Goblin Slayer: The Team Year Two

by GLG-3883

It's been just over a year since the team broke up to both continue aiding Goblin Slayer, and the frontier of course, but also to raise a family in the Sword Maiden's hometown. Now, they must reunite to face a series of some of the greatest threats the world has ever known. Rated M for dark/adult themes; the same as the series itself is known for.

46. Chapter 23 Part II

Hello people, and welcome back to Goblin Slayer: The Team Year 2. Well, the first step towards the end has begun, starting with the goblins getting one gigantic foot jammed up their asses, and I know how much you all would love to see that, so let's get it on.

Review Response: I was originally going to make the Champion Priestess's direct ancestor, but then I thought "nah, too cliche", same goes for the vampire queen. GS' armor being out-of-this-world was just a shoo-in, although in hindsight...I must wonder how good he'd be at killing goblins if he had it from the start; that's like wondering what if Guts had the Berserker Armor from the start of the 100 Year War...

What other way could there be to deal with Cambion but by stomping him flat, and how was she implying that? And this is coming from someone who wrote the conversation, so I'm doubly lost.

Also, for those of you who somehow don't know, Goblin Slayer getting grappling hooks on his super shotguns is a Doom: Eternal reference...man I'm on a roll with the Doom tributes aren't I...? Also...this chapter was DAMN hard; normally I just dilly-dally with the length of a chapter, but this was just plain difficult. I kept getting ideas for what to do, and then the idea escaped me, so I had to chase them back down like I was on the freaking Savannah. But it's done and over with, so I hope it was worth the wait.

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In the heart of a goblin nest dug between a pair of large rocky hills, a pair of lookouts were keeping watch through the forest when a scout goblin came running back to the entrance to a cave, and the lookouts let him in and readied their spears...but nothing came. Once they let their guard down and scratched their heads, they heard a buzzing sound that was getting louder and the next thing they knew...a massive swarm of flies was coming right toward them, and they barely had time to scream and run inside before the flies overwhelmed them and started biting them and infecting them with a disease that was so violent they grew weaker and started vomiting stomach acid and even blood within moments.

The goblins further in the cave network breeding with cloned women and feasting on the dead ones didn't fair much better. The buzzing inside the cave hurt their ears, and when the flies go to them...they drank the goblins dry with only a handful escaping the feeding frenzy. As the team planned though, the goblins who escaped spread the disease to the other lesser nests they retreated to and with minutes, the plague broke out and even the hobs, and some champions succumbed to the infection. The shamans, despite their best efforts to halt the plague...ultimately succumbed to it themselves.

As Ranger's Pestilence miracle worked on the goblins below ground, Priestess kept an eye on their numbers with Vision. She then nodded to her teammates, and Warrior raised his hammer to the sky, and within seconds, a small hurricane formed, the wind picked up and lightning struck the tops of the mountains, which frightened the goblins beneath them, and their terror was short-lived as rubble stumbled down the mountains' sides, and Ranger called down a barrage of meteors to flatten the rest of the mountains, and bury the rest of the goblins in their own tunnels and forts.

The rest of the team spent the better part of an hour simply watching the apocalyptic display of destruction before them. Thousands upon thousands of goblins were being crushed, struck down by disease, or both, in one fell swoop, with thousands more following them to the grave. Ranger himself recalled his visions in Purgatory; the countless women weeping and crying for help that never came, before screaming in heart-crushing agony as they had their virginity ripped from them and the countless children born from their defilement growing up to cause the cycle to repeat, and some even witnessed their husbands, brothers, sons, and fathers tore apart and eaten alive by their defilers before, after, or during their murderers forced the miserable women to mate with them. Worse still was the goblins' utter thrill at their victims' expenses. Now...vengeance was finally being dealt, one devastated nest at a time, and it was the goblins who would know fear and misery.

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After the dust cleared, dozens of mountains were blown apart, and every nest in sight was ruined beyond any hope of repair. Goblin Slayer and Priestess led the way as the team went into the titanic mess they made to kill the survivors. As it turned out, most of the survivors were buried underground with no way out; they were buried under solid rock meters below the surface, and they weren't going to dig out anytime soon, none of the team felt gracious enough to dig them out either. The ones who imagined to get to safety, came out of their cover to examine the ruins of their homes, and found hundreds of their crushed, dismembered, lightning-shocked, and sick brethren, some of whom were still alive long enough for the survivors to witness their last moments. A single gunshot added to their terror, especially when one goblin dropped to the ground with his brains launched out the side of his head, and the one behind him fell down with a mangled leg and screamed in agony.

"Bullseye..." Cow Girl said proudly before GS casually walked into the middle of the crowd of survivors who each scrambled to grab the nearest weapon. GS then pulled his shotgun and splattered an archer across the ruins around it, before putting the gun away. The rest of the goblins then yelled in rage as they charged at the black-armored monster before them, and GS morphed his sword and shield and charged at them in kind...and it wasn't even fair.

One goblin was hacked in two, three more lost their heads one one by, another was diagonally bisected, another kicked into a group hard enough to break bones, five more were rapidly butchered, and the rest fell just as totally as those before them. The rest of the team just stood there and watched GS live up to his reputation has he ruthlessly butchered dozens of the lucky-but-unlucky survivors of the hell unleashed upon them by the 11th Platinum Rank. The entire display was one of many as they dealt with their kind's version of the Demon Lord, who happened to be partially responsible for the formation of a large team of people who followed in his footsteps.

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When the one-sided massacre was over and dozens of goblins laid dead, GS led the team through the rest of the ruins, and when they found no more survivors, thanks to Ranger, and the Wizard siblings using Life Sight, they returned to their fortified cart...which was covered in solid metal, especially the cart's frame itself. The wheels were covered in a softened metal as to not be too rough with the road, or vice versa. The most striking difference was the covering over the cart itself that protected from the elements like a normal covering, but with operable slots for a view to the outside, especially when the team was under attack so they could shoot out of it; even the horse's place was fortified in a similar manner.

When they got there, they caught several goblins red-handed trying to destroy the cart, and Ranger shot them down, without caring that GS was charging at them, and the goblins were all torn apart in seconds, with a pair of goblins running for their lives. The team then ran after it; they had to kill every last goblin in the area, not just for revenge, or because they deserved it, or even to help the country, but to keep the rest of the goblins in the dark about the nightmare that was coming their way.

Fighter climbed a tree, and jumped from one to another until she got a clean shot with her bow, and put an arrow into it's calf, and GS finished it off with a stab to the back of the head. The team then returned to the cart, and each of them drank a life potion to recover their relieve some sleepiness, and give them a vitality boost. When they were done, Wizard's brother sent some squirrel familiars in the direction the goblins were running in to scout the place while the team took a well-earned rest, which included a minor snack.

"This reminds me of the old days...only with alot more destruction!" Warrior said with a chuckle.

"This was normal a year ago?" D.R. asked.

"Oh not even close; you just witnessed the greatest goblin massacre we have ever been part of, maybe the greatest in history." Warrior said seriously.

"Well...I for one am glad to have been part of it." Cow Girl said.

"And we're glad to have you be part of it." Priestess said as she held Cow Girl's hand, and sharing a smile with her. Then Wizard's brother nudged Rhea Fighter.

"You alright? You're awfully quiet." He said.

"I'm just a bit overwhelmed..." Rhea Fighter breathed out.

"You saw the siege of the vampire queen's castle. We used siege weapons and everything." Warrior said.

"Don't make her head explode now." Fighter said.

"Well sorry..." Warrior said.

"I'd like to see that again with the recallers when we get back." Cow Girl said.

"Not a problem. By the way, take his axehead for your rifle." Ranger said before morphing an axehead for Cow Girl's rifle like Dwarf Rifleman's, and she took it and attached it to her rifle before merging the material into the stock itself.

"Thanks. Wait a minute...I already have my ice axe." Cow Girl said.

"Let me see something." Wizard said and Cow Girl handed over her axe and rifle, then Wizard looked them both over, then put the two together, and merged the two together, and made the axeblade on the stock ice over.

"Wow..." Her brother groaned.

"There, that should do the job nicely." Wizard said as she handed Cow Girl's gun back to her.

"I cannot wait to use it." Cow Girl said seriously.

"I can't wait to see you use it." D.R. said.

"By the way, I actually tried some alchemy on these rations. Don't worry, it's not poisonous, not even close; I just tried mashing nutrients and flavors together. The results? This." Wizard said.

"Well...that explains why this bread has a pork stew flavor." Ranger said.

"Isn't alchemy great?" Wizard asked proudly.

"You could say that. Next thing you know we'll be able to have ice cream be as filling as a whole feast, or vice versa." Rhea Fighter said.

"Let's not get ahead of ourselves." Fighter said.

"No kidding. I didn't show you how we elves make rations so you can use them for some mad science." H.E. Druid said seriously,

"It's alchemy, not science." Wizard said.

"Your point?" H.E. Druid asked, and Wizard sighed.

"Speaking of poisons, I would suggest we try mixing some poisons together to use on the goblins but...the boss here can spread plagues like...well...a plague, so what's the point?" Wizard's brother said.

"That could actually come in handy right about now. I only have one miracle left and more likely than not, I won't have time to pray for more." Ranger said.

"Can you use Army of One again?" Cow Girl asked.

"Technically yes, but as a rule of thumb, I only use it for emergencies, and with that Hell Ripper, we're probably going to need all the help we can get." Ranger said.

"Which is why when we're done with the rest of this nest, we're going back home to rest for the night, and resupply in the morning." GS said, and then the squirrels came back a few minutes later, Wizard's brother then replaced them with bird familiars as he led the team to a passage through some smaller mountains, with a series of caves along the way.

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Next thing they knew, a volley of arrows came out of one of the caves, and everyone got riddled with arrows, but their armors held fast. Wizard then paid them back with Firestream which turned them all to ash on contact, and she added insult to injury by smoking out the entire cave as her brother launched a Mana Bolt into another cave and blew the inside of the cave apart, causing it to collapse in on itself.

Priestess then put up a Protection barrier as the arrows kept coming, and Fighter, Ranger, Warrior, H.E. Druid, Dwarf Rifleman, and Cow Girl returned fire, killing dozens upon dozens of archers with their arrows, bolts, and bullets. Rhea Fighter then climbed up the wall to reach some goblin archers on a ledge above them and charged at them, dodging and deflecting every arrow that came her way while butchering the goblins the moment she got close without slowing her charge one bit.

After the archers were dealt with, a group of hobs appeared in the back caves, some armed with larger bows. Ranger then morphed his heavy armor and greatsword, and he, GS, and Warrior charged at them with Fighter staying to watch Priestess' back with Cow Girl sniping at the hobs, and the ones who didn't wear helmets had their brains blown out. Before they could charge at Cow Girl however, Ranger cleaved through a pair of helmeted hobs with his greatsword, GS tackled one to the group and Warrior finished it off with his hammer, before switching to his sword, tying up a hob's neck with the whip form, jumping over it and ripping off it's head.

He then unfolded his shield to block a hob's mace, then GS blew off it's leg with his shotgun, then jammed his sword into it's throat while Ranger sliced off the legs of another hob, removed it's helmet, then put a bullet in it's brain. A hob dropped down from a ledge behind the ladies, and the Wizard siblings both used Paralyze on it before Cow Girl plunged her rifle's axebalde into the top of it's head. She then shot down another group of goblins charging her way when H.E. Druid joined in to shoot down the ones in the back from above.

Just as the team was about to regroup, a goblin champion appeared in the back with back-up in the form of a handful of armored hobs, and dozens of regular goblins, including archers. Ranger used his final miracle to distract them with an Immolation burst as they all regrouped with Warrior, Fighter, Cow Girl, D.R., H.E. Druid, and even Priestess covering them, with the latter using Holy Smite to vaporize the goblins her five teammates didn't shoot down. Ranger then morphed his rifle, handed it to GS and then morphed his twin revolvers as the team shot down the swarm of goblins.

Fighter made full use of both her bow's enchantments by loosing one arrow at a time that turned into a dozen, and each one hit hard enough to launch the goblins they hit back, and she even had some arrows blow up inside their targets, splattering the goblins in bits and pieces of their comrades, which horrified them so much they were easy pickings for Warrior's auto crossbow to hit them with a storm of bolts, or Ranger, D.R., Cow Girl, or GS to shred them with a storm of bullets. H.E. Druid ran out of arrows in the middle of the fight, so the Wizard siblings had to make more for her.

The champion then shoved the remaining hobs aside as he charged at the group full force. Then Ranger deflected it's club with his greatsword, Rhea Fighter jumped at it with her charged-up longsword, and landed a direct hit on it's back, but only tore into it's muscles; it's spine was still intact. She then jumped off the wall to sever the back of it's knees, which makes it fall down and get two shells from GS' shotgun fired into it's head. The remaining goblins and hobs retreated down the rest of the passage, and the team went after them, and corned them in passage blocked by a landslide. found yet another ambush in a wide open space with more caves on the cliffside. The team then gathered in the center, and everyone braced for the omni-directional assault.

"Let's do this..." Warrior said, and Fighter and Priestess shared a look before the rest of the team morphed their masks, and as soon as the goblins charged...Priestess used Holy light to blind and even burn them, and the team's masks kept their eyes safe as they unleashed a storm of bullets, bolts, and arrows into the goblin horde. When the light faded, the goblins were all in pieces, but another horde must've heard the gunshots, or saw the light, and yet another horde rushed down another passage, Warrior threw his charged-up hammer at a splinter group, and blew them to bits before charging at them, catching his hammer, switching to his sword and unfolded his shield in time to stop a hob's sword and then ducked another swing before vertically bisecting it, and throwing his sword at several archers in the distance, and jumping over another hob's mace, jumping off it's shoulders, and catching his sword before attaching to the wall and shooting several archers in the distance, with what few arrows came his way missing or bouncing off his armor.

A group of goblin shamans formed up to cast a lightning spell at the group, with a pair of them using Reflect to protect them, but the Wizard siblings had a plan for it: Wizard drained the Reflect spell, and once it was down, her brother torched them with a Firestream spell.

"Goblin barbecue, my favorite kind." Wizard's brother said.

"Less yammering, more hammering!" Warrior said while he and GS were dealing with a group of hobs, with Ranger and Cow Girl gunning down goblins at a distance. GS ended their skirmish by using his shotguns' grappling hooks to pierce the last hob's shins, and yanked himself towards it and unloaded both shotguns into it's chest with Warrior unleashing a wave of energy from his sword that bisected three more hobs. Cow Girl then turned to see a horde of goblins that managed to flank them and GS joined her in tearing them to shreds with their shotguns. H.E. Druid and D.R. switched to her twin daggers and he used his rifle's axehead to engage a group of goblins that got too close to them.

"Shall we dance Your Highness?" D.R. asked casually and H.E. Druid huffed in amusement.

"Just start swinging." She said before they charged into the crowd and H.E. Druid danced circled around them, tripping them, punting them away, shanking them in the top of the head, slashing their necks, breaking their spines with round kicks, or stomping their faces in as D.R. chopped down every goblin his elf girlfriend missed or crippled, sometimes multiple goblins lost their heads per swing. He eventually chunked a whole handful of bombs at a group of goblins and blew them all to pieces before H.E. Druid charged at the ones stunned by the noise the explosion made and broke their bodies as well before regrouping with D.R.

"You know I did something like this before with a swarm of imps?" D.R. asked.

"That's funny, so did I." H.E. Druid said.

"When? Centuries ago?" D.R. asked.

"Three centuries ago to be precise...but this was easier with archer support; where the hell is Fighter?" H.E. Druid asked.

Fighter as it turned out was scaling the side of a cliff and then once she got in position, she stomped on the cliff over and over, sending heaps of boulders stumbling down the cliffside and burying dozens of the goblins, then a goblin champion smashed through the blockage she made and Ranger threw a harpoon at it, and it embedded itself in the champion's gut, then Fighter came down and stomped the top of it's head into it's brain. Ranger then removed the harpoon, and threw it down the passage hard enough to tear up the ground and shred dozens more goblins, most of which were blown apart by the raw force of the throw, while others were gazed by it and had their bodies ripped open, and the ones who were legitimately pierced hit the rest of the targets along with the harpoon and were ripped apart bit by bit until nothing was left of them.

"That takes care of them." Rhea Fighter said as they all looked over the massacre.

"Eh, boss? You might want to pray for some more miracles now." Warrior said.

"Good idea." Ranger said, before kneeling, morphing a sword and a mace and crossing the two on the ground. "Lord of the Sword...Master of the Mace. Your champion and son is on the doorstep of one of the world's greatest enemies. Send me whatever aid you deem me worthy of, and I will continue to be a thorn in their side." With that, Ranger sucked in one breath after another, before finally standing up with the sword and mace vanishing into thin air.

"Well? Any luck?" Wizard asked.

"I have three more miracles, I had best use them wisely." Ranger said.

"You could probably use them better than any of us that's for damn sure." D.R. said.

"Really? Can't we rest for a bit longer?" Rhea Fighter asked.

"This isn't even close to the last ones. There are plenty more down that passage." Priestess said.

"Then let's follow it. We can't let any of them live." GS said as he walked that way.

"You're telling us..." H.E. Druid said as they followed GS.

"I can't believe they keep attacking us en masse. Don't they know we'll just take them out?" Cow Girl asked.

"Goblins aren't known for their tactical genius; they take strength in numbers too seriously for their own good." Ranger said.

"Quantity is it's own quality my ass..." Warrior said.

"Right. All that does is give us more kills." Wizard's brother said.

"Priestess? Did Vision tell you anything else?" Fighter asked.

"Most of the survivors have already been dealt with, but this passage leads to a dead end." Priestess said.

"Good, once we get rid of the goblins there, let's get back to the cart and go home." Ranger said.

"Thanks, I"m pooped..." Rhea Fighter said as they kept following GS down the passage to continue drowning the goblins' home in the blood of it's residents. When they reached the end of the passage, they saw the expanse of a wide open field with ruins galore and more caves lining the cliffs.

"Oh great..." Wizard said.

"This place has ambush written all over it." Rhea Fighter said.

"Then let's ambush their ambush." Ranger said while morphing a greatsword.

"How?" Rhea Fighter asked.

"Let me guess: shoot them down from a distance to conserve our stamina, empower ourselves and cripple them if necessary, and then go in and finish them off...like we've been doing?" Cow Girl asked and the team stared at her.

"Right..." Ranger said before Wizard used Life Sight.

"Well, lo and behold, I can see a whole swarm of goblins on each individual side...and a squad of champions." Wizard said.

"Self-fulfilling prophesies ladies and gentlemen." D.R. said dramatically.

"Should I draw them out with some familiars?" Wizard's brother asked.

"That would be wise, but don't have them do any major fighting; they're task is to harass them, not beat them." Ranger said.

"Yeah, yeah, they're not stupid." Wizard's brother said before summoning a flock of crows that flew off to antagonize the goblins by cawing, sparking and flying around, then a series of scouts show up and shoot arrows at them...then Ranger morphs his rifle and shoots a handful of the scouts, and the other 3/4 of their numbers rush into their respective caves.

"Now they know what's happening." Ranger said.

"What if they stay in their caves?" Cow Girl asked.

"They won't; they're likely too pissed off about the damage done to their home to stay cooped up in what's left of it." Warrior said.

"And even if they are too scared to come out and face us, we'll just go after them one by one." GS said as the crows came back to Wizard's brother, and that team of champions came out of their caves. "Six champions...all with ballistas."

"Great, walking siege engines." Wizard's brother said.

"I've got my own siege weapon!" Cow Girl said before lobbing a bomb into the distance and hits one of the champion's feet and it kneels to nurse it's wound.

"Nice shot lady. Now you pissed them all off." Wizard's brother said sarcastically as the champions aimed at the team and Priestess downed some holy water.

"Protection!" Priestess yelled and a barrier formed as the champion's bolts shattered against it, and then Ranger used Smith to make an armory's worth of harpoons in mid-air, then hurled them at the champions all at once, and the barrage pierced each one in different places, but all of them survived.

"More goblins incoming!" Cow Girl yelled as the rest of the goblins came out of their holes and rushed at the team. Thanks to all the ruins, shooting them wasn't an option, so the team retreated into the passage to funnel their numbers. "A narrow space negates superior numbers" afterall. GS and Ranger then held off the goblins with Ranger using his twin revolvers, and GS using his twin sawed-off shotguns with the shooters taking positions on the ledges above, with Rhea Fighter taking a lookout position, and the Wizard's watching the shooters' backs.

It turns out, some goblins were hiding in the caves; a hob charged out of a nearby cave, and Fighter immediately opened her chakras and punched the hob hard enough to make it's guts implode, before sending it careening through the inside of the cave with a single kick, and she heard the faint screams of some goblins who likely screamed as they saw the hob flying at them, only to be crushed by it's weight. Fighter then bolted into the cave itself.

"Dammit Fighter...!" Warrior groaned as he, Ranger, Wizard, and her brother went after Fighter as the rest of the team stayed to hold their grounds. The four that scrambled to go after her followed the enraged yells, screams of pain and fear, and the sounds of the goblins' getting their blood being spilled, their bones being broken, and their flesh being cut to Wizard siblings used their fire magic as torches to light the way... and it was a complete massacre.

Goblins aplenty had their heads smashed in, or ripped off, their limbs broken so badly their bones were visible, their spines were exposed, some had their own weapons plunged into their heads or chests, one was even sitting against the wall with it's face caved it; Fighter must've thrown it against the wall and then kicked it hard enough to cause the damage. Ranger then inspected it's back and discovered he was right; the goblin had a few rocks embedded in it's back which were unlikely to have been put there intentionally; his wife must've thrown it into the wall for those rocks to have been forced into it's flesh.

"That lady scares me sometimes." Wizard's brother said as he eyeballed the carnage. They then continued further and bolted down the cave when they heard roaring. Lo and behold, there was a goblin champion there, and Fighter was dancing circles around it. She then noticed the flames behind her and saw her back-up...then the champion grabbed her and she forced it's fingers open, and for good measure, she yanked it's arm down and she fell and the champion was on it's back right away. Warrior then went to help out but Ranger stopped him; this was Fighter's battle.

"I could use a hand!" Fighter exclaimed, and Ranger huffed in amusement; there goes his sentiment. The champion then got up, grabbed a nearby club ad rose it up to smash them.

"Oh no you don't!" Warrior yelled as he ran along the wall and used his charged-up sword to cut the club in half. Wizard then used Levitate to make the club hit the champion in the face hard enough to break several of it's teeth. Fighter then attached several cables to it's shoulders and yanked it to the ground. Ranger then finished the job by jamming a greatsword into it's face.

"Nice one baby." Fighter said before Ranger morphed his light armor, and used his spare arm to yank her into a deep, passionate kiss as she ran her hands along his shoulders.

"You set it up...baby." He said before Fighter smirked at him.

"Only you two would get cuddly and kissy in the middle of a warzone." Warrior said.

"Like you did any better..." Fighter said.

"Those two are so made for each other..." Wizard said and her brother smirked.

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Meanwhile, in Water Town, Summoner was looking out the window of his apartment at the twin moons, and Guild Girl and Inspector were both undressing for bed. Inspector then got under the covers and watched Guild Girl hug him from behind...and press her naked breasts into his back in the process. Summoner then relaxed and held Guild's Girl's hands as they locked together around his abdomen.

"Something wrong sweetheart?" She asked.

"Goblin Slayer and company are likely assaulting the goblins' homeland by now." Summoner said.

"I cannot imagine how many they'll fight all at once." Guild Girl said.

"Millions most likely." Summoner said and Guild Girl recoiled.

"Millions of goblins...all at once. That has to be the most terrifying thing I've ever heard." She said seriously before Summoner turned around and held her hips.

"Baby...if there's one thing I know for a fact that doesn't involve the demon-hunting trade, it's that when the world ends, three things will survive: the cockroach, a single goblin, and Goblin Slayer trying to kill that one goblin." He said and both ladies giggled at his jest.

"Good point." Guild Girl said before Summoner pressed his lips against hers and Inspector watched them give each other a series of gentle, heart-melting kisses. Summoner then touched Guild Girl's smiling face with the back of his hand and she leaned into his touch while holding his hand, all the while continuing to look at him with pure love in her eyes.

"So pretty..." Summoner whispered and Guild Girl giggled before Summoner pulled her into yet another kiss before walking her to bed, and Inspector opened the blankets for them, and Summoner got on top of her and kissed her the same way as she ran her hands along his lovely muscles.

"I knew you wouldn't forget your sexy priestess." Inspector teased.

"How could I ever?" Summoner asked and kissed her neck as Inspector held his head in place and giggled as Summoner licked and sucked on her neck.

"O.k...that should do." Inspector breathed out, before Summoner stopped, and laid down between them, and they each snuggled into his side and giggled as he groped their soft, shapely butts. "Just couldn't help yourself could you?"

"It's not my fault I'm so lucky." Summoner said.

"Oh?" Guild Girl asked.

"Come on, I get to sleep next to two beautiful women who both love me as much as I love them, and as soon as my studies with the Love Goddess are complete...I want us to marry." Summoner said and the two ladies looked at each other before smiling at him.

"I say yes. You?" Inspector asked.

"Yes." Guild Girl said before kissing the general she was snuggling into, before Inspector got her own kiss.

"All we need now, is a pair of rings." Guild Girl said.

"Technically, a wedding involving the Love Goddess doesn't require rings, but...I do see where you're coming." Summoner said and the two ladies pressed their breasts into him even more as they shifted against him, and Guild Girl sighed dreamily while Summoner continued to rub their butts.

"You know, you going through all that trouble to translate those books is probably helping them quite a bit." Inspector said.

"Wasn't easy either, on my mind, or stomach." Summoner said.

"Right...because of those tales the demons spun?" Guild Girl asked.

"Don't remind me...although some aren't that bad; they're almost child-friendly." Summoner said and Inspector giggled.

"I'd like to hear one someday." She said.

"Alright, me too." Guild Girl said.

"Now...on a serious note, you two deserve some credit for helping that team as well; you both helped inspire me to keep it up, either with love alone...or sex." Summoner said and Guild Girl gave him a quick but sweet kiss.

"You're quite welcome." She said softly.

"I also have to thank you both for putting my heart back together no less than three times: when I lost most of my demon hunters, when I lost my brother...and that fear demon..." Summoner said trailed off and Guild Girl kissed him again, and took her sweet time with it as well.

"You have a legion of elementals working for you, and there's no way they would just go down like that. On top of that...I wasn't really eaten; I'm still here with you." She said softly.

"We both are, and we love you." Inspector said .

"And love you as well." Summoner said, and then nudged Inspector to get off his arm while he turned over to hug Guild Girl as tightly as he could. "I really do love you both, but..."

"I get it; this is your moment." Inspector said and Summoner held Guild Girl closer while she caressed his sculpted back, and rubbed her thigh against his hip and he ran his hand down her side until he reached her thigh. Summoner then groped and played with her butt before Guild Girl pressed her lips against his, and they lashed tongues as Inspector backed up to watch her closest friend get on top of Summoner and Inspector couldn't help but peek under the covers and look at Summoner's hands digging into the milky flesh of Guild Girl's butt while they continued to mash their mouths together.

"Summoner...don't just focus on my bottom..." Guild Girl breathed out, and then she moaned as her beloved demon hunter stopped groping her buttocks, slid his hands up her sides, and starting squeezing and playing with her breasts. She then broke the kiss and raised herself up to give him a better angle...and a better view as he continued working the two globes of plump flesh. Guild Girl then gasped and threw her head back as Summoner started sucking on her nipples, and taking his sweet time doing it. He even glanced at Inspector while continuing to swirl his tongue around Guild Girl's hardened nipple and the grin on Inspector's face showed she was enjoying the show. Guild Girl then pulled back, grabbed Summoner's manhood, and just as she was on the brink of lowering herself onto it...he stopped her.

"Wait...I didn't take any potion." Summoner breathed out.

"Would you like me to get the potion?" Inspector asked.

"Maybe later." Summoner said and Guild Girl groaned.

"Summoner! I was in the moment..." She said with an adorable pout on her face.

"I said later didn't? Besides, after...the incident, I would like nothing more than to make love to you, but for now...just let me hold the two beauties in my bed.." Summoner said as Inspector snuggled into his side and he held said beauties close.

"I'd like to hear about that incident when you're ready to share." Inspector said.

"Alright." Summoner said and the three simply laid there enjoying each other's company and snuggling.

"To think the Sword Maiden gets to have moments like this with your brother for the rest of her endless life." Guild Girl said softly.

"Yeah...those goblins who had their way with her can eat their hearts out." Summoner said and Inspector looked at him funny.

"Why would you bring that up now?" She asked seriously.

"Sorry...that was insensitive. I was just trying to make fun of the goblins; I didn't think of the price..." Summoner said.

"Well, at least you're smart enough to own up to it, so lucky you. You get to keep the privilege of sleeping with two lovely ladies." Inspector said.

"I'm deeply honored." Summoner said dryly and Inspector patted his chest, before Guild Girl rubbed the place he was hit on and mashed her lips against his.

"But seriously...we both love you as much as ever." She said.

"And I love you both." Summoner said and both ladies snuggled into his sides.

"I'm glad you didn't go with them but...why?" Guild Girl asked.

"Because my work for them is done, and it's time I took a rest." Summoner said.

"Can't argue with that." Guild Girl said.

"Her Grace also gave me the idea for using my elementals to help build some things, including waterfalls for the city's bathhouses." Summoner said.

"Wow, that's ambitious." Guild Girl said.

"I'm actually kicking myself for not thinking about using my elementals for construction sooner. O.k. that's not entirely true, I have before; I even charged people for me using a water elementals for cleaning purposes, but...not like this." Summoner said.

"I can see the team using the elementals like that themselves." Inspector said

"I actually gave them a bunch of summon stones." Summoner said.

"Did you?" Inspector asked and Summoner raised an eyebrow.

"You can sense lies lady." He said.

"Smart man." Inspector teased before kissing him and getting his hand through her hair.

"I never thought I'd say this, but Supreme be with those goblins..." Guild Girl said, and Summoner scoffed at the irony and they went to sleep with their heads on his shoulders and their hands on his chest and abdomen.

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"Look who decided to show up." H.E. Druid said as the team came out of the cave and saw the place swarming with goblins.

"We actually took out a champion that was likely waiting for a moment to strike, or at least survive to give the Overlord a head's up." Wizard said.

"Just help us!" H.E. Druid exclaimed as she kept shooting down goblins at a distance, and kicked the goblins that got too close off the ledge she was on, either killing them on-contact, or with the fall itself, and the rest of the team got to work right away.

Ranger morphed his twin swords and covered Fighter and Warrior as they fought their way to a ledge overhead. Ranger put his swords to as good a use as ever: one sword severs a head, the other removes a limb, the first impales a heart, the other splits a skull, then the first craves through a goblin's kidney, and the other slashes through a spine. He weaved through the entire crowd on the lowest level of the passage and threw in some of the acrobatics he learned from Fighter into the mix with spinning, jumping, flipping, and even turned several goblins into chum as they pounced at him with his light armor making his movements untraceable throughout the entire massacre. He then rejoined GS and Cow Girl as they continued gunning down the goblins that kept coming in the front.

Rhea Fighter meanwhile got to work on her same-sized foes by putting her unarmed skills to work, by opening her own chakras, then worked them over in various ways: she stomped on their knees and punched the side of their heads in, she kicked them in the kidneys and tore their throats out, she jumped over one and stomped on the head of the one behind it before snapping the neck of the first one, she grabbed two and slammed their heads into each other, or even tore them in half and threw the halves at two more before she punched their ribs in.

Wizard put her glaive to work to save her magic. She stabbed every goblin that got close, or gave them a quick slice across the head to spill the goblins' brains on the ground, or across the abdomen to spill their intestines; good thing they all wore masks which made breathing easier when there's a bad smell. She also stabbed goblins that pounced at her before flicking them to the side and continued butchering the goblins, with her brother next to her smashing their heads in with his mace. The two eventually put up spark traps that shocked the goblins that got close to them, and summoned elementals to take out the ones in the back taking pot shots at them with arrows or throwing spears at them.

Fighter and Warrior shot down the flanking goblins their companions were missing, H.E. Druid and D.R. climbed a ledge over everything and sniped a few goblins in the far distance, and Cow Girl, Ranger and GS kept shooting at the ones who got close to the Protection barrier. GS then threw in a freeze bomb and charged in to finish off the goblins that weren't frozen solid or were only somewhat frozen. Ranger then took the greatsword he morphed earlier and followed GS into the fray. The rest of the team eventually finished off the last of the goblins, and looked back to see GS and Ranger taking down the goblins side-by-side...it was yet another masterful display of butchery.

GS rapidly sliced apart a group of goblins bright enough to pounce at him with Ranger splattering a group of them across the ground with one swing of his greatsword. GS then charged through the crowd as Ranger morphed his light armor and followed GS while blowing apart the goblins at a distance with his revolvers, and beating down the goblins that got too close with the sides of his guns, or using the newly-morphed blades on his legs to punt the goblins away or shred them with the same legwork his lovely wife uses in combat; love and war going well together never ceased to amaze.

Ranger then switched to the greastword and heavy armor again when a group of hobs swarmed him from all sides, then whirled his gigantic blade around with the usual force, speed and precision to turn each hob into a mass of severed limbs, heads, and guts. He then charged over to GS' position, and saw him weave through a few hobs himself and then climb up the back of one before blowing it's brains out with one shotgun, then put a shell in the heads of two more then reloaded before shooting the legs out from another one, then stomping it's head in. GS turned around just in time to see Ranger impale another one, swing it around and then slam it into the ground hard enough to make the ground implode. The two armored juggernauts then looked around at the damage they did, and took a breather.

"I got to say...you and I haven't done is in way too long." Ranger said.

"Now's the chance for us to do this, since the goblins are nearly wiped out." GS said.

"And this is only the start; there's more goblins further beyond the frontier." Ranger said before GS looked up at the twin moons.

"Then this will be make the battle at the farm look like the time we had at the beach." He said thoughtfully.

"I take it you had fun there afterall?" Ranger asked.

"Yes..." GS said.

"We can go when this is over." Ranger said.

"Maybe." GS said before looking to the side and they spotted more goblins coming out of the caves.

"I didn't think we'd leave this many goblins alive." Ranger said.

"Good, because there will be none alive when we're done." GS said as he braced for attack, with Ranger smirking and bracing his greatsword on his shoulder.

"Your lips to the Supreme's ear." He said before the two charged at the goblins with Ranger jumping over GS who wasted no time slaughtering the goblins as rapidly as ever with Ranger coming down on a hob from overhead and splitting it down the middle. He then waved his greatsword around, chopping and splattering more goblins across the battlefield. When they were done with the first wave, GS spotted another and Ranger superheated a gauntlet before causing a massive explosion by punching the ground, sending debris and goblin bodies everywhere.

"Priestess once mentioned paying attention to the consequences of our actions." GS said as Ranger recovered.

"Look around, this place was past the point of no return the moment I called down those meteors. As far as I'm concerned, I'm just laying waste to a wasteland." Ranger said before they spotted Fighter dashing around the other side of the area smashing and shredding goblins left and right. Ranger couldn't help but smirk at the display.

"It's your wife..." GS breathed out as they watched Fighter rapidly impale one goblin after another while charging through their numbers, kicking some into their friends or the wall, or just stomping them into the ground with enough force to make the ground shatter, and splatter the goblins' blood, bones, and flesh across the immediate areas. She then spotted another group of goblins charging her way, then launched a barrage of blades that tore them to shreds, and a hob managed to get the drop on her, only for her to flip over it, snap it's neck as she was just over it's head, pull it backwards, then hold up it's corpse before throwing across the area and smashing another group of goblins under it's bulk before exhaling deeply.

"I love her so much..." Ranger said, then the two watched Fighter stomped a goblin's face in, before looking back to see Priestess slicing apart a group of goblins herself with Warrior watching her back. Fighter was so caught up in watching Priestess that a trio of hobs approached her without her awareness, then Fighter snapped around to engage them, but Priestess vaporized them with Holy Smite. Fighter then shared a brief smile with the new, younger Sword Maiden, and they regrouped with the others.

GS then pushed Ranger to the ground as a boulder whooshed past them, and lo and behold, a goblin champion was there, and it was preparing to hurl another boulder. Fighter jumped up out of nowhere and kicked the boulder out of the air when the champion hurled it at the two, and then Fighter stood there in front of it, daring it to attack her...and it did. It charged right at her, and she jumped up and gave it a kneed it in the jaw, breaking several of it's teeth, and she even tore it's hand open when it treated to grab her. She then watched it nurse it's wounds when she landed, but as soon as it turned to face her, she then climbed up it's body and jammed her forearm blades into it's face over and over, and rode it down as it dropped dead before she landed like a cat and eyeballed her gigantic kill.

"Nice save baby." Ranger said.

"I guess we're even now...baby." Fighter said before giving her husband a short but sweet kiss and ran her hands through his long, course hair while smirking at him. He then peeked over her shoulder, and when she turned her head, she saw a swarm of goblins bracing to unleash a volley of arrows at them.

"Mana Bolt!" The Wizards yelled before unleashing a conjoined orb of green energy that not only vaporized the archer line, but collapsed the cliffside they were camped on.

"Scratch one line of archers." Fighter said.

"Right, now where were we?" Ranger teased.

"Not a chance; I love kissing my strong, loving, and extremely sexy husband as much as the next woman who's strong enough to tear a goblin champion a new one...but I'm not getting distracted two times in a row." Fighter said seriously and Ranger stared at her the whole time. "Yes I said all that..."

"And I still want to kiss you-" Fighter shuts him up with a brief but sweet kiss.

"Happy?" She asked.

"Yes...that should snuff out my darkness for a while." Ranger said casually and Fighter smirked; that statement was funnier than it had a right to be. Next thing they knew, a goblin champion armed with, to the team's horror and complete surprise, an auto crossbow appeared with a goblin high priest empowering it with hell energy. Ranger then put his greatsword in the ground just in time for them to take cover behind it as the goblin champion unleashed a volley of bolts at them. The two held each other as close as they could, and didn't dare peek out to see what else was going on...

"Ranger...the sword is cracking." Fighter said seriously, and Ranger saw she was right; his practically unbreakable sword was giving away bit by bit as the bolts hammered away at it with more speed and force than even a large bolt should be able to hit with.

"What is taking the others so long to help us?" Ranger asked, and then dared to peek out to see a group of hobs engaging GS who was forced to retreat to the Protection barrier Priestess put up.

"Now would be a good time for a miracle." Fighter said with actual fear in her voice.

"No...not without killing all of us as well." Ranger said seriously and Fighter started shaking.

"Purge!" Priestess yelled and a burst of holy energy knocked down the hobs, drained the paladin of the hell energy boosting it's power and staggered the high priest, who retreated into the cave. GS then led the team in a charge to first finish the hobs off before they could get up with stabs through their brains, and the Wizards split up and used Paralyze to stop the paladin from shooting them down with it's crossbow, but all it did was slow it's movements; the damn thing was wearing anti-magic armor!

Warrior then threw his hammer at the paladin, hit it's forehead which staggered it, and GS threw the rest of his bombs at it which staggered it yet again. The paladin then went berserk and threw it's crossbow at them, and then charged at them while shouting in fury. Ranger then removed his greatsword from the ground, put it on the ground behind him, Fighter got on top of it, and with a glance between them, Ranger used the sword like a catapult and launched Fighter right at the paladin, and she went right past it...but it didn't matter; she grabbed it as she flew by and yanked it to the ground, and kicked it's lights out.

"So...who would like to do the honors?" Fighter asked.

"Priestess? You should." GS said, and Priestess walked up to it's head and plunged her sword into it's neck. She then wiped the blood off and put her sword away... before Fighter yanked her into a hug.

"For a moment...I thought me and Ranger were going to die...!" Fighter said seriously before Priestess returned the hug.

"Fighter." She said softly as her older sister held her, and the rest of the team watched their moment, or looked at each other.

"There's no way you two were going to die. Not with all of us here with you." GS said seriously.

"That's just it; I forgot all of you were there." Fighter said.

"Well...now your fears are erased." GS said.

"Goblin Slayer! That's my wife you're talking to and she was concerned about my life, and her own, which is a pain in the ass to train for on a good day. I insist you give her more leniency." Ranger said sharply.

"Sorry." GS said.

"Now, Priestess, how many miracles do you have left?" Ranger asked.

"At least two more, but I'm out of holy water." Priestess said.

"I'm not, and chances are you'll need it more than I will." Ranger said as he handed over his flask.

"I'll put it to good use sir." Priestess said.

"O.k. I hate to break up the meaningful chit-chat, but that goblin high priest went into that cave up there." Fighter said.

"A high priest? That's not good..." Warrior said seriously.

"What's the deal with the high priests?" Rhea Fighter asked.

"Their deal is that they're basically shamans, lords, and paladins all in one package, and just as nasty." Ranger said.

"Right, and we fought one of them at the farm a decade ago...and it took a revenant to kill it by ripping out it's soul, which for the record can kill damn near anything since...well your soul is what allows you to live in the first place; you've got a better chance of surviving getting your head smashed to bits." Wizard said.

"So how are we supposed to kill this one with more than half our strength shot to hell?" D.R. asked.

"Can we please come back in the morning when we're in top form?" Rhea Fighter asked.

"No, that high priest will likely share what it learn with the rest of them. We'll just have to make use of the strength we have left." GS said.

"Speak for yourself..." Rhea Fighter said and Wizard groaned and handed her a potion.

"Here's a life potion, now shut the fuck up...!" She said with annoyance, and Rhea Fighter stood there stunned before taking the potion and downing it.

"How many more potions do you have?" Cow Girl asked.

"Just that one. I was hoping to save that for an emergency but..." Wizard trailed off.

"We're only as strong as our weakest link, and in this situation, we can't have anyone slowing us down. On top of that, no one gets left behind." Ranger said.

"Right." Priestess said before GS walked off.

"Hey, where are you going?" Fighter asked.

"After that high priest." GS said and Warrior went after him.

"Is this wide-spread fatigue getting to your head or something?" He asked as he tried to stop GS.

"No, I have a plan." GS said before Warrior managed to stop him cold by getting in front of him.

"Well please inform your numerous, and extremely competent friends, of this magnificent scheme." He said.

"Traps." GS said and the whole team looks at him.

"Why didn't we do that earlier?" D.R. asked.

"Uh, me and my now-long-haired sister did that earlier when we covered Priestess remember?" Wizard's brother asked.

"I meant on a larger scale." D.R. said.

"May I continue?" GS asked.

"If you insist, although how are you going to get them here?" Warrior asked as GS kept going.

"Clap." He said simply and the team looked at each other in surprise.

"Say what now?" Wizard asked.

"Clap." GS as simply as before.

"Well...trap them with what?" Cow Girl asked.

"A scroll." GS said.

"You had a scroll the whole time?" Wizard's brother asked.

"No, I assumed one of you did." GS said.

"Well, we don't." Wizard said.

"Then use that portal gem to go get one." GS said.

"Wait, what if someone we don't like is watching us? Like that Cambion joker?" Rhea Fighter asked.

"We can worry about him at a later date." GS said.

"What about the rest of the Evil Sect, or the Goblin Overlord himself"?" Priestess asked.

"They're right Goblin Slayer. The risk is too serious, and our secrets are or secrets." Ranger said and GS sighed.

"Everyone? I just used Vision and...the Goblin Overlord is actually watching us." Priestess said which alarmed the whole team.

"Bet he's awfully pissed that we wrecked one of his homes." Warrior said.

"But that also means our good rhea here was right to be nervous." Ranger said.

"I just had to open my mouth didn't I...?" Rhea Fighter groaned.

"The Goblin Overlord was watching us the whole time; your word had nothing to do with it." Fighter said.

"I guess..." Rhea Fighter said.

"Then we'll just go for that clapping trick, but on a much larger scale; I also saw a pair of caverns in there, and each one is infested with goblins...and dozens of cloned women." Priestess said.

"Well, I hope they're having the time of their lives in there, because it's the last bit of fun they're going to have." Ranger said coldly.

"Must you talk about a goblin orgy like that?" D.R. asked seriously.

"Beats the hell out of calling it an orgy." Ranger deadpanned.

"Can we please stop talking about that?! You two are making me sick to my stomach..." H.E. Druid snapped.

"Please excuse our blasphemy Your-" H.E. Druid cuts D.R. off.

"Just knock it off; I'm tired, I'm getting hungry again, and I'm probably going to have to bath for hours on end to get the smell of goblin blood off of me, not to mention my muscles are probably going to be more sore than they've ever been." She said.

"I'm pretty sure the rest of us can say the same. Heaven forbid we have to go through this again without our ranged weapons and spells..." Ranger said.

"Come on, don't jinx us...yeah I know, my word doesn't count in this." Rhea Fighter said.

"Anyway...we can't go back and get more firepower, but we can use some more delicate means." Ranger said.

"Like stealth?" Cow Girl asked and Ranger stared at her.

"Like stealth..." He said.

"Or drawing them to us; it worked on our first quest, why not now?" Warrior said.

"Or we just go after them..." Fighter said simply and the team to see her meditating while standing upright, and then her eyes opened to reveal that they were cyan. She then rushed to the entrance to the cave and waited for the team to catch up, and when they did Fighter was peeking into the cave with her bow morphed.

"This is insane, how are we going to take on an unknown-" Fighters cuts H.E. Druid off.

"I sense 107 goblins...can't tell how many are shamans, champions, or even paladins or that high priest." She said.

"Well...at least we know what we're dealing with." D.R. said.

"There are also dozens of women in there." Fighter said somberly.

"Probably clones." GS said.

"What should we do with them?" Warrior asked.

"I've been asking myself that ever since I heard about the cloned women...it's good to know we can heal them, inside and out, but even if we did, what place would they have in society? They all look alike and the original is who-knows-where, not to mention people would ask who-knows-how-many questions." Ranger said thoughtfully.

"We're not going to kill them are we-" Ranger cuts Fighter off.

"No...I swore on my very being that would never happen again." He said sharply.

"When me and Goblin Slayer found some cloned women, they were all killed before we had a chance to save them." Cow Girl said and Ranger sighed.

"Well, on the off-chance we don't get to these women in time...I'm not sure if clones have souls, but I hope the Supreme sees them through either way." He said.

"Then follow me all of you, and keep the light to a minimum." Fighter said as she led the way, with the Wizards using tuned-down fire spells as torches. Fighter led the group down the cave, and the anticipation mounted as the team approached the entrance to a cavern and prepared to engage the goblins...who were all waiting for them out in the open, with a paladin and a trio of champions in the back. The team even caught some goblins hauling their sex slaves to the side as they prepared for battle.

"Blind them." Ranger said as the team morphed their masks and readied their ranged weapons.

"Holy Light!" Priestess yelled and the goblins all stopped their charge, and Fighter rushed into the fray, and tore through them just as viciously and ruthlessly as she did before, but GS and Ranger joined the fray as D.R. and Cow Girl opened fire with their rifles at the goblins in the rear, and H.E. Druid and Warrior rushed along the sides to unleash a storm of arrows and bolts at them with Ranger using his twin pistols to blow the goblins apart. Eventually, Holy Light ran out and the champions joined the battle, and the one-sided massacre, became a desperate struggle.

One champion's club came down on Ranger, who had just enough time to morph his heavy armor and gauntlets to stop the strike, and then a second champion tried to swat Ranger away, but he jumped over it and ran up it's club, before punching away it's hand as it tried to grab him, and then Ranger reached it's face and punched it to the ground as hard as he could before Rhea Fighter severed the other champions foot and finished it off by severing it's with her charged-up sword.

The last champion came at them with the paladin backing it up, and the champion threw it's oversized axe at the time, and the Wizard used Reflect to make it miss them; it flew with too much force to be stopped, but making it hit the space next to them was a perfectly doable. Fighter and Ranger meanwhile, kept the paladin busy...or rather the other way around; the paladin used his enchanted shield and sword to good effect and gave the paid as much as they could handle by blocking their attacks, and making them dodge and block it's sword swings.

Warrior then tried charging up his hammer for a throw...but it was out of power, so he had to engage the paladin with his sword charged up, but he and GS were stopped by the champion who grabbed a spare sword. Cow Girl then opened her own chakras and charged into the fight and joined GS in taking it down as D.R. and H.E. Druid kept pelting it with bullets and arrows.

In the end, Warrior jumped up and landed a hit that sliced the champion's cheek and Cow Girl took advantage by jamming her sword into one of it's knees with GS doing the same to it's other knee, and the three stabbed it in the face all at once. The team then looked to see that...much to their horror, the paladin actually landed a hit that sliced Fighter's abdomen open...and she fell back and tried to keep her intestines from spilling out. Her agonizing screams echoed through the cave, and Ranger felt the blood in his veins turn to ice, and then into lava as his fury was immediately aimed at the goblin that dared to disembowl his beloved Fighter.

"DAMN YOU!" Ranger yelled before rushing at the paladin with his gauntlets superheated and the rapid and violent explosions made the paladin recoil over and over until the shield became too hot to use and Ranger even yanked it out of it hand with his chains, and wrapped the paladin up in the chains, absorbed it's armor and wrapped part of the chains around it's throat so it couldn't scream before he superheated the chains, which made the paladin thrash around in agony as it's flesh was being cooked, and it's bones were being crushed by the slowly-tightening chains.

Even the team was unnerved by Ranger's cruelty, and the unbound fury on his face, despite how understandable it was. He loved Fighter with his entire being but the sheer amount of hatred was almost contradictory. Eventually, the paladin was squeezed so hard that the last amount of life was removed and Ranger threw it across the room still shaking and snarling in rage. He then snapped out of it and turned to see Fighter was still clutching her blood-drenched abdomen, and when she removed her hands...the wound was slowly closing.

"I'll be damned...these pendants really do allow regeneration." Wizard said in awe.

"Thank the Supreme..." Ranger breathed out, and Fighter slowly stood up with Ranger helping her up and embracing her.

"Wizard...you beautiful piece of work." Warrior said.

"Eh, she would've done the same for me." Wizard said.

"Never a truer word was spoken sister." Fighter said softly.

"How heart-warming." The goblin high priest said, and the team turned to see the creature in question sitting on the edge of a balcony overhead.

"About time you showed up coward." Cow Girl said.

"Coward? Don't make me laugh; you all came here to my home on the edge of dusk and gave every one of my people the rudest possible awakening, and just when they were about to have their morning fun." The goblin high priest said.

"You call robbing women of their self-worth fun? Pathetic..." Ranger said.

"This is simply how my people operate; there are plenty of creatures that work just the same way." The high priest said.

"And they're also pathetic." Ranger said.

"Why do I waste my breath? I'm here to avenge my kin's murderers." The high priest said.

"Your kin aren't worth dirt." Ranger snapped and the high priest jumped down.

"From the look of things, your mate is going to be in the dirt soon." The high priest said.

"Not on my watch." Wizard said simply and she unleashed a torrent of fire at the high priest with Firestream...and the high priest cartwheels to the side out of harm's way. He then charges right at the team, and moved in a zig-zag pattern as the team formed up and GS and Cow Girl swung their swords at the high priest, who ducked, side-stepped, and flipped away from their assault for about half a minute before the high priest ducked, grabbed Cow Girl's feet, and yanked them out from under her, and then jumped up to stomp down on her, but GS shield bashed it away and the two sat them exhausted.

Meanwhile, Priestess sat down with Fighter as the latter got herself together, and Ranger and Warrior took over the assault, with D.R. and H.E. Druid unloading bullets and arrows into the high priest, and D.R. landed a single shot to the high priest's thigh...which quickly regenerated, and it got back to dodging the swords swung at it. D.R. tried shooting again, and reloading, but finally ran out of bullets, H.E. Druid meanwhile landed several arrows, which the high priest's body spat out. The Wizards took a raincheck to not only make more bullets with their alchemy, as well as protect Fighter and Priestess.

The melee ended with the high priest jumped up, and pushed himself off the ceiling to dive straight at them, and Warrior put his shield up to stop him, and then the high priest knocked him to the ground, and backflipped off the shield. Ranger then unloaded several bullets into the high priest when it landed, and then superheated a longsword and impaled it while charging at it, and then carried the high priest to the wall and pinned it there, with the sword acting like a nail, and the heat from the sword making the high priest tense up with pain.

"Hurts doesn't it? And I'll bet you put those women through just as much if not more, am I right?" Ranger asked coldly with the high priest slowly looking Ranger in the eye while spiting up blood. "I happen to have experience with goblin high priests, as well as knowledge that wounds don't heal when they've been cauterized." He then removed the longsword and the high priest laid there looking at the hole in it's abdomen.

"Sir? We have a problem..." Priestess said and Ranger turned to see a few of the cloned women were actually giving birth to goblin babies one by one, with each individual one birthing multiple goblins.

"You know what to do." Ranger said and the rest of the team started stabbing, stomping, or shooting the babies. Priestess then checked on the women themselves and her heart sank.

"They're dead..." She said somberly.

"You...barbarians...! It's not enough you had to kill my people, but you had to cause the deaths of my wives?!" The high priest snarled.

"Pitying the lost lives of women you don't even value? Never thought I'd see the day..." Ranger said.

"Value? Those whores never had any value in the first place, and they were still put to better use than those sows the Evil Sect sacrificed to the Demon Lord." The high priest spat as it managed to get up and partially heal it's abdomen, and Cow Girl tensed up with anger, but Ranger beat her to it.

"You goblins grow more pathetic by the second!" He snapped before rushing at the high priest, who continued dodging Ranger's flurry of blade swings...until Ranger used their whip function and the superheated sections tore into the goblin high priest's flesh which staggered it's movements because of both the damage and the pain, which slowed it down enough for Ranger to jam both blades into it's sides, then morph another set that he stabbed into it's thighs, and a third set that he stabbed into it's shoulders, and he just stood there and watched it struggle to free itself, but it was no use; all it could do is lay there writhing in agony.

"Holy shit...!" D.R. whispered.

"Now you stay right there; I'll be right back." Ranger said before he walked over to the rest of the team and saw the Wizards checking on the women.

"They're not in good shape boss." Wizard said.

"When we're done, we can take them to the Temple of Law. They can at least do some good there." Priestess said.

"That would probably be best." Ranger said seriously.

"What about that priest?" H.E. Druid asked.

"I say fuck him. He did this to these ladies, so getting shanked like that is just desserts." D.R. said.

"As much as I agree, we can't just leave him here. He and the rest of them have regeneration that's in constant use, so eventually another goblin will remove the blades and he'll come after us." Ranger said and GS stood up and slowly walked over to the high priest, which got everyone's attention.

"So...you're the dreaded Goblin Slayer? You've got alot of nerve coming here after spending so much time flaunting that title...you must think this is over don't you? Well it is over! You're all tired and beaten; the rest of my kind are on their way here, and they will make a feast out of all of you, and they will have more fun with your women than I ever did." The high priest said before GS took one of the swords out of it's side and severed the goblin's head.

"O.k...now can we use the portal gem?" Rhea Fighter asked.

"Priestess? Are we still being watched?" Ranger asked.

"I...don't think so." Priestess said.

"Well...fuck it, let's get these women out of here, portal back to the cart, and get the hell out of here." D.R. said...then Ranger got an idea.

"Wait...I have an idea." He said.

"Another?" Wizard asked and Ranger smirked before turning serious again.

"I still have a few miracles left...and I forgot about my fear and rage spells completely." Ranger said.

"So...another plague then?" Warrior asked.

"No...I have something much more dramatic in mind." Ranger said as he walked off.

"Oh this I've got to see." Wizard said as she and then the rest of the team followed him outside...and they saw another swarm of goblins of every type waiting for them.

"Please tell me you have enough miracles..." Rhea Fighter said.

"Two, but it'll just take one to show them." Ranger said before crouching and walking forward slowly but steadily, then out of nowhere, he unleashed Pestilence on the goblins, and the ones who didn't start coughing up blood, puked their guts out, while others panicked and ran away. Even the hobs, paladins, and champions were effected by the disease, which only added to the terror struck into the hearts of the uninfected.

"O.k...I'm not even a goblin and that was unsettling." H.E. Druid said.

"And millions of them suffered that fate around this entire mountain range. I can't imagine how scared they were." Cow Girl said thoughtfully.

"They're goblins. Who cares?" Wizard asked.

"I sure don't." Her brother said.

"Let's just get those women out of here..." Ranger said before they went back into the cave, and after the Wizards using water elementals along with Priestess using Purify to clean them up...and restore their virginities, Priestess used the gem to open a portal to the Temple of Law, and they got the nine surviving women to the temple infirmary with the women being carried by the team one by one, then they took a portal to the cart, and luckily, it was still intact, so they opened a portal again and drove it back to Ranger and Fighter's manor in Water Town. They then all took a moment to catch their breath with the air that was significantly fresher; they were used to the smell of blood and guts, but fresh air was it's own reward.

"Thank the Supreme the goblins didn't get to this cart." Warrior said.

"Thank the Supreme even more that we're out of there..." Rhea Fighter said.

"No kidding...Guild Girl is never going to believe this." Wizard said.

"I was there and I don't believe it; that made the farm battle look like our time at the beach." Cow Girl said and Ranger scoffed.

"Goblin Slayer said the same thing." He said.

"O.k...that's pretty funny." Wizard said.

"Well, let's just go get some rest. Heaven knows we've earned it." Priestess said.

"No kidding..." Fighter said, and they spent the next few minutes getting some minor rest, before Ranger spoke up.

"It's too bad we couldn't get any materials from the mountains; the places is probably full of riches." He said.

"Boss, it'll probably take years for us to get everything out of that place." Wizard said.

"Then it's a good thing I didn't mean everything. We also left quite a few weapons on the dead goblins for them to use." Ranger said.

"They'll need those weapons, besides, we can revisit the place and take whatever was left behind. But that's later..." Warrior said, and a few more minutes later, they all got out of the cart. Rhea Fighter was fast asleep, so Wizard's brother carried her inside, and everyone went to the manor's guest rooms, after everyone took a quick cleaning with buckets and towels, they all went to sleep...except for Ranger and Fighter.

---

When they got to their room, the two de-morphed their armor, and put their belts away before Ranger grabbed a water bucket and towels for them to wash each other with, and they spent the whole time washing and scrubbing each other in near-total silence. When they were done, Fighter went to the cabinet and grabbed their sterility potion. Ranger then sighed and signaled her to drink some, and she when she did, she got in front of the bed, bent over and spread her feet before Ranger took his place behind her, gripped her slender waist, and sheathed himself inside her entrance and she gasped at the feeling of his thick, dense manhood filling her body.

Ranger then slowly and steadily moved in and out of her, making sure the tension and the pleasure replacing and smothering it was felt...and it was. They both felt each other loosen up and even the leftover smell of blood did nothing to drown out the intimacy between them. She eventually started shaking her bottom up and down, which signaled him to pick up the pace, and she stopped moving when he did.

Her tense gasps turned into throaty, lustful moans when Ranger picked up enough force and speed to make ripples in her flesh as he gently but rapidly slammed into her. The music leaving her mouth combined with the fleshy slapping sounds his groin made when he struck her butt inspired him to continue to vigorously mate with her, and pick up the pace until the broad, swollen, bulb of his manhood was scraping Fighter's womanhood a much as it was physically able to. Fighter continued spasming, groaning, and panting from the mind-boggling euphoria until she let out her longest moan yet when they both reached their orgasms.

Ranger then removed his no-long-aroused manhood from her body and took a moment to compose himself as she did the same, and when she got a hold of herself, she looked back at him as he came up beside her, and her unfocused and exhausted expression turned into one of innocent happiness as she stood up straight and gave him a soft, passionate kiss while the held each other. She then backed up and continued gracing him with the smile he adored so much that he couldn't help but return.

She then nuzzled into his brawny chest and sighed dreamily as Ranger enveloped her powerful yet voluptuous body in his arms while she rubbed her thighs against his own. The next minute or so was spent with the two standing there holding, caressing, and shifting against each other as the war they were engaged in with the goblins was shifted in favor of the liberating peace and love they found in each other's arms; it was the earliest days of their relationship all over again.

"I can feel how tense you were before, and how much of it left you." Fighter said.

"I have a woman in my arms who happens to be the most serious combination between affection, power, and virtue I've ever met...who happens to have a body that most women would probably climb a mountain and jump off of to obtain. My ease should be a surprise to no one." Ranger said seriously.

"You always were a charmer..." Fighter said softly as she snuggled into him even more as his embraced tightened around her.

"And I'm all yours baby..." Ranger whispered, and Fighter shifted against his bulk before pressing her lips against those of her dear husband. Ranger's face then hardened before he opened the blankets for them to get in...and Fighter stopped him.

"Should we talk?" She asked.

"What's there to talk about?" Ranger asked as he turned to see her staring at him, and then the two stood there holding each other close, with Fighter shifting against her husband occasionally and Ranger caressing her hair.

"Ranger seriously, hear me out." Fighter said and Ranger slowly released her so she could look up at him. "First off...I know you don't say you love me just because you like the way it sounds, and I certainly don't...and yes we had close calls, but this was the first time I was legitimately scared of dying."

"Fighter..." Ranger trailed off.

"I always thought I mastered my fear, and I did for the most part, but that...warzone we were in showed how much more we have to do; how much we have to prepare for." Fighter said.

"And we will, but for now...let's rest." Ranger said and Fighter snuggled into his brawny chest as he shifted and groaned. "I'm going to be sore in the morning." Fighter then let off a heart-melting giggle.

"I love you..." Fighter whispered.

"And I love you." Ranger said before pulling her into the bed with him and she simply laid down on top of him. She eventually picked herself up and he took a moment to marvel at her free-flowing, night-black hair framing her divine face. She then pressed her lips against his without an ounce of force and gradually deepened their kiss as Ranger wrapped his arms around her. She eventually broke the kiss and continued smiling at the man beneath her.

"I can massage you if you'd like, plus you could use a bath. A real bath, maybe with your affectionate wife to keep you company?" Fighter said softly.

"What company you make..." Ranger whispered before Fighter pressed her lips against his and the single kiss turned into a series of them as she caressed his face and hair before breaking the kiss and smiling down at her husband. She then snuggled into his chest and interlocked their fingers. "That sun cannot rise quickly enough..."

---

When he woke up, Fighter wasn't there, and as predicted, his whole body was sore from all the goblins he and is team slaughtered the previous night. A while later, Fighter came in wearing her original outfit and high-ponytail, and holding their baby.

"Look sweetheart. Your father's awake." Fighter said softly as she approached the bed, and Ranger glued his eyes to their daughter, and forced his body to sit up, and to hell with his soreness. Fighter marveled at the display of willpower, and their baby eyeballed Ranger who smiled at her and put his finger near her for her to play with.

"Hello daughter." Ranger said as the baby played with his finger. He then shared a look with Fighter before they looked back at the baby who was playing with her father's finger like it was her favorite toy.

"I think she's happy to see you." Fighter said.

"The feeling's mutual." Ranger whispered before motioning Fighter to move the baby closer, and Ranger kissed their daughter's forehead.

"I'm going to draw a bath for us. You lay there and get some more rest." Fighter said.

"Alright...I love you both." Ranger said and Fighter got up to leave as Ranger laid back down, and actually fell asleep halfway by the time she got back.

"Wow...you really are tired aren't you?" She asked.

"Why aren't you? And for that matter...how long were you up?" Ranger asked.

"Probably an hour; I waited for you to wake up, and even tried waking you up by shaking you, but nothing worked. To your first question: I don't know why I have so much energy. I don't recall eating or drinking anything special. Oh well, I'll ask the wizards to examine me later on." Fighter said.

"Alright...how's our daughter and our bath?" Ranger asked.

"She's clean, fed, burped, you name it, and she's sleeping right now. Our bath is drawing as we speak so..." Fighter trailed off and noticed Ranger eyeballing her outfit, and she looked herself over.

"I love that outfit almost as much as I love the woman wearing it..." Ranger said softly before Fighter ran one of her strong yet delicate hands over his face.

"One of many reasons I keep it." Fighter whispered before kissing him with pure love in her movements. "Shall we?" She then held up a bathrobe for her husband as he slowly got up, and Fighter couldn't stop eyeballing him as he stretched himself; his bulk was probably on par with Heavy Warrior's, although Ranger was still shorter.

"Seen enough?" Ranger teased.

"I just recalled the first time I saw you half-naked in bed...how I couldn't stop kissing you." Fighter said.

"A lovely woman's kiss is a...pretty interesting thing to wake up to on a bad day." Ranger said.

"And on a good day?" Fighter asked.

"Then it's impossible to refuse..." Ranger breathed out, and Fighter immediately kissed him and their breathes and the sucking sounds their mouths made were the only things they could hear as long as their passionate embrace lasted. "And still is..."

"Let's not get ahead of ourselves...speaking of heads." Fighter teased while gently squeezing his manhood and Ranger groaned right away. "Only a handful of kisses and you get like this..."

"Need I remind you that it takes more than a few ice cream-sweet kisses to cause this?" Ranger asked.

"No...you've been peeling my clothes off with your mind for as long as I've known you, not that I can't say the same." Fighter said honestly.

"Well...in my case, I always thought you were the most beautiful woman I knew, and I still think so." Ranger said.

"Lucky me." Fighter said before licking her lips, and taking advantage of his increased lust by kissing him as passionately as before. She then helped slip the bathrobe onto Ranger's still-naked body and walked him to the bathroom, and closed the door and removed the bathrobe. She then backed up to give him a better view of her figure as she took her clothes off bit by bit, leaving her in only her underarmor. She then glanced back and forth between what she was doing, and Ranger's face as his eyes devoured the sight of her figure, which never lost it's plumpness despite how much bigger and denser her muscles got. She even teased him by subtly showing off her bulky legs and round, wide buttocks. "Seen enough?"

"I will never see enough of those goods, especially since you keep getting more of them." Ranger said and Fighter chuckled as she walked up to him, hooked her arms around his neck and pressed her luscious breasts into his chest as he held the sides of her butt.

"You've seen how well I eat, and how much." She said sensually.

"We've all been feasting like kings, and queens these last several months...and your case is probably the least subtle." Ranger said.

"Says the man who started off being not much bigger than Warrior, to having more muscle than a hob." Fighter said before Ranger gently slapped her butt making her exclaim and tense up from the surprise before giggling.

"More like the man with a wife who has more and better curves than a watermelon, which I actually noted when one of your clones bent over to test the water when we were in this room." Ranger said.

"Did you now?" Fighter teased.

"Oh yes. When one your clones bent over, I actually compared her ass to a watermelon...and I choose wisely." Ranger said.

"You're a damn pervert." Fighter deadpanned.

"But I'm your pervert..." Ranger said and Fighter smirked.

"Well, luckily for you...that potion will last until midnight, so you can fuck me as many times as you'd like between now and then." She said.

"You'd love that wouldn't you?" Ranger teased before Fighter gripped his aroused manhood and fondled the tip with her fingers much to his pleasure.

"The chance to have my gigantic beast of a husband stuff this thick cock into me and give me the time of my life? What girl would say no to that?" She asked.

"Just get in that tub baby..." Ranger groaned.

"First...tear this suit off of me." Fighter said sensually, and Ranger gripped her collar, and ripped the skin-tight underarmor off of her before watching her luscious breasts spill out of their confines. Ranger then held her back and pressed his face into her chest while planting kisses on the insides of her breasts. He then began swirling his tongue around her nipples one by one, and then eventually began licking the entire area of each mound of plump flesh like they were covered in ice cream as she leaned back and let off horny chuckles. Her delicious moans filled the air as she held the back of her husband's head as he devoured her chest...while groaning into her breasts himself.

Fighter then pushed her husband off of her, and he watched her flawless butt bounce as she slowly walked over to the water, stepped in, and sat down before giving her husband a seductive side-glance that made him smirk and join her in the semi-hot water. The tension and soreness left him almost right way, especially when Fighter started running her fingers along his nerve points and massaged and poked them fittingly to get his blood flowing to where it needed to be and to get rid of some tension.

She got the desired results as well; Ranger's heart and lungs spiked in response to the treatment Fighter graced him with. She then gave him a straightforward massage from his shoulders, to his arms, abdomen, chest and thighs, all while taking her sweet time tracing the lines in his sinew and bones. She eventually stopped cold and started massaging his impressive bulk the old-fashioned way, and worked her hands as deep into his tissue as she could.

"How does this feel?" Fighter asked while reaching around to press her hands into his chest, and he held one of her hands and looked it over.

"It always amazes me how your hands can be used to tear goblins to pieces, and yet they remain as remarkably feminine as ever." He said seriously.

"Appearances really can be deceiving can't they?" Fighter asked.

"Like how I practically embody war, yet fight for peace..." Ranger said and Fighter hummed in acknowledgement before soaking his hair with a small cup she repeatedly used to pour water from the bath on his shoulders, neck, and head. When she was done, she gave Ranger's neck a teasing lick, and he turned to see her pouring a generous amount of soap on her breasts before holding them up from underneath.

"Lather me." Fighter said and Ranger wasted no time turning around completely, stuffing her lovely breasts into his hands. Fighter let go of her breasts as Ranger rubbed and fondled her large, soft, and slippery breasts as he felt her breathing pick up and saw her face light up from the pleasure of having her flesh worked by her husband's gentle yet powerful hands. squeezed her breasts with just enough force to make her feel it, and rubbed them enough to make her breasts move around on their own accord, and when the soap was properly lathered, Ranger let them go and watched them bounce before gripping them again, and even running his thumbs along her hardened nipples, making her let off a horny chuckle.

"Someone's excited..." Ranger teased before miraculously letting go of her globes of plump flesh and turning around. Fighter then reached under his arms and locked her hands together on his rippling abdomen while pressing her breasts into Ranger's back and took her time going between different amounts of pressure, and eventually started shifting up, down, sideways, and in circles as Ranger sucked in one breath after another, especially when his loving and full-figured wife put her gifts from the Love Goddess to use in full before touching his ear with her lips.

"How do you feel my love?" Fighter asked sensually and she felt Ranger melt thanks to the unbridled lust in her voice.

"I really don't give your breasts enough attention; they're absolutely flawless." He breathed out.

"And they're all yours...just like this godly body of yours is mine." Fighter said sensually as she continued to repeatedly press and rub her breasts into his back. "Do you miss having my clones pressing their breasts into you?" Ranger then smirked and turned his head to see her half-closed eyes, raised eyebrows, and face-splitting smirk.

"Just those two bring the memories back." He said and Fighter tightened her hold on him and giggled before Ranger gave her a brief but passionate kiss. "I love you so much."

"And I love you." Fighter said and looked over his bulk.

"I'm still the walking mountain I've been for months." Ranger said and Fighter ran her hands over Ranger's chest, and squeezed both sides.

"And I still thank you for it...being skilled is one thing, having this much...mass to work with is just...wow..." Fighter breathed out while continuing to massage Ranger's chest...and then start dragging her tongue up and down his chest.

"Do you remember when we were in that hot spring after we helped the Elf Queen?" Ranger asked.

"Oh yes...it makes me tingle just thinking about it. You were so passionate..." Fighter said tensely as she recalled Ranger's hands digging into her softened flesh from head to toe, and everything in-between while she trembled and sucked in the deepest breaths her lungs would allow.

"How could I not be?" Ranger asked...and that was it; Fighter looked him in the face and then kissed him as deeply as she could. She then recalled the time she kissed him after bathing him when he returned from the north when the Sword Maiden sent him there. She eventually broke the kiss and rested her head on his shoulder with her arms still wrapped around his torso.

"I know we had our closure sex already but...this would also be a good time. Then again...how could I know?" Fighter said thoughtfully.

"Well...I never got to soap your breasts before, so that's one pleasant addition." Ranger said.

"I thought you preferred me pressing and shifting them against you." Fighter said.

"Oh I do..." Ranger said.

"Would you like me to continue?" Fighter asked.

"Please." Ranger breathed out.

"My pleasure my love and life." Fighter said as sensually as ever while she continued washing Ranger's back with her breasts until she was done, and when she was, she began sucking on his neck and squeezing his chest. Eventually, she nudged him to turn around...and then she gently pushed him down into the water, which washed off the soap on his back, and gave him a more fitting position to be in. Fighter meanwhile poured even more soap on her breasts and lathered the soap herself, and she couldn't help but notice Ranger's eyes were glued to her hypnotic breasts while Fighter moved them around...just like he did.

She then stopped teasing him and swam the short distance over to him and pressed and shifted her breasts against Ranger's chest and abdomen, and even his thighs and buttocks got a piece of the treatment.

"Oh Fighter..." Ranger breathed out and his enchanting wife picked up the pace upon hearing the bliss in her man's voice.

"Is your pain being drowned out?" She asked.

"I can't feel anything but the wonders you're working with your breasts..." Ranger said and Fighter stopped rubbing him with her breasts and simply splashed water on his massive upper body and massaged him with her hands the old-fashioned way, especially his chest.

"There's more wonders to be worked." She said, and then started thinking.

"What?" Ranger asked.

"You'll find out later, but for now...let's finish washing up." Fighter said before pulling Ranger up and giving him a quick kiss before turning him around to splash water on his back to remove the rest of the soap before using the cup to rinse the soap off his front. She then used it to dump water on his head to soak his hair before putting some soap in it, and gave him the cup to give her hair the same treatment.

He then ran his hands through her hair just for the sake of it, and she eventually leaned back into his shoulder and he put one arm around her, with his hand on her abdomen. She then shifted against him as he caressed her lower belly and sighed dreamily...and then gasped and tensed up in bliss as his strong yet gentle fingers started rubbing the top of her womanhood.

Ranger watched her angelic face twist from the pleasure he caused, and felt her body convulse as well as he continued to stroke her. Her gasps and moans inspired him to continue working her most sacred area with his fingers, and he did nothing but pick up speed and force...which made her reaction even more intense as a consequence.

She even bucked her hips to increase the delectable friction on her own accord...and rubbed her supremely fleshy buttocks against his lap as Ranger complied with her actions to move his fingers against her nub, as she moved her nub against his fingers. Fighter eventually spasmed from the orgasm he gave her, and he stopped rubbing her so she could pull herself together. He couldn't stop staring at her hair-covered face that was practically bursting with delight, and after he brushed her hair out of her face, she looked up at him as he rubbed her lower belly itself as she held his hand against it.

"To think you carried my daughter in there only a few months ago..." Ranger trailed off.

"I'll carry as many as we want in the future, especially since it never tarnished my beauty from the look of it." Fighter said.

"Even if it did, we can find a way to fix it...but what's more serious was the pain you had to go through." Ranger said.

"I'll be fine; the first birth is usually the worst case, and the longest." Fighter said and Ranger smiled at her.

"You really are a one woman army aren't you?" He said.

"That's why you love me." Fighter said.

"That's one of the many reasons I love you." Ranger whispered before kissing her, and she took it up a notch by getting in his lap and holding his face with both hands as they mashed their lips and tongues together over and over. They then pulled away, lashed tongues even more before kissing again, and she let out quiet but pleasant moans as Ranger dug his hands into Fighter's large, pillow-like breasts and squeezed them as such while they continued tasting each other's passion. She then broke the kiss and rose herself up by supporting herself on her knees before using his shoulders to keep herself steady, and she invited Ranger to suck on her freshly-washed breasts. Once he did, Fighter threw her head back and groaned in bliss, and her reaction was incredibly welcome as her husband feasted on the twin globes of squishy flesh on her chest with gusto.

She held his head against her breasts the entire time, and he caressed and massaged the rest of her body as he continued to lick her nipples like they were sweeter than ice cream. Her entire back, especially her shoulders, and of course her thighs and buttocks were given the most attention from his hand as her own soreness was chucked to the side, as her pleasured gasps and moans expressed. Ranger eventually started squeezing and fondling her breasts in addition to licking her nipples and then stopped licking them to watch her plump flesh bounce around as his hands worked on them. Fighter then started giggling as Ranger squeezed her breasts then let them go to watch them flop around over and over.

"Ranger!" Fighter exclaimed as Ranger stopped playing with her breasts and looked up to see her angelic face lit up with amusement, and then she came down to kiss him briefly before pulling away and gracing him with the smile he loves to see on her face. She then smushed his head against her breasts in an embrace.

"I hope your breasts don't kill me for how much I gave them in one sitting." Ranger said.

"Eh, they'll be fine; if anything they should be grateful you gave them so much love. Plus the adorable woman they're attached to loved every moment of your treatment." Fighter said and Ranger huffed in amusement.

"I'll bet she did." He said before kissing her as deeply and sweetly as ever while she ran her hands through his soaked, shoulder-length hair before breaking the kiss and looking him in the eyes.

"If I didn't know better, I'd say you were making up for how often you touched my ass by giving my breasts this much love." Fighter said.

"Maybe, maybe not..." Ranger said before Fighter reached down to lightly rub the tip of his rock-solid manhood.

"I also quite appreciated how well you handled me like this...in my own way of course. I'm actually tempted to return the favor." She said.

"You probably get more out of it than I do; I don't lose my marbles with bliss like you do." Ranger said seriously.

"Point taken, but still...I do miss having this little beast inside me." Fighter said.

"What's stopping you?" Ranger asked with a smirk.

"Again, point taken, so let's get dried off, go back to our room and have some more fun." Fighter said before standing, helping Ranger stand up, and she grabbed a towel for each of them...after Ranger gave her a butt a gentle slap, and of course watched her abundant flesh bounce.

"I ever tell you that sound is probably my favorite?" Ranger teased and Fighter smirked at him.

"I'm not surprised...you damn pervert." She said.

"You know women can be pervs too, what with you practically inviting me to hit this gigantic ass of yours." Ranger said before Fighter shoved a towel into his chest.

"Just keep it in your non-existent pants until we get to our room. I may even give you some clones to play with." She said, and Ranger smirked before drying himself off, along with her.

She then placed his hands on the sides of her butt and pressed her lips against his and ran her hands through his hair while he squeezed her softened flesh which made her moan into their kiss and then lash tongues with him outside of their mouths before reattaching their lips. She then broke the kiss, pressed her breasts into his expansive chest and rubbed her thighs against his waist with his manhood poking her belly.

"Don't tell me you want me to fuck you against this wall...?" Ranger breathed out.

"Don't tempt me into wanting you to fuck me against that wall..." Fighter groaned.

"Touche baby..." Ranger said before Fighter continued to kiss and lash tongues with him, while pressing her bra-filling breasts into his chest before she approached his ear.

"Spank me again..." Fighter breathed out, and the moment he heard her request and she backed up to give him an angle, Ranger wasted no time slapping her round, plump butt and listening to her horny chuckle.

"Don't tell me you asked me to do that for my sake." Ranger said.

"Don't tell me that you no longer enjoy getting those iron hands all over this giant ass of mine." Fighter teased as Ranger continued fondling her buttocks.

"This answer your question? Now before we get into another don't-tell-me session, let's get to bed now." Ranger said seriously and used Life Sight to see the halls were empty, then walked Fighter to their bedroom. She then shoved her large husband onto their larger bed. Seconds later, she was on his lap, using her hands to support her upper body on his muscular shoulders, and bucking her hips as her womanhood swallowed his manhood, and she rode the man basking in her glory for all he was worth. The bed itself creaked as Fighter bounced up and down on her husband's lap, making quiet but exciting plopping sounds as her butt struck Ranger's lap.

Ranger watched the entire display of lust his wife had for his body as her mouth stayed open, and lustful moans poured out of it like water. Her breathing was deeper than the ocean, her eyes were partially-closed, and her large, contracting muscles made their power apparent, even as her breasts flopped around, and her butt bounced. Fighter didn't even bother to take her time; there was too much tension to release as it was, and she wasn't going to waste another second.

She eventually slowed down and took her time bouncing on Ranger's manhood and focused more on the force of her movements as Ranger himself stared at her flailing hair, her face-splitting grin, her flopping breasts, and occasionally glanced to watch his swollen, stone-hard manhood disappear into his wife's body over and over as she repeatedly sheathed it inside her.

"Enjoying yourself...?" Fighter teased and Ranger merely groaned in response before Fighter mashed her lips against his, and even licked his lips themselves while continuing to moan her lungs out. She eventually stopped tasting him and got back to milking an orgasm out of the beast of a man beneath her as her womanhood constricted his erection like a snake.

Even then, she forced her body to envelop him over and over until he took it up a notch by grabbing Fighter, flipping them over, and she started laughing at his display of force before going back to her lustful moans upon feeling him rapidly stuff his manhood into her. The whole time, she struggled to wrap her legs around Ranger's waist, and felt his butt flex rapidly and violently against her calves as he stuffed his organ into her moist, swollen entrance, despite the impossibly tight fit.

Fighter also watched her husband's massive bulk get put to use as he hovered over her, and she felt him indirectly contain her in their bubble of rapture, with the rest of the world falling away. Fighter's peace and mind-drowning bliss held out right until she threw her head back in euphoria. It wasn't even a minute after her husband turned the tables on her until she let out an orgasmic moan, but Ranger continued thrusting into her narrowing womanhood, making her moans more high-pitched until he had his own orgasm, and collapsed onto her breasts completely spent.

"Worth the wait?" Ranger asked and Fighter giggled.

"You fucked me senseless just last night." She teased.

"I know...lucky me." Ranger said.

"Wow...and this is coming from the man who's been getting more sex in 24 hours than alot of people get in a year...or at least a month, after saying he won't want it again for a while. Oh who am I kidding...? I get to have the man I love to pieces fuck me senseless." Fighter said.

"Right...and now that I think about it, I don't think I ever opened my chakras." Ranger said.

"I don't think you had to yet. Although based on what I've seen...I'd hate to see how much of a monster you'd be; I myself got significantly better at using the chakras thanks to...all the asses we've kicked, and how much love we made." Fighter said.

"What do you know? All those times we spent fucking like animals in heat made a difference afterall. Yeah, I know, I'm a perverted scumbag, but you still love me." Ranger teased.

"Yes...I...do..." Fighter said sensually while slowly flipping them over, mashing her lips against his and putting his hands on her butt, and he squeezed her abundant flesh as vigorously and lovingly as ever, and Ranger's manhood swelled again much to her amusement.

"What's so funny?" Ranger asked.

"You are far too easy to please."

"Says the lady with alot to please with." Ranger teased.

"Walked right into that one didn't I?" Fighter asked.

"Pretty much yeah..." Ranger said.

"You're lucky you please me as much as I please you." Fighter said.

"That is more true than you're probably aware of." Ranger said seriously.

"You sure? I'm aware of quite a bit." Fighter said.

"I'm sure..." Ranger said and Fighter stared at him.

"I'm sure you're sure..." She said dryly.

"On another note...I'm thinking about setting up a first quest for myself and Priestess." Ranger said.

"Are you now?" Fighter asked.

"Yes I am. We never got to go on a quest just the two of us...I figured it would be a nice change of pace, on the off-chance we can afford it." Ranger said and Fighter caressed his face, chest and shoulders.

"You deserve another orgy for that sentiment alone." She said softly.

"A less intelligent person would say you're using your body like you'd use a bone for a dog." Ranger said seriously and Fighter tapped his chest.

"You know it's not like that; I love my man, and I want him to get as much as he gives, plus...I take as much pride in pleasing you as you do from pleasing me, and you please me alot." She said before giving him a series of deep kisses.

"You amazing blossom of a woman..." Ranger whispered as he held Fighter close, and she snuggled into his chest.

"You amazing beast of a man..." Fighter said softly, and the two forgot their lust despite the fact that it wasn't satisfied...somehow, and the only thing left was the pure love that originally drove them together. That is, until Fighter giggled upon feeling Ranger's erection get thrusted against her belly. "You just can't get enough of me can you?"

"Like you can get enough of me..." Ranger teased.

"Good point...ladies?" Fighter said before summoning two clones, each of whom appeared right on top of Ranger and gave him alluring smiles while caressing him.

"Seriously...?" Ranger asked.

"What? Don't feel like giving a pair of ladies who love you a good time?" Fighter teased.

"Well...when you put it like that..." Ranger trailed off, before one clone claimed his lips with her own while the other got on the other side of the bed and spread her legs. The first clone then stopped kissing Ranger, then he noticed the other clone, crawled towards her, and she giggled before the man preparing to mate with her kissed her as well before pushing his swollen manhood into her dripping-wet entrance. She groaned from the penetration immediately, and Fighter and her other clone watched Ranger's buttocks flex rapidly as he plunged his diamond-hard flesh into the clone beneath him while her pleasured moans informed him that he was going in the right direction.

The entire bed creaked and shook with the power of Ranger's thrusts, power Fighter should know all too well considering that her husband's bottom was as large and toned as the rest of his body. Much to her displeasure, the clone lucky enough to have Ranger's hefty manhood shoved into her wrapped her legs around his waist, which both blocked the other ladies' view of Ranger's butt, and helped the clone getting pleasured feel how much power Ranger's body contained. Ranger began to make the bed shake even more as he increased the power and speed of his thrusts, which made the clone begin to let off lustful growls as her womanhood was ruthlessly yet lovingly pounded like a drum.

She eventually began groaning and spasming as a powerful orgasm washed over her, and the man thrusting into her, who collapsed on top of the clone. Both of them then laid there completely slack as they caught their breath, but Ranger clearly didn't get enough of her; he removed his softened manhood from her body, and started kissing and licking her neck. The clone then smiled even more brightly as Ranger tasted the flesh of her neck, and then went down to taste her breasts as well, making her hold his head in place as he swirled his tongue around her nipples.

Ranger then felt Fighter herself, and her other clone work on the dense, bulky flesh of his calves, thighs, and buttocks and he even intentionally flexed each muscle the two dug their hands into as he continued to faithfully please the breasts of the clone he was laying on top of. Ranger groaned into the breast he was sucking on as his entire lower body was groped and massaged by the two loving, and lecherous ladies behind him. The clone having her breasts devoured eventually pushed him off of her, and Ranger let the ladies behind him position him to where he's sitting up, and then took turns lashing tongues with him, and massaging his torso.

Fighter then got behind him as her clone sat in his lap, and the former got behind him and began sucking and licking his neck while the clone rubbed her butt against Ranger's lap while continuing to kiss him. She even took his hands and put them on her breasts, and Ranger went back and forth between them, rubbing, lifting, and squeezing them as she moaned into Ranger's mouth...especially when he pinches and twists her perky nipples. He then began rubbing her plump yet brawny thighs as she moved to the opposite side of his neck, the one Fighter herself was not kissing. She then went down to his chest, and felt his heart race as the two ladies worked on his bulk. The other clone watched the entire spectacle from the end of the bed as she finally caught her breath, and then watched the clone in Ranger's lap flipped over, which gave Ranger a perfect view of her buttocks.

His hand immediately dug into the enormous mass of toned, yet supple flesh presented to him, and the clone began sighing, and then giggled as Ranger lightly spanked her and watched her priceless butt shake. Fighter herself watched her husband fervently work on the copy of her own buttocks with the same gusto, while wearing a proud smile on her face; the butt he was working on was no different from her own, and she was as pleased as ever that Ranger enjoyed the flesh he was working on. Fighter then ran her hands over Ranger's abdomen, and her clone climbed off of Ranger's lap, and arched her back and spread her legs before Fighter approached Ranger's ear.

"Fuck her." She breathed out, and Ranger sucked in a breath before standing up, and Fighter's clone crawled backwards toward him and looked back at him with an alluring smirk. Ranger then rubbed, kneaded, and eventually patted her two priceless cheeks, and then stuffed his manhood into her moist, swollen entrance. The clone then started gasping and groaning as Ranger repeatedly slammed into her buttocks and shared a smirk with Fighter herself. She then watched Ranger's manhood get shoved into her clone, and her buttocks ripple as Ranger vigorously mated with her.

Out of nowhere, Ranger stopped and removed himself from the warm, moist, and narrow tunnel of flesh he was scraping with his manhood, making the clone he was mating with look back at him with disappointment on her face. Ranger then flipped the clone over, making her exclaim, and then continue moaning as Ranger connected to her body again. She then wrapped her legs around Ranger's buttocks to prevent him from stopping a second time, and Ranger's thrusts became more frequent as a consequence.

He then slowed down, grabbed the clone under the arms, and picked her up as she wrapped her arms around his shoulders while chuckling. Ranger then held her up by the butt and continued mating with her. He then teased Fighter by turning around and letting her stare at his lower body as he thrusted into the lucky clone in his arms faster and harder than before as she moaned her lungs out. Before long, the clone reached her climax, and Ranger continued thrusting into her until he felt his manhood squirt a thick dose of seed into her as the clone went slack in his arms and he placed her on the bed.

"What a gentleman..." The other clone said sensually, and then she and Fighter got up and supported Ranger until he could stand properly. The two held Ranger up as he panted and groaned from the slight fatigue, and the blissful release. Ranger then stood there as the two ladies used their own brand of strength to support his bulk, and he felt their thick skin, and dense muscles as they helped him steady himself. He then went back to sighing in bliss at the two ladies on either side of him began massaging his shoulders, chest, abdomen, and eventually his butt and thighs. Fighter herself glanced at Ranger's softened manhood which was currently glistening with juices from Fighter and her clones' entrances, and then watched it started to swell once again.

The clone on the bed, caught her breath just in time to see Ranger alternating between the two other ladies as they mashed lips with him, and of course got their butts groped. The clone Ranger wasn't kissing at the present time was simply massaging Ranger from shoulders to buttocks while pressing her breasts into his back and rubbing him with them. Fighter then got in front of Ranger and put both of his hands on her butt, and moaned into their kiss as he pressed his hands into Fighter's butt as deeply as he could, and moved her flesh up and down.

She then wrapped one leg around Ranger's waist, and then the other one before wrapping her arms around his neck as Ranger kept his powerful hands on her round, supple buttocks. The amorous pair continued to lash tongues with Ranger while the two continued panting and breathing heavily. Both of their hearts continued racing with the excitement as Ranger continued holding his beloved Fighter with his hands on his favorite part of her supremely buxom body, with his fully-swollen manhood a mere inch away from penetrating her. Fighter then leaned back and puffed out her chest so Ranger could planted kisses and licks on the top of her breasts.

He then thrusted into her, and Fighter gasped as she felt Ranger's dense, swollen manhood fill her lower body, and scrape her inner walls. Ranger couldn't keep his eyes off of the beauty in his arms as her face twisted in bliss, and her gaping mouth expelled one throaty, lustful moan after another...thanks to his flesh merging with hers. Ranger's speed and force picked up over time, and the clone behind him watched, and felt his broad, rippling buttocks flex as he repeatedly shoved his manhood into Fighter's tensing body.

Ranger then slowed down, and clamped onto Fighter's neck with his mouth, and felt her moan and chuckle as he tasted her flesh. She then turned her head and began kissing and lashing tongues with him. Ranger then picked her up even higher and made Fighter giggle when she felt Ranger's mouth clamp down on her breasts one by one and manage to work his way to her nipple, and slowly swirl his tongue around and across it, before moving to the other. Once they were glistening with his saliva, he picked up the pace and coaxed more moans out of Fighter's throat until they both finally climaxed.

Once Ranger set Fighter on the bed, the clone behind him turned him around and held him up while he caught his breath. Ranger let the clone know he was back to full capacity by turning his head to kiss her deeply and squeezing her butt in the process . The clone then chuckled into their kiss and caressed his torso as Ranger's greedy hands rubbed and wobbled her fleshy buttocks. The clone then shifted her breasts against Ranger's chest and felt his manhood swell again as she treated his rippling body, especially his chest, abdomen, buttocks, and even gave his fluid-drenched manhood some strokes. Fighter and her other clone simply watched Ranger get treated, as well as make the clone standing with him lashing tongues with him inside and outside their mouths while moaning and exhaling deeply.

He then bent the clone over the bed, and she spread her legs as Ranger got behind her, and patted her irresistible buttocks. The clone simply sat there taking her treatment as Ranger's hands massaged her strong yet milky flesh. He eventually plunged his hefty manhood into the clone, and she immediately gasped and tensed up. Fighter and her other clone stared at Ranger's manhood as he plunged it into the clone in front of him, and made ripples in the flesh of her buttocks. Ranger then noticed the keen interest on their faces as they stared at the most sacred part of his body, and increase the speed and force of his thrusts...then removed himself from the clone he was pleasuring.

He then flipped the clone over, making her squeal, and laugh before she got back to her euphoric moaning as Ranger continued mating with her as her legs stayed wrapped around his waist. He then reached under to grab her softened butt, and watched her breasts bounce around as he relentlessly shoved his somewhat numb organ into her tensing body. Ranger then stopped mating with her, then lifted her legs themselves so her ankles were on his shoulders, which not only allowed him to penetrate deeper into her womanhood...not that his organ wasn't already long enough, but also so he could squeeze her breasts. Fighter's reaction was more moans and laughter as Ranger continued their frenzied yet passionate mating session...which ended in yet another body-rending orgasm, signaled by both Ranger and Fighter spasming and groaning before going slack on the bed.

Ranger smothered Fighter's body with his own as they laid there panting and chuckling from the aftermath, especially when Ranger kissed and licked Fighter's neck before sharing a passionate kiss with her. The two then laid down on the bed properly, and Fighter's clones snuggled into Ranger's bulk along with Fighter herself. Each clone then began licking and sucking on Ranger chest, neck, and abdomen on both sides, and Ranger simply laid there soaking in the atmosphere as two of the three enchanting women in his bed worked their magic with their tongues.

One of them eventually began kissing him as deeply as she could in various ways, and Ranger held her close as the other clone watched. She eventually got her turn kissing Ranger when the other one backed up, and both of them got their butts groped at the same time, as Fighter watched. The two clones kept tasting the man beneath him, and getting their butts rubbed and squeezed, moaning and chuckling all the while, with the ones who didn't have their turn yet smiling down at Ranger.

They then held up their breasts, to tempt Ranger into sucking on them; they even moved their breasts closer and shook them to strengthen their point...and Ranger immediately got to work. He squeezed, fondled, licked, and sucked all four of their breasts one by one, with the same gusto he always exercised. The room was once again filled with the sounds of the clones moaning, Ranger's hungry mouth slurping and sucking on the four globes of plump, tender flesh presented to him, and his pleasured groans that vibrated the clones' breasts as pleasantly as ever.

He even supported the breasts he sucked on by grabbing each one with both hands from underneath on both sides, and lightly squeezed them for good measure. His efforts were rewarded with the clones continuing to moan and gasp in bliss, hold his head in place as he feasted, and even squirted healthy doses of milk into his mouth each time he finished sucking on their breasts. When he was done, they clones laid him down on his front, and got to work rubbing the breasts he just sucked on against his back, butt, and thighs...if they didn't squeeze his dense, spacious flesh with their hands.

Fighter then absorbed both clones and began trembling from the pleasure they both contained, and Ranger joined her in the bed and began to lock lips with her.

"I've still got it don't I?" Ranger teased.

"Oh yes." Fighter groaned.

"You know it amazes me how much you can handle." Ranger said.

"Right now, I have gotten enough...somehow." Fighter said seriously.

"Alright, let's get back to the rest of the team then." Ranger said.

"Before we go..you know how me and Miss Goblin Slayer compared our bodies?" Fighter asked.

"Really? Don't tell me you want to get me involved in that..." Ranger said.

"I meant with the recaller." Fighter said.

"Oh...I guess that's different." Ranger said and Fighter got off his lap and went to get a recaller and activated it...and Ranger glued his eyes to the two women comparing their muscles, butts, and especially their breasts.

"Well...?" Fighter asked.

"Holy shit on a stick..."

"That good?" Fighter asked.

"You weren't kidding. Her breasts being larger is the only difference; you even have the same-sized asses." Ranger said.

"Let me guess: you're thinking Goblin Slayer is a lucky bastard." Fighter said.

"You have no idea...and since I get to sleep with a woman who's body is more comparable to hers than it has any right to be...that's saying something." Ranger said.

"Nice save." Fighter said.

"If you can call it that..." Ranger said with a raised eyebrow.

"Let's just get dressed and get to the others." Fighter said.

"What time is it?" Ranger asked.

"Just before noon, and Mister and Miss Goblin Slayer showed their lovely heads and they went to fetch the rest of the family. I can imagine they want to have a meal with us before we get ready for the next time we go on the next goblin ass-kicking spree." Fighter said.

"Can't miss that can we?" Ranger said and Fighter gave him a final kiss before yanking him off the bed...and even turned around so he could grope her butt one more time before they morphed their armors, paid their sleeping daughter a visit, and she even tied her ponytail for old times' sake...and Ranger stopped her from tying her bangs while he looked her over.

"What?" Fighter asked.

"These bangs...I don't think you've ever done this..." Ranger said.

"I didn't even do this on purpose, but I take it you're glad I did?" Fighter asked.

"As if you need to ask." Ranger said softly before kissing her deeply and the two held each other close and without an ounce of tension in their movements. When the kiss finally broke, the two stood there smiling.

"I love you." Fighter said

"And I love you." Ranger said before Fighter snuggled into his chest.

"Is your soreness gone?" She asked.

"I don't even recall being sore...but I do recall drowning in pleasure thanks to my affectionate, and explosively sexy Fighter." Ranger said.

"There's more where that came from later on, if you're a good little soldier." Fighter said.

"If? You when when." Ranger said.

"Right...now let's go eat." Fighter said before they left to see to the enormous breakfast being prepared for them and the team.

---

"To the greatest goblin head-smashing party in the history of goblin head-smashing parties." Warrior said as the whole team clanked glasses and feasted on their breakfasts...more like their brunch given the time, and when they were done, they all took a moment to let their meals set it.

"Hey boss, I'll bet you had a blast fighting at good old Goblin Slayer's side right?" Rhea Fighter said.

"You have no idea; reminds me of the old days." Ranger said.

"No kidding. What do you think Orcbolg?" H.E. Druid asked.

"It was nice." GS said.

"Nice? Getting to fight goblins again side by side is something I for one was missing." Ranger said.

"Good point." GS said.

"And we'll get to see you two tear them another new one in the future at least once more." Wizard said.

"Once more into the breach they say..." Rhea Fighter said.

"But before then, we can just be together right now." Priestess said before Fighter held her close. "You smell nice."

"I took a bath earlier." Fighter said simply.

"Let me guess: You weren't alone?" Warrior asked and everyone stared at him. "What?"

"Of course Ranger was with me..." Fighter deadpanned.

"Lucky bastard." D.R. said as he came back with a second plate of food.

"Anyway...it kind of sucks you didn't use your crossbow like I did." Warrior said as he morphed his crossbow and brandished it. "I remember the times we used one like this to get us out of a jam."

"I recall them being a bit less advanced than that." Fighter said.

"Remember training me how to use one boss?" Warrior asked.

"Yes I do, those blessed crossbows saved us about as much trouble as the rest of the things we got our hands on combined." Ranger said.

"This shield of mine especially." Warrior said as he stood up and unfolded his bracer's shield.

"I wish the same could be said about my glaive. Then again, sliced up more than my fair share of goblins with this little beauty." Wizard said as she grabbed and held out her glaive.

"If you didn't char their sorry asses black." Warrior said.

"Or my familiars didn't maul them." Wizard's brother said.

"You all had quite a bit of fun back then didn't you?" Cow Girl asked.

"And now you get to have your own fair share." Ranger said.

"I guess so..." Cow Girl said and noticed Priestess deflate. "Your Grace?"

"I just...I remember when I wanted to relive the time we started out as a team, how we celebrated our promotions. Now we're mostly Gold Ranks, and one of us is Platinum." Priestess said.

"Hey, when the four of us get our own Platinum Ranks, the whole country will celebrate, and we might not be the only ones getting Platinum Ranks." Warrior said.

"I don't know..." Wizard's brother said.

"Hey Goblin Slayer, you think killing the Goblin Overlord will make you Platinum Ranked?" D.R. asked.

"I don't know. We were never told how strong he is." GS said and Cherub poofed in.

"He's stronger than all the goblins combined, he has his own citadel in the middle of the deadlands...which I seem to recall telling you about before, and on top of that...why do you think they're called the Deadlands?" He asked.

"Because they're dead?" H.E. Druid said dryly and Cherub stared at her.

"And why are they dead?" He asked seriously.

"Uhhh...the goblins, or demons?" H.E. Druid asked.

"Well give the lady a prize. That place hasn't seen even plant life growing in it since the Champion tore the Demon Lord and his cronies part." Cherub said.

"What?" Fighter asked in awe and the rest of the team exclaimed as well.

"The goblins actually made their home in the same place the Champion took down the Demon Lord all those centuries ago," Cherub said.

"Great, this is the catacombs under the Temple of Law all over again: the goblins make their home in a sacred place." Warrior said.

"Or at least one that has historical significance." Wizard said.

"Well, they'll regret that decision as much as the other goblins will." Ranger said.

"Damn straight." D.R. said.

"Would the great denizen of the world above great us the courtesy of telling us of his grand mission?" Rhea Fighter asked.

"Dramatic..." Wizard deadpanned.

"But not invalid." Cherub said.

"Cherub? Those ruins the goblins were living in..." Priestess trailed off.

"Think nothing of them. They were just leftovers from an overblown prison. No one is missing anything." Cherub said.

"Overblown prison? What do you mean?" H.E. Druid asked.

"I mean those ruins had all kinds of nasty business going on in them, the kind that would make the goblins even more envious than they already are. The world is best rid of them. Now, on a more pleasant note: I'm here to let you know that I managed to find a place underneath the Temple of Law for the Ether Gazer to be safely stored." Cherub said.

"You mean that device that lets people talk to the dead?" Cow Girl asked.

"You know it?" Cherub asked.

"We talked about it in our spare time yes, and...I'm thinking about using it to talk to my uncle." Cow Girl said.

"What about your parents?" GS asked and Cow Girl tensed up.

"I honestly don't know..." She whispered and GS actually removed his gauntlet and held her hand which got the whole team's attention; that's probably the most serious display of affection he's displayed in front of them. Cow Girl tightened her grip on his hand in response and even gave him a small smile.

"Well...not that this isn't touching, but shouldn't we get to the guild hall to check in with Summoner?" Wizard's brother asked seriously.

"Alright, let's go." Cow Girl said before they took a gateway to the guild hall.

---

"Spearman." Ranger said.

"Hey Ranger, you crazy old bastard." Spearman said before the two men shook hands.

"What brings you two here?" Ranger asked.

"Well, someone has to see to all the lower-tier stuff while you high-and-mighty Gold and Platinum Ranks do the heavy lifting." Spearman said.

"Very funny." Ranger said dryly.

"There's been a great deal of activity here, much more than the frontier." Witch said.

"How did you know?" Ranger asked.

"How else? The formerly-old man let us know with a letter." Spearman said.

"Why?" Ranger asked.

"He didn't say." Spearman said.

"Then he probably wanted to say more in person." Ranger said.

"What?" Spearman asked.

"It's not the first time he's done that. He actually did the opposite of that once before." Ranger said.

"Which is?" Spearman asked.

"He came to us, handed us a letter, and told us to go somewhere private to read it, and before you ask: no, I'm not saying what he wrote." Ranger said.

"No fear of that. Curiosity killed the cat afterall." Witch said.

"I'll bet." Ranger said.

"Anyway, a little birdie said that you've been going on a goblin-killing spree." Spearman said.

"That birdie is right. We killing millions in one sitting." Ranger said.

"Surprise surprise- wait a minute...millions?" Spearman asked in awe.

"Yeah, we're hitting them on their own turf, and thanks to the Demon Lord's lackeys giving them cloned women, the goblins are breeding like crazy." Ranger said.

"Well, we can't have that can we...?" Witch said as she leaned against the wall.

"Damn right." Ranger said and he joined the rest of the team, who were using the recallers to show their individual roles in the battle, and boast about it themselves, if they don't explain what happened to those who didn't get it.

"The 11th Platinum Rank has returned." Inspector said dramatically.

"He has indeed." Ranger said before Inspector briefly hugged him.

"Just like old times isn't it?" She asked.

"You've no idea. Me and the team went over how things used to be earlier." Ranger said.

"I'll bet." Inspector said.

"You know I'm telling the truth." Ranger said.

"I don't even need Sense Lie to know that; even if you do lie, I know you're just keeping a secret, like you did with your proposal to Fighter." Inspector said and Ranger smirked.

"Why am I surprised you recall that?" He said.

"How can I not recall that? That wedding still follows me around." Inspector said.

"The Sword Maiden and Storm Mage were married in Heaven actually." Ranger said.

"What? How do you know that?" Inspector asked.

"He told me- well, us." Ranger said and Inspector stared at him.

"Wow...I can't imagine what their wedding was like." She said.

"I can't imagine how much it made up for. Even though she got over whatever the goblins did to her...it still makes my blood boil thinking about it." Ranger said.

"From what you said to Guild Girl, the goblins are nearly wiped out, so..." Inspector trailed off.

"Speaking of whom, where is she?" Ranger asked.

"She's on a break for now, but she'll be back." Inspector said.

"Here's hoping she doesn't miss all the fun." Ranger said.

"Did we ever tell you how comforting it was for her that there were more than one person going after the goblins like you were?" Inspector asked.

"I do not recall..." Ranger said.

"Well...think about it, Goblin Slayer was the only one taking them seriously for Supreme-knows-how-long, then a whole team comes along, and does just as much damage to them as he did, not to mention you did other things as well, not only to help the country and yourselves, but to get stronger to help Goblin Slayer's crusade. That's a pretty serious load off someone's mind." Inspector said seriously.

"I noticed...the Sword Maiden was an example in more ways than one." Ranger said.

"Could you imagine what the country- no...the world would be like if everyone was like that?" Inspector asked.

"Why can't it ever be that smooth...?" Ranger asked.

"If I may be so bold...it's a bit of a shame you're married already; you would probably have the ladies swarming you because of what you've been doing." Inspector said and Ranger scoffed.

"You mean jump head-first into the jaws of Hell, swimming through oceans of blood and other filth to make sure no one else has to? Yeah, that's the most charming idea in the world..." He said dryly.

"I'm serious. Do you know how many women have a thing for a knight in shining armor being there for them? Guild Girl fell in love with Summoner for that very reason; he's basically Goblin Slayer and Spearman in one package, which is kind of funny considering... But, in your case...hoo boy, there would probably be so many women wanting to have your babies you'd be able to populate a whole city on your own. But as we all know...Fighter is worth just as many women to you is she?" Inspector said.

"As if you need to ask. As for what I said about what I do, that's ironically what the Cambion has in mind, only he...somehow, wants to make a shortcut to the good life." Ranger said.

"Well, he's dead wrong, there never was an easy way to the good life, and there never will be. There's a reason Platinum Ranks aren't common." Inspector said.

"You don't have to tell me. It's nothing short of a miracle I got to where I am." Ranger said.

"I seem to recall you being curious about the top of the class since day one...even if you didn't have a chance of getting there, that's still pretty ambitious." Inspector said.

"I suppose it is..." Ranger said proudly, then the two watched as the rest of the team continue to bask in the glory. Ranger then watched Inspector join Summoner, and while he didn't hear what they said over the team recapping what they did to the goblins...Ranger did notice Inspector giving Summoner a quick kiss. Guild Girl as it turns out was watching the recaller's display the disaster the team unleashed upon the goblin's homefront, and then went back to work after recovering from the shock. When the fans were satisfied, the team went to check on Summoner who was still reading.

"...so unto the agents of the abyss, was sent the Destroyer, to sow chaos among darkness, and darkness among chaos, for his was the blade they tasted with gluttony abandoned. By their reckoning, how many necks were rended by his ire could not be known, for none had mind enough to count." Summoner said as he closed the book and huffed. "I'd hate to meet this Destroyer fellow in a dark alley..."

"No kidding." Wizard said and Summoner snapped his head around to see the team.

"Supreme above! Don't sneak up on me like that...!" He exclaimed.

"That's what you get for engrossing yourself in a story." H.E. Druid said.

"A pretty interesting one at that." Fighter said.

"So what was it like basking in all that glory?" Summoner asked.

"What do you think?" Warrior asked.

"Right...although, believe it or not, I do not envy you." Summoner said.

"Why?" Rhea Fighter asked.

"Some of those people asked me the single dumbest question I've ever been asked." Ranger said.

"Dare I ask?" Rhea Fighter asked.

"Would I rather be a goblin or a demon." Summoner said and the team stared at him.

"Wow...that is a dumb question..." Wizard's brother said.

"What did you say?" Cow Girl asked.

"I said, "what kind of stupid question is that?", and walked away." Summoner said.

"Did your answer change?" GS asked and Summoner scoffed.

"Obviously, I hate both options, hence why it's so stupid." He said as Ranger showed up.

"Regardless, what was that passage you were reading about?" He asked.

"It's about the War God's original champion. I wish I knew who got their Platinum Ranks before him." Summoner said.

"I don't think he ever got his; maybe he never accepted one, or like the revenants, he never bothered to be part of the guild. But I can tell you that he was nothing to laugh at, even excluding that story you read." Ranger said.

"I take it those goblins found that out the hard way?" Summoner asked and Ranger used a recaller to show the devastation he wrecked with his miracles as Summoner's eyes popped out of their sockets.

"Does this answer your question?" Ranger asked and Summoner nodded.

"Very much so..." He said dryly.

"May I ask what those two wanted?" Priestess asked and Summoner looked at R.W. and A.C.

"Oh, them...they actually want to become demon hunters." Summoner said.

"Do you think they can handle it?" Fighter asked.

"Maybe, I gave them an intro last night before bed." Summoner said.

"What did you tell them?" Ranger asked.

"Oh, what it takes to be a demon hunter, what the trade involves, what anti-demon weapons are available, especially silver and holy water..." Summoner said.

"Silver!" Wizard exclaimed.

"What?" Ranger asked.

"Why didn't I think of it before! We can use silver against the Cambion!" Wizard said.

"But even holy arts can't hurt him. Why would silver have better luck?" Priestess asked.

"Oh yeah...forgot about that...unless it's just holy arts he's immune to." Wizard said.

"Even if that's the case, I seriously doubt he'll just let you walk up to him and say "Hey, can I stab you with a silver blade so we can kick your ass more easily?" I mean, come on..." Summoner said and he got a few laughs out of the team.

"But on a serious note...how could we test it?" Wizard asked.

"Maybe...I could capture a demon for you on my next hunt and you mix it's blood with human blood and try harming it with silver?" Summoner asked and the team looked at him funny. "What?"

"How do you come up with things like that?" Cow Girl asked.

"I'm a demon hunter with over a decade of absolutely ridiculous experiences under his belt. Need I say more?" Summoner said.

"Point taken." Cow Girl said.

"On top of that, I may not be good at alchemy, but I still know what it is." Summoner said.

"Alright, point taken." Wizard's brother said.

"Well, I'm going to give my new students a talking-to." Summoner said as he stood up.

"Alright, see you later." Ranger said as Summoner left.

"So...now what?" Warrior asked.

"Now we entertain another guest." Ranger said, and they noticed Guild Girl approach.

"Welcome back!" She exclaimed as cheerfully as ever.

"Scratch millions of goblins." Warrior said and Guild Girl's eyes widened.

"So there really were millions..." She said.

"Yep, and now they're six feet under." Warrior said.

"We can show you and some others on the recallers, although I should warn you that it wasn't pretty." Fighter said.

"The beginning stage however was it's own apocalypse." Rhea Fighter said.

"That much I would like to see." Guild Girl said.

"I got to hand it to those goblins though: they know where to set up shop." Warrior said.

"Those ruins were likely there before the goblins arrived." GS said.

"Here's hoping they haven't learned how to make castles somehow." Priestess said.

"That...would be a twist..." Ranger trailed off.

"If they did learn to build castles, then it's probably for the best we blasted those mountains-" Wizard cuts GS off.

"Uh, excuse me? Spoiler alert..." She said while motioning to Guild Girl.

"Sorry." GS said.

"Anyway...where did Summoner go?" Guild asked, and Fighter pointed to the table...and Summoner was talking to Rookie Warrior and Apprentice Cleric.

"Right there." She said.

"Hey! The Ranger's here!" A female adventurer exclaimed and Ranger joined her team and they started yammering at him.

"Nice to see him with his fans..." Guild Girl said.

"Pretty sharp contrast to myself." GS said.

"It's a real shame no one wanted anything to do with you back then." Priestess said.

"With the goblins pretty much destroying any notion of them being meaningless pests with their recent antics, I can't imagine them looking down on you again." Wizard said.

"Good thing we didn't." Fighter said,

"Summoner said that he was asked a really stupid question earlier." Rhea Fighter said.

"Oh...the old "goblin or demon" debate." Guild Girl said.

"Don't tell me anyone smart took it seriously." Wizard's brother said.

"Can't say "yes" to that..." Guild Girl said.

"Good." Wizard's brother said.

"Is being a goblin or demon better...the world may never know." Wizard said dramatically.

"I guess it depends on the type." GS said.

"What? You're actually interested in that topic?" Priestess asked.

"Yes. If it's a goblin champion or paladin, or even a hob or shaman, I guess it would be worth it to be a goblin." GS said.

"Until any of us show up." Warrior said.

"As for demons...again, depends on the type." GS said as the rest of his team approached.

"What do you even know about demons?" D.R. asked.

"A better question is why are we giving this topic serious thought?" Priestess asked.

"She's right. We should be discussing how we're going to deal with the Hell Ripper." Cow Girl said as Ranger came back

"Well...for starters, we should get some information about it's defenses." He said.

"Aside from the heap of goblins and maybe even demons that will fight to the death to protect the damn thing." Warrior said.

"We should also come up with a better game plan." Fighter said.

"I completely agree. Last time was far too chaotic; we need to do this with more strategy." Priestess said seriously.

"This is excluding the fact that the boss blasted the living hell out of the entire mountain ranger before we went in right?" Wizard's brother asked.

"Of course it is; Her Grace means the fight itself." H.E. Druid said.

"Well, I say we send in the big guns, namely Ranger and Goblin Slayer first and the rest of us just support you instead of getting involved directly." Rhea Fighter said.

"That's a pretty good idea." Ranger said.

"What could be better than- It is?" Rhea Fighter asked in awe.

"Very much so. Nevermind the nostalgia factor, me and Goblin Slayer are the most qualified for goblin-killing; the rest of you are best as support, and defense for that matter, and should join the attack as a last resort, just like we used to do." Ranger said.

"I remember when Priestess threw up Protection, and you and Fighter shot down the goblins while Warrior chopped them down and I charged up a fireball." Wizard said.

"That tactical know-how is why we lasted so long at the time. We killed probably a hundred goblins in one sitting at the time." Warrior said.

"Add all the new tricks we have now, and we probably could have done this faster if we did everything we could." H.E. Druid said.

"Yeesh, no wonder we were all completely winded." Rhea Fighter said seriously.

"Well, next time we'll be better-prepared, and more careful." Cow Girl said.

"And I'll use Empower more frequently." Priestess said.

"And Ranger, no more relying on a sickness." H.E. Druid said sharply.

"That sickness is the War God's wrath speaking through me." Ranger said.

"War God this, War God that...what is it with you-?" Ranger cuts H.E. Druid off.

"It's probably for the best we didn't use all of our tricks, or to the extent of their limits, especially summoning." He said.

"Maybe Summoner could come with us?" Priestess asked.

"Or at least give us some summon stones." Cow Girl said thoughtfully as the team went back to see Summoner finishing his brunch with Guild Girl and Inspector.

"Hey boss, ladies. sorry to interrupt but my dear siblings-in-arms would like to ask you for some spare summon stones." D.R. said.

"As many as you can afford to spare." Wizard said and Summoner snickered.

"Well, the good new is I'm not going to charge you for them. Thanks to...recent events, I have more money than I could hope to use in an entire month. As for your request itself...I have a stockpile of stones at my apartment, there should be 40 or 50 there easily." He said.

"Sheesh! How many stones does one person need?" Wizard's brother asked.

"Those stones are there to replace the elementals I lose, which thankfully doesn't happen very often." Summoner said.

"Let me guess: you're going to bust your ass to replace them?" D.R. asked.

"Don't have to...I have a literal miracle-worker with me." Summoner said as he took Inspector's hand.

"We actually discovered that empowering someone makes their summons more powerful as well." She said.

"I wish we knew that earlier..." Cow Girl said.

"Wait, how do you know that?" H.E. Druid asked.

"I had to test my new miracles sometime." Inspector said.

"The lady's got a point." Warrior said.

"Wait, what about that World Spawn you showed us at the beach that one time?" Guild Girl asked.

"Or the one you summoned at the festival?" Wizard asked.

"You can have them both. Just let me know when you're leaving, and where you're going, and they'll ambush your enemies, if they're even needed." Summoner said.

"Two World Spawns helping us? Ouch..." Rhea Fighter said seriously.

"I could also de-summon them to get the stones back." Summoner said.

"You can do that?" Wizard asked.

"I don't do it often, for obvious reasons, but it is possible." Summoner said.

"Well, before we do anything major, I'm going to investigate the place we're going to attack...and maybe contact an old friend." Ranger said.

"Who?" Priestess asked.

"You'll find out..." Ranger said.

"O...k..." Priestess said.

"If you're going to look into that place, you should take this cloak." Rhea Fighter said as she removed her invisibility charm and gave it to Ranger.

"This will do..." He said.

---

The team arranged to meet again in the guild hall's main area hours later, but beforehand...Priestess had a meeting with Sword Mage.

"I'm glad to report that the guards have been as vigilant as ever Your Grace, and several adventurers even took quests that involved investigating and catching any criminals that got funny ideas." He said.

"Very good, and the Evil Sect?" Priestess asked.

"No word, within or outside of the city." Sword Mage said.

"Also very good." Priestess said.

"Myself, Summoner, and even his two demon hunters-in-training patrolled the city in Limbo, and we didn't even find a trace of the demons' presence. Personally, I have good and bad feelings about this." Sword Mage said.

"The Demon Lord is returning sooner than expected, and we launched an assault on the goblins' homeland...maybe he's reinforcing their defenses." Priestess said thoughtfully.

"Hopefully Ranger will return with promising news, namely a battle plan." Sword Mage said.

"He rarely doesn't." Priestess said.

"Now...there is the leviathan in the pond: those cloned women." Sword Mage said.

"We brought them here for a reason, and it's not debatable: we are not killing them." Priestess said firmly.

"I...wasn't going to protest; I understand Ranger's distaste for such an act; you made his story quite clear, and I will not dishonor it." Sword Mage said.

"But?" Priestess asked.

"It's just...even with the treatment of their minds thanks to your Wizard comrades, I do question their utility." Sword Mage said.

"How so?" Priestess asked.

"Well...they're all clones; identity crisis risk aside, would it not be strange to have so many women roaming about, when they happen to all be all copies of an original person who is or isn't out there somewhere?" Sword Mage asked and Priestess got up from the table and looked out the window.

"I never thought about that too deeply until now. I was so concerned with Ranger's troubles that I didn't pay any mind to what we'd do with the clones themselves..." She said and Sword Mage thought for a while himself.

"For what it's worth Your Grace, they can be of great use in this temple, but be that as it may, they are not slaves, at least not anymore...but in the true sense of the word, they are not people either. I dare say this is another way for the Evil Sect to mock us." He said and Priestess sighed.

"They can also free up the acolytes to be of service elsewhere...to have their own lives, or help others have their own lives." She said and Sword Mage chuckled.

"Spoken like a true archbishop." He said and Priestess turned to him.

"They will stay. Let the acolytes know they are always welcome here, but their duties have been extended to the entire city should they wish to partake in their affairs." She said and Sword Mage stood and bowed to her.

"At once Your Grace." He said.

"And tell Heavy Warrior that should he wish, he can be a paladin in his own right, at his wife's side." Priestess said.

"I will inform him the moment I am able to." Sword Mage said.

"That will be all." Priestess said and Sword Mage left to carry out his orders. Priestess then sat back down and deflated...then a knock was heard. "Come in." Abbot then opened the door and she was on alert again.

"You outrank me Your Grace; if anything, I should probably bow to you at this point." He said.

"I'm sorry Father, but I'm in no mood for casual talk." Priestess said.

"My apologies..." Abbot said before Priestess got up walked over to him and embraced him. "Is it so awful Your Grace?"

"Not now please..." Priestess whispered as she continued hugging her father figure for about a minute. She then let go of him and walked back to the window with him.

"Will you be so kind as to tell me what troubles you?" Abbot asked.

"As deeply honored as I am to be archbishop in the Sword Maiden's place, especially since I still feel her presence lingering and driving me forward...it's alot to take it despite my hope that I'd fill the role well." Priestess said.

"From where I'm standing...you're an excellent archbishop. I'm certain the Sword Maiden would've done no different." Abbot said.

"I guess..." Priestess trailed off and Abbot made her look at him.

"Just continue doing what you're doing, and this city is in good hands." He said and Priestess smiled.

"Thank you." She said.

"Now...I regret to inform you, but I must return to the monastery." Abbot said and Priestess sighed.

"Alright...but what about the Cambion? If he shows up, there's a chance he'll be there to kill you." She said seriously.

"Don't worry, if he does bother me, I won't join him." Abbot said and Priestess grabbed his forearms.

"Please, don't do anything rash...losing the Sword Maiden was one thing, but you..." She trailed off before Abbot held her.

"Relax...you won't lose me like you lost your mother figure." He said and Priestess returned the embrace.

"Thank you..." She whispered, and eventually Abbot let go, and left. Priestess then sat down and started weeping into her hands. The difficulty of the clones' situation was bad enough, but the idea of losing Abbot the same way she lost Sword Maiden, even though she was still with her...it was too much. Eventually, she got everything out of her system, and resolved to continue helping her team; to be a hands-on archbishop unbridled by fear...unlike the Sword Maiden.

---

"Sir Ranger! You honor me with your return." Lizard Priest said with a bow.

"I'm happy to see you as well." Ranger said as he returned the bow.

"Shall I assume you did not arrive merely to see how my people fare?" Lizard Priest asked.

"You assume correct, although I am still curious." Ranger said.

"You honor us with your compassion, and I am glad to inform you that we have nearly repaired the damage, although it will take a long time for us to recover from the pain we suffered, if we ever do." Lizard Priest said.

"Well...here's hoping that this loss will lead to greater gain, like with the Sword Maiden." Ranger said.

"I also took the liberty of paying our elvish brethren a visit...and their case isn't much better." Lizard said.

"I figured as much..." Ranger said somberly.

"How do your people fare?" Lizard Priest asked.

"I actually came here to fetch you to help put an end to the goblins once and for all." Ranger said.

"Truly? You found a way to accomplish this?" Lizard Priest asked.

"We found where most of them reside, and who their leader is. Best of all, we discovered how the goblins are able to use the powers of Hell to attack wherever they please." Ranger said.

"Then I shall commune with the elders and rejoin your mission to destroy the goblins at once." Lizard Priest said firmly.

"I'm sure the others will be delighted to see you...and of course we'll have a wheel of cheese waiting." Ranger said and Lizard Priest wagged his tail.

"Oh, sweet nectar! Your charity knows no limits Sir Ranger." He said.

"I had my servants practically gift-wrap one for you." Ranger said and Lizard Priest took off to the largest hut in the tree village, and Ranger sat down to wait a minute as Lizard Priest came out of the large hut, go to another, and them came out with a bag of items.

"I am ready Sir Ranger." Lizard said, and Ranger pointed to the bag.

"What's in that?" He asked.

"Items for the miracles I use." Lizard Priest said.

"Oh right, I forgot..." Ranger said before opening a portal to his manor and they rejoined the team, and spent the better part of an hour recapping everything that happened since Lizard Priest was away with Cow Girl offering to cook them each a snack...with Lizard Priest of course feasting on meat drenched in melted cheese.

---

"This is most intriguing; the extraordinary often occurs around our kind, but I could never have anticipated a confrontation with the original Platinum Rank. You must feel honored indeed." Lizard Priest said.

"Very much so, we've trained in more ways than I can count." Wizard said.

"Speaking of which, Spearman was nice enough to give me some pointers with a spear. So now I can really take a page out of the guards' book." Cow Girl said.

"Good, a spear and shield is one of the best weapon combinations there are." Ranger said.

"I too have have grown stronger since we last met; I consulted with the ancestors and obtained more abilities, as well as improved mastery of my existing ones.

"I cannot wait to see them in action...although I doubt we'll see much of them on our very next mission." Ranger said.

"No matter, I am certain the future holds a bounty of goblins to slay." Lizard Priest said.

"You don't know the half of it..." Ranger said.

"Yeah, we killed millions of them in one night recently." H.E. Druid said.

"Millions? You require my aid even after the slaughter of millions? This is more dire than I thought..." Lizard Priest said.

"Which is all the more reason for us to go after them while we have the momentum." Wizard's brother said.

"Speaking of which, what's your plan boss?" Warrior asked.

"First off, Sword Mage's intel was solid: that Hell Ripper looks exactly like he showed us, and the place is absolutely infested with goblins, as well as demons of every type." Ranger said.

"Great..." Wizard said.

"There's more. The terrain itself can be used for all kinds of ambushes, including a wide open space which a single person can use to lure the goblins and demons towards it, and the rest can open fire to their heart's content." Ranger said.

"Let me guess: you're the bait, we're the trap?" Rhea Fighter asked.

"That would be most logical; you have faced down a legion of Hell's forces have you not Sir Ranger?" Lizard Priest asked.

"Right on both accounts." Ranger said.

"I swear...you've got more balls than anyone I know..." D.R. said.

"Yeah, welcome to Team Goblin Slayer..." Warrior said.

"How is this not Team Ranger?" D.R. asked.

"First off, Goblin Slayer's the one who inspired us to go after them like he is, so that's a giveaway right there. Secondly, Goblin Slayer is still the expert at killing goblins, has more motivation, and did it far longer as well. Last, and most importantly...I only lead half this team." Ranger said.

"Sir Ranger is correct. Sir Goblin Slayer has led myself, Lady Archer, and the late dwarven mage to victory countless times. As much of an honor as it is to have Sir Ranger and the rest of you with us, the facts cannot be denied." Lizard Priest said.

"It also makes sense considering my pregnancy." Fighter said while holding her lower belly.

"Speaking of which, I would like to see your spawn again if you so please." Lizard Priest said.

"Alright." Fighter said.

"On second thought...she probably slumbers; I will wait until this Hell Ripper weapon is destroyed." Lizard Priest said.

"Smart man." Warrior said.

"May I ask if you still wish to have more than one spawn?" Lizard Priest asked.

"Yes, when the goblins are dealt with for good." Ranger said.

"This isn't going to be a repeat of that awkward moment where you talked about having kids when our goblin-slaying campaign wasn't even close to done right?" Wizard asked.

"Awkward? Maybe not, but...we have still gotten off-topic." Fighter said.

"Will Lady archbishop join us in our assault?" Lizard Priest asked.

"Everyone here will join us." GS said.

"Including myself." Cow Girl said.

"I look forward to seeing what you can do with your new abilities and weaponry Lady Goblin Slayer." Lizard Priest said and Cow Girl facepalmed.

"How often am I going to be called that...?" She asked.

"I did not mean to offend you." Lizard Priest said.

"You didn't...I just can't get used to that, even though it's fitting." Cow Girl said.

"Well...shall we go destroy the goblins' superweapon now?" Lizard Priest asked.

"Maybe we should get Summoner, and maybe his two trainees involved." H.E. Druid asked.

"Not a bad idea. Your Grace?" Fighter asked.

"Not a bad idea." Priestess said and shared a smile with Fighter.

"Copycat..." She said.

"Well...the archbishop says we go so...let's go." Warrior said and they took a gateway to the guild hall.

---

When they got there, Summoner was using a recaller with Guild Girl and Inspector sitting with him.

"Lizard Priest? Didn't think we'd see you again..." Guild Girl said.

"It pleases me to be here again with my teammates, especially with the destruction of the goblins drawing nearer." Lizard Priest said.

"May I ask what the recaller is for?" Priestess asked.

"I was about to show my big brother trashing the fear demon that attacked me." Summoner said.

"We get to see that demonic son of a bitch be thrashed by the Sword Maiden's guardian angel? Hell yeah, fire it up." Dwarf Rifleman said and Summoner smirked before using the recaller to show Storm Mage's battle with the fear demon...with it's true form disturbing everyone. Storm Mage however wasn't pulling any punches. Not only did Storm Mage use power from the summoned storm elementals, but used his own power to barrage the fear demon with lightning in every shape, size, and form without missing a single beat. On top of that...the fear demon couldn't hit him; Storm Mage sliced apart the fear demon's tentacles with his sword-whips everytime it lashed at the merciless demon hunter.

Eventually, Storm Mage of course reduced the fear demon to it's most pitiful form, then dragged it to the water before unleashed Thunderstrike on it, and watched it spend it's last moments feeling the pain it caused.

"Damn..." Warrior whispered.

"You have one serious big brother." Guild Girl said.

"I do now." Summoner said as Inspector held his hand, and he returned the favor.

"If that demon wasn't so reprehensible I'd feel sorry for it..." Ranger said.

"Why am I surprised you'd say that? You're getting to be as predictable as Orcbolg." H.E. Druid said.

"Am I wrong?" Ranger asked.

"Let's just go kill some more goblins..." H.E. Druid groaned.

"Summoner, you should probably come with us." Priestess said.

"As Her Grace wishes." Summoner said.

"You should also bring those summon stones; we're going to need all of them." Ranger said.

"While we're at it...demon hunters in training! Front and center please." Summoner said and Rookie Warrior and Apprentice Cleric rushed over to them.

"Yes sir?" R.W. asked.

"We're going to destroy a demonic superweapon in the middle of goblin territory, and you two get to watch the whole thing." Summoner said and the two recoiled.

"Say what now?" A.C. asked in awe.

"You heard me. You get to empower people so Her Grace can focus on offense if she pleases, and your husband can watch your ass." Summoner said.

"I...guess that would work out." R.W. said.

"Just promise you won't try to be heroes." Warrior said seriously.

"No way; we already feel like fish out of water when we're with all of you." A.C. said.

"Even me?" Cow Girl asked.

"You...not at all..." R.W. said, and Ranger caught him looking Cow Girl over...which wasn't a surprise at all.

"Anyway, let's go kick some goblin ass!" D.R. exclaimed as he pulled his rifle.

---

The team left the portal Ranger opened to the place he went to when he first scouted the place, and after several minutes, they exited a cave and found a small crop of sand with dead trees...and one of them had a cage with a dead body in it.

"Uh, what's with the cage?" Apprentice Cleric asked.

"It's a keep-out sign." Ranger said.

"Well it almost worked..." Warrior said, and they kept going...and then the ground shook and Ranger shoved Rookie Warrior out of the way and morphed a greatsword just in time to jam it into a demonic worm's face.

"What the hell?!" Wizard's brother exclaimed.

"Demonic worms!" H.E. Druid yelled and the team formed up to engage the worms...but no more showed up.

"Well that was underwhelming..." R.W. said.

"Don't count your chickens before they're hatched." Wizard said and they kept going.

"It's too bad we never left any keep-out signs before." Warrior said.

"What? The piles of mangled bodies weren't enough?" Fighter asked.

"Good point..." Warrior said.

"Putting dead goblins on display would have either frightened them away from the caves, or even driven them to attack more villages and make homes out of them. It's probably for the best you haven't done that." GS said.

"Again...good point." Warrior said.

"Hey! I saw movement by the mouth of that cave up ahead." H.E. Druid said and D.R. pulled his rifle...only for Ranger to put his hand in the way.

"No guns. We're supposed to do this quietly." He said.

"I wasn't going to shoot it; I don't even what what I would be shooting at." D.R. said.

"I don't sense any goblins here..." Fighter said as her cyan eyes scanned the area.

"Well, it's still better to not drop our guard..." Cow Girl said as they continued pushing forward. Eventually, they got to a cave that Ranger signaled to be o.k..but at it turned out, some goblins made it into a breeding chamber with some of the cloned women birthing goblins by the dozen, with a sleeping champion in the back...easy pickings.

The moment the goblins were all born, some adults took the children to the back, along with one of the dead women...probably as a meal. Priestess then used Silence to allow the whole team to go in and stab all the goblins in the face, or just smash their heads in, with the champion taking Cow Girl's morphed spear through the back of it's head. The babies of course were disposed of as well.

"I get over my fear of giant spiders only to encounter the most vile display of barbarism I've ever seen..." A.C. said while shaking and looking over the women who were all completely naked and had the infamous thousand-yard stare on their faces. She eventually turned around and threw up as R.W. sat down next to her.

"This is normal for goblins...that's why we take them down." GS said.

"That doesn't make it easier to deal with!" A.C. snapped.

"When we're done, no one will have to deal with this, ever again." Ranger said firmly.

"Right, now let's go find that Ripper, and rip it apart." Rhea Fighter said.

"Been waiting long to crack out that one?" Fighter asked and Rhea Fighter gave her a dry laugh.

"Well this vaguely beats running into a room full of goblin shit." Wizard said, and R.W. raised an eyebrow.

"Don't ask..." Fighter said and Priestess got to work cleaning the clones with Purify, and the Wizard siblings used their illusion magic to heal their minds and give them a well-earned rest before Ranger opened a portal to the Temple of Law for the clones to be recruited. Priestess then leaned against the wall and sat down.

"To think the Sword Maiden went through the same thing they went through..." She said somberly as Fighter approached her and sat with her.

"And now she's with Storm Mage having all of her pain made up for hundreds of times over." She said seriously as she held Priestess' hand, and got a smile out of her little sister before the two stood up and shared a hug.

"I love you so much..." Priestess said softly.

"And I love you too." Fighter said.

"These goblins are more devilish than I thought, to create females for the sole purpose of making them suffer. You made a wise and benevolent decision in saving them." Lizard Priest said.

"A decision that couldn't have been easier." Ranger said.

"I actually talked to Sword Mage and Father Superior about the clones...the latter said the Sword Maiden would've done no differently." Priestess said.

"Not hard to figure out why..." Wizard trailed off.

"I think she means even if the Sword Maiden wasn't...handled by them." Warrior said.

"Regardless, the women are free. Let's go deal with that Hell Ripper and get back to Water Town." GS said.

"Right." Ranger said and he led them further down the cave, and through more caverns, some filled with water.

"Wait, we can use that water." Priestess said as she pulled her canteen, filled it with water, then the team watched her hands glow as she held the canteen to her chest.

"More holy water." Rhea Fighter said as Priestess gave the canteen to Ranger.

"You need this more than I do." She said, and Ranger took the canteen, and returned some vials of holy water to Priestess.

"An excellent find." Lizard Priest said.

"No kidding. Holy water is no joke for miracle users." D.R. said.

"As those demons we keep running into learn the hard way." Fighter said as Ranger continued to lead the team through the network of tunnels.

---

Eventually...they reached the summit of a small mountain...

"Are we on the right path Sir Ranger?" Lizard Priest asked.

"Of course we are...look." Ranger said seriously and the team looked at the expanse of the mountain range they were on...and lo and behold, the Hell Ripper itself was in view...and it was taller than the mountains by a landslide and it looked exactly like it was described.

"Dear Supreme in Heaven...!" Wizard said in awe.

"That's the Hell Ripper?!" H.E. Druid asked.

"Yes it is..." Ranger said seriously as the team eyeballed the demonic building that happened to be a goblin superweapon.

"Please tell me you have a way to take it down..." Cow Girl said nervously.

"No, but I do have an idea of how it works. I managed to sneak past each of the guards with the good rhea's cloak and discovered that the Ripper is powered by no less than five pylons with hell energy inside them. I actually tried smashing them with my gauntlets, but as it turns out, they each have a shield that I couldn't pierce without holy arts." Ranger said.

"So, Restoration will suffice?" Priestess asked.

"Not even close; if it was that simple I'd just drag here you with me, send you back when you were done, and finish the job myself." Ranger said.

"Then why do you need us?" H.E. Druid asked.

"Shared glory and distractions for one thing...or two things...anyway, we could and probably should use other means to do some damage." Ranger said.

"Did you check that lake over there?" A.C. asked as she pointed at a nearly-dried up lake.

"That lake is too shallow to flood the place with." Ranger said.

"It still has a dam..." Summoner said.

"So?" R.W. asked.

"It warrants investigation." Summoner said.

"If you insist. As for the plan itself, I will attack them directly while the rest of you look at why that dam is there." Ranger said.

"I'm coming with you." GS said and Ranger smirked.

"Fair enough." He said as he and GS climbed down the cliff with their respective grappling methods, or just plain jumped down some distances while the rest looked into the dam.

---

Ranger and GS went through a cave, with Ranger leading the way using Life Sight, and GS used a torch, and they eventually came across a cavern full of sleeping goblins...and the two glanced at each other before they morphed their blades and impaled every defenseless goblin in sight.

"89...95...121...and that makes 143." GS said before the two men progressed, and they left the cave to find a swarm of Pride demons flying around an open area with rocky outcroppings everywhere, and the opening to a canyon passage on the other side.

"This place looks promising..." Ranger said dryly and GS threw in a flash bomb to distract the demons and they all screamed in surprise as the bomb exploded, then Ranger opened fire with his pistols as GS charged in and butchered all the imps that charged at them. The Prides and imps rushed at them in droves, and some threw fireballs at the two, but GS either killed the imps beforehand, or took the hits without an issue. Ranger meanwhile hide behind a greatsword he planted in the ground while continuing to take potshots at the Prides. He then morphed his light armor, re-absorbed the greatsword, morphed his twin swords and rushed through the rest of the imps only for a series of rifts to open and each one spat out a troop of goblins, including hobs.

GS of course went for the smaller goblins, and he shredded dozens of them with his twin shotguns and blew the rest apart with his bombs, if he didn't freeze them or blind them with flash bombs. The ones who were frozen or blinded were the first ones he took out when he charged at them with his sword and shield. Heads rolled, blood and guts were spilled, bones were shattered and cleaved, and limbs flew as GS reminded the world around him why he bares his title.

Ranger didn't bother with the little ones; he went for the hobs by jumping over their smaller cousins, or just bashed the little ones out of the way with his newly-morphed greatsword. He then pressed onward and impaled the first hob, before charging through several other hobs, and when he reached an outcropping, he jammed his sword into it, and the hob impaled on the sword itself into the rock formation hard enough to make it crumble. Several goblins tried to attack Ranger from behind but Ranger dashed away just in time, and the rock formation buried the unlucky goblins underneath it.

GS then got attacked by some hobs, and he used the hook on one shotgun to grappled towards it, and kicked it's chest in with both feet hard enough to cave in it's chest...and blew two more hobs' brains out while riding the first one to the ground. GS then threw one ice bomb at a hob group's feet, and they all had their legs frozen to the bone, only for their legs to shatter under their own weight and momentum, and GS put them out of their misery with slashes through their brains.

GS then turned to see Ranger chopping apart goblins and hobs alike by waving his massive blade around with the usual precision, speed, and brutality as he dashed through the horde from side to side. He even switched to his twin swords, and used them normally, or broke them into their whips forms to butcher the goblins up-close, or tear them to sheds at medium range. Ranger ended the massacre by morphing his greatsword again, vertically bisecting a hob, impaling another hob through the chest, splattering dozens of goblins with a wave of his massive blade, and stunning the rest with the wind. Ranger's finale was him morphing a gauntlet, superheating it, and smashing the ground with it, which caused the immediate area to explode from underground and the rest of the goblins were shattered in the explosion.

The rest of the goblins looked over their devastated brothers and the two titans who wrecked the surrounding havoc. They barely had time to turn around and run before Ranger shot them apart with his pistols, and GS unloaded two shells from one of his shotguns. The two then looked at each other, got themselves together and looked over the damage they did.

"Did you check this entire area out?" GS asked.

"No, getting too close to the Hell Ripper was out of the question, so this place is unknown to me." Ranger said.

"I see. Well, they know we're here now; those rifts don't happen by accident." GS said.

"And since we're at the goblins' front door it makes sense for the Ripper to be used at full capacity. We may run into a million goblins by the time we're done." Ranger said.

"Can you still use miracles?" GS asked.

"Of course, and just as many as I did last time, and since I didn't use any yet..." Ranger trailed off.

"We can still do enough damage." GS said before walking off with Ranger behind him, and they didn't even get halfway through the uphill passage when a multitude of boulders were rolled down the end of the passage, which Ranger dealt with by morphing his heavy armor and gauntlets and crushing most of them, and stopping the largest one as GS retreated. When he saw GS was in the clear, Ranger then let the boulder roll down freely and looked to see hundreds of goblins charging down the slope.

Ranger then morphed his guns and unleashed a storm of bullets into the horde, each one tearing into the bodies of multiple goblins and spraying the survivors with blood and flesh. Ranger then retreated to where GS was as the goblins swarmed him, and GS threw his shotguns into the mix as the two gave the goblins a nasty case of lead poisoning. Ranger then spotted reinforcements approach, downed some holy water and used an Immolation miracle to incinerate the front quarter of the goblins and stall the rest as he went off to fetch the boulder.

"Catch!" Ranger yelled as he threw the boulder through the center of the horde and crushed every goblin in it's path; it even rolled back and continued crushing goblins before getting jammed in the side of the cliff. GS then came out into the open and watched the remaining goblins burn to death while screaming in agony.

"That's Immolation..." GS trailed off as Ranger watched it with him.

"Yes...it was..." Ranger said as the smell of burning goblin flesh filled the air, but neither of the men so much as gagged.

"Does it bother you to cause the same pain you felt?" GS asked.

"Not at all. It's actually because I felt it that I think it's fitting they feel it; it makes the damage that much more meaningful." Ranger said seriously.

"I see..." GS said as the goblins continued burning.

"I rarely ever use Immolation with holy water boosting it; normally it's a quick but intense burst of flame. No where near enough to torch hundreds of goblins, let alone turn the sides of an entire cliff into lava." Ranger said and GS looked at the cliffs themselves.

"You're right. The cliffs are melting and glowing." He said as the two watched the cliffs liquefy..then GS shoved Ranger to the ground as a boulder flew past them.

"What the fuck?!" Ranger exclaimed.

"Another goblin champion..." GS said.

"This sounds familiar." Ranger groaned and GS retreated.

"Fall back!" He yelled as Ranger followed him into the open.

"Can you make a pair of guns for us to use?" GS asked.

"I guess so." Ranger said.

"They will likely need to be as large as your greatsword, if not larger." GS said.

"Yet another trick I haven't tried..." Ranger said dryly before morphing a gun as big as his greatsword, and then made a second for GS. The two then aimed the guns at the passage, and the moment the goblin champion showed itself...

"Fire!" GS yelled, and the two unloaded their cannons into the masses of goblins, and not only did they all get splattered across the area, the passage collapsed and buried the survivors...except...

"Great, the champion lived..." Ranger groaned, before noticing the thrown boulder, then latching onto it with his chains. He then pulled the chain back to him, spun it around, then slung it at the champion with enough force to cave in it's breastplate and shatter it's ribcage.

"Down goes another champion." GS said.

"There's still plenty more goblins coming this way." Ranger said as he used Life Sight, and GS left the cannon for Ranger to re-absorb and he morphed his gauntlets, superheated them, and punched the rubble into the rest of the goblin horde, crushing and scattering them in every direction. GS then led Ranger through the last group as they butchered their way through the masses. The two then took a breather and looked around the place.

"It looks like there's two ways to go: one that leads out of this canyon, and another that leads further up the mountain." GS said.

"The Hell Ripper will likely be in the most heavily-guarded place, and if I were the one setting up it's defenses, I would put the power sources in the middle of a place so daunting, that the average person wouldn't dare assault it." Ranger said.

"Into the mountain we go." GS said and the two stood up from their rest and walked up the hill, and eventually crouched when they reached the top and peeked over it...and Ranger sucked in a breath.

"Ten champions, plus a squad of paladins...and a lord." He said seriously.

"That's too much for us in direct combat. We will need an indirect approach." GS said.

"Implosion!" Ranger yelled and a vortex opened over the goblins' heads and they all screamed their lungs out as they were sucked into it and swirled around the center faster and faster before being slammed into the ground hear enough to cause a brief earthquake that collapses a few cave entrances.

"Well...I did imply that stealth was pointless here..." GS trailed off.

"And there's the first Hell Battery." Ranger said as he pointed to the swirling mass of hell energy where the goblins used to be.

"Any idea how to get rid of it?" GS asked.

"My best bet is probably a holy water-empowered Immolation. Other than that...we'll probably have to just find the rest of the batteries and clear them out for Priestess or Apprentice Cleric to get rid of them. But it's still worth a shoot." Ranger said.

"I'll warn you if any more goblins or demons arrive." GS said as Ranger walked up to the Hell Battery...and then drank more holy water.

"Immolation." Ranger whispered before spewing fire from his hand into the battery...and it imediately starts pulsing, makes a low-pitched whirring sound and Ranger sprints back to where GS was. The Battery becomes less and less stable overtime as the holy fire spewed into it causes it to go critical, and it eventually blows up and launches Ranger the rest of the way to where GS was, and when the explosion passed, GS checked on Ranger.

"Are you alright?" He asked and Ranger groaned.

"I'll live..." He said before they both looked at where the Hell Battery used to be, and it was gone...and so was the surrounding area.

"That was quite an explosion..." GS said.

"I recall them being destroyed in a much less spectacular fashion." Ranger said.

"It was destroyed with Holy Light then; this was destroyed with holy fire. We should keep going; that explosion is going to attract more gob-" GS shut up the moment dozens of rifts opened and thousands of hell goblins, and demons of every type poured out of them.

"Oh shit...!" Ranger groaned

"Run!" GS yelled and the two sprinted down the hill, through the alternate passage, and Ranger used his gauntlets to smash the entrance.

"Get through that shitheads!" Ranger yelled as the two kept running for their lives.

"That won't stop them." GS said.

"But it will slow them down!" Ranger said.

"I hope the rest have a trap or something set up at that dam!" GS said as the two continued running through the canyons. The two eventually exited the passage and saw the dam up ahead in front of a wide open space. The two then stopped at the dead end and turned to face the massive horde of goblins and demons coming their way, and just when Ranger was on the brink of using Army of One...the dam sprung a leak, then another.

"Goblin Slayer, get to the top of those cliffs as fast as you can!" Ranger yelled, and GS used the hooks on his shotguns to grapple up the cliffs as Ranger morphed his heavy armor and gauntlets, superheated one, then charged at the dam as fast as he could and punched it hard enough to not only shatter it, but make the water behind it retreat...and there was so much water behind it that he almost forgot to morph his light armor and climb up the alternate cliff as the water flooded the entire valley and the goblins and demons were swept aside as the dam burst. Ranger then watched the water continue to flow down the passages without pausing...it was as if the water was hungry for the goblins and demons and it's stomach was bottomless.

"How was that for a trap?" Wizard asked proudly.

"A better question is how did you-?" Summoner cuts Ranger off.

"We used water elementals and even ice elementals to fill the lake, and used fire to melt the ice. Hell, we even left chunks of ice and stone in the water to make it deadlier." He said.

"Summoner, you're a damn genius!" Ranger exclaimed and Wizard's brother handed over a life potion.

"Here you are Your Greatness." Wizard's brother said dramatically.

"Fuck you." Ranger said as he took the potion and downed it as Wizard's brother snickered.

"Goblin Slayer got one too." Rhea Fighter said and the other half of the team were with GS on the other side of the lake that wouldn't stop flowing...and some water elementals were spotted inside the water.

"Those elementals are something else." Ranger said while shaking his head.

"Also boss, my familiars found the rest of the batteries, and we dealt with our own fair share of Hell Rifts." Wizard's brother said.

"And I had to seal them while everyone else dealt with the demons and goblins as usal." Rhea Fighter said.

"That seems to be a running theme: you seal the rifts while the rest of us save the people and deal with the threat." Wizard said.

"Now to be fair, sealing the rifts isn't something to take lightly; without that blessed sword we'd have to fight alot longer than we should have to." Summoner said.

"Thank you Summoner." Rhea fighter said.

"My pleasure. This is what happens when you have a master demon hunter with you." Summoner said proudly.

"No kidding." Wizard said.

"Ranger!" Priestess exclaimed as she ran up to Ranger and hugged her big brother figure.

"I'm alright Priestess." Ranger said softly before Fighter approached and gave Ranger a quick kiss.

"The same can't be said for those poor drowned bastards below." Fighter said.

"The really sad thing is that the water is moving on it's own accord; this flood makes a normal one look like a fucking shower." D.R. said.

"So there will be plenty of poor, drowned bastards where those came from." H.E. Druid said.

"That just leaves the remaining Hell Batteries, and they are more than likely to be guarded more heavily than before now that they know our targets." Lizard Priest said.

"Then we split up again. Priestess, you join Ranger and Goblin Slayer at the Hell Ripper's front, the rest of you go after the Hell Batteries. If we're lucky, we won't have to destroy all of them." Summoner. said.

"Good idea. I'll try leveling it with a Meteor when it gets weak enough." Ranger said.

"Why us?" A.C. asked.

"Technically, you are going to destroy the batteries." Summoner said.

"Me?" A.C. asked.

"You're the only one aside from Priestess who has holy arts, which makes you the key player in this." Ranger said.

"What about me and Warrior's swords?" Rhea Fighter asked.

"It's...possible that could work, but we should stick to what we know will work." Ranger said.

"My sword is also blessed remember?" Priestess asked.

"Good point..." Ranger said.

"This would also be a good time to bring those two World Spawns out of Limbo...don't know where though." Summoner said.

"Why not have them distract the goblins elsewhere?" Cow Girl asked.

"Good idea." Summoner said.

"Honey, we'll use a gateway to get back to Water Town's guild hall when we see that Hell Ripper go down, alright?" Fighter asked.

"Alright, good luck all of you." Ranger said.

"Let's take that damn thing out." Warrior said as he morphed his crossbow.

---

GS and Ranger led Priestess through the flooded canyons, and they eyeballed the thousands of dead goblins that were either smashed beyond recognition, or likely drowned or internally-crushed from the flood.

"That flood was not a fan of these things was it?" Ranger asked as they passed normal goblins, hobs, shamans, champions, and even lords until eventually, the trio reached an uphill passage...that led straight to the front yard of the Hell Ripper, and Priestess stopped cold.

"I have a bad feeling about this..." She said seriously.

"These goblins will likely fight tooth and claw for this glorified monolith; I wouldn't be surprised if the Demon Lord himself had a hand in this." Ranger said.

"The two of you are strong enough to do anything the Hero's team can do. We'll be fine." GS said as he kept going with his two companions glancing at each other, and joining GS as he went over the hill's edge...and there was the largest Hell Battery they ever saw, and it had an overseer, one which made even GS recoil.

"That demon general..." Priestess whispered and the demon general unfolded it's wings and turned it's head to them.

"Don't you three ever tire of failing...?" The demon general asked before summoning an axe and hurling it at the trio , and GS reflexively deflected it with his shield...despite the axe being bigger than he was.

"Damn...!" Ranger breathed out.

"An Abyssal Hide?! Where did you get that?!" The demon general asked.

"It's a gift." GS said simply.

"A gift that you will regret having in your possession." The demon general said while tensing up.

"Priestess...empower us." Ranger whispered.

"Right..." Priestess said and her scepter glowed before GS and Ranger were enveloped in the aura of an empowered person as Ranger morphed his twin swords and light armor. The two armored juggernauts charged at the demon general and Ranger unloaded his guns into the demon general who put up a forcefield between them...but the blessing made the bullets shattered it in time for GS to unload two shells with his shotgun before sliding under the general's legs and slicing his Achilles tendons as Ranger wrapped a sword-whip around the general's arm and yanked himself towards it, but before Ranger could jam a greatsword into his face...the general unleashed a burst of power that made the two recoil as he regenerated his leg.

"You'll regret that!" The demon general bellowed before flying up and charging up a fireball, which Ranger responded to by retreating to the edge of the arena, and launching a harpoon at it, and it impaled the demon general in the hip, and the fireball fell out of it's hands as GS grappled up to it and shot off it's wings with one shell per joint and rode him to the ground before impaling him through the back of the head.

"Priestess? Would you do the hon-" Ranger shut up the moment the general bashed GS off of it as the battery gave it more power, healed it's wounds...and even gave it an organic suit of armor.

"Did you really think I would fall so easily? A general in the army of Hell?!" The demon general asked.

"I must admit it's not a surprise." Ranger said.

"Be that as it may...you're still less troublesome than the goblins." GS said simply.

"You have interfered with our machinations for the last time humans!" The demon general growled as his wings grew back...and they unleashed orbs of hell energy at the trio. Ranger and GS destroyed each one with their blades while Priestess used Protection to stay alive. She then used Holy Smite to stagger the demon general as Ranger shot at him...but the bullet bounced off of his wings. GS rushed at the demon general from behind, but got bashed with the demon's other wing, got sent flying and rolled along the ground. GS then picked himself up to see Ranger in his heavy armor using his superheated gauntlets to clash with the demon general's own charged-up fists.

Priestess and GS both stayed back and watched the Platinum Rank before them clash fists with a leader of Hell's army blow-for-blow. The demon general landed a punch to Ranger's face, and got an uppercut to the jaw, and the two went back to clashing fists. The general kicked Ranger in the gut, then Ranger jumped up and punched the general hard enough to crack one of his horns, and knock him down before Ranger landed and held his abdomen as the Empowerment wore off.

"Ranger!" Priestess exclaimed as she rushed to see Ranger who de-morphed his armor to check his abdomen...just his luck, that kick gave him a dislocated intestine which Priestess fixed with Heal and Ranger let out a deep sigh.

"If you hadn't empowered me, that general would have turned me into paste." Ranger said as he struggled to get up, but Priestess stopped him.

"Wait! I'm not done." She said, before getting back to using Heal. Ranger's breathing then became steady again, and he checked his abdomen for signs of trauma, but nothing was wrong.

"Thank you..." Ranger breathed out, and Priestess smiled at him. Their moment was cut off by the battery charging up the general...by two batteries that appeared on the sides of the area. Priestess then raised her sceptor, and it glowed with holy energy. Ranger then morphed his helmet to shield his eyes for what was coming.

"Purge!" Priestess yelled and a burst of holy energy enveloped the entire area and all three batteries were nearly snuffed out by the display, but not quite.

"I know that power...it was your last gambit wasn't it? Unlucky for your two brothers-in-arms." The demon general said as he sat up then floated in mid-air with his wings.

"Not quite. You see...I'm the new Sword Maiden." Priestess said as she turned her scepter into her sword.

"So you claim...tear these whelps apart!" The demon general said as dozens of rifts opened on all sides, and GS dealt with the imps that attacked him while Ranger and Priestess craved through the imps that attacked them. The demon general meanwhile retreated to recover from the nearly-fatal blast it was caught it. The trio spent the better part of half an hour butchering one swarm of demons after another, with Ranger using his light armor to dash back and forth between each demon on the ground, or in the air as his twin swords, sword-whips, and greatsword worked the same magic his guns did...which was the same magic Priestess worked with the miracles she used earlier, which was the same magic she was using now with her sword; she learned from her two comrades quite well.

Eventually, the demons stopped attacking, and a pair of archdemons came through two Hell Rifts...which disheartened all three of them, until help arrived in the form of the two World Spawns Summoner mentioned. Both of them engaged the archdemons, and after a brief and pointless fist-fight between the two pairs, the archdemons were pinned to each wall by the World Spawns, and the trio just watched the elemental colossi pound their skulls in...then they heard a deep, yet feminine voice behind them.

"So there are others assaulting this place." The woman said, and the team turned to see a woman who must be in her late-20's, in the same armor Female Knight wore...only she had a different face and her hair was dark brown.

"Yes, and you are?" Ranger asked.

"An ally to the 11th Platinum Rank." The woman said with a bow.

"Well, that's good, because we're nowhere near done." Ranger said.

"How right you are..." The woman said seriously as the demon general absorbed the trio of Hell batteries into himself, and unleashed a burst of power that annihilated the two World Spawns.

"Priestess, empower us, now!" GS exclaimed, and Priestess gave the two men an empowerment as they dashed at the demon general who was too disoriented to charge up another attack so he wrapped his wings around himself and the new woman marveled at the two as they hacked away at the armored wings of a demon general...even though one was Platinum Ranked and both were empowered. After about a minute of relentless slicing, the wings came off and the demon general was left open to GS impaling it through the face, and Ranger craving it's chest open and tearing it's heart out.

"That was most impressive..." The woman said as the two came back.

"Thanks, now...what brings you here?" Ranger asked.

"Those two World Spawns; I tracked their summoners here, and was immediately intrigued; very few can summon them, and one is my youngest brother, who ironically happens to be here." The woman said.

"Wait...you're a summoner too?" Priestess asked.

"Yes, him and a Storm Mage are my younger brothers. Do you know them?" Female Summoner asked and the trio stared at her.

"Summoner is actually here with us as you said,...Storm Mage...well, we'll fill you in when we get back to Water Town." Ranger said.

"Very well, but for now, we must destroy that weapon." Female Summoner said.

"The shield around its core looks weakened...I could use Meteor on it." Ranger said thoughtfully.

"You know the Meteor spell?" Female Summoner asked.

"It's technically a miracle from the War God; like I said we'll explain everything later. Anyway, where did those two Hell Batteries come from?" Ranger asked.

"If I know Hell Batteries, that general called them here to help him defeat you...if they weren't in danger of being destroyed." Female Summoner said.

"Well, I saw a handful of them when I was first scouting this place out, but there's no way to tell-" Ranger shut up the moment the Ripper's core shield fell completely.

"Ranger! Hit it now!" GS exclaimed and Ranger reached his hand to the sky.

"Lord of the Sword...Master of the Mace. Bring down your fist from the Heavens upon the world's foes. Meteor!" He said and a portal opened in the sky and a massive burning rock came down and smashed the Hell Ripper's core. He then used the portal gem and they went back to the place they first saw the Hell Ripper and the entire building crumbled from the bottom-up...and then exploded in a mushroom cloud sending debris flying all over the mountain range as the four people watched in awe.

"We've done it...without the Hell Ripper, the goblins can't attack anywhere they please." Priestess said as she leaned into Ranger, clearly overwhelmed by the scope of their feat.

"Yes we have, now we can go home." Ranger said before opening a portal to Water Town's guild hall.

---

"Sister..." Summoner whispered.

"Hi brother." Female Summoner said softly before hugging her little brother who clung unto her like she was being pulled away from him.

"I missed you..." Summoner said with a sob-choked voice.

"And I missed you." Female Summoner said as her brother continued holding her without caring that the team was watching the whole thing, even though they were simply glancing at each other, smiling at their moment, or both.

"Where have you been...?" Summoner asked.

"Sorry I didn't come here sooner, but with that Ripper destroyed...I can be here for you as much as you want." Female Summoner said.

"Thank you...we have so much catching up to do." Summoner said.

"Well, we can start by getting me in the loop." Female Summoner said.

---

"...and after we liberated this place, I was chosen to take the Sword Maiden's place." Priestess said.

"And since she became the new Sword Maiden, we've been an even bigger pain in the Evil Sect's asses, and the goblins' asses for that matter." Warrior said.

"I'm honored to meet the new Sword Maiden, especially among a group so...distinguished." Female Summoner said seriously.

"Yeah we've got quite a few experiences under our belts don't we." Warrior said.

"I would very much like to see your child when the chance arises 11th." Female Summoner said.

"Alright, it's not often a Platinum Rank has their life saved by a stranger, even though this is the second time this happened." Ranger said.

"Right, you mean when that rhea who attacked you in the marshlands." Female Summoner said.

"I'd like to hear more about what you've been doing since we last met sister." Summoner said.

"I'd be happy to tell you all, but for now...you could use the rest, like me." Female Summoner said.

"Us too." Wizard's brother said.

"You can stay at the Temple of Law if you'd like." Priestess said.

"I'd be honored Your Grace." Female Summoner said.

"Well, good night all of you." Priestess said before hugging Ranger and Fighter and walking Female Summoner to the temple.

"I'd like to hit the hay as well." Warrior said.

"Well, let's go." Wizard said.

"Good night you two." Ranger said.

"Oh! I just remembered...when we were in Heaven...Dwarf Shaman said that he's thinking of you." Wizard said and H.E. Druid sighed and looked away while smiling.

"I see..." She whispered before getting up and walking outside as D.R. stood as well.

"Go get her." Cow Girl whispered and D.R. walked out after her.

"Well, good night?" Fighter asked.

"Good night." Cow Girl said before Ranger opened a portal to their home, and after hugging Fighter and Ranger, she and GS took the gateway to their fort.

---

When D.R. found H.E. Druid, she was sitting on a bench looking out at the lake, with the twin moons reflecting off the water's surface...he could see that she was weeping so he kept his distance until she calmed down.

"What do you want from me?!" She snapped and D.R. recoiled.

"I...I was trying to give you space, but I was still worried about you." He said and H.E. Druid sighed.

"It's just...I just wish things had worked out differently between me and that other dwarf. We elves and you dwarves have always been at odds, but him and me...it was just so stupid...!" She said.

"I can imagine..." D.R. trailed off.

"I sincerely hope you can't; I never thought too much of it at the time, but now that I do...it's humiliating. I'm alittle amazed I have it in me to recall it, let alone talk about it." H.E. Druid said.

"Then stop; let it go." D.R. said seriously and H.E. Druid chuckled. "I'm serious."

"I know...it's funny because it's true." She said.

"Oh...that." D.R. said.

"Remember all the stories I told you? About my times here? Or my spats with Ranger?" H.E. Druid asked.

"Of course, I also remember the stories you told of your time before even becoming an adventurer." D.R. said.

"You...my good sir, are as good at listening to stories as you are at telling them, one of many ways you've been there for me. You dwarves really aren't that bad once someone gets to know you." H.E. Druid said softly before reaching out to him, and he approached her before she pressed her lips against his, and she sat there while her shorter lover held her while the twin moons continued to shine down on them. "I...I love you."

"I love you too...my princess." D.R. said and H.E. Druid smiled.

"When this is over...I want you to marry me." She said and D.R. recoiled.

"Really?" He asked.

"Yes, really." H.E. Druid said.

"Not that our time together doesn't mean anything but...you're still going to outlive me, by quite a bit, and don't get me started on everything else." D.R. said seriously yet softly.

"I know...but I have faith everything can be worked out, and if it turned out that I'm right, will you be my husband?" H.E. Druid asked.

"Yes...you're the single best woman I know, and if you believe the...problems can be worked out, then I'm with you." D.R. said.

"Thanks." H.E. Druid whispered before kissing him again while he joined their fingers.

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Score another one for the good guys. The team trashed the Hell Ripper, and basically got to see a nuke go off. They also got several cloned women out of that misogynistic hell the goblins love to wallow in, and hopefully they'll find a use for them later on, specifically. We also have two engagements in this chapter...that theme hasn't died yet. Anyway, I'll bet you weren't expecting Summoner and Storm Mage's big sis to make an appearance eh? That's yet another person who was hyped up since the 1st act, albeit not as much, making an appearance...speaking of appearances, that demon general who got his ass kicked by the team, specially GS himself in act 1 came back to haunt them, only to get creamed...again.

Also...Lizard Priest makes his triumphant return, even though he didn't do much, and there's...already been millions of goblins biting the dust in this chapter. That being said, I'm just getting started people, and with that Hell Ripper destroyed, we can start the countdown to the goblins' extinction. So be sure to Rate, Review, and Share while the rest of the carnage comes your way next time. Stay tuned...

Fun fact: That opening scene with Ranger unleashing Pestilence on the goblins and even the part where he used Meteor to bomb the crap out of the mountains was inspired by the 10 plagues in The Prince of Egypt movie, which makes sense since from the goblins' point of view, the world must've been ending, not that any tears should be shed for those...I would call them pieces of filth, but that would be a compliment...and I'll bet you all enjoyed reading about them getting massacred like I predicted at the beginning right? Right? (just kidding)