Chapter 176: Second cultivation maid

"So what is your choice, Emma?" Ryu was sitting on his bed with Dorothea and Emma standing in front of him. He had already proposed his new slave. She can either live her life as a mediocre woman or shed this life and transform along with him. But the price will be her eternal freedom. "I am ready." She didn't take much time to agree, much to his amusement. "Looks like I wasn't clear enough with my words, so I will reiterate them for you once again. You can never be free ever again. You can say that your soul itself will belong to me. Take some time to think about it. We are not in a hurry, you can give your answer in a few days."

But Emma seems to have already made up her mind. "No. Please put me in that spell. You know this too. I have no life of my own now, this mark will ensure that everyone will know about it." She turned around a bit and lowered her dress to show Ryu her slave mark. She further continued with her reasoning. "I have an ailing husband, now that I am a slave this is the best chance I have to change my life for the better. If what advantages you are telling me are for real then I have no reservations about it."

"He is telling you the truth. Once you know what the boy is capable of, you will believe it too. Just look at me. A few days back I was just a human without any mana. Today I am already at 2nd level of Mortal realm." Dorothea explained. Emma had gotten aware of this village women's story just today. Also, she can sense she wasn't lying about her cultivation level.

"One more thing Mrs. Emma, I believe your level right now should be somewhere around Earth realm. Am I right?" Emma nodded. "Yes, it's at the 3rd level of Earth realm." Ryu continued. "Hmm... I am not entirely sure about this part but there is a good chance that your current cultivation will decline by a few levels and then you will start again for around my level." This time Emma's face had some hesitancy. No mage can remain calm if they are told that their cultivation will be wasted.

Dorothea stepped in, holding her by her shoulders. "Don't worry. From your condition, you won't be able to move ahead on this path anymore. So why not reset the whole path and try again." Emma was in thought for a while before sighing in agreement. "What do I have to do? And I have been put under a slave spell already, won't it create a problem to put another one?"

"That's another reason I want to place my spell on you. The spell I have access can simply dissolve any other slave spells that are weaker than itself. I don't believe in this Dark Wings guys. If I have to get you as my slave anyway, then I better put you under my spell." Watching Emma nod, Dorothea began removing her clothes. Once she was naked, she brought her to the bed and made her lay on her back. "You need to relax Mrs. Emma. Don't try to resist Ryu's mana entering your body. It will be agonizing for some time."

Slave spells are not exactly the soothing ones so Emma didn't react, instead tried controlling her rapidly beating heart. Ryu sat beside her and began inducing the spell in Emma's body.

Half an hour later, Ryu wiped the sweat off his forehead. It was even more difficult this time. Firstly, Emma was on a higher level of cultivation than Dorothea. Secondly, he had to get rid of the previous slave spell she was under. It was an exhausting process and Ryu snuggled into the redhead's arms. "Ahh... I am sorry Dorothea but looks like you will have to wait for your turn. I am completely beat today haha.."

His first maid shut the door to the room and climbed into the bed, to the left side of Ryu. "It's okay, little Ryu. Rest well. And congratulations on gaining another maid for yourself haha.." Ryu laughed it off but in his heart, he now turned greedier. One after the other, he wanted a ton of these maids. In his rational mind, there was a little shame, if he was taking advantage of the situations of people to get them to serve him but the gains far outweighed the guilt.

"You don't have any problems if I freely use your body, Mrs. Emma. Since I am your master, I should have that much of privilege?" He asked the woman while holding onto her soft breasts and playing with them. Emma gave a heartfelt smile to him. "Can I kiss your face, little Ryu?" Getting his permission, she held his face between her hands and kissed his forehead and cheeks. "I can't thank you enough, my little master. I am a slave, so you don't need to ask for my consent. Just know this for what you have done for our family, even if I wasn't a slave, I would have liked to serve you." That was the last conversation they had before all three of them fell asleep.

**Back in the Krypto infested Dark world**

Estonia was flying through the atmosphere. Her speed easily surpassed what Emily had achieved at her best but it didn't even feel like she was trying to go fast. It was more like she was on a leisure flight. Spotting the large Krypto forest ahead of her, she slowed down and fell from the sky. She made a deep impression in the soil. As soon as she had landed she found herself surrounded by an army of small demon-like entities.

They were of the same size as a regular human but looked many times vicious, with red eyes, long nails, and pitch-black skin. Yet, their similarities with the demons ended right there. Though there was a whole army of them but individually they were rather weak. Each of them glared at Estonia, aggressively displaying their fangs to intimidate her. "I still don't understand what's the use of rearing these false demons? They have no rationality left, can't think of their own, and are weak as hell." She was shaking her head in disappointment.

*Booom* *Booom* Estonia had let her aura lose. Her presence was so powerful that even her aura had taken physical form. The first line of the demons were crushed into meat patties, while the rest of them were pressed on the ground, unable to even move a muscle. All they can do is whine in pain like animals.

*Thud* "Mercy. Mercy. My lady, please retract your presence. You are going to destroy my minions." A huge body fell and put himself on his knees. He was a giant man, easily 30 feet in height. He carried a large club that he dropped down, to prostrate himself in front of Estonia.

"Huh... Ergon, how many times have I told you to focus on honing your abilities, instead of relying on these ragtag demons? You think they can help you in a fight against a powerhouse?" Seeing that Estonia had retracted her aura, he immediately commanded the false demons to fall back. Turning back to the elf, the giant revealed his large teeth. "I know that, my lady. But this is my passion and one day all of you will appreciate my work."

The elf can't bother arguing with the giant, she had other matters to handle. "Do as you please, just don't blame me if you end up relinquishing your life in a battle someday." The giant once again prostrated his head on the ground before laughing loudly. "Haha..thank you, my lady. Please speak, do you have some command for this servant of yours?"

Estonia nodded. "Indeed. In the Cylon Empire, ruled by humans, there is a small town of Korua at its border. In there you need to find a boy and bring him to me, alive." Ergon pecked his head like an obedient servant. "So is the boy really powerful? Or does he have some kind of protector?"

"He was just a Mortal realm brat, a month back. Regarding if he is under some kind of protection, we can't be sure about that. But considering that he is talented enough to catch my master's eye, there is a good possibility human would have deployed someone for his safety." Ergon was in agreement with what she said but as he processed the information, he was rather surprised. A Mortal realm brat was noticed by their master?

Estonia seems to have anticipated his thinking. "Don't apply your measly brain to it. It's master's order and you are not eligible to doubt her decisions." The giant immediately began waving his arms. "I wouldn't dare, my lady. So please tell me how does the boy looks."

"No idea. You need to find him yourself." Ergon scratched his head. "Ahem.. my lady, you can't be that vague. What if I end up killing him in the crowd of humans?" Estonia snorted "huh.. useless. He must have some plant-related magic ability. Is that enough?"

Ergon laughed in shame. There was only a handful of humans who could use plant-based magic. "Enough. Enough. Hahaha... Thank you, my lady. You can open the portal right now. I will go in myself and capture him for you." The giant got up on his feet and put the club back on his shoulder, ready to leap into the battle right away. But Estonia seemed to have a different plan.

"Calm down, you are going nowhere right now. I am not allowed to breach the barriers at the moment. The price we pay for each breach can't justify capturing a kid." Ergon fell back on his butt. "Hmm. True indeed. So you want me to figure out a way to pass on myself?"

"Yes, that is the only way. Get someone to help you breach it from the other side, that will be way easier." Ergon nodded promptly. "I will get to it then, my lady. It's just that this process will be time-consuming, I hope you can understand."

Estonia turned around to take her leave. "Time is one thing that we seem to have plenty of. But I want results. I am sure you know what failure means for you." Ergon can feel his soul shiver in fear under her vicious glare. "I know, my lady." He watched the bow-carrying elf leap in the air. He had the last doubt in his mind. "I hope there is no limit to how many of them, I can kill?" Estonia had already vanished from his vision but her voice lingered in the air surrounding him. "None that I know of." One can see the giant had put on a ferocious smile on his face.

***

"Do you believe me now, Emma?" The first thing redheaded milf saw in the morning, was a set of trees planted in a series. She can't estimate the price of a single tree. These things were simply invaluable. Previously, she too had believed that Ryu had hoarded them from the plantation but Dorothea explained the truth. Now she can make sense of her blind faith in Ryu. Truly, if someone can even grow these trees then there is nothing he can't achieve in this world.

"Yeah, believe you. So you want me to eat all this and cultivate for you?" "Pretty much. Also, I want you to guide your sister here. You got the experience but Dorothea is not yet able to awaken her magic, despite her cultivation level rising. Since you have cultivated to the Earth realm, I am sure your advice will be valuable for her." Emma had fallen back to Junior realm first level, after getting permanently enslaved.

"Sure, I can do that. But what is that? Did you plant something there too?" Emma pointed to the location where the soil was a little messy. Ryu sighed. "Haha... I tried to plant a Yuva tree there. But I guess I am too weak right now to even make it germinate." Emma felt her knees go weak as she had to fall to the ground to rest her body for a while. This boy was too preposterous. He even tried planting a Yuva. It will take Emma some time to comprehend all these new things.