Chp. 36 Brutal Subjugation

[Troll World]

Paul was in his laboratory and was able to secure a contract for employment of Marcus, a battle hardened assassin which was sort of a mentor to John Wick. Other than that he was able to get dozens of Gorillas in the wild and bred them using the special methods of the Tagu-atu tribes.

Also his search for the tunnels that lead to an underground system near Norway was successful. He was able to find the ancient group of Trolls living in a large Biome where large insects lived. The largest was a 60 meter tall old Troll that has a very ugly face but Paul was focusing on the two Troll King and Troll prince.

They were still trapped but the Troll King was able to raise its kid over the centuries by living of the insects and water that drip within the cave. Paul was slowly trying to tame them with special techniques and he felt that in a few weeks he can now get the two trolls out.

He also crossed examine the DNA of the two species of Troll in this world and at the ones in Middle Earth and what he found was shocking for him. There was about 92% similarity and somehow led to a common ancestor, this made Paul think.

That maybe this world has pathways that leads to another since this kind of thing does not seem like a coincidence. Maybe during the creation of this Realm some common ground was present thus enable similar traits from another world to manifest on the other.

He too studied Skull Island and found tunnels that lead deep down the Earth and towards a large series of tunnels within. He has three robots exploring those caverns and mapping them for him to explore in the near future.

His experiments were also bearing fruit since the Gorillas were gaining more mass as the days goes by and the largest was about 300kgs already. Paul felt that if he can extrapolate how their cells reacted then maybe he can try on other animals.

His presence in this world had become an urban legend among the underground Society. His face only has a question mark in the target list and his bounty rose up to 50 million dollars making many to want to track him down.

But one thing they learned was that no one should touch his shipping business, because whoever tried were eradicated by Paul overnight. But trying to kill him with only the assassins did not merit the retaliation.

"Hmmm?" Paul paused a bit as he looked at the space in front of him and a portal appeared as another Paul walked in.

This was the Lion Paul, he was here to take the gorillas and the Trolls into the scroll world where the animals on some islands inside were already transferred to the other parts of the world. Only the trees as well as small common animals were left to be food for the gorillas and the Trolls.

The Lion clone was stronger and could travel the worlds faster and could bring the scroll world with him too. Paul knew he cannot stay in these worlds for long and would eventually leave, but maybe he can take some people here with him if they agree.

Wolf Paul just went back to his research as Lion Paul teleported after he took the gorillas with him. He then appeared above the Troll cave where the Troll King lived with his son, but before that he designated an island where there will be no sunlight shining towards it.

As soon as he appeared in front of the Troll King it alerted the guy as it saw a golden haired Paul standing in front of it. Then the troll went on position and Roared at Paul for intimidation.

*ROAR!!!*

But Paul was not fazed as he transformed into a 15 meter tall bulky Lion and Roar back stronger and louder.

*ROAR!!!*

Paul had already planted the initial part of the taming technique on the Trolls and only thing needed was for the beast to submit. What better way than to beat the hell out of the monster, so Paul dashed and went to maul with the larger Troll King but he proved to be stronger than the other.

He was faster and was able to strike in places that hurt the Troll, even when the resilience of the Troll played part it could still feel the claws and punches that landed on its body.

The whole cave rumbled and the two fought tooth and nail for hours but it was mostly Paul landing the hit. In the end even the younger Troll joined in as he fought Paul too but they both were handled in time as both were now lying weak and panting on the ground.

"Yield!" Paul roared as he stood over the beaten foes.

"Grargh!!" the troll king roared back but this time Paul made a mental connection.

"<Yield and I'll take you to a place where your kind can live in peace!>"

"GRrrr!!!" The troll king understood as his growling was somehow unsure.

"<Yield and only answer to my call then I will give your kind a home where no one hunt you hurt you. show how live act like real society. Yield Troll King bring more of Kind with me.>" Paul's words were like the devil's whisper to the Troll King, he looked at his son who was also weak after the beating and remembered when the so called Christians trapped him here.

"Grrgrrgh"

"<I am afraid your family is no more Troll King, their bones now lie under the former home of yours. But some were able to escape and live somewhere else, I will take you there for command kin. first son must yield me.>" Paul words made the Troll cry out in despair hearing his family is dead and the other Troll also howled along with its father.

"Ggrrr…." The troll king pushed himself to stand up and kneeled towards Paul, the younger one also followed since they saw how strong the person in front of them was. Paul could have controlled them after weeks with the Wolf Clone but that would have to erase all their memories and would be left with blank trolls.

Paul felt that maybe he should hasten things and bring these two to Middle Earth and rid them of their weakness of the sun. Seeing them kneel made Paul smile and placed his hands on their heads leaving a Mark on their foreheads.

"Now follow me." Paul pulled them to the scroll world and they appeared on the Island he designated for them. He also planned to bring some individuals here to the Marvel world planning to have a team of his own super assassins.

The trolls were shocked at the sudden change of scenery and was feeling more scared and awed at Paul. They only waited for a minute until over a hundred other trolls of different height and shape appeared in front of them.

Paul's Lion clone could exert more of his powers thus was able to locate every troll in the planet even those deep in the Earth where Paul found a lot of interesting things.

The rest were shocked at the sudden change of atmosphere too and were stunned seeing the two large Troll royalties. Only one was not pleased and it was a larger Troll about 60 meters tall and seemed to be feral with drool coming out of it's mouth.

It attacked the Troll King but since it had taken a beating from Paul earlier it was disgruntled and having a challenger present itself made the Old King giddy to have something else to punch.

Paul was happy since he took out a camera and filmed the Massive Kaiju battle, it took about half an hour but the Troll King prevailed in the end despite the other troll to be larger. He was able to display a certain battle IQ even with the savage way he fights, he stood over the downed Troll and roared making the others kneel towards him accepting him as King.

Then what seems to be a conversation with grunt and growls happened as various emotions appeared on the faces of the Trolls. First it was Happiness, then it was shock and lastly it was disbelief as they turned all their large heads to look at Paul in Horror.

Paul did understand as he just read their surface thoughts to translate their entire conversation. But he did not react despite hundreds of gigantic monsters looking at him, he stood on the tall cliff he was one and looked down on the trolls showing he owns this world.

Nodding towards the Troll King Paul disappeared and went back to the laboratory of Wolf Paul. He copied the research papers and went towards Skull Island to get some mega fauna and rare Floras in the surrounding area of the island as well as those existing inside the place.

The dinos here seemed to be also different from the ones in Savage Lands as his Mind had already sent a probe in the place to scout it out. There the dinos were similar to common description while the dinos in the Skull Island seemed to have a difference.

Might be genetic or might be an element in the Island that Paul has not yet discovered but it's better for him to bring some to be samples. He used his telekinesis to shape and Island in the Scroll world to appear like a large Volcano top filled with water and an Island between it so even the large water lizards he got would not be able to wander the seas of the Scroll world unhindered.

Paul took about three weeks to gather everything he can find in the island that might need samples or specimen. There he was able to realize the time dilation of the scrolls were also different here, it was about 1:5 but if Paul work inside the Scroll then one day in Marvel world is 500 days inside.

This made him have the Lion clone stay for a bit and work there with the Wolf clone. He was now able to make his whole operation ghosted which made many people looking for him in the world shocked at how little he presence he has.

He had already set a record for highest bounty yet not one bit has anyone sighted him. Even when some tried to ask his workers that had seen him describe how he looks they just say that they can't place a finger on his appearance.

They tried to have him drawn but the results were always random and different, Paul had used a simple technique cultivators mostly use to prevent detection in mortal societies.

Thus everyone's recollection of his face was different making those searching for him scared and gained him a nickname in the society under this High Table circulates. The 'Thousand faced' or 'faceless man', such rumors were also circulating that no one could find out who he is and how he looks like.

His feats of retaliating to people that tried to place hands on normal people working for him also flowed in this society. The former legend's name was even disappearing since a new myth was circulating in the peoples circles.

After the Baba Yaga come the Faceless man, how can people look for someone they cannot even recognize thus many stopped as they found the endeavor fruitless. Paul was stunned at this nickname but it was better than the one he has in the Drowned Earth.

But at least he was able to continue his civilian persona as a neighbor nearby John Wick's home, he just needed a reason to drop by the new couple. It seemed to be just one year since Wick retired, plot is still four years away in 2014.

So maybe Paul can insert himself as a friend of the couple, so he did by ringing their door bell and arriving with a good casserole of Pork Stew with a taste reminiscent to the Russian taste. He could have tried Belarusian which is Wick's ethnicity but that'll be too obvious so he went international.

Other than the stew he brought a gift basket with wine and cheese famous all around the globe. Paul stood there in the front door waiting as he hummed a tune, he has altered his appearance a bit too.

He stood about 6'1" tall with a normal frame like how most scientist looks like with no distinct muscles. He also wore a pair of glasses and his grey hair complimented the Doctor Esteban persona he took on.

He was able to place various records of him everywhere and even altered the memories of people a bit that he is a rather talented Neurosurgeon (Thanks to Dr. Strange) and was already retired happily living his life alone as a widowed doctor.

It was then the door opened and the face of Keanu Reeves appeared almost making Paul squeal like a fan boy. But he kept his cool and smiled innocently towards John Wick.

"Do you need something?" Wick asked Paul looking at him with scrutinizing eyes as his old habit kicked in.

"Hi! I am your new Neighbor and I just wanted to greet you and give you this." Paul acted like a normal person unguarded and even handed John wick the casserole as he also presented him with the gift basket.

"Who is it John?!" a woman's voice was heard inside as Wick looked at Paul confusedly.

"New neighbor." John looked at the casserole in his hands and felt it was a bit warm meaning it had just been cooked so he looked at Paul's hands and saw now redness in it making him frown a bit but he kept silent.

"Really? Why didn't you invite him in then John?" A homely looking woman appeared behind John and saw Paul's gift bag and the casserole in her husband's hands.

"Come in…" Wick looked towards Paul and saw him smile as he walked in and engaged in small talk with his wife Helen. He saw how there was no sign of training in Paul and how he talked about recently moving in.

Paul did not do much as he just gave small talk and invited the couple to his home's christening ceremony. Paul was not religious but he just acts like it, he believes in gods since he has one sleeping in his Orb world but not much in religion.

Since if the leader is incompetent then he'll twist it to his benefit, sure there were times when some religion had great leaders really devout and followed their moral doctrine but some can be called corrupted by the devil. Paul just doesn't have the time to criticize and complain the bad ones and their influence in the people.

The couple accepted making Paul smile so he waved goodbye and went to invite other home owners too nearby. Most were not there presently as it was mostly rich people that owned good villas like these. But most got a reply since he was able to pump this civilian identity with a little renown that most rich people would dismiss an invitation from him.