It's Caderos and his men

(this thread was originally written by WriterReader)

"It's the others Adonis" Kern says with a sigh as he recognizes the pattern in the knocking "let's let them in." You get to work unblocking the door happier than you thought you'd be to see this ragtag troop of fighting men.

What greets you once the door opens is a fresh breath of air and the bright midnight moon as Caderos is standing there grinning.

"Have any problems you two?" he asks and Kern shakes his head answering for both of you.

"All quiet down there. Started thinking we were gonna be using it as our tomb if you took much longer." Cadero's laughs and nods.

"Troop of Galacian mercenaries took longer than we thought to move on." He explains "None of them said anything about about secret passages under the Temple school, but they gave it a good look over to make sure we were not lying...too bad for them they missed this doorway - their loss".

Cadero's makes a point to look at you "so Adonis, you have fun on watch?" he asks and you salute knowing what he's asking.

"Don't worry Sir, I treated those slaves to a good time but they're going to have to wait a bit longer for their tight little holes to get a proper fucking." Caderos' mood turns even better at that, and he nods decisively.

"Good man Adonis, now let's get those lovelies up here, we've got some work to do sorting out who gets what."

What follows is a good hour of dragging everything of value from the caves below. The men welcome you and Kern back like old friends and heroes for keeping the slaves in check and the praise is rather overwhelming. They are even happier when they see the coffle of freshly shaved naked women you lead up from below. Over the past couple days, this group of young women slowly got more and more accustomed to you and Kern staring at them and caressing their smooth flesh, but now with all the others checking them out, the tears are starting up again.

Only once the group of your lovely young prizes have been gathered in the atrium where the tents were set up Caderos shouts to silence the general good cheer of the now wealthy troop.

"Listen up boys, we got a bounty here to split between us, every man's walking away with at least one and probably two cunts today." That gets cheers from the men, and you listen carefully as the captain explains the process. Dorothea and the other women claimed in the first part of the raid are off to the side already claimed by the men; now all there is to do is sort of the much more valuable prizes who had been hiding in the caves.

"It was Adonis who found the slut's hiding place, so he will get first pick." The men roar their approval of the captain's recognition of your role in finding the hidden treasures but he continues raising his voice so you can still hear him. "As usual coin, jewels and food will be sorted evenly throughout the unit. Any women not wanted by you sheep-fuckers will go to the blocks and you can keep their selling price as part of your prize money!" When he's done with the rules of the loot sorting Caderos gives you a nod, and you walk towards the line of pretty booty. It reminds you of a week ago when you first found Eudora in a very similar coffle. You have ample choices; you've been assessing these twenty-five women now for several days now while waiting down below and you know the pluses and minuses of each of the waiting prizes. You can feel the stares of the men who are eyeing their own picks and favorites. You're pretty sure Kern will pick that temple instructor he was so fond of in the caves.

As you walk the line of flesh you spot the three noble women you been tormenting these last few days they look away and down clearly thinking they won't be your choice. After their time in the caverns, they have a clearer understanding of their value as slaves. With no one to flatter them, no make-up and stripped of their expensive gowns, they have come to realize how plain they are compared to most of the other women in the line. Their fate, as Caderos says, will be the block. Despite all this you do feel bad for the three; you don't want to subject them to that fate even as bad as they were. You pause in front of Altheia and see contrition in her face for the first time, it makes you hesitate; true they deserve the fate that they planned for Dorothea, but the blocks are a far from dignified fate. Even life-long slaves fear the blocks and so you contemplate saving the three for a moment but how to do it?

You think for only a moment realizing you need to keep the act up even now and when an idea comes to mind that even surprises you. Grabbing Altheia by her hair she cries out in surprise as you pull her from the line. Nearly everyone watching looks shocked that you have chosen the skinny red-head with her small-tits and scowling face.

"I'll start with this scrawny bitch." The stares and confused laughter from the men grows even louder; even Caderos thinks it's funny.

"Adonis, there's far sweeter flesh than that angry mouse." He states and you grin back at him.

"I got my reasons sir, I'm the new guy here." You explain "I don't think it would be good to pick anyone else catch and since no one else wants this one I'll use her to warm my cock at night." The men hoot and holler clearly liking your reasoning of the situation or perhaps just because it means they get the choicest flesh, but Caderos is not fully convinced.

"That's true Adonis but is clearly there's another reason why you chose this girl." Fortuitously you've had time to work out a response he might understand.

"I heard this high noble bitch's talking about how everyone was beneath her before we raided their hiding place," you meet the captain's questioning gaze calmly "since she's so high and mighty, I'm going to make her a **** to my slaves, until she learns her place." The men grunt in approval, but they still seem a little uneasy that you are making such a poor selection.

"Give him another one of the scrawny ones," one of the men hollers from the back.

"By Hades' icy cock, give him two more if he likes the plain mousy ones." Surprisingly you see most of the men nodding and Caderos grins and motions you back to the line. Hesitantly you lead Altheia's two lackies forward and present them to the crowd holding your breath. Lellis with her long legs and wavey hair was certainly not unattractive and Mindi was cute as a pixie in her own way. Compared to the elegant priestesses of Athena, the blonde twins that Kern favored and many other the other students though, these two were plain enough that the others accepted your choices with good natured jibes. Thankfully, Caderos cut short their crude jokes and had his men turn their attention to the choices they were going to make.

"Go ahead lads, get your picks and load up the bitches like pack mules. We're getting out of this forsaken temple school before those fucking Gauls come back looking for more booty." You make the other three walk forwards to where Dorothea sits waiting for you clearly happy that you chose these three and that they will be her slaves.

"Greet your new Mistress, girls." They meekly kneel down them bowing their heads submissively.

"Yes Master...hello Mistress Dorothea." You are both surprised and pleased; apparently your time with them has broken the fighting spirit from them, at least for now. Selecting them from the coffle before any of their peers seems to have made an impression on them too, and although they are still unhappy with their fate, they seem at least a little relieved that they would be with you instead of the other rough looking hoplites.

Caderos divides up the rest of the loot among the men and you get a sizable coin bag filled with some of the loot, two finely woven tapestries and two amphorae of wine. Everything you get is loaded onto the slaves to carry; just as the other men do as they load up the slaves with the pilfered loot and begin the late-night march though the curfew-empty streets of Athenapolis. Caderos doesn't let the troop stop to rest, clearly intending to get back to camp before daybreak.