Walking along the dark paths of the dungeon, the goblin queen's eyes glowed a bloody crimson. Making her way back to the minotaur king's room, her mind was filled with worries, but more than that she felt frustrated by being surrounded by idiots.
'One's a slut the other an abomination to all monsters.' Despite being a monster herself, her sense of superiority towards her race was second to none. 'If only the king didn't appear out of nowhere, we would've taken over this place by now!'
Curling her fingers into her palms, she could feel her sharp nails digging into her flesh, yet the frustration of it all had her care not the least for any momentary pain. Passing by a small field of stalactites over a dark corner, she heard a pair of footsteps followed by the long echoes of water dripping down from the ceiling.
"Who's there?" She yelled in a commanding voice.
Taking out a sabertooth knife, she held it gripped tightly in her hands. Being the queen of goblins, if faced with adversity, she was more than willing as well as capable of defending herself.
"Ghhaaaa…" Walking around the speleothem field, a small goblin clad in black wolf hide presented itself to its queen.
Realizing it was just one of her spies, the queen quickly put the knife back by her hips.
"Don't sneak up on me again you idiot," Turning to look at the snarly goblin, she gave him a slightly annoyed look. "Now say…What is it?"
Its head vigorously shaking about, the ghoulish goblin growled an answer as a stream of its drool trailed down its belly.
"You heard those humans talking about the prisoner?" The little information she got from the spy was enough for her to deduce exactly why the party of humans was murdering their children left and right. "Keep an eye on them."
Saying that she kept walking forward with her mind completely taken by what they should be doing next.
'Kane, was it? If he's all they want perhaps, we can offer him up so they'll leave us alone?' Her wishful thinking didn't last long as the thought of humans and monsters negotiating over something felt bizarre even to her. 'That only leaves us with the king dealing with them somehow.'
Finally, as she reached the haphazardly put-together room for the minotaur king, the sound of the slime girl fell into her ears. Even from behind the door, her loud moans could easily be heard, which only pissed off the goblin queen some more.
'This bitch…' Knocking on the door, she had no intention of walking on the two getting each other's rocks off.
After standing outside without getting an answer, she knocked a few more times before the minotaur king growled from inside.
"What is it?! I told you not to disturb me when I'm fucking!" His voice shuddered the queen's heart with terror.
"I'm so s-sorry!" She yelped as the strength in her knees began escaping her. "I just wanted to tell you that those humans are still killing everyone and it won't be long until they get here!"
A moment of silence followed her report, but then the moans coming from inside continued once again. Shocked by what she was hearing, the goblin queen gritted her teeth, frustrated out of her mind.
"King, you need to do something!" She demanded, still trying to keep her tone mellow to avoid offending the beastly king.
"I'll handle them when I wish to, now buzz off until I want to fuck you!" Growling back at her, the king went silent once again.
However, the sounds of his flesh smacking against the slime was enough to let the goblin queen know exactly what was happening behind the massive door to his room.
'This fucker!' Although she wanted to tear through the door and burst right in, she managed to keep her emotions in check. Standing back, she glared at the door, mocking her for her separation from her tribe. 'I haven't been around them since they built this damned room for the minotaur king.'
Fighting to defend this place in the deepest part of the dungeon, the path leading up to this place was being painted in young goblin blood. Shaking her head, she decided to take matters into her own hands.
Not far from where the king's room was a makeshift prison barred with broken pieces of stalagmites. Quickly marching her way there, she stormed through her mind trying to figure out what she could do to minimize the loss of life of her children.
"Oi, wake up!" Smacking her bone sabertooth knife on the bars of the only cell, she glared down at the man resting inside the small space.
In absolute tatters, Kane's body was twisted and torn in all sorts of ways, and his head completely detached from his body laid snoring over his own lap.
"Wh-what? Is it time for breakfast?" he mumbled, opening up his eyes.
However, as he saw a humanoid woman almost as tall as him, he was once again reminded of exactly where he was. Despite the grimness of the situation, he simply let out a yawn and stretched his hands a little.
"You can't be serious," Enraged by his carefree act, she glared him down while growling. "You humans are the fucking worst, and how the hell are you still alive?"
"My mother…" Looking up at her with a smile, he chuckled. "She was really stubborn with life, I've heard I take after her…"
Despite being on the verge of death, Kane's soul was still trapped inside his body with the mana still left inside him, but even he knew that wasn't going to last for long. And yet despite all the pain, all the struggle, he couldn't let a monster perceive the strongest man in the duchy as weak or pathetic, for it could have disastrous effects upon his death.
Looking down at him powering through the pain, angered the queen, but also inspired her not to give up on her children yet.
'Perhaps I can use this man to get rid of the king, after all?' In return, she wanted nothing more than to be left alone inside the dungeons.
"Don't take me for a fool and answer me," taking the lock to the cell inside her hands, she looked right into Kane's eyes. "If you were well rested and fed, could you kill the minotaur king?"
The question put an impish smirk across Kane's face.
"Feed me mana and I'll eat every monster in this dungeon alive," he uttered, cackling to himself.
Watching the man laughing so carefreely despite being on death's door, the goblin queen couldn't ascertain if her plan to incorporate Kane's help would make things any better or just worsen everything even more.
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