Before anyone else did anything I went ahead and activated my pheromone power, immediately causing the strange extraterrestrials and the goblins they had taken control of to stop doing anything and begin to stare at me, awestruck expressions on their faces. As I did that I carefully considered what to do next, now that I was armed with knowledge. I gazed at the strange extraterrestrials and sighed.
"Allow me to aid you." I said, before pointing at each of them and granting them my omnilingual ability. When they received the potent powerup their eyes widened and they each intuitively knew what ability I had given them, even without the system informing them of what power they had just been gifted.
That was, of course, thanks to my intervention. I filled their minds with the knowledge of the power, without telling them that I was the one responsible for that knowledge while making them believe that it was their own instincts that allowed them to know.
"Now then... You." I said while turning around and facing the warrior I had just defeated. She was now not wearing her helm and I was able to stare at her face, which was challenging to do. She was, like Sofia, a world-class beauty. She had back-length scarlet hair, light blue eyes, and a face that was easy to fall in love with. And what was worse was now she was gazing at me with awe, not only due to my pheromone power but also because of the cultural values of the starmazons.
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Far away from this planet, a large fleet of world-sized spaceships flew through space. These ships were filled with hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of powerful warrior women each. A small number of extremely powerful male warriors also lived on these ships, the mates of the often several of the warrior women each, since the starmazons believed in the importance of sharing powerful men.
The starmazons were a matriarchal, communal society where one's social status was determined by three factors: one's individual power, the power of one's mate, and the number of children one had had. In such societies power was nearly everything. Nearly.
Starmazons refused to begin to mate with men until, or rather unless they came across an extremely powerful one. When they came across males they felt might be strong enough, they battled them and if the male won the battle... The starmazons attempted to take them in and bring them home.
And now Fara, the stranger I had bested in battle, had come across a powerful male stranger. In her estimation, I was the single strongest warrior she had ever faced, male or female. This meant that the powerful warrior, the first I had ever met who in terms of raw skill left me in the dust, was quickly becoming infatuated with me. And she wasn't alone either.
There were three starmazons on this beach. Fara was the leader, but she was accompanied by two of her cousins, the male was named Aster, and the female was named Zaria. I felt Aster's respect and the acknowledgment that the man was in the company of one of his betters as far as fighting went, and I felt Zaria feel the same growing infatuation that Fara felt.
Even the other alien, "Alpha", was attracted to me but in her case, it was purely physical. A quick glance into her mind revealed that she preferred raw intelligence and technological ability to someone over raw fighting and martial skills. Alpha was also able to loosely resist my pheromone power because as it turned out her brain was partially cybernetic which was endlessly fascinating to me.
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"So... you all are stranded here huh?" I asked as I locked eyes with Fara, the leader of these aliens. I spoke in her native tongue, which was something that confused her but she was grateful for it. She nodded at me, curious as to what I was going to do next.
Her odd little family had flown to the planet and upon entering this world's atmosphere something about this planet began to mess with their ship, causing it to crash and to refuse to start again. They had been stranded here for about three weeks and had come across the goblins, who had foolishly opted to attack them. They effortlessly defeated the goblins and began to command them to feed them and to cease their more barbaric practices, hence the rumors of goblins who hadn't killed. The reason they could do this was because of Zaria.
The strange little blonde woman was only a bit taller than the average male human, and she was a budding telepath. Her powers hadn't grown enough for her to give precise commands, but she could tell the goblins not to kill and in the case of Veth, the tiny goblin with multiple breasts, she could fill the creature's mind with images of the sigils that were now etched onto her breasts and helped her store excess mana.
Now, armed with knowledge, I decided to test something out. I filled the minds of everyone but Fara with psychic static, causing them all to freeze in confusion and be unable to do anything. I locked eyes with Fara and began to create a masterful illusion using my will-casting. I created an extremely lifelike replica of the spaceship that had brought her here and filled her mind with the belief that the ship would work. I wanted to see what she would do.
She gazed at the ship, awestruck, and then turned to me with a bright, inviting smile on her face. Though she didn't actually move, I allowed the illusion to continue to play out and watched as she envisioned herself gathering her family, including Alpha, and I, and took us into outer space.
I did the equivalent of hitting "fast forward" to see what would happen next in her ideal scenario, and I found myself living with her and her cousin as their mate, my days spent fighting various warrior women and their mates, and my nights spent being ridden by many of the same warrior women, as well as the two women who brought me to the planet-sized vessel we'd now be living in.
I quickly realized that the particular species that Fara and Zaria were members of were biologically immortal and thus this illusion would last forever with only intermittent interruptions in the form of the starmazons launching raids on planets and space stations, raids which my mates and I participated in and eventually even led. I was a bit surprised to find that I didn't hate that thought, but it wasn't what I planned to do. I quickly filled Fara's mind with static as well and turned to Zaria.
I repeated what I had just done, but upon doing so I made an excellent but also concerning discovery. Zaria's vision started out the same as her cousin's but took a sharp turn as soon as we returned to the starmazon fleet. In Zaria's vision, she keeps me all to herself for several years for a specific reason: she is a demigoddess with a particularly strange way to grow in power.
Zaria was the daughter of a starmazon and a god of fertility and life. Her father's genes made her a demigoddess of fertility and life who possessed a spark of divinity inside of herself like me that her iteration of the system had told her would awaken if either of two conditions were met: once she has had enough children to grow in power and become a full goddess, or she had sex with a sufficiently powerful mate, such as a fellow god of fertility.
Zaria didn't know it, but I was a god of fertility. If I slept with her it'd immediately cause her to awaken fully as a goddess of life and fertility, and that made her extremely attractive to me. It made me want very badly, as the prospect of having another true deity in my slowly growing harem was quite enticing. Nevertheless, I clung to my convictions for now.
I would spend the next few minutes allowing the other two aliens to experience the illusion as well while slipping into the portal that was still open. I went ahead and used "Seduce the world" on the ship, and then, with Alpha's knowledge, confirmed that the ship was able to fly again. Alpha's knowledge was immensely useful to me as her mind not only knew of technology she understood it. With her knowledge locked away in my mind, I would be able to use my "Creation" ability far more effectively and creatively.
I quietly asked the ship's spirit to aid me and to pretend to be unable to fly for a while. I didn't want these extraterrestrials to leave just yet, and I knew that if they knew their ship had been repaired they'd have been eager to leave. And if Fara had her way she'd be eager to take me with her.
Aster's version of the illusion led to the man taking us back home and reporting to the empress of the starmazons that a world with an atmosphere that interfered with starmazon technology had been found. Shortly thereafter that planet would be marked, and Aster would return to his life as a rare son of a starmazon.
Alpha's version of the illusion involved her returning to her particular home, having completed a contract she had been assigned. Alpha was a member of a "transhuman" near-human race and had spent her childhood in a distant galaxy where her kind was constantly surrounded by technology and at war with a group of superhuman druids who hated all technology beyond the biotech, they used to enhance themselves. In her mind her future, if allowed to return home, would involve her going back to her family.
Once I had knowledge of what every one of the strange extraterrestrials would do if they had their way, I stopped filling the minds of the creatures around me with static, while erasing their memories of the static in the first place. I turned to Fara and as soon as our eyes met she began to speak.
"My name is Fara Nor Toh, and I am a warrior from a distant world. As you have bested me in battle, you have proven yourself in the eyes of my culture. And our battle was witnessed by my cousins and my friend, Alpha Cyber Six. If I may be so impolite, I would ask you to reveal your name, stranger." She declared, her eyes locked on mine. I was silent for a moment, before beginning to speak.
"My name is Raul Medrano and I am a..." I hesitated for a moment, before glancing at Zaria. She was watching her cousin and I interact quite intently, and I was unsure of what to say. The knowledge that there was a fellow deity, or rather someone who had the potential to become a deity, so close filled me with both excitement and concern. I turned back to Fara and opted to be honest.
"I am a deity native to this world. I am what is known as a grand adonis, a powerful type of god of sexuality, fertility, and love. I am also a guardian of this world and these people. Your appearance here altered the behavior of these goblins and caused rumors to reach me back in my home, a city not far from here which is why I investigated this place with my powers." I explained, my words causing all of the extraterrestrials watching me to subtly back away in shock as they realized why I was so powerful.
These extraterrestrials were not like the people native to this world. They knew of gods. Zaria especially, given her heritage, but all of them had some knowledge of deities. I chuckled at the gathered group of aliens and continued to speak.
"I am no foe of yours. If I had been I would have continued my attack earlier. I merely sought to understand why these goblins were behaving unlike many of their kind. I am a guardian of all life, and now that I know you I also know of your kind. These so-called 'Starmazons'." I stated, cryptically. Fara froze, unsure of what to make of my words given that she hadn't named her people yet. None of them could muster any hostility towards me, they were still in the range of my pheromones after all, but they were all afraid.
"I suppose for now we should retreat to a safer place than this. Come to my home." I uttered, my voice filling with divine authority, as a portal opened up behind me. A portal that led into my seraglio. I stepped backwards into the portal and was shortly followed by both the goblin tribe and the strange extraterrestrials who had taken the tribe under their wings.
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Within a few minutes, the goblin tribe had settled in one of the rooms on the ground floor of the castle, and I found myself backed by Riezel, and Sofia, as we, unofficial and unelected representatives of the planet, sat across from Fara, Alpha, Zaria, and Aster, inside of the strategy room.
We sat at one end of the table and the aliens sat across from us. The table's holographic display showed a series of images, from the spaceship of the starmazons, to the homeworld of the technologically enhanced alien, to the castle we were currently in, to the city of Jasper. Alpha gazed at the table enthusiastically, delightedly watching as the magically created images flashed by in a gentle yet quick pattern. The starmazons kept their eyes glued on me, particularly Zaria who was no longer downplaying her interest in me.
"So... I suppose I'll break the silence. Raul, you know things mysteriously. I could assume you know them through telepathy. You almost certainly know what it means for Fara that you defeated her. Is that an accurate estimation of your knowledge?" Zaria asked, beginning a conversation. Sofia and Riezel glared at the strange woman, informed of her true potential through a telepathic message I had sent the two of them moments after entering the seraglio, minutes ago.
"Yes I do. Starmazons value power and they seek strong mates. If a starmazon is defeated by a potential mate in battle and not slain, that starmazon could, at least in the context of starmazon cultural norms, declare the potential mate as theirs." I said, softly. Fara smiled brightly as I said this, her uncertainty due to my divinity having faded away and become a stronger desire for me to hers.
"That's exactly correct! Which is why now you're my mate." She declared enthusiastically. When Zaria shot her an annoyed glare she whispered an apology and corrected herself by saying "Our mate".
"Fara it's not that simple. Non-starmazons have their own cultural values and traditions we need to respect. Plus Raul is a divine being." Zaria pointed out.
"Divine beings, especially if the legends are to be believed, his kind of divine being, are... reputed to have harems and often impose their own conditions on their mates. Something which many potential lovers find acceptable given the perks that come with being the mate of a grand adonis." Zaria stated, clearly being the one in her family with the most knowledge of divine beings and our quirks. I spoke up as soon as Zaria was done talking.
"Listen, I feel like we're getting ahead of ourselves here. I know your goals. I'll freely volunteer that information. I know you seek to return home. I know that the two of you wish to bring me with you. I do not intend to go with you. Nor do I intend to keep you here." I stated, partially honestly. I didn't intend to go to the starmazon fleet, even though both of them wanted me to go.
"Well in that case... What do you seek, Raul?" Fara asked, turning to face me. I felt her eyes on my face and I had to pause for a moment. She was intense and her voice was now a low purr.
"I... I am a guardian of this world. I have my own goals here to pursue." I stated, after adjusting, a little, to the sensation of Fara's eyes on my face.
"Well then share those with us, love." She replied, softly. I could sense the desire in her voice, and internally I knew that she'd be hard for me to resist. In the aftermath of the battle it had been easier for me to ignore how beautiful she was, but now... She was strikingly lovely and now that we had some distance from the battle it was easier for me to appreciate her beauty, which made it harder for me to control myself.
As my powers grew, so did the various emotions I felt. One of those emotions was lust. I needed to learn better self-control, or else I may make a mistake.