{Alex}

I sat in the back viewing area watching the road move behind us. The hunters on the sled had hung tents over the scrap we had loaded after an attack early into our trip home. I couldn't wait to turn it into a beautiful Knight, a thirty-five-foot tall magically powered fighting mech. I had been here nearly two years and had forged my way through this world with my own hands, metal magic, my friends and family. I wasn't born in this world but was brought here by a pig faced princess who kicked me out the moment she didn't like my stats. That didn't matter though. What mattered was my women, my friends and everyone back at Happy Valley, the town where I was now the Lord of.

"Crap I forgot." I pulled out my walkie talkie that was connected to my home and I whispered into it. "My Honey Bunny, are you up?" I didn't want to wake Lily is she was sleeping. The cute Asian, albino bunny girl may be caring my child and I wanted to let her sleep as much as she needed. There was a squeak on the other side, and I could almost see her pulling those long white ears over her eyes in embarrassment.

"Mmmmmaster, I'm here." she said. It made me smile.

"I was wondering if you could let Boss know we have the Hintergolt mines and we are free to sell other Knights. I had been in a contract to not sell Knights until I had delivered a new Knight to a snake like man who tried to throw me under the bus, but there is an old rule that everyone forgets. Don't fuck with the smartest man in the room. It didn't go so well for him, but his boss the prince was happy to buy the Knight I made and complete the contract and offered me a very nice deal on future creations.

"Master?" She asked.

"Yes Lily."

"What did you do to Lord Hintergolt?" He had tortured my Lily's sister in front of her and I couldn't let that stand.

"I took care of him. Ask Uta or Hena. They will give you the details." Uta was my coyote lover, and I took care of her and her five-year-old brother. He was growing fast and would quickly become the best Knight pilot this world has ever seen. Uta had long copper hair, dog like ears, a dog like tail and was sexy beyond words. Hena was a green haired elf who started stalking me when she thought I was a female elf but became my lover. She gets very turned on by technology. If it is just her and I alone she demands, I explain the inner workings of my designs as she plays with me or herself. Not going to kink shame that as it was hot as hell. "Lily, please contact me when Fat Man shows up. I need to make something clear and make a special order." Fat Man was the head of a slave caravan. I bought Lily and Orga from him. Orga was an orc who was the lover of my best friend. She had given birth to the first of what I hoped would be many of their kids.

"Can do Master." I had set the bunny girl free, but she still called me master and I think she did that either to irrate me or as a pet name. I wasn't sure what was likely. I was born with a mental disorder that muted my emotions, made it easy for me to become hyper focused and made my life crazy at times. I was told I was a sociopath, but Hena had pointed out that people like that lack all emotions all together. I had lived my whole life thinking at any moment I could turn into this evil monster and now I had to rethink everything. "Master?" Lily asked.

"Yes Lily."

"Hurry home."

"I love you too." I said turning off the walkie talkie. I put the training doll I had been playing with into a drawer built into the wall and stretched. A knock brought me out of my thoughts, and I opened the door to see a bunny woman kneeling on the other side. God, I wished she would stop doing that. This was Dasey a bunny woman who looked a lot like Lily. Her and her little sister joined us as a kind of gift from house Hentergolt. Dasey was meant to be a spy and her little sister was the other half of the plan. It was a rule that slaves couldn't hold their own control coins. The coins showed ownership and any order given to the coin would be obeyed by the slave. It was one way that messages were sent over long distances. I had figured out last year how to break the collar without the coin or even a tool. It did cost me a large monster core and took a lot out of me to do it. I had set Dasey free and her sister free the following day. Radish, a redheaded bunny man who was a spy working for the man who tried to betray me had taken the bunnies under his wing. I wondered if he would take Dasey into his bed and I would have to have a talk with him about the little sister. Snowdrop was around the same age as Gen, Uta's little brother and I had a real issue with children being used that way.

I shook my head coming back to the moment as Dasey coughed. "Master, lunch is ready."

"I'm not your master." I growled. I mean really, she didn't need to act this way. She nodded and stayed kneeling before me. "Get up woman. You don't need to act that way." She nodded and stood, but kept her head bowed. I just growled, hopefully Lily could set the woman right when we got back home. We walked into the dining room, and I saw Hena and Uta already seated. Dasey and Snow stood behind the chairs. "Sit, please." Why did I have to tell these women every time that it was okay to eat with us. Snow looked at her big sister and asked with her eyes. Radish snickered and smiled at the two bunny women.

"Relax, I know it takes some time to get used to him, but he is mostly harmless." He said smiling at me. The bunny man had become my butler and a close friend. The women bowed to him and joined us at the table. Uta was my personal chief, lover and accountant.

"What do we have today?" I asked. Uta smiled and dipped her head at me.

"The hunters caught a wild elk last night. I was able to get us some of the cuts and make a nice stew, Darlin." she replied in a slightly southern accent. I smiled and nodded at Radish. He took a scoop and passed a bowl full to Dasey. She took it looking up at him in wonder. He did this for all of us, so we didn't have to get up while Hena passed out the bread. I liked meals like this. It made us feel like a large family. It was something I never knew I wanted or needed. As we ate, we talked about all the things going on. When we were done, I felt the RV I had made slow. The two large Dire Knights pulling it had found a good spot to camp for the night. Now I could start some real work. I had been fixing up the Knights we had acquired from the attack. Two had been fixed and some of the hunters had been playing at the training table I had put in the inn back at home. They weren't real pilots, but walking didn't take a lot of skill. I could fix up another two over the next few days. That would still leave one, but it was more damaged than the others. I may just leave that as scrap until I got back to my workshop, or I may even use that in my next nightmare. I loved to call my new designed Knights nightmares. It just seemed fitting to me. I stepped out into a field where I saw several Beast people moving around. Some called me Master smiling if and when I growled at them, or some called me war chief. I was an orc war chief, so this title didn't bother me. I had been given that title by my best friend Gorloth. A large male orc who was the prince of the biggest orc clan. That title had given me my own monster core that I had to hide on my wrist. Most cores are located in the chest of the person or monster, but I never liked things the normal way and it seemed like this world agreed with me.

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I made my way to the sled and put my hand on it, sending my mana through the metal and checked everything to make sure it was up to code and didn't need repairs. I jumped and waved at a wolf man standing at my side. Redwood was my head guard and wouldn't let me out of sight so long as I was outside. He nodded and came closer. He was slightly taller than I and had dark brown hair, long wolf ears, a tail and lightly glowing yellow eyes. He had two wolf women back at home that he had knocked up and I knew he was eager to get back to. It warmed my heart that my home village was growing with families not just workers.

He leaned in and I whispered in his ear. "We have a spy under the back axle. I am about to capture them. Can you help me once I do?" He nodded and pulled his Saber Shot free. My version of a gun blade. It could be used as a sword or shoot fire bolts from the blade. I would need to make more weapons like that moving forward. Mind on the prize Alex, I inwardly scolded. My mind went to that area where the spy was happily sleeping on a rack, she had made using leather straps. It was more than likely the only thing holding her in, but this time she left an arm touching the metal and I was able to see her. I molded chains from the sled and let them slowly snake their way to my target. On my hand I held up three fingers. The chains got closer, and she tried to jump up, but it was already too late. " Fuck it now." I yelled and Redwood tilted his head back letting out a roaring howl alerting everyone. He began to run to the back.

"Under the sled. We have a spy." He called out. The camp came to life as everyone moved there as a single unit. It was impressive to say the least. A large boar man took Redwood's place holding a Shot Spear. It was like a cross between an ax, spear and rifle. I was proud of that creation. Pernal didn't say anything, just looked out watching for an attack. It was like they had rehearsed it and were working like a well-oiled machine. I was not paying these people enough.

"Pernal please remind me to ask Boss to give you guys a raise." He just snorted and his eyes refused to stop looking for threats. Soon a slender human woman dressed in black leather in chains was brought before me. She looked up at me with wild scared eyes.

"Lord Savage. This one is ordered to follow any orders you give her, and I mean any order." She said that robotically. She had a slave collar on, and I touched it finding out it was real. she could be lying, but that would require testing.

"You cannot lie to me or anyone. Whose slave are you?" I asked her. Her collar glowed showing me that the order would be obeyed.

"I was ordered to spy on you by Prince Yeven Gen." Hena came out and looked down at the spy a slight smile on her face. Hena had failed to break into my house when she thought I was still a woman.

"Who is Yeven?" I asked.

"Savage, that is your benefactor." Hena said. My elf lover liked to call me by my alternate persona. I just nodded. Never bothered to ask him his name. I had an issue with that. It was just so hard to remember everyone's name. More so if I didn't care about them.

"Good, I take it, you were ordered to say that once captured." The spy nodded and bowed her head. I reached out to her and touched the chains. "I order you not to hurt anyone who lives at Happy Valley." Her collar glowed and the chains fell away. She moved from sitting to kneeling before us. Somehow, she looked dejected.

"Are you going to kill me or worse now?" She asked looking up with sad eyes.

"Why would I do that?" I responded.

"I am a spy." she said sadly.

"To be honest, I would have been offended if he hadn't sent someone. I had expected them to be along the road behind us. Not under our noses. How did you manage that?"

"I snuck in the night of the party and waited under the wagon. I had made a sling to sleep in using a skill I have called hibernation." That explains why I never noticed her and why she didn't need to eat, drink or relieve herself. "I also used a sack of beast weed to hide my scent. I knew you employed beasts to great effect." It sounded like she had respect for them.

"Tell me what you think of beasts." I commanded.

"Jealousy, if I am being honest. My job would be far easier if I had their skills or senses."

"And how do you feel about humans mixing with them?" She grunted at my question and bit her lip.

"They can be very appealing, and I have taken some wolves to my bed." On her word Redwood stood up strait and blushed. Redwood may have found a third. I inwardly laughed at her words.

"Okay, Let's get the rules out in the open before we move forward. Sex is only with willing parties. No one gets forced and that goes for men and women." Her collar glowed and she looked around blankly. "Next, do your best to help out everyone here. If that means hunting, standing watch, or even making camp. I take it you have a control coin so you can report back." Her collar glowed again, and she nodded holding it out to me. I put my hand up. "Let the prince know what happened and that you will be working with the hunters for the rest of the trip." She nodded and spoke into the coin that started to glow. "Good now that everything is settled, Redwood, keep an eye on her." He bowed and blushed. I left them and went to the sled and started to work on the wreckage that I had hoped to turn into a Knight. I never bothered to ask the spy's name or cared to notice anything about her. She was a human after all. I had an issue with humans. They were just boring after having several beast lovers and an elf lover. Something about them being seen as less than human clicked with something deep inside me. It was like we were the same and I wanted to save them all. I inwardly growled at that thought. I was no fucking hero and wanted to keep it that way. Hena stayed by my side as we walked to my work area. She loved watching me work and we would sometimes have sex in the cockpit before I called it a night, if not then she would join Uta and I in bed for some nightly fun. Hena loved women normally, but something inside her made an exception for me. She had explained it to me once, but I didn’t understand it then and don’t understand it now. I was just happy to have her in my life. We started working and talking about the model I was working on in my workshop. I had an idea on the way up of a large bull mech based on a Zoids kit I owned back when I was little. Before I came here, all Knights were based on the human form only and in my opinion very poorly based. The large bull I had planned would be an ideal thing to pull my RV as well as a walking weapons platform.

“Savage, may I ask you something?” Hena asked, a hint of worry in her voice. I stopped and turned to her.

“Ask anything you like.” She bit her lip and refused to look at me.

“Can I share some of what I learned here with my people?” I thought about it for a moment.

“There are some things I’d like to keep to myself. Let’s talk about what you’d like to share.”

“Honestly, I’d like to share everything, but I don’t think you should do it for free. When we get back can I ask you to talk with my mother?” I leaned over and kissed her cheek making her look up at me.

“Yes. I will talk with your mother, and I think you are right about not doing it for free.” She bowed to me and got back to work.