Chapter27: Plans

"Master, does something trouble you? " Gail was kneeling before my coffin with a bowed head. It had been a month since I saw Eva ; yet this pain in my chest made it feel like forever ago. even though I hadn't left the nearest city yet I dared not appear before her until I was worthy. The gift she gave me that night..it made me feel more alive than I have ever felt in this life time. shaking my head I said:

"Gail what's our current status? " my voice was harsh having no mood to talk about my feelings I focused on work instead. Gail straightened and proceeded to report too me.

"We have managed to take over a large number of smaller black market dealers; thanks to your cunning and power master. After the new product launch of the Lunor Lover powder we now have a foot hold in the industry of cosmetics. our dealing in the food industry are going amazingly well, our hold on the entertainment world strengthened; and as for engneering; thanks to master's keen eye for quality we can now begin large scale foreign trade." I listened keenly to Gail's report.

Lunor Lover Powder was a product that my slave magicians and Gail came up with under orders; by grinding a magic stone endowed with illusion magic; then combining it with organic dye and essential minerals. because it had it's own mana and was preset to cast illusions all it needed was the will of a user. you could hide your physical flaws and /or look like anyone you could imagine; the result caused it to be revered by the nobility and the unsavory alike. we even had a Lunor Lover Bar and Brotheral hidden away in this city's own red light district. we had contracted food stalls and openned small resturants and Inn's; all of these were controlled by us of course; after set up we brought businessman into our ranks and made these places flourish and expand. With this we had plenty of places to gather intel. The last and most important of these developments was the engineering industry. I had to select this puppet myself; luckily there was a young and brilliant boat engineer looking to start a business. After making him a slave I sent him on his way and we now were able to expaned into foreign trade. with everything in place it was almost time for the 3rd phase of this plan.

"Gail how are preparations for the 3rd phase coming along?" she visibly wilted and I prepared myself for disatisfaction. what should be her punishment?

"M-master..we ran into some trouble while looking for a suitable location. all of the unclaimed land or islands are over run with untamed Monster forest. the largest piece we could find was a rather large island so tainted by monster aura it drowned the lands and turned the waters around the island into monster infested oceans. I- " I held my hand up to stop her displeased. This is what she was worried about? had I known this I could have sped things up by a week. with a heavy sigh I spoke to Gail irritation plain in my voice.

"You're an idiot. Get me a cartographer, I want a map of that island and any available land surrounding it; you have 1 month to complete my condistions. I'll prepare a scout, guards and vampire mages." I said getting out of my coffin. I was beginning my stretches when Gail's panicked voice stopped me half way.

" Wait master! you can't! y-you don't really pla-!" I slapped Gail hard enough to set her splayed out onto the floor; she touched her cheek and trembled. perhaps I have been to nice to her.

"Who are you to question me?" I said grabing her roughly by the hair and pulling her up to eye level.

"Have you forgotten who your master is; exactly what can't I do? I will soon ascend and become an exsistance even the gods live in fear of, And you dear Gail; had gotten in the way of that because of some silly miserables in the woods of an untouched island?!" The more I thought sbout it the angrier I got. I looked into her eyes with a sick hunger

"If it was anyone else I would have had them raped until they broke and then watched as they burn; after I set them on fire." I'm not sure when I started smiling at this thought and it was an amusing one; But I had. I dropped Gail then; an even more amusing thought coming to mind.

"Gail make me a bath before you go out and lastly..." I turned to look at her with a diabolic smile. she looked up at me like a spooked deer.

"Bring me 4 useful slaves before tomorrow night." she knew what I was implying; tears began fill her eyes. I crouched down in front of her touching her brused cheek I looked into her eyes coldly.

"If you don't want to be replaced become indispensible to your master. Most importantly, never question me or get in my way again." It was time Gail had some 'help' around here; I let her go with a small laugh. I pointed playfully at the bathroom, she quickly got up, bowed and hurried off to prepare my bath. it was ironic really, would the new help be a poison or a panacea. well either way she would have brought it upon herself.