A year has passed since Kars was isekai'd against his will by the mysterious goddess before he single-handedly took over the slum district of Jinkai City on the same day he arrived.
That day it was a brutal slaughter as Kars went on from hideout to hideout to kill and soul-drain any gang member of the slum he could find. It doesn't matter whether they were young or old; Kars doesn't discriminate or hesitate to finish them off in Mortal Kombat style.
He was like a force of nature, a real Grim Reaper who was reaping the souls of criminals to those who had witnessed his one-sided slaughter against the gangs in the slum, as the gangs couldn't even put up a proper fight against him.
With magic and the supernatural might of Shao Kahn, Kars' every attack was just too powerful and too fast for the gang members, who, despite some being surprisingly strong, comparable to the athletes back on earth or having magic items to buff themselves, still couldn't make any difference in the fight with Kars, who could literally rip their soul out of their body with a simple gesture of his hand.
No matter how much someone begs or threatens him, Kars ignores all of those noises and simply murders them to the last man in cold blood as he leaves the trail of broken bodies and empty husks behind his rampage.
Kars made sure that it was a loud affair and not going unnoticed by anyone in the slum and outside of it, so his fearsome reputation and his ascension to slum boss position were firmly established among the slum dwellers, the Jinkai citizens, and the city government.
Sure enough, after his usurping of the slum district, a group of mercs hired by the council of Jinkai City paid him a visit a day later to demand he surrender himself to the council authority for murder charges and whatnot, but unfortunately for them, instead of complying, Kars had other plans as he beat the mercs up pretty badly and sent them all limping back to their employers with a message that basically said, "Wanna fight, bitch?" to the city council.
And the next day his message seemed to have made the council back off, as they decided to leave Kars alone ever since. It's not like there's any benefit for them in continuing to antagonize a man who can beat up a hundred mercs alone with his bare hands and without even breaking a sweat, is there?
Well, the real reason they back off so easily is that no one really gives a damn about the gangs and what happens in the slum, and why they are actually doing something is because some of the council members have connections with the gangs in the slum and have been using them to do their dirty work.
So with the massacre of the gangs, Kars made them lose some investment, so they are just trying to retaliate but end up spooked because of Kars' terrifying strength, so they quickly back off.
Later they even sent him some money and a "gift" as a gesture of peace, which Kars accepted like a calm and reasonable person that he is, ending their conflict short in just three days, and the slum ended up with a new boss.
After that, Kars went out of the slum and hired a construction company to demolish the conjoined buildings that were the hideout of the now-extinct gang and then later build him a nice mansion over it, while in the meantime, Kars just kept renting a room in the luxurious inn outside of the slum with his "gift" until his mansion was finished being constructed and he could move in to live there.
Then, with his dwelling taken care of, Kars decided to start a business, not for money since he could just duplicate it but for the power, influence, and manpower he could gain from his business.
First, Kars starts off with a loan business that he is kind of familiar with from his time back on Earth. He called it the Blood Fund, which will offer a loan to literally anyone with only a 10% interest rate as long as the client signs a "blood contract" that is basically a legal slave contract if they fail to pay him back on the agreed-upon deadline.
And while it's not a servitude-for-life kind of contract, the person who fell into Kars' legal slavery still has to earn back their freedom by working for Kars for a couple of decades before they can taste their freedom again.
And why is it called a "blood contract"? It's because the client will have to use their blood to sign their name on the contract, which Kars could use in a magic ritual to pinpoint where they are exactly and open a portal to pay them a visit if they are late in payment.
And despite many people already becoming Kars' legal slaves because they can't pay him back and some even got their souls ripped out, there are still desperate people who keep coming for loans at his Blood Fund since Kars' loan requirement policy doesn't exist there, so anyone can get a loan, even a beggar.
But the more they borrow, the higher the price they will have to pay him since Kars will not only enslave them if they fail to pay their debt after the deadline but also use their debt to justify robbing them of anything they possess, be it a valuable item, a family member, or their soul, and no one has ever escaped him, and no matter where they run or hide, Kars always comes and collects his due.
In the first three months after Blood Fund opened in the slum, his loan business was going pretty slow and losing money like a sinking ship, but after that, Kars' business bloomed, but not in profit; just his legal slaves multiplied like mushrooms until he had to build a dormitory for them to stay in the slum and work for him in whatever he was going to use them for.
But did his business actually make any profit after that?
No, of course not, as Kars' Blood Fund is still in the negative even a year later, but at least the red line on the graph is not falling down a cliff anymore...
Anyway, with more people he now can utilize, Kars then starts his second business, a battle arena he calls the Kolosseum, where he will pay anyone who will fight for the audience's entertainment in the battle arena, and his legal slaves also can join in to fight in the monthly tournament of the arena to earn back their freedom if they want as well.
But alas, the Kolosseum is still under construction outside of the city, so nothing is going on yet.
It is also quite troublesome for Kars to get permission for building such a building outside of the city, as the council members seem to want to be involved in his battle arena business since they smell a lot of money in it that can be made, so they were dragging their feet and intentionally slowing down the permit process as much as possible to annoy Kars and hinting at him to cooperate.
Don't want to stir more trouble just yet, as that is likely going to lead him to forcefully take over the city prematurely and end up without any help in managing the city itself, so Kars can only agree to cooperate with the Jinkai Council in the business of the battle arena, where they would share benefits with each other depending on the individual contribution to the Kollosseum operation.
Kars doesn't really mind the arrangement with the city council that much since he will still be in control of the arena, but only his profit that is generated from the Kollosseum will mostly go to the council members' pockets, which Kars can just shrug off without any care.
While the Kolosseum was being built, Kars then started a third business, a pawn shop, where he would use it as a place to fish for interesting and useful items that might pop up. This business is also somewhat a cover for his duplicate power to avoid the question of where a lot of his stuff is coming from without him being seen purchasing it from other places.
His pawn shop is also the only place for the desperate people to get a fair rate of exchange for their possessions in this city, as his shop will literally buy anything from them, and combined with his loan business next to it, it becomes a very insidious setup for taking his clients' stuff.
And just like his loan business, his pawn shop business is also not making much profit, but that's alright with Kars, who has infinite money to throw away like dirt and can keep his unprofitable business alive as long as he wants. He just wants desperate people to keep coming to him and maybe end up as a new addition to his workforce.
But from the outside perspective, Kars' business practices seem strange and confusing; a lot of people even think he badly wants to go bankrupt for some reason that they don't understand, but they also don't realize that Kars is simply accumulating power, influence, and manpower through his seemingly bad businesses.
And when someone finally realizes what he is actually doing, it will already be too late to do anything about it then...
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At present in the slum district of Jinkai city, where the sun just starts to rise, there is an out-of-place two-story mansion standing tall amidst the rundown buildings of the locals, which is Kars' mansion that was finished building months ago and now stands as the centerpiece of the slum.
Not far from the mansion, a large three-story dormitory for Kars' legal slaves and the two stores could be seen standing side by side. It is Kars's pawn shop and the Blood Fund, both of which were decorated only with hanging signs written in the local language that Kars could now read fluently after consuming the souls of hundreds of people.
In front of the two stores, the light was still on as Kars's legal slaves could be seen cleaning the places and working in the stores, since his business is always open, as he makes his workers work in rotation every six hours so they don't get too tired and are not prone to making mistakes.
Now back to the mansion, within the master bedroom, Kars woke up with a deep inhale, the scent of sex, sweat, and perfume hitting his nostrils before his eyes even fully opened and the familiar weight of a warm and soft body pressed against his side, where a woman was lying beside him with her bare thigh slung possessively over his hips and her large breasts pressing against him.
Kars could feel the woman's breathing deep and rhythmic as she slept soundly while he blinked his bleary eyes lazily at the ceiling, then glanced down at the long, silver hair from the woman spilled across his chest.
This woman beside him is his "gift" from the city council. The one that they'd sent alongside their peace offering money like some sacrificial lamb.
When they met, the beautiful woman with long silver hair in a neat bun and pale blue eyes with a slim but curvy figure introduced herself bitterly to him as just Sophia, some council member's bastard daughter sold off to him to smooth things over.
At first, he'd considered tossing her out since he thought she was just a spy, but... well, she certainly had uses and persuasion skills, as it didn't even take Kars long after meeting with Sophia before he was already pounding her virgin pussy in the luxurious inn bed as he fucked her silly that night.
Well, she had been the one who initiated it, so Kars just went along with it even if he showed too much enthusiasm and somehow made her imprint on him. And now, after a year of wild sex every day, Sophia has practically become his concubine who takes care of his needs and manages his business whenever Kars is too lazy to do it himself.
Kars hummed as his fingers trailed lazily down Sophia's bare back, tracing the curve of her wide hip and down to her big, plump ass before his hand gripped it possessively under the morning light filtering through the silk curtains, which painted gold across her smooth pale skin that still had traces from their usual activities last night.
Kars felt his big morning wood twitch against her thigh, fully hard and impatient, and there was no reason to let a perfectly good erection go to waste as he got to work.
He heard Sophia murmur something incoherent, nuzzling deeper into his chest, but Kars didn't bother with listening or foreplay. He shifted her limp body onto her stomach, hiking her hips up just enough to slide into her well-used pussy with one rough thrust. Her breath hitched as she startled awake with a sleepy moan escaping as her fingers clawed at the sheets.
"Ooh... K-Kars...?" Her voice was thick with sleep, confusion, and the beginnings of pleasure as Sophia arched instinctively, her body already conditioned to respond to him without delay. Kars gripped her hips tighter, savoring the way her warmth clenched around him and the slippery cum still inside her from last night as he set a ruthless pace, thrusting into her in a rapid motion.
"Ahh! Ooh! Kars! Kars! Ooh!" And soon enough, Sophia's sleepy murmurs turned into full-throated cries as Kars drove into her with raw, animalistic intensity as the bed frame rattled against the wall with each thrust.
He didn't slow, didn't tease her, and just let his pure lust slam into her, making her gasp with the slick sound of flesh on flesh fill the room.
By the time Kars finished, Sophia's body was trembling and twitching, her face buried in the pillows as she panted, her silver hair sticking to her sweat-slicked skin.
Kars slowly pulled out with a satisfied grunt after overflowing her with a new deposit of cum and shot some more on her ass and her back before rolling onto his back beside her.
He watched Sophia lie there for a minute, catching her breath, her fingers still clutching the crumpled sheets until she turned her head slightly, her silver hair clinging to her flushed cheeks, and gave him a look that was equal parts exhaustion and satisfaction.
"You should be more gentle in the mornings, don't you think?" she muttered, her voice still hoarse from exertion.
The scent of sex and musk lingered thick in the air as Kars propped himself up on one elbow, watching Sophia stretch like a cat before rolling onto her side to face him. She traced a lazy finger down his muscular chest, her dark red nails dragging just hard enough to leave a trail on his skin.
"So," she murmured as her pale blue eyes stared into his amber ones, "what's your plan for today, oh mighty boss of the slums?"
"Same as always," he said with a snort, his amusement clear to Sophia as he gives Sophia's full pink lips an aggressive kiss before he answers with a smirk. "Keep expanding my influence, growing my power and manpower..."
"Mmmnn..." Sophia felt her heart throb as Kars' fingers grabbed a lock of her silver hair around his knuckles; the motion was almost gentle if not for the undercurrent of restless energy humming beneath his skin and his still hard cock standing stubbornly under the sunlight...