Chapter 190
Hiccups POV:
Normally the walk from my house to hear would only have taken eight minutes at most but sadly this trip took half an hour due to the fact that while we were walking, we got mobbed by my fans who wanted to talk to me. Some of the girls actually wanted to talk to Blanca and Astrid wanting to discuss joining them for outings but I could tell they just wanted to get into their good books to have a better chance at becoming one of my wives. Fortunately for us Gukumatz came by to see what was happening and when he found out what we were doing he decided to tag along with multiple other people who wanted to know what my new stuff could do.
This brings us to now with us in the same sparring arena that I fought Ichik in with the girls and the dragons up against the wall as I stood in the middle of the arena wearing only my pants and holding the seed in my hand. I rolled the seed around in my hand before I took a breath knowing the people who were lining the seats all wanting to see what would happen to my prosthetic and what my other gifts could do. I took one last breath before I held the seed to my shoulder allowing the claws to reach out and taking the seed pod into my arm and then for a few seconds nothing.
I was beginning to think nothing was going to happen until my eyes widened as my entire body burst with pain that seemed to pulse through my body like blood. I dropped to my knees gritting my teeth as my prosthetic pulsed with a light green glow from the inside right before roots began seeping out of the cracks with larger ones coming out of the opening where my blade comes out and where my crystals go in. Slowly the roots wrapped around my prosthetic arm cocooning it in roots as I felt my prosthetic morph and change beneath it as the pain slowly began throbbing as the girls and dragons ran up to me. I held up my hand signaling them to stay back since I didn't know what was going on and I feared what might happen and if they would be safe.
It was then that the pain finally stopped pulsing before the roots slowly pulled into themselves, thinning down and forming an arm made of pure wood. I took a breath and slowly stood up before I began examining the arm finding it was like my prosthetic with me being able to control it just like the other prosthetics but this one seemed to be more like a real arm since I could flex it with muscles forming. I examined it for a few seconds before I turned to the girls along with the dragons and nodded to show it was safe to come near me again which they were all too happy to do. When they reached me Astrid immediately walked up and asked me.
"Are you alright?" I nodded.
"Yeah, it was just immensely painful but on the bright side" I held up the wooden arm. "I think I just gained a new prosthetic attachment." I held up the hand and turned it into a fist. "And I am looking forward to seeing what it can do." They just rolled their eyes including the dragons before Blanca asked.
"Do you know how to turn it back into your normal prosthetic?" I shook my head.
"No, but maybe it's like how I switch it from its regular form to its dragon claw form." Astrid then said.
"Doesn't hurt to try." I focused and pictured my regular prosthetic and watched as the wood that formed my prosthetic broke apart to reveal my golden prosthetic that pulled it all in through the cracks. "Well that answers that question but for now I better keep it out for now so I can run some tests." I then pictured the prosthetic while focusing and watched as it reformed, the same way it went in except in reverse before the voice of Gukumtz came from behind me asked.
"Hiccup, are you alright?" I turned to him to see him running up to me with a look of worry on his face but I smiled at him.
"I'm fine old friend just in a bit of pain from what I believe is gaining a new prosthetic." He smiled.
"Any idea what it is able to do?" I shook my head.
"Sadly, no but finding out its powers is part of the fun for me." He chuckled.
"Well I don't suppose we can take a look at your other gifts as you might have better luck figuring out their capabilities." I nodded.
"But what to try out next is the question." Astrid said.
"Maybe you should try those leg guards you got."
I nodded and walked over to a table against the wall where I had placed all my gifts and armor so I could have easy access to them before I picked up the leg guards and examined them before nodding and putting them on. I felt an intense heat come from them as they seemed to light up with burning flames that consumed my legs, but I didn't feel any burns although I could feel the heat. When the flames died I found they had turned into lower leg armor that wrapped around my leg and covered up to my knees and I could feel the power coming off them. There were carvings of flames on the sides of the whole leg guards, on the knee of the leg guards are carvings of a spiral shape of Quetzalcoatls, on the high point of the Shins has flames designs as well with carvings of the blessings of the Mayan Gods each one of their names carved in the legs guards that slowly disappeared but I could tell they were still there. I was brought out of my studies when Astrid said.
"I like the new form, it's a good look but gold will clash with your grootslang coat." I chuckled.
"I know Astrid, but I don't wear these things for their fashion, I wear them for the advantages they give me in battle with their abilities." I then looked down at the leg guards. "And I'm looking forward to seeing what these can do." I then turned to my other gifts. "But first, let's see if I can unlock what these other gifts can do by putting them on."
I picked up the mask and put it on using the ribbon around the back to hold it in place and for a few seconds there was nothing before the mask glowed and my vision turned white for a second. When the light cleared up, I noticed a few things like how my sight had become black and white, my hearing had increased ten-fold as had my sense of smell. I then turned to the girls and was surprised when I found that their footprints were shining yellow and when I thought of one of them the other persons footprints dimmed while the ones, I was thinking about shone brighter with their actual body. It was then Blanca asked.
"Hiccup, are you alright?" I turned to her and smiled at her from beneath the mask.
"Just fine Blanca, it's just that I may have figured out what this mask can do." Astrid then asked.
"And that would be?"
"Make tracking people and animals down a whole lot easier by enhancing my senses and lighting up the footprints." The girls smiled before Astrid frowned.
"But it'll look suspicious if you're in cities wearing a mask." I nodded as I said.
"You raise a good point Astrid, but this mask would make tracking crooks down in large crowds easier."
As soon as the words left my mouth the mask glowed slightly while the wood pulled back into the material leaving only a bandana and after checking it out in a mirror I left on the table I saw it was the same color as the material but had a white jaguar face in the center. I felt the bandana around my head and wondered if I could use the tracking ability without going full mask but as soon as the thought went through my mind the bandana came down over my eyes. Before I could panic though my vision cleared to show everything I saw when I had the mask on but without the increase to my senses making say.
"Well this should make things easier." Blanca asked.
"What should make things easier?" I turned to her and smiled.
"It appears my mask in bandana form still allows me to track people down through their footprints and lights up their form but it doesn't increase my senses." Astrid then said.
"Well at least tracking people in the city will be easier." I nodded before she grinned. "And the bandana does give a roguish hunter like charm to your appearance." Blanca then said.
"I agree, it also makes me wonder if I should have you wear it to bed tonight." I began sputtering in shock while the girls just giggled as I turned to the blowgun and darts.
"Well it's going to be hard to test these out without test subjects." They both nodded. "Maybe it best I save testing this for another time when I can find some wild animals to test them on." They both nodded as Astrid said.
"You can still run some tests on your wooden arm and new leg guards." I smiled and nodded as I looked down at the arm and the leg guards with a smile.
"Let's see what these babies can do."
Nightfall
I once again found myself falling into my bed wearing just my pants after an exhausting day of testing out my new gifts from the gods and I had to say I was impressed with each of them and not just the ability to change from gold in color to silver or metallic grey. To begin with the leg guards would make fighting, escaping and infiltration easier with their abilities, especially if these places were either walled in. To begin with when active they enable me to walk on air for ten steps whether it be like on a path or as if I'm climbing steps, so I'd be able to get some air when running towards walled places. When I do this the bottom of my feet lightly glow as do the leg guards meaning they had some connection to my boots somehow, but I wasn't complaining as it would make my life easier. This wasn't the only effect it had on my ox flame boots though as they also helped with their speed mode which now went from a limit of thirty feet to sixty feet before they needed a minute to cool down and recharge. This would be helpful when for when I wanted to take down a lot of men in small bases quickly since I could just run by them and deliver a hard punch knocking them out and move onto the next three before they even hit the ground.
Then there's my prosthetic that has some amazing abilities although it didn't have the same abilities as my prosthetics other forms, but these abilities would be helpful in heavily forested areas. The first ability I discovered is its shape shifting ability in which the hand could turn from well a hand into a pointed wooden spike, a wooden mallet or extend the fingers tow wrap around things whether they be living or dead. I already tried the extending ability on a few practice dummies when it's in the wooden spike form and it slammed right through them as if they were made of paper and when I slammed the mallet down it flattened the dummy while also leaving a sizeable dent in the ground.
It was also able to let loose spores that resembled fireflies that just floated around and knew they would come in handy for lighting up dark areas to create a path since I could control them if I focused. These weren't the only spores I could use though as I could also release spores filled with my different types of gas and float towards the victims that explode in small puffs of the gas on contact. These weren't the only thing that comes out of my arm though as it can also sprout out small flowers that looked lovely and the girls thought it was adorable.
Along with this my prosthetics palm when placed on the ground could plant root that go wherever I wanted to go like with my star sword but unlike my star sword it didn't have as much distance and didn't sprout out vines that wrap around the victim. This prosthetic created a large Venus fly trap that closes around the victims trapping them inside before it can pull the trap down into the ground while shrinking it so it leaves no mark and then reforms the trap wherever I want with the victim unharmed. When this is done mouth of the plant opens and the person can emerge from the Venus fly trap confused but awake and a little dizzy from what happened.
Also, when I slammed my fist into the ground the roosts would spread out all around me trapping everyone with in fifteen feet of a Venus fly trap which is how I first found out about them in the first place. Sadly, I ended up trapping the girls and Gukumatz who were not in the least bit happy with me and it was at this time I was truly grateful for the upgrade to my ox flame boots speed mode as they had more than words for me. Still though after I was able to calm them down enough to let them know it wasn't my fault, I took the rest of the day off in case of any other incidents.
Despite this I did learn something new about my blow pipe or to be more precise my dart holster when I picked up the holster with the darts using my prosthetic. My prosthetic pulled the holster into it without me trying and was surprised by what happened next when all I had to do was thing of my darts and the fletch lings would pop out of my fore arm in a row showing off the different colors for me to choose from. Along with this when I thought of a color the needle end would come out of the index finger to either stab into someone or launch at someone from close range since it only travelled ten feet in distance. Fortunately, when I discovered this nobody was hit except for a wall so nobody was hurt, and I didn't get yelled at again by anyone for being careless again.
My day after that wasn't exactly a peaceful no trouble day with no issues to worry about as the rest of my day was far from it as I still had to deal with my fans who wanted to talk about my new gifts. Fortunately, Gukumatz came by and got me out of the situation claiming he needed to speak with me and the girls for something and this something was to go over details of the meeting with the leaders. He went on to explain that since my last visit he's had meetings with them and told them all about me, most of them had a hard time believing him but after seeing what happened they were now more curious than ever as to what happened and what other adventures I've been on.
We'd spent half the day discussing how to handle these coming challenges with the visiting emperors without risking a war breaking out since that's the last thing we wanted. After that we had to deal with all the fans asking me to tell them everything that's happened since my last visit and the girls had to deal with most of the girls trying to be friendly with them to try and get to me. That's how our day went and now I gently embraced my wife as sleep slowly engulfed me while my mind focused on the coming challenges the next few days were going to bring.
Six days later
It's been six days since I first tried out my new gifts from the gods and in that time, I'd been practicing with my gifts including my blow pipe and darts, learning what they could do and also trying out things with my other gifts. From this I learnt my ox flame boots got a bigger power boost from my golden leg guards than I originally thought which resulted in a new ability I unlocked when I was practicing my fighting skills. I thrust out a kick and was shocked when the blades on my boots started rapidly rotating and ignited before they launched off my boot. The blades didn't remain as they were for long though as a few seconds after they were launched the two blades slammed together and turned into a full-sized ox made of flames like the ones that formed and dragged people when I kicked them with my boots. This one didn't drag but it did ram into the targets I set up and push them back while burning them so bad that by the end they were charred to the point I couldn't even tell what they were.
Along with this I also learnt that like how my leg guards allowed me to walk on air they also allowed me to run or walk on water like how suns light floats on it but unlike walking on air that had its limit the only limit this ability had is when I stopped and just stood in place. I learnt this when I was rushing through the jungle for some practice with my jaguar mask in full form and hunting a peccary that had attacked some children who wondered into the jungle but were fortunately not in any condition that would put their lives at risk. While I was following the footprints and scent trail I accidentally ran onto the water before I realized I was on the water right before I fell into it from standing on it. I came back with knowledge of my leg guards' abilities, a little more experience with my mask and dinner for that evening which was a delicious few cut of meat with some juices and spices rubbed in.
This trip into the jungle wasn't the only one I'd taken though as I'd needed the practice with my mask, and it was through these trips I'd learnt that my prosthetic was a lot more powerful than I originally thought. For starters when I was doing another peccary hunt but this time, I was hunting one as a favor for Gukumatz who wanted to be able to treat the visiting emperors to a good meal of fresh meat. I was hot on the trail of another one and had decided to use my prosthetics Venus fly trap to catch it and when I did this I thought of a way to hold it till I got it back to the city and it was then the plant dried out and turned to dust. Once it was fully gone I found the animal in a cage shaped like the trap but the bars were made out of petrified wood and the animal was unconscious. I then wondered how I would get the cage back to the city without breaking the wood that formed the cage since it looked strong but I was cautious until I noticed a large ring wooden ring forming above it making me smile seeing how strong it was when the branches braded together. After that I called for Toothless and he picked both me and the cage up by the ring but the real surprise was what happened when we got back to the city.
When I got back and we dropped the cage off Gukumatz came to meet us and asked where the cage came from, I informed him what happened and he called for men to come take it to the store house as he joked that the cage wasn't going to walk there itself. I smiled thinking about how cool that would be before roots sprouted out of the bottom and began carrying the cage forward as if they were legs shocking me before I smiled. This was something that I knew was going to come in handy when it comes to capturing and transporting enemy troops in heavily forested areas. When I thought of how helpful this would be, I thought back to my fights against the dragon hunters and how much easier this prosthetic would've made things I mentally asked it where it was at the time.
Then there's the other ability I discovered when I just pressed it against a tree to help me lean against it I was surprised when it actually sunk into the tree and opened it up its trunk before pulling me into it and closing behind me. Once it closed behind me for a moment I was in complete darkness before light filled my vision and I found myself in a large black void with green vein like ropes running around with lights rushing through them. What's more I could hear breathing around me that I somehow knew were the breaths of the tree I had been pulled into and when I touched one of the ropes I could tell it was a part of the tree I was in. When I did this, I could see what surrounded the tree and control its branches as if they were extensions of my own limbs which is an ability I knew would help in fights when I'm trying to remain hidden.
I'm not sure how long I was in the tree but by the time I'd come out I had learnt a lot more about the abilities my prosthetic which surprised me greatly. I figured out that all the veins were different trees in the forest, and I could connect to each of them but when I first learnt of this ability, I was a little freaked out. Who can blame me though since when I did it I was trying to grab more by extending the fingers of my prosthetic and letting branches come out of it but instead of going for the ropes they came back and wrapped around me forming a cocoon.
Despite the cocoon originally being tight when it first wrapped around me it was surprisingly roomy inside before images appeared all around me allowing me to see what was happening around multiple trees but not control them like the first one. Still though I knew would be helpful in the future when I wanted to scout out a small area since the ability did allow me to see around the trees within a five-mile radius of the one I was in. When I came out of the tree, I was holding onto the rope of one of the other trees and learnt that I could travel through the ropes and emerge from the trees I was connected to. All in all, I was looking forward to trying it out on my own island since it would be helpful to keep an eye on things around my island even though the distance, I was able to see was limited.
Then there's my blowpipe and the darts it possesses which I must admit are all incredibly powerful with their abilities no matter which dart I use. To begin the tests, I started out using targets to test out both the blow pipe and the darts and was surprised by the amount of distance that darts could be launched at since it was two miles with a single shot. Along with this the pipe was also indestructible meaning I could use it to block strikes and hit my opponent, but it'd have to be in the throat or stomach to cause some damage to them with how small it was.
Then there's the darts themselves that I didn't have to test to know what they would do to what they hit as when they were absorbed into my prosthetic the knowledge seemed to just flow into my mind. They were like my arrows so each fletching was to show what type of dart they were and like my arrows none were to be taken lightly due to what they could do. The ones with red fletching's were the ones I knew were the ones I'd have to be most careful with since when someone was hit with one of them they'd be thrown into a violent rage and attack all those around them for three minutes before either dropping unconscious or dead. Then there are the light blue fletching darts which knock a person out for three hours once they've been hit by them so like typical darts used by most people.
There are also the darts which were more mystical in abilities like the darts with the black fletching's that actually scare me a bit since their ability is to slowly or quickly drain the victims of their strength to the point they couldn't lift a dagger with the speed depending on my desire when fired. There are the purple fletching darts that had the ability to slowly numb the victim's limbs one by one and when in the water they turn into small, palm sized jelly fish like creatures that latch onto people in the water with the same effect except slower so the victims don't notice. Along with these there's the darts that work like my speed stinger darts leaving the victims paralyzed for a few hours so they can do nothing while I attack. Finally, there are the yellow fletching darts that made me a little nervous as they make people see their worst fears wherever they look for three hours. I intend to use these fear darts only on the people who truly pushed me to the very peek of my anger, and it was rare for me to reach that level of anger.
Now I was sitting at a long stone table in the throne room with Blanca and Astrid on either side of me as the visiting emperors who arrived earlier today stared at me in awe after I finished showing them the battle between me and Xpiayoc using my illusion spider. I looked around and saw a total of ten emperors not including Gukumatz who was also staring at me with his jaw so low I thought he looked like a fish but I couldn't blame them since this was the first time I used my illusion spider in front of them. It was then a single leaf flew in from the window and came to land on the table and the sound it made seemed to snap the leaders out of their shock as they immediately bombarded me with questions so fast that it all sounded like gibberish. After thirty seconds of this Astrid decided to end it by yelling out.
"SHUT IT!" Silence rained in the hall making me smile as I turned to Astrid.
"Thankyou." She just smiled at me before I turned to the leaders. "Alright, I know you all have questions but yelling them all out at the same time making them all sound like gibberish is not going to get you the answers so please calm down and ask them one at a time and wait till I point to you." They all nodded. "Alright now first I know that I should start by explaining how I was able to show you all what happened." They all nodded again as I held up my prosthetic with the golden spider. "This spider gives me the power of illusion; it was a gift from the African god of stories for my services to them." I could see the desire in their eyes. "It's a part of my prosthetic which shall only work for me so don't even bother making offers for it as it is not for sale." I could see the disappointment in most of their eyes. "As for how me and the girls were unaffected by the call of Xpiayoc's beasts, we are immune to any form of mind control unless it has the power of a god behind it thanks to another gift from the gods, these ones being the Arabian gods for my services to their land but that's a story for another time." I took a breath and put my hands together. "Alright now if you have a question just raise your hand." As soon as the words left my mouth every hand went up making me sigh. "It's going to be a long night."
Three hours later
It's been three hours since my question and answer session started, three hours of answering questions, using my illusion spider to show the beasts I'd faced, the places I'd been, what happened there and three hours of showing my god made gifts. Whenever I did show my god made gifts I could see the desire in their eyes all of them wanting the items for their own so whenever I revealed something new I made it clear that it was not for sale and it would only work for me. That didn't stop the desire in their eyes though as it only seemed to turn their desire towards me which is something I knew was going to come back and bite me sometime in the near future.
The girls didn't have it any easier though as they were all curious to know what parts they played in my adventures, but a few stopped asking questions when they learnt the girls don't accompany on them. Still though this didn't stop their stares of lust on desire coming onto the girls making me clench my fists in anger but fortunately Blanca placed her hand on my real fist calming me while both her and Astrid gave me looks that told me not to worry. After this they did ask the girls a few questions like how they felt about sharing me, how I we all met, what they did for me, if they were any good at combat and other questions.
Now after all these questions they were finally done with their questions, but they were going to be staying for a week which I knew was going to be a pain in the ass for me and the girls, especially Astrid who might be with me but wasn't my wife so in the eyes of some she'd be seen as available. Speaking of Astrid, she'd left to use the bathroom half an hour ago and hadn't come back yet and this was something that made me worry since she was taking too long. I was a worried that she might've run into one of the male guards who wanted to flirt with her or worse some of my fan girls who want to get advice concerning me or try to kiss up to her and I couldn't leave to check without it being seen as an insult to the emperors. It was then Gukumatz stood up and said.
"Alright, I believe that is enough for this evening so please leave any more business you may have for tomorrow." Everyone nodded before two guards rushed in with one not wearing his helmet to show he was a guard but the thing that caught my attention was that the one without a helmet was being supported by the one with a helmet who was also holding Astrid's axe. "What is the meaning of this?" The guards bowed before the one with a helmet said.
"Forgive the intrusion sire but I found this guard knocked unconscious and hidden in one of the empty rooms." He then he held up Astrid's axe. "This was next to him and he claims a man attacked him from behind before stealing his helmet." My heart was beginning to beat rapidly at this in fear as the guard without a helmet said.
"When I saw him again, he tossed the weapon in and had the yellow haired girl Hiccup brought with him over his shoulder and unconscious." This was the straw that broke the horses back as I activated my ox flame boots speed mode while getting up from my seat and running at them, making them step back in shock as I asked.
"Where was this?" The man who was being supported stared up at me as he answered.
"In the storeroom three doors down to the right." I nodded and turned to Blanca who had walked up to me but before I could say anything, she put a hand on my shoulder.
"Go Hiccup but when you find who took her bring him back here so I can help teach him a lesson about kidnapping those we're close to." When she said this, I smiled before I rushed out of the room while activating my jaguar mask so I could follow Astrid's scent.
20 minutes later
I'd been tracking Astrid's scent while following the footprints of the one who was carrying her and as I did this, I kept wondering why someone would do this. I didn't have any enemies here in the Mayan civilization that I knew were still breathing since I defeated them and either ended them so they would no longer be a threat. It was then the sound of Astrid grunting in frustration caught my attention and I rushed up a tree before I began hopping from branch to branch wanting to make sure I wasn't seen by the one who took Astrid since there's no telling what they would do. I eventually found myself looking down into a clearing, in front of a cave with a large wooden pole stabbed into the ground in the middle of the clearing and tied to this pole with her arms tied above her was Astrid who was struggling to break free. Before I could go in and free her a cloaked figure came out from the forest, walking towards her so I used my plant prosthetic to sink into the tree so I could both keep an eye on things and avoid being spotted as he said.
"I do hope you're comfortable and if you're not then too bad." Astrid glared at him with me before she asked.
"Why are you doing this?"
"Revenge on Hiccup Haddock."
"But what did he do to you?" I heard the figure growl.
"He took everything from me." I raised an eyebrow as did Astrid until the man threw the cloak off to reveal a face, I never thought I'd see again. "I am Ichik and before that foreigner came, I was hailed as one of the cities greatest hunters but then Hiccup came into the city and became a hero by bringing back the emperor's daughter and slaying the monster anaconda." He growled as he clenched his fist as Astrid replied.
"From what I was told you challenged Hiccup to a fight for his wolves, monkey and jaguar cubs but when you lost you tried to murder him and ended up being arrested and then banished when you tried to kill him again." She struggled again. "Hiccup still has the scar on his chest from when you cut open his chest with that stone knife you had in the arena which Hiccup now keeps as s trophy from that fight." He smirked.
"Nice to know he still remembers me."
"Yeah as a jerk who needed to be knocked down a few pegs." Hearing her say this made me smile as Ichik scowled and glared at her. "I thought you were locked up in another city though." His smirk returned.
"I was able to escape a year ago, making my new home in this cave as I couldn't return to my old home." He then clenched his fists. "I've spent all this time studying ways to get back into the city without being noticed, learning the guard patrols, studying the best routes in case I needed to escape with all of it leading up to this moment where I'd finally get my revenge on Hiccup Haddock." He then turned to Astrid who glared back.
"So, you're going to kill me?" He then got a smile I did not like one bit.
"I admit, that was my original plan but after actually seeing you I decided on a revenge that will be much more pleasurable." He pulled a stone knife though. "I'm going to give you my child, an eternal reminder to both you and Hiccup what happens when someone messes with me and to make things even better, knowing how Hiccup is he'll have no choice but to raise my child so everyday he'll be reminded of what happened in these lands." Astrid immediately began struggling as my blood boiled and decided it was time to make my presence known and walked out of the tree as I asked.
"Do you honestly think I'd allow you to lay another hand on her." I activated my ox flame boots speed mode and rushed at him ashe turned just in time for me slam into his side sending him spinning up in the air before landing on the ground while I turned back to face him. "You made a big mistake hurting Astrid Ichik." He looked up at me.
"How did you do that?" I smirked as I turned my prosthetic back into its golden arm form while releasing my rotating dragon blades making Ichik lean back in fear.
"Let's just say I've picked up a few things since we last met Ichik." I launched the blade as he closed his eyes but he wasn't my target and I smiled as the blade hit the ropes binding Astrids hands freeing her.
"You alright Astrid?"
"I'm fine except my prides a little wounded but it'll be better as soon as I'm done ripping this baSTARDS HEAD OFF FOR WHAT HE DID TO ME AND WHAT HE INTENDED TO DO TO ME!"
As soon as she finished that sentence she let out a battle cry and attacked Ichick who was still on the ground and began beating the life out of him. I watched as this happened wondering if I should intervene but when I saw the pure rage and anger in her eyes I figured it best I give her a few more minutes before pulling her off. By then her rage should have calmed down enough for her to think rationally or Ichik could be on the edge of death and I'd need to get him to a healer. Seeing Astrid had everything in hand I decided I might as well see if Ichik had anything worth taking in his cave since if he did then it would be a waste to leave it behind.
1 hour later
It's been an hour since Astrid was kidnapped by Ichik before I saved her and let her handle him while I was checking out the cave he lived in and I was not disappointed by what I found since it was full of animal skins and dried meat. I knew it would be a waste to leave it all there and since Astrid had things in hand with Ichik I took out my spiderpack and loaded the stuff up to take back to the city figuring they could use it. This took five minutes and when I got out I let Astrid beat him for another ten minutes before I figured he'd had enough and used my plant prosthetic to pull Astrid off and then put Ichik in a cage for transport, mostly because I was afraid if I transferred him any other way it would aggravate his injuries.
We arrived back at the city shortly afterwards where I handed Ichik over to the guards and Astrid over to a healer to have her checked up and I was happy to see she wasn't hurt badly, just a few scratches from the vines and a small bump on her head from where Ichik hit her when he first took her. Blanca and I took her home after that and although I wanted to take her and Blanca back to the island and Berk I knew I first needed to deal with the visiting emperors for a week and then we were getting out of here. These were the thoughts that filled my mind as I slowly let sleep embrace me with Blanca in my arms.
7 days later
It's been seven days since I saved Astrid from Ichik and in that time things had just been one headache after another for me, the girls and the dragons. I admit the children weren't the biggest headache since they all just wanted to ask me if I could give them some tips on fighting, how I was their hero and asking to play with the dragons. Now I admit the kids weren't so bad since the dragons were happy to play with them as long as they didn't pull on their spines, their scales and stick their hands up their noses. The adults were the real pain as they never gave me a moments peace as they were always bothering me for information on the lands I've been to, the creatures I've faced and other things like that.
The girls had it rougher though as they had to deal with men trying to flirt with them even though they were each in a relationship with me with Blanca actually being my wife. It wasn't just the men who had been bothering them though as the women had been pestering them for advice on how to ensnare a man, how to flirt, how they were able to capture my heart, beauty tips and on some occasions trying to suck up to them to show what good wives they'd be for me and how all of them would be such great friends. The last kind of women are the ones the girls ranted the most about when they got home as they were the ones that drove even Blanca to rant when she's normally so peaceful and calm.
Normally I would've helped them out, but I had my own problems to deal with revolving around my fans and of course the visiting chiefs all of which wanted to speak with me. The majority just wanted to thank me again for stopping what they called, 'the insane demigod and his army of monsters' and then left me to do their own thing. The more annoying ones were pestering me with questions about my adventures, what my weapons were capable of and other things but there were some who have been a bigger headache. These were the emperors who wanted me to move to their cities and serve as their general, bodyguard, train their troops or other such things despite me telling them I wasn't interested.
The only peace I got these days was when I was out in the jungle, practicing with my new prosthetic that I learnt could make thorns burst out from any part of it. Along with this I learnt that unlike my other prosthetics it could be cut off but it grows right back nearly instantly while the severed part takes root and turns into a venus flytrap trap that lasts for unlimited amount of time and can keep closed for six hours imprisoning the victims in a cage after an hour. These traps also have the ability to alert me through my prosthetic when it has caught something and when I learnt this I also discovered my prosthetic could also create seeds the size of my thumbs top that had the same ability as sliced off parts to near instantly grow fly traps.
Other than that, I'd mostly sold off the pelts I found in Ichik's cave while the former owner had been escorted out of the city for his own safety as Astrid was still ready to murder him. Besides that, I had gone back to Xpiayoc'scave to collect his macahuitlnot to use it myself but because I figured it would be better if I kept it on my island where I know nobody would be able to touch it since the last thing I wanted was for it to fall into the wrong hands. To be safe I kept it in my spiderpack so nobody would be able to touch it and along with this I also kept Xpiayoc's skull to make sure nobody messed with it. Besides those two things from the battle I also kept the various treasures I was offered as gifts and tried to turn down but was insisted I keep them so I decided I'd put them in my vault or art gallery when I get back to my island.
Now all the visiting emperors have gone back to their own cities and I was standing in the middle of the city with the girls and dragons by me while Gukumatz and his guards stood in front of us. I smiled as Gukumatz walked up to me and said.
"It was wonderful seeing you again after so long my friend and I do hope you will come again soon but next time, maybe you could enjoy a trip without needing to go up against some great evil." I chuckled.
"I can only hope my friend but don't worry, I'll try make the next trip sooner rather than later." He smiled before looking at the girls.
"It was a pleasure meeting you both." The girls just smiled and nodded as I walked up to the portal door and opened it up before turning back to Gukumatz.
"Till next we meet my friend." He nodded and with that me and my group entered the portal door to begin the small walk home.
AN: Hey guys I hope you like the new prosthetic and its abilities and gifts and if you don't then pm me why and I'll try to sort it out with you. By the way I'm rather disappointed with the lack of reviews, seriously I only got six for the last one and the one before that so guys please let me know your thoughts. Also, if you have any ideas for future gifts then please just let me know and I will think about it for future chapters. By the way a message to Manalo I would be lying if I said the thought of Hiccup learning and using magic but the thing is I don't know what he could use it for since whatever I think of he can do with his weapons or future gift ideas. My point is it isn't easy to think of these things, they take time so be patient and we shall see. Now onto the questions.
Rpglady76:
Hiccup didn't absorb it because the thing is full of seriously dark blood magic and not something to be toyed with or something that can be destroyed so easily.
Guest:
Thanks for clearing that up but what do you mean by 'Pantheon war'?
And that's it for questions but if any of you are wondering how large his harem will be but it will have girls who are able to hold their own in a fight as the gentle sweet girl who prefers to leave the fighting to the men isn't Hiccups type. Till next time guys, please remember to review if it is to ask questions or an opinion, I don't mind as I enjoy reading them during these troubled times since they give me something to think about. Also if you have any gift ideas, just write down what they are, their capabilities and where they come from and I will think about it.
