Mars flew just below the clouds as he searched for the caravan of enslaved demons, soon he spotted what could be the convoy he was looking for a lowered his alt.i.tude a little as he transformed his eyes and activated [Energy: sense] to get a closer look at the convoy."... Bingo."
The cages were covered with cloth but that didn"t stop Mars from seeing inside them with his [Energy: sense], he took note of the place the caravan where and the speed it was traveling at and estimated a place it would stop for the night before he flew back to the meeting spot where he found Victoria waiting. Mars touched down on the ground before he walked over and patted her on the head as he asked.
"Did you find it too?"
"Yeah... So you... Also found... It?"
Mars gave a nod before he sat down and patted his legs, Victoria took the signal and laid down on his legs before she received some head pats as Mars spoke.
"Now we just need to wait until sundown... And then we attack."
"Okay..."
"Did you count the escorts?"
"No... Should I... Have?"
"No it"s fine, I didn"t either."
"Okay..."
Mars and Victoria waited for sundown together and soon the sun dipped below the horizon and Victoria got up from Mars" lap and stretch. Mars stood up and looked around before he gave a nod, he had been resting his eyes so he had not noticed it was dark already.
"Well then, let"s go free some demons."
"Yeah..."
The sounds of fighting gradually grew faint, the demons in the cages could only wish that their captures had won the fight, after all if they ended up in the hands of bandits their fate would be even worse. Soon a man"s voice could be heard from outside the cages.
"Where are the rest!?"
"T-t-the good ones are to be auctioned off in the former king"s city in two days."
The demons in the cages recognized the voice that was stuttering, it was the leader of the convoy, he was a cruel man that liked to torment them in his free time. But the fact that he now was being pushed told the demons that their fears had been confirmed someone had slaughtered all the caravan guards and they were most likely bandits.
"... Where are the action going to be held?"
"I-i-in the old castle, the lord"s family hosts the event."
"I see... You would not happen to have a have an invitation would you?"
"Y-y-yes I do, here you can have it just spare my life!"
Sometimes pa.s.sed then suddenly something heavy suddenly hit the ground and slow footsteps neared one of the cages before the cloth was pulled off the and a young man was revealed outside of the cage, he looked into the cage with sorrow in his eyes before he asked.
"Did any of you watch the kel tournament three years ago?"
One of the demons widened his eyes before he spoke.
"Y-you"re the champion from three years ago!"
Mars gave a nod.
"Step back from the bars."
The demons did as Mars asked and soon a flash of light shone before the bars of the cage fell to the ground and Mars stepped into the cage and grabbed the demon closet to him by the collar.
"Hold still for a moment."
Then he drained the energy from the slave collar before it unlocked with a click before Mars wordlessly went on to the next demon and soon the entire cage worth of demons were freed. Then Mars went on to the next cage and repeated the process, after about an hour he was done with freeing all the demons and gathered them together before he jumped up on one of the cages and spoke out.
"Some of you may recognize me from the kel tournament three years ago, my name is Mars and I now give you two options, first we can part ways here, second option is that I can take you to a city where you will be offered jobs and homes where you can live with what"s left of you families in safety."
Mars looked at the demons and none of them showed signs of leaving, he gave a nod and opened a portal to Green river and gestured for them to step though as he spoke.
"Come, a new life awaits you all."
The next morning came, Mars had not slept yet since he had spent the entire night on getting the demons settled in Green river. After that he returned to his building and rode the mana elevator up to his penthouse and walked into the living room and collapsed on the couch. After sleeping for a few hours he awoke again to the smell of breakfast and joined the girls at the table, after eating Mars made a plan for the auction tomorrow.
"Hmm... First I need to move some money..."
Mars" capital was huge, after all each month he received rent from all the people and shops in his building, so buying all the demons and then setting them free should be easy. But first he had to deposit his cash in a bank in the NNE and receive a so called crystal card which could be used to pay at the auction, Mars found this out by reading the invitation. So the first Mars did was visit the local Green river bank and make a withdrawal in the the most concentrated from he could: Platinum coins. One platinum coin was worth 5 minion cel and Mars withdrew 50 of them. This of course drained his finances significantly, but not to the point of ruining him, then he flew back to his penthouse and wore his suit before he opened a portal to the former king"s city and stepped though...
Walking on the streets of the former king"s city in a pale suit and with a sword on his hip, Mars attracted a lot of attention all of which he ignored as he walked towards the n.o.ble district and quickly found a bank, but not just any bank no this one had it"s sign made out of pure gold. Mars gave a nod and stepped inside and found that the inside was just as luxurious as the outside with gold trimmed marble floors and walls, Mars walked up to the counter and spoke to the receptionist.
"h.e.l.lo, I would like to open an account."
the receptionist gave a sweet smile and spoke.
"The minimum for opening an account here is 10 million cel, can you cover that at the moment sir?"
Mars took his pooch and laid it on the counter making platinum coins spill out on the counter, the eyes of the receptionist widened slightly before she returned to her smile and bowed slightly.
"Please follow after me and we will discuss the opening of your account sir."
After about half an hour Mars walked out of the bank with a crystal card in his hand, the card itself was made of pure clear crystal and sparkled like a plate made of diamond.
"That"s all the prep done... Now all I can do is wait for tomorrow."
Mars walked into an alley and ripped open a portal to Green river...
The next evening various wealthy people were arriving at the lord manner, they wore all sorts of luxurious suits and dresses and they arrived in sky carriages from all over the NNE. Suddenly a black portal formed and a young man with horns dressed in a pale suit stepped out, after him came a woman with wings on her hip that was dressed in a white loose fitting dress. The pair drew attention from all over the entrance area as they both seemed not to belong to the three main races, another thing that drew attention was the 13 pointed silver star that hang around the neck of the young man, Yel looked around while she thought.
"I"m so glad I won the rock paper scissor compet.i.tion so I could accompany master."
Mars took Yel"s arm and walked towards the entrance while he ignored the looks both of them where getting, at the entrance stood a person Mars was familiar with and welcomed the guests, when she saw Mars she gave a deep frown, Mars however kept his smile and walked over and said hi.
"h.e.l.lo Vanessa."
"... Mars"
Vanessa was dressed in a back dress that matched her black eyes and long black hair, she gave a sigh and asked Mars.
"I take it you have an invitation?"
"Right here."
Mars handed his invitation over to Vanessa that cheeked and doubled cheeked it before she gave a sigh and gestured to what looked like a card reader as she explained.
"The seating is arranged by a person"s capital, please insert you crystal car here."
"Sure."
Mars took his crystal card out of his pocket and inserted it into the card reader that then displayed a number that caused the surrounding people to gasp loudly.
"2-250 million cel!"
Mars gave a smile and asked Vanessa.
"Is there any problems?"
Vanessa was stunned, the region that her family was managing on behalf of the NNE was former Destra and they made under 50 million in taxes for a year, so she could only bow her head slightly as she spoke.
"N-no please enjoy your evening."