I teleported to Sherry's location, appearing in front of her and the other two. When they saw me, they relaxed, knowing I would handle the situation.
At my side was Elysia, who had little to no time to understand what was happening but still had a serious look, giving the impression she was relaxed, even if she was panicking a little, due to the fact I teleported us in front of an army of dwarves.
Speaking of the dwarves, there were around one thousand of them marching toward us, all equipped with magic-grade armor and blades.
Some of them had unique grades, and their king even had a legend-grade sword and unique-grade armor on the brink of evolution.
In terms of individual power, the dwarves were weaker than the succubi before I boosted their power.
But with their gear they could definitely put up a fight against them, considering they are superior to them in terms of numbers, even with the boost, the chance of winning of the succubi would be fifty-fifty.
That is, of course, only considering the normal dwarf. They have high-dwarf, all with unique-grade equipment that could, if they band together, can take on my three daughters.
Then there's the king, a true ancestor like me. If all the succubi except me were to go against him, there's practically no chance the succubus would win.
Calling me was definitely the right move here. After all, I am far stronger than any of those present.
Even before my evolution I could have killed all of them in an instant, with only their ancestors capable of putting up a fight thanks to his equipment.
After all, a legend-grade weapon can augment the power of someone by a high margin. My sword prior to my evolution was around legend grade, but it was a weapon conjured by material creation, so it was largely inferior to a forged weapon that naturally evolved to legend grade.
Even after my evolution, my sword is still legend grade. I will need to have someone forge a blade for me, one that is at least a unique grade, or it would destroy itself by absorbing my aura.
While I was thinking, the dwarfs had continued advancing. They are now only a few hundred meters away.
But their king stopped the army when he sensed my presence. It seems like he can sense my strengths.
I am not trying to hide it, but I am still guarding it under control, so only he can sense that his army would be useless against me.
The soldiers and the generals can't sense my power, so they are wondering why they suddenly stopped their march.
The king is fixing me from afar, a trace of worry on his face that he hides under his serious look to not make his army panic.
I turned to the four beside me. They all were looking at me, waiting for my orders.
"Let's go meet them. See if we can come to an agreement with them."
I flew in the direction of the army with Elysia in my arm and my three daughters behind me. When they saw us, the soldiers panicked but still held their position, showing they had been well trained and disciplined.
The generals barked orders to the soldiers, telling them to prepare for combat. For the first time since I saw him, the king showed another expression than his calm one.
He hid it from the soldiers, but his generals saw his fury and panic when he told them to not even think of attacking us or he would cut their heads off himself.
The generals were perplexed at the outburst of their king but still followed his order telling the soldiers to just hold their position.
They didn't know that he had saved them from a fate worse than death, as even if I have all the intention to negotiate with their king, I will still have killed a general or two if they attack me. After all, I can't let them think I am some kind of pushover just because I am kind enough to not just trap them in an illusion while I grab what I need just under their nose.
We are now just above the first line of soldiers. The king is in the middle of the formation just below me. I lower myself on the ground, putting Elysia beside me, with Wendy and the others following just behind me.
I look the king in the eyes, and he looks back at me. He is probably waiting for me to speak first as some kind of power play, but I have no intention of saying anything for now.
Not because I care about politics but because I want to see how long it takes for him to blush. I can sense he is embarrassed by looking at me and trying really hard to not let his gaze wander on my body.
Something that the soldiers and the generals don't seem to be concerned about, since from the first moment they could fully see me, they looked at every part of my body.
So much so that if someone asked them how many people there are behind me, they would probably answer, 'What people?'.
Elysia isn't happy at all with the look I am receiving. She understood a long time ago that between us it's just a casual relationship, but it doesn't mean she won't get jealous at times, and I won't stop her since I find her cute when she is jealous.
Unfortunately I don't have time to make a king blush in front of his entire army, as I sense one of the soldiers in the middle row managing to get a look at me.
But contrary to all his other companions' gazes, his doesn't stop on me. Instead, he continues to wonder until he locks on to... Shiro.
My gaze snaps toward him, feeling for the first time in either of my lives anger for someone that didn't do anything to me but to someone else.
I move to him so fast that for anyone seeing me, it would look like I teleported. I grab him by the throat, making sure I don't accidentally kill him.
He looks panicked and confused, like the rest of the soldiers beside him. But I don't care about them right now. The only thing on my mind right now is making the shit stain that dared put his eye on my cute, innocent little Shiro regret he was not born blind.
"Listen to me, you trash, I can understand you looking casually at Shiro, or that you could find her cute. But to look at me, who is arguably one of the most beautiful women in the world, and feel more horny for a girl that looks like she could be your daughter?"
I projected my voice to make sure everyone could hear me. They all had a look of fear, but none of them felt pity for the man that was starting to choke in my hand.
For the four that came with me, their reactions differed from one another. Elysia looks disgusted at him, Wendy and Sherry look at him like they are trying to kill him with just their gaze, and finally Shiro is confused by the situation, not understanding what is happening.
Shiro might be a succubus, but contrary to the story in my past life, we are not a race of whores who have sex with the first person we see.
All the other succubus know about sex, but Shiro is a special case since no one ever explained these things to her due to how innocent she is and that every succubus considers her like a little sister or a princess, so they never allowed anyone to even look at her with lust.
I think for a few moments of a fitting punishment for the one that dared to have horny thoughts for my sweet daughter.
The smile I made when I thought of the perfect torture sent a chill down the spine of all those that could see it.
"As much as I would like to kill you and torture your soul for eternity, it will be bad for negotiations. So instead I found the perfect punishment for someone like you."
I tapped his chest with my free hand, causing him to faint due to the pain he felt, only to wake up due to the same pain.
"I changed the response your body gives when you feel sexual desire. Now instead of feeling horny or pleasure, your body will instead make you experience mind-numbing pain."
Now that I am finished, I drop the now technically impotent creep on the ground, letting him convulse like a fish on land.
As I walk toward the king, the soldiers making a path for me, I take some time to think of what I just did, and while I don't regret anything, I am worried about my anger.
This time I didn't even think of suppressing the emotion coming from the egg. I need to learn how to control myself, or the egg will control me.
While I think of the possibility of me getting controlled by an egg inside me. I have reached the same place I was before.
The king and general have some fear in their look at me. After all, I have done the equivalent of crushing the balls of one of the soldiers.
Elysia, Wendy, and Sherry are nodding at me in approval, while Shiro is looking alternately at me, her sisters, and the convulsing soldier, looking confused by the situation.
"Excuse me for my sudden anger. I hope it will not affect the future relationship between us."
I smile at the dwarf king, hoping he can overlook me punishing one of his subordinates in his place.
"Yes... but I will still need some compensation. What you have done can't just be overlooked just like that."
Wendy and Sherry became angry at his word. For them, it should be the dwarf that should compensate us, but I understand that I might've overreacted, and a little compensation will help in our relationship with the dwarf.
I realized that just using them for architecture will be a waste of their talent. Instead, we could secure a long-term partnership for their expertise in construction and for forging us weapons.
"Of course that can be arranged, but first let me present myself. I am Lilith, ancestor of the new succubus race. This is Elysia, my secretary, and behind me are Wendy, Sherry, and Shiro."
The king was surprised by the fact I was like him and his ancestors and by my sudden change in demeanor compared to when I dealt with the now passed-out mess on the ground.
"I am the ancestor and king of the nation of Dwargon, Duran Dwargo. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Miss Lilith, even if I wish our first meeting could have been done under better circumstances."
I nodded. "Indeed, in the first place, my daughters just wanted to kidnap—borrow—one of your architects for the construction of an underground city. But I think we could make a long-term partnership between our nations that could be beneficial to all of us."
The king thought of my proposal, ignoring the fact I said we wanted to take one of their architects.
"If your offer is good, I see no reason not to agree, but we will have to discuss the details at a later date when we are in a less public place."
"Yes, you are right; I will send you Elysia in a few days. She will negotiate the term of our relation in further detail."
I didn't want to go myself because he won't feel safe with me inside his kingdom and because I really don't want to do it.
Politics is fun once in a while, but I think I will stop and let my subordinates handle it. Except, of course, if I think it will be fun or the matter is of extreme importance.
Guran agrees, and we fix a date for the negotiations; after that, I teleport us to the castle. The start of the construction will have to wait a few more days.