Engage the lizardmen

Striding down the marble steps, Venus tore her blade out of its scabbard and called out a challenge to the lizardmen who were terrorizing the people below. One of the reptile-men had seized a woman by her long hair and cackled as it pulled on her hair, dragging her to the ground. He was about to cut her dress into shreds with a rough, clay dagger when Venus pelted it with a loose stone. It flinched as the rock drew blood, and the raider whipped its head back and glared icy daggers at Venus.

"Worms! Swampspawn! There is at least one woman here who is not afraid of you!" She yelled, brandishing her sword. "Try that with me, and you will see what happens."

The lizardman, the one who was stuck by the stone, righted itself and snarled loudly. Its companions hissed in agreement and gathered around the first one, bringing their own weapons to bear. As one cluttered group, the lizardmen raiders charged toward Venus, howling their battle cries.

As she walked away from the trade center, the caravan master yelled out something from behind, but she failed to hear what he said and the man disappeared before she could ask him to repeat it. No longer having time for anything else, she held her sword up in front of her and assumed a readied stance, gripping the leather handle tightly. They were upon her.

Venus was wise enough to remain on higher ground, so that when the foremost lizard attacked her, swinging its clay dagger at her, she was in the perfect position to retaliate. Nimbly avoiding the wide swing, the young woman brought her sword up high and swung down, cleaving the lizardman's head into two halves. Without missing a step, she weaved past the fallen raider and brought her sword up to parry the spearthrust of the second lizardman. Knocking the spearhead wide, she stepped into its guard and swiped her blade sideways, cutting a deep hole in her attacker's neck.

She skipped back again as a third and fourth attacker struck at her simultaneously and her sword flashed out again, scoring a shallow cut on each of her opponents. As a fifth of their number began to flank her, Venus saw that she had lost her height advantage and somersaulted over the two lizardmen in front of her, seeking wide, flat ground to maneuver.

The blood spreading around the dead raiders made the stones slick, and as Venus tried to regain her footing, she briefly slipped on the blood and stumbled backward.

One of the remaining lizard warriors took advantage of her brief moment of distraction and leapt towards her, arms outstretched. Venus only had one brief moment when she saw a huge bulk of reptilian scales hurtling toward her before she was forcefully brought to the ground. The pair of them, hunter and lizardman, fell in a tangled heap and, as they collided with the ground, Venus' head whipped back and smacked hard against the stone.

Her vision blurred and swam as she fought to hold onto her consciousness. Even disoriented, Venus managed to pull out a silver dagger from her belt and plunge it deep into the flank of the lizard that had scrambled on top of her. It gave out a pained hiss and then slumped on top of her. She barely had time to push the body off out of her way before three more of the scaled raiders piled on top the young hunter, holding her down.

Then the sounds of leather tearing punctuated the air as the lizardmen started ripping off pieces of Venus' tunic and trousers. Barely more than a whisper, Venus said, "No..."

Desperately trying to push them off of her, Venus looked around frantically for help. Her sword had been cast several feet away from her and was out of her reach. Terrified city dwellers were fleeing in every direction, running away from the swarms of lizardmen now pouring out of the water canals. Ace was nowhere to be seen. All the other armed guards were too busy fending off the attacking wave to even spot her.

She was alone and helpless against the three lizardmen who were roughly grabbing her body. One was licking one of her exposed breasts and squeezing the other with its free hand. Another held her arms fast against the ground while its third companion was pulling aside its waistcloth, revealing its fully erect, mucus-covered cock.