Hero Gothic I
Part 6
Orchard Farm. Albion
So far I was having a very productive day. I'd figured out how to use my Seal to transport myself back to the Guild whenever I wished. Which if nothing else was really going to cut down on how much time I spent slogging around the countryside.
Upon returning to the Guild I'd quickly picked up my next quest card. Which was to protect Orchard Farm from some bandits. The job was paying very well, and I did need to increase my level of fame so I'd taken the card, and then I'd hit the road once again.
Walking to the farm hadn't taken very long and it had been relaxing since I hadn't run into much trouble. There had been a couple of big wasps, but without their queen they had no one to organise or breed more of them so it had been a simple matter to end their existences. Plus it gave me a chance to get in some target practice.
Also along the way I'd met a dog. The furry little canine had come up to me and had planted a scroll at my feet. Opening it had gotten my hands covered in dog slobber, but the real issue had been what was written inside. The dog, who I had named Oggy after a childhood pet, was mine. He even had a collar on that informed people of this.
This had left me even more confused than before about my benefactor because it was one thing to be given a house and some starting equipment, it was quite another to be given a living creature. Of course Oggy couldn't tell me who or what had sent him because he couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak Woof.
Had I had been sent anything other than a dog I would have tried to send the animal away, but domesticated canines were extremely loyal to their humans. Oggy wasn't going to betray me sometime in the future, and I'd figured that some day down the road he might provide me a clue as to who or what was trying to help me.
"Oh, you must be the Hero" the farmer said when he spotted me
The man wore mostly green and he had red hair under his cap. He also had a long, thick beard and bright eyes that suggested he was normally a far more cheerful person than he was right now. Last of all the worried expression on his face told me that he feared for his life.
"I've arranged for some backup to help you out, but there are so many bandits that they'll tear my farm apart!" the man was now saying "I wish we had never found those stones. They've brought us nothing but trouble!"
Had I been given a chance I would have asked about the stones, but that was when I saw two guards heading my way. One was short and one was tall, at least when compared to me.
"I'll go inside and look after my wife" the owner of the farm said to me, and my guard comrades "Thank you, and good luck".
Now I felt a little overwhelmed as this was all happening rather fast. I didn't really understand what was going on.
"Greetings, Gothic the Hero" one of the guards greeted me warmly.
Given that I was still new to the job I was rather surprised that either of these men even knew what I was, never mind the name I had chosen.
"How do you know my name?" I asked.
Both of the guards smiled warmly at me.
"Oh, we've heard about your encounter with the Wasp Queen" the taller of the two guards told me "News travels fast in these parts"
I figured that there couldn't be to many guys in black leather and metal armour running around Albion, or if there were then I never seen them. Not that I'd looked.
"We'll have time to chat later" the shorter guard then said "We need to decided who will protect the barn, and who will handle the bandits. They aren't far behind us".
I thought on the matter for just a moment.
"Let me met them when they charge" I decided "If any of them get past me they will head straight for the barn, and you'll be waiting for them".
That might seem risky, but my teachers had often told me that crooks who preyed upon smaller settlements and farms weren't very brave, or organised. They would be use to people running away from them, and they were unlikely to have any archers, so if I ran at them they'd get scared. Plus I could throw fireballs around, that always unsettled people.
"Oggy stay at my side" I ordered the dog
I decided that I would use my bow to start with as I would need to thin their ranks. If I didn't then they might just swarm me with their superior numbers, and even I could only block so many swords.
When I heard shouting I ran towards the large group of bandits who were intent on pillaging the farm, but only enough to put some distance between myself and my allies. I wanted the bad guys to focus on me, not on the two non-superpowered people in the barn so it was important that I was visible.
I readied my bow and I aimed at the nearest crook. I quickly pulled back the bowstring, and released the deadly arrow, which plunged deep into the chest of the closest bandit. He screamed and fell to the ground, gravely wounded but not yet dead.
His friends stopped for a moment, as if they couldn't quite accept what had just happened and I used the time that brought me to ready another arrow.
"No matter what happens, stay behind me" I ordered the two guards.
If they got in front of me I might kill them by accident. I had enough blood on my hands already I didn't want to add any more than I had too.
When I took another life the remaining bandits came to understand that if they didn't get close then they would all die, so they charged me.
I slung my bow over my shoulder and then I raised my palms. I didn't really think it would work quite so well, so I was surprised when the jagged bolt of electricity jumped from bandit to bandit. I'd just used Chain Lightening an advanced Will ability, but I managed to stay focused long enough to finish off the remains of the gang.
When I was done I could barely remain standing. Heroes had certain amount of mana they could use before it needed to be recharged, and there was only so much energy even our bodies could handle before we became fatigued.
"You really showed them a thing or two" one of the guards shouted.
In the background there was a battle cry and I turned around to see another group of thugs heading my way. I was too taxed to use more Will and I didn't have even have the seconds required to use my bow, so I withdrew my sword and attacked. With my hound beside me we battled the bandits that dared to attack this helpless farm.
Thankfully while bad guys were somewhat unorganised, also they wore no proper armour and in the second group not that many of them even had swords. One of the guys had even come at me with a pitchfork.
By the end of it I had saved the farm from almost certain doom, and no one on my team had even been badly hurt. The guards would have bruises I guessed, and I would be sore later on, but other than we were golden.
That was when the shorter of the two guards fell to his knees. He was only knocked out I figured as he'd been hit over the head with a staff rather than a more deadly weapon, but it wouldn't have been totally painless.
The other guard panicked, as he couldn't see this attacker, and he tried to get out of the barn. Only he didn't get far because a female figure dropped down from the roof and kicked him so the man ended up going face first into an empty barrel.
"Whisper" I said in a calm voice.
It was her. No one else could have sneaked past me and gotten onto the roof. At least no one I knew.
"Didn't expect to see me here, did you?" she asked me.
Actually I had forgotten about this part, but to be fair it had been many, many years since I'd played the video game. Memories of it tended to return as I played them out in this real world.
"I noticed you took up this quest" Whisper then said causally, while getting ready to fight me "So I decided to take up the opposing quest Lady Grey had set up".
It was odd that Lady Grey, who was the person who ruled Bowerstone, a good sized city, had offered a Hero a sum of gold in exchange for attacking this place. Albion had no king, or real government for that matter as it was just a collection of settlements, but there were still nobles ruling over places and they were suppose to protect the people who lived on their lands not harm them. Which meant this was all about the stones in the barn. There was something important about them, they were worth spilling blood over.
"You could have killed those two" I said while gesturing to the two disabled guardsmen.
She didn't seem to care about that. Although my dog was bothered judging by his growling.
"Killing doesn't seem to bother you" she pointed out.
That stopped me in my tracks because she was right. I disliked killing, but I wasn't the one using non-lethal methods. Mostly that wasn't a matter of choice. I'd not been trained to disable people rather I'd been taught to kill them. I did know how to fight with my hands and feet, but in a fight involving swords that just wasn't an option for me.
Clearly there was a gap in my eduction. I'd have to do something about it. Like learn how to use Will to knock people out without harming them. Some sort of sleeping gas would be handy.
"Let's make this interesting, farm boy" Whisper now saying "After I beat you and get those stones, you are going to go home and draw me a bath so I can relax once I have my reward".
Because of the lack of pipes and water heaters, having a hot bath involved a lot of work. I'd have to get enough water from the well, heat it, then I'd have to fill the tub. It would be a pain in the ass.
"You will wash my back, towel me dry and bring me my robe" she went on to say "Then, you will massage my feet and any other body part I want you to touch".
Well that last part didn't sound too horrible.
"What if I win?" I enquired.
Whisper thought about it for a moment.
"Then I'll cook you dinner" she decided "We can have sex either way".
Albion was a very sexually liberated country. They had gay marriage, and it was actually possible for me to have more than one wife as long as they lived in different settlements. Not that I wanted a wife, but it was nice to know that I could marry whoever was willing to hook with me. However women here didn't just sleep with men as part of a bet so Whisper's offer was still a bit odd.
"Unless your too tired" my rival then added "Maybe you don't have the stamina after that skirmish".
Her implications annoyed me. I was Hero I could fight a few bandits, beat up a girl, and then still have the energy to shag her. Which was not totally a good thing.
"Okay" I said with a sigh "We'll fight".
Whisper back-flipped on the roof of the barn. Which proved that while I might be able to run faster than she could, she was much more agile than me. However that didn't mean I couldn't follow her as there was waggon at rest next to barn, so with a little effort and some acrobatics of my own, I made up up to the roof of the small building.
"Catch me if you can" the female Hero teased as she somersaulted off the roof "Come on shortie!".
She wasn't that much taller than me these days, and I could still have one last growth spurt so soon that could change, but for now I she was taller than me, and way more agile. Which meant I was having trouble keeping with her as she jumped about.
Thankfully she decided that she wanted to fight rather than leap about and she came at me with her magical staff. I was slightly slower than normal since I was wearing armour, but I was also better protected so when she did manage to hit me the blow didn't hurt that much.
"Ha!" she shouted out.
As it was my armour would need repairing because of my last fight, and the way things were going I might end up with a few extra bruises on top of the ones I already had. Hopefully my body would toughen up.
"You're going down, Skywalker" Whisper then declared.
That name annoyed me.
"My name is Gothic" I said between gritted teeth.
The flame augmented weapon that I carried blocked Whisper's staff as it did I realised that while I was tired, bruised and I smelling bad, I was also getting very really pissed off.
Channelling my rage, rather than let in control me, I went on the offencive, and I barrelled through my foe's defences as I had many times before during training. Soon Whisper was on the ground and she giving up.
"Damn it" she complained "You've beaten me again"
I held my sword point to her throat.
"Oh good you yield" I said while moving the blade away from her neck "So what do we do now?".
Whisper got up and smiled at me.
"Now I give you a bath" she said "You could do with a good soak".
Without warning she pushed me, and I lost my footing before failing back into a stream that we'd come across while fighting each other. I splashed about for a while, and when I was able to drag myself out of the water I found that Whisper was long gone.
(Line Break)
House. Bowerstone
After dinner, which Whisper had cooked for me, I headed up to the second floor and found the door to the largest bedroom had been left open. My fellow Hero was lying on her bed, looking up at the celling, she wasn't naked, she was just in her night shirt. Which was currently not covering up as much as it normally did. I could see her thigh, and some of her butt.
"Uh, what?" I asked.
I was sure she'd just said something. I just had no idea what was it had been.
"Oh I was just remembering the days when all I had to do make you happy was give you a rub and let you feel my tits" she said.
Things were now more complex between us, and I'd beaten her at the farm, and that was hard for her to accept. She'd honoured the deal and made me dinner, so she wasn't a sore loser but losing to me had made her somewhat sullen. At least until now.
"Hold it right there, farm boy. Don't you think you're a little overdressed?" she said "Strip. All the way, then you can come into my bed"
Sometimes it was best to humour her.
"Yes, ma'am" I replied with a smirk.
It didn't take me long to undress as I'd only just gotten out of the bath, and once I was naked I could help but notice how much Whisper was enjoying the view.
"From the way you're staring I guess you like what you see" I said.
She nodded.
"I thought you would" I then added.
My next action was sit on the bed next to Whisper and lift up her night shirt.
"Not so fast, Hero" she told me "I need a little attention before you go having your way with me".
I pressed my lips to her collarbone before moving higher, kissing the base of her neck and nipping lightly where her neck and shoulder joined. Whisper moaned, and started running her hands through my still wet hair.
"Oh, that's it" she praised "Mm, how'd you get so good at this?"
I couldn't tell her the truth, so I lied and told her it was from our petting sessions. Which would have been true had I needed any lessons, but she had coached me a little so it seemed plausible.
"You're a good student," she cooed.
Next I kissed her lips while one of my hands rubbed and fondled her breasts.
"You really like them, don't you?".
They weren't big, but they were the only pair I had any access to since I had not yet gotten to know any other women. I would have to expand my horizons soon.
"I really do," I answered before going back to playing.
She took of her only piece of clothing, and then pressed my face into her tits
"Ahh! Yes," she hissed.
The hand in my hair tightened its grip as I suckled greedily at her tits. Normally I was more of an ass man, but Whisper wouldn't let me spank her so I just mauled her breasts as much as I could with my hands and mouth.
She whispered something to me softly as I suckled on her teats, and despite only having done this a few times she already knew I liked it when she played with my hair.
Sadly it didn't last forever and she made me stop so that she could stand up in front of me.
"Feast your eyes, Gothic" she said as just stood there.
She had shaven the first time we'd had sex and had again so it was pleasant view. She'd never done that while we'd still been at the guild.
Thinking about those days made me want to take her right now. No more foreplay, no more teasing, I was going to sheath my cock in that pretty cunt of hers and fuck her brains out.
I pushed her down onto the bed, got into the right position, thrusted forward and entered her; her tight, wet walls stretching and parting to accommodate my cock.
"Fucking hell, farm boy, so…so big!" she called out "Hot and hard and filling me up!"
I drew myself back and then plunged into her again, making her gasp. Then I was pounding in and out of her hot, tight hole over and over and over again.
"That's it! Fuck me good, farm boy!" she shouted "Ahh! Yes! Harder! Harder. Gothic!".
I grabbed her hips and kept up the pace, pounding my cock into her soaking wet cunt
"Yes! yes, that's what I want!" she screamed "Fucking pound me, farm boy, fuck me until I can't walk straight!"
When I moved back at bit so I looked at her breasts. She grabbed her tits, then she started pinching and pulling on her nipples as I watched.
Then I got going again and grunted as I pumped in and out, ruthlessly, roughly, over and over.
"More, just a little more, don't you stop," she pleaded "More, more and I'll-I'll-"
She didn't scream or say anything, but I felt the shudder pass through her body, and what really tipped me off was her nails digging into my back.
"Your turn now" she said, somehow able to talk "I want you spray it all over me!"
She pushed just enough to let me know that I needed to get off and then rubbed my dick until my baby batter was ready to come out. Most of it ended up on her stomach, and some ended up a bit higher.
However I didn't look at her for long as I had to lie down. As Hero I had plenty of stamina but I had been very active all day so I wanted a rest.
"Good job, farm boy" Whisper praised as she used her fingers to taste my cum "Now I'm off for a wash. Stay here I'll let you sleep with your head on my tits. I know you like that".
It was true that I did, hopefully she'd hurry back to bed before I fell asleep.
