Christopher was surprised as two beaten up people came into his room.
They were the two Slaves that Tris had bought.
'Was this her entrance into sadism or did they do something to rub her the wrong way?'
He wondered, but he was wary of them and didn't really care about the matter, it was after all only a passing thought passing through his mind and maybe it was better that she found another way to discharge her anxiety other than sexualy harassing him.
"So why have the two of you come to my room have you decided on dying?"
Christopher asked them as he turned his chair the other way, not even looking at them anymore.
"Master, please show your great benevolence and mercy"
"Oh, almighty but mercyful master whose benevolence outshines the stars"
"Master, please let your benevolence be as boundless as your nagic might"
"Oh, please help these two pathetic slaves in front of you, Oh benevolent master"
"Master, please forgive these pathetic ants whom knew not of your glory till this day"
Christopher couldn't even interfere as the two begun shooting their mouths nonstop, the moment one ended the other begun, when the other ended, the prior one begun in an endless circle of nutcracking flatery and bootlicking, their mouths like two well magnetophones paying the same tape again and again, at some times their voices even overlaped in a cacophony that drove him crazy.
"What do you two want of me!"
Christopher shouted, tired of their prattle and even worse his mind was already hazy due to his lack of sleep, he might not have to sleep since he could heal himself, but his mind was tired, if not for the ring he would probably fall asleep for the whole day or more.
"Master, please appease your anger"
"Oh, mighty lord please forgive your pathetic slaves"
"Master, we didn't mean to ignite your wrath"
"Oh, benevolent lord, we trully sincerely request for your permission to speak"
Christopher had a rather strong desire to kill the two and end this never ending polution to his ears.
"Stop already, you two have already spoken enough, another word from your mouths and I swear that both of you will die!"
Christopher said and the two didn't dare cut his sentence short, but before he could enjoy the silence.
"Master, we plead of you please help us meditate with mistress!"
"Oh, mighty master please save your faithful slaves from her evil grasps"
"Master, we implore you, please help us make up with her"
"Oh, Allmighty master whose wits make the heavens jealous please offer these lowly worms your wise councel"
Christopher could swear he understood nothing, he could understand that it was something to do with Tris, but what exactly the two wanted of him eluded him.
"You really want to die, right?"
He asked the two whom gulped and once again begun storming him with neverending praise as they begun to praise life, then praise god, then praise his ancestors, then praise his wisdom and benevolence again.
At some point Christopher stood up and begun looking up for a spellbook where he remembered seeing a spell exactly for for remedying his current situation, it was called the Silence spell. Of course this one was a rather basic one that had a rather short duration, there were other more advanced ones, like the curse of silence, the Field of silence and other more powerful curses, spells and enchantments.
Of course when the Duo saw him going for his spellbook, they instantly panicked and rushed out of the room, there was no word to describe Christopher's happiness about it, but as always good things don't last for long as two new invaders arrived to disturb the peace and serenity of his mind.
"I knew those two would run with their tails between their legs"
Tris' voice came from the entrance, and following her was the beastwoman slave.
"And what would you want, know that I'm in a rather shitty mood"
Christopher said as he turned to look at them.
"Give us your sperm!"
The beastwoman said without a hint of shame, like a hungry ghost behind Tris' back, making even her speechless by the slave's arrogant demand.
"I should have known that selling her for such a low price, she's probably defective in her head"
Christopher said as he sighed, making both of the women somewhat irritated.
"It's you who's defective, you have such beauties next to you, but you still shove us aside, for what?"
Tris stated, trying to irritate him as she begun to take off her silky clothing, that barely hid anything in the first place, the beastwoman followed her lead.
"Is that so, when I asked you to marry me and be a couple, you said no, now you act as if I'm misthreating you or something"
Christopher said rather seriously, truth was that he had offered to take responsibility and have a wedding, of course she had to be baptised first, there was also the matter of finding a priest, well they could ask some king or something to preside over the wedding.
"What's a wedding?"
The beastwoman asked with her circuits fried as she tried to understand what the two were talking about.
"So you are saying that you are not going to have any more sex with me because we are not married, is that how shallow you are!"
Riff and Raff whom were evesdropping from behind the door were rather surprised by the loud voices from inside as their two masters were arguing.
"Is sex so important to you, you could have used your time in a miriad more creative ways, you're like junkie that will fall in withdrawal every time I reject you, you should understand that although I'm thankful to you for helping me out and creating all this, but what you and I feel is not love, yours is obsession and mine it's mere gratitude"
Christopher said as he sat down rather disappointed.
"Obsession, Gratitude, are you an idiot, do you think that we are still in your home world, where everyone's biggest concern is making enough money to survive, in Axis every next day might be the day of your death, why do you think that warrior races like the beastmen and Orks reproduce like no tomorrow, because tomorrow they might end dying in a hunt, it's natural to try and leave descendants behind, but what about you, you are sulking because you say you love some girl whom doesn't give a fuck about you"
Tris said, her words like a dagger stabing at his heart.
Vicious laugher followed, Christopher begun to laugh, at her, at this world, at himself, at all that he knew as right and wrong, he still could not come to an agreement with this new reality, a world where moral values were as feeble as ones level of strength.
'Maybe she is right, maybe I don't belong in this world, mahaps I should simply die'
Christopher thought as he begun one by one taking off the rings on his fingers, the expensive amulets, the bracelets and other protective artifacts that were bought with the vast fortune they had accumulated.
"I should thank you Tris for opening my eyes to the truth, I really don't belong in this world, I'm probably only an eyesore to your great future as the Creator of a vast fortune, everything should have belonged to you, all these expensive trinkets you bought for me, all these useless books"
Christopher said as he begun to throw the books on his desk down to the floor in a fit of dejection, he wanted to reject all this as true as tears begun to roll from his eyes as his mind rolled more and more into a state of insanity.
No one of those present understood why he was crying and laughing at the same time, why his tears were rolling, the simingly powerful mage threw a tantrum like a small child.
Tris without even thinking threw herself at him hugging him from behind, crying as well, it was like seeing her godly Idol falling apart in front of her eyes for a second time, she didn't know why she felt her heart breaking each time he tried to deny her, to deny reality itself.
Three seconds later in her hug Christopher had fallen asleep, the tireness of the mind was something that mortals could not cope up with, it was a fight against their own nature, all beings had to sleep, even undead fell into a strange state of suspended animation when they leave their miasma filled grounds.
Tris begun to move Christopher to his own bed, softly putting him on the bed, as much as she lusted to have him, she wasn't sure what to do.
She begun to wear the rings one by one on his fingers, the bracelets and amulets, keeping only the sleep immunity ring in her hand as she fell to sleep besides him.
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Back in Nivava
"Your highness I swear to serve you with all my might and soul!"
Vadima swore as she and her subordinates were now kneeling in front of the duputy Queen's throne.
"Is that so, then I already have a mission for you, as you already know the hero you accompanied never made his way to the Goblin Klan, meaning that we still have a chance to draw him under our banner, you mission is simple, go and persuade him to come back to Nivava, if you can do so, you and your group of upstarts will be pardoned from the crimes of treason"
The queen said with a wicked smile on her face as little Bloom Commented.
"Mom, why is she prettier than you?"
The comment made everyone present freeze in terror, fearing how the queen might react, but fearing even more about their Leader's fate.
"Little bloom, beauty is something that isn't the same for everyone, you see mommy likes how she looks, if you don't like how you look in the future, there are thousands of ways to become prettier, for example are butterflies beautiful?"
The queen asked little bloom.
"Yes butterflies are pretty"
Bloom answered with a happy expression.
"Are flowers pretty?"
The queen asked once more.
"Flowers are pretty, but not the ones big brother grew, those were hiddeous"
Bloom answered, of course her brother was growing herbs, not flowers.
"Then what is prettier, a flower or a butterfly?"
The queen asked and little bloom begun pondering as she remained silent for the rest of the conferent.
"Vadima, this is your budget, latest info on the hero and lastly the names and locations of our information agents you are allowed to interact with when in foreign countries"
The queen said and a servant came forth giving three pieces of paper to Vadima, which she accepted, but felt somewhat lost after seeing the numbers.
Of course she already knew about Christopher's vast fortune, the amount stated would at most make him laugh.
"Could your highness maybe consider gifting him the hero Alexxa or something, while I was in his presense I could tell that he still hasn't gotten over her"
Vadima said, of course during her absense she had no idea how much the other heroes had progressed, but in her mind that deadly power of teleporting parts of another's body was still like a nightmare, in truth even now she wasn't sure if she could handle him, of course all she would have to do was not stop moving of course that was just theory, in practice, she would simply retreat the moment she saw him if they were enemies.
"Insolence, how dare you talk without being given permission!"
One of the queen's advisors shouted at her, the other advisors also nodded.
Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon.
Of course her idea had already passed their minds, but they had deemed it unprofitable to lose the trust of an already loyal and proven hero for a hero with potential, whom probably won't even join them in the end, in truth this mission was simply a test for Vadima whom they couldn't really trust, if she turned tails, they would get one over the noble whom spoke in her favour and she would become an exile, well even if she failed she would still face not a small punishment.
"Your loyal vassel wouldn't dare, but seeing as the budget wouldn't even move myself when I was in my prime, I find it hard to pursuade him"
Vadima said, making the advisor hard pressed to dispute her statement, even themselves wouldn't be persuaded by such a small amount.
"Ex-general Vadima, because of your long service to our Country and the throne, We accepted you back as a Commander, but if you want to regain your rightful place as a general once more, you must understand that this is all we can offer, I leave it to your womanly charms and creative mind to win us another hero, if you fail your fate will be protecting the frontlines against the demon king's armies, if you like it, you can simply head to the frontline right now, with all the men behind you"
The queen said, making both Vadima and the just returned with honors General Logan whom was the Nobleman in question to turn sour.
"Your highness, please show mercy to the ignorant girl and let her join my battalion"
General Logan pleaded on her behalf, he simply couldn't allow for the daughter of the legendary general to die at the frontlines.
"Impossible, unless she's able to persuade one hero to join our cause, she will be sent to the frontlines and if you are so concerned about her safety, you can simply join her"
The queen said, making Logan's face to twist, it wasn't that he wasn't willing, but even if he went it wouldn't change a thing, the frontlines were broken through every time, the only safe outpost was the 5th floor, where they made a stand, all the lower levels were broken through and this time it would probably be the same, of course at some point the rogue hero would simply solo the demon king back to oblivion since they had made a deal, but he would only depart the moment news of the frontlines falling were sent back.
Of course Vadima was also given a list made of the heroes that she could recruit, their friendships, rivalries, hobies and other stuff.
This list was created by compiling their "heroes" knowledge of their classmates.
At the end of the audience with the queen everyone hailed the queen and left.
Vadima was now sitting alone as her surbordinates had made their decision to simply change battalions, they had no reason to follow a drowing woman into deeper waters.
Vadima of course had already been informed that her more loyal subordinates had already been sent to guard the 5th floor.
Vadima went through the groups of heroes, she was surprised that Chris and Anna were the most prominent heroes Nivava had and of course Anna was Alexxa's friend, Anna even held the noble title of Duchess, while Chris was still a knight.
She now understood why her opinion was rejected instantly by the advisors, Chris was now level 82, his friend Christo was level 57, John whom was sort of like Chris' rival was at level 71, Alexander whom was sort of a clown as he liked to do stupid stands had only reached level 30, Nick the tall guy, whom was also rather intelligent, had reached level 92, but as a healer it was questionable if he would be as useful as Chris whom was a General, Angelo Mina's brother had a disappointing level of 55, Mina his sister whom was an enchantress had a level of 67, Alexxa had a rather good level of 79, with her class being a general, Anna had a shocking level of 120, she had probably swept the fields clear of monsters in those months that passed, earning her the title of Duchess.
As for their teacher, Mr gold there wasn't really a reason to care about him, he was a level 101 scholar.
Of course the two most prominent figures were Anna and Chris, the reason being because they had better advisors.
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Chris' advisor/slave was ex-princess Amaliana, she was a rather smart woman and although she wasn't favourite to become queen before, she had lots of talents and helped Chris in exchange for some personal privilleges, in truth she didn't care about her husbands whom were sold into slavery, the reason being because they were mostly married to her due to political reasons, in truth their families would most likely have bought their freedoms back by now.
Chris felt rather satisfied with his life and progress as he sat in a beautifully decorated estate at the Middle of his village, there were watchtowers errect all over his territory, constant patrols and from time to time he would peronaly go out and command the troops on monster subjugations earning himself not a few levels.
Chris could hear the music from downstair where Amaliana was giving a performance for the people.
Amaliana was simply gorgeous, her curly brown hair unmoved by the wind, her voice singing some strange song as she followed the plot of the play.
Normaly Chris would have been there encouraging her play, but lately he wasn't so sure about it.
Of course their first day he had tasted her throughtly, after all this world didn't feel real to him at the time, thus is didn't seem wrong enjoying himself, but as time passed and he begun to experience battle, the loss of lives and even defeat at the hands of monsters, he even almost died once, if it wasn't for the queen's bodyguard whom was there with him, he would have already been dead.
He still remembered how Amaliana beseeched him to not go, that it wasn't wise to attack that big a group of monsters, which was only passing through.
That day he had lost all his army, in truth the play downstairs was called the Brave Stubborn Knight, it was a play of how a knight abandons his family to go to war, leaving behind his beautiful wife whom tried to fend for herself and survive in a village that now belonged to another man.
The play ends as she takes her own life as to not let the new local governor to defile her.
Of course the brute adventurers whom watched the play didn't understand much about the play, all they understood was that the actors were rather handsome and pretty, especialy the lead role, whom was Amaliana their new governor's Partner, since he didn't really threat her as a slave.
There was even a time when an adventurer tried to make a move on her and his head was sent flying by Chris' sword.
It was at that time that the two of them begun to see each other in a different light, there was a hint of tenderness in their later confrontations.
Chris was in thought as he didn't understand what he felt inside, he was like a lost child, he had of course tried other women with his authority as the Governor of the village, but they didn't seem to care being taken advantage of, even more strange was the "do you want a child with X", message that came out afterwards, each time he pressed yes, nothing happened, of course at first he had pressed no, but at some point he wanted to leave Amaliana pregnant, but there was no effect at all.
He later learned more about the matter, of course he was somewhat happy that there were no labors for females of this world, but for some reason he also felt a little dejected that Amaliana didn't want to have a child with him.
It's in the nature of mankind to desire what they cannot have, Chris desired that forbidden fruit.
He desired now her love, he wanted her to come and give herself to him without him having to rape her, ordering her like a slave.
It was hidden obsession or a birth of true love in his heart, as he now cared about her, he even had thoughs of staying in this world with her.
"Who dares to intrude the Village Lord's manor!"
The guards at the entrance shouted as a carriage wanted to enter the mannor, in truth it was rather strange that someone used a carriage inside the dungeon pillar, where there were almost no roads to begin with.
"Chris, friend, you have to help me, I don't seem to be able to collect the quota and we have to deliver it tomorrow!"
A familiar voice came from the carriage.
"Let them in!"
Chris shouted from the veranda.
"Chris, I know that I'm being a bother, comming every month and all, but you know that my cheat power is total crap"
The one who spoke was Alexander, whom was the class' clown and his power was as wacky as his behavior.
He could generate a random tramp card, but there was no additional effect to it, was he supposed to gamble with it or throw it at his enemies, he had tried both, but it had no effect at all, the description said that it would have some random effect, but it had no effect at all.
These past months Chris had been paying half of his quota from his own pocket, not that he cared to much, after all it felt good helping an acqaintance out, he even helped some of the others with their quotas.
"Em, this time I'm missing a slightly larger part"
Alexander said as he stated that he hadn't even been able to gather 1/10 of the quota.
Chris didn't know what to say, but knowing that if they didn't gather the quota they would suffer a shortage in supplies from the town he could do nothing but help.
In reality there was a huge shortage of food in the floor they were at, if they could not fill the quota their food supply would be cut short, meaning that some of their people will have to suffer from famine, this was what most of them suffered the first month, since they had taken the quota too lightly.
Of course there was only Alexander left whom could not fill his quota all the others worked hard, organised their territories and strived to excel.
Alexander however was always a slacker, he only cared about one thing and that was making lots of friends whom could help him out.
In general it wasn't a bad decision, but as it turned out it didn't go so well, most of the adventurers begun to abandon his village due to the food shortage after seeing that there was no reaction from the local governor.
All he did was eat and drink like a corrupt official, while next to him the black haired beauty Leia only encouraged him on not caring about stuff like managing the village, in the first place, he was a hero not the village chief or something.
In reality the advisor sent by the queen could do nothing but try and manage the village in order to not lose it for good.
Of course Leia's idea of asking his classmates for help was ingenious, she even told him that she was willing to make the sucrifice and offer to sleep with Chris in exchange, which they did successfuly at first, the second time Chris helped him without some trade off.
Since there was now enough food in his village Alexander begun creating his harem, any adventurer woman he found to his liking would be taken into his harem living a life free of worries, there were very few whom refused to join his harem.
At some point Alexander begun building his own little family, as he decided to fill his village with his descendants, another of Leia's ideas, but she herself said that she wasn't worthy of having his children or something along those lines, he of course didn't care.
"By the Way Chris this is Klonoa my newest partner"
Alexander said with a happy smile as he introduced him a tall blondie with an animal tail moving behind her back.
"How many does it make it now?"
Christopher asked somewhat irritated, he felt somewhat like an idiot, at the moment, after all he was trying his best to level up and become stronger, while the one in front of him was simply enjoying himself.
"5 Partners and a slave, I've also gotten 20 children with them, but only two have talent, isn't this too messed up?"
Alexander said as he looked At the stage where Amaliana was giving her performance.
"By the way would you mind lending me your slave for a night, just for the taste?"
Alexander asked with a smile and a friendly tone, but in Chris' ears it sounded like an insult.
"Please don't make this even harder on me"
Chris said as he grinded his teeth trying to hold himself from punching him, of course Alexander understood that something wasn't right.
"Don't tell me you've fallen for her?"
Alexander asked him jokingly.
Chris didn't want to admit it, but his silence was enough to make Alexander's smile to widen even more as he begun laughing disrupting the whole dramatic scene of the play.
"You do know that at some point we will be forced to leave this world?"
Alexander said to him seriously as a friend to a friend.
"But there is the rogue hero right, that means that it's not 100% certain, didn't the teacher say that people could stay in this world as well"
Chris said and without giving Alexander a chance to talk continued.
"What do you think will be our future in the real world, working for some company for a meager salary"
"But what about a TV,a Playstation,a good mug of beer?"
Alexander counter-attacked him with all the things he really missed from the "real world".
"You have fucking 5 wives and 20 children and you still need a playstation or a TV and how the heck have you even tried beer?"
Chris asked his with a rather curious note to his voice.
"Chris, all this is not real, do you even know how children in this world are born, they appear out of thin air!"
Alexander told him making Chris somewhat sceptical.
"Of course I won't force you to leave with us, but think of it some more, back in the real world we might become civil workers or even homeless people in the future, but that is at least real, back there we have parents waiting for us, back there is our home, our country and thousands of opportunities waiting for us, here all you get is some cheep whores whom at some point will become more of a nuisance than entertainment, lets make a bet"
Alexander said as he licked his lips.
"What sort of bet?"
Chris pondered.
"Lets bet if your slave is as slutty as mine or not, if she asks for your help while I'm trying to have my way with her then I will admit defeat and gift you Leia, my own slave, if she simply enjoys it then you will let me have my way with her through and through"
Alexander said as he smiled, as if he had already won.
Of course what he didn't expect was that the moment he grabbed at Amaliana's hand she shoved him off and rushed behind Chris.
This not only proved that she wasn't like his own slut-princess, but it even made Chris happy for some reason.
Of course it was a crushing defeat for Alexander whom had thought that all women of this fantasy world were prostitudes or so they gave him to understand.
"You can keep your little slut"
Chris said as he looked into Amaliana's eyes, his only desire being to kiss, her but the ex-princess was somewhat confused by the turn of events.
"A bet is a bet, I will bring Leia to you in next month, since I will probably need your help to fill my quota again"
Alexander said as he somewhat dejectedly left with his partner Klonoa, whom was trying her best to brighten his mood.
"What was this bet about!"
Amaliana shouted at him seemingly having misunderstood the chips of the bet, of course Chris was too ashamed to explain, he even felt guilty that he hadn't immediately declined the bet, but Alexander didn't seem to care what he had to say as he had already approached Amaliana before he could even speak up his opinion.
Slap!
A red mark of a palm could be seen on Chris' face as Amaliana rushed back to her room, leaving Chris dumpstruck and frozen in place.
A few weak mocking laughters could be heard amongst the crowd, but in general they all understood that the village lord had done something to deserve that he got.
They say that life can be hundreds of times more interesting and strange than the best thought out movie.
This play of Amaliana slapping the lord had become the greatest act of todays play or the Brave Stubborn knight and the protagonist of the play was non other than himself, with Amaliana gaining the first female role and Alexander becoming the villainous new village governor whom lusted after his woman.
From that day forth a new play was born and it ended with the famous slap on the cheek, leaving the now miracoulously returning from his defeat protagonist standing dumpfounded on the stage.
Making Chris want to cry, as he begun pleading to Amaliana to forgive him, only however prolonging the scenes of the play which only grew longer and longer.