Demonic Pornstar System novel Chapter 468

Chapter 468: Chieftain Kaiden

Kaiden stood before the crowd consisting of over a hundred rescued men and women, children and elderly.

He took a slow breath before speaking.

"I want to say something before we move forward. You all swore your allegiance to me, but I know that oath wasn’t made under the best of circumstances. You’d just been freed from your chains and taken revenge on your oppressors. Emotions were running high, and I won’t pretend I don’t understand what that does to a person."

He looked over them, the starved, the scarred, the survivors. "So if anyone here wants to step back from that promise, now is the time. I won’t hold it against you. I’ll understand completely."

A murmur rippled through the crowd. Some lowered their heads, whispering to one another. But before it could spread, two figures stepped forward.

Taigi, the young woman who had been ordered to seduce Kaiden by Varek, knelt first. Beside her, the quiet male hunter who had taken charge of the men did the same.

"Chief Kaiden," Taigi said, bowing her head. "We may be weak right now, but we are not without honor."

The hunter nodded firmly. "We didn’t pledge ourselves out of fear or confusion. You gave us our lives back. Our fealty stands, so long as you’ll have us."

The words struck through the crowd like a drumbeat. Kaiden studied the faces around them, seeing the tired and uncertain expressions, but no one stepped away. If anything, their stances grew firmer.

He nodded slowly. "Then I’ll accept that loyalty. But I should be clear about one thing. I don’t have land of my own for you to settle on."

He paused, then glanced at Calypso, standing proudly a few steps behind, watching the scene with a happily flicking demonic tail behind her.

A smile emerged on his lips.

"Or at least, that was the case until recently."

He reached out and pulled the demoness close by the waist, drawing a delighted purr from her. Calypso waved at the crowd as if she’d just been called onto the podium at a concert, entirely unbothered by the attention.

"This wonderful demoness here has offered me her home," Kaiden explained. "A place you might call... otherworldly."

He felt the eyes of the black-armored government agents watching from afar. He didn’t doubt that not only were they watching but recording as well in one way or another.

He gave them a sidelong look and added, "I can’t explain everything right now. But it’s not the kind of place most people imagine when they hear ’demon’s domain.’"

His gaze returned to the tribespeople. "You can live there, hunt, gather, and build. You’ll be safe, as much as anyone can be in this chaotic world. But if you’d rather not live inside what some might call a demonic hellscape, I understand-"

A low, amused purr from Calypso cut him off.

He stopped, realizing what he was seeing. The faces staring back at him weren’t fearful at all. They were in awe. Eyes wide. Hands clasped. Whispering to one another as if they were hearing a legend made real.

Taigi’s voice trembled with barely contained excitement. "A land where we can live without fear... where demons protect us, and monsters stay away? That sounds like the dreamland, Chief."

Kaiden blinked. "The what now?"

Before he could say more, she explained, "A place the elders spoke of, where the hunted would become safe, and the earth would not reject us. After the Pale Ones came to our lands and forced us into reservation camps, we thought it was just a story of the past, one that was not meant to be witnessed with our eyes."

He stared at her for a long moment, then exhaled a short laugh under his breath. "Well... I believe you won’t be disappointed."

But then his tone grew serious. "Listen carefully. The information about the inside of my dungeon, Calypso’s home, can’t be leaked. Not to outsiders, not to anyone. That’s why, at least for now, once you go in, you won’t be able to leave until I say otherwise. Maybe we can find a solution within days, maybe never."

He waited, expecting hesitation if not outright denial. Being locked inside a dungeon? That was something he’d never accept.

But instead, it was nothing of the sort. Heads nodded. Shoulders straightened.

"Chief," the male hunter asked after a moment, "will the demons inside attack us?"

Kaiden shook his head. "No. I’ll make it official to them; I’ll declare you all as my subjects. That means you’ll have the protection of every demon under my command."

The hunter smiled, showing a rare, genuine expression that crinkled his weathered face. "Then we have no further reservations. It sounds like the dreamland."

Kaiden stared for a second longer, but then, as he thought about it, about how these people had been hounded by both monsters and humans, it made sense. To them, a locked world guarded by demons wasn’t a cage. It was paradise.

He turned his gaze to his companions. Bastet, Aria, Luna, Nyx, and even Calypso were all grinning.

"Looks like it’s been decided," Kaiden murmured.

He stepped forward one more step and spread his arms wide toward the tribe. "Then from this day on, I, Kaiden Grey, welcome you into my lands with open arms. May we prosper together, rise together, and never bow before tyranny ever again."

For a moment, there was silence. Then Taigi stood, raising her hand high.

"Hoka hey!" she cried, a traditional cry of courage and readiness for life or death, echoing from her chest with the strength of a drumbeat.

Dozens joined her. Then a hundred, including little children and even wrinkly grandmothers.

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