Chapter 1758 – Arc 12 – Prologue – Showing Presence

“Don’t let Lulu hear that joke,” John pointed out.

“The double bun tomboy is cool, she won’t mind.” Eliana waved off.

Ehtra inspected her wings, then glared at Eliana. “You speak a lot of shit for a baby factory built in a psych ward.”

“THAT’S FUCKING AMAZING!” Eliana shouted, then keeled over laughing again.

The Gamer followed the banter with a broad smile on his face. Travelling with both Metracanas, Aclysia, and Eliana may have been slight overkill on the security detail. John, however, needed it to appease his paranoia.

Not only was his current net MP regeneration in the single digits, he was also caught with his Particle Skin down. Nobody but the people he had fought alongside with in the Eternal Sanctum and his harem knew that, but it was still a horrid uncertainty. If it was up to John, he would have pulled out of public life entirely for the 25 days. At the very least, he wanted to keep public appearances and, thus, opportunities for assassins to a minimum for the next 12 days. That was when his Mana Regeneration would be fully back.

‘I don’t need Particle Skin as urgently when I have Undine around… but man, my HP bar is looking way smaller on its own. Maybe I should invest into Endurance more? It’s only at 500… what am I saying, 500 is pretty high for my specialization.’ He had yet to invest all of the Stat Points he got from killing Macuil. Neither had the Class Levels been used yet. He was waiting for a quiet moment with his harem to do all of that.

A quiet moment he had not yet been granted. Getting back to the Hudson Barrier had been a gargantuan pain. Their group was never small and since Nathalia, Eliana and Nightingale had also been there, it had been even larger. None of that would have been a problem if they still had their private plane, but no luck there. At least the goddesses had brought a few cars with them that they could use to get back to the nearest city with an airport. Getting timely tickets there had been a task of shuffling one person in the planes one after another.

That was the most nerve-wracking set of flights John had had in… ever. Thankfully, their destination had been Florida, so it was a pretty short trip all things considered. Once there, the long range teleporter took them home and that was that.

John immediately had to get to work and he had not stopped since. Momo was busy putting everything together for the resettling of the Aztecs, who were currently getting guided for the trip over by a coalition force of the Illuminati, the Grim Reaper, and Fusion soldiers that John had called in during the 3-day interim.

The move had caused international attention to bend his way again, which gave Momo even more work. More than the chancellor, the foreign office was trying to keep the phone lines from proverbially overheating. Journalists were not (yet) the main problem – it was other guilds the world over wondering if Fusion was exerting territorial ambitions in Central America.

It was somewhat of a memetically understood fact that it was ‘justified’ for Fusion to attempt to make its borders match the USA. The Abyss and real space history may diverge heavily at times, but they were still tied at the hips, especially since new arrivals to the Abyss steadily trickled in from the mundane. It kept the culture from splitting too far in most cases.

Going beyond that was met with resistance and movement towards the south, while the Purest Front was in the early stages of a civil war, was twice as heavily surveyed. Added to that was John’s infamy as the current pot-stirrer of the Abyss. Everyone was keeping tabs on what he was doing, so him not having done anything notable on the international stage for over two months was met with scepticism.

Trying to address this situation was going to be easier than usual because John did not intend to lie about anything that had happened. They had verified an oddity to the south, moved there, met other people who had come to check out the same oddity, identified the oddity as a hostile god, and then defeated that god as a joint coalition. They also had killed some Lorylim while they were at it.

Lying about this was going to be impossible anyway. They were relocating over 20’000 people and Nahuatl was a language anyone could learn, there were millions of speakers still alive in the mundane. Best to get the story out on their terms – especially since the story only helped John. He couldn’t verify for people just how strong Macuil had been, not unless the Grim Reaper gave a press conference (which he did not see happening), but a hostile god at the border he could prove. All the facts were aligned, the Aztec people would tell of Macuil’s final acts, and the Illuminati, if no one else, would do their own press release.

‘It’ll hopefully reduce the nipping at my heels,’ John hoped, just as the car stopped in front of a house. ‘Alright, here I go politicking again!’

It was an annoying necessity that John had to personally drive around the Hudson Barrier and show his face to the various people that had been getting uppity in his absence. There were allies on the list as well, alongside social clubs it was simply smart to pay a visit to, but the focus was on the political adversaries.

John made sure to be cordial during each visit. The intent was not (primarily) to intimidate. What he wanted was to show his presence and that he was as strong as ever in his commitments and character. To that end, his security detail remained in the car whenever he was talking. Metra and Eliana standing behind him would make him look less confident.

He was just about to go on the final trip of the day, when he got a phone call. ‘Impeccable sense of timing,’ he thought, upon reading the name on the display. “Hello, Emrik.”

“I have been told you are back. You can spare yourself visiting me.”

“Straight and to the point as always,” John answered, genuinely happy with that revelation. “I assume you will be bothering me on your own time, then?”

“If it is necessary,” the President of Fusion’s loyal opposition said, then wished him a good day.

“Alright, that spares us that drive.” The Gamer reclined on the luxury seat. “Take us home, Aclysia.”

“With pleasure, Master,” the first maid said.

The car was swiftly turned around. Now with no reason to deny himself the usual, John stretched over and grabbed Eliana by the waist. She was all too eager to be picked up and placed in his lap for snuggles.

“Mmmmmore!” Eliana demanded.

The pretty little psycho clung to his chest, rubbing against him with all of the intensity of a touch-starved puppy. Reciprocating, John felt the bumps of leather and metal under his fingers – the harness that she wore under her black robe as her usual attire. Quite the arousing choice and something John would make use of later.

For now: cuddles.

John gave the torso of the small woman a squeeze. His arms fully enveloped her back and put pressure on all of it. Squeaking like a toy, Eliana grinned up at him. The sound ended when he released her, then returned when he went back to it. “Not even going to be bashful about it?”

“I haven’t had you in five fucking weeks, I’m allowed my cocksucking cuddles!” the potty-mouthed woman answered.

“Technically, you had me more than the others,” John told her. “One of me here for the three of you is a lot better than the two of me over in Yucatan with everyone else.”

“It’s not the same when you’re not really here!” Eliana wrapped her legs around his midriff, adding to the embrace of her arms. Her chin was on his, putting barely any distance between them. “I know there’s no physical fucking difference between you and the suck puppet, but I know when your giga brain isn’t all here.”

“Did you mean sock puppet?”

“I know what I fucking said, cum dispenser,” Eliana growled. “More cuddles!”

“Yes, yes, my dear broken angel.”

“Fuck you!” The name got the pretty little psycho flustered, like always. Her mood swung suddenly from aggressive banter to romantic. “I missed you… I love you… asshole.”

John laughed and kissed her on the forehead. “I love you too, Eliana.”

Appeased, the white-blue haired woman put her head on his shoulder. He combed through her hair and just kept holding her. The scent of lavender suited her in the same way gold looked good next to black: the contrast counted for a lot.

The car came to a gentle halt. Grabbing Eliana by the plush of her thighs, he kept her steady as he stepped out of the car and walked the couple of steps across the garage and to the teleporter. One flash of arcane light later, they were in the hub room inside the Palace.

The first order of business was to open up his Character Sheet and tap the ‘unequip’ button on all of his clothes. Gaia was nice enough for the bonuses to stick regardless, since he had the auto-equip on for all of those items anyhow. “Finally,” he gasped, enjoying the freedom of letting his dick swing as he walked. Nothing like the liberty of one’s own home.

“Mhhhhrrrrmmmrmrrmrmmm…!” Eliana produced a series of noises that John could only describe as the mating call of a submissive in heat. The nostrils of the blueish pale woman flared, his scent hitting her without the layers of clothes between them. “Pump me full of white, Master?” she requested cutely.

John could not conceive of a way he could refuse. Having left her robe in his inventory, Eliana was only wearing her harness and that creation of leather strings and metal rings was more BDSM equipment than proper clothing in the first place. The thong was easily slipped aside. The head of his cock found her pussy dripping wet.

“How I missed this cocksleeve,” he hissed, while lowering her on his manhood. He had seen her the previous four days, but he had deliberately chosen not to fuck her during that time. The reunion was sweeter with a bit of a delay. “The plan was to take you on the bed,” he whispered to her, “but you’re just too eager. A good quality for a sex slave.”

“Ehehehehehe, thank you, Master!” Eliana laughed and shouted in response.

At the height of confidence, John walked through the door that Aclysia had opened for him. Two maids and one berserker babe walked in front of him, all three of them stripped down, all three swinging their butts for his viewing pleasure. Aclysia and Ehtra’s plump rears jiggled with every step, that of the First of Hatred more courtesy of the energy she put into her gait. Metra’s toned behind lacked that amount of squish, but she made up for it with the accentuating swings of her tail and the delight of contrast.

The cries of the pretty little psycho filled the hallway. Erotic moans and crazed giggles bounced off the polished floors and the art pieces that decorated the walls. Gently artificial light illuminated everything evenly. No two doors were the same. Rarely were the same two doors next to each other forever these days either. The Palace was ever shifting for their convenience.

“Fuck, you are tight,” John muttered, as if that was a surprising revelation. His walk-fuck only kept on giggling. Not fucking her for four days pushed her a little bit in the cock-starved direction.

Aclysia opened up the door to their apartment, but John could not wait any longer. Stopping next to the door, he pinned Eliana against the wall. Arms and legs of the submissive masochist loosened, giving him the space to rut into her with reckless abandon. Attempts at forming sentences were made by Eliana. All that came out were disconnected syllables and incoherent screams.

PLAP! The loud noises of their lovemaking underlined her shouts. SMACK! John grabbed her thighs. His teeth caught one of the nipples atop her swaying, decently large breasts. He bit down as hard as he dared and as much as she loved it.

Fingers scratching over his back animated John to fuck her even harder. After a few minutes, Eliana couldn’t even shout anymore. She was just pushing out disconnected moans and grunts. Her pussy was a gushing mess, utterly at the mercy of her Master. It all came to the predictable and wonderful end: his cock buried deep inside her, his seed painting her insides white, and her juices squirting over their joined sexes.

The pitter-patter of the forming puddle was the unsteady rhythm under their ragged breaths. Still hard, but a little clearer now, John kept the blissed out cocksleeve impaled on his cock. Aclysia directed him into the room with a smile. Ehtra pinched the bridge of her nose.

John raised an eyebrow and turned the corner. He stopped immediately and sighed. Four women were situated on a corner of the Couch, enjoying some tea together. Three of them were smiling at him. Lorelei, Hailey, and Rave, all three of them his, none of them surprised. “You’re home early, tiger,” his first fiancee greeted him.

“Do you know no decency?!” the fourth woman shouted and raised her head from being buried in her palms. Red hair flew, green eyes lingered on him and Eliana for a little too long, before swiftly dashing to the side.

“Hello, Moira,” John greeted her.

“Clothes!” the Warden demanded.