68 68 The Expected Guest

[Mark Johnson]

[Race: High Human]

[Titles: Hero of Brettonia, Earl of Brettonia, Slayer of the Fel One, 'The Knight of The Forest', Legend]

[Level: -B-Class(Currently)]

[Potential: -S-Class]

[Skills]

[ACTIVE: Hypnotize lvl. 70, Meditation lvl. 20, Mana Arrows lvl. 39, Ero-massage technique lvl. 2(A/N: I renamed the massage techniques he received into this)]

[PASSIVE: Iron Will lvl. 79, Master Swordsmanship lvl. 5, Intermediate Forging lvl. 10, Expert Craftsmanship lvl. 04, CQC lvl. 55, Marksmanship lvl. 50, Hacker lvl. 56, Eloquence lvl. 67, Intermediate Teaching lvl. 04, Hidden Variable, Mana Control lvl. 10]

[Traits]

[Eidetic Memory, Cold-Blooded Logic, Business Minded, Slaver, Schemer, Petty]

[INVENTORY]

[Gold coins-200,843, Bastard Sword(+1) x4, Titanium Knife(+1) x12, Spartan Shield(+1) x5, Colt 45 x2, 45 caliber bullets x500, Glock 43, 9mm bullets x1000, Titanium metal Gloves(+1) x2, Battle Axe(+1), Bronze Spears(+1) 20x, Long bow(+1) x2, Short bow(+1) x4, Arrows(normal +1) x400, Arrows(Armor Piercing +1) x45, Battle Pauldrons(+1), Decorative Pauldrons(+1), Titanium Armor Set(+1), Concentrated Tarnq Arrows 50x, Compound V(Injectable), Capsule House(House Wagon), M14 x2, 7.62 x 52mm bullets x100, C-Class Contract 3x, Silver Chest,(???).]

[PETS]

[Hyperactive Pug, Bastiladon 2x, Swole Viking Rat, Grumpier Cat, Gideon, chickens 33,245x, Rabbits 194,903x, Butler Knight, Master Craftsman Skeleton 5x, Various animals…]

[TERRITORY]

[Castle Rachard, 4 small towns, 24 Hamlets]

[TIME]

[3x 1 month Card, 2x 1 year card, 6x 1 week card(A/N: Battles won with an Army give awards like time cards to MC)]

[Remarks: You are now a Legend and have written yourself in the history of this world.]

Mark spent two days of trying to pinpoint where the Castle of that damned fellow is and he could still not even find clues of where the place is situated. He did transform into a Techadon to use the superiori analytical abilities of the alien form but even then he could not find any connection to the patterns at all.

This made him think that maybe it was a magic spell that hid the place very deeply away from prying eyes; this made Mark feel that he would have the same headache trying to deal with Sorcerer Supreme kind of magicians or Wizards.

Since he still could not find the castle he spent his time making various things like a glock, an M-14 rifle, he even carved some runes on his weapons, armors and ammo which he had found on various magical armor and weapons he has. Most were just 'Protect' runes on armor and 'Sharp' rune which Mark learned from the dwarves.

He also noticed the various changes in his status like him being a 'High-Human' now, yet somehow his mind wandered and thought that maybe he is like Snoop Dogg now being High and all of that. But he shook those thoughts away as he had heard reports of the Skaven Town in the Black Chasm getting restless as they seem to have discovered the disappearance of the smaller clans around them.

This made Mark rethink of he wanted to use the town as training material for his army or eliminate them thoroughly right then and there. If he stays put then word of this might reach the other Skaven clans but that was not much of a problem for Mark. If he eliminates them, then maybe when the time it is discovered that a large clan disappeared without a trace would alert the other Skaven clans into hiding.

In the end he did not take actions as it would probably cause the Skaven to hide deeper in the ground to hide. Mark already has plans for them but the 'gift' he is making is not yet prepared and he wanted to strike them all hard when all the clan lords gather on Skavenblight. Once the actions here are brought to attention then maybe various clan lords would convene at the capital of the Skaven Empire.

But Mark has to make it apparent that there is reason enough for the Vermin Lords to gather in the Under-Empire. But not right now, so he looked at the remaining mission which was to gather various beasts to add to his collection. Thankfully the shipwrights on his crew were able to make two large fishing boats solely used for carrying products and fishing.

He had used Swampfire to make lots of wooden beams of various shapes and sizes depending on which part of the ship the wood would be installed. Coupled with his Martial Spirit that has the added effect of increased affinity with plant matter made the process fast to do. He already re-designed the frigates in an optimal manner making the speed increase and improved sturdiness.

He also changed the ballistae on the ship with a more lighter and easier to handle repeating large crossbow. That was made for hunting large fishes and protect for pirates which were plenty on the northern waters, mostly Viking pirates or Northmen. Which gained him new population of slaves, but he did not add them to his now loyal crew.

They were more like coolies in the private port Mark now owned; with five ships he was able to expand his business which gained him a large amount of money. Giving him enough funds to buy from merchants the weird and exotic animals and put them on his backyard. And recently due to his frustrations he wandered on his backyard to calm down and what he witness made him reassess the whole mini world of his.

It seems that other than the hastened growth of plants, the animals also experiences a shorted maturity span making Mark understand why the rabbits proliferated so much in a short time despite there were now many predators to eat them. And also many were prone to mutation, but not in the bad sense, most likely in physical change like a Chicken that weighed about 20 kilos.

Thus some gigantic animals were seen on his backyard, making Mark ponder over what the purpose of the System. Even if he had not received a mission like 'do this or the system will terminate you', he still has not full trust even if he had let things be. It's not like he can protest anyways, like the MC's of other isekais he read who promised killing this god or whatnot while being edgelord and shit made him cringe.

Mark still found it laughable that you could give a system to the MC yet you have to put it on a Roulette form and when he receives something you don't like you kill him right then and there. So why even give him a system that you don't like? Why even give the system through roulette? Can't you just give him some basic system and free style him to some random world?

But Mark just shook his thoughts away, no use in thinking such things until time and situation permits him to do so, he was free for now but he is not yet in the place to ponder over this when he could still do nothing about it.

It was then he felt that he had to take some time to think things through, he had been taking things too fast and maybe he needed a time out. Mark smiled at this thought as he teleported back to the door area, he went to castle Rachard just so he could take things off his mind.

It was then he came upon the scene where Francine was in the Kitchen along with the halflings or hobbits where they read the various cookbooks and techniques on gastronomy. Mark just gave some few books but it was now treated as a holy item by the hobbits that they totally forgot they were even slaves.

They were very comfortable with working in the castle where they were given a land to take care of. Mark situated them on hills where he had built them a house similar to the Shire. He also gave them a book about vertical farming and a few seeds that were mostly peppers, tomato, cabbage, beans, leek, broccoli and various veggies rarely planted in Brettonia.

Most farmer peasants in Brettonia were expert on crops that were easily mass planted like wheat and masters on caring for farm animals like cows and chickens. But they don't have much knowledge in most vegetables edible for the masses, this is why he had the halflings take charge of this matter as they from the Moot were better in taking care of these crops.

They were known for their meticulous ways in cooking thus were great at knowing how to take care of these plants. But they did not have a stable way of farming them yet as they mostly leave some for the plant to proliferate the surroundings. Thus this project he gave them made them surprised and even excited in trying new ingredients.

Mark allocated some peasants to help the little guys as well as he had slowly made them live harmoniously together. Slowly he would introduce other Races and he would build a city like no other. Skaven are out of the picture as they are terrible in all ways, but there might be other Rat like citizens because of Reepichep.

These trio were really giving Mark a head ache now their area of trouble has increased due to their powers; he even made a helmet for the pug that kept bumping into things. The cat Cookie, well he was an asshole and always breaks a lot of things he locked the lab so they would not cause more trouble.

Reepichep, the muscular Viking Rat was now a motivational speaker to Torgu and the Minotaurs who were training. Mark did give Torgu the size alteration serum which somehow went a little wrong. The giant kid is now normal sized even when asleep and could get back in his previous shape at will but if deactivated he is a ten-year old kid in height; a ten year old that could bench about three tonnes.

The Minotaurs who all became sane muscular bulls started to learn as Mark slowly administered diluted brain boosting serum on their meals. From what he could tell they too were in a 10 year old mentality as they started to learn various things. The Beastmen also showed considerable change as they appeared more tame and civil.

He even tested having one wander out and realize that chaos seem to not affect them anymore. Their facial features also getting mild; from very jagged teeth to normal British smiles. They still have goat and sheep heads, but now since they also learned hygiene their fur started to look good too.

Some even got fluffy in the process, while some basic animalistic behavior remained like banging horns when in disagreement. They now started to show semblance of a civilized society, like foraging, farming, having clean homes and toilets. Mark introduced them toilets and taught them basic agriculture; he also taught them how to make things along with the Skeletons who were like the main workers of Mark.

He taught them how to cook properly as they always just roast their food on the fire or outright eat them raw. Taught them to read and write after making them forget about the black tongue, a language that was derived from the words of chaos.

Now they started speaking English but due to their animal heads they sounded a bit off, they sounded like drunk Irishmen in a pub when talking. So mark felt silly and taught them cockney making him giggle every time he comes to the beastmen village.

As he was watching Francine cook while he thought of the things he had done, Mark felt refreshed as he thought of the progress he had made. He then saw his wife now getting aware of his presence in the Kitchen door.

"Mark! You're here, come taste this pudding I made and tell me if it is okay." Francine looked excited as she went and pulled Mark in the kitchen to the counter and present him with a pudding which does not look like much but it smelled good.

"Okay, let me see what my wife has been doing." Mark smiled as he took a spoon and scooped out a small portion of the pudding. As he was testing the food made by Francine, she was standing there beet red as she heard Mark said 'my wife'.

She felt that maybe it was good she left that life she had when she was the daughter of the Duke. All those partied and fake smiles made her desensitized of the life in luxury; she had known how nobles put on facades to compare themselves against others. So when she got to experience this carefree life where she could do things she wanted to try made her happy.

Even if her husband had not yet bedded her, she was prepared as she had been given notes by her mother. Even if her father neglects her mother, it was a fact that she gave the Duke five children with three sons and two daughters. Even now she could see her mother is experienced in this regard making her take her mother's words said to her seriously.

"Umm, this is good. Though you spent a bit too much time in the oven, the pudding tasted good. Maybe next time you should watch out for the fire in case the pudding would go a little bit dry like this one. Over all the taste is great but the texture is a bit off, great job." Mark praised whole heartedly as he had never thought that they would be able to make this with limited tools to work with.

"Really? That's great, so the texture is the only thing we did not look out for. Noted!" Francine smiled as she took out a note where she wrote down Mark's words. The Halflings also nodded as they took notes, they then became busy as they talked about various things you could add. They were experts in pies and tarts but learning of the pudding made them want to make a hybrid dish that would top the other Halfling Clans out there.

Mark did not stay but he dragged Francine with him towards his Solar, the girl looked confused but she did not resist her husband as she like him holding her hands. She untied the apron as she threw it on a rack by the side when they were about to leave the kitchen.

When they were in the office, Mark let go of Francine's hand as he went to the windows and closed it. The girl looked confused but as she watched Mark go around the room doing things like he was about to do something private.

Her heart suddenly went aflutter as her mind went to the gutters, her face flushed as she thought what Mark might do to her. Thing suddenly escalated to a high bar when the next words of Mark made her want to faint.

"Take of your dress and lie down belly first on the couch." Mark looked serious and determined as he said this but Francine blanked out as she heard his words. It was until Mark repeated his words she was able to react and nod nervously as she felt excitement and fear at the same time.

She slowly took out her clothes as she looked shyly at Mark, it was until the last piece was the chemise that hid her lithe and lovely figure. Before she could take it Mark nodded and pulled her to the couch making her heart beat faster threatening to burst out of her chest.

"Now relax, I'll give you a massage since you have been working tirelessly these days." Mark said but it made the young girl pause as she processed what just Mark said. Then her face became more flushed as she felt embarrassed for thinking too much into the situation.

It also made her feel sweet since she felt her husband was now taking care of her, though a bit disappointed she still felt like maybe Mark did not care for her but this made her feel butterflies on her stomach. But as soon Mark's hands landed on her back she let out an uncontrollable moan.

~Aungghhh~

She paused as she looked stunned she made that sound but before she could think any further Mark continued on. She was then put on a torturous pleasant sensation as she was moaning with every slide of Mark's fingers on her back.

It was then she understood why Mark wanted to cover the windows with cloth and the door seams to prevent other people thinking out random things if they heard her moan like this. Not that she minded as she was in heaven during the whole duration of the massage.

Mark was able to evolve and combine all the massage techniques he received from the random missions he had set for himself to test the extent of how the system regard the wants of Mark. But since it was experiments he only aimed for small goals like spending ten minutes underwater without going up for a breath.

Most were mission he did on free times to not live such a monotonous life, but since it was a bunch of small goaled missions the rewards were also small and quite weird. Mostly were skills that were useless alone like…

[Kick me mommy foot massage technique: Mommy? Sorry. Mommy? Sorry.]

[Fish Breathing technique: You can now breathe like a fish, that's all]

[Tea bagging leg massage technique: Get rekt fool!]

[Choke me daddy neck massage technique: Tired bobbing your head up and down? This is the skill just for that!]

[Hair pulling head massage technique: Harder daddy!!]

[Nut cracker hip massage skill: Deez nuts be crackalacking!]

[Unavoidable Slap: 0 Physical damage but large Emotional Damage]

[Back bender massage skill: Bane got nothing on me!!]

[Bondage roping technique: Tie people on certain way to make blood flow better]

[Flying Kick skill: If you don't know how to flying kick then learn this dummy]

[Boob fondler breast massage technique: Mmhh soft…]

Other than that he received some random minion summons but got no luck in getting more skeletons, all he received were more animals to put in his backyard. Like wooly pigs, Kangal dogs, squirrels, insects, Chihuahuas (bunch of devils), sparrows, crows, small snakes, big snakes, sea snakes, spiders, big spiders and bigger spiders.

He even got a pair of giant sloths, random people (mostly from warhammer too who got swished away and got saved by the system by picking them up from death), random items (but nothing that interested Mark so he put them on the shop) and some plant seeds tha he gave to the hobbits(Mark calls them halflings around people but he changes to hobbit when he is alone).

Mark did this spontaneous decision to massage Francine as he had gotten a sudden epiphany, even if the system doesn't not give him new knowledge when a skill level's up, it mostly gave him a better chance in understanding the things he had just learned. It did not add a flood of new info in his mind but more like makes him more aware of what he had just learned.

Once a skill levels up the system would make Mark understand what changed and the difference of the previous level from the new level. Thus when all of the various massage skill he earned combined into a more questionable one he gained an understanding how a body works.

Thus he wanted to experiment by giving his wife a massage if he could get to understand human anatomy better and better. It would increase his knowledge on what might be possible combinations of the Compound V he could improve if he could have a more understanding how a human body works other than from the books that he had read.

After thirty minutes of massaging he noticed Francine was now sleeping with a very relaxed smile like her experience satisfied her very much. Mark stopped as he felt that it was enough for today, but the experience he got was enough for him to understand what Variation of Compound V he could make that might give a greater effect on Francine.

It would be great if his wife could have a form of self-defense on her but for now the Ring of Fire would suffice, which somehow not appealing to Mark anymore. His Mana arrows could give hell already now that he became a kind of demi-god, as his mana regeneration multiplied many folds giving him a chance to practice his skill to a high degree.

Then he carried Francine over to their bedroom but as he came out he could see three maids were blushing like hell standing outside the door. It seems even when he muffled the sounds it still was heard by those near the door, who were mostly Francine's handmaidens always following her around.

Seeing their lady look content with a silly smile made them look at Mark with admiration and made a subtle look at his pants. The three maids then helped him take Francine to her bed and settle her down. Mark did not pay heed to their reactions as he pondered over the possibilities of this skill, it was an auxiliary skill but it helps him gain better understanding of the anatomy of the one he is massaging.

It was like a sixth sense where he could feel where the nerves travel and how the blood flows on one part. Then he remembered he used to practice on the vampires but there were no effects like this before so he went to find them for 'experiments'.

Good thing there was no one in the backyard near his laboratories other than the skeleton craftsmen. Or else the sensual voices of the lahmian vampires would have bewitched the men that would have listened, good thing the mysterious heaven manual of Tang San has a passage on how to recede your aura or Qi which he adapted with his mana that was giving out divine power.

After that day the looks the lahmian vampires gave to Mark was a mix of adoration, annoyance, excitements, fear and a slight hint of looking forward to something. But it did gave Mark extensive knowledge in Vampire Physiology, other than the test results of their blood and scan this was information that made Mark leap forward on how to fix their curse.

But on the second day where he was about to start experimenting on the maids and his men, the long awaited visitor has now arrived near his carriage on the Grey mountains. A carriage drawn by fine steeds black as the darkest nights carrying the Queen Lahmia, Leader of the Lahmian sisterhood, the first vampire and the largest schemer of the mortal world, Neferata.