For three days, I actually worried that I might die.
You see, there was a problem in play that had been going on since the morning after I spent with Doll. I… couldn't get an erection no matter what I tried. And in a panicked state knowing that my life was on the line if it was kaput, I tried a lot of shit to get it working, to no avail. It came to a point where the Old One and Prima got into an argument due to my inability to complete the task with the remaining three goblin. Old One, as a result, sent some kind of communique to that insanely powerful being called the Great Protector, who as a result, paid a visit to see what the trouble was… yet again.
I explained that I wasn't at all trying to get out of giving the goblin tribe big seed, and in fact was diligently doing my best considering how I had given some leeway to make things better for the goblins. Prima was also present, and had explained a lot of what had happened that night with Doll that I wasn't actually aware of and why my junk was in a funk.
I was expecting it to be furious or run out of patience. It did no such thing. To my surprise, the Great Protector was certain it knew how to solve my problem. That was good news. The bad news was how it was going to be solved.
Before I was captured, I was an adventurer. I was previously in a three-man party with a swordsman named Kairos, and a female archer named Stella. Now, to the best of my knowledge the other two were either captured or killed. In a few hours time I would come to learn the fate of one of my companions.
Because, as it turned out, the former was true of Stella.
The Great Protector had left goblin-home, only to return a few hours later. Stella, bound by ropes, gagged, and completely naked, was deposited on the raised bed in the middle of the breeding room. Now, I'll admit that Stella was a human woman I did have some interest in, but that's because she was one of those flirty types with a bangin' body. Her personality needed some work, in my opinion, but when my only goal was a hole, certain red flags could be overlooked, right?
The Great Protector was correct in that it knew how to solve my conundrum. One look at her fully naked female body had my Fleshcalibur eager to slay once more. I couldn't figure out why, though. Why after all the sex, and pretty enjoyable sex for the most part that I had with these goblins, was it necessary for me to see a naked human female in order to become aroused again?
"Breed her." The Great Protector demanded.
I had seen the look in Stella's eyes and they were bordering on broken.
"What have you done to her?" I asked as calmly and non-threateningly as I could. I was certain if I had yelled at the Great Protector, I would be lying flat on my back or worse.
"Just as you belong to the goblin tribe, this human belongs to me."
"What about Kairos?" I asked, and a few teardrops falling from Stella's eyes told me that answer. The Great Protector didn't offer any answer to my question.
"I will loan the human female to you until you have finished with the remaining goblins. If it occurs again in the future, I will bring her once more. You have not disappointed me so far, human, so I have no reason to kill you as long as you continue your task."
I was being told to force myself onto the woman I, up until recently, had been adventuring with. Furthermore, I was not allowed to refuse.
"If you are concerned as to whether or not she is pure, I cannot speak of her past. But she has not been touched otherwise since. I know you humans are particular about such things."
This tall, horned, night gray skinned creature leveled a finger at Prima, who was present.
"Guardian, you will make sure the human I have given you does this. You may tell the Old One to summon me again when the human has completed the task with the remaining goblins."
Prima lowered her head and swore.
"You may loosen this one's bonds if he needs it done, but they are not to be removed. If she runs, kill her. If she refuses, it is unfortunate, but I don't need a servant that doesn't understand its place."
That last line, I swear, was directed straight at both Stella and myself.
"Now, the Old One has said the tribe has increased again. Show me to the new ones."
The Great Protector left together with Prima to go see Orchid and Lilac. I don't think I have to worry about them, since this was clearly being orchestrated by the massively powerful being. But now I have a certain moral quandary to deal with.
Stella.
It's one thing to rape a willing goblin. It's another thing when it's a human I know, and when it is almost certainly going to be against her will.
I walked over to her and removed the gag she had in her mouth, waited for hell to spew forth.
"Glad to see you are alive, Stella."
It was the only suitable thing I felt I could say.
"Ark! Why are you here? I thought you were killed!"
"I should say the same… I thought you were also killed or captured. I only remember being knocked out by the… thing."
She huffed.
That… creature. That was what did us in."
"The Great Protector?"
"Protector? You mean Captor! I've been held captive for weeks! It's threatened to kill me so many times… Ark! You have to help me escape!"
I sighed.
"I can't."
"Yes, you can. Let's just wait until they fall asleep, and we can run away."
"To where? Do you even know where we are? I have left the cave exactly three times, and I've never been allowed near the treeline outside. I have no idea which way the nearest town is, and there are dangerous wild animals out there."
"Then… at least let me go. I'm not scared!"
I felt terrible, horrible, guilty, and all the shitty emotions a person can feel when they have to shut down any hope of escape their friend is holding on to.
"I won't touch you for now, but I won't be able to promise…"
"You… aren't seriously going to do what that thing said?"
I laughed.
"Why do you think I'm still alive? This whole cave full of goblins? That's what I've been doing. Putting babies in their bellies."
"They forced themselves on you?" She asked.
"I might still be able to think of myself as a human being if they had. The first one did… sort of. But the rest… no, I did it willingly to survive."
"Ark, we're adventurers, they are just goblins. We can kill them all and you can forget about whatever abominations they would have. We can survive this. You can go back to your family. Isn't your mother a grand mage? She could ask the tower to send a punitive force to kill that fucking thing that captured us… to get revenge for Kairos!"