Ranma didn’t know what to make of the scene in front of him. After exiting the old door that made Skid Row’s entrance, Ranma’s group was faced by another group surrounding the portal. The group consisted of a grouchy looking Troll, three orange dinosaur things, two Dark Elves with a Spider resting at their feet. A closely knit group of four Goblins that were also looked too thin and was dressed in dirty rags. Their weapons were just jagged pieces of metal with old cloth to cover one end to prevent the welders from cutting themselves. There were two human males in the group as well. One of the men was obviously young and wore armor. The armor itself was obviously old and was of poor quality as it was coved in scratches, dents, and had several patches of rust that covered most of the armor. By how he stood and how he struggled to keep himself up from the weight of the armor he was obviously new at being a fighter. The next man was dressed in velvet robes and carried a staff adorned with a gem or crystal that glowed slightly. He seemed to be in his twenties and had some stubble on his chin. As soon as Ranma came close enough the group bowed to him.
“Lord Ranma…” Addressed the Warlock in a nervous voice. “We submit our services to you. Please accept us.”
Ranma stared at the man for a moment unsure what to do. The man noticing the gaze bowed his low. Ranma turned his eyes to the others of the group. The three salamanders stiffened as Ranma turned his eyes to them and tried to make themselves look impressive. Next, he gazed at the troll was casually leaning on his large hammer who raised his eyebrow at Ranma’s gaze. Ranma had then looked towards the goblins who shifted uncomfortably at Ranma’s look. Ranma kind of felt sorry for this sorry looking group. Ranma had correctly guessed that these four once lived in the slums and had not eaten in days. Ranma looked to the other human who seemed to try to keep his balance as he bowed to Ranma. This guy is most likely going to need training to keep him from falling over. Lastly, he turned to look at the two Dark Elves who leaned against one of the crystal pillars of the portal and the Spider standing beside them. The spider just simply stared at Ranma while one of Dark Elves smiled sensationally as she looked over Ranma head to toe. The other Dark Elf noticing the other’s antics nudged her with her elbow.
“Sure, but I gotta warn ya. I just startin’ to build my Dungeon so I don’t have much. That alright with ya?”
The group nodded, at least the humanoids did, in agreement, although the four Goblins looked like they were practically going to cry in joy. The group had moved to allow Ranma to go into the portal first. As Ranma jumped into the portal everyone else followed. Ranma seemed to forgotten about the his first trip through the portal because he had to hold in his stomach when he landed.
“Its… a little wetter than what I would expect.” Devistus and the Salamanders looked at distaste at the underground river.
It took a while for everyone to settle down, but other than the few spats on who gets one part of the lair and those who don’t, everything was going smoothly. Devistus had his own private lair where he took a quick nap. The next thing the Goblins, Bugmush, Crep, Nodos, and Cloy, did was rush off to the hatchery to get their first fulfilling meal they had in a long time. The Warlock, Mithras, was distraught that Ranma didn’t have a library or any tomes yet. He was contented when he to reading his own tomes and a few that was borrowed by Devistus. Haglash, the beginning Black Knight, spent most of his time trying to polish his old armor that he managed to salvage back in Skid Row. Smeeg had a large grin you probably couldn’t pry off with a crowbar. He wasn’t happy just because that he got a new job, he was happy that he got an advanced payment by Ranma as form of motivation. Smeeg grin got larger, showing his yellowed teeth, as he gazed at an area that the Imps were digging which was soon to be a new workshop. Smeeg was going to enjoy working for his new lord.
All the while Ranma walked through his Dungeon as he gave his new recruits a tour. Schneapple, who returned with Ranma’s order, guided Ranma’s slaves to the Inner Sanctum and took the place a tour guide.
Ranma sighed as Schneapple wandered off with the group of creatures following him as the little creature tried to explain where everything in the Dungeon was. Ranma blinked as something tapped his shoulder and turned to the three Salamanders behind him.
“Excusssse me my Lord, but may we have a training room built?” Pahoe politely addressed Ranma while extending the s because her tongue kept flicking. “I know my brothersss and I are not that ssstrong, but one we can better sssserve you.”
“Can we alssso have a Fighting Pit too? I want to sssee sssome fightsss!” Cinder interrupted excitedly.
“And a casssino too? I need a drink.” Scorch said in a bored tone.
Both were promptly smacked and lectured by their sister for being so rude to their new lord.
Later, Ranma met with both Azrin and Krite who Ranma discovered were very different from each other despite being sisters. Azrin was strict and tend to be more of a business before pleasure type person. Krite, however, was more of a fun loving person who would flirt with Ranma who in turn would stutter and blush. Krite seemed to like messing with her new lord, but always stopped by her sister. Gnaw seemed to enjoy simply wandering through the halls or be with the two Dark Elf sisters.
“Man, what a day.” Ranma sighed as he entered the Inner Sanctum.
“Hello Master.” Melfina smiled pleasantly. “I have a bath ready for you.”
“Thanks Mel.” Ranma had to focus on getting everything ready and building new rooms. He found Horny who enjoying the antics of the prisoners so he wasn’t worried about Horny killing anyone. He was too tired to care at moment.
Ranma entered the bathing area and laid in the warm water and relaxed as a pair of hands massaged his shoulders. Wait a minute. A pair of hands?
“Gah!” Ranma jumped back as he saw Milly in her naked glory behind him causing him to blush. “Milly! What are you doing here?”
“It’s my duty.” Milly began to look worried. “Did I do something wrong, Master?”
“No no its alright! I just finished!” Ranma grabbed a towel and wrapped it around his waist.
“But you just arrived.” Milly stated curiously.
“I like to be quick!” Ranma ran out of the bathing area. Confusing Milly even further.
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