行尸走肉第3季

NO MORE POV switches for a while…

Ryan sat in his dark dorm room alone, contemplating his next move.

Although if someone walked in on him at this moment, they would sense a badass anime villain plotting some scheme, Ryan didn\'t feel all that badass.

\'Things just keep slipping out of control. I need strength. I need Yoko back, and I need to upgrade my cultivation. Fast.\'

Ryan had already gone over his new Overlord Constitution abilities while sitting.

Overlord\'s Authority was a passive ability used as identification in the Multiverse. It allowed him to enter specific zones only accessible by the heavenly chosen. \'It did mention something about a heavenly academy, but that\'s for later.\'

Overlord\'s Reign was the ability he had already partially experienced in combination with his bloodline. \'It supposedly allows me to exert my will on other species of lesser ranks, but in combination with my bloodline, it allows me to control everything… the only problem is the energy output.\'

Finally, Overlord\'s judgment was the most exciting and possibly the best of the three.

It allowed Ryan to trap any target at his rank or lower inside a heavenly realm for a period of time for a one-on-one battle. \'Although with my specialty, it won\'t exactly be a fair fight.\'

Now that Ryan had finished going over his constitution abilities, he needed to check out his new \'Harem Oath\' ability he had gotten. \'I hope this is what I think it is.\'

[Harem Oath (Active/Passive)]

[Description: In the Multiverse, there are many ways of getting one to submit to power. Whether it be through intimidation, bribery, coercion, loyalty, or deceit humankind has always found a way as well. But as your species is not of higher status, you don\'t have an integrated way of forcing others to your will]

[Any who take the Harem Oath to the Harem Master will have their name show up on a list. This list will allow the Harem Master to check their loyalty in real-time. Although this method is not foolproof, this ability will rank up over time.]

[Note: Harem Royalty & above have the right to exclude themselves from this list anytime.]

Ryan raised his eyebrow at his new ability. \'This is not exactly what I needed, but it\'s about as close as it gets.\'

Clenching his fist, Ryan was about to enter his Harem Palace to test his new ability on his new cat servants when knocking came from the door.

"Come in."

Brooke strolled into the room and handed a letter to Ryan. As she was turning to leave, Ryan reached out and grabbed her wrist.

"For some reason, you don\'t look happy to be here," Ryan said, looking into Brooke\'s face. She tried to pull away again, but he didn\'t let go of her wrist. Her eyes widened with surprise as he lifted her chin with his hand until their faces came eye to eye.

Brooke tried to use her massive physical strength against him, but it only ended with his grip tightening and holding her like a vice.

"What\'s wrong? Is there a problem?" he asked innocently. "You can tell me."

"It\'s not that," she responded. "I\'m just busy. I have to prepare for my class tomorrow."

He looked at her, confused. "What part of becoming my servant didn\'t you understand? You\'re mine now!"

"But that\'s just until the end of the academy-"

Ryan placed his index finger on her lips to silence her.

"If you want to make it through the next two months alive," He whispered seductively into her ear. "I suggest you keep your mouth shut about this arrangement. If they found out about us… well, I wouldn\'t think they would take it lying down."

Brooke furrowed her brow as she looked at Ryan questioningly. It wasn\'t often that someone scared Brooke, but feeling his iron grip on her wrist and hearing his threatening words, she couldn\'t help swallowing nervously. "Who are they?" She finally squeaked out.

Ryan\'s face suddenly turned cold, and his grip tightened around Brooke\'s wrist again. His eyes burned with a resounding fury, and he growled dangerously in her face before speaking again in a low voice. "You should really learn to read between the lines when people threaten you. And not ask stupid questions."

As quickly as he turned cold, Ryan returned to normal and said, "Thank you for delivering this letter, Brooke. If that\'ll be all..."

"Of course, Daddy," Brooke said hastily. As soon as she could, she backed up and left the room, leaving Ryan alone once more.

He sat on his bed, looking at the note, reading it over carefully several times with a frown.

"Mara..." He muttered under his breath while ripping it into pieces and throwing it away from him into his trashcan.

Ryan lay on his bed and contemplated, reviewing all the details he knew about the wedding.

\'Mara suddenly got called home and left me, leaving that cryptic note.\'

\'I know the wedding is between her and the Grand Prince, who should be out of her league. But if this letter is to be believed, she\'s somehow being forced into marriage...\'

\'There\'s also the fact that the human empire will most likely force me to attend this wedding and think they have brainwashed me into competing in this tournament.\'

\'But why does the human empire want me to beat their Grand Prince at such a big event? What\'s the point?\'

\'Why do they want me to remember the first five years of my life at the wedding?\'

\'Nothing makes sense!\'

Ryan tried wrapping his mind around the facts, trying to find answers to the questions that plagued him. But, after nearly an hour, he still hadn\'t thought of any new ideas or ways he could use against them.

The only thing he was sure about was that he didn\'t like what he had discovered so far. Ryan hated this feeling of being in the dark. He needed answers. He needed control.

Just as Ryan was starting to get up, the door burst open, and four girls came rushing into his room.

"What\'s the matter?" Ryan said, seeing Emily, Izzy, Lizzy, and Grace enter his room.