It was a hellish last stand, one that showed me the true worth and value of these fighters from the other world.

They were here without any proper preparations. They got no support from monsters, they got nothing of the evolved techniques their races currently had, but they were formidable!

I lost more than two thirds of my souler army, at least one half of the all controlled forces of their side when the last battle ended.

But that didn’t matter. I won! And that was what mattered to me.

I got tons of questions, and so I held my horn and didn’t even let them rest as I started to give a long line of orders.

“Listen up, go and gather at my chariot. I’ll open a portal now, one for you to go out to the surface world. There you will find a grand gate lying ahead. Go there and pass through to reach a new realm. Wait for me there and don’t fight, don’t do anything stupid, or else you’ll die!”

I got out my staff and opened many portals, linking this place to one of the gates leading to outside of here. I didn’t know if they’d get affected by my universe’s energy or system, but I doubted it.

I was worried they’d enter into a big fight with my forces waiting at my second Earth world. So I had to stress over this again and again, giving them strict orders to not fight, even deciding to send Lucias with them to act as their leader.

“I want the leaders of your zones or those who remained from them to come on board now.”

I got one task done, and now all I have left is to get to the bottom of all this mess. Why were they living here? Why didn’t they try and get out? Why the f*ck were they fighting me like I was the one to kill their mothers?!! And the most important thing…

Where was that damn weapon?

“Lord… Are you sure you don’t want me or them anymore?” From the side, Lucias didn’t like going away at such a time.

What happened here seemed to leave a deep impression over him, making him feel he was obliged to keep me safe all the time.

I felt his view about me changed, giving me the impression I reached a much higher place in his mind and heart than before.

Well… I really did pull a miracle here indeed. I turned to look at the gigantic statue of the lady in the middle of this entire core world.

Even if I was so far away from the central zone, I could still see part of her, shining with such bright white light that gave me confidence and warmth.

It wasn’t me who was supposed to get Lucias gratitude, it was this lady, the last descendant of another cursed race.

If not for her, we wouldn’t have survived even for an hour here.

I looked down at all the great numbers of these alien universe races. They were now bound to me by contracts, becoming part of my kingdom.

I didn’t know how I should feel about this. They should be our enemies, ones once spotted should be killed on the spot.

But in my eyes, they just opened a new horizon for my kingdom and power. They would be another formidable weapon and shield to my kingdom.

And if anyone tried to get funny ideas about them, I’d protect them with everything I got.

From this moment on, they were part of my kingdom and people.

Yet sending them to Earth or even using them at any big upcoming fights at the betting world or the golden quest was risky.

I should keep them all hidden here, wait for them to recover their strength and try to recover part of their initially huge numbers.

And as I was lost in such thoughts, thinking about giving them an entire continent back at my second Earth world for them to rebuild their civilisations there, a group of them came to my landing on the ground chariot.

One of each race I fought, and I have fought ten races so far.

It was a weird match that I felt was by any means a mere coincidence. Our universe got ten races trapped here, and there’s also got ten.

The toll of this defeat left a deep mark over their faces. They came with such lowered heads, all bulging eyes, and even with trembling bodies.

They were still unable to believe they lost. I couldn’t say I understood what they were thinking or feeling, but soon enough I would.

I just lacked a great deal of info, ones that these folks standing in front of me were going to tell me in the next few minutes.

I looked at these ten folks. Well… The people from that universe weren’t that much different in looking at that many races in my universe. Just their bodies were much bigger, at least three times of Bulltors and Selvators for example.

Aside from this, they also got a layer of energy surrounding their bodies, like a thin coat of fire that kept dancing all the time.

Red, green, brown, blue, purple, and black… These were the colours I saw covering up their bodies.

“I’m Hye, and I’m your lord from this moment on,” I introduced myself before adding, while ignoring such looks of hate and enmity coming from their daggering eyes, “introduce yourselves to me.”

“Lord? In our universe, lords are the mightiest being that no one can touch.”

One of them harrumphed and spoke in such an arrogant tone. He was a big dude with fine spikes coming out from his body, giving him the impression of being a gigantic hedgehog!

“I killed your strongest forces, crushed all your armies, and you are now bound by contracts with me,” I knew getting them along with me was going to be a hard task, “besides, why are you hating me to such an extent?”