Rath... With his small band of girls and one woman... Was heading towards the city with the slave magician.

But Rath decided to leave for a while... The twins and Julia DID NOT like this.

He heard rumours about strong monsters in the mountains near the path.

Rath: "Mia, Tia, Julia. I'm leaving for now. Keep heading towards the magicians place. Get an Inn. I'll come by later."

Tia: "NO! WHERE!? Where are you heading now!?"

Rath: "To the mountains."

Tia: "NO! That's 3 days of walking away! You would stall the saving of the magician!"

Rath: "I'll make it quicker. I'm fast remember? I'm a ghost."

Tia: "Well... Yeah... But..."

Rath: "I'll set out at midnight."

Tia: "We can't talk you out of this can we..."

Rath: "Nope. I want to test how powerful my shadows can be against strong monsters."

Mia: "Monsters...?"

Julia: "You mean... The strong monsters in the mountains... No adventurer band has been able to defeat them..."

Rath: "Even better. I'll escape if it seems like i'm going to die."

Tia: "RISKING YOUR LIFE!? What will we do if you die?! Me and Mia were enslaved from the moment we were born! Julia I don't know about but I don't want to go back to being a slave!"

Julia: "I'll... Tell you my backstory later... But Rath... It will be troublesome if you die... We would be killed for inciting rebellion.."

Rath: "Don't worry! I'll be safe... Somehow."

Tia: "Mia... Can you try to talk him out of this...? It seems I can't. Seems Julia can't either."

Mia: "Rath... You know that... You are our last hope right... If you die... It's the end for us... We would be killed or thrown into a position lower than a slave... A sex slave..."

Julia: "I already was a sex slave for escaping once... I don't want to go back to being that again..."

Rath: "I'm still going. I'm confident in my Absoloute Control ability. It might even level up... And if my Shadows are strong enough to kill men in armor... Think about the next level!"

Julia: "That... Might be... But..."

Julia and the twins go into deep thought. They don't know what to do.

Rath: "I won't back down. I've been following you all for long enough. I went where you asked me to... I want to explore a little. If I stay by your sides... Makes me feel like a controlled spirit or elemental mob..."

Mia: "That... Is true..."

Tia: "Yeah... Go then... BUT COME BACK ALIVE. PROMISE!?"

Rath: "Yeah yeah.. I promise."

Rath then leaves because they were arguing for a while and it reached midnight and the twins with Julia keep heading towards the city.

Rath is currently jumping from shadow to shadow. Branch from branch... Towards the Mountain.

He reached the mountains an hour afture midnight.

It was dark but he could see like the sun was still out.

Rath: "So this is the rumoured mountain with the strong beasts..."

Rath summons an army of shadows and orders them to start killing EVERY beast on the mountain. Clearing it.

He lost over 75% of the army but the rest survived. A pop-up appeared.

Absoloute Control has leveled up. Giving control over all Elementals and not restricting it to Shadow Elementals.

Rath: "Sweet... Absoloute control leveled up... As expected. The drops were useless... I don't have to sell them and make anything with them. Most blacksmiths and shop owners close their doors to the name Rath so it's really hard to do anything.. And my human forms description got out too thanks to those butlers and maids... I knew I should've killed them... But they were just like me... Doing what their masters ordered them to do just for survival... Same with slaves... They resemble me too much... I can't bring myself to kill them... Upcourse I could abandon all common sense and become a killing machine... But I would never recover from that."

Rath ponders for a while and when he notices... 2 days passed. 1 and a half for clearing the mountainside. The other half for thinking about what to do.

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Rath: "Magic... That doesn't sound so bad... I only have Absoloute Control and can use Elementals... But it would be nice to use magic while using Elementals... Well... Oh yeah... The reason we were going to that other city was because of the magician there... I should really get back. It only actually takes me a few hours to get to a city from this mountain... And they told me 3 days was the walking time..."

Rath then jumped from branch to branch for 6 hours. Reaching the city. Tia was already waiting outside for him.

Tia: "RATH! YOU ARE BACK ALIVE!"

Tia starts crying and tackles Rath's human form onto the ground.

Tia: "I thought you were going to die... We heard a magician army was heading over to the mountain side to kill the beasts and then head over to the location you were last seen at to try to figure out where you were at and seal you..."

Rath: "Seal me...? That's quite impossible. I have infinite mana  thanks to my class."

Tia: "We also found out the location of the magician."

Rath: "Good... The pieces are coming into place. Soon I can start making the royals kill eachother for power. For now our goal is to destroy the kingdom we are residing in from the inside."

Tia: "Yeah. The Magician is in the dungeon. At the bottom. Guarded by atleast 50 magicians and 150 guardsmen. A spy told us this info. Seems the organization of spies has taken interest in our group and decided to support us."

Rath: "Now we have some support pillars underneath our campaign huh?"

Tia: "I don't know what that exactly means but I'm going to say yeah."

Rath: "What about Mia and Julia?"

Tia: "They are asleep. We all kept watch each night for your return. It was my turn this time."

Rath: "Tia. I might have to start working alone."

Tia: "W...What are you..."

Rath: "I don't want to put you guys in danger this much. I'll secure a mansion for you and i'll come to visit you all as often as possible."

Tia: "Well... If you want... But make sure to visit us as often as possible! Without you... We can't do anything..."

Rath: "I'll visit you every week. I am also going make myself a child's body and go into an elite school. See if I can make some royals dissapear. Maybe even make some royals who are against having slaves join our cause. Maybe even get you girls adopted into a family so you will have a better life."

Tia: "But we are fine with being yours forever..."

Rath: "But my objectives can easily kill me and leave you guys with nothing left and an ending point soon coming."

Tia: "Well... Ok..."

Tia (under her breath): "I'm still going to marry you though..."

Rath: "I thought I heard you say something just now... Under your breath. Something about marrying me."

Tia: "Y-you misheard! I said nothing! It was just the wind!"

Rath: "Hahahaha... You are even cuter when flustered."

Rath pats Tia and she turns really red out of embarrasement. They head inside to where Mia and Julia are sleeping in the same bed.

Rath: "Only room for one of us. You go. I'll sleep on the chair."

Tia: "But... Y-"

Rath: "Just go. You are Mia's sister afture alll. I'll be fine."

Tia: "Ok..."

Rath: "You've been agreeing with me a lot lately... Is there something wrong?"

Tia: "It's that you've been doing what we want... We decided that we should listen to you more... You are the one who decides if we live or not afture all... But why do you save slaves...?"

Rath: "Hmm... How to explain this... I don't save slaves exactly... I just kill the people who enslave them... I hate people who take others into something like a slave state. I was like that once... In my past life..."

Tia: "Past life...?"

Rath: "Nothing nothing. Good night."

Tia: "Good night."

The party falls asleep. When they wake up they decide to tell eachother everything. All what they've been through.

Next chapter holds the backstory of the party members.