Vampire Cultivation System in a Hidden World of Monsters

Chapter 148 The New Girls

We made it back quick. I switched back to human form when I landed on the roof and I helped Maven get back into human form. I put the bracelet on one of her fingers like a ring and tightened it until she could switch it to her wrist.

I broke the door that led to the roof to get back down into the building. I just grabbed the handle and turned it. It turned against its will and opened. We made our way down the stairs and back onto the stage where several women and presumably their martial arts masters were waiting.

I had changed back into the original clothes I was wearing for the event and the theater, which was quickly becoming my favorite outfit. A black suit with a white shirt, and a gold tie.

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I brushed myself off before making my way onto the stage and saying to the remaining audience members, "I deeply apologize for the interruption. I hope everyone is safe and unharmed. That will never be happening again, not just because I don't want it to, but because the Dragon Sect is no more, and their assets will soon be mine."

"Their leader challenged me to a duel, where upon my victory, the Dragon Sect would be mine. When I won, the entire fighting force of the Dragon Sect chose to attack me instead of accepting me as their new leader. With the help of my team, we were able to defeat all of them. So, the Dragon Sect is essentially over and I will be collecting their assets as I can get to them."

"With all that out of the way, I would like to get back to our business. I am happy to see so many of you still here. Even though we started with hundreds of people, ending with one to two dozen is still a considerable amount. I am happy to answer any questions and discuss anything you would like to discuss, but first I'd like to ask a question of my own. What brings you all here today?"

An older gentleman, as all of the men present were, standing next to a woman with light blue hair and light blue eyes, said, "I can't speak for everyone, but this is basically our only hope. My daughter and I come from the Elemental Sect, but they disqualified her as a student and forced her to leave."

"No matter what we do, she can't activate her powers. The problem is that we elementals absorb our element to get stronger. But her element is so unique, that we haven't been able to find much of it for her to absorb. It exists but it is very rare and expensive and there isn't very much of it in the entire world."

"May I ask what her element is?" I said, curious.

"Yes. It's blue diamond. Her body is made up of it, but as blue diamonds make up less than 0.02% of all mined diamonds, you can imagine how lost we are when it comes to helping her. The sect itself won't pay for any of the diamonds, so it comes down to me and my wife, but we simply can't afford them," he said.

"And even if we could, elementals need to absorb mass quantities of their element to get stronger. There simply aren't enough blue diamonds in the world to make a difference. If she could activate even a fraction of the amount of power of other elementals, she could become incredibly strong, but she simply can't."

"I implore you, please help us. While I don't love the method of getting stronger that you employ, as I can imagine many fathers of girls wouldn't, we have no other choice. Please take her on as one of your disciples! I beg of you!" The man bowed his head down to the ground and I could see real tears dripping onto the floor.

"Sir, there is no need for you to bow so low. I appreciate both of your plights and I would be happy to help, if your daughter is willing to agree to the conditions I previously stated. If there was any other way, I would offer it, but I need full cooperation and loyalty from my team for us all to be successful," I said.

"I completely understand and I couldn't agree more that is the only proper way to run a team." He got up off the ground and stood. He looked at his daughter and said, "Hope, are you sure this is what you want? I don't want to force you to do anything you don't want to do."

"Yes, father. I want this. I'm tired of being a useless letdown. Even though I won't be in the Elemental Sect, I will still be able to make a difference and be useful. That is all I care about," she said, in a soft quiet voice.

Hope walked up to me. The closer she got to me, the further and further she looked down towards the ground. I initially would've assumed she was staring at my penis, but she didn't seem like that kind of girl. She was just very shy and insecure.

"Sir, please take me on as your disciple. I will do anything to be useful and get stronger. I'll do your laundry, I'll cook, I'll clean, whatever it takes," she said, still looking down at her feet.

"That is simply not necessary. You can join our team as long as you are willing to abide by the relationship guidelines, do what I say, and stay loyal to yourself, your teammates, and me. You don't even have to have relations with me if you don't want to or don't feel comfortable," I said.

"Ok. Thank you! It may be difficult for me at first, but I really really really want to get stronger, and I mean it when I say I'm willing to do whatever it takes to do so," she said, looking up at me.

"I believe you," I said. "Everything will go at your own pace. Now all I have left to say is, welcome to the team, Hope." I extended my hand out to shake hers, and she hugged me instead. I hugged her back as best I could.

"I don't usually hug strangers, but I'm just so happy!" She said, smiling an adorable smile.

"I understand," I said, smiling myself. "Now, go introduce yourself to your new teammates who are standing right over there," I pointed at the girls, "and head backstage with them so you can talk and get to know each other."

"Ok!" She said. She followed the girls backstage.

I turned back to the father and said, "She is in very good hands. We'll arrange visits if you want to see her every so often. I hope you have a great rest of your day."

The father shook my hand and said, "Thank you so much! You have no idea what this means for both of us!" Then he turned around and walked out of the building with a skip in his step.

I turned to the remaining people and said, "How many of you have a similar story?" I said.

They all raised their hands except for one. She appeared to be a Naga, which is a form of snake person, and she was alone. No master or father present.

"Ok, you can all just come up one by one. Tell me your name and a little bit about you, and then you can join the rest of the girls backstage." I said.

The yellow haired girl was next. She walked right up to me and said with a huge grin on her face, "I'm really excited for this opportunity. This sounds like exactly the kind of operation I want to be a part of. My name's Sparky. I'm a thunderbird. I bet you I'll be your best girl in no time."

"It's not a competition Sparky. It's more of a family, but if you must make it a competition, I'm sure some of the other girls would enjoy competing with you. My name is Dylan, just in case you don't remember from before. Welcome to the team," I said.

When I put my hand out to shake and she took it, she squeezed my hand slightly and a small shock went into my hand.

"Feisty, I see," I said.

"Always," she said, and walked backstage.

The next girl to come up had long bushy brown hair, wolf ears, and was wearing a track suit. She shook my hand and said, "Hi my name is Luna. Excited to be working with you. I'm a werewolf. I like the moon and long walks in the forest."

"Nice to meet you, Luna. Glad to have you on board," I said.

She walked backstage.

The next girl to come up was about 5 feet (152 cm) tall, had a green mechanic's outfit on, light green hair, and fairy wings sprouting out of her back.

"Thistle, at your service. I can do any bracelet repairs or modification needed and I'm also an inventor. I have no fairy magic whatsoever, but I'd be happy to see if you can change that," she said.

"Thistle, good to have you on the team," I said.

She walked backstage.

The next girl to walk up, had fox ears, a kimono, and two fox tails. She looked sideways and said, "My name is Yuki. You may not remember me because I was in fox form. We fought at the arena. I haven't been able to get past two tails and I want to get stronger, so I thought, why not join the guy who beat me, but also saved my life."

"I think that was a great idea, Yuki. You're more than welcome on this team," I said.

She also walked backstage.

A woman with spider legs coming out of her back and two red spider eyes on her forehead as well as two red human shaped eyes where they would normally be, came up next.

She put her hand out daintily and said, "My name is Ariadne, but you can call me Aria. It is a great pleasure to meet you, mister Dylan. I very much look forward to working together."

She gave me a sultry look and her eyes traveled up and down my body, stopping at my dick a couple times. "I can't wait to get my hands on you," she said. Then she walked past me without giving me a chance to respond.

"Ook. That just happened," I said.

I was so dazed by that interaction, that I didn't notice how it got there, but I noticed a treasure chest at my feet.

"What the?" I said.

The lid of the chest opened and inside it was just pennies. Thousands of pennies. It was a decent sized chest. Then the lid started flapping and a voice came out that said, "Hi! My name is Penny! It's mighty nice to meet you mister, D!"

"Whoa!" I said, as I literally jumped back several feet and fell on my ass.