Tylus: Thank you, I am relieved that you liked it. First I didn't know if I should write it that way but then I thought, Well why not.
CRUDEN: I only changed his Eye colour. It is stated I think that Spider-Man from Earth-8351 was taller because he got the right vitamins and something like That. Also I wanted a different Version of him. And Kaine(His Clone where I got the Height) is Everything Peter COULD be. So...different Spider-Man.
I do not own Marvel or The Rising of the Shield Hero
Chapter 4: Strange happenings, betrayal and conspiracy
The footsteps of several men dressed in armor in the early morning, what a wonderful sound. Yes really lovely. The hero of our story wakes up sleepily, in his arms two women, naked women.
'Uh can someone please turn off the light.' overslept, and annoyed, Peter just wants to go back to sleep.
"Hero of the Shield, in the name of the Royal Guard, open the door!" was suddenly heard. one floor above where our hero found his night's rest.
Brief silence and then a loud crack. "Did they seriously just kick down a door? How uncivilized" the anti-hero carefully gets to his feet without waking his bedmates.
He gets dressed and mutters under his breath, "Let's see what I've done wrong again, I can already see the headlines: 'The Phantom Menace disguises themselves as a hero to launch an attack on the palace', (gasp ) I almost feel at home, only Triple Jay is missing."
One last look at the bed and a grin creeps onto the blue-eyed warrior's face, "Sleep tight. I've still got it in me"
After that, he steps out of the room and leisurely walks up to one of the soldiers and says in a deep voice, "You summoned me mortals?"
The soldier turns around the fear in his eyes, suddenly a tall man stands behind him, built like one of the gods and menacing at that. He raises his sword trembling and steps back several steps "S-s-stay away from me demon"
The summoned hero can't contain himself at the poor soldier's expression and starts laughing too loudly "Hahaha, I'm sorry (gasping) I went too far, haha you should have seen your fa-face" on laughing, the shield fighter has to get on his knees to catch his breath.
Meanwhile, alarmed by the noise, the other palace guards rush over only to find the legendary hero of the shield laughing on the floor "Thanks, I haven't laughed that hard in months haha"
"Rise up and don't resist bastard!" came the officer's sudden yell at the hero with the brown hair. Every soldier in the room points his sword at him.
"Geez, what's going on? Who died, okay, I'll come with you... dare to touch me and prepare to lose your head." Parker said the last part in a dark voice to a soldier watching him wanted to push forward.
"Don't do anything stupid now, 'hero', otherwise it could cost you dearly" the officer with a manic twinkle in his eyes didn't want to put up with The Shield Devil trying to dictate something to you.
"Hmpf, what about my companion Myne? Could one of you, maybe fetch her would be very kind" with these words the mercenary authoritatively made his way to the door, before even one could stop him he looked at her with his soul piercing cold Eyes on you, a clear message of what will happen should anyone try to stop him.
The officer swallowed hard, he knows the legends of what the Shield Devil is said to be capable of. 'His eyes are out of this world, it's almost as if he's seen war on a daily basis. Verily, he is a demon'
(Scene change) The palace
There are many people in the great hall, mostly guards, but also several of the royal advisors, nobles, and the three other heroes.
The king sat on his throne and gave him a derogatory, almost sneering look.
'Is it time? Is now the moment of great betrayal? (sigh) just saw it coming,' Peter narrowed his eyes and looked around the room.
Myne had a scared look on her face and hid behind the blond hero with the spear.
"We swore to you, gave you shelter, provided you with money and escort, and with such deeds do you thank us?" the old king spoke with a booming voice.
"What am I supposed to have done?" came the cold reply of the accused. It seemed as if his attitude, no, his aura had changed.
The aura that had previously appeared warm and friendly to those around him changed to something...cold, deadly.
'For the last 15 years I've fought monsters, demons, mad scientists and even gods. Whatever you do you old bastard, if you confront me, you'll lose out.' mechanically, his brain and body begin to prepare for battle.
"HOW DARE YOU ASKING THIS?! Myne, I know this is hard for you, but can you please recount what happened last night?" initially indignant, then the king speaks more gently to the woman.
Peter looks closely at the red-haired woman. 'Did she just play yesterday? I thought I turned her over. But if this is her betrayal of me...why is she still part of my party?'
Myne cleared her throat, looked shyly at 'her' hero and then looked again at the king, who gave her a friendly nod.
"I..uh I.. yesterday...when..I" while she stammers to herself, for others a sign of her fear and insecurity, something else was going on inside her, 'How am I supposed to fix this? The church wants me to say he raped me, but HE IS MINE, and I will not let anyone else have him.
But after what happened to the monster yesterday...do I really want to be near him? (sigh) I hope you'll forgive me someday Peter, but I must do what is most beneficial to me, and as a future queen I need the Church of the Three Heroes on my side'
As soon as she made a decision, even if it hurt her inside, she spoke in a somewhat firmer voice, "Yesterday, when I er...went to sleep in my room, the...the hero of the shield suddenly came into my room"
Peter just looked at her seriously, wondering what the lady was talking about. When she saw his blue eyes, she immediately broke eye contact, unable to meet his eyes, she knew she would do something rash otherwise. 'Why does he have to be so handsome, intelligent, strong and so caring?'
She let a few tears drip from her eyes, her face consumed with shame and fear. 'A face of falsehood, I was hoping, hoping you weren't a complete bitch. But you can act, you're almost as good as MJ hehe'
"He grabbed me and said I shouldn't give a sound of me, and that he would like to treat himself to something of the beauties from this world" stuttering, with a trembling and tearful voice, the woman with the crimson red hair describes the events of the last night.
"We give you everything and you commit the worst crime in this kingdom, the rape of a young woman!" in a loud voice, almost screaming, Aultcray accuses the hero of the shield.
Whispers can be heard, even the other heroes start gossiping about all sorts of things. Only Ren is silent, looking at Peter with a thoughtful expression.
"Where is the evidence?" The killer's voice resounds like thunder from another, rippling through the room and calming those present.
"Or are you telling me that you believe this woman without having valid evidence?" The accused walks through the room with a serious expression on his face
"Unfortunately for you, ladies and gentlemen, I've been on very good terms with one or two lawyers throughout my life. And do you know what I did yesterday? Visited a library and learned all about the laws of this kingdom, I am I even went a step further and learned laws that no longer exist. And you can't judge me without solid evidence, in fact in the Kingdom of Melromarc the only one who can judge a Legendary Hero is the Queen."
The hall is silent, but the king grins and waves to one of his guards. He brings a dress and says, "We found this in the chambers of the hero of the shield"
The king looks around and says in a loud voice, "What more proof is needed? If you weren't one of the legendary heroes, you'd be executed!"
The hero with the theme of a spider just looks at the king silently, his facial expression literally screaming 'Are you taking me for a fool?'
"So your only proof is a dress you found in a room I never entered?", as soon as he said this it became silent for a moment before the whispering started.
The king asked with wide eyes, "What do you mean you never entered the room?" The 'victim' also stared at him with wide eyes.
"Well, I never entered the second floor of the inn. I was...other things busy that night." with a grin on his lips, the Outworlder answered the king's question.
He could not believe his ears. Everyone just looked at him until Motoyasu suddenly shouted, "Don't talk nonsense, everyone saw you yesterday in the tavern if you weren't in your room then where were you! When Myne knocked on my door half-naked last night, I knew something was wrong, but even I didn't think you'd go that far. Do you think just because you are a hero you can get away with whatever you feel like!
The mercenary looks at him without saying anything.
When he sees that the blond spearman wants to continue his tirade, he sighs audibly. I am surrounded by idiots
"First of all Motoyasu, you have no right to judge me, you can't just come to the conclusion that I did it just because of the words of a woman, even if she is extraordinarily beautiful, which brings me to the second point: you are too naive."
Peter starts to stand up, feeling the coming pain, and walks through the hall as he saw Double D do in court. Although he never studied law himself, it's as if he suddenly has the knowledge to be a lawyer 'Strange, how can I do that? Death...are you in my head right now?'
"Besides, I wasn't in my room last night. But I have a question for the prosecutor now; when did I get into your room?" with a serious look Peter looked at Myne.
The leader of the people just shouts indignantly, "What does it matter?"
"A big one, my lord. This is a trial, isn't it? Are you going to deny me the right to defend myself? If so, then my first guess from you was correct, that you will betray us as soon as we have rescued you from the waves." The last Avenger calmly replied.
The last Avenger looked at him puzzled, cleared his throat and told myne to answer the question.
"Well...it was dark, but I think it was about two o'clock at night", the called one answered hesitantly and uncertainly.
"Two o'clock? You sure?"
"Y-yes"
"In that case it couldn't have been me, could it Ren? After all, I was up until 2:15 am last night discussing with Ren the best strategies for killing monsters" murmurs go through the air. The king grits his teeth and Myne looks shocked.
After Ren confirms the story, Peter asks Motoyasu, "Motoyasu, what time did Myne come to see you?" He answers, stammering, that it was 2:30.
"At that time Ren was already in his room and I, well, I had a rendezvous with... certain ladies who were supposed to come through the door exactly...now" and immediately the big doors opened and two women with flushed faces entered with a slight limp.
"Riko, Yumi nice that you have come. Please answer the question; last night I spent it with you two from the moment the Hero of the Sword left the room?"
The two women came to stand in front of him, slightly limping, at an appropriate distance, nodding while looking shyly at the floor, blushing.
"As you can see, ladies and gentlemen, I cannot have done this deed."
The hall was silent. While Peter looked confident and composed from the outside, his thoughts raced at a thousand miles per second.
'I can't make a mistake now. This whole, extremely ridiculous, process shows that someone is trying to get at me. There could be multiple factions, but it's unlikely that the bitch acted of her own volition. Hmm, let's try it with...'
"Lady Myne, are you sure that it was me who overpowered you?" With these words he looked into her eyes for a short moment and then continued, "I'm not saying that you are telling outright lies here, are you I mean, is it possible that someone pretended to be me and you mistook them for me because of the darkness?"
The redhead was flabbergasted and couldn't believe her ears, she thinks he must know that this was an attack on him, that this accusation is nothing more than a lie.
Stuttering and insecure, she acts so her father doesn't get angry about the lie, saying "Y-yes, t-that c-ould be. I(Clearing throat)I m-mean it was dark and he was the same size and wore clothes similar to you which is why I assumed it was You, who attacked me."
The king and all those present were shocked when they heard that Myne indirectly began to support the hero of the shield and therefore even began to believe his statements.
The king cleared his throat loudly and thus created silence in the hall, namely the people began to whisper to each other after the statement of the adventuress.
"My child, is that true? Are you sure you've been groped by someone who resembles the hero of the shield?" The elderly father and husband looked deeply into his daughter's eyes.
"Y-yes, I'm sure someone did it, but it was dark so it was hard to tell exactly who it was."
"(Sigh) Based on the current evidence, the testimonies of the Hero of the Shield and the adventurer Myne, I declare this trial closed." with a gnash of teeth the Wise King continued, "and I apologize for the treatment and the accusations regarding the Hero of the Shield."
The experienced assassin looked the king in the face and bowed his head respectfully and replied, "Don't worry my lord, no harm is done. Were I someone else I would feel hurt, but even back home I was once the victim of a false accusation, like this no harm done here."
"And further, my Lord, I swear to you that I will find the culprit who did this. Not for the sake of my reputation but for the crime he committed against MY partner." with one hand clenched on his chest, Peter stands in front of the king and says with a dark look that sent shivers down the spines of everyone present, "I'll take the life of the guy who did that."
Silence.
Then the people start clapping and cheering for the oath the summoned hero just took.
'Yeah clap you backstabbing idiots, everything's going exactly according to plan. Now all I have to do is get Myne to keep following me.'
Before the king could say anything else, the hero with the shield walked slowly towards Myne , fell down on one knee, bowed his head and said, "I cannot apologize enough for what was done to you, dear Myne. I have as a hero, a Shielder, someone who should protect, failed, failed to protect you. My job was to protect you, but I failed and I'm so sorry. However, if you continue to follow me, I promise not to leave your side."
Once again the hero from another world shocked the crowd, especially the king and the one he has addressed in his little speech.
Aultcray tried to compose himself and said, "Sir Hero, while it is honorable to take such an oath, it is not necessary. You had better concentrate on becoming stronger in order to counter the Coming Wave. And Myne, my child, if you want to continue following the hero of the shield that's fine but I think everyone would understand if that wouldn't be the case"
With these words, the Vassal Staff Hero tried to keep his beloved daughter from following the hated hero of the shield out of a sense of duty, because she accused him of an crime he didn't do.
"I...I would be honored to continue to serve as your companion, Sir Peter. And I would like to formally apologize for accusing you of such a crime, even though you gave me nothing but kindness all day yesterday." with small tears in her eyes and bowed head, the adventuress answered.
"Myne, are you sure you want to do this? I would like to welcome you to my party." Motoyasu tried to change the beauty's mind.
'Maybe I need to take a different approach to being Queen...and of course getting HIM as my husband'
"Thank you Sir Motoyasu, but I'm sure." in a sure voice Malty answered the hero of the spear. She straightens up with a look at the king. Her demeanor becomes...royal.
She walks up to Peter, who is still kneeling, and puts her hand on his cheek, lifting his face up so that she can look into his eyes. "Please Sir Peter, don't blame yourself. I was attacked yesterday but...I chased him off before he could actually rape me."
With a gesture for him to get up, she took a step back and spoke in a voice of regret, "I'd rather apologize. I betrayed your reputation and intent just because my attacker looked like you. And I would love to continue supporting you as a companion."
'It's like she's changed. I wonder what happened?' Something was awakened in Peter that hadn't been there for half an eternity; Genuine interest and curiosity.
"Besides, Papa," and with a strong gaze on the king,"Who would be better suited to protect the first princess than the one who is known for his strong defensive skills? And as far as the offensive is concerned, I can help him a lot since I'm already level 27, I'm far from being a weak girl "
Everyone present was silent and stood there with their mouths open, except for a few who knew of Myne.
"What you are actually the princess..." "So she hid her identity..." "Why would she do something like that anyway..."
"QUIET!"
With a loud outcry, the king once again quieted the room. "If that really should be your decision, Malty, then so be it. Shield," he then turned to said hero, "I expect you, as my daughter's companion, to protect her with your life, understand?"
"Yes sir. Don't worry I won't let her get even a scratch" with a twinkle in his eye and an imperceptible grin, Peter tilts his head. 'Everything according to plan'
(Scene change) Hours later in the woods outside of town, time of day; noon
"Well, you can really feed everything to the shield, and you can get some very useful skills hmm"
Peter and, well, Malty were outside away from the other heroes to do some leveling. Malty has been trying to start a conversation since the trial, but Peter shot down every attempt.
'Hmm, maybe we should move to a different area, balloons just don't give much Xp anymore. Should I ask her...hmm no, I'll let her suffer for a few more days before I speak to her. Or maybe...'
While he was still deliberating, the crimson-haired princess was going through an existential crisis of sorts. 'I knew that he was only pretending in the palace that he had forgiven me. How can I convince him to like me again? He just has to, we're meant for each other.'
"Malty, let's go back. I have a bad feeling about what's going to happen." with these words he tore the princess out of her thoughts.
Just as he saw her open her mouth to say something (Spider Sense) he pushed her back 10 meters with what was for him a gentle smack.
A kind of giant bear monster on Steroids with a foaming mouth and red eyes threw himself right where Malty had been standing a moment ago.
"Malty, I draw his attention to me and you attack, understand?" "Yes understood"
"So you overweight, fish-smelling perversion of nature, come here," he said, tapping his shield a few times, drawing the bear's attention.
The bear's level was 35. When Peter saw this he grinned darkly 'Finally something interesting'
The bear charged at him roaring when he was suddenly hit by a powerful fireball.
'How come that was one of my stronger spells, how come it's only a quarter of his HP...IT'S LEVEL 35?'
The monster screamed in pain part of its back even burned slightly it was about to change direction to shred Malty to shreds when it...suddenly was dragged through the ground and thrown through a tree.
He was just about to start roaring again when his mouth was closed by a...net.
"Malty, give him the killing blow. With the sword, I'd like to keep the bear whole."
Trembling, she drew her sword and ran onto the increasingly slow-breathing bear, stabbing its neck with a grunt.
"Ehh that's disgusting" covered in blood once again revealed the woman's true nature.
"Oh, don't be rude, it's only a few drops. Once I had to fight a lizard in the sewer. THAT is disgusting."
They soon finished disassembling and Peter received a New Shield, which had a counter-function to the Bear Shield.
"Sir Peter, are you still mad at me?"
"(Sigh) You know, neither you nor I showed each other the true character. You were going to betray me and when I found out I played the nice guy from next door. Which I'm not. Not anymore."
Peter pulled out a knife and began carefully removing the bear's fur as he continued to speak. "Maybe we should both just make a fresh start, but you betrayed me, wanted to throw me to the wolves. If I wasn't used to something like that, I would have killed you by now."
"W-What?"
"In my world I'm a professional killer. I kill those who deserve it. I'm not an innocent lamb myself, I've done things that are also considered wrong in my world."
After saying this he remains silent and continues to work on the carcass, letting it sink in on Malty while still trying to figure out how to get her to continue following him. 'Somehow I'm starting to like her. She reminds me a bit of Alex'
"I...I'd like a fresh start," the redhead liar suddenly murmured. 'He's mine. I need him.'
Peter straightens up and smiles and tells her, "Hi, my name is Peter Parker. Nice to meet you miss..."
Malty breathes out a sigh of relief, smiles and says, "Hi Peter I'm Malty, Malty S Melromarc."
"Hi Malty.", and then suddenly in a commanding voice, "Get ready, we're going into town."
"What? How now? Huh"
"Huh, I have a few things to sell, other things to buy and above all I would like to get a few things or ask where I can get them from"
"We just had a moment here, how insensitive can you be? And what's so important that you have to get it now?" almost bitchy she asks one question after the other.
The Black-OPS agent just giggles, and answers
"Well a Custom Armor"
I hope you liked it.
Has anybody an Idea what kind of Armor he should get?
Hi I've reuploaded the chapter here because I saw in the comments that I was actually trying to use the Black Outs as some kind of plot armor. I'm sorry for that. I'm not saying there won't be more black outs, there will be, I'm just saying I was trying to get to a certain point in the story faster here. I didn't really think about how stupid it was to force something like this, especially considering this is only my second story.
Please be understanding towards me.
