4 Ch. 4 A Little R&R

We crept slowly into the cave. Now that there was no battle going on, the adrenaline boost fading, I began to notice the smell of the place. It was in a word, disgusting. There wasn't as much trash and refuse piled inside of the cave as outside, but there was still a horrible smell coming from inside. Continuing on I saw patchwork banners along the walls, tarps and crates from what I assumed were merchant wagons. Empty liquor bottles lined the sides of the cave and every now and then a cauldron full of some kind of stew could be seen.

The cave must have been a half a mile deep, which in my limited experience I had no idea if that was big for a cave. What I did know was that at the back of the big cave were two smaller offshoots. One was fairly wide, the other not so much. I had my animals all stand guard over the smaller cave while my Goblins and I went into the larger cave. What I saw inside was impressive to say the least. It was a massive chamber, a huge bed big enough to fit at least a dozen people if not more, very elaborately made and well kept. In the middle of the chamber sat a throne made of bones, most looked like animals, but I recognized a few human skulls in the mix. Off to the right were 14 Goblin females, all of them in different states of undress. They all had a lighter green skin than their male counterparts, almost flawless skin, except for a few who had bruises on different body parts. Their ears were much shorter as well, but still had the pointed tip that all Goblins have.

They were definitely worthy of being a Harem and if I was being honest with myself I had no issues at all with how they looked. What was immediately noticeable was that they all were scared shitless, huddling in the corner. "Zidane, round up the females, the rest of you, spread out and search for valuables." Then I turned to Zash "Is there anything I should know about this place?" He shook his head "I have no memories of what I was before you became my Master." I sighed and nodded, I figured that was the case, what with Zidane not knowing where the Goblin camp was. I walked over and sat on the cushion on the throne, it was so comfortable. I didn't have any qualms with the bones, even the human skulls that made up the hand rests.

The females were still huddling in the corner, so I waved Zash over. "Bring me the females, have them all line up here and kneel. No beatings." he nodded and walled over, then began chittering in Goblin speak. It took him about ten minutes to finally convince them to follow him and walked over, kneeling before the throne. There was a pile to my left of valuables and all assortment of finery that I would have to sift through at some point. Zidane was standing to the right side and behind me, so I waved him closer. "Zidane, have the Runts and the newest soldiers begin cleaning this place up. I want a refuse pit half a mile away from the camp, where everything will be dumped. Everything else needs to be cleaned, find the closest stream and begin cleaning this place up." he nodded and took off, with all the Runts and the newest Soldiers in tow. "Gobra, Gobtu, Wall and Bash take all of the animals except Jack and head to our old camp. Gather our supplies and bring them all back here." Gobra saluted "Yes my Lord." and ran off with the rest in tow. Jack and Zash were the only ones left.

"Zash, you will translate for me, since I don't speak Goblin. Jack, I want you to keep watch at the entrance to the cave. If anything comes that you can't handle, run in here and let us know." Jack hopped once, then hopped off to the cave entrance. I turned to the female Goblins. "Now then, I have defeated and killed your Chieftain. I am not so horrible as to treat you as he probably did, considering the bruises. However, I find myself in the unique position to be the king of this camp. What I need from you are three things." Zash was keeping pace with me as I spoke, it was going smoothly and I could see a glimmer of curiosity in their eyes as they looked at me.

"First thing is you need to learn to speak my language, I don't want to have everything translated for you, so that will be the most important. Secondly I need to know if there are other camps nearby. Third you will all submit an oath of loyalty to me. Again I am not cruel, but if you intend to stay here and live, then I need to know I am not going to get stabbed in my sleep. Any questions?" One of the females raised her hand after Zash finished translating. I nodded and she began to speak. Zash translated it for me "She asks what you will be requiring of them while they stay here."

I thought about it for a moment, then chuckled to myself. "Well a few things, first you all are going to learn how to clean and cook, that will be the basics, then I'm going to be giving you each different trades to learn. I know that it's a sexist thing, but I like the idea of the women folk staying home and tending to the house while the men work. However the most important thing will be you will become MY Harem." I put a little emphasis on that last bit. "I find that you are all very attractive and I would be a fool to not take advantage of this." At that Zash blushed and the females perked up, eyeing me like a piece of steak.

It took two days to fully get the camp settled and cleaned. Sorting through everything collected of value gave me 100 gold pieces, 237 Silver and 1029 Copper pieces. We also found some metal armor and weapons, as well as upgrades for the wooden weapons my minions were wielding. There was a Blacksmiths anvil and hammer that I had Gobra and Gobtu work with to get a Blacksmith station set up. Knives specifically made for skinning and others for cooking as well as a lot of warped kitchen utensils and dishes. The most interesting find though was a spell book, it was written in a language I could understand. I asked Zidane if he could read it and he shook his head, so that would explain why the Goblins had no Shaman or spellcaster or whatever their equivalent was.

I opened it and was immediately set upon by Notifications.

YOU HAVE GAINED THE SPELL CARD FIREBOLT

YOU HAVE GAINED THE SPELL CARD HEAL

YOU HAVE GAINED THE SPELL CARD THUNDERSTORM

As soon as the Notifications went away I saw three pages of the spell book disappear, turning into glowing motes of light and becoming cards, before flying into my deck. I read the descriptions of each.

Firebolt - Allows the user to summon a bolt of fire, burns enemies for 5 health per cast. Cost 1 Mana, 10 second cool down.

Heal - Allows the user to heal designated target or self for 5 health. Cost 1 Mana.

Thunderstorm - Allows the user to call forth a storm of lightning, attacking up to 5 enemies chosen at random. Cost 5 Mana, 30 second cool down.

These would definitely help in a battle, the cool downs on the attack spells were a let down, but they were still very useful spells. I was about to test out the Heal when I noticed a blinking notification.

DECK MAXIMUM WILL BE REACHED SOON, RECOMMEND YOU DISCARD LOWER LEVEL MONSTERS OR SPELLS.

That was when I realized I still hadn't spent my attribute points or picked my feats. None of the new feats on my list called out to me, they were both feats that would allow me to increase my deck size by 3 and 4 times my mana. Right now I didn't need a bigger deck size, because I now had a deck size of 40. What I could do though was pick Cost Reduction twice, choosing Goblin both times. That made each of my Goblins cost only 1 Mana to cast, which would be a massive boon. Once I was done I looked over my status sheet and was pleased with myself.

Richard

Level 21

Attack 10

Defence 24

Health 12

Mana 20

EXP 200/2050

Card Transmutation

Feats

Affinity (Goblin)

Save Yourself

Cost Reduction (Goblin) ×2

Spells

Firebolt

Heal

Thunderstorm

Skills

Inspect 35

Butcher 22

Leatherworker 24

Hunter 10

Deck Size 40

I couldn't believe how far I had come in less than a week. I sat back on my throne, letting Zidane handle setting everyone to their tasks to make this camp run smoothly. I looked over at my Harem and pointed at the tallest Goblin there. I had yet to name them all, only because I had a hard time thinking up names. The one I pointed at was named Gobelle, not original I know, but you try naming every monster you gain. She nodded and walked over to me, kneeling at my feet "Gobelle, I am in need of stress relief, do the honors." Zash translated again, I had made him my official bodyguard and Zidane being my Advisor.

Gobelle smirked and crawled closer, undoing the buckle in my pants, then sliding her hand inside to pull my cock out, slowly stroking it to hardness. None of the girls were allowed to wear clothes when they approached me, it was one of my rules. Her dark green nipples contrasting with her light green skin as she slowly slid herself up to my lap. She leaned forward and nibbled on my ear with her sharp teeth, not enough to draw blood, but enough to tickle and excite me to a new level of hardness. That was something else they had learned over the last two days, my ears were apparently sensitive. She slid down onto me, my manhood disappearing into her pink slit. She moaned and leaned her head onto my shoulder, her nails raking my chest as she rocked up and down, slowly at first, then gaining momentum as she began to get into it.

I had had a go with each of them so far and had found that Gobelle was my favorite, she took to her job with a gusto the others didn't have. She kept rocking and bouncing, moaning as she did faster and faster. It only took a few minutes before we both came at almost the exact same time, her body becoming weightless as she spasmed around my cock shooting load after load into her.

Once she came down from her high, she slid off me, kissing my chest as she climbed down to my feet, sucking and licking the juices off my cock. There she stayed, nibbling and kissing my cock as she stroked it, a grin on her face. "Master, we have found a group of Goblins, 10 strong. All levels 3 and 4." Zidane said as he rushed into the throne room. I nodded and said "Have Gobra take the Runts and take them down. I want as many as he can brought back alive. We need to find the rest of the Goblins and build this camp back up." Zidane nodded and rushed off. I looked down at Gobelle who was smiling at me "Well then my sweet Gobelle, how goes your learning?" I knew she was only level 4 and considered a Runt, but I had to think that she could learn a few words here and there, without evolving, or so was my hope. She kissed the tip of my cock as Zash translated, then said "Master good." and pointed to me. Well it was a start at least.