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Chapter three

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Part one

The discovery of the Oracles and an encounter with a Goddess

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The day had started as I had become accustomed to lately. I woke to the sensation of Kita sucking my cock. I could hear the Temple Guardians giving the Priestesses of Artimos their morning violation. The sounds of worshipers in the temple having their way with their own bitches could be heard amongst the priestesses' whimpering. Finally there was the sight of the High Priestess of Caros curled up at the foot of my bed.

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While it wasn’t but three days ago but the surrender of the Domain of Caros was still being celebrated. These celebrations had been initially rough on them but they seamed to fare well. Even the queen had taken to her new role in the brothel better than her counterparts had. Our forces had been bolstered yet again. But best of all of the women in the domain of a another one of the goddesses were now not only bitches but willing bitches.

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It all started a week after the fall of Artimos when the messenger arrived. It was Princess Amanda of the Kingdom of Fenanda. Several of the escaped bitches had brought word of the enslavement of Artimos and the rest of the bitches in the domain. Knowing that the knowledge of their peoples' status as slaves to the followers of Artimos was known to us they were left with two choices. One submit to the followers of another goddess or submit to us.

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The treatment they faced at the hands of the other goddesses followers would probably end in execution and eternal damnation. While with us their ingrained nature of submissiveness would more in likely be rewarded. So after much thought they sent the princess as a emissary. Now they wanted better terms then unconditional surrender but upon their surrender we granted them special privileges over their former mistresses. Which was still better conditions than our secret ally wanted or would eventually receive.

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Now as to the arrival of Princess Amanda. We were surprised when the first thing she did after she arrived was strip of her cloak to reveal she traveled all of the way almost completely naked. In fact knowing how Princess Alexandra was attired during her enslavement had influenced how she chose to arrive. That’s why she journeyed the whole way wearing only high healed shoes, stockings, a corset that incorporated her garter belt and her finest tiara. Now besides several fully naked female servants she was accompanied by the High Priestess of Caros and three of the other priestesses.

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Since Apollon hadn’t yet journeyed back to the Realm of the Gods they offered to summon Caros so she could personally surrender to Apollon immediately as well. Now this made us concerned of a trap but we eventually went ahead with it and got the privilege a watching one of the goddesses, her priestesses and a princess publicly masturbate without being controlled by collars or control jewels. Now we held off on violating the priestesses until we marched into their kingdom. However both Caros and Princess Amanda volunteered for a public violation following their little performance. They even volunteered to be paraded through the streets in chains afterwards. Princess Amanda even submitted to walking ahead of our army secured in stocks as we marched on her homeland. Granted technically all of what happened to her and the others would have any way but having them be willing participants in their public humiliation and violation was something else all together.

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Now the march to and from Fenanda was technically uneventful militarily with the people of the villages we passed through welcoming us like saviors instead of conquers. They even had all the finest bitches from the villages kneeling naked for us to ravage during our respites. Even after our departures from the villages they could be heard from miles away continuing the bitches' violations. Then on our return trip the bitches were given a break from harvesting the crops to have the privilege to be ravaged by us again. Though this reuse of the bitches wasn’t really necessary since quite a few bitches were being lead in front of our forces alongside their queen and princess.

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Now this trip to Fenanda gave us just a small taste of what life was like when the Allfather was worshipped. The bitches willingly submitted themselves for use whenever a male wanted. The sight of the banner of Apollon traveling throughout the countryside was cause for celebratory orgies. I must of fucked twenty different bitches along the way there and twice as many on the way back. Though as much as I enjoyed it I suspected many of the bitches didn’t.

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Now after the first few breedings several of the bitches did seam to be getting quite a bit of enjoyment out of us taking them. For instance both Princess Amanda and her mother enjoyed being bred so much they could wear out multiple partners. The priestesses weren’t much better. In fact after I had fuck the High Priestess three times last night and even then Kita ended up eating her out for more orgasms while I fucked her twice in between. Of course the High Priestess was all to happy to return the favor during her fuckings.

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Now how the priestesses treated Kita and the other descendants of the Sisters of Junus was another surprise. From what I’ve seen in the temples so far they were either servants or in the case of the worshippers of Artimos full blown sex slaves. In the Temple of Caros the priestesses served them in their private chambers. In fact the Priestesses Caros were extremely protective of the Sisters of Junus amongst them even going as far as to take punishments meant for them back when they were under the control of the followers of Artimos. Though this trend continued once they had our collars on them as well.

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Apollon saw this too and told me it had something to do with the fact both orders had already been serving as slaves for a while side by side. This created a bond of mutual respect between the two temples of priestesses. Though I could see a bit a rivalry as well. Like they competed against one another as to better serve their masters.

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Now both Apollon and I felt as long as the focus of both groups remained on how best to serve males then the camaraderie was alright. Yet should their focus ever deviate from the only purpose of their existence then plans needed to be put in place. We needed to be prepared to avoid another rebellion of the slaves.

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While I would’ve preferred to have the plans in place before continuing the crusade time wasn’t on my side at the moment. A new threat had been exposed once Caros was enslaved. Part of me wished that I had a say in what happened next but as long as the Oracles were free we had little control over our own fates.

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Now until Caros had confirmed their existence we all thought they were just a legend. This was understandable considering the way they were described. They were priestesses that foresaw the future with no allegiance to any of the goddesses but would come to their aid in times of need or crisis.

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Now I had never believed in a group of priestesses that served all of the goddesses while at the same time they served none of them. My experience told me that the goddesses all had one thing in common. That was they wouldn’t allow anyone with that sort of power not to be under their complete control. Yet all of the legends said they lived in a secret location and would only make their presence known in times of need.

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This secrecy was another factor in my doubts about their existence. They had to have some way of supporting themselves. Usually this was through offerings and other tributes as with any other temple. Yet other than the stories of their predictions I had yet heard anything but a various veg locations for their temple. Since I just had their existence proven by two different goddesses I now had to take the stories seriously. So after conducting the morning violation of the priestesses in the temple I would set out in search of the Oracles of Desperation Pass with the Wolf Scouts.

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A week later I was sort of disappointed with Desperation Pass and I was having doubts about the existence of the Oracles. While the Pass was considered in the domain of Caros it was widely used as a trade route between the domains of her sisters Vestus and Pallus. As such the both of them also laid claim to it as well. Now being in disputed territory also meant that there was more military resources placed in and around the area.

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With all this military activity around them I was now wondering about if we would be able to find the Oracles when they’ve been able to remain in hiding. Us moving unseen by all the military patrols and caravans of trade goods was problematic at best. In fact the Wolf Scouts were having to remain in their canine forms due to the threat of discovery. I on the other hand had been keeping to the base camp while working on an idea I had back during the campaign against Artimos.

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I was in the very back of a large network of caves chanting in the sacred tongue as a pile of crystal shards were spread around me. With each new phrase of the spell the crystal shards began merging and reshaping themselves as they glowed brighter and brighter. Soon as I finished the first part of the spell the glow began to fade until I was surrounded by several dozen crystal fireflies. The second required me to summon my staff as I began to modify the spells I used to create the seeing crystal. Once these spells were done I was able to see everything the fireflies saw.

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I would’ve preferred to be doing this part under better circumstances. Mostly since learning to control all the fireflies at once and keeping up with all the dozens of images they were sending directly into my mind was the most difficult thing I had ever done. In fact I was quickly overwhelmed by it all and had to end the spell.

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As I collapsed to my knees I began to think about what had happened. I was thinking about coming up with a different plan as I thought about all I had seen. The images had all been different but also the same. Mostly due to the fact I was seeing the same thing but from different positions around the cave.

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I knew that all of these images would be to much for my mind to handle and I probably had no choice but abandon the spell. Unless there was a way to filter out all of the overlapping images. It would also be better for me if this happened before the visual input reached my mind but how to do this and have the level of control over the fireflies I wanted. I was wishing this whole mission hadn’t been rushed as I began to think about the various options available to me.

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It would be later in the night as we all were eating rations and briefing each other on what we had found out. The Wolf Scouts had seen numerous caravans and patrols accompanying them moving about the pass. We all agreed that unless the caravan was unaccompanied by a patrol it was unlikely used to bring supplies to the Oracles or their followers. We had been assuming the oracles temple was in some cave away from where those traveling through the pass would be likely to discover them.

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The Wolf Scouts then told me about a piece of information that left me wondering if I made a error when we assumed where the oracles were hidden. All caravans moving through the pass had to pass through a way station towards the middle of the pass. This due to the fact that the way station sat between two rope bridges that spanned ravines cutting through the pass.

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Hearing the way the Wolf Scouts talked about this place made me want to see it myself. Especially since it was the one place in the pass that we couldn’t scout without revealing ourselves made me decide to take a chance and leave the safety of the camp. I figured if nothing else once I layed eyes on it I would know if my suspicions were correct and we could make plans about how to get inside of it.

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They next morning the Captain of the Wolf Scouts and I were crouching behind some rocks as we looked upon the way station. To lesson the risk of discovery we had set out from the camp well before the sun had rose. Granted moving along the edge of the canyon in the dark wasn’t easy. However as the horizon began to brighten we had found a suitable hiding place to observe the way station unnoticed.

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Now once I saw it I realized that calling it a way station didn’t give it the credit this place deserved. I had been expecting a small fort with maybe around a couple of dozen permanent residents that occupied it. Yet once I saw it was actually more of a small city or a large town that was before us. Unfortunately I was also able to see for myself that the Wolf Scouts were correct in their assessment that it was impossible to gain access without being noticed.

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The way station sat on a narrow ridge that rose from the center of the canyon’s floor. While the two rope bridges running to each side of the settlement were the first line of defense they weren’t it’s only form of protection in place. All along the ridge tall mud brick walls had been built and guards could be seen patrolling along it’s top.

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Yet while I look upon this settlement I saw several other things that made me think this was the place we were searching for. First was this was definitely not meant to be a temporary encampment for travelers journeying through the pass. Based on the multi-story buildings within the walls people lived year-round within the walls. More over based on the lights we saw in several caves within the ridge there was people occupying tunnels beneath the settlement.

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It was these tunnels that made me send the seeing crystal towards across the canyon. While the Captain set up a tarp camouflaged it with rocks and dirt to both conceal and shield us from the sun I began to chant the necessary spells. Since getting our forces within the walls would be of prominent importance the first place I wanted to see was the gateways by the bridges.

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Once I got a close look I realized that a direct assault would be useless. Not only would anyone attempting to cross the bridges be vulnerable to bowmen on the walls but they had axes positioned next to the bridges. These had but one purpose to cut the ropes holding up the bridges and send any attacking force to their deaths on canyon floor below.

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Knowing that there was no way to get a suitable assault force here unnoticed let alone across either of the bridges before they cut the ropes was going to be impossible. That made me realize that taking this settlement by a direct assault was going to be impossible. About the only way I could see of taking this place with standard military tactics was with protractive siege and that wasn’t an available option.

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With the gates ruled out I instead focused on the caves I had seen earlier. Seeing these gave me an idea about how at least I could get inside. All I needed was to find someplace where I could transport myself to unnoticed with my magic then gaining access would be the simple matter of casting a spell. Though this would also be taking a serious risk on my part and a didn’t want to take it unless I had no other choice. Unfortunately at the moment I couldn’t see any other alternative and I needed to be sure that I wouldn’t be transporting myself right into the middle of the quarters of the settlement’s guards.

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Being on guard the way I was I was totally unprepared for what I saw as soon as the seeing crystal entered the first cave. Upon entering the cave I saw while on the outside this looked like a natural cave. Once inside it was actually a series of man made tunnels carefully carved throughout the ridge. More over the only ones occupying these tunnels were about a dozen bitches that for some reason were on edge.

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After going through several curves within the tunnels the seeing crystal came upon a bathing room where the bitches were gathered. I could easily see they all were highly attractive as they washed one another. However I could also see they kept watching the other doorway into the room almost as if they were expecting someone to enter at any moment. Still it was the expression of fear on several of their faces that I easily recognized from other bitches I had taken in the past.

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The way they seamed to be almost expecting something horrible to happen to them at any moment made me realize these were the oracles or at least had some sort of contact with them. My suspicions were almost confirmed when I saw several of them began to start to cry and being comforted by the others. Unfortunately since the seeing crystal didn’t allow me to actually hear what was being said by the bitches I couldn’t be sure. For all I knew these bitches were awaiting sacrifice for some ritual I wasn’t aware of yet and the fear I saw wasn’t even related to the purpose of us being here. Realizing I still needed more information before I jump to conclusions about why these bitches were acting this way I continued to watch what they were doing.

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Granted I was enjoying watching the bitches washing each other’s bodies and then going through the process of brushing each other’s ankle length hair. I even got enjoyment out of watching them dress each other in the short transparent outfits similar to those worn by temple priestesses. Seeing the way they were dressed was pushing me towards believing these bitches were the oracles again. Though what happened next left me with even more questions.

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An fat man suddenly entered the bathing room and immediately started yelling at the bitches. While once again I was wishing that I could hear and not just see what was going on in there. I could tell the bitches were definitely afraid of this man. This based upon the way they rushed from the room while at the same time keeping as far away from the man as possible.

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Adding to my confusion was the fact that when each of the bitches rushed through the door next to the man he would strike each of them several times on the ass with a switch. I didn’t need to hear their screams to realize that these blows were painful for the bitches. As each bitch was struck she went from the fast walk I had considered rushing to actually running away from the man. That is everyone of them except the bitch with the misfortune of being the last one to pass the man. This unfortunate bitch wasn’t given the opportunity to get clear of the man.

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As she passed the doorway he actually grabbed her by the hair and rained a procession of painful blows upon her body. I could tell this bitch's suffering hadn’t concluded once the barrage of blows did stop. Still keeping ahold of the bitch's hair the man lead her from the room while fallowing the others.

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Given with my own experience with the treatment of temple priestesses I was seriously confused by what I had just seen. Never before had I seen priestesses not only subservient to males but being beaten by them. In fact with the exception of those we had enslaved ourselves I hadn’t even thought it possible priestesses could be treated this way. Granted even we rarely whipped those we enslaved. Sure we frequently humiliated then violated them and yes would inflict some pain upon them but we never used such physical abuse to keep them in check.

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Left with more questions then answers all I did know in that moment was that I needed to get into those tunnels regardless of the risk to myself. Still as much as I wanted to just transport myself over there and get my answers I couldn’t. While I was now committed to taking whatever risks necessary to learn the truth about what I saw. However I wasn’t going to ask that of the others let alone risk them on such an impulsive action.

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No we would continue to watch the settlement until nightfall then I would enter. In the meantime I would use the seeing crystal to scout out the tunnels and learn what I could. Especially a good place to transport myself to unnoticed. Especially since I had a strange feeling I hadn’t been the only one watching the bitches wash themselves in that room.

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I didn’t know if I was imagining it but I could have sworn the bitches were acting like they were being watched. Now I partly wondered since I was now certain they were at least connected to the oracles they had foresaw that I would be watching them. Yet their quick glances around the room was never towards the shadows where the seeing crystal was. In fact these glances were actually focused on what I had first believed to be vents in the ceiling and walls.

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I decided to see for myself what about these vents had been worth the bitches' attention. Sending the seeing crystal through the nearest vent lead me into a room directly above the bathing room for the bitches. While this room was a little larger than the one below it wasn’t as tall. In fact it’s ceiling wasn’t even tall enough for a person to stand up fully. This told me this room served one purpose. To allow some one to watch the bitches bath themselves unnoticed.

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Exploring farther I would find similar observation rooms over the bitches’ sleeping quarters next to the bathing room and their toilet facilities that bridged the two rooms. Given the way the man had treated them this gave me a good understanding of why the bitches had been so scared. They obviously were aware they were being watched and we’re subject to brutal punishment for the slightest infraction. Yet once again this didn’t fit with the way the rest of the world worked.

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Since the overthrow of the Allfather bitches weren’t subservient to males except of course where Apolon had control. Then there were those bitches that were subservient to other bitches namely the descendants of the Priestesses of Junus like my own prized bitch Kita. Plus all it took was a quick look to tell these bitches weren’t of the same bloodline as Kita. Though I definitely saw that there were some relation to the followers of Pallus as well as the followers of Doinus & Dionus since several were definitely twin sisters.

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However what I was seeing didn’t make any sense to me. There was no way that any of the three of the goddesses would allow their followers to be treated this way even with how impregnable location as this was. None of this place's defenses would stop an angry goddess bent on destruction especially one as powerful as Pallus was. It also made me wonder about the fact it was do to another goddess that we were here. I had to now be concerned that Caros had sent us into a trap since I was now certain that she knew what was going on here and that alone begged the question if Artimos was aware of this as well.

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Not only had she enslaved Caros and her followers but there were her network of spies to consider. It wasn’t a major jump to believe that Artimos had to have known about this place. Then there was the fact that the bitches I had seen definitely were related to the priestesses of the other goddesses. So something unknown to us had to be going on at this place.

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With all of these what ifs floating around I decided to consult with Apollon before I took any action beyond spying with the seeing crystal. For any wrong move could result in dire consequences for more than just myself and the Wolf Scouts. Let alone the fact we still didn’t know the extent of the power of the oracles' ability of foresight.

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With a newfound since of caution I decided to use a spell that I’d been reluctant to use until now. Pulling a crystal orb from my robes I started to chant in the sacred tongue. As each part of the chant progressed the orb I was holding started to glow. Until finally the spell was completed and everything the seeing crystal saw was now being shown on the viewing crystal I was holding.

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This wasn’t the hard part let alone the part of the spell that I been reluctant to use. Actually that part involved the chant I was starting next. Just before I started I warned the captain to be on guard. For once the spell was in place I would be helpless until I released the spell. With my warning concluded the sacred tongue began flowing from my mouth once again and my consciousness left my body.

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I found myself in the other realm and was greeted by a welcome sight. Before me was the Goddess Artimos on her hands and knees crying in shame. This shame was do to the fact that not only was Apollon in the process of ravaging her ass hole in his canine form but the fact she was also being forced to pleasure the Goddess Caros at the same time. A quick look around told me Artimos wasn’t the only bitch being violated.

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Ghostly images from his domain could be seen all around the room. There was both of the Goddesses' High Priestesses being brutally fucked back in their temples like all proper bitches should be. Then I saw that Prince Daniel was currently having his way with Princess Alexandra in the city square. I could also see King Edward sitting on his throne while one of his bitches knelt between his legs while she pleasured him.

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Finally there were scenes of the three queens in the brothel. Granted since King Edward's throne now sat in the common room of the brothel I was certain that he was also watching what was happening to the three queens. Especially the torment currently being inflicted upon his treacherous former queen.

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She was laying on her stomach with her arms shackled behind her back like all the other bitches in the brothel. She had one customer underneath her fucking her pussy. While two other customers had transformed into their canine forms and were fucking her mouth and ass hole. While the look of horror on her face as she fearfully shot glances at the line of men waiting to take their turn did intrigue me some as I checked out what was happening with her royal bitch counterparts.

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Queen Catherine was face down on her knees with her ass in the air. Her arms were still secured in the stock that had been locked around her neck since we marched her back to the kingdom in front of the army. Though I couldn’t actually hear her screams I knew she had to be screaming her lungs out at the moment. This was due to the fact that she was currently tied ass to ass with one customer’s canine cock trapped in her pussy. While another massive customer in canine form was on her back having his way with her ass hole.

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Lastly Queen Marie of Fenanda was bouncing up and down on the cock of the customer beneath her. While at the same time she took turns sucking on the cocks of three other customers. Based upon the amount of semen coating her face and body these three weren’t the only ones the queen had pleasured this way. Add in the fact like all of her counterparts there was a line of customers waiting she would have even more semen coating her body before she got locked into her cage for the night.

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As much as I would’ve wanted to enjoy the debasement of the bitches longer I had journeyed there for a reason and I couldn’t delay it any longer. Kneeling before Apollon I asked forgiveness for my intrusion and began to explain the reason for my presence while using the viewing orb to show him what I had seen.

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Now based on the way Apollon was growling at Caros I wasn’t the only one doubtful of her intentions when she gave us the information about the oracles. Still the way she started sobbing as she pleaded with Apollon had use both convinced she definitely had been holding back information. Finally as Apollon finally painfully knotted a screaming Artimos's ass hole we heard the whole truth from the divine bitch.

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It seams the oracles are drawn from the priestesses of the goddesses. While most come from the priestesses of Pallus. Though with the exception of Vestus and Artimos others among the Goddesses’ priestesses were occasionally born with the ability of foresight. Then once the ability was known the priestesses turned oracles were sent to their sisters within Desolation Pass. Once there the oracles were then at the mercy of order of cruel eunuchs that were supposedly the only ones capable of interpreting the visions of the oracles. (However I later learned they weren’t the only ones that could interpret the visions.) Since the apparently the oracles were incapable speaking in anything but the sacred tongue. I also learned the reason for only eunuchs being allow around them.

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Apparently if the bitches were taken by a male they lost the ability of foresight. (Though once again I would later learn this was also false information. However unlike in the case of the eunuchs creating the lie it was actually the oracles themselves as a way of protecting each other from the cruelty of the eunuchs.)

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Needless to say neither Apollon or myself was happy about what we heard from Caros. Even Caros realized she had seriously angered her owner and began to back away from Apollon in a futile attempt to reach safety. I suspected she figured since I wasn’t physically there and Apollon was still tied with Artimos. So she probably believed neither of us would be able to make a move to stop her as she sought out a corner to cower in.

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What Caros didn’t count on was the fact that Apollon would take off after her while still knotted with Artimos. I found it quite entertaining to watch Apollon drag a screaming Artimos behind him while chasing a pleading Caros. In next to no time Apollon had caught Caros and brought her back to where they had started from.

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Again I found the sight of Apollon dragging the both of them back just as entertaining. Especially considering both were now loudly crying while at the same time pleading for mercy from him. Artimos from the agony of the knot still firmly trapped in her ass hole and Caros in absolute terror as Apollon held her tightly by the neck in his powerful jaws.

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Only after issuing a series angry growls that left Caros crying out, “Please Master anything but that!” did Apollon finally release her. Another angry growl easily interpreted as “Do it now bitch or you will suffer greatly!” had Caros crawling behind Apollon. After another angry growl I watched as a sobbing Caros began to lick Apollon's ass hole.

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While I initially didn’t find this act that repulsive enough of a punishment that quickly changed when I saw this wasn’t the actual punishment. With another angered growl Caros stopped licking and just knelt there with her mouth wide open behind Apollon’s ass hole. I stopped watching when I saw Apollon’s ass hole open up. However Caros's ensuing sob filled whimpering along with sound of her gagging on the excrement that dropped into her open mouth painted enough of a picture that I would never forget it.

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Granted both Apollon and I were doubtful if Caros would ever forget this no matter how much we were sure she wanted to. Though once it came time for her to use her tongue to clean Apollon we could tell this action had produced the desired results. We were then able to finish questioning Caros between sobbing fits and got most of the answers we wanted before Apollon’s knot finally released Artimos.

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Of course then I ended up having to wait until after Artimos dutifully cleaned Apollon’s cock before I could get my own instructions. However when I did leave it was with the satisfaction of witnessing one goddess broken by her master and thus turned into the obedient bitch she was truly destined to be.

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Still once my consciousness returned to my body little of that mattered. My focus for now was to be only learning everything I could about not only this fortress but the oracles themselves. After that only the incidents in the other realm related to the mission were of importance to me. I knew it was best not to be distracted by irrelevant matters given the risks I was facing.

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The danger I faced began with getting inside of not this fortified way station but the tunnels beneath it. Next I needed to gain access to the oracles themselves. Besides getting access to the oracles I wanted to actually observe them using their abilities.

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I had gotten the idea of disguising myself as an worshiper of Pallus. We had seen several already making the pilgrimage to worship at the Main Temple. Given my own history I already had enough experience to be able to pull off the deception easily enough. Though to be truthful I was wishing not to having to resort to this tactic partly out of pride and partly due to another personal reason.

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Still since these reasons were over shadowed by the importance of the cause they were pushed aside as I began to prepare first mentally. Of course while I was making these preparations I continued to scout the tunnels with the seeing crystal. Since I wouldn’t be able to do anything else until the next day anyway it was decidedly going to be the best use of my time.

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The next day however was a different story. I put my plan in motion just before the Dawn and began chanting several different spells. As they entered-mingled and merged together my form changed into that of an old man. Then I chanted my next spell and transported myself several miles away to an empty section of road. After casting a final spell to disguise my staff as a walking stick I began slowly walking as the horizon began to brighten.

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Midday I stood at the bridge across the canyon. After paying a silver coin for safe passage I started to walk across while my eyes search all around me. While most of my attention was definitely on the bowmen that were positioned all around me I still looked for signs of other military activity.

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What really surprised me when I finally got across the bridge was that the solders manning this outpost were mostly those loyal to Pallus but there were solders from the domains of the neighboring goddesses as well. In particular there were also a few loyal to Vestus roaming around. However there were also a few from the domain of Proseron in the central trading post within the fortress.

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While I was definitely curious about the different solders I knew those answers would have to wait. My first concern was a customs station just inside of the gates. This required the casting of the first of many spells I had prepared in advance. Only once they were in place could I let down my guard some and worry about other matters.

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My next stop was to the only tavern in the outpost for a quick meal and to put another part of the plan in motion. On my way I began to chant under my breath in the sacred tongue. Even as I was going through the door the incantation was completed but wouldn’t take effect until I spoke a final word of command. This word wasn’t to be spoken until I was finally inside and then I could go safely to work on completing my objective.

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Not even a half hour later I was now moving unseen throughout the outpost. Once inside of the tavern I had ordered a meal and quietly eaten in peace. Then once I had finished eating and paid my bill I activated the spell. As everyone in the outpost suddenly began to have the memory of me erased I quickly dismissed my disguise and cast an invisibility spell over myself. I then began to roam about the outpost searching out any thing of importance.

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This ranged from closely examining the outpost's defenses to looking for intelligence. Still my primary focus was finding the entrance to the tunnels. I also was casting a few special spells as I moved about. Soon I was walking around the top of the walls when I put a final spell in place as I looked down into the compound and decided to stop waiting to check the correctness of my theory about where I could access the tunnels.

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The first place I looked was around the outpost’s food stores. A quickly cast spell allowed me to follow several ghostly images of the last few people that accessed the stored supplies. I ended up going through the process a couple of times before I found the secret entrance but it also had an additional benefit. I now knew exactly when someone would be opening the entrance and didn’t have to take the risk of blindly opening it. Unfortunately it also now meant that I was stuck waiting for several hours until I could safely attempt to enter myself. To kill time I decided on doing some more scouting and look to put in place a few more surprises.

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That night I was waiting by the backside of the trading post when a man began pushing a cartload of supplies towards the building. I waited patiently as he began to knock on the wall where I knew a camouflaged door was hidden. As the door began opening I was moving towards it. I slipped around the two men as they began to move the cart through the door.

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Once inside I immediately saw I had made a mistake by rushing through the door the way I had. The room I was in was barely big enough to hold the two men plus the cart and the only other door was sealed closed. Fearing my discovery eminent I cursed myself for taking such foolish risk.

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While the invisibility spell would prevent them from seeing me I could still be discovered should either of the two men or the cart bumped into me. My left hand gripped my dagger as I squeezed myself into a corner in an last ditch effort to avoid discovery. A silent prayer to Apollon briefly crossed my lips I pressed myself tighter against the wall to avoid the cart bumping into me. As I moved to the cart’s side my luck almost gave out and one of it’s wheels got caught on my foot.

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Thankfully it was a case of me pushing my luck and not it running out completely as the cart was quickly pulled out and pushed back in again. This time I was able to shift my foot out of the way as the men cursed about rocks lodging the wheels of the cart again. I was able to quickly realize that the thought of running into an invisible intruder was probably unheard to these two and they had quickly jumped to a more rational explanation for what just happened.

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Any relief I felt at that moment was overshadowed by the knowledge I was now helpless should I be actually discovered. I was now trapped in the narrow slot between the wall and the cart. My left side was against another wall rendering that arm unusable able. While my right arm suffered the same fate thanks to the fact I was using that hand to hold my staff.

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Preparing myself for the worst I held my breath as each of the men began to squeeze themselves into the small room. I struggled not to move a muscle or make a sound when one of them ended up not even an inch from touching me. I was desperately thinking of an escape plan as the other man pressed a panel in the wall and the outer door started to close plunging us all into darkness.

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The next thing I knew I heard the click of a latch being released followed by a grating sound. Slowly another door began to open restoring my ability to see. Still fearing discovery at any second I pressed myself tighter against the wall behind me as the two men started pushing the cart forward.

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It was solely through dumb luck neither of the men or the cart brushed against me as they left the room. Yet at that moment I would of accepted any sort of positive outcome and didn’t care. All I did care about in that moment is being able to breathe a sigh of relief as I moved to fallow behind the men. Only now I was moving with a newfound sense of caution a vowed never to take such a stupid risk again.

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Even though the immediate danger had passed the lesson of the experience effected the way I moved from then on. Before I went through any door now I would first look around then act. I hugged walls and stepped lightly as I moved as consciously as possible. I even paid attention not to make the slightest sound as I moved. This new mantra was put in place the moment I followed the men from the room.

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Looking through the room I saw them pushing the cart towards spiraling ramp. While I definitely wasn’t rushing I also didn’t want to lose sight of them. So I did my best to keep up with them as they descended farther and farther down the ramp. Before I knew it I came to the doorway of another room. This room was easily the size of a troop barracks.

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In fact at first glance that’s exactly what I thought it was. However this room was just a drop off spot for supplies. While I had expected to be following the men through one of the doorways at the other end of the room. They instead placed the cart against one of the long walls and move across the room to where several empty carts rested against the opposite wall. They then took one of these carts and headed back up the ramp for another load of supplies.

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Now alone I looked closer at the room as a made my way to the doorways at the other end. As I said before the room was large enough to house a platoon or two of solders with a large corridor between the rows of bunks. Yet instead of beds this room only held a couple of tables and the cart’s used to haul supplies. With my recent lesson still fresh I moved to look through the doorways.

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There were three in total. Two across from each other against the side walls and the third directly in line with the ramp up to the entrance. The two across from each other turned out to be storage rooms with nothing but shelves full of supplies in them. Looking through the third doorway I saw a staircase descending deeper beneath the outpost above. While I knew that the staircase was where I was eventually going to need to go sometime about one of the storerooms bothered me.

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While the one had shelves lining all the walls and was full of supplies. The other one still had a bare wall on to the left of the doorway. Also unlike the other one which had additional supplies stacked on the floor in front of the shelves this one only had a few supplies stacked on the shelves and nothing on the floor. More over all the supplies in the suspicious room were either spoiled or on the verge of spoiling creating a foul smell that was trying to drive me from the room.

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Still despite the smell something about the bare wall seamed to draw my attention. Knowing I probably didn’t have time to investigate I did a quick examination of the wall. This was when I saw the scratches on the floor. This lead to a closer look at the wall and another disturbing discovery.

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Once I looked close enough I was able to make out the out outline of the hidden doorway. I also found the hidden latch shortly afterwards. Unfortunately I realized that there was another foul odor coming from the other side that I could recognize barely escaping along the seams of the doorway. Even knowing what the smell was I pressed the latch and watched as the door opened followed by being almost over whelmed the odor of death and decay.

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The smell was almost crippling as I began chanting in the sacred tongue. As the chant concluded brought my left hand up to my right shoulder. After a downwards sweeping gesture towards my left side the smell quickly disappeared. Knowing I had little time I slowly entered the hidden room.

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The first thing I saw was several dead bodies thrown against the opposite wall. A another look and I could see they wore the same uniforms of the men guarding the outpost. I also could see these men hadn’t died from natural causes. Realizing that while still intriguing it was also a distraction from my real objective. As the sound of the men returning with a loaded cart I left the room closing the door behind me with a gesture of my staff.

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Deciding against exploring farther while the men were roaming around I waited in the store room. While I watched the men drop off a loaded cart and leave with another one I thought about the bodies I had seen. Mostly I was thinking about an explanation why they would murder guards then hide their bodies.

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I had first thought that the guards had to be aware of the network of tunnels and what was happening in them. However now I believe the situation was quite different. While I still believed a few key guards did know at least something was going on down here. The rank and file of the guards were unaware. This implied the dead ones were killed to protect the secret.

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With at least a plausible explanation in my mind I slipped from the supply room and made my way towards the stairs as soon as I was alone again. My mind was fully on the danger I faced as I carefully took each step down. While I didn’t expect boobytraps or anything I was still mindful of running into anyone coming up the stairway cut into the surrounding rock. Finally after a few long minutes that felt more like hours I reached the bottom and found myself in slightly smaller room then the one above.

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This room was left vacant except for several doorways with curtains hung in them and one that held a locked metal door that looked similar to those in a dungeon. Looking through the bars on this door I could see another stairwell carved into the rock. While this one door did interest me the most I decided to check the others first.

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The first one turned out to be another store room. Completely full of supplies. The next was a small set of sleeping quarters with a couple of beds inside of it and the few personal belongings of the men from upstairs. The third doorway was another stairwell down only it spiraled down while the other one went straight down before turning to the side. I also saw this staircase was more frequently used based on how this one didn’t have the same layer of dust on it like the one secured with the metal door did.

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The fact I could see the first stairwell hadn’t been used for a while made me ignore it and go down the second one. Granted I technically didn’t really ignore it. Just before I headed towards the other stairwell I cast a spell on the door and sent the seeing crystal down. Just as I had before I moved with caution as I took each step listening for the slightest sound while at the same time part of my attention was on what the seeing crystal was showing me. Unfortunately dividing my attention between the seeing crystal and traversing the stairs proved to difficult for me. So I halted the seeing crystal until I was off of the stairs.

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Only once I stood on a balcony did I even think about using the seeing crystal again. Unfortunately once I was on the balcony did I realize that I recognized the room below from my earlier scouting with the seeing crystal. This was a cavernness room with a large platform along the far wall. Each corner of the platform held bowls full of burning oil. Then there was an offering plate positioned off the side of it’s front. The room was also currently occupied by several people many of whom I recognized.

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The first was one of the bitches I had seen from the bathing room. She was kneeling in the center of the platform doing sort of a swaying dance with her arms over her head. Even as her body was swaying side to side white smoke or possibly clouds of steam was rising all around her.

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The next person I recognized was several of the eunuchs I had seen before. They knelt in prayer around the oracle preforming her dance. I quietly looked down upon the ritual being preformed and was able to recognize the chanting I was hearing. Wanting a closer look I saw an another stairwell.

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Traversing the winding stairway I found myself behind some of the fabric I had seen lining the walls. Certain those I had seen from above were distracted by the ritual slowly slipped around the fabric concealing the doorway. As I entered the room I realized I was correct about who the other bitch a had seen was.

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While I actually had never seen her before I could still easily recognize the High Priestess of the Temple of Pallus any day. I had to admit she was a highly desirable bitch that I was tempted to claim on that very spot She had brown hair with perfect breasts and shapely hips topping off finely sculpted legs. Then her ass almost begged to bend her over the nearest convenient surface and pound her into submission.

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If not for the fact I could see her six personal guards between her and me I would have had her wearing a collar in a heart beat on any other day. Yet as I started to plot her enslavement my earlier lesson in acting rashly came to mind and I remembered the true reason I was here. Still I decided it wasn’t to big of a risk to tag her with a control jewel as I started to carefully creep up behind her.

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Slipping past her guards was actually pretty easy. Considering they were being distracted by the swaying body of the oracle and the chanting of the eunuchs they paid little attention to the bitch they were supposed to be protecting. Yet at the last second I felt something different about her as I abandoned the plan and retreated to the shadows off to the side of the platform.

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Putting the control jewel I was holding away I silently cast a spell that expanded my perception. As the spell took effect I could clearly see a second aura encompassing her own and realized that I was also in the presence of Pallus herself. Knowing that even though I was concealed from the eyes of mortals there was still the possibility of being seen by the Goddess I ducked behind a pillar and waited. I also summoned the seeing crystal to allow me to see what ever I couldn’t as I took more traditional steps to conceal myself.

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Mostly I was keeping the massive stone pillars holding up the ceiling between me and Pallus. I could only hope the stone pillars between us would block my own aura from being visible to Pallus. Yet at the same time I stayed where I could see both the oracle and the eunuchs while I waited for the arrival of the seeing crystal. I watched and waited nervously as the oracle’s dance began to grind to it’s concussion.

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I was actually thankful when the images from the seeing crystal showed Pallus watching the oracle and not where I was hiding. Still there was one glance in my direction that worried me just before the oracle’s dance finished. With the seeing crystal now in place I quickly used it to capture images of first to oracle, eunuchs, then of Pallus concealed within the body of her High Priestess knowing Apollon would be seeing it as well as the Wolf Scouts. I next watched as the smoke began clearing around the oracle.

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As the last wisps of the clouds surrounding her body disappeared the oracle collapsed exhausted to the platform. She then began rapidly speaking in the sacred tongue to one of the eunuchs that had knelt next to her. While I was shocked by what I could hear the oracle was saying I wasn’t the only one. The expression on the eunuch’s face took was one of disbelief until his face took on a look of deception.

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I realized that he was actually trying to deceive Pallus in order to benefit himself as he spoke of the oracle’s prediction. He told she said the domain of Pallus would fall and not only would Pallus end up in chains but so would all of her followers. While this part of the prediction was the same as what the oracle said he then began shifting the oracle’s words around in order to better benefit himself. In the process creating the most convincing of lies one that is base upon the truth.

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He truthfully told of how the other goddesses and their followers couldn’t be trusted. Then that the other goddesses would take the opportunity to enslave Pallus themselves once she was weakened in battle with Apollon. Again this was the same thing I had heard the oracle say herself. However from this point on the eunuch only said lies to advance his own agenda.

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He told how the only hope that Pallus had was to shower him and his brothers in offerings. They would then could use the predictions of the oracles to not only gain victory over the forces of Apollon but the forces of the other goddesses as well.

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Thus he was saying only with the oracles or more correctly the eunuchs that control the oracles making every decision could Pallus hope to win the coming war. These decisions including moving Pallus's seat of power to the outpost above. Plus turning over control of her temple to the eunuchs. The daring of these men both impressed and angered me as I listened to their deception.

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Granted thought Pallus accepting what the eunuchs were proposing was more likely then what the oracle had actually said. Still to be truthful even I still didn’t believe what I had heard the oracle say was true. Let alone had the slightest chance of ever happing. Truthfully I was still believing that while I had first believed the oracle was speaking in the sacred tongue while in fact it was actually a language only the eunuchs could understand like I’d been told.

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Regardless of whether or not what I heard was true or not what I needed to do was plain as day. I couldn’t allow an alliance between Pallus and these men. If such a union took place the results would be disastrous to us. There was just one problem I faced at the moment and that was Pallus herself.

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I didn’t have a chance of doing anything with her there. With the possible exception of eliminating a few of the oracles and that would be a useless gesture on my part. For the only way to truly remove the threat was the elimination of all the eunuchs. For without them the oracles were then just voiceless bitches.

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I could then transport them all back to the kingdom. We then could put the other information I gotten from Caros to use. After one or two violations these bitches would not only no longer be a threat. But would also probably end up being good breeding stock. Though yet again I knew this wasn’t going to happen as long as Pallus was here.

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I felt even more helpless now then during the incident in the entrance to the tunnels. Granted unlike then I would be able to fight ultimately it would end in the same result. I would just end up throwing my life away and accomplishing nothing in the end. So once again I was left with the only one true option of waiting to see what happened next.

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I was certain that my fate had been decided as I watched Pallus eyes shifting towards my location as she responded to the eunuch through her High Priestess. However I also saw her face take on a look of disgust whenever she looked at any of the eunuchs. So she may not of been looking at me after all. Still it wasn’t until she told the eunuchs she had to commune with the goddess before giving them an answer that I realized that the eunuchs and me weren’t the only ones cancelling their objectives.

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Pallus had to have another agenda then to have the oracle tell her about the future. If that was the case then even if she was aware of my presence she possibly couldn’t let it be known. Otherwise she risked whatever objective she was wanting to accomplish with her current deception. Though I did find the look of satisfaction on her face after the last time her eyes shot to my location worry some.

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Regardless of if my theory was correct or not I was sure I wasn’t safe. Even as her party was escorted from the room I kept watch on her with the seeing crystal. Even when she was taken back to the other secret passage that had brought her into the tunnels I would be watching. If for no other reason than to have a little warning should she sound the alarm on me. Though a small part of me also was hoping a another opportunity to tag her High Priestess with a control jewel would present itself.

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I was also hit with the same problem I faced earlier. That was keeping my focus on both what I was doing and the seeing crystal. Thankfully this time I wasn’t trying to go down one set of stairs while looking at another set at the same time. However it would still require me moving consciously just to be safe and doing everything in my power to avoid getting distracted.

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Of course avoiding distractions was definitely going to be a problem for me as I watched the eunuchs taking the oracle from the room. Once Pallus and her party had left one of the eunuchs grabbed ahold of the oracle’s hair and start to literally dragging the bitch across the floor. Her pleading in the sacred tongue eventually got the eunuchs to allow her to walk behind them. Yet they still kept ahold of her hair.

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Thankfully it wasn’t necessary to keep them in sight as I followed behind. The pleading of the terrified oracle made it easy to keep track of which turns they made. Along with the location of the stairwell they went down.

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At least until they shoved her through the door of the sleeping quarters. At this point it became harder to follow them. Yet I needed to keep track of the eunuchs as I waited for the opportunity to act. Their cruelty was yet again my ally for once they deposited the first oracle with the others they took another to torment.

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This bitch’s pleading would once again allow me to safely follow behind. Yet once again I would be struggling with another distraction as I noticed there was a difference about this bitch.

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For while the first oracle seamed to only be able to talk in the sacred tongue. This other one was pleading away in the common language spoken by almost everyone. They were also being even crueler to this one. Her pleading was being frequently interrupted by the sounds of them striking her and her screams. Throw in her sobbing and it was easy to see this bitch held no interest to the eunuchs other than to satisfy their sadistic desires.

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Finally I couldn’t take the strain from splitting my focus on two locations any longer. Pallus’s party had returned to their lodging and seemed to be either ignoring or not aware of my presence. Feeling it was an unnecessary expenditure of my energy towards something that seamed to be a distraction from the real danger I actually faced. I made a choice about what my priority should be.

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So I ended my observation of them and transported the seeing crystal back to me. Only once it was back in my pocket I began to close on the screaming oracle. What I found instead was something I would’ve never expected.

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As I descended the stairwell the eunuchs had gone down I came face to face with Pallus herself. I quickly realized that she had left the body of her High Priestess and returned here for some reason. There was also no mistake that this time she was fully aware of my presence as she stood looking me over with a curious expression on her face.

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This expression darkened when we heard the oracle scream again and both of us began following the sounds. As we stepped from the stairwell I could feel the anger just boiling beneath her calm exterior. Yet I was also seeing something else in her expression that I found unexpected as we found the oracle curled up in a ball whimpering in fear.

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I was feeling a fair share of both emotions myself. Yet surprisingly like my new divine companion we had the source of both in common. I later learned she was just as afraid of me as I was off her. Then we also shared the same