The first week, after we got back, was busy. I spent two days answering a lot of questions from the Inquisition, as well as getting my reward. Then I went back to the mountains to give the goblins half my reward as promised, and I filled them in on what I had learned. They were not sure how they felt about the humans, but they knew that they could trust me.
Many of the goblins seemed to be surprised that I had kept my word to them, but I never considered not doing so. We made a deal, and I had to live up to my half of it. Ireni had come with me. She wanted to thank the goblins for helping to save her. We were given a little guest hut to stay in.
While preparing for dinner in the hut, she spoke to me. "The goblins are not what I expected.
"You thought they would be crude monsters?" I asked.
"Yes, and lecherous ones."
"I'm sure they are lecherous. I haven't seen any female goblins, and I have noticed the way some of them look at me. However, I've found that if you treat them fairly, they are reasonable and nice."
"We hear all kinds of stories about them."
"I'm guessing that like people, goblins are different. I'm sure there is some grain of truth to the stories."
"I hope not. A lot of them involve goblins tying down human girls and raping us."
I smiled. "I'm sure that won't happen tonight. I mean, unless you asked nicely."
Her eyes widened and her jaw dropped. "Abby!!" she said, shocked for a moment, and then she laughed as she realized that I was joking around with her. We laughed together and finished getting ready.
A little while later we were in a massive feast hall. The food was better than I expected. It was bread with a stew, and younger goblins delivered the food to the tables. Ireni and I were sitting with some of the goblin scouts, and before long she asked them "Where are the female goblins?"
"Oh, they're safe. We keep them away from large gatherings." one of the scouts replied.
"Why do you do that?"
"You see, only one in five goblin births are female. We do our best to protect them, and big feasts, especially with guests like the ones at the chief's table, can turn dangerous."
"One in five?" Iteni asked. "That few?"
"Yes. When a goblin breeds with a female goblin, she gives birth to a litter of goblin pups, at least three, sometimes as many as eight. Maybe one of each litter will be female."
"So, the stories about goblins needing humans and other women to breed are not true? You don't raid humans for breeding fuckdolls?' She blushed as she asked.
"We don't, no. We haven't raided humans in three generations. It almost always ends up bad for goblins, so our tribe gave it up and lives in peace with your kind. However, the stories are true. We can breed with humans and other species of women, and the babies of those matings are always male goblins."
Ireni was flushed. "Thank you for answering," she replied, but the goblin decided to ask questions of his own.
"Did you ever touch yourself imagining those stories, Miss Ireni? Were your fingers between your legs, imagining a goblin cock was there instead?" Her eyes were wide at the question, and got wider as he took her hand and drew it under the table and, I guessed, between his legs!
"No! Of course not." Ireni protested, but her voice was weak, and I didn't believe her, and I don't think they did either. Her hand stayed under the table as well, and she made no attempt to move it. Maybe it was being held there, but if it was, she made no attempt to pull it free.
However, I was suddenly distracted as the guest at the table of the chief laughed. "I knew your tribe would not participate!"
I turned to one of the scouts. "What is he talking about?"
"Oh, there's a yearly tournament that the 'monster' ancestries have." He used air quotes for monsters. "Many tribes and groups show up, and there are a series of rounds until the final four warriors are left and they fight in a grand melee."
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Meanwhile, unseen by Abby, the scout Ireni was speaking with had undone the laces of his breeches and pulled his cock out, and then put her hand on it. "Squeeze," he whispered, and she obeyed, her fingers closing around the green shaft. It was larger than she imagined it would be and had strange bumps on it.
He leaned in more and whispered a new command. "Stroke." With a blush, Ireni obeyed, her hand moving up and down his cock.
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"Each group or tribe has a champion that fights to the death?" I asked.
"Oh, no!" he told me. "Deaths can happen accidentally, but the challenges and battles are done without lethal weapons. We don't want our champions to die. It's more for bragging rights."
"Your tribe doesn't participate?"
"We're small and weaker than a lot of others. We go to trade, but not to fight. They come and mock us every year."