Greed God chapter 79 (Patreon)

January 26th 2016 Palace of Debauchery 11:00 PM EDT

I  did get another blowjob, and Zee was awfully generous with how rough  she let me be, regardless, I enjoyed myself and I got a nice handful of  those tits while she sucked me. I could have probably pushed her into a  fuck, but with that fucking monster of a house watching my every move I  wasn't willing to try messing with her desires too much. Besides, I'd  gotten distracted, but I had things to do still. Specifically I had gear  to make and upgrades to do with all that magic shit I'd bought, and I  was excited to get started.

I had everything laid out on  the table in front of me, and Cherry was next to me looking things over.  The only two items I didn't add to my pile was the Babylon Candle and  the Pendant. Everything else was mixed in with my stock of valuable  random items for merges. I'd considered my best move to power up was a  combination of gear and backup. Cherry needed her upgrade still, so I'd  decided to use one of the magic items to boost her before the party. I  didn't want to bring Whisper while she was pregnant, as useful as she  would be, so I planned to get Cherry to the point where she would be  just as useful.

I even knew what I was going to give her. I  held up the hand of glory for her to look over. "So, I've been  considering exactly what I need, and I'm missing an infiltrator and  thief. I'd considered using Cheshire for that, but honestly she isn't  reliable enough. You've been so helpful to me, and I'm still working on  finding Trevor, so I thought a present might help you feel a bit more  taken care of. You know what a hand of glory is? Any issues having a  power like that?"

She actually giggled with anticipation.  "Not at all daddy, I do know what a hand of glory is, but they're rare.  Most of them have long since been used, and hanging has gone out of  style in most of the European countries that used to make them. I'm  shocked you found one with this much juice left in it. The only ones  I've ever heard of were almost burned  out. This looks like it has  another three or four uses in it. How would the power work though? Would  my fingers catch fire? just so I know what I'm in for."

My  shrug was lazy. "Who knows. It's sort of up in the air. The merges are  odd and sort of unpredictable. I just know they tend to conform to your  wishes as best as possible within the meta. Well, my wishes, but I don't  want your hands catching  fire during sex so my preference is little to  no physical alterations so that'll probably be what we get. So, you  ready for this? Because you can back out." I smiled at her smugly. "I'm  sure Barbie would love to have this kind of ability. Batgirl could  definitely use some powers."

Cherry's teeth ground as she  glared out of the room towards the front door and presumably at Barbie.  In all seriousness I wasn't actually in a hurry to give Barbie powers. I  wasn't clear on her loyalties, and my policy on direct micromanaging  was even more applicable to someone like her than anyone else I had on  the payroll. Maybe someday Barbie would prove herself enough to become  part of my daily operations, but until then I'd be keeping the merging  powers of the system in my back pocket.

Cherry shoved the  hand back at me. "I don't recall asking for a lecture daddy. I'm just  waiting for you to start." She raised an eyebrow challengingly and I  reached out and grabbed and handful of her ass, pulling her in for a  rough kiss. She moaned into my mouth, running her hands over my body  before she pulled back. I grinned and pinched her ass, getting another  giggle. I had to admit I like Cherry. She was nuts, but her ass didn't  quit and she fucked like a firecracker. Plus I was beginning to get used  to her brand of insanity.

I gestured her over to sit down  and put the hand next to her before triggering the merge without delay.  With Cherry as the primary ingredient in the merge there was no reason  to worry. She blazed to light, same as the hand, and both of the  energies flowed together, recombining into a new merged version of  Cherry. Sure enough there wasn't much to see about her shift, her blonde  hair was a bit more white than before, and she was slightly paler, but  other than that I saw no obvious signs she'd been merged at all. So of  course I used appraisal.

[Appraisal function activated. Treasure detected. Charise  Carnes- G ranked Phantom Lady. A ghostly phantasm given human form,  Charise dedicates her new abilities to her 'daddy' Nicholas Lord.  Enthralled by his sexual prowess and dominating hand she is devoted to  his every whim, the only caveat being her requirement that he find her  ex to prove himself. As a Phantom Lady Charise possesses the power to  enter a home unseen and unheard, to leave no trace, open locked doors  and keep her victims in a state of sleep.]

Perfect.  She got all the tricks from the hand, plus some interesting potential  ghost powers. Until then though, I noted the description, partially with  pride and partially with a mental note that I really needed to contact  the Calculator about Trevor. It was nice to have her loyalty confirmed,  but I had a feeling based on the way that was phrased that if I fucked  her over on the Trevor thing her loyalty would snap the other way  quickly. Cherry was fun and sexy but she wasn't exactly mentally stable.  Still, it shouldn't be too hard to make sure to catch one random guy, I  just had to make sure it didn't get buried under other things I needed  to attend to.

Cherry  looked...rapturous. "I can feel it. The power. The magic. I want to test  it! Can I rob someone? One of the neighbors maybe? I just want to steal  something small and they'll never know." I had to laugh at the bubbly  excitement. She stared at me hopefully for a minute, big blue eyes wide  with hope, until I finally nodded and she squealed with joy. "Oh thank  you daddy! I'll bring you back something nice I promise!" She grabbed me  and yanked me down into a quick kiss before taking off out of the room  to test her new powers.

Once  she was gone I got started on my newest piece of defensive gear. My  first decision was what to use. My regalia was great, but it was really  noticable. It worked really well for Mammon, but I couldn't use it for  anything else. In light of that I was thinking something a bit more  innocuous for my new shield item. I started simple. A J ranked vest from  a suit that would fit under my clothes and a J ranked iron hauberk from  a shitty mass produced set of armor.

[Appraisal  function activated. Treasure detected. Steel weave vest- I rank. A vest  with reinforcing metal woven unobtrusively into the silk. Comfortable  and stylish as well as highly durable.]

I  smiled, that was a good start. Next I took out the shield talisman. It  had a ten minute lifespan on it, which didn't work for me, so I set it  down on a rechargeable electric car battery, merging the two together.  The battery melted into the talisman easily enough.

[Appraisal function activated. Treasure detected. Lightning  ward- H rank. A mystical shield talisman that converts electricity into  raw defensive might, the more electricity poured into the talisman the  stronger the shield.]

It  was perfect. Next up I needed to add some shock absorption to the vest,  no pun intended. I didn't really have any materials that would allow  that, so I merged together a roll of bubble wrap and some styrofoam  packing peanuts, then merged that with the vest.

[Appraisal function activated. Treasure detected. Shock  absorbing steel vest- H rank. A durable and comfortable vest that  nullifies impact from a portion of anything that hits it.]

Of  course the next step was to merge the ward and vest, and I was pretty  sure the shock absorption aspect of things would make it symbolically  more compatible.

[Appraisal function activated. Treasure detected. Electric  reactor vest- G rank. A powerful magical tool that turns electricity  into raw defensive power, covering the wielder in an imperceptible  shield that can nullify impacts.]

I  merged together another two vests with hauberks, then merged those into  an H ranked version of the vest, followed by creating an H rank shock  absorber. I merged those two together to get another G ranked vest, this  one shock absorbent only, and merged that with the reactor vest to make  something a bit more powerful.

[Appraisal function activated. Treasure detected. Bulwark  of electric force- F rank. A powerful mystical vest that converts  electric energy into raw defensive might. Creates an invisible shield  that can stop impact or magical energy.]

That  didn't sound so much better, but it definitely was. Being able to  defend me from magic was fantastic. Now I just had to figure out how to  get it up to E rank. I had an idea, but it would be complicated and  difficult, not to mention painful. I'd specifically used electricity as a  base for the vest because I could generate the stuff now. I could  theoretically merge the vest with myself, but I wanted to try to keep my  powers focused into one vein. The dragon thing was neat and I wanted to  see where it led, and I wasn't keen on branching too hard into the  lightning stuff.

In  the spirit of that I was going to try to put my powers to use upgrading  the thing without merging it into me directly. Luckily I didn't need  to. My blood had energizing properties. I went and found a nice gem and  some batteries. Merging them all together to create a stone that could  store power, then I slit my wrist open and poured a bunch of my blood  onto it while focusing lightning into the red liquid.

Rather  than let the blood charge it, I initiated a merge between the two. My  blood was only G ranked when it wasn't part of me, which made sense, it  was just a fraction of my power, but it was enough.

[Appraisal function activated. Treasure detected. Lifestorm  lightning gem- F rank. A powerful mystical energy source made from the  blood of a lifestorm wyrm. An endless source of electric power.]

Perfect.  Now I only had one more step. I checked my Greed Points. I'd still have  twenty thousand after I made my new defensive item. More than enough to  avoid the system turning me into a jittery impulsive mess to get  points. With one last look between them I initiated the merge of my  second E ranked item ever.

[Appraisal function activated. Treasure detected. Mantle  of Raiden- E rank. Protection and power. A bastion of defense against  magic or force. A mantle of power rather than of physical substance,  once adorned no sign of it's presence remains. Only the bearer can  remove the mantle.]

It  was...beautiful. A sleek black vest with crystalline blue streaks of  lightning imbued gem thread playing across the surface, twisting through  the fabric like solid electricity. I slipped it on, and like it said  the second it touched my skin it melted into my aura. I could still feel  it, surrounding and protecting me, but it would be completely invisible  until needed. The best part was I felt it harmonizing with my nature, a  synergy between the lightning in me and in the mantle. I wasn't sure  exactly what was coming at that party. But I was pretty damn sure this  would help.