34 Cleaning Up

While Clay was watching the chaos that was ensuing, he called out the ones hiding in the shadows. They are affiliated to the organization called Night Prowlers and their leader is nicknamed Sunshine. Clay did not know why that name scared him as he thought about the implications of it. Although, he was not scared of the threat of the man, but names are scary that way.

Behind him were the shadows that lurked and the reason for this current situation. Clay was able to analyze the goings-on in the larger scheme of things from the information he gathered through his 'Divine Sense.' From their posture and confidence even when they were called out, it seemed that they were highly trained by this world's standards, belying the truth that they were scared out of their wits from being discovered even from a far away and being able to hear the man's voice without him even speaking out loudly. Their confidence has already been engraved into their core which gave them that confident look they currently have.

With their arrival, the three who are currently guarding against Clay while also being vigilant against other monster attacks, knew that the time had arrived for them to decide their fate. Clay never gave them a choice in the matter. In fact, he told them to decide by the time that the others arrived, and that time is now. Not telling them what the consequences were if they were to choose other than working for him. They were apprehensive, but they also knew that this man was not intending to harm them, however, the stares they've been getting from him since earlier were scary and dangerous in a different meaning as well. All things considered, working for him would be beneficial for the three of them and would be life changing, in fact.

When it was time to decide, it was Caltec who first came closer and kneeled in front of Clay. He stayed there in that position until Clay called out to him. Not long after, Jon came and then Mor also followed. It seemed that all of them chose the same thing and were now awaiting the dominant party to give them the final touches.

"Those behind me, keep your heads down until I say otherwise. You three – "Clay gestured towards them and gathered magic energy in the surroundings and molded it intending for the three to be held up at eye level with him. It happened without any delay according to his will and the three were held up at Clay's eye-level. Then he dropped them on their feet and continued to say, "– don't need to kneel in front of me. A simple bow would do. I want you to become my retainers. I need of no one who fears but hates me. I want you to follow me and as I promised earlier, I'll show you a new world where the strong stand and gaze over the horizon with aloofness and confidence." Clay's speech ended there and waited for their response. It needed no further communication and simple approval was the answer. With that, Caltec first voiced his concerns saying, "What would happen to our families? Our subordinates?" To which the answer came as, "They will be under your management, but I will protect me under my umbrella. I will also find use for them and elevate their living standards. Is that satisfying as an answer?" Caltec listened to it and found that it was too good to be true, and in this world and even in the otherworld, something too good to be true is always a trap, so he was reluctant. However, "No need to think too hard. They are my hostages in case you revolt. Right?" with a wink to top it off. With that said, Caltec already decided on something he would forever be grateful for. The same with Jon and Mor, they accepted being in Clay's employ. With that, Clay thought of a ceremony to make it flashy and UltiCo readily executed the idea to become a theory that had a high probability of success and Clay executed the magic.

Gathering a visibly dense amount of magic energy in the surroundings that also stopped the fighting again, Clay chanted in the Olden God's Language the spell that he had cooked up and executed it perfectly according to UltiCo.

*speaks in Olden God's Tongue*

[Soul Binding Highway]

With those three words, the magic energy gathered up further condensed and formed into the form of a parchment where the lines 'Lifetime Subordination' and the benefits and responsibilities they had to fulfil in order that they don't break the contract. Once they break the contract, they would simply vanish from existence and their soul would belong permanently to Clay. It looked like a sinister magic, but Clay approved it because of its level of freedom that it gives to subordinates. Namely, they can still fight and spar which was something that had to be done. But schemes that harm the Master or any of his retinue will be punished in varying intensities.

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The parchment formed from pure magic energy also created chains that connected the hearts of those involved both ways and bound them thereafter disappearing into the heart of the Master. This way, the fancy ceremony that Clay cooked up finished and the atmosphere of the whole place dropped to an all time low and even the monsters attacking their prey were losing their enthusiasm. Some even started to just go back to where they came from and give up to some soldier's relief.

"With that done, let's deal with the cleanup, shall we?" While saying that, Clay extended his sense and marked each monster that showed up in his consciousness and sent heat vision to each of their head. With that the cleanup was over in an instant and the rest of the soldiers tried to find the source of that earlier magic energy phenomenon. When they arrived at Caltec's camp, they were surprised that the captive had already been released and some were even afraid. Some though were foolish enough to get in front of Clay to his face and tell him to get back to his cage. The courage of this man was insanely high that the ones who knew the truth were worshipping his godly skill of being an airhead.

Clay turned his attention to the Night Prowlers and said, "You people should go back to where you belong and gather your family. I want you to meet me at a time when I get back there. Just get ready. One of you remain. Bring my warning to the Acadrian royals, 'Don't further pursue me.' Go!" And then he turned his back on them. As he did, they all also disappeared like they were not there in the first place. They went back to Hamilton Kingdom's direction.