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Iota watched the races for a few hours while I look around the shops. I do find some Netting for the Florensin. That's when I think of something. "There were apples on the airship. Red bright and shiny. Wonder what that is all about. I'll have to check it out later." Iota and I go back to the room and Iota is so excited he will not sit still, let alone sleep. So I ignore him and reach into my Space bag.

Inside the Bag

I'm standing back in my room I can hear Wizzal talking to someone in his lab. "It's ok, you will be fine. Just take it easy." I had planned on going right down my trapdoor, but this could be interesting. I head through the library my Space bag in my hand and into the lab. Standing in the doorway I see Wizzal talking to a young human girl. I don't even recognize her but it has to be her.

Her face and body has healed from the bruises, with the help of magic her bones have been fixed. Her jaw is still a little deformed cause it was already partially healed when I found her. She has yellow almost white skin. Her hair is a royal blue color. She has on a simple orange dress with her hair tied up in what looks like a French braid the ends split into three separate braids.

The style comes from the eastern part of The Great Kingdom. You can see the scar around her neck from the chain she wore for so long. She is looking down to the floor at her bare feet as she talks. I walk over to them and say, "Wizzal I need you to research a way to fake out those spirit plates." He looks at me and says, "That shouldn't be that hard."

I pass him the books I found in Bilge town as I pass him by and say, "You should read these." I stop in front of the young human child and say, "Who might you be child?" She looks terrified and starts shaking as she says, "I'm Lennal. I'm 11 years old."

I take a breath in through my teeth thinking of what was done to her at such a young age. Looking at her face even with her deformed chin she is still pretty you almost can't see it in this light. I lean down till I'm at her level and say, "Lennal I am your Master."

At that my shape starts to shift to my normal shape she starts to shake again and falls down. Her eyes are full of fear. I stand back up towering over her as I continue. "I'm the one who saved you and had you brought here. You and everyone here are my slaves."

Her eyes get really big. "As your Master I'll call upon you to help me at times. Since you are my property I'll watch over and protect you, but I can't always be there to protect you. Do you understand?" She makes a small eeep noice as she shakes her head yes. Wizzal looks at me with disgust as I continue.

"There are bad people out there who may want to hurt you just like The Liege and I can't always be there to protect you. At the mention of the word Liege she tries to hide under Wizzal's desk but she backs up into the leg and can't go any farther. "I can teach you to be stronger. Teach you to fight so they can't take you away again. Would you like that?"

She stops shaking and quietly almost a whisper still looking at the floor says, "Can you really do that?" Wizzal makes a huff sound of disproval. I crouch down to her lift up her head by the chin so I can see her eyes. They are green and I say, "Yes, and the first step is looking people in the eyes. Can you do that?"

I let go of her chin. As I watch her eyes look back to the floor. She is silent for a minute before she peaks at me and says, "I maybe able to." I stand say, "good, Now go get your things we will leave shortly." She jumps up and runs out the door.

I start to leave when Wizzal says, "You really are rotten. Praying on that child's fears like that. How could you?" I don't even look at him as I head out the door saying, "I don't see anything wrong. I saved her and I have use for her. It's either this or I force her to obey." With that I walk out the door and into the library. I pull the last of the books from my bag and then head down my trapdoor.

I let myself fall through the darkness and into the world below. I keep falling through the clouds not worrying about the ground fast approaching. I look around and see fish swimming. Not far away I see a few Cawlway fishing with sharpened sticks. I can see a few lean too cabins through the trees. As I get near the tree line I spread my wings and glide to where the lean too cabins can be seen through the trees.

No sooner do I land then I hear a loud roar and hear stampeding coming my way with a loud voice yelling, "I will not let this weakling control us. We have no Master." I turn towards him and dodge to the left as a huge 8 foot tall Cawlway comes barreling at me.

He comes to a stop turns around and lets out another roar as he comes at me again. I don't dodge this time as I send a small black fire ball into his chest and jump into the air landing back down softly on my feet. The Cawlway laughs, "hitting his chest saying, "Is that the best you can do." I walk away from him as his laughs turn to screams of fear and pain. He tries to put out the fire but it keeps burning.

I put my right hand in the air next to me. Ready to snap my fingers and I say, "Knee before me." I hear him fall to his knees and I snap my fingers as I turn around I watch as the fire goes out and he collapses to the ground. I walk over and put my foot on his head. Looking around I say, "Did you make a list?"

A seven foot tall Cawlway steps up to me looking nervous as he looks down at the big guy under my foot. The big guy doesn't move he just looks up at me with confusion in his eyes. I take the list and look down at him saying, "You aren't very bright are you?" I take my foot off his head and he rises up onto his hands and knees. Before he can rise any farther I sit on his back. He looks with more confusion not sure what is happening. I start looking at the list:

Knifes

Iron

Alacamit

Flint

Axes

Pot/lid

Cooking spoons

Crystals

It is a simple list and I look over to the Cawlway who gave it to me and ask, "Why do you need these things?" He looks at me in surprise and says, "We need the knifes and axes to build stuff. We have a few blacksmiths but can't find any iron or Alacamit to work with. Flint we use to make fire so we can preserve food and skins. We have no pots and spoons to cook with and the crystals look like they are in a pattern so we fear taking them will destroy the land. Nets would be nice to fish with. Our men have been hunting in the water but it would be faster to catch more at a time."

I nod and say, "You have logical reasons for these items and ill grant them to you. I need one of you who is fast, and good with weapons. A warrior who can train young to accompany me on a journey. The reward will be of your choosing for the village. They all start talking and as they do I get out a basket and look at the list adding items to the basket from my Void bag. Two nets out of the 8 I bought, One cart of crystals, 5 pots and spoons, flint, 50 iron knifes and axes, 25 bars of iron and Alacamit.

Once I'd done that I turn back to them and say, "Well." One young female Cawlway steps forward. The only way I can tell what her gender is, is she has her upper body covered. She put her hands stiffly to her side and says, "Hello Master I'm the one chosen to accompany you. My name is Azarna."

I look at her and motion with my finger to come to me. She stiffly comes over and I look her up and down. She has good muscle tone and is about 6.9 a little short for a Cawlway. I pull a bow and one arrow out of my bag and blow a black flame over the water. It keeps going till it hits a tree 60 feet away.

When the fire hits the tree I put it out and watch as she hits it dead center. Then I test her sword work against the Cawlway I have been using as a chair. Watching her fight I also decide to test her knife throwing and speed. Her smaller body is flexible and fast. She also has more strength then a human. I smile and call her back over. I pull out an orange leather top and matching bottom.

Then arm her with a short sword and five small knives that she straps onto her upper leg hidden by the skirt. Once done I smile nod and say, "What do you want for your tribe?" She looks at me and says, "We need medicine to treat the wounded and an anvil to make weapons." I smile at her and say that's two things but very well.

I pull out of my Void bag an anvil I got from the Norace when I attacked and took some of them captive and a few basic tools as well as some seeds and dried herbs.

I look at her and am about to take flight when one 7.3 foot tall Cawlway steps forward and says, "Master I'm a warrior of the Danal tribe. May we have swords so we can practice and not Get rusty due to complacency." I nod my head and pull out ten swords then say, "Make the rest. Also if I'm happy with Azarna's work I'll be happy to provide you with more needs" I grab Azarna by the shoulders and spread my wings taking flight. We sailed through the sky and into the clouds. She just stares in amazement at what she sees before her.

It doesn't take long for us to burst through the trapdoor but I've got to say she is a lot heavier then Wizzal and I'm now breathing pretty heavy. I tell her she can do what she pleases for now. Then go find Lennal and take flight heading out of the village. At first Lennal screams in terror but it don't take long for her to start looking around in amazement after I say, "I'm not gonna drop you."

I head straight for the mountains to collect a certain and very useful Norace. When I land at the entrance to his cave I tell her to wait by the lake that's nearby. I dull down my sense of smell as I enter the cave.

The stench is so strong it's like hitting a solid wall of shit mixed with 500 men stuck in a tiny area smell. I walk down the cave trying to breath as little as possible. The smell is so thick I can taste it. Yuck! when I walk about 500 feet I can hear the "Thunk! Tink!" sound of metal hitting metal. that is followed by the sound of sizzling water. After another 500 feet I come to a small open cave. There is a short Man with red hair covering his whole body working at the forge.

He looks kinda like cousin it from the Adams family but with arms that hair hangs down a foot long The hair past his lower arms has long ago been burnt off to about 1 inch long. As soon as he sees me he grabs the axe next to him and charges me. I meet his axe with my bare hand melting the blade as I say, "I've got use for you."

He looks at me in fear and says, "No Bath." I laugh as I tie his feet together with my thread and say, "Sucks to be you." I drag him out of the cave by his tied up feet. He tries stopping us by digging his fingers in the ground as he yells, "No bath, No bath, I hate bath." I ignore him and drag him out the cave and across the small field to a lake that's waiting.

I smile at him as I pull him out of the lake, cut off his clothing and throw Lennal the bar of soap as she hides behind a tree. After awhile I get her out and I sit down on a nearby rock. I have her clean him. I have to drag him into the lake ten times before his smell is removed and it takes three hours to take care of. Then we use Sun crystal to dry all that hair. He tries to enter the cave again and I grab him by the hair on his neck saying, "Don't you even think about it or we will give you another bath.

Fear fills his eyes as he takes a step back and says, "No bath." I then pull yellow pants out of the Void bag and one of the axes from his old workshop he had made. He looks really happy about getting it back and I say, "You roll in any crap. Get into anything smelly and I'll not only give you a bath but I'll cut off all the hair.

He backs up and shakes his arms. Red hair a foot long shaking as he does. It takes us half the night to get back on foot. When we do Wizzal is sound asleep. I lead them to my room where I pass them hammocks and tell them to sleep through the night. Once they have settled down I do the same. Early the next morning I get everyone together and we get ready enter the bag.