In the year one thousand and fifty four the sun shined on the great hall of Madrid's royal castle, where a great meeting was taking place. One that could change the fate of man.
In the circular great hall of Madrid, the nobles of Andalusia and Aragon bickered. At the end of the hall sat the king of Aragon on a mighty throne. There were balconies on the sides of the room where sat the important nobles of the two Kingdom's and the king of Andalusia.
'We have received reports that the greenskins are amassing on the borders of Arabia.' Said the Duke of Valencia.
'Certainly, the recent attacks against eastern Mesopotamia are evidence enough.' Said the Duke of Murcia in support.
'I agree the Greenskins are on the move. We must act now. Before it is too late.' Said the Duke of Cordoba in agreement.
'This is absurd, why should we send over forces to help the Arabians. I will not stand for this!' Said the Duke of Granada sternly.
'The greenskins are not over primary concern here. How many times must I repeat myself. King Ramiro of Aragon you must heed my warning. These Ratmen that infest the Pyrenees mountains could pose a dire threat to us.' Said the Duke of Navarra.
'Ratmem? Ridiculous they have not posed a threat to us for the last one hundred years.' Lots of Murmurs were heard in the hall as men started to argue and discuss the man's word's.
'Even if these Ratmen pose a threat to us, what are you proposing we do?' Asked a noble.
'As I have said the church has already started measures to place the region into strict quarantine. We must cut the ratmen food sources off.' Said the Duke of Navarra.
'Enough. I will not institute quarantine without proper proof of your claims. Duke. I will not make my people suffer, by becoming prisoners in their own lands.' Said the King of Aragon.
As the great hall went quiet a knock could be heard on the great door as two a young men wearing medieval hunter outfits stepped in. One was the second-born son of the Duke of Faro Tadeo and the other was Marino. They were dragging with them a black hooded humanoid creature with a tale. As they got to the center of the hall they knelt.
Four years had passed and Marino was now a 16 year's old extremely Muscular young handsome man. He had yellow eyes and three small scar's going over he's right eye.
'What is the meaning of this?' The king said angrily.
'My apologies Your Majesty for my late arrival but we bring urgent news.' Said Tadeo while kneeling.
Hearing this Marino lifted the dead ratman's head so they could all see as he took of the hood and explained. ' Two years ago my village was attacked by a black hooded red-eyed creature. After that, there have been reports of cattle going missing near the Granadan border. So we decided to go investigate the situation. And that is where we encountered this red-eyed black hooded ratmen. Your majesty I believe this here is the culprit of the murders and he's not the only one. There are many signs of the ratmen residing in the southern mountains.'
'Preposterous. Are we to believe the mere word's of a merchant and a second son?' The king laughed in response.
'No your majesty but we found this on the ratman.' Tadeo said as he took out a paper and seal from the ratmans shirt.
There on the ground, they saw a coat of arms unlike any other. One side was white with a pomegranate which resembles the Granadan coat of arms. The other side was red with a horned black rat on it. Under the symbols, there were letters inscribed on it that nobody could read.
Seeing this the king of Andalusia asked. 'What sort of language is it and what does it say?'
Hearing this everybody silently waited for the boys answer eagerly.
'My King I am no expert on this matter but I believe the words talk of a union. It's the Confederacy of Independent nation's. According to this paper, the ratman was carrying out reconnaissance missions on the Dukedom of Faro, in preparation for war.' Tadeo said with a firm tone and waited with his head held low for an answer.
Hearing this serious accusation all the nobles turned to look at the Duke of Granada who was long gone. Along with the Duke all he's underlings were gone.
Seeing this the King of Aragon roared and said. 'Where is the Duke? Guards bring him to me! I demand answers!'
Then a Guard came in and said. 'My apologies your majesty. The Duke left almost immediately when Marino and Tadeo entered the hall. he's long gone.'
Hearing this the room turned into uproar. They all started to demand the head of the traitor.
In the Western human kingdoms, it was considered a heretical action to even speak to a ratman. In their eyes ratmen where not even deserving of being considered animals, they were worse than animals. They were man-eating monsters.
Seeing that their plan had worked. Marino and Tadeo quietly sneaked out of the hall as Marino thought about how they had gotten there.
During the last few years, Jesus had started to train Marino in the use of sword's, Shields and bow's. Apparently, Jesus was a former crusader and a master swordsman.
Marino's growing business and crazy intense training had caught the eyes of many. So he created the first public outdoor gym where he, the town's people and visiting travelers trained. That is how he met Tadeo who decided to start training with Marino.
Marino and Tadeo were close as they both had great ambitions and they had decided to help each other reach their goals.
Tadeo wanted to become the Duke of Faro and Marino wanted to become a noble and a rich man. So they had conducted an evil plan together.
During this time he had also created the world's first toothbrush made of boar hair. Off course making such a product would not be easy and so he had started to hunt plenty of boars.
One day while Tadeo and Marino were hunting for boars they had come upon the ratman scout. After killing the ratman and investigating it's corpse and the secrets it carried. That's when they had decided to use this opportunity for their own advantage. If they managed to convince the Kingdom's to start a war it would bring them lots of opportunities.
For instance, when a war would start it was tradition that nobility take their first born to the battlefield to learn the art of war. The Duke of Faro would then take he's firstborn to war and if everything worked out they both would die. Or that's what Tadeo hoped for. If they both died then he could take his father's place and become Duke.
While Ratmen could be defeated on the open field and castle walls, it would be completely different underground. Or that's what they thought.
Thinking of this Marino and Tadeo walked away from the city of Madrid laughing like evil villains. Muha ha ha haaaa!
Soon Tadeo would be Duke and then Marino would take the town of Segres from the lord. After that Tadeo would legitimise his position as the new lord and Marino would become a part of the nobility.
Or that's what they hoped for.
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After the lord's of the Kingdom's returned to their domains, they all started to prepare for war. Old weapons were being sharpened and armour's polished as the blacksmith's created new ones. There was great excitement in the air of every village and town.
Marino and Jesus were also preparing for the upcoming war by dueling and honing their skills. While Marino swung his sword with power and great speed, Jusus calmly parried with skill.
When Marino came at him with a powerful overhead strike. Jesus just deflated the attack and kicked him in the stomach, sending Marino flying to the sandy ground of the beach where they trained.
'Focus boy. You are too emotional. Calm your mind, feel yourself being one with your blade and use your head.' Jesus said calmly.
Hearing this Marino frowned and got up from the ground. Bullshit, I will show you, real power Father. He thought to himself as he got ready for round two. When Jesus put his right leg forward and got into he's fighting stance. Marino quickly pushed he's left hand forward as if trying to grab Jesus's right leg. Then in the next moment, he pulled.
Jesus tried to counter him with his own hand but it was too late. Jesus was out of balance as his right leg aimed towards the sky.
Seeing this Marino jumped forward with inhuman speed and kicked Jesus to the stomach, sending him flying to the ground.
'Got you!' Marino said excitedly
While Jesus shook his head in disappointment and said. 'Did you listen to anything I said and that was a cheap shot.'
'Well if you ask me it's not the method but the result that counts Father.' Marino said arrogantly. Jesus just shook his head as they both dusted off the sand and headed home.
Two year's ago He had decided to create toothbrushes from boar hair's. He discovered that killing the boars in brutal and sadistic ways, made him feel powerful and he started to feel some sort of a mysterious force growing around him. The first time he had felt this was back at the Lopes Farm where he had brutally killed the chickens and most of the family.
Marino had discovered this mysterious power let him move objects and increase he's power overall. He had finally discovered his isekai overpowered powers.
As he grew stronger he started to notice that some others had trace's of this mysterious force in their bodies also. One of these people was Jesus he's father. Noticing this he had started to teach he's father in the use of this power.
Jesus learned to use this force but in a different way. While Marino got stronger from harnessing negative thoughts and emotions. He's father got stronger by calming he's mind and getting rid of all emotion and just focusing on getting closer to the force.
Just like that, two different schools of thought were created. Marino had he's disciples who used their primal emotions to twist the force to serve their will. While Jesus and he's followers tried to work with the force and become one with it.
When Marino and Jesus walked home they could see the two different groups training. While Jesus's followers were practicing techniques and meditation. Marino saw he's followers doing hard gym exercises and fighting each other until their bodies were bloodied.
When They got home they saw Lara and Mary preparing food in the kitchen. While two little toddlers played happily together on the floor.
Two Years ago the two women had gotten pregnant and given birth. The Colombo family had grown by two additional members. Thanks to Jesus and Mary's efforts a new baby boy was born to the family. Now the boy named Adam was two year's old and Eve a girl was also two. During their time together Marino had somehow gotten Lara pregnant after her 16 birthday. And now she had given birth to Eve.
While miscarriages were common in this time period due to many reasons, but most commonly it was because of the harsh lifestyle. Thanks to their family's wealth and healthy practices like exercise they could avoid this somewhat better. Thanks to the exercises both of the women had beautiful asses and big birthing hips that helped also.
And now once again the duo were pregnant normally this would be a big financial drain for the family but not to them.
With the opening of the world's first fast food restaurant SubColombo, their family's wealth had increased greatly. It apparently was a great hit and quickly they were able to spread all around the country and even into the Empire of Arabia.
They had even opened their own clothing brand and stores. The store was a massive hit. Marino had decided to go straight for the Victorian-style women's clothes with a mix of modern underwear. The store also sold beauty products like shampoo and make-up. It was a brand meant just for women but there were also hygienic items like the toothbrush made of boar's hair.
Marino was not interested in helping society he just wanted as much profit as possible, which is why he only focused on women's products.
But even with the Colombo name and brand becoming known through the neighboring countries it was not enough. He had managed to only put 6 ship's together. That was only double of what Kolumbus had in history.
And since he didn't have the king's blessings and with the war coming up he needed to find he's own crew. Lucky for him he had managed to create somewhat of a fanatical cult of follower's. He's family's prestige was extremely high and he was able to use the force so that helped.
In the cult he was called the grand master and below him were he's 7 hand's. 7 extremely loyal force jusers like Tadeo who was one of them. They had managed to put together a crew of 240 cultists who called themselves the chosen. Every ship would have a hand as their captain and Marino's ship would have two of them managing it alongside him.
Marino could have waited longer but with the war brewing, he had decided to accelerate he's plan's. And he was also extremely impatient and eager to gain power.