"Future rights? How can we determine the places of monsters and their appearances? What if we don't start a new invasion, and get satisfied with what we got?" Jas calmly replied back, as he was thinking about this strange offer.
The rchant was a sly old fox, who just looked at Jas, with a knowing look. Everyone here had already heard the news of the new expedition, and rumors even went to speak of attacking more than one kingdom.
"It's not a matter of certainty, of course, but we trust that your ambition isn't limited to here," the rchant replied with his sweet words, replying to Jas ' trap question.
"Hmm" Jas nodded, as he had a mont of inspiration just now, "I can agree to that," he said, startling even Islinda who just grabbed his shoulder, trying to make him rethink again. "However, the price for these rights will be severe," he declared.
"No matter what, we agree," the rchant had a very old experience in his business, so his keen eyes noticed the stressed reaction of Islinda, so he hurried to speak, trying to cut the route on her to change Jas' mind.
"Are you sure? Don't you want to hear my price first?"Jas suddenly asked, with an evil smile over his face.
Jas wasn't that experienced like this rchant, but he had his enough experience in dealing with bad and sly people back in his camp. The life of an orphan there was really harsh; if he was soft he would be eaten alive by the hungry wolves there.
This look, and the feeling the rchant had from Jas made him ask:
"May I know the price, please?"
"Sure," Jas nodded, while the firm nervous hand grip of Islinda finally relaxed. She totally forgot how sly he was, and so she started to amusedly watching his next words, and their reaction over those sly rchants.
"As you know, each monster spawning place must be protected by forces, to be ready for any monster appearance at any ti. Before we can approve, as a rising power, to your demands, you have to provide the forces needed to secure the number of these monsters in the number of one hundred planets.
You choose how many monsters you want, then amass their protecting squadrons, then we will have the right to take them with us at the next expedition towards these planets," Jas said, before adding with a wider smile, "and after that, the squadrons will be responsible for securing the monster spawning for eternity, and so it would be logic to make them also take part in defending the safety of the whole regin I'm now building."
He finally expressed his true intentions. Islinda, and the others, felt weird when he proposed his first condition, but the next mont they understood his true intentions.
The growing numbers of the monsters started to form a problem, an obvious problem to Rigo and his forces. Jas knew in the future his forces might be entirely distributed everywhere just to keep the peace.
That would be a very desperate future he didn't want to see! He didn't want to spend most of his acquired wealth on amassing fleets to just lose them to secure the monster spawn places!
He wanted to form a local guarding force protecting his growing empire, without the need to pay anything, without the need to even organize or pay them. Islinda glanced at him, shortly, while trying to hold back her laughter.
This was the brilliant solution to all this ss! She knew how much work securing the internal safety of any kingdom was, and now he had freed all his fleet from this tedious commitnt, without the need to pay or suffer any losses.
That was an amazing deal in her opinion, and the loser side would be this man sitting against them.
"Of course that's the price of the right to have these places, but the price of the places itself will be a different matter," he said, while turning to look at Islinda, "dear, sorry to trouble you but if they agreed on my terms, then discuss the monetary thing related to the prices of the monsters," he said, with a wide smile over his face.
"Sure thing, my love," Islinda suddenly replied, calling him her love, before she leaned on his face, and painted a soft kiss over his cheeks.
This wasn't a true kiss, but it was a precursor to it. the next mont Jas just glanced at her eyes, felt the warm breath of hers over his face to be aroused.
He was already aroused by Luna's play all the ti, and this little push from soone he deeply admired for so long, made him lose control for a brief second; and this second was enough to make him squeeze her soft lips inside his and taste the sweetness of her kiss.
"Can you co to after you finish?" he whispered, as this soft touch had aroused his attention. Islinda just smiled, while looking at her rival, directly in the eye. 'This is how you do it, bitc*' she thought, and her aning was successfully delivered through her look.
Jas didn't want to leave, but he had already said his farewell order to Islinda. Any more monts here would seem awkward to him, so he moved back to his small cruiser, back to his large one.
During the way, Luna's mind didn't stop thinking about her next move. She had finally managed to penetrate Jas' defenses, and was about to tighten the net around him, making him taste her sweetness that he wouldn't be satisfied after with any girl except her.
But now, Islinda had made a single approach and crushed all hard work, threatening to take the man she wanted to seize.
n for her were just re tools, only useful when being controlled. She was never ever truly under any control of man before, even her first master.
So, she wouldn't be satisfied with being number two in Jas' life, but the issue was how to do that while the two of them were about to et tonight? Should she go and kill her then?
Just as her mind was full of all these disturbed thoughts, a distress call suddenly ca to his large cruiser, coming from the black market planets of his.
"Supre leader, there is a distress ssage coming," one of the droids said, making Jas free himself from the hands of Luna, and go to receive this ssage.
It was sent from the main planet of the eleven under his control. When he read it, he frowned, thinking about the aning of this.
The ssage content was simple, there was an ambassador of the black market, who asked for him. When he knew he was on an external expedition, he left, heading straight to this kingdom.
According to the ssage, the ambassador just left today morning, and that ant he would need two days to reach here at least, or maybe three.
The issue wasn't about that, he felt so hidden forces trying to press him by that move.
'It seed I got noticed sooner than I expected,' he thought to himself, while glancing at Luan, 'my personal strength would determine everything, I need to start training.'
He thought of taking Luna now and started training with her, but he rembered his word with Islinda. He sighed, why couldn't he have them both at the sa ti then, and solve this unnecessary problem?
Jas knew his main forces were now away from him at the new expedition. Recalling them back wasn't wise, as they just sat on their journey, ready for the fight.
Besides, even if he had all his forces by his side, that wouldn't scare that ambassador, as he was representing far stronger and powerful forces, no doubt!
'I have to compromise this ti,' he muttered, as it wasn't wise gaining more enemies, especially at this delicate stage of his young empire. bowing one's head for now wasn't foolishness, the fool was the one who would stand firm now, facing all this trouble while he was this weak.
He knew, his future was destined to be boundless, but he needed ti. Terasos' race was a threat to him, and adding one or more powerful forces to his enemies' list wasn't smart.
But how would he deal with this incoming threat, to show up his strength in a non-offending way?
On his side, Luna was in her own world, thinking about how to deal with Islinda. She didn't like the idea of being defeated in the hands of one girl, especially if she thought herself to be way higher than her in everything.
The only weakness she got was her shallow relation with Jas, based on the small ti she spent with him so far. If she wanted to be victorious here, she had to be far bolder than Islinda.
Just as she was about to make a move, Jas turned to look at her while saying:
"I will wait for you tomorrow."
She received the note, and knew she had moved too late already, as the man had made up his mind. He would start with her rival, then with her, which made her, no matter what, number two in his life.
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