Silvertree Chronicles Bk. 01 Ch. 25

Leave big and ugly to the tanks initially. We cut down the bodyguards. We are running without a healer with this group so that means healing potions. Remember spells such as teleport and dimension door are useless here. Invisibility is an alternative if you have to back out and heal."

Jarron looked over, "You will have one more, I will go be a second arcane tank on the backside."

Eldar looked at Annette, "Get them turning on each other; if they do have them attack the Second. If someone is getting pounded, slam the attacker to the ground, throw their hands in the air and surrender, be creative but be quick.

Once the seven or more are down we will need to keep anything from opening the other passage. Under no circumstances do you touch any enemy gear or go toward the Second's office. The primary force will be collecting that on the way back. Our job is to stay focused."

He looked to the Lady, "How much time to kill clear wards, and collect?"

She shook her head, "We hope only a few hours."

He nodded, "Jarron, can you get us, two healers? If we are going to be there that long I would like a couple. Sappers IF I said 'nice trick can you do it again' do you have the supplies?

That means moving almost 200 feet down, setting one set to drop 80 feet, set up another set at 100 feet to drop another 80 feet. The dwarves thought before their leader answered, "We can be by morning."

He looked at the Lady, "Dear Lady, we might need a reinforcement distraction. If we can get one of your guys who talk in a menacing hissing voice bark out, 'Stop trying to dig us out! I will deal with it when I am ready. The giants turned on us, kill the giants.' That would slow and sow chaos on the other side of that wall.

Crystals should be lighting up with requests for information to those of us inside. We should know which crystals to use. The Dwarves can easily tell an ogre and orc from a giant. Again, this is to buy you time to get everything. If it was a kill and get out then it would not be asked."

The lady thought about it, "We could do that, but why the giants, wouldn't the others be more numerous?"

He nodded, "We do not know how many or what type of giants he has. We know any fortifications we build will have to be 30-40 feet high and 10-20 feet thick. You get giants pounding on that in numbers the fortifications will not last as long.

Orc's we can splash with an area of effect spells and kill them by the hundreds. Ogres will be weakened just as much, Giants are the big guns; short of Dragon direct involvement which if he has allies, we cannot rule that out."

The Lady looked at Eldar, "If we cannot find the source quickly for what is stopping the teleportation. Then, I will have a couple of my team clear the office and deal with outside communication. They have an ear for voices as well."

She smiled at that last comment. He nodded back to her. He looked to the guys, "We will not collect gear or intelligence as part of an agreement with the dragons on them removing as much from the battlefield as possible. We have let them know what pieces of intelligence we would search for and they will share that with us. Some of the treasure in that horde is stolen dragon property and we do not wish to piss off our dragon friends."

That got some nods and chuckles. Jarron commented back, "I can have two healers here and another four at the departure point.

We can start sending badly wounded back after the first fight if needed. Only those that are cleared will come through with us. If they succeed in your attempt to block access to the bodies by walling them in then it will give them needed time to destroy the other bodies and find the phylactery."

Eldar nodded, Jarron looked to the lady and she nodded.

Eldar turned to his guys, "Evening meal then get some rest nine hours after the evening meal to allow caster time to prepare and early enough to catch the enemy in their bunks?"

The lady nodded, "Your time frame is acceptable."

He looked at Jarron, "Can you check on those scrolls and wands from your sources? Moon Bow has connections at the Academy."

Moon Bow nodded as did Jarron. Eldar looked to his troops, "Lieutenant, pull every healing potion we got from the caches we pulled. I will speak with the Queen about healing potions as well."

Jarron shook his head, "I will have that covered. Ten to a member. We have a Knights Cache I can get into."

Eldar chuckled, "Let me guess, House Silvertree?"

Jarron shook his head. "No reserves set aside by our allies, in this case, the Queen. I have a key."

Eldar nodded, "I am impressed, let me know when I can get a copy of that key."

Everyone chuckled even Jarron. He fired back, "When you have my job."

Eldar sighed, "There you go wanting me to apply for your job again. I told you I have enough going on already."

That got a few more giggles even the Lady and Jarron. He just smiled at Eldar now.

He looked at the Lieutenant, "Back to House Silvertree, you guys will be bunking out there for a while so please find a good room and food *Cough cough* father."

That got a few more laughs as Heliar nodded, "I have a whole wing open to them and what they will be doing."

Eldar nodded, "No staff in that wing and no family unless they are a Knight and in the know. If Captain New Moon shows tomorrow put him to work protecting that wing, they will need rooms in another location for now."

He nodded. He pointed his troops to the door and they walked out together. He looked back to see Heliar talking with Jarron and his father chuckled. Eldar continued walking and headed to the Queen's Audience Chamber and knocked on the door, "Enter."

Came from the other side. He opened the door to see the Queen with her red-faced handmaiden, "I apologize for the interruption. I just wanted to know if our evening meal planned for this evening to go over this afternoon's meeting was still on? If our quarters still worked for you? Also, if you wished to order the meals up or shall we take care of that for you, Your Majesty?"

She nodded, "The meeting is still on in your quarters. My handmaiden will take care of getting the meals sent up."

He nodded, "I will set up the privacy settings we discussed. I will leave the door open. The staff can bring it in because once the wards are in place no sound will escape the room, Your Majesty."

She nodded, "That will be fine we will pass that along to the staff. Thank you for checking."

He bowed, "Yes, Your Majesty."

He turned and left her sitting there with a smile.

He walked to the ladies, "To our room, the Queen will take care of having dinner ordered. We have security measures to put into place and I will talk with the guards right outside the room and let them know of the measures to be safe."

They got to just outside the room and Jarron stood there, "I was just knocking. I will meet you in the foyer first thing in the morning in just over 8 hours. Can we step inside?"

He opened the door and they walked inside. He looked at Eldar, "You and your wives will not be coming straight back. We will be teleported out to another location after this mission. We could be gone for a few days."

Eldar shook his head, "I have family matters and House Silvertree business I must attend to after this mission. We are scheduled to meet in 4 days. They have tasks here to deal with the caches here in the city. That and we are carrying 4 extra elven Moon Blades at the moment. I am not wanting to take those with us.

If this is a required thing, then I will need to be teleported here and the Lieutenant will need instructions to gather and store for now. Do not distribute until Charlemagne and Annette return. We would have to be teleported back to two different locations.

House Silvertree or a good place in the City and my home in the Elven Village so I can deal with family. Then I would have to come back for T'suras which I could teleport back for that. We would need our gear here stored in a secure location if we leave those blades behind."

Jarron nodded, "I can talk with the Queen about that."

Eldar shook his head, "She is joining us for the evening meal. I can address that with her if you like as she will be here in about an hour."

He looked surprised, "She is having dinner with the 3 of you?"

He nodded, "She asked us to go over our impressions of today's meeting, wants to discuss some things concerning the Gods. What else is on her agenda I do not know."

Jarron nodded, "Alright, you better make sure you have some security set up."

Eldar nodded, "Wait here a second."

He walked out into the hall and spoke to a guard, "Could you come over in front of the door here and tell Jarron your name and rank. I wish to show him some security measures we have in place for a meeting with the Queen this evening."

The guard nodded. Eldar stepped to the side. The guard stepped in front of the door and Jarron motions for him to come in, "What did he ask you to do?"

The guard cleared his throat, "He asked me to step in front of the door and give you my name and rank."

Jarron nodded, "Alright you have taken measures already."

Eldar nodded and looked at the Guard, "Divination and teleportation are blocked in this room according to the Queen. The room is magically silenced to prevent anyone from overhearing the conversation the Queen wishes to have with us this evening.

Servers will be by shortly as the Queen is having the evening meal sent here. Just open the door and let them into the room as we will not hear any knocking. Once the Queen arrives, I will magically lock the door as well."

The guard nodded and walked away.

Eldar looked at Jarron, "Who might I ask is providing the means for our travel?"

He smiled, "You have been referring to her as the Lady."

Eldar nodded, "Very well, I will let the Queen know we will be delayed upon our return. Is it safe to teleport into the Palace or is the front lawn better? I will have to come back by that means."

He sighed, "Front lawn, you will set off alarms if they are not expecting you in very specific and private locations."

Eldar nodded, "Front lawn it is. I will have to walk on the grass but I think that is an easier thing to forgive."

Jarron chuckled, "Why are you always making jokes?"

Eldar looked at him, "There are so many serious life and course-altering things that have been laid upon my shoulders. Sitting and crying about it will not help, I get relief with that and with my wives; our private lives. I have to find some humor somewhere; else I will forget why I am doing this for everyone else. That is why I laugh at myself as much as I do anyone else.

I do not want people worshiping me and feeling that I am this unapproachable being touched by Gods. I need to let them know this and keep myself grounded. I know that I am still the same smart-ass guy who walked into your office. That you drew your sword upon for reaching into my pack.

When you knew next to nothing about me and learned to respect me based on my observations and memory. Nothing takes the fun out of life like having tons of responsibility and no life to enjoy outside of that. I know you can appreciate that point."

He stood and sighed, "I will see you all in the morning, we can talk later. I have some things to think about."

Eldar nodded. Jarron headed out the door. Eldar pushed it most of the way closed for the moment, "You have known Jarron longer, how do you think he took what I just told him?"

Charlemagne shrugged, "You just told him to get a life, lighten the fuck up, and have some fun. Just more tactfully for once. Same thing you told your father. The fact you want to make yourself seem more approachable. Something you did with the men by showing them that you can see him as approachable. Even when he does not want to be at all. You are challenging him to evaluate himself."

He looked at her, "We need to shuffle some items around." He pulled all the toys and put the Queen's set back in the bag.

He took the swords and left them on the table. While she put the extra toys and lube into the bag she bought. The new 'toy bag'. He had her give him his barding. He stored the barding and placed the box with the swords on the dresser. The food arrived along with five bottles of wine and a few water-skins. A few minutes later the Queen arrived. He saw her talk to the guard.

Eldar walked to the door locked and magically locked it. He looked to the Queen, "Jarron was here and asked about your meeting with us this evening. I told him you wanted to get our impressions of today's meeting, discuss an issue related to the Gods, and I did not have any idea as to what else was on your agenda. I was totally truthful, Your Majesty."

The Queen chuckled, "Except for the Gods part. Speak freely please."

He shook his head, "I specifically heard you going oh Gods, oh Gods, oh Gods this morning and saying you wished to wrap your mind about the events."

The ladies all laughed. The Queen looked at Eldar, "Very clever misdirection you placed in front of him."

He nodded, "Thank you, Your Majesty. I have been learning from Gods' cryptic information. Did you bring your bag?"

She nodded and he pulled it out. He reached in. "One cock ring 'fika release' encoded. One fake cock that is a little longer than usual and has a curved end to it to help hit that right spot; you will get the hang of that in no time. One of the animated fake cocks you saw me give the Lady as a gift. This thin cock is for anal play.

If the King does not wake up, apply a little of this lube a lot goes a long way and see if he likes it. I got you this strap-on with the rounded bumps like Charlemagne's attachment. We got you an attachment that is a little longer and little larger around so when you fuck his nether-hole awake to service you he will not only remember it, you will enjoy it."

She laughed as she looked at it, "That is really long but thin."

He looked at Annette, "Care to show on your arm how far you have gotten into Charlemagne nether-hole?"

Annette marks off her arm and the Queen looked as her eyes widen. Eldar looked at her, "You are a long way from getting to that point, lots of practice, and lots of lube before even considering that."

He walked over and grabbed the box, "I need to leave this in your safekeeping for now. I do not want to take it on the mission with us and I would not leave it in this room. Jarron advised us we will be gone for a few days beyond the mission. The Lady is taking the 4 of us somewhere else."

The Queen dropped her fork, "The Lady you refer to is Dragon Royalty."

He nodded, "I figured as much but as no introductions have been made, I had to call her something. They were purposefully vague on the first visit and that did not change on this one. I do apologize for you getting blindsided on the theft; we were not aware of it. I inquired if 5 billion in coins would be excessive to a dragon's hoard these days. She said yes, that would be a bit excessive.

That is when I knew what we recovered could not be from just one dragon. I thought it would lead her to allies of this Draco-lich within her court that she would have to deal with. That was when we were kicked from the room so she could confer. Jarron made the comment I would never be the diplomat my father was. I agreed with him. I gave him his present in front of my men and his new Knights.

I have talked to him. I put it in terms of myself when he asked about my humor and jokes. I told him I do not want people to see me as this unapproachable god touched creature who is serious all the time. You have to find love and joy in life where you can; even using myself in the jokes along with others."

She looked at Eldar, "I can see his point; I have a certain image to maintain."

Eldar shook his head, "I knew you were not that hardcore on your image the night you dropped your husband's pants in front of me and took his cock ring. Then grabbed him by his cock and walked your dog through the palace to his 'den of sin.'

You are not wound nearly as tight as Jarron. You have a husband, a family you care about, and dote over. Like your nephew."

She giggled, "You have a point."

He sighed, "I told him a while ago he needed to get a wife. You gave him a good start by getting his cock sucked; now he needs his brains fucked out. The matter would be very different if he at least had a life outside of his work."

The Queen nodded, "I will concede that point to you."

Eldar chuckled, "You conceded a lot more than that earlier today!"

She coughed, laughed, and smiled while Charlemagne punched him.

Eldar looked over, "To the woman who joined our bed this morning how has your mind come to terms with the events that played out?"

She smiled, "I very much enjoyed everything you did for me and too me; all of you. I thought I would have an issue having an affair on my husband. I could never bring myself to find guilt in what we did."

He nodded, "I told my wives it was something I considered but given your husband's trail of affairs for years you were entitled to at least one. Especially one that helped to make you feel like a complete woman."

She nodded, "True, but I am curious why you never brought me off orally?"

He smiled, "There was a first I left in your own hands, over the course of those several hours we took and gave you a lot of firsts. I thought it would be wise to save at least one of those every day firsts for your husband. Besides getting you pregnant. I do believe there is one other first you are missing. I am giving my wives the same consideration that they gave me this morning.

I have a few items that I need to identify from the Blade Singer I had to kill. I told Charlemagne once that if she wanted to bring a lady friend over to join her in bed that I would not mind that so long as I got to watch. I did not see you have sex with two women at once.

It would answer that nagging question you have not addressed. Your love of having a woman in your bed. When you are done and if you answer yes to that, then I have a suggestion for you. The ladies stared at him as he stood up behind the Queen and started undoing the top of her dress.

The ladies looked at each other then back at Eldar. The Queen slid back and slid her dress off of her shoulders so she was naked. He grabbed a small table and put the few items he needed to identify on it and got undressed. Charlemagne looked over, "You sure about this?"

He shrugged, "It is still the same day so technically, like with Annette, it only counts as one day. Second, we all agreed in this silenced room which has several more hours left that I am in charge.

Last, but not least, and by no means is it a threat, just an observation. The door is magically locked as well as locked regularly. You ladies need to get naked. Charlemagne needs to bring our guest off orally this time and once that is done, I will let you know what is to be done next. As I am in charge."

They looked at each other and started taking clothes off. He took his seat. Charlemagne wastes no time in having the queen rolled up and her tongue buried into her cunt.

He signaled Annette, "Bring me the paddle from the bag then lay across my lap."

Annette walked over and grabbed the paddle and while the Queen watched, he smacked Annette on the ass and the Queen screams out and shook in her climax. He smacked her again. Then he gave her the third smack, and helped her to her feet, "The first was for sucking me off while I was asleep. The second was for being the brains behind this activity today, and third was for not talking with me about it first.

Now go help the Queen get her new strap-on on and lightly lubricated. Charlemagne, your turn, across my lap. She moved across his lap. Smack, smack, smack and he stood her up. "One was for agreeing to this after you were so adamant about never sharing me with another woman.