currently, aside from those spiritually aware, none could even see Pavakā and Virya in the physical world and those who were pleasant to the duo had to interact with the both of them through the consciousness city.

"Let them... fight," Virya stated with a clear expression, "I'm... not interested in her..."

Klas finally gazed at the root of all trouble, the motionless flower who seemed to only glow despite the chaos surrounding her. The Sikong siblings/mother-daughter pair displayed beautiful white-feathered wings but when compared to the sheer charm of the woman's pitch-black wings, the two felt disheartened and only gazed from a distance, their mind already stamping the new slave with the worst review.

Klas trembled for a moment.

However, at this very moment, a strong, murderous pressure shot out from right beside Klas. Those who were not at all interested in fighting like Nik's other disciples from Glory City or Shizuka who was more apt in healing, and the silent Nezuko and few others felt nothing.

But those who battled stopped in an instant. Even Gojira.

Though proud, the mature woman with a thick reptilian tail swinging beside her glared at her own daughter with a similar murderous aura.

"How dare you?" Ryu'er whispered softly. She didn't even need to know what had happened.

The girls around Nik, though many of them were kind-hearted and patient, there were still a few who were prideful, who wanted more and more. Nik had attracted a chaotic group to himself and even if he knew about it, he didn't really care. What mattered to him is their affection towards him and not each other. After all, he is the one who attracted them in the first place.

As Ryu'er stepped forward, eight spirit rings appeared behind her.

'She... broke through,' Those aware of Ryu'er and the spiritual ring system of cultivation knew that Ryu'er was a rank 7 spirit master. However, the eighth, crimson red ring deterred even the weakened goddess of light and fire.

"You let your mistresses fight for you?" Ryu'er inquired once she stood in front of Lucifer, not the least bit intimidated by Lucifer's background or excited by the prospect of reducing her to a sloppy mess, the only benefit that must have made most of the girls go haywire on each other in the first place.

Bowing neatly, one knee on the ground and her hand over her voluptuous breasts, a sight that irked Ryu'er even further, Lucifer spoke with a humble expression, knowing that every woman here had a certain weight over Nik's heart and mind.

"I did not wish for such—"

*Thud*

With her shoe still covering her foot, Ryu'er placed her left leg on top of Lucifer's bowed head, her head tilted in confusion, an action that resonated with Nezuko.

"I don't remember ordering you to speak, pigeon."

*Gulp*

As a few girls gulped, little intimidated not by Ryu'er's pressure but the hollow, dark look in her eyes, the woman in the center of focus continued.

"You must think you're smart but actually, most of your brain matter is still stuck in those balloons of flesh over your chest. Try to take advantage of the situation again, I'll tear them. Act smart again, and I'll tear them. Look at any of us in the wrong way, and I'll tear them. Keep on doing all the aforementioned tasks again and again, I'll tear those weights off of your shoulders every single time.

They might inflate and regenerate, but I will make sure to tear them using spiritual energy, that way, your undead bloodline would still show a reaction."

Trembling in rage and humiliation, Lucifer listened quietly.

"Aside from Master, nobody truly cares what happens to you. By your actions, if anyone actually loses their life, that semblance of interest Master has shown towards you will be snuffed out. As I am talking, I'm also projecting everything that's been happening directly to Master in his mind."

These words made other girls who were fighting shiver for the slightest moment.

They instantly knew.

A punishment was in order.

Not for the battle or chaos.

But for the destruction of the lake.

"Now, place your other knee on the ground. Don't act like an honorable warrior when you're just a defeated pigeon."

Lucifer didn't know what to feel the most rage against.

The fact that Ryu'er persistently called her a pigeon.

Or the fact that Ryu'er had her foot on top of Lucifer's head.

Slowly, Lucifer placed her other knee on the ground, vowing vengeance against Ryu'er deep in her heart.

"Master just said that you vowed vengeance against me," Ryu'er spoke again.

By now, the girls began grouping again and those who could heal others began the task.

"In terms of you guys... I should be equivalent of a rank 4... no, almost, a rank 5 host. If I go all out, that would be true. I'll be sure to train you as such..." Ryu'er whispered, her foot pushing against Lucifer's head further and she finally lost the hollow expression in her gaze before turning towards others.

"I'm... probably going to take her for a week..." She looked, "But I won't hurt her, or damage her. If you all want to fight over her so abruptly and destroy Master's hard work why not turn this into a competition. Those who find more resources to rebuild the medicinal lake once again can take Pigeon after me. And so forth..."

"Since I can't really fight you..." Azula traced her chin, "Sure, let's do it that way!"

Once the situation began stabilizing, Ryu'er began walking towards Klas and smiled with a sincere expression.

"Um..." blushing softly, Ryu'er averted her gaze, "When they were all fighting for Pigeon... I felt that we should have fought over you, too... but Master had you all for himself. So, this week, will you help me train Pigeon?"

Stunned, Klas felt a little emotional.

Slowly nodding, she accepted the proposal by grabbing Ryu'er's hand.

Pigeon, on the other hand, remained kneeling, unwilling to further aggravate her new mistresses.

"Hmm! Hmm!" Breaking the heartfelt moment was a pink-pupilled Nezuko, her eyes wide with determination and she quickly pointed at herself before pointing towards the duo and the Pigeon.

"You... want to train Pigeon with us?" Ryu'er inquired.

"... Yes, hmm," Nezuko nodded.

"You should speak more..." Klas pursed her lips.

Looking into Klas' pupils, Nezuko nodded seriously.

"Hmm!"