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The next day, the young man woke up in a good mood. He recalled the events of the night before when a though struck him. He had opened his eyes to this world 4 or 5 days prior, but he already had a language of his own. In his mind it was clearly foreign yet, he understood what the people were saying and spoke fluently in their tongue. He was wondering how he knew their language, since nobody taugh it to him. Who ever made him must have been a genius.

He left the storage room with his spear and the slave collars and went to the underground floor where the cells were. He left it sealed the whole night and was worried about the quality of the air down there. He destroyed his wall and was assualted by the stench of body fluids and body wastes. Now that he thought about it, he didn't clean up the corpses and the blood. It wasn't a good place to keep his future possessions.

-Good morning ladies and gentlemen, today is such a nice day!! He said in a loud, cheerfull voice.

''Hmm, I really can't leave them here, and it will be a bother to clean things up. I must get them out of her but herding them by myself would be troublesome. Let's enslave the prized beauties first and have them help me''

So the young man went to the last cell. On the way, he glanced at the other girls in their cells. Most were terrified, some were haggard, some looked asleep. A few of them had peed or defecated where they were, and 3 of them were clearly dead, one with shit leaking out of her ass. The last surviving bandit was still alive and looked very worried about his future.

The young man put them out of his mind and focused on the task at hand. He reached the last cell and got in. The 2 beautifull girls were looking at him, the elven beauty with anxious eyes, the tigre beauty with wary eyes.

-Good morning my beautifull girls! As you probably have guessed, I am the knew lord of this desolate place, and I came to make you mine.

-You, you killed all the bandits? By yourself? Asked the tigre girl with surprise in her eyes.

-Of course! It wasn't that much of a trouble, the boss and the rat were good but not enough! Responded the young man with a proud grin.

-Since they are no longer in the way, you're mine!

-You didn't come to rescue us. Said the elven beauty in a soft voice, a tear streaming down her face

-No beauty, I'm not. But don't worry, I take care of what is mine. Let's get it over with, there are other girls I have to deal with.

He went to the tiger girl. She tried to resist but with fast and powerfull movements he subdued her and put the collar on her. He bit his thumb, pressed it on the collar and spoke the magic words. The collar glowed a faint purple light, and purple rune shot out of its center and ran all around the body of the girl like ropes, or chains. Then they tightened, making the tiger girl growl in surprise, and the glow faded. He then proceded to do the same to the elven girl. She didn't try to resist, there was nothing she could do.

-Now girls, you are to follow those 3 basics rules: Any actions against me or my belongings are forbidden, and as you are my belongigngs, you can't harm yourselves. Runnning away is forbidden. Revealing informations about me is forbidden.

The collars slightly glowed as the girls took in the instructions. The young man released them.

-Follow me.

He looked at the other girls and selected 2 of them who looked a bit athletic. Heenslaved them as well, with the same basic rules. He led them to the ground floor, in the room with the right door leading to the dinning room and gave them wepons from the bandits.

-You stay here and keep any girl from leaving this place. Knock them out or slice their legs if you have to, but still, go easy on them. But that is only if they try to leave.

He went back downstair and told the rest of the women to get out of the cells and wait in the room upstair. Warning them of what may come if they try to flee. They were too terrified to go against his orders. They were near when he massacred and tortured the men who had raped them, and seeing their corpses on the ground was more than enough motivation to keep them in check. The young man then went to the bandit.

-Now my friend, I have other questions for you. I want to know where is the nearest source of clean water.

-Y-yes! There is a small waterfall with a pond around 30min away from here straight to the west. The water comes out of a hole in the rock.

-Good guy, I'll see you later then.

And he left. In the room, all the women were present. They looked at him with great fear.

-Now girls, you are filthy and you stink! You need of a good bath, so we will deal with that soon. Now get rid of the disgusting clothes you are wearing, hurry.

All the girls obeyed him, they were resigned to their fate. There was noone brave enough to go against the one who slaughtered all the bandits by himself. Within 10 seconds, the girls who still had functional clothes were naked, he herded the 17 of them outside.

He didn't have the chance to have a good look before, but once outside he could see the old 2 stories building was build against the flank of a small cliff. It was entirely made of stones. The place was in the middle of the mountains with a dense forest of tall, green trees. After suffering from the stench inside, the smell of trees and nature, and the cool wind and patches of sunlight were really refreshing. The young man could see that the girls liked it as well, as they looked a little better.

They reached the place in a little under an hour, and he told the girls to wash themselves thoroughly. As the dirt, blood and body fluids and waste were washed away, the young man took the time to evaluate each of them, he keenly watched their movements, their muscles, their skin and hair, and of course their breasts and asses. He was selecting his favorites, and those he would sell or throw away.

The place was really pretty. The water gushing out of the rock and falling from around 20m in the pond, an oval shaped pond with room for about 30 people. Around the pond, green grass, the first trees were at least 30m away from the edge of the pond. The sunlight easily reached the clearing in which the pond was.

-Now girls, this place is really nice! Take your time, I'm sure you're not that eager to go back. Enjoy the water and the scenery.

-Hmm... Said the youngest one of them, a girl around 10.

-Yeah? What is it?

-... I'm cold... She said in a small voice.

-... You're right. Well, finish up girls, I don't wnt you to catch a cold. We will come here another time.

A few minute later, they left the pond. On the way, the young man could hear several stomachs grumble.

-It's okay girls, food is the next thing on the program! After you get some clothes on.

Once back in the old bandit lair, he led them to the storage room, told them to grab some clothes and eat until they were full. 10 of them were a bit enthusiastic, 5 had dull reactions and the last 2 didn't even seem to care. Once they started eating, he told the 4 enslaved girls to come to him.

-Now, you will tell me your name, age and occupation. Let's start with miss elf and miss tiger girl.

-My name is Eryween, 17 years old and I'm a D rank adventurer. My friend is Shanira, 20 years old, and she is also a D rank adventurer.

-Eryween and Shanira eh. They are nice names, fitting for pretty girls. What about you, brown skinned girl?

-Elody, 15 years old. I'm just a villager, I hunt, I fish, I farm.

-I'm Alinee, 14 years old, E rank adventurer.

-Good!! The 4 of you are my senior slaves. You will have the right to manage the other girls when I'm not around. Remember that the others girls are mine, you can't sell them or let them escape. Eryween, you're a mage right? Can you use healing magic?

-...Yes...

-Then go and heal the leg of the bandit in the cell, he is still usefull for me so don't harm him. Once you're done, come back here.

-!!! … Yes...

A few minutes later, she was back and all the girls finished their meal. There were 13 collars. 4 of them were already used, 1 was reserved for the last bandit, that left 8 collars for 13 girls.

-Now listen girls! There are 8 slave collar left, and there are 13 of you. Meaning 5 of you will be completly useless to me as I can't trust someone who isn't bound by a collar.

The women looked at him in fear, at least most of them. There were still those with dull reactions or no reactions.

-The ones who chose to serve me will be properly taken care of. The last remaining 5 will be either killed or abandonned in the mountains, whatever end they chose.

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AN: The young man ain't no joke!!