40 Gods are watching

Mark sat in the Meeting Hall as he is receiving a different type of guest. He looked at the old Buff guy standing in front wearing armor and carrying an axe, he could tell he was an experienced warrior from the scars and the age of his armor. He is followed by two young women who is dressed daintily as well as a group of people that looked like your standard Fantasy Adventurers Party.

"Good morning to you all, and to what do I owe the pleasure of hosting such fine warriors today?" mark smiled as he greeted them first. This startled the group but they soon recovered, they just didn't expect the local noble to be quite amiable.

"I Greet Signeur Mark of Creacheur Town, I am Warrior David and this is my subordinates. We are from the Adventurers Guild and we seek permission to build a branch in your town." The Old buff guy David straightforwardly said as soon as he bowed.

"I see direct to the point, it seems from your accent that you come from the Empire. And you said you want to establish a branch here? Could you tell me why you chose town?" Mark smiled and asked lightheartedly. He had been observing the reactions of the people behind him and he could see some slight disgust from younger members which baffled him as he was sure he did nothing to offend them.

"It is heard that the Sunset Fist to be a righteous fellow thus our guild deemed it would be profitable to build a branch here. As you would know young Knight Errants always try to prove themselves and which better place to go but the Forest of Arden. We want to build a branch here so we could supply such young travellers with proper equipment as well as give security to the towns surrounding this place.

We give quest and jobs to people who only know how to hold a sword as well as teach people to fight even the simplest goblins. And since money would be flowing then our taxes would benefit Signeur Mark." The young girl to the left of the Old man explained which made Mark feel that the speech was quite practiced.

"I see, but I don't need it at all. As you can see the towns guard does your job already and I can still afford to pay them. As for the Young knights looking for supplies our town could also provide that. Money wise I have just gotten a deal with the Duke's daughter of having the goods made by our town to be included in the trade vessels owned by the Duchy." Mark bluffed on the last one but it was what he aimed for so he could have a stable amount of income.

The stuff made by the skeletons as well as the lumber harvested everyday by the Minotaur and Torgu is enough to even fortify the town in a week. He could give a steady supply to the Duchy as the resources in the backyard regenerates anyway. The weapons he made could also be sold to the knights travelling to seek fame. He even made some armor and he still has lots of gold in his inventory anyways.

"Tch greedy bastard." A young man holding a spear said out loud as his face was riddled with disdain. The old buff man looked back and glared at the young man, whilst the guards in the meeting hall clenched their hands as they became alert all of a sudden which the old man noticed. But the young guys in the back didn't so they still had a relaxed expression.

"Greedy? In what ways am I greedy?" Mark was amused as this guy was one of the people who glared at him like he owed him money.

"Don't you just want more? You're just refusing so you could get more profits isn't it? Typical greedy nobles, all you think of is money and nothing else." The guy with the spear did not heed the old amn who was looking at him in warning.

"I see, so leave then. I have no interest in your proposal." Mark then stood up and left, he won't argue against an idiot who thinks all nobles are like that. Just because he has a preconceived notion doesn't mean everything else is like that. Why deal with short sighted idiots when he could have just spent his time working on something useful.

"Signeur Mark he did not mean what he said." The old buff warrior tried to appease Mark but he did not listen. He could feel eyes were watching in the shadows and realized that they might have underestimated the town lord. He knows this feeling, it was like being watched by dozens of predators in the wild. He knew that the Lord might have a group of strong men hiding in the shadows.

"I know what he meant." Mark said that and just walked away but the young guy with the spear said something that made the atmosphere tense.

"Coward." As soon as he said that Mark paused in his steps. He looked back and saw the smug face of the guy with the spear. He was confused as he did nothing to this guy at all so why is he targeting him. Mark thought of various scenarios like this guy was sent here by someone or he might be a spy but from what the system is showing him this guy's affiliation is just from the adventurer's guild.

As he stood there staring at the guy with the spear, dozens of bows were already pointed at the crowd which came out from the shadows. The Old guy looked tensed as well as angered at how stupid his subordinate is. He wanted to speak out to Mark but he felt that if he moved a little then the bows would immediately release.

"You dare threaten us? Do you not know how strong the adventurer's guild is?" the spear guy was not even afraid as he thought this was just a bluff.

"This man in front of you is Warrior David, he's a Gold ranked adventurer and has killed a wyvern himself. And you just a small noble yet you are praising yourself to the sky just by beating up a weakened Minotaur. Greedy and arrogant is what you are!" The spear guy was smug as he felt he had revealed a crook with his investigative skill. But his group was getting more terrified as they could hear the footsteps of guards outside the meeting hall.

"What the fuck has that got to do with you? Were you the one who killed the wyvern? Why are you bragging something you did not do? The one who did it didn't even brag, are you insecure? You jealous or something? Is this why you are antagonizing me? Are you an idiot? You go to my territory and insult me yet you have nothing to show off other than you member's achievement. Is your head okay? Are you an idiot? Were you angry because of my success? Did you try to hit on the town girls and was rejected saying I must be the standard? Is that it? Your inferiority complex because you got rejected? Are you an idiot?" Mark realized from his observation that it was just jealousy he can see from the ones glaring at him which were all young men.

The crowd was stunned at the sudden outburst of Mark and the young guys in the adventurer's groups was red faced as they were angry how Mark hit the Mark. They had wandered earlier to pick up some girls but they all rejected them saying they are not as manly as their town lord. So they were dissatisfied hearing such claims, being hot headed youths made them hate Mark for no reason at all.

Especially the guy with the spear, he was a rising rookie adventurer so he got jealous someone at the same age as him got a title ahead of him. And hearing it was a noble he felt it was just an exaggeration as most nobles would like to praise themselves to the sky. So he felt he should expose such a fraud so he could look good in front of the two daughters of Warrior David. But hearing the insult of Mark asking if he was an idiot made him mad.

"You…you..you!!!" The spear guy was angry as heck that he did not notice the disappointed looks of the Old guy as well as the two girls besides him.

"Anton stop it this instant!" The Old guy said in a low baritone voice that made Anton madder feeling like even their group leader is being deceived.

"What you believe this weak looking guy could defeat a Minotaur on his own? He's a noble and nobles tend to lie about their achievements, he probably hired another to kill the Minotaur. If I challenge him I am sure I could take him down in a few moves" Anton was so angry that he did not notice the hardening expression of Mark as he said those words. Mark didn't care what the guy was saying at all but he saw a change in the status of this Anton guy.

[Anton Von Liepberg lvl. 20:Male]

[Race: Human]

[Titles: Adventurer, Spearman]

[Stats- HP:350/350 MP:170/170]

[*STR-35] [*END-30]

[*AGI-34] [*DEX-40]

[*INT-12] [*WIS-17]

[*CHA-12] [*LUK-2]

[Status: Bedeviled]

Mark could not see much but he could immediately tell someone was messing around. He spread his senses to feel out what was causing this guy's hysterical outburst, the others also realized something is wrong including the other hot headed youths which looked around and realized the bows pointed at their party. Then Mark felt a familiar energy which made him realized who was messing around.

[Khorne is watching you]

Mark got scared deep inside but he knew he was not yet busted as the skill [Hidden Variable] has shown that he is out from Diviners and other future sight skills. How unlucky could he be to gain the watchful eyes of Khorne, he remembered how that red ballsack is the god of Martial Honor which means every challenge in face of a stronger foe is given attention by him.

And right now he is the stronger foe and this idiot said he'd challenge him made him susceptible to Khorne's corruption. And should he refuse he would be marked a coward which would earn the ire of Khorne. Mark stared at his status and felt more reassured seeing that the omnitrix did indeed bring his body to the limits of humanity.

[Mark Johnson: LVL-50 :Male]

[Race: Human]

[Titles: Fist of the Sunset, Signeur(Town Lord), Fist of the Sunset Patriarch]

[Stats- HP 1000/1000 MP 1150/1150]

[*STR-100] [*END-100]

[*AGI-100] [*DEX-95]

[*INT-105] [*WIS-115]

[*CHA-70] [*LUK-90]

[Skills]

[ACTIVE: Hypnotize lvl. 59, Meditation lvl. 8, Mana Arrows lvl. 4]

[PASSIVE: Iron Will lvl. 70, Intermediate Swordsmanship lvl. 7, Intermediate Forging lvl. 4, Intermediate Craftsmanship lvl.10, CQC lvl. 43, Marksmanship lvl. 42, Hacker lvl. 56, Eloquence lvl. 50, Basic Teaching lvl. 08, Hidden Variable]

[Traits]

[Eidetic Memory, Cold-Blooded Logic, Business Minded, Beastmen Slaver, Masochist]

[INVENTORY]

[Gold coins-510,032, Ring of Fire, Bastard Sword x4, Titanium Knife x12, Spartan Shield x3, Colt 45 x2, 45 caliber bullets x197, Titanium metal Gloves, Battle Axe, Enhancement Serum, Bronze Spears 10x, Long bow x2, Short bow x4, Arrows(normal) x400, Arrows(Armor Piercing) x45, Cleansing Orbs x5, Battle Pauldrons, Decorative Pauldrons, Titanium Armor Set.]

[PETS]

[Goofy Pug, Bastiladon 2x, Diabetic Rat, Grumpy Cat, Warhorse, chickens 23,296x, Rabbits 134,921x, Butler Knight, Craftsman Skeleton 2x, Various animals.]

[TERRITORY}

[Border Town(Craecheur)]

[Remarks: Host can now have a chance surviving this world]