Author's Note: Here's part two of the six-part work. If you haven't read part one prepare to be bewildered. Happily there's more sex in this part.
Disclaimer: The following is a piece of fiction. Fiction (in case you don't know) means it's made up, not real, a bunch of lies. The characters in the story are all fictional too, meaning they don't exist. While non-existent, if they existed and had an age they would be over 18.
Furthermore, since the characters aren't real they can't possibly be harmed by the stuff they do or that happens to them in the story. This would not be true in reality, meaning you should not think you can do the same things safely, legally, or ethically in real life. Just because bullets bounce off Superman (he's fictional) that doesn't mean they're going to bounce off you, got it? If you believe that the things fictional characters do in a pornographic story are a valid guide to behavior in the real world, then you have much bigger psychological problems than a story could ever cause and you should stop reading this and seek medical help immediately.
PART II: GOBLIN LAYER
It seemed like a terribly long time before Queen returned, though since she was carrying two jars it was probably the next day. Karul eagerly went face down, hoping that what happened during her last visit would happen again.
Queen appeared to ignore him entirely, replacing the water and waste jars then walking over to the containers and sorting through the things stored there. Karul couldn't help but peek, staring at her back, bottom and calves. Today she wore a much lighter white silk robe, and he caught shadowy glimpses of her body through it. She straightened up and he hid his face.
"Rise and let me see you," she said. When he'd done this she looked him up and down.
"Stand," she commanded. "Kneel. Stand again. Stand only on your good leg. Now stand on your hurt leg."
Queen had him do various things, testing his recovery and strength. Finally she let him stop.
"I believe you are ready to leave here," she said. "That is good, I am tired of having to carry your wastes away. I will bring you a medicine which will increase your endurance for the trip. I could not give it to you before in case it killed you, now however you are healthy enough that this is unlikely."
Karul's arousal abruptly died. He prostrated himself. "Maybe it would be better to wait in case I need to recover longer."
"I said I am tired of you staying here, human. I will decide if the risk to you is worth the benefit to me," Queen snapped. "And if you are strong enough to spill your seed in your dreams, I suspect you are strong enough to survive the journey."
She picked up his empty water jar and the one containing his wastes. "Rest and eat well. I will come for you soon."
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The next time Queen arrived she looked in his jar to make sure he had water left, then laid a small brown ball beside it. "Eat that. It is sticky, wash it down with water," she ordered.
The ball was sticky as promised, also sour and astringent. Karul assumed it must be the medicine she'd mentioned.
"On your knees. Hold out your arms in front of you."
His wrists were tied together with leather thongs.
"Do not move until you are told, or there will be many lashes with the uralla."
Queen walked to the bolt where his chain joined the bolt in the floor and unlocked it with a key. Taking the chain in her hand she tugged it lightly. "Stand and follow."
Karul got to his feet. He had stood up in her presence the day before but that time he'd been completely focused on following her orders. Now he looked down on her and it surprised him how much taller he was than the goblin. In Karul's mind she towered over him.
Queen marched out through the doorway and he followed. It was the first time he'd seen anything but the inside of his cell since he'd been rescued from the pit. They were now in a medium-sized tunnel.
A very large scuttler, maybe the same one which had pulled him from the pit, stood there. Karul immediately froze.
Queen yanked the chain but Karul didn't move. "I did not tell you to stop, human," she grumbled, then noticed him staring at the scuttler. "You fear the onda. Ah yes, you bore the bite of a small one, I remember now."
The goblin shook her head. "You no longer need to worry, slave. I have given your scent to the onda, they will no longer bother you. They will attack other humans but not you. Now follow."
Queen walked up to the scuttler and clambered up it's side. Karuled noticed that it now bore a pad-like saddle behind it's head. Seating herself on the saddle, Queen looped the end of Karul's chain to a hook there. She said a word in a language Karul didn't understand and tapped the scuttler on the back of the head. It started down the corridor at a brisk pace, Karul had to jog to keep up.
Karul's legs began aching and wobbling before too long, but then the goblin medicine kicked in and he felt his fatigue vanish. They sped on through the winding tunnels, turning down new passageways, sloping up and then down, traveling through larger caverns and past openings of other chambers and side tunnels. Karul became completely lost, there was no way he could even find his way back to his cell.
They traveled for what seemed like miles. The tunnels they moved through became larger and better-surfaced, and they passed more and more openings leading off in other directions. Karul assumed they were approaching the core of the goblin's former domain. But the medicine was wearing off and he was tiring again, his breath coming hard and his head falling. He forced himself to keep moving, fearing that if he fell Queen would simply drag him along by the chain attached to his collar.
At long last they came to a massive cavern where the scuttler slowed and stopped. Karul bent over and panted. He could hear running water but couldn't see it.
"Come, human."
Queen gave his chain a tug. He looked and saw that she'd dismounted without him noticing. Groaning, he straightened up and slowly trudged after her.
She led him up a ramp to a set of large double doors made of huge bones and brass fittings. These were partly shattered as if forced by a battering ram, though an attempt had been made to set them upright in their hinges again. Past this gate was a long, massive chamber with a thick carpet, rich tapestries on the walls and goblin-sized chairs and long tables, all of which were ripped and scarred as if a battle had raged here. Doorways in this hall led off to other rooms, all of them dark at present.
At farthest end of the massive hall was a dias with a larger-than-usual chair atop it, and behind this a ramp leading to another set of heavy doors, these of some sort of shiny dark material. This portal too was marred as if forced open. Queen passed through these too with Karul following.
The great room within the last set of doors was lit with many goblin-lamps, more light than Karul had seen since he'd entered the goblin caves, and despite it's size seemed almost crowded compared to the emptiness of the hall due to all the furniture within. There were chests, tables, chairs, mirrors, urns, basins, cupboards. On one side there was the largest bed Karul had ever seen, covered with cushions and rich quilts. Across from it was a curtained alcove from which the sound of water running came. He realized the goblins had piped part of an underground stream to here so that the occupant did not have to go elsewhere to bathe.
"Welcome to my home, slave," Queen said.
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On closer examination the royal chamber was not as impressive as it had been on first glance. All easily portable valuables had been looted by the Duke's soldiers, and what they couldn't steal they'd tried to break or ruin. The metal mirrors had dents, the blankets and pillows had rips and stains, the furniture bore crude graffiti carved in the wood.
Much later Karul would come to realize that while he'd been recovering from his injury Queen had been working long hours alone, doing everything she could to repair or conceal the damage. For instance, long afterward he learned out she'd had to drag the corpse of dozens of goblins out of the hall, piling them on sleds to be dragged by big scuttlers to the cave farms to serve as compost. And he'd only discovered this fact when he overhead a joke about why the following year's mushroom harvest was so generous.
It was still a level of opulence and comfort far above what a farmboy like Karul had ever experienced. Simply having use of what the Queen called the "water closet" where a continuous stream under the seat carried off anything deposited was incredible. No outhouse pit that had to be regularly shoveled out? Sheer luxury!
Queen showed him all the parts of her giant bedroom, pointing out the places where he was not to go and the things he was not to touch without permission. She also told him about the other chambers off the royal hall which she might later allow him to enter, armories, kitchens, workshops, libraries. Finally, after attaching a much longer, lighter chain to his collar which allowed him to reach every part of the bedroom (including the running-water bath and toilet area behind the curtain), Queen had pointed to a small pile of cushions in one corner. "That is your bed, human."
Being very tired at this point, Karul walked to it and started to lie down.
"Stop," Queen demanded. "You will sleep in your bed at those times I do not want you in my bed. Also you are not to disturb me in my bed unless I ask it."
Queen shucked off her robe, revealing a much shorter, thinner shift underneath. Walking to the large bed she slowly, sensuously crawled into the middle of the mass of pillows, giving Karul an excellent chance to watch her body move.
Turning over on her back, she gave the royal bed a pat. "Come here, slave," she said with a sharp, toothy grin. "Since you are so tired, I will allow you to sleep here with me ... after you give me your seed."
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Naturally Karul wasn't allowed to just laze around the royal bed during the days which followed. Queen had many jobs that required a strong back, and now that Karul was no longer too weak she had him assist her. In the morning (if it was indeed morning, he had not seen the sun for a long time) she would unlock his chain using the ring of keys and order him to follow her to some other part of the goblin caves. There he would spend the rest of his day lifting, carrying, and making crude repairs at her behest. Truthfully this was not all that different from farm life before he became a soldier.
During the "nights" though, Queen had other uses for him.
