"In some ways, goblins are the most detestable of monsters. They are small, ugly and usually very weak alone. But if they do manage to defeat you, they won't just kill you. They will rape you, they will tie you up and take you back to their cave. And then they will rape you together for hours and hours until you are pregnant with their devil scum. And they will continue to use you as a baby making factory until you die. That's why I never ever regret killing a goblin."
Famina's words came back to Zoe as she futilely watched the tall goblin leader laughing in a raspy voice. She tried to move her arms, her legs, anything but nothing would move. Nothing as long as the tall goblin's staff was aimed directly at her.
One moment. One moment with the staff not aimed at me is all I need.
The goblin lord was waving his free arm around, whipping the other goblins up in a frenzy. Zoe watched as they seemed to do some kind of ritual dance around her. It seemed like a custom for the goblins, but for Zoe every bit of extra time was worth its weight in gold.
However the goblin lord was extremely careful throughout, never letting her out of the staff's line of sight. After completing the ritual dance the smaller goblins stood behind the goblin leader in a somewhat orderly line.
"Who wantz to bez the firstz to rapez this onez?" The goblin lord said in his snarling growl.
Zoe struggled futilely, her anxiety rising as she desperately searched for a way out of this predicament. She didn't want her story to end as a sex slave for these little green monsters.
As she desperately scoured her brain, the goblin lord chose one of the goblins. The ugly green monster almost jumped up in joy, quickly opening his loincloth, revealing a small ugly cock. Zoe was almost shocked at how eerily like a small human the goblin looked. The green cock of the beast was already erect, and he started towards Zoe.
Zoe could only watch in horror as the laughing goblin stepped right in front of her. She could smell the horrible stench coming from it's body and almost retched right there. The goblin seemed to be enjoying her discomfort, and seemingly mocked her by baring his teeth. And then he began to advance towards her, his cock pointed straight at her mouth.
But as the goblin stepped forward, he made one critical mistake.
In it's lust, he had stepped right in between the staff of the goblin lord and Zoe.
The goblin lord realised the problem immediately and was about to shout out, but he was too late. Zoe felt the surge of power as her magik rushed back to her. The small goblin advancing towards her didn't even realise what was going on until he had a sand pillar pierced right through him.
The goblin lord growled what almost sounded like a curse to Zoe and the remaining goblins rushed towards her.
However Zoe had already reactivated her Inito. [[Sand Queen]] formed a protective barrier around her of four sand pillars. The small goblins weren't able to come closer, snarling their teeth at the swirling sand pushing them back.
The goblin lord pointed his staff again at Zoe, but this time she was ready. She conjured a sand wall right in front of her, hiding herself from the line of sight of the staff.
For a moment she was afraid that the magik of the goblin lord could pierce through sand walls, but nothing of the sort happened.
He needs a clear line of sight towards his target for his magic to take effect, Zoe realized. She would have to kill that one first.
The attempted rape on her had removed any sense of remorse she might have felt at killing these goblins. Now she was of the same opinion as Famina, these beasts deserved to die.
Keeping the sand wall up to hide herself, Zoe sprinted towards her right. She had used this tactic against Exi, and against creatures like these goblins it was even more effective. She circled around to behind the goblins who were still wondering how to break through her sand pillars.
Then abruptly she let her pillars collapse and then rose up again behind the goblins. The goblin lord looked around in confusion, trying to find her, when he realized what was happening. He turned around just to see all four pillars rushing towards him.
He tried to block it with his staff, but the magik artifact was not meant for defense. It shattered at first contact with the combined might of all four pillars of [[Sand Queen]]. The pillars continued forward, impaling the goblin lord in both his eyes as well as his throat. He screamed once and then fell silent forever.
Zoe extracted her pillars from the corpse of the goblin lord, turning her attention back to the smaller goblins, only five of whom remained. After the death of their leader most of them looked terrified, but Zoe was not in a merciful mood anymore.
If the situation were reversed, they wouldn't hesitate to rape me.
The four pillars of doom descended on the five goblins, causing them to scatter everywhere. Zoe was relentless in her pursuit though, and eventually all the goblins lay dead, pierced through their throats by the sand pillars.
After all of them had been killed, Zoe looked around, making sure there were no survivors. She was a bit surprised at her behaviour: she didn't expect that she could ever be so ruthless.
After checking every nook and cranny and verifying that the only goblins in that cavern were dead ones, Zoe finally relaxed and released her Inito. It had been a close call, almost too close for comfort. Zoe had underestimated the monsters after dispatching the imp and stone guardians so easily, and it had almost cost her. She shivered once thinking about what could have happened if that one small goblin didn't make a mistake.
I would probably die here horribly, without ever meeting Raorka or Zack.
She shook her head as if to clear those thoughts away. It was not over yet. She couldn't think like this before she had achieved her goal. She looked ahead. There was a small opening on the other side of the cavern, which Zoe assumed led towards the final monster of the Caves of Bloodfell.
There was still one battle to be flight.
Zoe stood up, and stretched her legs. She didn't want to use her Inito or exhaust her magik reserves before fighting the final boss, but she had had to. The good thing was that she was able to wrap things up quickly after she had used her Inito, therefore she still had a lot of magik reserves left.
No one has ever come back from the Caves of Bloodfell
Famina's ominous words came back to Zoe. Should she go back? Return tomorrow?
No that's a defeatist attitude. I won't be defeated.
In her thirty eight years on Earth, Zoe had never been one to back down from a challenge. Even when the odds were stacked against her. Even when no one thought she could win.
Remember Francoise? No one thought I could beat her for the cover of Cosmo, especially after I had a child.
Or what about just a moment back with Exi?
She stood up with renewed confidence. She had just beaten a skilled magik user using their ultimate power. Of course she had allies then, and she was alone now, but the very thought gave her the confidence to continue.
She stood up, brushing the dirt from her clothes, looked back one last time in disgust at the corpses of the goblins and walked forward towards the opening.
It was time to confront the final boss of these Caves.
It was time to retrieve the Treasure of the Goddess.