AN: 13th chapter of Kalim's story. Enjoy

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Kalim let the girls rest as he made a final small trip in the city and came shortly before dusk. 5 hours after nightfall, Kalim, Elody, Alinee and Amber silently left their inn through the window, Elody with her bow, Alinee with her dagger. There were few people in the streets at that time, mostly men going to have some fun in the pleasure districts, people living the bars or a few patroling guards.

They moved until they got close to the slums of the town. Kalim led the girls to a small alley and pulled out an old dress which was in a poor state. Kalim talked in a hushed town as to not alert anyone nearby.

- «Amber, take off your clothes and put this on. You will be our bait to get some ruffians, I will get plenty of informations from them, and more!» He said with a predatory grin.

She did as she was told and got naked on the spot. Kalim put the clothes in his bag as Amber put on the old dress. The dress was slightly dirty, with several holes and tears here and there. Kalim observed her for a bit, then tore a large piece on the left side, just so her crotch would barely barely be concealed and revealing half of her left buttocks. He then put the palm of his hands on the ground then scrubbed her exposed skin here and there to make her look a littl dirty, like she fell on the ground.

- «Hmm, looks good. Now slowly move in that direction, act scared. The 3 of us will look after you from the shadow... Hmm, wait a bit.»

Kalim then gathered wind and darkness mana and cast a spell on both Alinee and Elody. It suddenly got a lot darker around them. He then casted another spell on Elody using light element.

- «With this spell, you can completly conceal yourselves in the shadows, and you won't leak any noise either. Elody, with the second spell I put on you you will be able to move by jumping from one roof to the other without trouble. You will follow Amber from above while Alinee will follow from the ground. Remember, stay in the shadows as much as possible. Now move girls.»

And with that, Amber started to walk unsteadily with 3 people stalking her from the shadows. After around 30min, the 3 lurkers noticed several men slowly moving toward Amber. They had just entered the slum area and the first catch looked to be a good one. Kalim and the 2 other girls observed as the men surrounded Amber before showing themselves to her.

As Amber was going to get out of a small alley, 2 men stepped in front and 3 others blocked the path in her back.

- «Well, well, what do we have here? You look lost and in need of help young lady.»

- «The streets aren't sure this late in the night, why don't you ccompany us? We will take good care of you.»

- «W-who are you? What do you want? I don't have any money, I have nothing to give you.» played Amber.

- «Of course you wouldn't have any money on you, you bitch. Look at the state you're in. However, your body isn't bad at all, I'm sure we will find various uses for you. Now I suggest you to quietly come with us, or we will have to be a little rough.»

Amber purposefully fell on her but and started trembling while releasing fake tears. Kalim was impressed by her performance.

- «I'm sorry please don't hurt me! I don't want to die, plese have mercy.»

- «Whoa there, looks like this one is smarter than the others... That's good. Be an obedient bitch and you will live. Restrain her guys.»

2 of the men in the back quickly made their way toward and tied her arms in her back while putting a gag in her mouth. Finally, they put a bag on her head to restrain her vision. Then the biggest one of them took her on his shoulder. As he assured her position, his hand went to her butt.

- «What the... This slut ain't even wearing underwear, look at that!» He said while lifting the dress with his other hand.

- «Whoa, that's son nice of her!»

- «We got our hands on a first class slut hahahahahahaha.»

They admired her and groped her for a bit (which annoyed Kalim) before starting to move away. The others 3 followed them. But instead of moving further in the slums, the 5 guys were moving toward the noble district. 2 of them were walking in front, 2 watching the back, all to make sure the one carrying the package wouldn't get caugh by other people or worse, by the patrols, whose number were increasing.

After a while, they got at the back of small mansion near the edge of the town, slightly inside the noble district. The man who was in charge took out a key from his pocket and opened the back door. He went inside with the man carrying Amber and another guy. The last 2 stayed outside, seemingly guarding the door. Seeing this, Kalim rejoiced, as one of the leading figure of the underground in this town seemed to be an interesting one.

As soon as the 3 men got into the mansion, Kalim made his move. Under the cover of the darkness and his spell, he got close to the 2 guards in a record time. In a high speed rush, he took down the first guy with a lariat, and using his momentum, struck the second guy with his fist. Of course, he held back on the power of his strike, as he wanted them alive. As the 2 men were on the ground, dazzed, he grabed them by the neck in each of his hands and enslaved them on the spot.

- «You are to act like everything is normal. Do not give a single hint that there are intruders, no matter what happens, no matter who comes here, until I say otherwise. Except for the 2 girls who will come here and are my underlings. You are to consider them your superiors and obey them and help them if they are attacked.»

The 2 men relucantly got back to where they were, like nothing happened. Kalim then made sign to Elody and Alinee to come. Once they got to him, he gave further instructions. Elody was to wait outside hidden in the darkness while Alinee was to follow him inside. Then he went in with Alinee behind him. The inside of the mansion was barely lit, which was normal considering the late hour.

- «We'd better find Amber first, they have touched her enough. Go look on the upper floors, and if you find a hint of her presence there, break something and hide. Remember, stay in the darkness as much as possible, don't get noticed. And don't fight, run away if you're seen, I don't think you're a match for the guards yet. I will look for the underground.»

Kalim cast 2 other spells on her to enhance her speed and her hearing, then they split up. Within a minute, Kalim found and slipped in the underground thanks to his matter manipulation. He was in a dark cell with a woman looking at him with wide eyes. To avoid trouble, he promptly knocked her out and left the cell. He quickly found the other 3 guys as they just placed Amber in a cell and were chatting about how good she would be.

As they reached a corner of the underground corridor, they found Kalim in the middle of the path with a smile on his face.

- «Who ar-GHAAAAAA!!»

- «HYAAAAAAAA!!»

- «!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!»

Before he could finish his sentence, the 3 men crouched to the ground, holding their crotchs while leaking unmanly screams. Kalim had taken advantge of their surprise and his uncanny speed and struck their balls. As they were groveling on the ground, he continued to punch them and kick them, breaking a bone with each strike. The 3 men were now moaning and coughing blood while squirming on the floor.

- «That was for touching what's mine... Even if it was my plan. Had you gone any further I would have given a long painfull death. But it looks like you work well, so from now on you will bemy slaves.»

With that said, he enslaved them, and gave them the basic rules to follow. He then healed them a bit and questionned them. The owner of the manor was a minor noble from a family that was granted nobility 2 generations ago, Baronet Frederick Gustan . They are mostly merchants, dealing in luxury products under the light, but making a lot of profit from illegal activities and slavery in the darkness.

It was common for nobles to own slaves, but being in the slave trade was VERY badly seen for nobles. This one didn't seem afraid of the risks, just like his father before him. It was the money from illegal trades that elevated the status of the family from knight to baron. The baron was 37 years old, his wife was the daughter of a merchant, Diana Gustan, 30 years old.

Their children were Lars, 16 years old, currently receiving knight training in the next city, and their daughter, Clarissa, 14 years old, who was still living there.

- «Hahahahahahaha!! Today is really a good day, I got to get my hands on a family of nobles with dark trades!! Really good!!»

He then went to the cell where Amber was and freed her.

- «You really put a nice performance there Amber, thanks to you we got something good! You'll get a nice reward later. Now let's go!» he said while grabing her ass.

- «Yes. Thank you very much master.»

They went to the upper floor where they reunited with Alinee, then the 3 of them made their way toward the master bedroom. Amber was told to wait outside while Kalim and Alinee sneaked in. Kalim motioned for Alinee to restrain the wife and keep her from screaming while he went to the man. Then he gave her the signal to act.

Alinee quickly got hold of the woman by the throat to keep her from leaking a sound and placed the tip of her dagger on her neck. Kalim grabbed the man by throat as well and lifted him up. He was struggling harmlessely and couldn't utter a sound. Looking around, he saw that his wife was also reastrained with a blade at her neck and suddenly stopped moving around. He understood his position.

- «Nice to meet you baronet Gustan. Please rest assured, I have no intention to kill you or your wife. Or your daughter. I was just looking for some servants, and you were chosen to be one of them. And no, there won't be any negociations, you and your family don't have a choice in that matter.»

Then, he enslaved him, under the horrified look of his wife. He ordered him to not move and stay quiet, then he enslaved the woman. Once done, he told evryone to follow him while staying quiet, and they went into the daughter's room. He did the same as with the father and lifted her up by the neck. The girl was terrified but couldn't do anything as he enslaved her as well.

- «Now, the Gustan baronet family is mine. I am your master for life, and you will serve me to the best of your abilities until you die. You are to keep my existence a secret, and you can't do anything against me, my subordinate or my belongings, and take care of them if needed. And you and your belongings are now mine.»

The parents and daughter were silently crying as Kalim took everything from in less than 5 minutes. As they were crying with their heads down, Kalim was staring at the girl, then at Amber in her revealing outfit, then back at the girl, and smiled even more...

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AN: Kekekekekekeke!!!