The Duke was the first to speak while Roz hyperventilated. “How can you do Horde magic?”
“I am half god,” I replied.
Lady Ona spurted her water out. She may not have understood the consequences of me breaking yellow magic, she did get this statement.
Roaring laughter rolled out of Roz, so fervently she clutched her side and hit the ground. Bella was the first to speak. “Mother is Lily around?”
“I am afraid we have not seen her since yesterday, it is not unusual for her. She tells us she likes to play in the castle walls. Why do you ask?”
“That is Gryff’s mother. She is a goddess and Gryff is her champion. I have never lied to you nor is this a good place to start. Shaman stop laughing and stand up straight.” Bella commanded. I saw my contract for obedience pull from me to Bella to Roz. The shaman stood erect and went silent. Good my wives were to be obeyed. “Now Roz what has you laughing so hard?”
“I swore off the seven gods, I fought them as hard as I could when I realized I was another tool in their war efforts. I was never worthy of anything besides to be used. My family died of starvation… we ate them when it was that or death. I have prayed for years for salvation and a chance of vengeance. Here it is, I am aligned with a demigod of the opponents. That is humorous to me. I have a feeling we will get along very well my Lady. My contract to my master binds me completely. He ensured it did. So the question is why are you all privileged to sit before a demigod as powerful as my master.” Roz said sternly.
I broke the shocked reaction by getting to the point. I did want to sleep tonight.
“Duke Riza, I need a hundred prisoners to sell as slaves. I know it sounds awful but there are things at play that drive the necessary evil. I need you to trust me that it is vital. I also need a contract from you, Lady Ona, and Trish. For your silence on this matter so that it remains a secret.” I sent them the contract to secrecy and they signed it. “Good, I printed Horde bibles.” Roz interrupted me with a gasp.
I glanced at her and she went silent. Good, I could continue.
“This is big, we are not alone in the universe. Seven hells, we are not the only universe there is. I… We need allies. To do that I need a hundred prisons. A hundred you will never see again. Can you do this or do I need to go elsewhere?” I asked Duke Riza and he mulled it over.
“Gryff, you are my lord and liege by title. I admit I have prisoners sentenced to death. I do not like this though. It will be the most evil thing I have ever done as a Duke. Trust me, there have been some shady things. Sending a hundred humans to be sold off as slaves takes the victory lap though.” He paused thinking it over. “Can I know what your goal is?”
“I guess I did not expound it enough. I am going into the slave market, my key in is a hundred slaves. I will buy them back if I can, but I honestly don’t know how far I will go. I have forty nine more bibles to sell and I can make thousands more.” Roz was dancing behind me begging to talk. “Damn it, Roz, sit at the… table. My goodness, I want to curse at you so badly right now. Sit. Raise your hand when you have input.”
Roz raced around to the other side of the table and quickly got into the chair. “If your Duke will give you ten prisoners, I can turn that into a hundred goblin slaves. To be honest it is beneath most slavers to go to a small market and we will get undervalue for an overpayment. I can not get the ten back though. That is not allowed. Give me five bibles, ten slaves, and twelve hours. I can have your entry into the big slave market ready to go by then. I will bring one bible and the first thing I need to buy is male shamans. I know… I know… But I need a harem to succubus off of. The more males I have to steal yellow magic from the more I can move you around. Then I suggest you let me go to a lot of markets and move a single bible at each. I can do it alone, my contract is hidden from display to other mages, so it will seem I am worthy of the sale by a very powerful lord. Which wink, wink. You are. Master, those bibles will fetch a lot at the big market, not only will you end up causing an uproar. With that many, you may get challenged in one on one combat. Large trade planets like Kikra have permitted battles between two disputing parties. Both must accept, and of course, there are rules. I would like to avoid the whole ordeal or chance of that happening so I recommend you bring only one when we eventually do go together. Then buy as many slaves as you want.”
Duke Riza stood as he had heard enough as he yawned. “Lady Una take Roz to the dungeons. Ten on death row are hers. I am off to bed. Love you Bella, Trish. Good luck on your adventure being hitched to a demigod.” The Duke found his own statement to be hilarious as he went into his own chambers.
I fished five bibles out of the bag and handed them off to my shaman. I then handed her a pouch of stones I had been collecting which was the Horde currency. She inspected the bibles and nodded then tossed me back the stones. Most were fakes given to dumb orcs. Oh… into the trash, those went. I was told to be ready at the portal in twelve hours. That would put it somewhere around midday tomorrow. Perfect.
I left with my wife and her sister. Bella guided me to our room. I stripped naked and shot under the covers. Bella returned to her nighty and Trish stood awkwardly.
“Trish, I am exhausted and I had sex today already. Come snuggle, if my sex drive returns in the morning we can work something out. You want her to get pregnant?” I said asking Bella. She nodded yes as she snuggled into me. “Great. You are family now, so come into bed. Also, don’t get offended you look great and you looked exquisite in your dress tonight. I also had to view a half naked goblin stripper for hours. Kills the mood.”
This got a burst of snorting laughter out of Trish and she immediately covered her mouth at the noise. I guessed she didn’t bring a nightie or sleepwear because she got naked. Her tits flopped out and her curvy hips swayed as she slid under the covers. I could easily work with that. She spooned into my side and my boner slid into between her thighs below her vagina.
“Bella it is huge… How did you survive?” Trish squeaked.
“Slowly. I am uncomfortable watching him with someone else so if you are going to tease him I need to go for a walk. Late at night, he cums fairly quickly.” Bella said and I went to object, then realized it was true. If I was tired I got the job done then went for bed.
“Bella will rise early and eat breakfast giving us alone time. Bella plant a kiss on me before you leave to wake me. Trish, will you watch me ravish Bella?” I asked and Trish bit her lip with a nod.
Perfect. I rolled on top of Bella who spread for me. We kissed passionately and got into a rhythm where I finished quickly. I excited and rolled onto my back ready for sleep. Bella licked my cock clean and then we went to bed.
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Bella woke me in the morning but did not leave. “You have grown too big husband. I think I understand why now too. When you were in me last night, you tore me wider. I healed myself around your new girth. I think Lily did it to help us with birthing. I may or may not need to heal all our wives while you are fully inside, it should help with delivery. I can be strong. You are ready…”
I looked down and sure enough, I had my morning chubby. I rubbed Trish’s little slit and found she was dripping wet with anticipation. When Bella told her to roll onto her stomach and bite her pillow – concern etched across her face. Trish was face down with her wide plump ass up high. When I slid the tip of my cock into her tight virgin tunnel I became stuck. Yeah… no way it was fitting without some pain. I decided to limit the time of pain. I glanced at Bella who nodded. She placed her hand tenderly on Trish’s back. I shoved aggressively, hard and deep. My two hands gripped her above the hips tightly as I plunged in. Trish tried to wiggle off my cock desperate to escape. I locked my hands tighter and held her firm as she screamed out in pain. There was lots of blood until the green tingle reduced the screams to a whimper and then to silence. I was still fully inside of her when Trish stopped sobbing. She collected her breathing and spoke.
“Well, that was awfu
l. It feels good now. Take it slow please.” I did as she asked. “Rougher… too much… perfect.”
Bella turned away and plugged her ears. I finished quickly from the pleasure. I left my seed deep inside Trish. When I exited, her widened hole tightened back and cum slowly dripped out. I went to the end table for water. I grabbed a cloth, wet it, and then cleaned my cock as well as thighs of the mess. The sheets were ruined with blood. I watched as Trish shivered in delight. That was a win in my books. The only thing that could improve my mood more was breakfast, which was next.
I dressed quickly and told the girls I would meet them on the bottom floor eating area. I recognized a few faces as I went down to the food area. I grabbed a large plate of eggs and asked for a second to be delivered. When they ask who did I think I was, I replied “The Emperor.” That got me some nods. I guess I needed some clothes with emblems on them. Awe… I placed my plate down and raced up the stairs. I barged into the two girls covering exposed breasts until they saw it was me. Big boobies! Score. I grabbed my sack, blew a few kisses and was gone downstairs. I reached my plate in record time. I may have used some aura to get back to my breakfast.
I grabbed my pen and paper to add emblems to my to do list. I liked plain clothes but they did not signify who I was. I figured a simple emblem over my heart would do the trick. I gobbled down eggs as I thought about this. The moment I was finished my first plate, a second was placed in front of me. The girls made it down in time to eat with me while I was on my thirds.
After breakfast, we had a few hours to kill until Roz should be at the portal. I went upstairs and had the girls help me gear up in my armor. I had all but abandoned my initial chest piece and kilt. It was cool enough for the heavy armor and better to be safe than sorry. I checked my bag, my weapons, and my gear. I did a few light exercises to ensure I was properly set. Trish was new to my armor, but Bella assured it was attached well. I was ready for the day.
When I exited the Duke’s estate I had requested a griffin to recon the wild lands near the city. It came back empty of Horde. The griffins reminded me it had been a month since a kill on sight order was issued. There would be no more Horde near any human city. That left me without bad guys to kill. I asked if there was anything worth hunting and got a no on that too. An eight man team was out right now chasing a deer they wounded.
I decided to go to the training yard and spar. I wore my helmet in to avoid notice but everyone knew it was custom armor commissioned by Duke Riza for the Knights of Fernlan. With my identity obvious I removed my helmet and trained with the others. I was asked many questions the entire time. I politely answered the decent questions. The dumb ones I ignored. I grew tired of the pestering and went to find Earl Conway's son. The animal market was soothing for some reason. I figured I could help shovel manure or something to pass the time until Roz returned.
Baron Tedi was the spitting image of his father. I asked to see what he had for sale and he only had horses left. Now that trade was opening up again, they were fetching a premium. The twenty four I got for free were a steal. Funny how markets swing. There were six for sale at ten gold per. I decided to decline, because they were passed up by Earl Conway. Oh well. I asked if he had some hard labor I could perform and he frowned. I had to repeat if he had some back breaking work for me to hone my muscles and kill time. Eventually, he consented and paired me with two ladies milking cows… bison.
For the next few hours, the girls talked my ear off about potential suitors. How life in Lakeland was improving. How some idiot was paying their little brothers to collect rats and the kids grew ideas of grandeur. I was hunched over squeezing large teets when Duke Riza found me. The two girls stood at attention and I kept working. He ordered them to pretend he wasn’t there and they struggled to do so.
“Why?” Riza asked as he pulled a stool up beside me.
“It soothes me. Hard work, keeps me centered. Idle hands lead to idle minds. Something like that. Good people you got here. These girls have a great future planned out. They have hope, and that makes me proud of you.” I said while swapping out a full pail for an empty one. “What brings you down here?”
“That shaman of yours showed up. She has fourteen male shamans and a hundred chained goblins. She said she needs to see you when able. It took us a while to find you. Luckily you mentioned after sparing where you were going. We checked twice here but never asked Tedi if you stopped in until just now.” Duke Riza said and rose from his stool.
“Take care ladies, good luck in the future. I mean it,” I said and they waved goodbye. “Alright, Duke how about I go buy some slaves.”
“Ugh, don’t remind me of my sins. At least you might be able to free some good folk. That is why I was able to get to sleep last night. Oh… Those horses we pretty much gifted to you. Can the knights get them back? They promise two offspring per in exchange. That is a really good offer.” The Duke said.
“Who is going to move them?” I asked not wanting to deal with the financial headache of it.
“You get two offspring per and they stay where they are for now. It should be a few cycles at least, even with experts like Conway and Phen. We can worry about moving them after.”
“I paid too much to move them, but if it is a big deal then we can come to something. To be honest, if the griffins clear out the Horde then they need to be utilized. I need to get into the wagon making business. I have the mages for it.” I said and paused. We were crossing the bridge at this point. I notated the wagon idea on my to build list and moved forward to catch back up to Riza.
“Good idea. Hey, look Gryff. Thanks for being good to Bella, it means a lot. And thanks for taking in Trish. I know you could have refused, instead, you did something for Bella. With that being said, my dungeons are not for slaving. I hope you tend to not repeat this elsewhere either. I am not judging yet, because I haven’t seen the end result… It doesn’t sit well with me.” Duke Riza said sternly.
“I hate it too. Who knows those ten may buy us thousands of human slaves. To be honest my morality meter is at an all time low. I chained the goblin shaman to be my literal slave forever. I rewrote the term length too. She knows, but I think she doesn’t care because of what I am. Any enemy of the Horde is a friend of hers. I hope I don’t piss off humans the same way.” I said as we arrived at the portal. We clasped arms and I left his side to approach Roz.
“Master, I did very, very well. I will be the first to admit that your five books sold easily and for more in stones than I thought possible. If I had to guess I could have moved three times as many. Alas, there is a competition today at the major slave market. That means additional species and sheer number of slaves for sale. It is a rare opportunity that should not be missed. First I need to stash my harem though. I siphoned off their minimal yellow aura for today. Oh, these fourteen have their tongues removed. I have enough energy to portal five times roughly right now. If I properly sex drain them I can do much more. I will find out when I try later, never used my succubus aura stealing before today. These goblins will stay here while we move my energy generators.” Roz said and I almost felt bad for the male shamans. Nope, just kidding. My morality meter did officially hit zeros. I was grinning that my slave, had her own slaves to abuse.
“How does it work? Can I show you a place on the map and you portal me there or do you have to have an image?” I asked.
“I can pull the image from your mind, it is a tad invasive but if you think of only that – it is not bad, if not I need to have been there. I have been nowhere but here on Vin and this was all Rakmar implanted. Do you have a place in your mind you want to go to?” She asked and I nodded. She reached her hands out and wrapped them around my head. “Ready?”
I nodded and thought of Monox Isle. The pressure on my mind was minimal and before I realized she was done, the portal spawned. She barked in her shaman native tongue for the male shamans to get in the portal. I actually had no idea what she said. I did hear ruttish talk and pointing. I
jumped through first to ensure no one was killed after entering.
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The tiny hut on the beach was the only structure I saw. There was some water and a few cots inside the hut. This would do. A griffin peeked at me from the backside of the hut, curious as to what disturbed his nap. I informed him some silent monk shamans were coming to live here. I told the griffin to not eat them. He grumbled. I repeated do not eat them and then made him repeat it back to me. The fourteen male shamans stepped through and Roz ordered them into the shade.
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Roz and I stepped back into the portal. Once back in Lakeland I let it sink in how awesome portal power was. I had shifted a vast distance for what would have taken a griffon’s day of flight without stopping. I immediately realized how much of an asset Roz was.
“Hey, Roz before we go to this mighty trading planet. Are we going to trigger any sensor or alert by our portal travel? I notice the Horde rarely moves like this.” I asked with curiosity.
“No, you uninformed human. There is a diplomacy pool of Maurta energy. It is separate from his almost limitless storage of power he uses to open portals to new worlds. For us shamans with the individual power, we have a separate reserve to utilize. It never ever comes close to being fully used. The reality is Maurta set it aside to move diplomats and negotiators. The problem is the Horde wins so thoroughly, so frequently, it rarely is used. I am another absorber of energy among millions. Now if I opened an invasion portal sure. Alerts everywhere. A personal portal would take a few thousand activations a day to make a noticeable dent. I can easily move a hundred thousand troops a day without issue. So we are good to go. Are you ready?” Roz asked and I nodded. It was hard to argue with her logic and she was the expert. I also did not think on the scales the Horde did. I was used to my twelve member team and that was it. The Horde had millions of planets.
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