Bad news is that my so called co-writer couldn't make before my planned due date for me to work on 18. Good news is that he gave me his support.

Chapter 17

Saving Myra and the Agile Servant

After Will gave Kanta a "good" reason to help, he happily agreed to guide them to Baroque's sanctuary and hand over the woman he was selling for free. As they were close to their destination with Kanta leading them he said, "It's bad enough that the detailed map Ymir gave you was just to keep you running around in circles but did you have to threaten me like that". Kanta could see the look of disgust on Will's face even if it was concealed by his helmet as he said, "The only reason you'll help anyone is if it is either profitable or saves your ass".

"Well you had to follow this ass or else you and Lily would've been wandering in circles for the next three days", he answered back in an annoyed tone. They decided to just not talk to each talk to each other which left an awkward silence until Lily muttered about how she hoped nothing too bad has happened to her.

"Hey Lily" Will said with a hint of curiosity in his voice as he continued, "Just how long have you and Myra known each other?"

She was hesitant with her answer, "W…we joined the Queen's Army together and that was long before Ymir-sama became the strategist, she was a runaway who wanted to escape from her father while I joined to help my family. We usually end up doing patrols together but the one time we didn't do something together she…" Will reassured her that they will get her back along with the others as they went back and forth for their journey

"Hey" Kanta interrupted, "If you're done confessing your feelings about her then let me just say were here" they were standing just a few steps away from the gate of an old keep that looks over a hundred years old. He then added, "this one of the few strongholds that was abandoned after the Queen's Blade was founded, before that places like this were in a constant state of war so these strongholds were made to last and since my work is done" He walked back towards the Human Bazaar as he thought to himself, "I wondered if I should've told him that Baroque usually keeps some the Swamp Witch's soldiers around these places for protection and his sanctuary….nah, he'll be fine and if he dies it'll be no skin off my bones"

As Kanta walks away from the group Lily asks, "Do you even trust his him".

"As far as I can throw him. Now let's go" but before he could take a step he felt the woman tugging on his arm with nothing on but the large hooded cloak the gave her.

"M…Master" she muttered causing Will to sigh before saying, "I told you. You're no one's slave anymore. You're free to live your live the way you want to"

"I…decided to serve you master".

Trying to hold in a sigh he said, "If that's your choice then I can't stop you, but don't keep calling master. The name's William, Will for short and more importantly you'll be a servant not a slave".

She started to walk towards the gate as she said, "Before I accepted my faith as a slave, I was able to sneak out of my cell a couple times to explore this place to find a way to escape with the others. The keep is actually a castle in disguise; the main part of this place was meant for the soldiers while the rest including the dungeon and throne room were beyond a secret door in the cellar. Do you wish for me to lead the way Will-sama?"

Even with his helmet on they could tell he was smiling as he walked up to her, putting a hand on one of her shoulders, and said, "If we can find something you can use to defend yourself and wear, then go right on ahead" her eyes lit up like the morning sky as she follows her newly given orders.

Meanwhile inside the torture chamber beyond the hidden passage

Myra was forced to walk there with nothing on but the bondage knots that bound her with the remaining length of the rope serving as her leash for Baroque. When she entered room she expected to have hot candle wax as part of his routine for her only to find it emptied except for the closed jar of incense in the middle of the room and anything that was bolted to the walls. He put on a strange mask as he said, "Now we're going to try something my old apprentice developed as a… graduation assignment".

The door was shut behind them, she was bound to the wall and all he said was, "enjoy today's little trip" with what she could only guess was a cynical grin under that mask. The wretched smell filling the room was the least of her problems as her pupils widened, her eyes shut as tight as a drum, her body squirmed as though it was being teased with by countless hands as moans began to escape her mouth. The incense made by Dogura made forced to see, hear, and feel everything that could be described as an erotic nightmare her eyes were forced open to see dozens of faceless, disgusting, naked men fondling every part of her body as one them constantly reminding her of the expression on her face.

She wanted to escape she tried to tune it out but it only intensified the sensation. Her mind started to black out but she had to endure or everything she tried to accomplish since she ran away would prove meaningless that was when she started to remember the life she had before joining the army.

The pampered life she had, having the world fed to her on a silver spoon, how much she hated it, how her parents only thought of her as legacy instead of a person, how she ran away when she saw Leina on the spheres that once littered the sky, how she met Lily, how she joined the army with her, went on patrols together, and even how much she meant to her. The memories started to become harder and harder to recall until everything going on around her and she see the torture chamber again with what felt like hours to her was only fifteen minutes to her captor.

She was trenched in sweat as took off his mask and said, "Did you enjoy that little trip? Everything you felt was nothing more than an illusion but it feels as real as anything you can imagine. I can make you experience this until you lose your mind if I want with each time even worse than before to but you can make it all stop right now if you just submit to me like the good little slave that I know you'll be". She knew he was doing this for his pleasure but everything else she went through couldn't compare to what she just experienced even when he raped her on the first day. Hope started to fade from her eyes as she was about to submit but she was interrupted by what sounded like a horrendous scream coming from one of the undead soldiers guarding the sanctuary further down the corridor followed by a barely recognizable voice yelling, "MYRA!". Before Baroque knew it the hope she had returned to her eyes as she yelled back with what strength she had left, "LILY! I'M HERE!" The door was forced open and a small woman soon bolted into the room, ran circles around leaving him no time to react as she began cut with her daggers and backed away after the sixteenth cut she left on his right arm. She wore a slightly revealing leather armor and short skirt to match with throwing knife belts strapped to her ankles almost like it was lingerie. He was able to smirk just to hide the shock as he said, "So, the broken rogue returns. Does the little bitch need to re-learn her place as a slave?"

The others soon stepped in with Lily running over to help Myra at first glance as she answered, "I'm not a broken and I'm not a slave. I'm… I'm Liz, The Agile Servant"

Baroque just started to laugh at the thought of a slave he sold saying what he can only describe as horse shit before he said, "I guess I need to teach you where your place is…" he stopped as he finally noticed Will was in the room with them with his eyes yelling how enraged he is at the state they found Myra in.

Hollow: *Sigh of relief* Glad I finally had time to work on this.

Knight: That incompetent excuse for a vassal. He somehow managed to violate his contract with me.

Hollow: You mean...wait a minute! What contract!?

Knight: At least this is that time of the year for me. And I shouldn't even bother thanking you mortals for reading this chapter but leave this parasite...

Hollow: I'M RIGHT HERE YOU STUCK UP EXCUSE FOR DEMON SH *incapacitated by Knight*

Knight: Your thoughts, comments, and reviews for him when he finally decides to wake up and don't tell another soul what happens next *lower half of his mask breaks off revealing a mouth filled with sharp teeth and demon like tongue as he continued in a slightly monstrous voice* or you might be next for my little... birthday celebrations.