Chapter 17 The Shadow War Part 4
Ella watch as the leader of the goblins prostrated infront of the Dark Lord. She don't understand why are they still alive. They should be executed for what they have done to them. She looked at the Dark Lord as he sat on his throne with a girl sitting on his lap. She is looking up at him while her head is on his chest. She have seen her several times already, it seems she can come and go to this place. Who is she? Both High Sorcerer Oscar and the Human Knight Michael seems to dodge her questions when it came to her asking about the girl.
"My right hand said that you requested an audience with me?" The Dark Lord asked the kneeling goblin.
"Yes, Flame Eyes mighty and terrible. I Gork, I leader of goblin tunnels. I ask mercy not kill us oh Dark and mighty."
"You goblins have enslaved, killed, tortured, and eaten the inhabitants of this realm. I shall take your souls as punishment." The Dark Lord heatedly replied with his deep cold voice.
She saw the goblin cringed from the the Dark Lord's anger.
"Mighty dark one, goblins buy slaves from other tunnels and goblin water fighters. goblin trade slave for food and items. goblins eat slave only when dead or sick. goblins make slave work the tunnels to help get items to trade. goblin need slave to live." The goblin named Gork pleaded.
"That is how you do things in the Dark Realm and I meant to put an end to it. I will destroy all who will oppose me!" The Dark Lord roared.
Palm up and shaking, the goblin raised both his hands pleading. "Great dark conqueror, I Gork beg not destroy goblin kin. Goblin will serve Dark Lord and follow Dark Lord command."
Ella watch as the Dark Lord watch the goblin. "You will swear fealty to me and fight and vanquish other goblins?" The Dark Lord asked.
"Yes Shadow Vanisher, You protect goblin tunnel, we work for you. Gork and goblin kin loyal." Ella saw hope in his eyes, this made her angry. She, and all who have been enslaved and who are still out there suffering deserve justice.
"Then gather your kin if you will all swear fealty and to follow my orders I will accept it and I will bring you under my banner. But be warned Gork, you said it your self I'm dark and terrible. If you or your kin so much as disobeyed me, you will see why I've become known as the Dark Lord."
"Yes Gork follow you, mighty shadow King. Gork will make goblin kin follow." the goblin replied with both his hands still raised up as if hailing his new leader.
"But first, you and your kin will have to be punished for your past actions. I will take the souls of five hundred thousand of your kin and you will choose them for me. As for those who attacked your kingdom I shall take all their souls." The Dark Lord declared with his burning eyes.
Gork trembled at their punishment. "Goblin kin pay punishment Merciful Destroyer. Gork and goblin kin obey."
"Then go back to your kin and choose your five hundred thousand." The Dark Lord dismissed the goblin with a wave of his hand and he vanished back to their prison.
Ella watch as the goblin vanished then walked towards the throne. She need to confront the Dark Lord.
"You cannot allow them to live Dark Lord, we suffered because of them! There are thousands of slaves still suffering because of them!" She declared heatedly.
Both the Dark Lord and the girl on her lap looked at her.
"I like this one my love, give her to me and I'll teach her some manners." She heard the girl whispered to the Dark Lord.
This made her even more angry. "Lucky for you, you're not in the court of the Fae or you would have known our strength girl." Ella cringed inwardly to herself, she shouldn't have said that. She should not anger anyone here, specially the Dark Lord.
I was surprised when Ella marched towards us and defiantly retorted a comeback to the Princess.
If I don't have my Princess I would have instantly been smitten by her beauty. The Fae is pretty not as gorgeous as my Princess but I believe anyone who will look at her will notice her ocean blue eyes as I first saw her in the tunnels. She looks like a Korean K-pop star with thin straight blonde hair that frames her delicate face. Her pointed ears were longer than the Elves which highlights her cheek bones and her chin. She is sexy too. The old torn dress that she wore ended raggedly halfway on her thigh which shows her toned long legs. It also showed the curves of her body that I would have enjoyed looking at. I don't understand. She should have been gorgeous and explicitly alluring to my standards but compared to my Princess, she is just another pretty girl I would have not noticed. I have to do something about their clothes though. I will discuss this with my Princess to provide new clothes for them. My Princess is very generous in funding my campaign. She supply our food and all the things we need, surely she will be kind enough to spare them new clothes.
I felt Victoria tighten by the words of the Fae, she's about to stand up and beat Ella to the ground. I held her hand and communicated through her mind. "Let the Fae have her dignity and pride my love, she just got it back from a long time of slavery. Let the insult pass my love, do it for me." There was a long time of silence. The Princess settled down again as if nothing happened.
"She is lucky my love. Without you stopping me, she would have chosen to being a slave compared to what I intend to do to her." then she smiled at me. "I know, you don't want me harming anyone from the Ancient Realm unless you command me to. Rest assured I will keep my word my love."
My Princess is so mesmerising, so lovely and fierce. I can't wait to marry her and have her. But I want to have a Kingdom of my own in the Ancient Realm before I summon and marry my Princess.
"You can have me anytime you want my love I'm yours." she whispered to my mind slyly.
Thankfully my face is masked by the shadows of my avatar or else anyone would have seen me blushing. I really can't help but shame my self whenever I'm with her. I can't even tell the difference of my private thought and the thought we shared together that allow us to speak telepathically. She said I can have her whenever I like? Well, I will have her after we married and our first night together will be a special day she will never forget.
I heard her laugh sweetly in my mind, "Well you're still thinking about me through our mind my love." She giggled and laughed some more.
Ella thought that she will get punished after her outburst. But she was .shocked as she watched the Dark Lord and the girl looking back at each other. It seems they have forgotten about her. This made her even more angry. She was once a member of the Fae court, she was respected by her peers and feared by her enemies. And then she remembered how she was captured and spent a long time wishing to die rather than be a slave. What kept her alive is the bond she had with the other captives and her deep conviction for revenge. If she will not have her revenge here then she will get it by rallying the Fae once she return home. That is if this Dark Lord will be true to his words and set them free.
She turned her back from the throne to return to the quarters allotted to them. and found her self facing the throne again which confused her. She looked up at the throne and saw that the Dark Lord is now looking at her.
"You haven't given me the opportunity to reply yet Lady of the Fae" The Dark Lord declaimed in his deep voice.
"I am the one who captured them so I have the right to decide their fate."
She was about to respond but the Dark Lord foretold her by raising his hand. "I allowed you to say your piece so allow me mine. Yes you all suffered under their hands but do remember that none of your people ever tried to rescue you. I was able to take you from their hands accidentally because I ventured to their realm to capture them. I don't like what they did to you and I intend to free all the slaves in the Never Day but I can only do that with their knowledge on the Dark Realm territory. So I need them, and I meant to conquer all of them." The Dark Lord looked at her eyes seriously. "This I can assure you, If any one lift a hand against my subjects, they will personally answer to me."
"Who are you Dark Lord? Where did you came from? Did you came from the Dark Realm too?"
The Dark Lord stared at her for a long time which made her uncomfortable. "A group of people summoned me to this world. That's all I have to say about it. Our conversation is at an end if you have questions, ask Oscar or Michael." He turned back to the girl sitting on her lap murmuring their conversation.
She turned and march back towards the shadow corridor that lead to their quarter. She is fascinated by this place, she can't see any source of light and yet she can see through her surrounding. There where no windows, no candles or light torches but the whole place is lit like it's day time. She is also captivated on how the Dark Lord and his servants can manipulate things in this place. They were all astounded when he created their quarters out of nowhere. It just appeared in front of them, and he can send or summon anyone in here at his will. Who is he?
She saw the High Sorcerer speaking with the other elves freed from captivity by the Dark Lord. She marched towards them. "High Sorcerer Oscar you will tell us now who is this Dark Lord and the girl he is with or I swear that the council of the alliance will know about your involvement the moment I return home."
She was satisfied to see Oscar spluttering, groping for words and to explain his involvement.
"The Dark Lord is a MagalaN, Ella of the Fae." Michael said solemnly behind them.