I had been thinking about this since I converted Mustache. Why should I go and exterminate everything, when I could just make it mine? It would accomplish the same thing, and I would have some minions to play with. I didn't worry about running out of energy, as the conflict between my personal internal Laws and the Laws of the world kept causing mana levels to spike and then be absorbed.
I did want to help Diamond Ascend, though. During our lovemaking, she was coherent enough at one point to mentally talk over becoming mine. I offered her an easier Path to Ascension, and she was all for it. Then she was all for other things and couldn't form any coherent thought. Psychic powers are super useful!
So I granted her the Heroic Gifts. I had fun tracing the channels all over her body, doing the same setup as Robin. I also decided that only absorbing the mana with weapons was too clumsy, so I created a Ring of Absorption. It had the same absorption and filter enchantments as the Sword of the Hero, and I even set up its gemstone as a reservoir in case it ever got separated from our fingers. It would have the side benefit of glowing brightly when containing mana, making it easy to locate.
When Robin and Diamond woke, I passed them the gold and green emerald rings. They were twisted in the shape of an Ouroboros, with the gemstone its sparkling eye. They were appreciative of the matching rings, though Diamond seemed leery of the creature design. I simply gave her a hug and feelings of reassurance, but that seemed to help a lot.
So back to my master plan.
"The problem is," I explained to Robin when she asked why we weren't traveling on. "That I don't appreciate the contrived coincidences the world forces on us to add to my harem. Even just you was enough, and now that Diamond's part of this family unit I especially don't need any more. That's not what I meant to say, damn you world! I meant that I don't want to cater to this force that is attempting to bend my Will even as we speak."
Robin looked thoughtful. "Actually, now that you mention it, I do feel like something is weird. I wasn't so into girls, and we did some things that I didn't even think I wanted to try even in my most lurid imaginings back in the village."
Diamond leaned back against the couch, on proud display. I quickly made up a comfortable dress, leggings, boots, and panties for her to wear. Not that I minded the view, but it would be hard to concentrate if the girls paraded around naked.
"Thank you!" she shrieked and jumped into my arms and kissed me all over my face. There went her ladylike image, and I hadn't gotten dressed yet either. I guess full explanations can wait for a little.
Later, we caught our breath. I cast rejuvenate on all of us to save ourselves from falling asleep, and then did a good magical cleaning on all of us. We quickly got dressed to avoid any more delays.
Diamond watched in interest as I created a large pie of pizza. The Everlasting Pie template I created had different toppings on each slice, and would refill each time the box was closed. No one knows what kind of pizza they like until they try them all, after all. The girls first watched me eat my first slice, and then took their own. I passed a beer to Robin, then a Coke to Diamond. She was a soda pop girl.
"I didn't notice anything altering me too much while I was healing," said Diamond. "Besides for your rather heavy approach on pain management for me. I want to be able to feel some pain, after all. But it was very nice of you to do so!" She gave me a peck on the cheek.
Robin looked uncomfortable, so she scooted over and gave her a full on kiss. "It's ok, sister. You are safe. You can express yourself."
"So," I coughed. "I can just send the demons as substitutes in my place. If I just convert all demons into my demons, I can have them gather all their monsters and then I'll banish them to another realm. Specifically, my realm. I want to create a monster world!"
Robin looked at me, eyebrow raised. "What if a demon is too strong to be converted? We are in the starter zone, after all."
I smugly looked at her. "You think I'm doing all the conversions by myself? Hypocrisy and Mustache still retain their Soul Will. After all, why would I want automatons for slaves? and in the event we actually come across something to strong for our combined mental power to convert, we'll just kill it!"
I felt Hypocrisy and Mustache leap away in search for more converts to my cult. I guided them in the direction of where their next targets should be and set a mental tag to alert me when they were getting close to the next demon.
I felt the need to keep my girls updated, so I went into the VMD and made a 3D model of the world based on the world map System made. Spagetti's World was the classic globe setup. While only one sixth of it was ocean, it relied on magic for its other water needs. I attached a floating and glowing enchantment so that it would float wherever it was placed and glow with enough light to reveal its incredibly detailed terrain.
I made a receiving enchantment attuned to my telepathy that fed into a display enchantment. Demons and monsters appeared on the surface, shining brightly so that they couldn't be missed. I could manipulate the colors and positions of the creatures via the enchantment, thus making a real time map of conquest. I actually saved the file as SpWorldConquest.
I created it myself, as I didn't think it would be too much of a draw on my Will. The girls were sitting on either side of me on the couch, and had pizza and drinks in hand. I hastily created two square side tables bolted to the floor next to them so that they could put down their food. I had noticed that both Robin and Diamond were starting to feel discomfort from full bladders. They nodded to me in thanks and rushed off.
Diamond came back after Robin. She felt intrigued and pleased with my bathroom setup. She tried to surprise me with a hop into my lap, but just ended up where she started. I chuckled. Looping space is a fun way to not let someone distract you.
Mustache and Hypocrisy were nearing the first demons by now. It would be an endless blur of mind twisting demons when. we started, so I called for a pause. I still needed to create my personal Hell to translocate my cult to, and I wanted a quick fifteen minutes of sleep.