14 Sith Army?

After calming people down from their euphoria, I together with the other politicians returned to the village, and I was lead to the chiefs mansion, well, more like a complex of several nice looking buildings. The buildings had their roofs painted in red, glossy paint, which reflected sun rays in a manner that made people believe that the roof is burning, at the same time, it created the same cozy atmosphere that a fireplace would give. The walls were decorated with various things, from decorative wheels, to demon beasts skull's. The very walls were made from logs, stacked on each other, which added to the cozy feeling. All in all, althought the former chief was an asshole and a greedy pig, he had some taste in decor. Althought the skulls of beasts will have to go.

The said buildings were surrounded by gardens, some of them looking like what you would expect from a western guide to gardening, others were simple shapes in sand, some were rock formations with plants interspaced between them. And althought they were all different and looked chaotic, but I couldn't help but notice that when you walked through the paths, all the gardens started to compliment one each other, creating a surreal feeling.

Okay, eastern-type babble aside, the politicians, in their hurry, didn't let me to appreciate the beauty of buildings and gardens, and quicky ushered me inside one of the buildings. Inside stood a oval shaped table, that was surrounded by several big chairs. Both, the table and the chairs, looked ancient, but still exuded an aura of sturdiness. The colour of wood was a very dark brown, with highlighted veins of seemingly different wood running through the chairs and the table.

The politicians all found their seats, got comfortable in them, while some led me to one end of the table, telling me to sit here for a while. Eventually some girls were called up to get drinks and snacks.

Finnaly, after few all the idiots started to somewhat pay attention, I started to talk.

"So, as you all know, the former chief, whatever his name was, died, and I, by the people, was chosen as the new chief. So first thing first, we need to rebuild the system, so that…"-I started to speak, expecting them to realise that they aren't in control of whatever they were in control of previously. As always, there's that one friend in the group that doesn't get it.

" Look kid, we all here understand that you're strong and everything, but..leave the governing to adults, as it should be, ok? Okay. So first, as a new chief of the village, you should share your recourses, just like you promised. Now, I don't expect a mountain of meat or legend ranked Demon-Beast spirit, but a couple of carts of meat will be required. Oh, and if you have any good demon beast spirits, hand them over. We will… retristribute them to the community. After all, you did promise to give power to our warriors to stand at the peak."-one sleazy looking human said with a disgusting smile. Honestly, why do all bad guys have hygiene problems. Sigh~

On the other hand, now that I experienced the so called 'council', I understood that the previous chief was just a fool in their hands. I guess if I wouldn't be here, the new chief, father of Xiau Kuang would get rid of this court. Now, I could try and be civil, but as a wise say, give a fool a feet, and he will want anal.

Strangely specific sayings aside, weI shouldn't entairtaint them. Yeah, I won't.

'System, is there something that could make them disapear?'

[Host should buy [Reality eye] technique, as you already planned to do it, and then just dump their bodies in it. Or just put them in his inventory.]

'Good idea. Do it, as I already planned to purchase it.'

[Purchasing [Reality Eye]. Done.]

'Ooo, that's is a really nice technique. If I wouldn't have an inventory, it would be godsent. But still, absolute immunity to physical harm while in it is really nice.'

*ahem* Now that I have the tools to commit perfect murder, let's…well, commit it.

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There wasn't much blood, and it took only a second for each of them, to extract their souls and put their bodies into inventory. I think I'm getting hang of this whole 'murder it and hide it' thing. I used the fabled chop on a neck that so many cartoons and films use to knock them out, and when everyone in the room only had white of their eyes to be seen and were drooling mess on the floor, I extracted their souls and ate them!muahahaha.

No, kidding. I just used a neat trinket called [Soul Jewel] to imprison their souls, while at their same time letting me store them in my inventory. Althought, when you think about it, [Soul Jewel]'s that have souls inside them can be used to enchant weapons and other things by using some evil techniques, essentially imprisoning a soul for eternal torment and use, similar how it works in Earthrim.(get the reference due to my fear of copyright)

So, in a sense, it would be a better fate to devour those souls, than to let them rot in weapon for near eternity, after which they would still get dispersed, in other words, destroyed.

Hmmm, now that I think of it, my Demon Spirit that was created for me when I started to cultivate [Demon of The Many] can devour demon spirits and gain their traits and moves, for example the Yin-Yang blast from the Nie Li's panda spirit. I wonder what would happen if I would try to feed a soul of human.

Yes, I definely need to research it. Orochimaru style.

Now that I'm the only ruling body left, I need to get an understanding exactly in what shape this village is. In any other scenario, I would just ask for every business owner give me a report on how good or bad their business is going. But this is Xanxia world, meaning monopolies and tyranny for the win.

"Xia, please go gather every somewhat important person in the village and tell them to come here for a meeting."- I tell one of the maids

"Somewhat important, sir?"-Xia asks.

"Yeah"- I said. "Every person that owns some kind of shop or business, or is responsible for more than 25 men. Every family head of those families that have more than a 50 members. Guards including."-I explain. What? Did you expect for some plebian maid to just instantly understand how my head works in an instant? As a (somewhat) responsible and (not really) good ruler I need to give them time to get used to new leadership. Meaning no public executions until mothers starts naming their children after me.

I guess if a person is really annoying it wouldnt be bad if I…Nonono, I'm a good ruler after all.

"…"

This is going to suck, isn't it?

"Sigh…"

"Is something the matter, my lord?"- One (not really) important family head asks me. Apparently thoughts can travel in circles for some time, as the important people were gathered while I resolved to not be a murder-happy ruler. I guess I could understand how half an hour can pass in one paragraph in the stories I've read.

Ahem, anyhow, life-thingy aside, the idi…people I needed have gathered, so let's get to it.

"I'm glad that you've all gathered on a rather…sudden notice, but as this is important, I believe we should not waste time on niceties, so I'll get right to it. As you no doubt noticed, all the council members have vanished and haven't been seen after they left with after unfortune death of former-chief. I must confess, it's somewhat my fault. You see, I realised that I can't have such weak people in important seats of power, so I gave them all a gold rank demon spirit that was suitable to them. Sadly, their human greed showed itself, and after they integrated with their golf rank spirits, they all tried attacking me. Unfortunately for them, it was a test. A test they failed. So when they tried to attack me, I simply detonated their new demon spirits, which caused their death. Currently, fluffy is using them as snack."- I said calmly, with no fluctuation in my voice, cousing some of them to pale. Considerably. I guess having a psycho that can kill men and don't feel any emotion is worse than having a psycho that can have emotional outbursts.

"B-but that bullshit!"- one of the cattle rearing business owners spoke up.

"Excuse me?"- I raised and eyebrow.

"I said it's bullshit, if you expect to make us believe that you manage to subdue and kill over ten golden rank demon spiritualists without breaking this room!"

I blinked.

They blinked.

We all blinked.

"That's it? You don't believe me because this room isn't trashed? Okay, first, who said we fought here? Second, how do you know I don't have some super powered profound skills? I can tame demon beasts for fucks sake, and you don't believe me I can't fight without ruining my surrounding? Are you daft or something?"

They all blinked.

"A-ah well. Um, when you put it like this…well….sorry."- the same person said.

"Sigh, it's okay. I understand. It's not like you to know much about my abilities, and when you haven't the world as much as I had, you don't know much about either."- I said, milking my traveling merchant heir card to to the max.

"Well, as I was saying before someone interrupted me,"- Here I glare at the idiot who did that. " I understood that I can't leave the fate of the village to people who haven't left their house premises their whole life. Especially to people that bite the hand that feed them, after which they get kicked and castrated."- Here I look at the owner of the biggest, and only, brothel in the village. He gulps down slowly.

"But I also realise that I can't be here to lead you all by the hand the whole time. To combat the issue, we will need to unify the village, so that there wouldn't be twenty separate reports about how many melons you all managed to eat per month. So, in my infinite wisdom, I declare that all related business get unified into their respective sectors. That way, there will be only one report on how many melons you eat per month. Any questions so far?"- I say.

"But, sire, I don't eat melons?"

""…""

"It's just an example you imbecile"- One of the smarter ones answer after a minute of akwardess.

"Ahem, yes. Now, I know you have many questions, so now would be the time you ask them."- I say in a patronising voice. Judging from the tick marks on their faces, operation "Annoy idiots" is a success.

"Sir, business deals in several sectors, so what…"

*LINE BREAK*

After several exhausting hours of wishy washy talking, we all came to an agreement. Well, more like I beaten one in them. Now all related businesses will be unified, there won't be twenty self entitled fucks I need to deal with, only two or so instead. When someone said that their profits will drop, I kindly 'reminded' them that their head can also drop. By tossing that someone through a wall with a flick with wrist. Ahhh, feels good to be a tyrant. Anyhow, we also all agreed, read "I ordered", that we build a mall-like structure where we will put the businesses, so that there won't be any need to go around whole village to get the products for dinner.

I also made my lovely Yun-chan the middleman, essentially making her the boss of the village, with me being her boss. Or something like that. Obviously some were unhappy that some 'uppity slut' is going to order them around, so I proved my point that she's just fine as a boss by smashing several of them into the ground. Repeatedly.

Have I said how good to be a tyrant?

On a related note, the poor Yun-chan feared that she was not up to the job. So I led her aside for a bit and told the wonders of corporations. Essentially, I told her that all she needs to is to look good, act with dignity and a bit of snobbishness, and dump her workload on her employees, if she feels like it. Of course, my talk was much more bonding, secretly manipulative and had just the right amount of lighcore brainwashing involving mysterious forces.

As you can guess, she got seriuosly fired up and practically dragged all those old fools out of the building so she could begin to commandeer them as soon as possible. I was so proud I almost cried. Almost.

Oh, I also managed to realise the wet dream of my childhood, teenhood, and adulthood. The darkest secret. The one wish I will never cease to pursue.

The ultimate. The best. The most badass.

SITH ARMY!