Hello people, and welcome back to Goblin Slayer: The Team Year 2. At least the team has a plan to take care of Cambion now thanks to their newest member, now let's see them act on it...and see how Cow Girl's training goes with the team's big cheese.
Review Response: Yeah...and this case is arguably worse; poor girl's going to get Post Traumatic Stress Disorder at this rate...but at least she has Warrior to ease her mind eh? As for the baby? Heh...you know things are tense if a woman is willing to risk getting gangbanged by goblins to keep a baby safe.
Well, some people gave me flak for summaries before, despite my honest apology for it, so...as a wise man said: some people are just a miserable pile of "I can't even".
Rhea Scout returned to Cambion who was sitting on a rock overlooking the slaves digging up a stone doorway.
"So...I was failed yet again?" Cambion asked.
"There was nothing I could do my liege. W-Warlock was captured and...he's probably dead." Rhea Scout said.
"And you're about to join him!" Cambion snapped as he stood up and Rhea Scout jumped back in fear before Cambion calmed down. "Did you at least signal the Evil Sect's army like you promised? The passage to the Astral Plane is almost uncovered, and you know what sort of creatures lurk within."
"They're gathering in an out-of-the-way spot as we speak, and they should be on-the-march any time now." Rhea Scout said.
"Ride out and motivate them to travel faster." Cambion said.
"May I ask what you will do?" Rhea Scout asked.
"Keep these men digging. Now go, and if you encounter Ranger, pray to whatever deity you can think of that he does not find you." Cambion said as he sat down and looked at the digging site.
"You better be careful with Ranger's horse. She's 7 years old and Ranger's had her since she was a baby." Fighter said as Dwarf Rifleman drove their cart to the elder dragon's lair.
"Oh relax, I can handle horses like I handle my rifle." D.R. said.
"I must thank you again for enabling us to meet an elder dragon Sir Hunter." Lizard Priest said.
"Don't mention it. Hey, you have a thing for dragons?" D.R. asked.
"Very much so. My people have revered dragons for countless generations, and we even believe ourselves related to the great beasts." Lizard Priest said.
"I hope he'll be o.k. with me now that I killed a plague dragon..." Warrior said as he looked up from reading Wizard's spellbook.
"Sir Warrior, you have done not only us, but the whole world a service by killing that abomination. This elder dragon will no doubt revere you for it." Lizard Priest said.
"In any case, we have a few stops before we get to the dragon's lair, which includes a hot spring and an old dwarven outpost to maybe stock up." D.R. said.
"Alright..." H.E. Archer said as she kept laying down, using the bag she has as a pillow.
"Are you still tired Lady Archer?" Lizard Priest asked.
"Yes...I don't regret staying up but...my body apparently does." H.E. Archer said before yawning and the Team spent a good 5 minutes in total silence before Warrior held out his hand and some yellow smoke appeared.
"Hey! Careful with the Fear spell! You hit any of us, we'll start tripping balls in the worst way." Wizard's brother exclaimed as Warrior's spell vanished.
"Well, at least I know what not to do to use a mind-healing spell." Warrior said awkwardly.
"You don't fucking say." Wizard's brother said.
"Actually...this reminds me that I should illusion-proof all of us. Come to think of it..." Wizard said as she took out a mana gem. "Priestess, your necklace?" Priestess than forked over her regeneration necklace, Wizard tapped it together with her mana gem and gave it back. "There, it should be able to let you grow back lost limbs if needed."
"Let me guess, that's a mana gem?" D.R. asked.
"Yeah, you've seen one before?" Wizard asked.
"Yep, I also know where the word "mana" comes from: the language of the people that live on a chain of island far off the coast. The word itself refers to spiritual power." D.R. said.
"Like the chakras..." Fighter said thoughtfully.
"I guess...but according to them, there's only two serious ways it can be generated, or at least strengthened: win fights, and...well...shagging." D.R. said.
"Are you serious? We can get stronger just by kicking people's asses or having as much sex as possible?" H.E. Archer asked in disbelief.
"Apparently, so if any of you have a special someone, I'd fuck their brains out as often as possible if I were you." D.R. said.
"I don't know...I was taught that mating is a sacred business, one that shouldn't be taken lightly." Priestess said.
"Indeed it is good lass, but if you have a bond with someone, who is anyone to stand between you?" D.R. asked rhetorically.
"Man's got a point." Warrior said.
"Wait, how do you know about this?" H.E. Archer asked.
"I've had more travels than I can count before I joined Summoner's crew, which includes going to temples of the Sea Goddess, whom those islanders revered with a passion..for obvious reasons." D.R. said.
"That doesn't explain how you know about mana." H.E. Archer said.
"They told me, duh." D.R. said.
"I'll bet you had quite a bit of fun with some of their women eh?" Wizard said dryly.
"Believe it or not, I'm still a virgin. No way I'm throwing away my first time away on something not complete." D.R. said seriously.
"Well, in your case...please don't try to make me an uncle before we're done with the Cambion." Wizard's brother said.
"Relax, we use as much of that sterility potion as we need to, but when we're done, all bets are off." Wizard said.
"When you're ready, may your young be healthy and as plentiful as you desire." Lizard Priest said with reverence.
"Thank you very much..." Wizard said with a smile. The first time he said that to Ranger and Fighter was kind of awkward, but also quite sweet, and now that the lizardman is informed enough...it's nothing but sweet now.
"It's too bad I gave my arsenal away to the recruits back in the frontier; that farm girl could use the diversity in her skills..." Warrior said thoughtfully.
"I'm sure she'll be fine..." Fighter said.
Back at the fortress, Ranger had Cow Girl try her hand with a longsword on one of the dummies the demon hunters used.
"That'll do. Believe it or not, your technique is better than the Hero's." Ranger said and Cow Girl raised an eyebrow; she was clearly not expecting that. "How often do you use a blade?"
"This is my first time using one, but I saw your fight with that big guy with the greatsword and asked myself "what would Ranger do?" Cow Girl said and Ranger smirked at the flattery.
"Well, considering you didn't use a blade before, that was great. Be that as it may, there's alot more to go over, but that really should be expected." Ranger said.
"Oh it was; getting it right on my first try is...ridiculous." Cow Girl said.
"Even I still have a few miles to go, and I've been at this since I was 5 or 6 years old." Ranger said.
"Yikes...no wonder you've done so well so far." Cow Girl said exasperated.
"Hey, I myself picked up new tricks over my career, and as a Platinum Rank...it's alittle disgraceful if I don't give you what I have." Ranger said and Cow Girl chuckled a bit.
"Anyway, I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this, but why have me use a sword when the axe you gave me works just as well?" She asked.
"Simple: the more weapons you master, the more likely you are to win. Say you throw your axe, and it doesn't come back to you for...some reason, but that's the only weapon you know how to use properly, and the rest of the weapons around you are almost unknown to you. Worst case scenario: you're screwed..." Ranger said.
"I figured..." Cow Girl said softly.
"On top of that...the contrast of the difficulty of one style versus another can make a greater impact on what you feel each time than you realize at first glance. An axe and a sword for example." Ranger said and Cow Girl thoughtfully looked at her blade.
"Now that you mention it...the axe is slow and clunky despite how much damage it did to those goblins, yet his sword is light and easy to move, although, it doesn't hit as hard." She said.
"Raw damage isn't everything, especially if one strike to the right place is all it takes, like a stab through the heart, or the top of a goblin's head." Ranger said.
"You're starting to sound like Goblin Slayer..." Cow Girl said amused then looked down nervously before looking around. "May I ask about something personal?"
"That depends...what kind of "personal" do you mean?" Ranger asked.
"Between you and Fighter...in bed..." Cow Girl said cautiously and got a curious look from him.
"Wait...you and Goblin Slayer-" Cow Girl cuts him off.
"No, we're haven't had sex, at least...not yet, but...at a better time w-would you..." She then takes a moment to compose herself. "Would you please let me know what you do to Fighter when you make love?" Ranger stood there in disbelief then looked at the entrance thoughtfully.
"Alright...if it'll help the two of you, I'll share my secrets, but I'm not going to touch you, at least not without your armor on; these hands are only touching my wife's body." Ranger said seriously.
"I get it." Cow Girl said.
"Well, what have you done together so far?" Ranger asked.
"I just had him touch me, even my chest and legs. He said my body feels pleasant, but that's about it." Cow Girl said.
"He does not know how lucky he is; if my position was reversed with his...you would probably have to cut my hands off of you." Ranger said honestly.
"O.k...this is making me uncomfortable..." Cow Girl groaned.
"Sorry, that was not my intention, but I mean it, Goblin Slayer is a lucky man, and you both deserve each other." Ranger said before putting his hands on her shoulders and got a small smile out of her, before he hugged her tightly yet softly. "Thank you again for looking after my daughter. If something happened to her...I don't know what I'd do..." Cow Girl then returned the hug.
"You're a good father Ranger, and I'm sure you're a good husband as well. You certainly deserve those Platinum tags." She said softly as she tightened the embrace and they stood there for a few more seconds and did nothing but breath deeply, until he pulled away from her, still holding her narrow waist, and looking at her softly.
"There's one more thing I'd like you to try." Ranger said as the softness slowly faded.
"O.k..." Cow Girl whispered as they let go.
"A mental exercise to be exact. You know I use my massive swords by simply wanting them to follow my lead?" Ranger asked.
"No I did not..." Cow Girl said as Ranger morphed one and her eyes widened, her breath becoming shaky, and her legs trembled at the sight of the sword that was larger than the man holding it, as he put it on the floor.
"Do you want to be able to lift this?" Ranger asked and Cow Girl slowly nodded. "Then try it out." Cow Girl then looked the weapon over and thought. If she could lift this...somehow, and hit an opponent with a competently executed strike, the damage could be...immeasurable. But how can she pick it up? Ranger can but..he has special armor, he's about as big as GS, maybe larger, and he's used to handling it. She has only her armor, which she doubted was as advanced, but...she did agree it would be awesome if she could use it.
So she crouched down, grabbed the handle, sucked in the deepest breath she could, thought of the pride she'd feel if she could pick up...and she did...halfway. It was much lighter than she thought, but when her resolve shook for a moment...the thing became heavier, and her panic made it impossible to pick up again, and try as she might...it wasn't coming off the ground again.
"Come on...!" She groaned as she tried and failed several times to pick it up.
"Stop...stop!...STOP!" Ranger yelled as she let the sword go and huffed and shook with frustration.
"I was so close!" Cow Girl snapped as she pounded the ground with her armored fist and took a moment to calm down. When she did, Ranger knelt at her side.
"There's a reason I called this a mental exercise. Your frustration was going to happen even if you succeeded." Ranger said.
"Then why did you set me up to fail?!" Cow Girl snapped.
"Because the recovery you go through will prepare you for easier tasks. Think about it, if your training is worse than the real thing, then when you encounter the real thing, the risk will be that much lower, especially if it involves PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder." Ranger said.
"I know what PTSD means..." Cow Girl said.
"If you faced those goblins without knowing what they were, what they did, or how to use an axe, then even the best axe in the world wouldn't have saved you; only preparation can." Ranger said.
"But I was prepared! I had so many things going through my mind before I picked up that sword I don't know where to start, and none of them were holding me back; quite the opposite actually. That includes pride in being able to use it..." Cow Girl said and Ranger scoffed.
"No wonder you're so torn up over this. Pride has a nasty habit of throwing things out of balance; only humility can keep you from having to recover from mental backlash such as this." Ranger said and Cow Girl smirked.
"Your daughter is going to go through some interesting training as she grows up..." She said as her frustration turned into softness. Ranger then held out his hand, she took it, and he pulled her up and watched her finally get a solid grip.
"Let's go get something to eat, spend some time with my little girl, then come back to this." Ranger said softly.
"O.k..." Cow Girl said before turning to leave and turning her head to him, but kept her eyes on the floor. "Before we do...how does my figure compare to your wife's?"
"That's not a fair question; different people prefer different body types, and under that armor she loves so much...her chest and butt are almost as developed as yours, her muscles are roughly twice as large, and...well, I have no idea what your body feels like obviously, nor do I want to know, but the memory of how hers feels is one I never want to lose." Ranger said before looking her over. "Truth-be-told...I'm now curious how she'd look in that suit you're wearing now."
"Well...I hope Goblin Slayer gives me as much attention as you give her. Also...I hope he's as loyal to me as you are to her. I feel kind of guilty showing you my body while she's away; I hope she doesn't kill me for this..." Cow Girl said softly.
"Hey, she knows I only want her; we established that before we even married. The Sword Maiden even tried to kiss me once, but I couldn't because of how much I love Fighter, and the fact you and her both felt guilty is enough to make ends meet as far as I'm concerned. Hell, Fighter actually said she wouldn't blame me too much if I did kiss the Sword Maiden." Ranger said seriously.
"Because of what the goblins did to her..." Cow Girl whispered tensely.
"Yes...but I also said to the Sword Maiden that I probably would have slept with her if I wasn't spoken for, and she even said Fighter was the most fortunate woman she knew." Ranger said.
"It's amazing how some people are so flexible in cases like this when others are only focused on the bottom line..." Cow Girl said thoughtfully.
"Well, some people think with the wrong head." Ranger said dryly and Cow Girl giggled. "O.k...I know things are somewhat raw at this point...but that giggle of yours is absolutely adorable..."
"I can't help it; Fighter really is a lucky woman if she found a man this wise, strong and funny all at once." Cow Girl said cheerfully before turning somber again. "I hope Goblin Slayer comes out of his shell entirely someday."
"Well, if anyone can get that to happen, it's you." Ranger said as he touched her shoulder again.
"I often think to myself...what would he do if he retired? He might be in good company, but he's still human. He'll weaken, get tired, grow old...die, and not all wounds heal completely; what if he gets knocked down and can't get back up on his own, or at all? Even if he does, will it be worth the trouble?" Cow Girl asked with a thoughtful yet silky soft tone.
"Well...if he does get knocked down too hard, there will be others to replace him, not just my team. We will train an entire army of goblin slayers if we must, and we will use his knowledge to do so." Ranger said seriously and Cow Girl looked right at him with concern.
"You're not going to expose them to what he saw are you?!" She asked with a shaky voice.
"Of course not; I would never break anyone like that, not even my foes." Ranger said trying to ease the girl's nerves. "But his skills, tactics, and knowledge are all fair game." Cow Girl smiled at this.
"The War God really got his hooks into you, didn't he?" She asked.
"Not all the way, but yes." Ranger said.
"Heaven forbid it goes all the way; you once said the little girl in me is unkillable, I hope the same is true for the little boy in you." Cow Girl said.
"Trust me...my wife will nurture him as well as she nurtures our daughter..." Ranger said as they walked out of the room to get some lunch.
Meanwhile, the team stopped at the hot springs Dwarf Rifleman mentioned, got their stuff in order, and bailed out.
"All clear..." Wizard said as she looked around.
"Let me guess: Life Sight?" Dwarf Rifleman asked.
"Yeah, how'd you know?" Wizard asked.
"I can do it too." D.R. said.
"You have magic?" Warrior asked.
"Not much, but Life Sight saved my thick ass more times than I can count; makes popping heads alot easier if you can make them out among a bunch of camouflage, and speaking of which, have you learned any silence or cloaking spells?" D.R. asked.
"No I have not..." Wizard said dryly.
"Well, I did..." D.R. said. "I've got a spellbook of my own if you'd like, although, you won't find any offensive spells in it."
"I'll look at it later but first, let's get a soak in." Wizard said.
"Say, what rank are you?" Fighter asked.
"To those who care, I'm Ruby Ranked." D.R. said.
"Huh, so for once, we're not the lowest branches on the tree." H.E. Archer said from inside the cart.
"Aren't you coming?" Warrior asked.
"No, I've never been a fan of hot springs. Fire, water, earth, and air do not mix as far as I'm concerned." H.E. said.
"Right, I forgot..." Warrior said as Wizard dragged him along to one of the springs in the distance, as Lizard Priest got in the middle of the springs and laid down to bathe in the steam. Fighter and Priestess went to one on the other side of the area with D.R. and Wizard's brother each taking one of their own and just sat there cleaning themselves.
Wizard and Warrior stripped each other naked while throwing smirks at each other, then got used to the water before slowing settling in; the sexual tension wasn't that thick between them. Once they got used to the heat, they ran their warm, moist hands over the dry parts of each other's upper bodies, and when they got to each others' faces... they kissed briefly but sweetly over and over before looking each other through their eyelashes and kissed again with more depth and the only sounds were that of the water swishing, their lips smacking, and an occasional moan from Wizard which picked up as her strong, handsome, and gentle dragon slayer groped her breasts, and started squeezing and rubbing them. She then broke the kiss and turned around to give him a better angle and leaned into him as he kissed and licked her neck while fondling her heaving breasts.
"Warrior you glorious beast..." Wizard groaned as he kept working her chest.
"Every beauty needs her beast, right?" Warrior teased as he started rolling here nipples between his finger and thumb.
"Oh! Oh...yes...ohhhh..." Wizard groaned softly before Warrior ran his hands down her belly...then stroked her womanhood as her legs tensed up and her heart and lungs picked up their pace, and he used his free hand to squeeze her breasts, alternating between them as she gasped in bliss repeatedly as he kept stroking her swollen opening. After about 15 seconds of steady and gentle, yet intense stroking, a high-pitched gasp escaped her lips as she reached an orgasm before leaning against him, as he used his 2nd hand to continue groping her flawless fleshy orbs as she chuckled a bit.
"Having fun?" Warrior teased before kissing her neck and looked at her face that was bright as the sun itself.
"Oh yes..." Wizard groaned as she came down from her high and kissed her husband with hunger. "I love you so much..."
"And I love you...my dear sorceress..." Warrior said as they sat there enjoying each other's company as she leaned into his muscled torso, caressing and massaging the rest of his body all the while for a good 30 seconds. "It's a shame we didn't take any potion..." At this Wizard stopped caressing him and actually hugged him. "What?"
"It's just...do you want our own baby? And don't say "only on our terms"..." Wizard said.
"Of course I do, but I don't want you fighting while pregnant; that has bad news written all over it." Warrior said seriously.
"I can't imagine how we'd handle our own baby at a time like this; I don't even get how Ranger and Fighter handle a baby. Yes I know they have a ton of help but...we don't have that luxury." Wizard said as her voice cracked a bit and Warrior held her face to look at him.
"We will have a baby, when we have a baby, so stop fretting over what isn't on our plate." Warrior said softly and Wizard smiled brightly.
"I really did marry the right man; who else could pull me out of my head?" Wizard said.
"No one that loves you as much as I do..." Warrior said before kissing her sweetly, and she returned the kiss as they sat there tasting and touching each other for a good 10 seconds before she snuggled into him.
"I love you too..." Wizard whispered as they held each other as close as possible. "I feel so safe with you..."
"As you should..." Warrior whispered in her ear before kissing the side of her head. "I'll pull you out of your head, or even off the battlefield as many times as I need to."
"Thank you..." Wizard said as a few tears came down her cheeks.
Fighter and Priestess meanwhile were soaking in their own hot spring with Fighter watching Priestess who was deep in thought while they were washing their hair.
"Something wrong Priestess?" Fighter asked.
"It's the Sword Maiden...the time we bathed together in the Temple of Law and...we saw her scars...her horrible scars...!" Priestess said before breaking down crying as Fighter swam over to her and hugged her as Priestess wept her eyes out.
"It's o.k...Sword Maiden was healed remember? And she's in Heaven right now watching over us, maybe even the whole country, if not, then she's back at the fortress right now, looking after my daughter." Fighter said softly as she hugged her little sister.
"I know...but I hate that she was reduced to a broken shell of who she is now. No one should have to go through that much healing..." Priestess said with a cracked voice and Fighter dried her tears.
"Hey, as my husband said: Heaven is sweetest..." Fighter said.
"...when you've tasted Hell first...that man is a nephilim himself." Priestess said with a smile.
"Now that you mention it...he might as well be. He once promised he that he'd stay the same man I married. For once, I'm glad he broke his promise, because the man I married is as old as our daughter compared to what he is now." Fighter said softly. "I miss him already..."
"You can use that portal gem to return to the fortress to see him if you like. I'm sure the others won't mind; there's no way you'd abandon us." Priestess said.
"Of course not...I'd no sooner betray any you than I would my daughter...my own flesh and blood." Fighter said with her own voice starting to crack. The tensity of the moment was getting to her as well, and she took a moment to calm down. "I'll go see my family at night, if I can afford to, and I don't care if I have to run back on foot, you're finishing this mission with me at your side."
"You're a good friend Fighter. No...a good sister..." Priestess said brightly as she snuggled into Fighter's bosom.
"And I love you as a sister should..." Fighter said softly as she stroked Priestess' hair.
"I love you too..." Priestess said before chuckling. "We really are a family aren't we?"
"Yes we are, and Sword Maiden is as much a part of it as the rest of us. I'm sure my little girl will think so when she grows up." Fighter said.
"I can't wait to see her grow up." Priestess said and Fighter stroked her face as a response.
"Will you be her Sword Maiden?" Fighter asked and Priestess gasped.
"I would love to be...!" She said excitedly as Fighter smiled and hugged her yet again...then Priestess tightened her hold out of nowhere.
"What's wrong?" Fighter asked with concern before Priestess pulled away and put her hand on Fighter's left breast.
"I just remembered that time your heart almost gave out...that time you fought all those vampires." Priestess said and Fighter put her own hand on Priestess'.
"My heart is still beating, can't you feel it?" Fighter asked softly.
"Yes, but-" Fighter cuts her off.
"But nothing. I'm still alive; I still get to hold my baby, to kiss my husband...to hug my sister." She said as she caressed Priestess' hand...before her voice lowered and she smirked. "And I still get to crush some goblins." Priestess chuckled at this. "And it's all thanks to you..."
"Don't mention it..." Priestess said softly. "Fighter...do you think I could be the next Sword Maiden?"
"Why...on the Earth Mother's child...would you ask me that?" Fighter asked.
"Well...the Sword Maiden sort of speaks for herself when it comes to her influence, legacy, and who-knows-what-else, plus she's...well, compare her body to my own..." Priestess said with some self-consciousness in her voice.
"Hey, like that dwarf said: size isn't everything. Sure it was in questionable taste, but he's not wrong. Besides, you've gotten larger over the last year, and so did I for that matter, not to mention I'm what, 2? 3 years older than you? I'm sure you'll grow out some more." Fighter said seriously and got a smile out of Priestess.
"I hope so..." She said.
"Come on, let's finish up and get out of this water before-" Fighter shuts up right away.
"Before we grow faint..." Priestess said softly and Fighter sighed.
"I was trying to avoid saying it..." Fighter said seriously. They both knew how distasteful that phrase was; Sword Maiden said it before they figured out the goblins ensnared her.
"Well...what's done is done; she's with Storm Mage now, and she'll never go through the horrors the goblins have to offer again." Priestess said and got yet another hug from her surrogate older sister that was more gentle than the previous ones, and they sat there enjoying each other's company.
"Seriously though...we should get out of the water. I love that we get to bond like this, but there's such thing as too much." Fighter said.
"O.k..." Priestess whispered as they got out and dried off.
H.E. Archer was getting a bit of archery practice in by shooting at a dead tree, then Dwarf Rifleman showed up.
"I thought I'd find you here." He said as H.E. Archer notched another arrow.
"What do you want?" She asked before letting off her arrow.
"I want to see where you were. I went to the cart, hoping to see if you had any stories of your own, but when you were gone, I thought you were kidnapped or something." D.R. said and H.E. Archer lowered her bow. "We're teammates remember? We're supposed to watch each other's asses."
"Right...well, what would you like to hear?" H.E. Archer asked.
"Well, tell me about that Goblin Slayer fellow." D.R. said as he sat down on a rock with H.E. Archer sitting down on another.
"Ah...well, you know we beat an ogre at some ruins, and...I'll never forget the girl we saved. Thank all things holy she's alright now..." H.E. Archer said somberly before pulling herself together. "You know Ranger actually told her that he hopes any light she sees from that point forward is that much more beautiful or something like that; I don't remember exactly what he said."
"The only people I know who talk like that are saints, and sentinels." D.R. said with awe.
"Sentinels?" H.E. Archer asked.
"Dwarven crusaders basically. We have our own fair share of holy warriors roaming our nation, do you?" D.R. asked.
"Yes, the druids, although they mostly go around giving people a hand rather than fighting demons or the like." H.E. Archer said.
"Oh well, it's a plus regardless. But you didn't finish your story." D.R. said.
"Right...well, I'm alittle embarrassed to say that was my first real encounter with goblins, and...I was about as unprepared as I can get, but at least I learned from my mistakes, and we killed an ogre that was empowered by a demon general, and even led an entire army of goblins himself. The bastard even threatened to make me suffer more than that girl we rescued." H.E. Archer said.
"Turned out real well for him didn't it?" D.R. said with a smirk and got a chuckle out of his elf companion.
"I also went to my sister's wedding a few months ago, and had to face goblins that were taming some kind of monster I've never seen before." H.E. Archer said.
"Let me guess: you and your squad put them all six feet under?" D.R. said.
"That's correct, and the wedding went off without a hitch. My sister will likely be a queen sometime soon." H.E. Archer said.
"Queen? Why's that?" D.R. asked in disbelief.
"My sister's a princess, and by extension, so am I, and no you don't have to call me "Your Highness." H.E. Archer said as D.R. kept staring at her.
"Well...this was got a whole lot more interesting..." He said in exasperation. "My first encounter with goblins was when they swarmed into a school full of kids. Most of the kids survived, but others were...well, eaten, probably while still alive."
"Tell me you killed them." H.E. Archer snarled.
"Not me, but some sentinels did. After this incident, the dwarf counsel swore this would never happen again, and the sentinels' numbers swelled less than a week later. Killing children tends to rile the country for obvious reasons."
"Good on them for stepping up." H.E. Archer said while calming down.
"It gets better. Some elf woman I encountered just after I became a demon hunter, who as it turned out, worked for the Evil Sect, had the absolutely nerve to bring in a woman who was actually gang raped by goblins and told me that the effect her lifeless face had on me was a form of power, and that while the goblins were violating her...their ugliness made her beauty shine all the brighter. As if that justified anything...!" D.R. said with disgust. "And before you ask, yes, I killed her with her own knife. Anyway...I must admit that I agreed with her at first, but then I came to my senses and realized that she was just polishing a turd."
"What?" H.E. Archer asked.
"It's a human saying. It means making a bad thing look good, but as far as the metaphor itself is concerned...you can take a piece of shit, make it glitter, smell like a basket of fruit, color it gold, do whatever the fuck you want to do, but...nothing you do to that turd, is going to change what it is. Same logic applies with that elf bitch I flayed." D.R. said before smiling. "Truth-be-told, I kinda like the Evil Sect's higher-ups; no matter how bad you treat them, it never feels wrong."
"This is getting a bit heavy don't you think?" H.E. Archer said with discomfort.
"Sorry...we demon hunters rarely have very cheerful backstories, but it is worth getting our hands on unique perspectives." D.R. said.
"I'll bet. So...where'd you get your rifle?" H.E. Archer asked and D.R. removed it from his shoulder.
"You mean this little beauty? It was given to me to help my demon hunting by a dwarf engineer, and boy do I not regret it. Sure it's loud, I have to save bullets since they can only be used once, and it's a pain to maintain compared to a bow, but the noise can hurt my foe's ears...duh, it's easy to use, mostly, and on top of that...apparently the bullets can travel a whole mile in 2 seconds. Good luck dodging something moving that fast." D.R. said with pride.
"Apparently bows and guns are opposites from every angle..." H.E. Archer said thoughtfully.
"Apparently, but hey, it takes all kinds of people to make a nation great right?" D.R. asked and got a smile out of H.E. Archer.
"Can't argue with that. It's also quite helpful that I could shoot goblins through Priestess' Protection barriers." She said.
"Ah, the miracle of Protection...anything on the outside bounces right off of it, but anything inside can pass right through it. How the hell does that work?" D.R. asked.
"Don't know, don't care." H.E. Archer said before getting up. "Well, I do like these chats, but we should get back."
"Right. We have a dwarf outpost to look into. Here's hoping it's alright." D.R. said as the two went back to the cart and everyone hit the road.
Rhea Fighter was holding the baby, spoon-feeding her some fruit pulp, while GS, Cow Girl, and Ranger chowed down on venison stew, some bread, and drank a mug of ale.
"Goblin Slayer? You have any training in mind for me?" Cow Girl asked.
"Well, how much do you know about goblins?" GS asked.
"Other they have sharper hearing and smell than us, they're sadistic as all hell, they're cowards by nature, and fight as such? Not much..." Cow Girl said.
"Well, there's a reason they fight the way they do; they're not just cowards, they're weaklings as well. Without other goblins to back them up, they'll drop like flies." GS said.
"You know the phrase "hit hard, fast, and often"? Well, that goes double for goblins, and triple for when there's a whole swarm of them." Ranger said before drinking some beer.
"I did just that when those goblins jumped me. There were so many...but that just meant I had to hit hard, fast, and often. Granted it...wasn't enough, but with my new armor, I should be fine now." Cow Girl said and Ranger touched her shoulder.
"It was a hell of a good start though." Ranger said.
"I guess..." Cow Girl said and Ranger hugged her.
"And I know." He said as she hugged him back. "Now please, stopping fretting over what could've happened; that's never a healthy mindset to be in."
"Alright...let's just finish our meal in peace." Cow Girl said as they let go of each other and kept eating until they went to get some seconds, and Summoner and Dwarf Shaman came in.
"Ah! Feasting time!" Dwarf Shaman said as he got some food himself and Summoner just sat down. "Aren't you hungry?"
"How can I eat? I keep remembering the bloody faces of my comrades..." Summoner said while tensing his fists.
"Oh..." Dwarf Shaman said as he actually paused from taking a bite then raised his mug. "Well...here's to the fallen."
"Here's to their victories." Ranger said as he clashed mugs with the dwarf and they each drank up.
"Anyway...we repaired as much as we could, but some things, were irreplaceable." Dwarf Shaman said.
"That reminds me. Can you reinforce her armor? You did it with Fighter's robe once, you can do it with her armor." Ranger asked.
"Certainly, if she'll allow?" Dwarf Shaman asked, then Cow Girl looked at Ranger.
"Fighter's robe was enhanced to the point where some goblins tried to tear it off, and failed miserably. If your armor gets upgraded even half as much, you're covered." He said.
"Then do it." Cow Girl said.
"Alright, but first...let's feast." Dwarf Shaman said before they all chowed down, even Summoner.
"You know...once your team gets back, I'm heading to the frontier." He said.
"What? Why?" Cow Girl asked.
"Because...that place needs it's own demon hunter doesn't it?" Summoner asked.
"Abbot comes by to check on it every now and then." Cow Girl said.
"Still, he could put that time and effort on something else, besides...these people were fine without me before, they'll be fine without me now." Summoner said.
"No. You're their leader, and they need you now more than ever." Ranger said seriously.
"There's an alchemist here who's been dying for a chance to use them as guinea pigs, and no he's not planning on making them into monsters. Anyway, there's only a few dozen left standing, and leaders came and went for ages." Summoner said.
"If you think it's for the best..." Dwarf Shaman said.
"I do..." Summoner said.
After lunch, Ranger went to his room with his daughter, made a make-shift cradle for her with some rubble, cloth, and padding, then Cow Girl joined him.
"You wanted to see me?" She asked and Ranger grabbed a blueish-green potion.
"You know what this is?" He asked and Cow Girl shook her head. "A sterility potion, drink a shot glass of it, and you will not be able to have children for a whole 24 hours."
"You...you're seriously going to give me this?" Cow Girl asked in disbelief.
"Why not? It's useless to me until my wife returns, and since you're getting busy with Goblin Slayer...you have use for it." Ranger said and a few seconds later, Cow Girl grabbed it...and Ranger stopped her from pulling it away. "Before you take it, I must warn you: take no more than a shot glass, otherwise...you'll go the rest of your life without being able to have a child, at least without intervention. So...pay attention to the time you take it, down a shot glass worth, then you can have as much sex as you want until those 24 hours are up. I actually slept with Fighter at night, then again in the morning, less than 12 hours later, and we still have only one child to our name."
"O.k..." Cow Girl said softly before she took it.
"Believe it or not, that one is so used up because of the Sword Maiden; she must've slept with Storm Mage before they died..." Ranger said.
"Well, now they can have as much sex as they want without a potion. Thanks again." Cow Girl said.
"It's the least I can do for the woman who saved my daughter." Ranger said before hugging her again...then kissing her forehead. "Now, the moment your training is over, show Goblin Slayer why he's so lucky..."
"I will..." Cow Girl said before going to her own room, putting the potion on the table, and joined GS and Summoner in the training hall. When she got there, Summoner used an earth golem to raise up goblin-sized training dummies, and GS took them all down, kicking, chopping, and bashing them down while attacking in multiple directions, sometimes more than one at a time, and moving around them to attack one Cow Girl wasn't expecting him to attack.
"Now you try it." Summoner said as he reformed the statues, Cow Girl pulled her axe and shield, and got to work. She was no where near as fast as GS, but she was actually less predictable; she attacked some of the goblins, in the back, some while moving no less, and took down the last one with a bash with the edge of her shield.
"I hope you do this well when the targets hit back..." Summoner said.
"Very funny. I've done this before, and with much worse equipment." Cow Girl said as Ranger came in.
"My dear girl...you did more than I did when I was Porcelain rank. This is one hell of a set-up for the rest of your adventuring career." He said and Cow Girl smiled.
"Thanks. So how did I do Goblin Slayer?" She asked.
"I agree with both of them." He said simply.
"I see..." Cow Girl said with as deep a voice as she could, GS looked right at her and she smirked at him.
"Great, soon we might as well call you "Mrs. Goblin Slayer." Summoner quipped.
"Again...very funny." Cow Girl said dryly. "So...what's next?"
"Do you want to try again?" GS asked, she thought for a while, then nodded before Summoner reformed the statues, and the two took them down together this time, with GS slowing down to not hit her...and blocked some of her hits when she accidentally swung at him. But they still took down the statues without killing each other. Ranger was reminded of how he and Fighter fought goblins side-by-side and smiled...he always missed her when they were far enough apart.
After a few more rounds, night fell, and they had dinner before going to bed...and Cow Girl looked over the potion, poured a glass full, looked at it thoughtfully, steeled herself, then downed it in one gulp. She then removed her armor, then her underclothes when GS came in and removed his own armor...with her helping.
"Goblin Slayer...that potion on the table...it's supposed to keep me from getting pregnant after sex." Cow Girl said.
"I see...you want to do that with me?" GS asked.
"Yes...I know you-" GS cuts her off.
"I can't...after what I saw..." GS said while tensing up and Cow Girl touched his face.
"You are not a goblin, and I am not your sister. She even told you she wants you to live, and I want to help you live, but I want to live myself; I look at Ranger, Fighter...their baby, and deep down, I seriously envy them! You and I...we're not living; we're just keeping ourselves from dying, so please...let's live." Cow Girl said softly as she watched GS calm down.
"Alright, but I don't know-" Cow Girl cuts him off.
"You don't have to...I'll lead." She said.
"Alright..." GS whispered as she kissed him softly, with him hugging her tightly and gripped her perfect butt and squeezed from different angles and she chuckled a bit.
"You really are learning..." Cow Girl teased before kissing his neck.
"Of course I am." GS said as he kept fondling her supple flesh as she moaned into his neck as she sucked and licked up and down...before stroking his manhood as he groaned in pleasure.
"Tell me how this feels..." Cow Girl whispered.
"Nice...very nice..." GS groaned as he slowed down his fondling but kept up the power as she kept stroking him...then stopped all of a sudden. "What...?"
"If I keep going, you'll make a mess, and I don't have any water with me." Cow Girl said before removing his hands and turned around. "Now...do the same thing to my chest." GS then did exactly what she asked, and she gasped in pleasure as she leaned into him while smiling and focusing on her huge, luscious breasts being played with, before gasping loudly as he twisted her nipples over and over. "Oh! Oh...Goblin Slayer...ohhhh!" She then squirted some milk out of her breasts when he stopped twisting, and she struggled to stay standing. "Catch me...!" GS then held her up by her armpits until she could stand up straight. "Now...sit down. I want to lower myself onto you."
"O.k..." GS said softly as he sat down, then Cow Girl looked over his manhood, took a moment to compose herself; it was a well-known fact that a woman's first time sometimes hurt, but this was on her terms, so she had no excuse for it to hurt too badly. She then put one knee on either side of his waist, put her hands on his shoulders, before putting his tip inside her womanhood...then slowly lowered herself feeling her inner walls being pushed apart, and eventually...her barrier broke. She was no longer a virgin, and neither was he...but that was fine; she wanted this, and still wants this. "Are you o.k?" She smiled a bit at this; her pained expression must've tugged his heart strings a bit.
"I will be, just...give me a moment. How is it for you?" Cow Girl asked softly.
"Warm...very warm." GS breathed out and Cow Girl caressed his face and he gripped her fleshy hips.
"Our bodies are joined right now, of course it's warm..." She said before moving up and down. "And...it's abou...about to get...warmer...!" She then started gasping in pain...before it turned into pleasure that put her nipples being twisted to shame. Her gasps turned into moans as she rode him for all she was worth as her breasts flopped around. "Grab my breasts..." GS did as he was told and squeezed them over and over as he groaned as well as Cow Girl kept moving up and down on his manhood. He even thrusted into her in-sync with her own thrusts which surprised her. "Oh...Goblin Slayer...ohhhh...!" She eventually let out an elongated moan of bliss that signaled her first orgasm, before he did the same a few thrusts later. She then pushed him down and snuggled into him as they caught their breath and got off of his softened manhood. "You have as much fun as I did?"
"I believe so..." GS said as he wrapped his arms around her as she giggled.
"I believe so too...how does this compare to killing goblins?" she asked.
"It doesn't...this is much better." GS said.
"You're still going to kill as many goblins as you can right?" Cow Girl asked.
"Of course I am. I'm the Goblin Slayer." GS said simply.
"Good..the world still needs the Goblin Slayer." Cow Girl said before going to sleep.
Ranger got out of his armor and was about to go to sleep when a portal opened...and Fighter came through it.
"Fighter? What are you doing here?" Ranger asked in disbelief.
"I had to see you again, and our daughter too." Fighter said softly as she hugged her husband.
"Thank you so much for coming back...I missed you terribly." Ranger whispered into her hair.
"I have to go back soon, but...let's make the most of it." Fighter said softly.
"I...gave my potion to that farm girl." Ranger said and Fighter raised an eyebrow. "I didn't expect you to come back, and she needs it more than I do."
"Well...even if you hadn't, I don't want to have sex right now, especially not in front of our baby...who still sleeps like one..." Fighter said as she looked at her sleeping daughter. "Did you make that crib for her?"
"Yes...it's not much, but she doesn't seem to mind." Ranger whispered as Fighter snuggled into him.
"You are so thoughtful." She whispered back before kissing him sweetly for about ten seconds before staring at each other, and caressing each other's hair and faces. "You're also as handsome as I remember..."
"And I'm all yours, my love and life..." Ranger said before kissing her again while holding her face and caressing her cheeks with his thumbs.
"How did training go?" Fighter asked.
"In a word: smoothly. In more than one words: she'll be Mrs. Goblin Slayer before long." Ranger said.
"No kidding; if they're taking each other's virginities, then they can't just be friends anymore, if they're like us." Fighter said.
"No kidding indeed...I'll never forget when we lost ours..." Ranger said and Fighter sighed.
"I know I predicted you getting burned...but I'll also never forget what you said when I was hurting." She said.
"What did I say?" Ranger asked.
"You said...you're with me, and I love you..." Fighter whispered before shedding a few tears, which Ranger thumbed away.
"And I always will..." He whispered before kissing her again and hugging her as tightly as she could, before she de-morphed her armor.
"Let me sit on you for a while..." She said as he sat down with her on his lap, burying her face into his shoulder. "I also remember all the times we were like this. Sometimes when I felt my own heartaches...you were there to assure me that not all was wrong with the world; you held me tight and spoke the sweetest nothings..." She then shook and clutched him tightly. "And I loved you all the more for it..." He then caressed her up and down as she poured her heart out for about a minute as they simply held each other, touching, kissing, and inhaling each other's scents. "Good night to you both...I love you so much it aches..."
"Just come back to us when you're done; this family needs you like a body needs a heart." Ranger said as he touched her face.
"I will..." Fighter whispered before opening a portal, looking at her daughter, re-morphing her armor then leaving Ranger to sleep.
In the morning, Dwarf Rifleman led the team to the dwarven outpost, which was little more than a glorified bunker.
"That's it?" Wizard's brother asked.
"It's much larger underground. In fact, see that mountain?" D.R. asked as he point to a series of mountains in the distance. "The smallest one is where that elder dragon lives, and this bunker is a shortcut there."
"Then let us make haste. That elder dragons awaits us." Lizard Priest said as he followed the dwarf who opened the double doors by pushing a button, a series of whirling gears was heard, and they opened up.
"Wait...something isn't right." D.R. said as he pulled his rifle and used Life Sight. "This...this place is completely deserted!"
"That cannot be good..." Warrior said as he morphed a crossbow, Fighter morphed her bow, and H.E. Archer pulled hers and they all followed D.R. down a few halls, and they all marveled at the stonework and metal items.
"This place is quite impressive Sir Dwarf." Lizard Priest said.
"Yeah, even the eatery is made of gold." Wizard's brother said.
"That's not gold, it's a hybrid between brass and steel." D.R. said.
"You can make that?" Warrior asked.
"We dwarves can make all kinds of good shit. There's even a myth about two dwarves who trapped a giant demonic wolf with a chain made of nothing but sugar, cat hair, and bird saliva." D.R. said.
"That's both gross, and nonsensical." Wizard said.
"Hey, Ranger can pull swords bigger than he is out of his asscrack. Tell me how that's possible. Oh right...alchemy. So don't you talk to me about what's nonsensical." D.R. said.
"Alright, point taken..." Wizard said and they heard faint chatter. "What's that noise?"
"Wait here..." D.R said as he went up ahead, leaned against the wall, peaked around the corner and went down the corridor...then came back a few seconds later with an intense look in the same. "Goblins...lots of them." The team then looked at each other and followed him down a corridor, and peeked over the side of a balcony...and saw dozens of goblins handling baby goblins from a bunch of women, some of whom were having their corpses chewed on. At the end of the hallway, a goblin high priest was spotted waiting for a naked woman to be brought to him. Luckily, she looked unharmed, but for how much longer? D.R. then took aim. "From the look on her face, she wasn't screwed yet, but she's still scared shitless."
"They might be trying to sacrifice her. We once saved a human princess who was certainly still a virgin, but...she was a sacrifice nonetheless." H.E. Archer said.
"In that case..." D.R. said as he shot the priest in the head who fell down lifeless and the rest of the goblins screamed in fear as they looked around.
"That priest is still alive, or will be soon! They don't go down that easily." Fighter said.
"Alright, now hey, I don't give two fucks about the rest of the goblins, but I want that priest alive." D.R. said as he reloaded. "I'm going to give him an ass-fucking he's never going to forget!" Lizard Priest, a Dragontooth warrior and a pack of wolf familiars rushed down the stairs while Warriow, Fighter, H.E. Archer and Wizard shot them down with their crossbows, bows, and some uncharged fireballs.
"What-? Hey! Please get me out of this hellhole!" The woman yelled from behind the table she was hiding behind, then some goblins came out with rifles and shot at D.R. and company...only for their bullets to bounce off Priestess' Protection barrier.
"Damn cock-breath goblin motherfuckers!" D.R. yelled as he shot the one that H.E. Archer didn't. Some goblins rushed up the alternate staircase as Wizard craved through them with her glaive while they tried breaking through the barrier, with Warrior throwing his hammer over their heads, electrocuting the ones in the back.
"Fear not good lady, we're going to wipe out these green scourges, and get you to safety." Lizard Priest said as he and the summons tore through goblin after goblin after goblins like they were made of wet paper. Fighter then de-morphed her bow, jumped over the ledge, landed right behind some goblins who weren't expecting her, then she kicked them away from her with one move, popped her blades, then charged into the crowd, shredding, and gutting every goblin in sight while the rest were distracted by Lizard Priest. The ones on the edge of the arena were still being picked off by the two shooters up top.
"These goblins might as well have target markers on their nutsacks." D.R. said after shooting one between the legs and laughing at it, then pulled a bomb and dropped it on some reinforcements from below. "Chew on this fuckheads!" The goblins then heard the bomb hit the ground and were blown to bits a second later.
"What if you blow up one or more of the girls?" Priestess asked with concern.
"First off, I didn't think of that, and second...well...I hate to say it, but I don't think much can be done for them; they're broken." D.R. said.
"Bullshit! We can heal their minds with illusion magic, Priestess can purify their bodies, and we can get them out of here and point them to the nearest town for the rest of their recovery." Wizard said firmly.
"Well, I wish you and them luck." D.R. said.
"For now, less talking, more shooting!" H.E. Archer said as she kept unloading arrows until a problem hit. "I'm out of arrows!"
"Here!" Wizard's brother said as he finished making more.
"I'm almost out of bullets." D.R. said.
"I have some here." Wizard said as she handled him a few clips and the two got back to shooting. Just when Lizard Priest and Fighter finished with the goblins...the high priest got up, and looked over the carnage as the two looked at each other, and Fighter morphed her own heavy armor and mask; the real show was just beginning.
"Well, daddy's awake..." H.E. Archer said dryly as she shot an arrow as him...only for him to catch it and snap it in half, before leaping onto the wall, and jumping at the balcony...before Fighter yanked him back down with a series of cables with her fingertips. The high priest then threw once claw swipe after another at Fighter who either blocked them, dodged them, countered them, or any mix of the three, with Lizard Priest attacking from behind, not that it mattered. The goblin high priest was perfectly capable of fending off multiple attackers, and hit Lizard Priest several times, with one kick sending him rolling across the ground, with Fighter stabbing him several times in the sides with her arm blades, before the high priest backhanded her into the ground, and grabbed Lizard Priest by the throat.
"Dodge this..." D.R. said before shooting the high priestess in the gut, through his collarbone over and over, then the high priest launched a green fireball at the balcony, which blew up the Protection barrier and made the balcony crumble at the front, and D.R. caught H.E. Archer before she fell, and Priestess helped pull her back up. Lizard Priest meanwhile bit into the high priest's arm while Fighter cut into his legs, then Lizard Priest swiped the high priest across the face over and over, even as the high priest's wounds kept healing. Fighter then added to the pain by stabbing him over and over in the legs and gut with the high priest's screams falling on deaf ears.
"Shit...you still want that priest alive?" Wizard's brother asked.
"You know what...? Hey! You can kill him now!" D.R. called but the two mauling the high priest weren't listening. Eventually the high priest run out of steam, and his regeneration, allowing the two mauling him to pull him apart and catch their breath as the rest came down and looked over the carnage. "This place used to be where my people did our morning and evening rites...now it's the site of a goblin orgy." He then spat on he ground as Priestess and Wizard looked over the surviving women, all of whom were shaking and covered in goblin blood...and didn't care.
"It's over. You're safe now..." Priestess whispered to one of them as a rift opened.
"It matters not..." Elder Revenant said as he came through it and looked around. "I thought there were alot of pulsing souls here, it appears I was right."
"Please...just tell me my family made it out of here..." The woman said with a cracked voice.
"That is most likely." Elder Revenant said softly despite his gravely voice.
"Good...then this wasn't for nothing..." The woman said as she smiled a bit as her eyes water.
"Tell us about your family." Wizard said as she knelt next to her.
"I...am the youngest of three sisters, when this place was attacked, I stayed to buy them time to escape. I owe what little peace I have to the notion of my family escaping this...hell..." The woman said while still shaking.
"We can get you out of it." Priestess said as she held the woman's hand.
"Please...get me out of here, and burn this place, and all the evil inside it to the ground...!" The woman growled.
"We can do more then get you out of the building. I learned how to heal minds; the pain you feel won't go away, but it will be much weaker." Wizard said.
"Do it...release me...from this torture...!" The woman said while weeping her eyes out and Wizard put her hand on her forehead, her hand glowed purple and the woman fell asleep.
"Alright...purify her." Wizard said as Priestess put her staff on the woman's gut.
"Hear me O Merciful Earth Mother. Reach out your hand, and remove the stains from this child's body, mind, and soul. Purify..." Priestess prayed as the woman was cleaned up in a heartbeat.
"Now...let's do the same to the rest." Wizard said as they treated the other women, at least the ones who were still alive.
"Well I'll be a hog's uncle. That's one way to give the goblins a great big "fuck you". D.R. said with a chuckle.
"You're telling me." H.E. Archer said.
"You people are saints..." The woman at the alter said.
"Were you going to be sacrificed?" Lizard Priest asked.
"I...don't know...but I'd rather go through this than...what they went through. To have those disgusting creatures stick their-" Fighter cuts her off.
"Stop! Get that thought out of your head right now. It'll do you no good." She said.
"You weren't here! You didn't see one girl after another get their innocence destroyed by those abominations, and then get slaughtered and eaten like cattle! They didn't even have the decency to cook their food first..." The woman said before throwing up at the memory.
"The girls are o.k. now. Or at least...they will be." Priestess said.
"Not all of them." Wizard said before hurling purple smoke at the last woman and put her to sleep. "O.k...now can we go see a dragon?"
"Yes! Onward to the elder dragon!" Lizard Priest said.
"Wait, we can't just leave these girls here." H.E. Archer said.
"There's still sleeping, we can fetch them before we leave." Fighter said.
"O.k...now onward to the dragon." Warrior said as they kept going, and eventually entered a large cavern, with massive metal pillars, and lumps of golden rocks dotting the area, and a loud snore was heard on the other side of one, and lo and behold...a massive dragon head was seen. D.R. wasn't kidding about it's size; this beast could swallow a lesser dragon sideways in one gulp, and that was just the head size...
"Dear blessed ancestors...a real elder dragon is right in front of me!" Lizard Priest said barely able to contain his excitement.
"Should...we really wake him?" H.E. Archer asked nervously.
"I'm certain he'll wake when he realizes-" D.R. shut up the moment the elder dragon stirs and relocates it's head...then opens it's eye as the team raised it's guard.
"Hmmm...visitors. It has been a long time..." The elder dragon said with a deep, clear, and echoing voice as it rose itself up and displayed it's full glory to them.
Is anyone getting a Smaug vibe from that last part? It only occurred to me at the last moment, but still. Anyway, scratch one nest of goblins...but at least it was a good way to show how the team can treat victims of goblin rape, here's hoping it's effective enough. By the way, that "mana" thing that Dwarf Rifleman talked about? That's a real idea, which isn't entirely made up; as a wise man said: testosterone is one hell of a drug. So...they now found the dragon, now Rate, Review, and Share until the dragon springs into action in the next part, so stay tuned...