The great escape

In a separate room with lavish pillows on the ground and vines hanging down the intricately patterned walls, Tyra and Lila were dressed into new outfits by several other **** girls. They looked at themselves through a gold trimmed mirror, seeing the skimpy harem outfits they were given. Tyra groaned as she had to look at herself in yet another skimpy outfit. It seemed that she was simply being passed around from one person to another like an object. Lila looked even more self conscious than normal. She was not only showing lots of skin but also dolled up to look pretty like she was an ornament to go on a shelf. She did not have the confidence necessary for that role and she trembled furiously. Once they had gotten a good look at themselves, the slaves around them took their hands off and inspected their work in dressing them up.

“You both look lovely!” said a ****, “The mistress will keep you around for a long time.”

The door to the room opened as the slaves got up and gestured for Tyra and Lila to exit. One stood in the hallway outside, ready to lead them back to the decadent throne room of Thaena. Tyra and Lila exchanged glances, both knowing no other course of action. They sighed as they followed the **** out of the room and walked the hallway back towards the devil queen.

“Don’t worry Lila,” said Tyra, “We only have to stay for the rest of the day. After that the challenge should be over and Helga should pull us out.”

“But then we’ll lose,” said Lila.

“I know,” said Tyra, “I’ll think of something.”

The two of them were led back into the throne room, still hazy with incense hanging in the air. Lila coughed as the smoke was thicker than when they first entered. The **** led them down the center once again towards where the devil queen continued to sit. The pair saw that by her side sat Athalia, just as elegantly decked out as they were. She had a very blank smile on her face as she leaned against Thaena’s throne. Thaena herself eyed Tyra and Lila as they came towards her with a devilish grin.

“My new ornaments look lovely,” said Thaena, “Place them there and let them join the others in lovemaking.”

The **** bowed and gestured to Tyra and Lila towards an empty spot on the floor to their right. Between several other slaves humping and moaning, an empty space on pillowed floors awaited the two girls. Tyra took a deep breath but carefully walked toward it. With no other choice, Lila followed. The two sat down on the floor, which was cushioned with feather pillows so that it was not uncomfortable, and they awkwardly squeezed between two pairs of naked girls in the midst of coitus. This also pressed them against each other, making them even more embarrassed. They looked around them and found themselves surrounded on all sides by a sea of female bodies committing various acts of sex. They sat there, not sure what to do. Thaena looked at them with a bored expression.

“What are you two fools waiting for?” said Thaena, “Start fucking already!”

Lila’s heart skipped a beat. She looked at Tyra with a terrified face. She clearly did not want to do anything remotely sexual with her. Tyra sighed. She didn’t feel any better about it, but a single look at the devil queen told her all she needed to know. If they didn’t do something, they might end up as a snake’s lunch.

“Just go through the motions,” said Tyra, "Nothing real. Just put on a performance.”

“But… but…” said Lila.

“Don’t argue! We need to do this or we’ll die!” said Tyra.

Lila whimpered as she hesitated, knowing that it was true. She nodded, scared both of Thaena and Tyra. Tyra gritted her teeth as she was **** to make Lila uncomfortable again. She gently pushed her down to the ground and got on top of her. With one eye on Thaena to make sure she was satisfied, Tyra positioned her hips directly over Lila’s crotch before rubbing herself on her. She slowly began to hump Lila, doing the minimum amount to keep the devil queen happy. But with her eye still trained on them, Tyra knew she couldn’t get away with that.

“Sorry about this,” said Tyra.

Tyra leaned down, pressing her large breasts against Lila’s. She then let her head down while moving both of their face veils out of the way with her hands and kissed Lila on the lips. Lila’s eyes remained open. She might’ve screamed, but she remembered the situation she was in and decided to do her best to bear it. She didn’t want either of them to get in trouble. Tyra continued to move her hips and grind against Lila’s body as she kissed her. This made Thaena smile and turn to Athalia.

“Now, my newest pet,” said Thaena, “Shall we go about making a new dynasty?”

“O… of course… mistress!” said Athalia, “I am yours to command!”

“Then come onto my lap my little devil,” said Thaena.

Thaena pulled Athalia so that she sat on her lap facing her. Athalia gave her a grandiose smile. It seemed that she found it a lot easier to fall into her **** role than Tyra or Lila. Thaena looked at her excitedly. Her cock hardened and Athalia could feel it grow upwards and press between her thighs until it poked the entrance to her pussy. Athalia felt weird as she had never fucked a girl with a cock before, but she was sure that it wouldn’t be that bad.

Daelana was the first to kiss the master. +20 VP

Athalia stopped what she was doing as she heard the announcement ring inside of her head. Any pondering she might’ve done on how the competition was going was quickly snuffed out as the answer rang loud and clear. Athalia could not keep up her fake smile as the shock of knowing Daelana managed to get a hold of Malgor first overwhelmed her. The game was one third of the way to finishing and she was stuck here. The worry made her pause, something that Thaena noticed immediately. The devil queen took her red palm and slapped Athalia across the face. This snapped Athalia out of her trance.

“What’s come over you?” said Thaena, “You cannot slack now my devil bitch!”

“Apologies mistress!” said Athalia, “I…”

As she struggled for excuses, she looked over her shoulder at Tyra and Lila. The two of them also paused as they heard the announcement in their minds. They simply laid on top of each other, making no other movements besides looking at the entrance to the room. They both knew that time was running out, but even with an exit in sight they couldn’t simply leave with all of the guards around and themselves so woefully unarmed. Thaena followed Athalia’s vision and saw Tyra and Lila’s lack of action. She grew angry and threw Athalia off of her lap. She landed on the floor and yelped.

“You two slaves are also slacking off!” yelled Thaena, “Such an abysmal showing of disrespect on your first day! It does not bode well for you.”

Tyra and Lila looked at each other and then back at Thaena.

“We’re… we’re sorry…” said Lila.

“Is that how a **** apologizes?” said Thaena, “Grovel properly before you can expect forgiveness!”

The slaves around Tyra and Lila backed up, forming a circle around them and making them acutely aware of how they were now the center of attention. Lila whimpered as she remembered how Thaena backed up her threats. She threw herself down and dipped her head to the floor, bowing completely. Tyra sighed and followed suit, bowing down before Thaena but remaining silent.

“Please… forgive us,” said Lila shakily.

Thaena gazed upon them with a look of smug satisfaction.

“Well, that was some nice groveling, especially from you redhead,” said Thaena, “I suppose I’ll be lenient.”

Lila sighed in relief.

“Bring the brand,” said Thaena.

The relief swiftly left Lila as her and Tyra felt guards grab them from behind and lift them to their knees while holding them in place. Behind the throne, another guard went to a brazier and started heating up the tip of an iron rod. It had the symbol of the devil queen at its end, ensuring that when glowing red hot it would leave such a mark burnt into whatever flesh it touched. Lila and Tyra’s eyes widened as the guard finished heating it up and started bringing the sizzling brand over to them.

“Wait!” said Lila, “We’re really sorry! We said so!”

“I’m sure you are,” said Thaena, “But your mistakes still pissed me off. Be glad that you’re new or I’d tear from you the clothes I so generously gifted and feed you both to Garn!”

The guard holding Lila held her face still while the one with the brand inched closer. Lila hyperventilated as she felt the heat get closer to her cheek, already feeling hot enough to burn when it was mere inches away. Tyra clenched her teeth and raged against her restrainer.

“You fucking BITCH!” Tyra yelled.

The whole room gasped and Thaena looked on in shock as Tyra angrily glared at her.

“What did you just say, ****?” said Thaena.

“Are you hard of hearing?” said Tyra, “Do you need me to tell you twice how you’re a stuck up little bitch?”

“Oh, you filthy lout!” said Thaena, “Brand her first! In fact, stick that iron rod up her fucking ass!”

“No!” yelled Lila.

The guard holding her immediately turned her around and bent her over. The man with the brand pulled aside her silken cloth covering her ass and then moved her panties to the side, exposing her butthole. She struggled against the guard’s grasp as the heat of the rod got closer to her butt. Thaena looked on, her displeased frown turning into a satisfied smile as she reveled in the pain she’d soon inflict. Tyra tried her best to think of how at least Lila was safe and how any damage to her body wouldn’t remain after this day. But it wouldn't exactly erase the memory of being harmed in such a way. Her strong demeanor couldn’t last and she breathed heavily, sweating and panting as she prepared for the inside of her ass to burn.

Suddenly, a guard came running through the entrance to the throne room. The clomping of his boots were so loud that everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at him. He panted heavily, very clearly out of breath.

“Oh devil queen!” said the guard, “There’s an emergency! All of our men outside have been killed!”

Thaena’s mood soured again and was married with confusion.

“What?” said Thaena, “What nonsense do you spout? All our men can’t be dead!”

“A group of warriors is outside the palace killing them all!” said the guard, “We were busy whipping some slaves when they came out of nowhere! A man and an orc! They freed the slaves and they’ve been killing our men no matter how many we throw at them!”

“I’m busy right now!” said Thaena, “Axrogol, go deal with it will you?”

“Of course, my queen,” said Axrogol with a bow.

The blood mage began to leave the room when Athalia, getting up from the ground, rushed to Thaena’s side.

“Mistress,” said Athalia, “This rabble that thinks he can threaten your men surely must be taught a lesson! The last thing he ought to see as he slowly dies is your radiant form so that he knows who he trifled with and exactly how much that cost him! Wouldn’t you like to see these worms that insulted you whither and die?”

Thaena contemplated for a moment before smiling at Athalia.

“Ah, my new devil bitch,” said Athalia, “Already you know of my greatness. Yes, I should go and see these miserable rebels with my own eyes and let them know what it means to defy the devil queen!”

“Are you sure, my lady?” said the guard, “It is surely a dangerous place to go! My men and Axrogol can…”

“The queen has spoken!” said Axrogol, “And I promise to make a spectacle of my abilities for your entertainment, oh greatest queen of all!”

“Yes, yes,” said Thaena, “Lead the way already. And do not brand that green haired slut until I get back! I want to see her squirm in pain myself! All of you guards better make sure she doesn’t wriggle her way out of punishment!”

Thaena got off of her throne and brushed off her clothing, making sure she was presentable. She then followed the enthusiastic Axrogol and exited the throne room. Tyra groaned and pulled against the guard who was holding her. The guard holding Lila released her to go and help restrain Tyra. Various guards in the room went over to help, wishing to ensure Thaena’s orders went through. The guard with the brand went to the back to put the iron back in the fire before it cooled off.

Lila stumbled back as she was released. She saw the look in Tyra’s eyes, hopeless but content. It was the second time she had tried to take on more punishment to save Lila. As sympathy ate at Lila's heart, Athalia snuck up behind her and grabbed her shoulder so she could whisper into her ear.

“You want to help her, right?” said Athalia.

Lila was caught off guard by her, but silently nodded.

“I think it’s time to get out of here,” said Athalia, “In the back near where they were heating up that brand there’s a lever. I saw it while I was changing. Pull that lever for me.”

“What does it do?” said Lila.

“It creates a distraction,” said Athalia, “Thaena could be back any minute! Hurry up and don’t ask questions unless you’d like to see your dearest Tyra sodomized by burning metal!”

Lila gulped as the very thought made her uncomfortable. She nodded again, making Athalia let her go and crawl back to the side of Thaena’s throne to pretend to be lounging about lazily with the rest of the devil harem. Lila looked around. All of the guards in the room were focused on keeping Tyra locked down. She could sneak around without them noticing, especially if she was sneaking to the back and not the exit. She carefully began crawling through the sea of slaves, all of them too absorbed in pleasure to think twice about her intent. Eventually she made it to the curtains that adorned the back of the room behind the throne. She lifted them and snuck inside.

Inside she saw several pillows on the floor surrounding an ornate bed, doubtlessly where Thaena slept with her harem. Lila also spotted in the corner of the room a great lever. Next to it slumped a guard who leaned against the lever, fast asleep. Lila could hear him snoring loudly. She hoped that was a sign that he was a deep sleeper as she slowly approached him.

Each footstep she took with **** caution, planting her toes on the ground before letting her heels slowly plant themselves behind them. Every tiny noise she made as her bare feet touched the floor with small squeaks sounded like a great drumbeat to her and made her panic. But the snores of the guard continued on. She then came to him and slowly reached out to grab the lever. As he leaned on the lever reclining, she would have to pull it against his weight. She thought perhaps she could pull it slowly enough that he wouldn’t feel a thing. But as she pulled at the lever with minimum strength, she found that it wouldn’t budge unless she put **** in her pull. She pulled a bit harder, and suddenly the lever moved with a great creaking sound. She stopped, her heart racing, and she looked at the guard. He shifted in his sleep, sorting a few times, but didn’t budge. Lila knew that doing it slowly wouldn’t work. She’d have to pull it all the way in one motion and then book it once the distraction hopefully worked. She took a deep breath, braced a foot against the base, and pulled with all her might. A huge sound was made and the guard was thrown off of the lever as it switched sides. He flopped onto the floor and the impact woke him up. As he groggily rose, Lila ran for her life back to the throne room, not looking behind her for a second. She heard the guard get to his feet.

“Hey!” yelled the guard.

Lila ignored him as she threw back the curtain. She heard his footsteps follow after her. Before she could run to Tyra or Athalia, his hands wrapped around her and pulled her in. She screamed as the guard roughly handled her and several slaves turned to look at her.

“What were you doing!” yelled the guard.

But the guard soon went silent. Lila did too as she looked forward in horror. The slaves all turned to see what they were looking at and began to scooch backwards as they saw. The pit in the center of the room was opening. The guards restraining Tyra also noticed and started to panic. From the opening pit, Garn the serpent started hissing and slithering up to the surface. The guard holding Lila threw her to the ground.

“Shit! I’ve got to close it!” said the guard.

But as he tried to run back, he ran right into Athalia who stood in his way innocently.

“****, out of the way!” said the guard, “I need to…”

Before he could finish his sentence, Athalia grabbed a dagger from his belt and swiftly stabbed him in the neck. He choked on the metal biting into his throat as Athalia looked on without care. She then pulled the dagger out and let the blood flow as he fell dead to the floor. The guards saw this and yelled out.

“That **** just killed a guard!” yelled one of them, “Get her!”

But as several of the guards started in Athalia’s direction, the serpent climbed out of the pit and into the throne room. With none of the guards standing by the pit to use their spears to keep it inside, it slithered amongst the slaves for the first time. Slaves screamed and ran in every direction. The serpent reared its fangs at a guard, lunged forward, and clamped its jaws around his shoulder, sinking his teeth into him. The guard screamed as his veins turned green and he started convulsing before the serpent dropped him to the ground where he began bleeding out. The other guards became confused and panicked with too many things to deal with. They began rapidly turning about, trying to find anything they could restore to order, but to no avail.

In the chaos, Tyra found herself restrained by only one guard and with a chance for escape. She quickly grabbed a dagger from that guard’s belt and stabbed behind her, hitting the guard in the stomach. When a nearby guard turned to see what had happened, Tyra slashed his throat. She then turned to finish off the guard who held her, stabbing him in the head with precision. With her nearby threats dealt with, Tyra instinctively bolted for the exit.

But then she stopped and looked around, trying to find Lila. She saw Lila and Athalia near the back of the room, the furthest away from the exit. Athalia was already leaving Lila behind and making her own run out of the place. Lila looked overwhelmed and in no state to make her own escape. Tyra sighed, knowing that she could very well leave right now to find Malgor herself. Ending the game as soon as possible would also help Lila since they’d all be transported back once it was over. But that excuse wasn’t working for her anymore. After everything, she had to help her.

Tyra ran across the room towards Lila. On the way, she intercepted Athalia and stood in her way to the exit. Athalia groaned.

“Out of my way!” said Athalia.

“So you were planning to just leave us all behind, were you?” said Tyra.

“That’s the game!” said Athalia, “I won’t stop you from leaving, and you’re certainly not stopping me!”

“I saw you whisper to Lila!” said Tyra, “I know you got her into this mess, so you can help me get her out!”

“How noble of you!” said Athalia, “But we both know that I’ll do whatever it takes to win, even slicing up your bimbo body if I have to!”

“Try it,” said Tyra, “I wonder who’s better with a knife: a professional pirate or a consort who sits on her ass all day!”

Athalia groaned again even louder. It was true that she wasn’t nearly as good a fighter as Tyra. It seemed this wouldn’t be the quick fix she hoped for, but she could stand a few more minutes of indulging fools to get out of there.

“Fine,” said Athalia, “The good news is that the snake won’t eat us.”

“How can you be so sure?” said Tyra.

“Look at it,” said Athalia.

Tyra and Athalia looked as the snake attacked some more confused guards. Once again, it chomped down on their necks and injected venom into them before letting their bodies drop to the floor.

“Thaena said she’d strip you before feeding you to it, like she did for that first unfortunate soul,” said Athalia, “I think the snake will only eat naked people.”

“Damn picky eater,” said Tyra, “But that still means it’ll bite us with its venom!”

“Well, I can’t make all the news good now can I?” said Athalia, “Now let’s save your dumbass redhead!”

Tyra and Athalia ran to the back of the throne room where Lila was. Lila was trying to get away but found herself being pushed and shoved by slaves running back and forth. Eventually she started backing up to the corner of the room to try and get away from the serpent. Tyra shoved her way through panicked slaves and reached Lila, grabbing her by the hand.

“Lila!” said Tyra, “We’ve gotta go! Now’s our only chance!”

“Hurry it up you two before I change my mind and leave without you!” said Athalia.

Lila nodded and gripped Tyra’s hand tightly, trusting her with little hesitation. Tyra pulled her along behind her as Athalia was already running for the exit. Tyra followed after her. The trio dashed across the length of the throne room towards their freedom. But as they ran, the body of a guard was thrown right in front of them, startling them for a moment. Then from the direction it was flung from slithered in Garn, the great serpent now blocking their path. It looked at the three of them and hissed, showing its large fangs were ready to strike. Athalia backed up in fear.

“Shit!” said Athalia, “I’m so fucking close!”

Tyra gripped her dagger. With such a small weapon, she knew she couldn't go in for a fight without getting bitten herself. From the looks of the guards, black veins running down their lifeless bodies, one bite would be all it took. Tyra shuddered as the serpent approached them. Lila felt the sweat form on Tyra’s hands. She knew that the pirate was the bravest amongst them, so for her to worry was the worst sign of all. Lila clutched onto her, the woman who despite everything risked her own skin again and again to save her. Lila had always been a smart girl. She had noticed the same pattern that Athalia did with the serpent. And with that knowledge, she finally saw a chance to pay Tyra back.

Lila pulled away from Tyra’s grasp and stepped aside from them. Then she put on a brave face and ripped off her face veil before reaching to the back of her garments. With the clinking of a few links, she undid her harem bikini and let it drop to the floor. Her naked form revealed, the serpent stopped baring its fangs and turned its attention to her. Lila did everything she could not to cry as she held her arms out to her sides, welcoming the snake towards herself as a sacrifice. The serpent darted past Tyra and Athalia and went straight for her.

“Lila! What are you doing?” yelled Tyra.

“Run now!” yelled Lila.

The serpent’s maw opened wide as it brought its head down on Lila’s shaking body and swallowed her whole. So preoccupied with the sudden voluntary meal it was that it turned its head away completely from the other girls. Tyra was shocked at Lila’s actions, unable to tear her sight away from the spot she once stood. Athalia did not hesitate and quickly ran away while both Garn and Tyra weren’t paying attention to her. She darted past the rest of the throne room’s length and ran out the exit along with a few other scattered slaves and guards. Tyra, however, did not move as she saw the bulge in the serpent’s neck slowly travel down its body, carrying Lila through its stomach.

Tyra’s eyes went slim and she snarled at the beast. She saw the fear in Lila’s eyes even as she willingly made this choice. Even if it was what Lila wanted, to sacrifice herself for Tyra and Athalia, Tyra didn’t feel right letting her suffer inside a snake’s belly for the rest of the game. Fueled by pure adrenaline, Tyra lunged at the serpent. She wrapped an arm around its neck to hold it steady and quickly plunged her dagger into the spot just above the bulge in its body that held Lila. The snake hissed loudly, shrieking in pain. Tyra gritted her teeth as she tugged the blade downwards, slicing a larger and larger gash in the serpent’s long form. Blood seeped out of the wound, and then gushed, and then flowed as she carved a great hole in it. The serpent whipped around desperately before reaching down and attacking the source of its pain. With a snarl, it bit into Tyra’s shoulder. She screamed as she felt her wound get injected with the serpent’s vile poison. But she pushed through the burning pain until the cut she made was enough. She then yelled out ferociously as she plunged her hands into the wound, felt Lila’s body, and grasped it before pulling it out.

She fell back onto the floor with Lila in her arms, both of them covered in red. The serpent let go of Tyra and hissed at the air before flailing its head around wildly before falling to the floor where its long body unfurled as it convulsed violently. It shuddered one last time before its last breath left its mouth and it laid dead amongst the bodies of the other guards and slaves it had killed. The room was now empty, a silent and blood-spattered place with bodies lying everywhere. Lila gasped for the open air. Though only having to suffer the insides of the snake for a small time, it was enough for her to savor the outside like she hadn’t seen it for months. She held onto Tyra, her savior, as she felt her start to breath rapidly and **** under her. Lila’s eyes widened as she saw the blood gushing from Tyra’s shoulder.

“Tyra!” yelled Lila, “It bit you!”

“I know,” said Tyra, “You better run now. Athalia ran off of course. If you can catch up to her, maybe you can still get to Malgor in time. Become the third winner.”

“But you’re going to die here!” said Lila.

“Don’t worry,” said Tyra, “I’ll be brought back once the game is over. Besides, someone like you shouldn’t ever waste time saving someone like me.”

Lila gasped, her heart sinking as she saw Tyra starting to lose her breath. Even if she was coming back, seeing her dying like this was hard. A tear ran from Lila’s eye and fell down onto Tyra’s face, its wet trail cleaning off a small line of blood as it rolled down both of their cheeks. Lila wiped it from her face before getting off of Tyra and straining as she tried to lift her over her shoulder.

“Leave me Lila!” said Tyra, “I’m not going to win anyways! I’ll just slow you down!”

“And you could’ve left me too,” said Lila, “So you have no right to tell me to leave you now. We’ll both make it! We’ll think of something, right?”

Tyra looked at Lila’s determined eyes for a moment. She then chuckled.

“Okay Lila,” said Tyra, “Thank you.”

Tyra did her best to help Lila by pulling herself up. With their mights combined, Tyra managed to get on her feet and leaned on Lila’s shoulders. They both began to stumble forward when they heard a squelching sound behind them. Lila looked back and saw from the same wound Tyra made, another girl was crawling out. A naked brunette girl, the same one that was fed to the snake earlier that day. She meekly peaked out of the bloody hole and looked around.

“Um… did something happen?” said the girl.

“Well… yeah,” said Lila.

“Oh,” said the girl, “Can I go home then?”

“Uh… I guess so?” said Lila.