Leaving the dwarves to settle down, Ben went and found his four generals. He split the remaining money in the treasury and gave it to them for their divisions. The generals were shocked at the amount of money.

"I want only the best. You have no excuse now." Ben looked at them seriously.

Swallowing hard, they all nodded.

Ben smiled and looked at James, "James don't you have a meeting soon?"

"Yes, you're right." James said, he took off running to the north gate.

The other three looked at Ben in confusion. Ben smirked and said, "I got him a wolf pack to help him out."

"... a wolf pack?" Colton asked in disbelief.

"Yes a wolf pack. In the future I plan to not only bring humans and slaves but also beasts into the city. Intelligent beast mind you. I was thinking of using them for calvary and air support. What do you think?" Ben explained his plans to his generals. Their eyes shone with excitement.

'Our own mounts? A whole division of them?'

"I want a tough beast like a bear or an ox! Something I can charge the enemy lines with and destroy their defenses!" Colton said loudly, pounding his chest.

"Something beautiful and strong, like a phoenix. It needs to match me perfectly." Shenelle said lost in her own fantasies.

"A kind beast. One who can help me heal the injured." Lilith softly said.

"Strong. Able to take an attack and dish it out." Lane said.

"Idiots!" Ben scolded, a vein bulged on his forehead. "The mounts you should get should cover your weaknesses not bring out your strengths. Also you don't need to wait for me to do it. I got a tamed beast before I had a cla.s.s, I'm sure you 4 can do it too."

Ignoring the first part, the 4 generals looked excited at the thought of taming their own beast and quickly scurried off.

"Make sure you train your division! I won't keep giving you money if they aren't up to par!" Ben yelled at their retreating figures, shaking his head in annoyance.

Ben looked at a shadows from a building, "Come out. I know it's you Deke."

A grey haired man appeared from out of the shadow, "Observant as always my Lord." he said, giving a slight bow.

"How the intelligence gathering going?" Ben asked.

"Proceeding smoothly. We have 5 bases set up throughout the city. We have prost.i.tutes, maids and bartenders on payroll as well as my own family gathering information themselves." Deke gave a quick and decisive report.

Ben nodded, impressed with what Deke had accomplished with such little time. "Do you need more money?" asked Ben.

"For now we are good. I will have a cost report sent to you giving you an idea of how much I will need each month." Deke smoothly answered.

"Perfect. Anything to report?" Ben asked curiously.

Deke shrugged his shoulders, "The general population is not happy with the level 30 rule you set but majority are still joining hunting squads to level up. The tradespeople are happier now that their products are selling. The 5 divisions are steadily growing with more recruits everyday. My estimations should but almost half the city's population will be joining the army. Men and women alike. Oh, the city's first newborn was born today." Deke gave detailed accounts of what was happening in the city.

"A newborn? Is everything alright?" Ben asked surprised at the information.

Hardly any children survived the 'Weed out the Weak' phase of the system and mostly adults were left. Ben had seen a couple of children in the streets but nothing significant. The fact that someone had a child was joyous and sad news. Joyess in the case that new life comes even in dark times and sad because it was born in arguably humanities darkest moment.

"He seemed healthy. Nothing different from what I can tell." said Deke.

"Good." said Ben, "Say Deke, what do you know about James?"

"The Ranger? Not much actually. Though his cla.s.s is a simple Ranger, he is very powerful. He keeps a low profile and is friendly with almost everyone." Deke frowned, he didn't know much about the mysterious Ranger.

"Everyone has their secrets." Ben mumbled to himself, "Deke I want you to find out what people occupations were before the system. Anything that might be useful to me and bettering this city."

Giving a quick bow and began to leave but stopped suddenly. He looked a Ben hesitantly before asking, "Lord can anybody really get a tamed beast?"

Laughing at the excitement in this old man's voice he answered, "Yes. Just choose wisely. They become your partners."

Deke gave a quick nod and disappeared into the shadows.

Ben headed home, to the City Lord's mansion for lunch.

Entering through the gate, the maids all bowed to him and greeted him.

'Mom must have hired more maids.' he thought.

Ben heard a loud bang and saw Duke running towards him. Duke and his huge body crashed into Ben, knocking him to the ground. Soon Ben was covered in s...o...b..r from Duke's tongue.

"Hahaha okay okay enough." Ben laughed pus.h.i.+ng Duke off him. "Why aren't you helping the hunting parties?"

'I missed you Master!' Duke cried.

Ben laughed loudly before rubbing Duke's head and returning to his soul s.p.a.ce.

Ben found the mansion mostly empty with the exception of a few maids cleaning. Ben went to his room and laid down, still tired from drinking with the dwarves.

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"AHH! What the h.e.l.l!" Ben woke up to find himself covered in ice.

He quickly found the culprit, Cloey was in the corner laughing at his situation.

"You missed me so much that you are unable to express your feelings and resort to being mischievous. I understand Cloey, it's okay." Ben shamelessly said.

Cloey gave a snort, "Yeah right. I heard you a couple of dwarves drank you under the table."

"Well you heard right. Those short b.a.s.t.a.r.ds can really put it away." Ben grumbled.

Cloey walked up to the edge of the bed, "Your mom says supper time."

Ben smiled evilly before quickly reaching out and grabbing Cloey, pulling her onto the bed. "You're right, it is supper time but I think I will eat you instead." Ben gave her a quick peck on the lips.

Cloey's face went red as her stunning face showed embarra.s.sment and anger.

Ben placed his hand on her waist and pulled her closer, he kissed her deeply this time. Cloey went stiff and first but quickly melted into him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him closer. Ben's lips parted and his tongue went into her mouth, searching for her tongue. Her tongue shyly met his as they began to intwine.

Ben flipped Cloey onto her back and he was on top of her. He gave her another deep kiss before kissing her cheek then neck. Cloey gasped in pleasure as Ben kissed her neck, loving the feeling. Ben continued to kiss her neck, making his way to her collar bone and continued downward. Ben fingers started to undo Cloey's s.h.i.+rt as he continued to kiss her body. Her ma.s.sive chest was rising and falling with every breath, causing Ben to almost lose his sanity. At the last b.u.t.ton-

"Ben! Cloey! Supper time!" Grayson yelled.

'I'm going to f.u.c.king kill him.' Ben cursed viscously.

Ben looked down and saw Cloey with her clothes and hair disheveled, her ma.s.sive chest covered in a black bra that was begging to be taken off. Her white skin was flushed red and her breathing was erratic.

It was the most beautiful sight Ben had ever seen.

Leaning down and kissing her beautiful full lips, he whispered in her ear, "Next time I will eat you."

Blus.h.i.+ng even deeper, she pushed him away and started b.u.t.toning her s.h.i.+rt back up.

'Next time I will just rip it off. Much quicker.' Ben's mind was still focused on s.e.x as he watched her fix her clothes.

Taking a deep breath and trying to calm himself, Ben fixed his clothes and hair. He walked up to Cloey who had finished fixing her clothes and took her hand and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

"Let's go." he said pulling her along.

Ben and Cloey arrived at the dining room still holding hands. Even though Cloey's face was red, n.o.body seemed to give it a second look, except for one person.

Lily glared at Ben as he held Cloey's hand, noticing her red face, 'He must have done something to her! How dare he!' she thought.

With everyone taking a seat, the food was served. Apparently the meat was brought back by Grayson. He and the mages division had gone out to the wild to train today and came across some pig beasts. He brought back a couple for supper. Cathy and Joe also trained with their divisions today.

Ben sent a lightning bolt across the table and hit Grayson right in the forehead.

"Ow what the h.e.l.l was that for!?" Grayson yelled as he rubbed the burn mark on his forehead.

"That's for interrupting." Ben said.

Grayson looked at him in confusion as Cloey blushed.