Once the doors had fully shut on the surprised guards outside the room I slowly approached the woman on the bed. She was getting quite scared now due to the fire on my hand and arm. My glowing were glowing bright purple as well which gave them a menacing look. Intimidation was the goal here as I was pretty pissed off.

The woman turned around to face me on the bed and slid her legs off so her feet rested on the floor. She was holding her hands up in a offering gesture with a nervous smile on her face.

"Now there's no need to get into a fight about this little mage girl. My name-"

Her eyes went wide as a burs of fire shot past the side of her head like a bullet. It singed the hair above her ear and left a horrible stink hanging in the air. The fire burst then hit the wall on the far side of the room where it sizzled a black mark in the wood without catching it alight.

"I don't care about your name" I snapped. "You're not the owner are you? Where are they?"

She stammered and stood up, wobbling a little on shaking legs.

"H-He's in the next room!"

My eyes snapped from her to the door indicated and then back again.

"Go get him."

I stood there motionless as the panicked woman rushed over to the large door on the right side of the room. She stumbled and fell to the floor in her wild scramble but quickly stood up again and made it to doorknob. After opening the door she disappeared into the adjacent room and started rapidly explaining the situation to the man inside. Of course he was surrounded by two women.

She soon returned with the half dressed man. He was tall and somewhat out of shape. His skin was pale, his eyes green, and his short hair was dark purple. Overall he looked like the typical rich guy who liked to booze it up and sleep around with women.

As I tuned to face him with a glare the flames went out.

"Owned by a man and ran by a woman. Typical for a brothel."

The man huffed haughtily as he looked me over.

"Who is this?"

My eyes began to glow brighter as the room began to get rapidly darker. Within only a few seconds the entire place was pitch black with the only light coming from my eyes and hair. At the same time I began to swell in size, my body taking up more of the room as it loomed over the two of them.

"I am the Goddess Jenna and you shall kneel before me or incur my wrath!"

Both of them collapsed to the floor without needing additional encouragement. The woman fell to her face as well as the man managed to stay on his knees and look slack jawed up at me in shock.

After feeling the mood was sufficiently set I returned myself and the lighting in the room to normal, my eyes finally ceasing their otherworldly glow. I then took several steps closer to them so I was standing in front of them.

"I-I've heard of you great goddess!" the man stammered nervously. "And w-what brings you here?"

I crossed my arms over my chest as I glowered down at the two of them. My temper was still high but I was doing my best to control myself. His suddenly friendly demeanor had no sway over me.

"I was summoned here by a prostitute who was starting to get raped. I'm shutting this place down."

The man gasped and his face became angry.

"Y-You can't do that!"

I hissed through my teeth.

"I'm a goddess!"

After saying that I closed my eyes and brought up the entire layout of the brothel in the goddess zone. Then with concentration focused by fury I summoned grasping vines in every single room that was occupied by more than one person. In each room these vines burst from the floors and walls, grasping at whoever was near and forcibly separating any couples. They were doing damage to the building now too as I wasn't being that careful.

Once that was done I kept the vines out while they released their victims. Then I shot out a psychic burst that filled the entire building, the telepathic message forcing its way into the mind of everyone on the premises.

"This brothel has been shut down as of now. All customers are to immediately leave the building- or you will be made to by force. This command is from Goddess Jenna. Don't test me."

The message echoed through the minds of the two in front of me as well. When I opened my eyes again they were both struggling to stand up. Eventually they succeeded.

"What exactly do you mean shut down?" the man asked. "For what reason?"

I gave him a look over. "You mean besides for the numerous health code violations and crimes happening here? What's your name?"

"Webbe" he replied timidly. "Listen goddess, surely one whore getting assaulted isn't anything to worry about. Those kinds of things happen all the time at brothels!"

Another hiss escaped through my teeth and I whipped up my left hand to point at him with anger still burning in my eyes.

"I don't give a shit how common it is or isn't dickface! The fact is it shouldn't be happening at all!"

I waved both my hands around in a circular motion.

"This place shouldn't exist in the first place! Brothels are vermin nests of crime, sickness, rape, and murder! Not to mention it's the job of you two to protect the prostitutes and you're clearly incapable. Absolutely disgusting. I should kill you where you stand."

Both of them were quite fearful after hearing that and the woman began pleading with me. Her previously big bitch personality was completely gone.

"Please goddess have mercy! I was simply following the orders I was given!"

With a spin of my wrists I summoned a set of handcuffs in each of my hands. Then with super speed faster than the human eyes I dashed over to each of them and applied a set of cuffs to their arms. Once it was done I returned to where I had originally stood before they could even blink.

They looked down a their newly cuffed wrists and began struggling against the metal.

"I'm taking you into custody for your many crimes" I said firmly. "I'll be dropping you off at the castle dungeon soon enough. For the meantime stay here."

I then turned around and stopped to look over shoulder at them.

"Don't try to leave this room. I can track your every move and if one of you tries to hurt each other that'll be real bad for you."

With the two of them secure for the moment I walked to the main door of the room and finally released the magical lock on it. While walking I also summoned two additional sets of handcuffs.

As soon as the lock was lifted the door burst open as the two big men standing watch outside tumbled in onto the floor, their stumble caused by the sudden swinging open of the doors.

I walked between the two of them as they sprawled out on the wood and in a blur applied handcuffs to each of them as well. Then I stopped and looked down at them with a nonchalant expression.

"Handcuffs for you too! Go over to the other two and I'll show mercy. Your choice!"

The woman spoke up. "You better do as she says."

There wasn't much convincing needed for the two bodyguards to obey my orders, but the suggestion from their boss was the final push they needed. They both obeyed silently and got to their feet, walking over to the two other prisoners and sitting down.

Now that all four of the dangerous ones were taken care of I closed my eyes and sent out another telepathic message.

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"To all prostitutes: come down into the main foyer and line up. All the other staff are free to go and I suggest you take me up on that offer."

From the scans of the building I was doing it was clear that some of the staff and prostitutes had already fled the building when they had the magical vines burst out from the walls and floors. The rest of the staff now were leaving the building quickly, them being the cleaning staff and so on. As for the prostitutes: those that hadn't already fled thankfully were obeying me and gathering in the lobby.

To save time reaching them I speed walked over to above the lobby and scorched a big hole in the floor with a flamethrower from my left hand. This resulted in my falling through to the bottom floor where I landed in front of the women without even a stumble on my part.

There were about sixteen women gathered here, all in various skin tones and degrees of dress. They were pretty surprised when I came thudding down from the ceiling and they reacted with a gasp. None of them knew what to expect when it came to the mysterious voice and supposed goddess.

I lifted my left hand and cleared my throat. This got them to settle down and stare at me in confusion and curiosity.

"As you've heard I'm the goddess Jenna." I started. "I have arrested the people running this brothel and have shut it down permanently. None of you are being held guilty of any crimes so you're free to go. Though I would like to warn you to seek another profession as I'm making prostitution illegal."

There was a chorus of opinion from the various women as they started an uproar. All of them had various degrees of anger and fear about this news. Eventually though I raised my hand and they settled down.

One of the long blondes spoke up next.

"You may be powerful and all and maybe you are a goddess. But that doesn't mean prostitution can be illegal! Its all we know! How will we survive?"

Another woman, this one a short rather dollish brunet, spoke up while crossing her arms.

"I actually enjoy all the money I get from men here. I'd never find a job that pays even close to this anywhere else."

I had expect the first reaction but should've expected the second one as well. With a sigh I put my left hand on my forehead and shook my head a little. I then dropped my hand and stood up straight with my arms by my sides.

"Prostitution is the world's oldest profession and also reduces women like you to mere sexual objects. Aren't ya'll worth more than your sex parts? Don't you want to be something more than something others come to use?"

I let this sink in and allowed them to murmur among themselves for a few moments.

"As for you that want to stay in this profession. I wont deny you your free choice. However that means you accept all the risks that come with it. You do you."

While I said that last part I shrugged. Then I turned around to face the large main doors to the building and walked towards them. Once I was at them I pushed them open wide and stepped outside into the cool night air. My back was lit by the lights inside and my front by the moon hanging in the sky.

"Anyone who wants a better life come with me. You can trust this goddess."

After saying this I turned to face them and grew to my full goddess size. This put me out of sight to those inside the building as my feet were now a great distance apart away from the door opening.

Most of the women inside came to the door to look outside, curious as to what happened to me. Of course they were quite shocked and afraid to see me towering so far above all the surrounding buildings. All but two shrunk back into the building in fear.

Due to the fact it was the middle of the night in this small town my voice was going to wake up the entire population. So to communicate with them I instead continued to use my telepathy while smiling warmly. I also made sure not to take any steps and cause earthquakes.

"Its fine ladies. Come on out."

This was enough to encourage them to leave the safety of the building and walk out into the night in front of and below me. It looked like all of them except for four had accepted my invitation. What happened to those that refused was now none of my concern.

"Why don't ya'll climb up onto my boots while I grab something real quick? You're safe with me don't worry. I'll be taking you somewhere safe."

The women had no reason not to trust me now as they already felt committed to this insanity. Its not like I was a major threat and at this point they were desperate for something besides their current lives. So without protest they all began climbing up onto the tops of my boots.

While they did this I slowly crouched down and brought my left hand up to the side of the building. With goddess vision I knew exactly where my four prisoners were and I swiftly reached into the building to grab them.

This of course smashed through the walls and rooms completely, shattering them like going through paper for someone of my size. The four of them tried to escape my hand too of course but were utterly powerless to do so.

Thus with the four biggest criminals of the place firmly within my grasp I opened a portal to a new location above my head. It was the village of Doovlin where this portal opened up to as I felt these women would easily find ways to be useful or skills to learn in someplace quiet like the village. Of course it was also far away from major settlements which would help keep them from temptation to fall into their old ways.

"Hold on tight!" I said telepathically.

The women all were in various states of panic as the glowing gate slid down my body and finally over my feet where they were. Their fear was quickly replaced with more wonder as they found themselves in an entirely new location. The moon and stars were still in the sky above but at a different angle from before.

While they took in their new local I changed back to human size. The process of this was kept slow enough that they all found themselves sliding off the tops of my feet and onto the ground in small piles. Of course this was plenty safe for them and I ended up standing in the middle of all of them in a circle around me. As for the four prisoners in my hand? I had actually shrunk them down with me and they remained inside my fist now at a very tiny size.

"Breathe the nice and cool free air" I said with a smile.

All of them began standing up and taking deep breaths of the summer mountain air. They were of course nervous and unsure of themselves being in someplace so new. It was probably pretty frightening for sure.

To quickly get this matter settled and move on to my prisoners and other plans I decided to grab Jackson Juniper. So with a burst of speed I dashed off to the inn and inside it. Then I ran upstairs and grabbed him from his bed with my right hand and raced all the way back to where the prostitutes were. All that was visible of me in the night was a streak of light from the afterimage of my hair.

I was being careful with my left hand and its passengers.

Jackson suddenly found himself standing in outskirts of the village and awoke with a start, the cool air a rapid change from his warm bed. He looked around in a stupor as he exclaimed his surprise.

"Uh! What the hell?"

He looked around in bewilderment at all the scantily clad women and then eventually his gaze passed over me. His look of utter shock then softened into one that said "what has the goddess gotten me into this time?" Honestly fair.

"Mr. Juniper" I said with a disarming smile. "These nice women are prostitutes, I mean ex-prostitutes, that I brought here from a town far from here. I'm making prostitution illegal you see. Anyway they need to learn skills or possibly a trade and I brought here from them to begin learning how to live a new life. Do you think you can help me help them?"

Jackson looked at all the women with new confusion but also sympathy.

"O-Of course goddess."

All of the women were starting to surround him with curiosity and hope in their eyes, certainly a better look for them than their previous one. In fact you might say they looked completely different in this new environment, almost as if they had already begun to go through a metamorphosis.

Jackson cleared his throat, already blushing from seeing all these beautiful women.

"Ahem! I suppose we should start with a place for you to stay for the night."

With a grin I jumped a short distance away from them and posed with my arms in the air.

"Covered!"

The ground rumbled a little as big stone slabs rose up from the ground in a square formation. They had an area between them about twelve by fifteen and there was large opening on one of the long sides in the shape of an empty door. Then another stone slab rose up from the ground to be a flat roof which I picked up my right hand and lifted above the building.

Of course I was being very conscious of my left hand and kept it away from use as I summoned large quantities of vines to help me settle the roof down in place. I then ran around to the door and shorted up a loogie in my mouth, one of fire, and then spat it into the middle of the new shack. The wet ball of fire splatted onto the ground and burst into a small campfire.

Once this was all complete I turned around and smiled at everyone, actually quite proud of my little craft project. The finishing touch however was when I summoned an earth golem from the dirt nearby the house. It loomed up eight feet tall and stood motionless by the door on the right.

Such displays of magical prowess were not new to Jackson who just watched as if nothing out of the ordinary was going on. To the women though the entire thing was fantastical and awe inspiring. They all stood there unable to look away, their bodies motionless as they focused all their attention on the miracles unfolding before them.

"Well that'll do for now!" I said happily. "You're all safe here ladies." Then I addressed the golem. "Stop any funny business gently and disassemble by sunrise."

Jackson walked closer to me. "Are you heading out again already goddess?"

I nodded and lifted my left fist which of course no one knew the contents of.

"Yeah I gotta take care of something. Sorry to dump them on you and run Jacksey. It can't be helped!"

He simply smiled and chuckled.

"It's alright goddess. I'm well used to your flights of fancy by now."

With my mission completed I jumped forward like a deer past Jackson and through the women gathered around him. Then once I was past them I continued on towards the treeline. My shining hair fluttered around behind me as did the royal blue ribbons around my waist.

"Ok ladies have fun and work hard! Remember this is the beginning of your new life so don't waste it!"

The previous prostitutes all waved and cheered their thank yous after me as I bounded away into the forest beyond. Their lives were finally going to be productive, at least was the hope they held in their hearts. After all its not just any day a goddess appears to save you from your circumstances. Each of them had their own reasons to end up in the place they did, and now they never had to worry about that life again unless they choose it again like their fellows still back at the brothel.

As for me I had to drop in on the royal guard and turn in these four criminals. After bringing them back to their proper size again of course. I figured I'd do so at the capital castle itself to make for a more efficient trip. It would be just a short distance away to drop in on the king and leave a divine decree about my legal plans. I'd also want to tell Quarely about my plans as he'd be more quick to put them into action. For him dropping off a nicely written letter would be fine.

First there would be the kingdom wide decree of prostitution being illegal and the following dismantling of all the brothels of the land. It wouldn't be an overnight process unless I did it myself of course, and it wouldn't wholly eliminate the world's oldest profession either. However it would make it a crime and therefore put it within the law's sphere to deal with. My hopes being that with the government enacting it wholesale the gradual change would allow the culture itself to acclimate without major upheaval.

C'est la vie! The knowledge that a hopeful future awaits the kingdom and its goddess is enough for tonight.