55 Almost Corrupted

[Marienberg west gates]

After the battle Mark had the carriage travel farther along the road to make sure they are far enough so the Prophetess could no longer see their group. He did not proceed to travel towards Marienberg in a hurry as he had the carriage stop by the side of the road.

He came to help in turning the three heads of the beast to wall mounted trophies with the help of his two trusty skeleton craftsmen. He knew what mixture of natural minerals to use in preserving the heads, which he intended to sue one as a gift while the other two as designs to be hanged on his carriage.

Nothing speaks more of competence by hanging a large skull of a dangerous beast on your ride. This would become some sort of a d*ck-measuring contest against the Elector Count and Mark made sure he would give a grand entrance.

And thinking of hurrying things up, he used the recharged Omnitrix to transform into XLR8. Sure having claws as his new digits took a while to get accustomed to but he was able to make do with it and finish the materials needed in five minutes. He still has to soak the heads on the solution so it would need time.

Using his remaining time he polished another set of armor that was gaudier looking than the one he used. He did not use this one much as it was impractical in the battlefield. It was more of a ceremonial looking one being inlaid with jewels and gold gilded.

But using this to present to the Elector count would make him look like an arrogant man. Yet if paired with newly made trophies of his then it would appear he was strong and confident warrior. Coupled with his looks which were good enough to be a famous celebrity might just gain him some public attention.

Soon he finished all of his preparations early so he went to rest on the carriage feeling exhausted of all the stuff he needed. He rested in the small bedroom of the carriage as he wanted to drift to sleep but before he could he felt a bit nostalgic on how he had reached this position of his during his two years of stay within this world.

He remembered the days when he trained nonstop and made various things on his free time. On how he started to learn how to forge by making some make shift items alone. Months of hard work made him realize that he would have never been able to reach such feats if he was still scheming on his last life. Even then he was quite unsure of his survival here in this world but thankfully he got a nice gift.

Having the omnitrix did make Mark more confident as there were almost no beings in this world that might harm him. But if he thought about it there are be some beings like Orion who could be considered as a Demi-God or famous wizards like Teclis that were still very powerful.

There was even a large sea dragon that lifted a whole island on its head which was still known to be alive even today. Beings so large it would make King Kong look like a toddler, like that Dragon Ogre that was as large as a Mountain in the Northern Chaos Waste. Mark remembered how Archaron the Everchosen was afraid of awakening the beast when he took the sword stuck under a claw of the Dragon Ogre.

Mark's smile slowly vanished on his face remembering the various beings that could still kill him. There was also Triton or something which was so similar to the Little Mermaid's Triton but bigger. As well as having a large magical trident that is nigh indestructible made from unknown metal, along with powers that were similar to Aquaman.

Then there was the Dragon in Cathay which were godlike, the Dragon Emperor even built a large wall that stopped the hordes of chaos from the eastern steppes with his magic alone. And the ancestors of Dragons of Ulthuan that was like Kaiju sized sleeping deep within the earth waiting for the End times to happen.

Mark was suddenly hit by a wave of negative emotions that he sat there in contemplation of what to do. He felt that he was not even ready to step out in this world yet here he is going to challenge another Duke to fulfill his mission. As he was going through this emotional crisis a striking pain came out of his head as an echoing scream was heard by him deep within his mind.

[System Warning!!]

[System Warning!!]

[System Warning!!]

[System Warning!!]

[System Warning!!]

[System Warning!!]

[Host is being decayed by a foreign force]

[System is applying emergency measures against foreign entity]

[Mind fortress has been deployed]

[Ding!]

[The Horned Rat's attempted to decay the host mind]

[The Horned Rat tried to take over the Host's mind]

[System has delivered a counter offensive against the Horned Rat]

[Foreign Entity has been repelled]

[The Horned Rat experienced a lethal amount of damage in his Chaos Territory]

[The Horned Rat is furious against the host]

[Other Gods were alarmed by the damage the Horned Rat suffered]

[Sigmar has taken note of you]

[The Lady of the Lake has gotten curious about your existence]

[Rhya has become aware of your presence]

[Khorne is pleased of the scream of agony of the Horned Rat]

[Kurnous shot an arrow towards the Horned Rat]

[Morr has taken action against the Horned Rat due to his sudden misfortune]

[Rigg likes you and wants to give some of her daughters to you]

[Verena looks at you fondly]

[Quetzl has taken note of you]

[Atharti like young boys like you]

[Mymidia praises you for your very strong mental fortitude]

[Hukon cause an earthquake on the Horned Rat's domain]

[Brobat and Beesbok laughs at the Horned Rat]

[Isha likes your aura full of life]

[Sotek hissed in glee]

[Orange Simca has gotten out of his meditation to purify the chaos lands of the Horned Rat]

[Grimnir takes his axe to join in the fun]

[Asaph joins in the purification]

[Gork and Mork wants to go to Wahh!! against the Horned Rat]

[The other Chaos Gods were alerted]

[The Great Maw is hungry]

[The Horned Rat feels helpless]

[Hashut gave assistance to the Horned Rat]

[Skill Hidden Variable has covered your existence with a fake 'past']

[Skill hidden Variable altered the future some God could see about the host]

Mark felt as sudden rush of clarity as the system prompts made him realize how he suddenly had a sudden existential crisis. He was always level headed as he was even able to remain calm knowing that his own 'granpa' was hiding lots of secrets from him.

He did not ind the other prompts staing what the other gods were doing as he felt angered how brazen this small time chaos god is that he directly tried to decay his mind. Though there were some interesting stuff in the system prompts, all Mark could think of was how the Horned Rat tried to corrupt him.

'F*ck this over-sized Rat!! I haven't given attention towards your nasty skaven pawn yet but it seems that you want some smoke with me huh!!' Mark was cursing in his mind how the God of the Skaven put him on his targets. He didn't want to bother with the disgusting overgrown rats yet, but it seems the Horned God does not agree.

As calm as he is in most situations there is an inherent trait Mark cannot ignore about himself. And that he is extremely petty, how else would he still think of concocting plans on taking down his former family's business. Just because he knew who killed his mother he made plans to make things difficult for that 'grandfather' of his.

He was even sure that without him there is sufficient preparation in making the businesses owned by the crime syndicate family suffer enough to take them down once and for all. And now getting attacked out of nowhere and even tried to possess or corrupt him made him mad as hell.

"After this matter is over I'll make sure to have the ones observing me think over how to approach me." Mark murmured with a voice full of spite and pettiness that it was felt by Maria who was nearby.

"My Lord, is there something bothering you my lord?" Maria was tense as she felt pressure mentally seeing the carefree air around her new liege vanish and replaced by a scary air seething with anger.

"There is but I'll take care of it." Mark grunted as he now thought in overdrive how to make the Horned Rat feel regret for trying to corrupt him.

"We have now entered the city my lord, what is now our next course of actions?" Asked the beautiful vampire.

"You stay inside the carriage and avoid holy places, have someone also send a letter towards the Duke of L'Anguille of my arrival. Tell him I have come to challenge him on a duel, also have someone spread rumors to the populace about stuff saying the Duke is a coward. If you have sisters in here have them meet me also, we'll go to an inn nearby the Riverman's Association." Mark was quite thoughtful on how to make sure the Duke would take notice so he opted for slander to gain attention.

"But my lord, the one within Marienberg is of Higher Rank than I am within the Lahmian Sisters. Only Sister Melissa could gain the attention of our sisters in Marienberg." Maria bowed as she knew that her influence was not strong enough to make the vampires in the city answer to her call.

"Very well, call Melissa and have her contact the ones within this city. I'm pretty sure they know of our arrival in here already, it seems Queen Neferata wants to sit and watch my actions." Mark smiled as he knew it was impossible for the Queen of Vampires not paying attention now that two groups of vampires she sent to kill Mark has now become unresponsive.

"As you wish my lord." Maria then went to fetch Melissa leaving Mark alone to ponder by himself watching his carriage and entourage entering the city. Having a gaudy looking ride does make things easier for him as guards would rather avoid making problems with nobles even if he came from another country.

(A/N: It's been quite some time since I brought new chapters as I was recuperating my fingers on my right hand due to a work accident I had. Thankfully I had found time using my left hand write some chapters then and now that I could type okay again then I shall resume writing chapters. Also since this is an AU of the Warhammer fantasy I changed some aspects about the gods. I kind of find it silly that Gods even walk just to reach the Chaos waste so I made them capable of travelling between realms except for the mortal world.)