109 Rules of the House (1/2)

”Do you disagree with the rules of the house as well?” Asked Daniel to the young mistress of the Bizac family with a menacing voice.

The girl felt a shiver run down her spine. She looked back at Daniel with conflicted eyes, and simply said ”No..”. She then turned to look at her slave, and said ”From now on, you are free.”

In her mind, she was already thinking on how she would vent on the freed slave at the first occasion she would have. But then, she heard Daniel's words.

”You two, want to work for me?” Asked Daniel to the two shocked ex slaves.

The two were looking around in a confused way. The young mistress' slave kept looking at her, as if waiting to hear her orders.. While the slave of the Lones family was uncertain about what to do. There was no trace left about his master.

Before the two could respond, a voice arrived from the other side of the ballroom. It said ”Why don't you try doing something like that with me, kid?”

The owner of the voice, was the head of the Lones family. The middle aged man clad in black armor.

He was walking towards Daniel, and was visibly angry.

The other guests made way for him to pass, and the young master that had happily chatted with Daniel until now, slowly backed away in fear.

”Do you want me to teach you how to treat an honored guest?” Asked the head of the Lones Family in anger, after assisting to the scene where his son had been helplessly teleported out of the castle, as if punished.

Daniel looked back at this man, then at the young man carrying the shield. He then asked with a plain tone. ”Is that your slave?”

The sound of chatter started to resound in the air. Without even considering the man's words, Daniel had asked him a question in the same exact way he had asked it to his son before throwing him out of his castle.

”So what if he is? Are you going to kick me out as well?” Said the man sarcastically.

”Yes.”

The man reached for the handle of his sword, but before he could even unsheath it, a loud 'thud' sound could be heard. The man's eyes opened in shock for only a moment, then, he fell on the ground unconscious.

When the robust man fell, Daniel saw Jerigh standing right behind him.

During the past two and a half years, Jerigh had become extremely powerful. Just like Buriath had grown to the power of a late eight rank human cultivator thanks to the immense help of the perfect earth sphere, and thanks to the group's effect, Jerigh was the one who had received the largest increment in speed of progression.

One could consider Jerigh to be a prodigy amongst prodigies. His speed of cultivation was as high as a dozen time the speed of a normal prodigy, and thanks to the group bonus, which increased his speed in cultivation by an additional 120%, and the time sphere, which increased his already enhanced speed by three times, after two and a half years of constant cultivation, he had reached the peak of the eight rank of martial cultivation.

His very power, paired with the thirty-five percent increase in prowess from 'Karmic Aura', was enough for him to knock the head of the Lones family out cold.

If his power was not enough, he had studied dozens of martial arts from within the martial section of the library. A library which the group had filled in during Daniel's absence, and that now counted thousands of books.

Standing just a meter away from the unconscious head of the Lones family, Daniel took a step towards him, grabbed his collar, and opened a portal in space. He then went through it while carrying the unconscious armored man.

Jerigh followed him quietly.

Nobody knew what to do. They looked at the stable portal in silence and waited for something to happen.

Only after a brave young master entered the portal did the spectators start to go through it as well.

When they reached the other side, they appeared right in front of the mansion of the Lones family.

In front of the gates, Daniel stood quietly.

The large metallic gates opened, and from it, a few old people with some guards walked out of their land.

One of these old people looked at Daniel and at the man he was carrying. After recognizing him as the head of their family, he looked at Daniel with hostility.

Most high level cultivators within the city, along with the heads of the rest of the families, were standing in the vicinity and observing the events take place.

Daniel looked at the old man that seemed to be in charge, and said ”Slavery is forbidden in my pocket dimension. Your family has an hour to free every single slaves it owns, or you'll be forcibly evicted and kicked out. You won't receive a second warning.”

His voice was extremely calm, and his face lacked any form of expression. He was simply stating a rule, which others had to follow.

After a second of thought, Daniel added ”If instead of freeing the slaves you touch a single hair on them.. He goes out of the dimension first.. In pieces. And this is my space.. Trust me if I tell you that I'll know about it.”

The old man's face changed into one of worry. He turned to look at the members of his family, and after conferring for a minute, they nodded at Daniel, and went back into the mansion.

It was at this moment that the head of the Lones family had started to wake up.. His body and organs were extremely strong, so, keeping him unconscious for a long period of time was impossible.

Before he could fully wake up, Jerigh approached him, and gave him a solid punch to the back of his head, knocking him unconscious once again.