Silvertree Chronicles Bk. 01 Ch. 35

He sighed and nodded. Eldar walked back in and saw the two Lieutenant still waiting around. He closed and locked the door for the moment. "You needed something?"

They looked at Eldar and Silversong spoke, "We were wondering why us?"

Eldar smiled, "He was easy, he is skilled, a legacy, the desire was made known, and is going to be my brother in less than 2 days. You were a harder choice. You inspire the troops but you also build stories and write history from your vantage point. So that made you high risk. Then I thought of what you could do for us in getting the word out about our fight on this front.

The honor and code we follow are inspired by the Knights of old. The same kind of code a Blade singer and a Moon Blade wielder has to live by. You will write two sets of history. A set that you will have for the general population, another that will be given to the Knight leadership to document the things we do that are classified.

You can only write those here and they will be sent off almost immediately. Know your work will be stored for the ages and it will have another audience who will view it. You now have a base to write your songs from the code in that book and how we use it on the field.

The tales of our battles, to inspire the troops. Calling out all of the different races involved and their heroic efforts in this fight. You have your work cut out for you. You now know why you are a lieutenant without having viewed your combat skills."

She nodded, "They are secondary to my ability to inspire the troops and capture history."

Eldar smiled. "They are important and our trainers will work with you on improving them. Also, spend time on the unarmed combat techniques and Keyno's work. They are new skills we are bringing into the field. I want those for history because they are human, I do not want their contributions ignored or lost. After the wedding go to the Academy with Master Trainer Yetto.

Have him talk about the sword skills his mother and father taught him. He merged them. I am taking what he taught me and incorporating actual field experience and skills needed to survive a battle. Like riding, tumbling, and acrobatic dismounts. Here I teach acrobatics, wielding in either hand, strength training, swimming, tactics, and other things the academy does not cover as a general part of its training."

She looked at Eldar, "Why strength training for a Blade Singer? It is mostly fineness."

Eldar nodded, "That is great when a battle is over in minutes. But what if it goes on for hours? We are talking about the coming horde. You cannot simply walk over and take in some water and ask them to wait until you are no longer winded. You heard of my last tournament match going on for 30 minutes?

That was also to try and prove a point. My opponent never had a match go longer than 2 minutes. I train with the sword in an hour block with each hand for 8 hours a day. I had instructors who taught and restricted what magic I could access. I did pick-up a spell here and there that was not on the Academy-approved list. I practiced those on my own time. I was alone a lot."

Silversong nodded, "I heard that about you. I checked up on you after the Academy presentation and announcement. I had to know more, being a bard. I spoke with some of your classmates who went straight into the army.

They were envious of your skills and shocked about what the Academy did to keep you from being a Grand Master at graduation. You have shaken the foundation of the Elven Kingdom. Many are impressed or envious."

Eldar smiled, "I am still an Elf."

Silversong smiled, "But not only an Elf."

Eldar looked at her, "Dismissed, I have wives to tend to."

She laughed and walked out. He locked the door and put the chair under the handle as he saw all 6 of them walk upstairs. He got to the room and they were sitting and talking naked.

He walked in and they tried to rush him and he held up a hand, "Stop! What are you trying to do?"

Charlemagne spoke up, "Get rid of your aggression before you go to sleep."

Eldar looked at them, "Annette told me what you were doing at night. I do not object to a point. For running another experiment this time without my permission, I have something planned tonight.

This is not about punishment or payback. I am simply leveling the playing field. You can ride me or suck me all you want while I sleep. Just try not to wake me or I will fuck you silly. Then keep going."

They laughed except for Annette and Charlemagne who knew what that was like. "Tonight, we are going to play a little game. One Annette and Charlemagne have played before." He went over to the bag of tricks.

"Charlemagne and Annette, I want your manacles." They looked worried. He pulled out the double-ended fake cocks from the bag and three bottles of lube. He called them over, "I intermix all the manacles with all the sets I have and threw them into the bag." He then pulled them out one set at a time. Staria and Annette far side of the bed floor, Rachel and Dorothy at the end of the bed.

Charlemagne and Astra at this side of the bed. He pulled out the three gnomish devices and He heard 2 groans from the two sides of the room. He sighed and looked at Annette, "Move to the end of the bed Annette and Dorothy moved to the other side. You should not have groaned out Annette. You now have your groups." he set the gnomish devices on the bed and removed the top of his armor and shirt.

He walked over to Charlemagne, "Assume the position, my little minx."

He lubed up the toy. He slid it in until she let him know it was too deep and he backed it up. He pulled back and marked it with a manacle. He then walked over and grabbed the red double-ended fake cock and slid that in too far.

She moaned out, "That was not the one you gave us."

He smiled, "I know. You groaned out too."

He slid it in until she told him it was too deep and he backed it up. He marked it with the other end of the manacle.

He looked at Staria, "You are going to enjoy this but you are not going to enjoy it at the same time."

He lubed up the toy. He slid it in both heads until she let me know it was too deep. He had her pull forward and locked. Until she waved him off and he backed it off. He looked at her, "You are a three most will be, Charlemagne is a five."

He opened the top and used the levers to pull her back while sliding the red one into her cunt. He looked at Staria, "Now I want you to slide back and then pull forward as far as you can. She did and stopped, "Alright, I know what the device in my ass is for."

Eldar nodded. "Now let me adjust the bottom than one a bit." He lucked out and they were both his sets. "I am making the bottom one even. You both get the same amount in your cunts."

He went around and set the other two pairs of ladies, "I still have settings to do on each of those. For this contest, you do not want to move until I say to go."

He got all three sets of toys positioned. He adjusted the rotation lever and looked around, "Alright, this is not about coming or getting the other one to cum. This is about getting the other to submit BY passing out.

The first winner will go third, the next winner will go second and the last winner will go first. Then it is reversed, fourth goes to the first one to submit, and so on. Now I set the anal toys to different settings for each group. Now begin!"

He walked to the end of the bed, "We are going to make this more interesting."

He flipped on the low vibrate setting. On Annette and Charlemagne."

Charlemagne moaned out. She looked up at him, "This is pure evil."

He smiled, "No, this is!"

He put it on the second and fastest vibrate setting just for her. He heard a lot of moaning and groaning but Charlemagne was the loudest by far. They lasted about 15 minutes before Charlemagne passed out. Next was Dorothy. Finally, it was close as they sat and watched the two of them for 20 more minutes, and finally, the Banshee wailed out for a good two minutes.

Getting her breath and screaming even higher until she made no sound and she passed out. He turned that set-off and disconnected that set. He looked at Rachel, "You are first."

He finished getting undressed at this point. "Charlemagne as the first one to drop, bring up some snacks and fluids for everyone."

Charlemagne glared at him, "Not payback my ass!"

The ladies laughed at her, those awake did. He looked at the other ladies, "Help get Annette awake."

Charlemagne came back, "I did not see any unbroken drinking glass downstairs. I brought up these metal mugs."

He looked at Astria and Staria, "Mend which ones you can. Annette was awake after 10 minutes and Rachel still downed wine straight from the skin.

The ladies came up, "We saved 14."

Charlemagne looked at Eldar, "What did you set them to?"

He looked at her, "Rachel and Annette's were set at two and two. Dorothy had a one and Astria had a two. Staria was set at one while yours was at four."

She growled at him.

Eldar smiled, "You get to go fourth. I expected Annette would have beat Rachel and it looked close."

Rachel nodded, "Her howling kept me from dropping."

Everyone laughed at that one. "Rachel you are first, what would you like to do." She looked at him and dived on his cock with her mouth sucking for everything. He shot his seed into her and she pulled out and shot it onto her chest and then dove back on my cock and repeated this act 5 times. Then she stopped gasping for air, "Alright, who is cleaning me up?"

He laughed. He breathed a little harder from her rapid oral attention. Rachel looked at Eldar, "My insides feel like they are pulsing and swollen."

He looked over at number two and Astria sucked him off and rode twice on each hole. She gave him a kiss, "Thank you for switching me."

Staria followed her sisters' example and rode him twice each way after blowing him. Charlemagne decided to go last. Dorothy blew him once, rode him once until he came and she was wiped out.

He looked at Annette, she came over and gave him two blow jobs. Charlemagne glared at him, "I am riding that cock in my cunt until I can't or you pass out. He looked at Astria and Staria. Please clean up the toys. This might take a while."

He looked at Charlemagne as she fell onto him. Eldar looked at her, "I have eleven to go before you will have to wait fifteen minutes. She gave it her all and pushed through eleven and he went soft and she was dripping in sweat as he laid in an ocean of bodily fluids.

He looked at them, "Give her water and anything we have with salt. Cheese, fruit."

He looked at her as she drank and she felt him getting hard and Eldar looked at her. "Don't kill yourself."

He tapped the amulet and she remembered the paddle and fell off to the side. He went over to the bag and pulled out 2 paddles and he waved the new sisters over. "Each of you takes one. Smack my ass as hard as you can as fast as you can then pass it to your sibling.

One on each side. After 10 minutes and the pink constantly fading away and never getting anywhere near red, they looked at him and Rachel spoke, "Fuck, that is not normal."

Eldar walked over and grabbed his boot dagger and cut his hand then took a towel and wiped it away. "Nothing with this holy amulet is normal."

He crawled into bed and pulled the ladies toward him. They figured out a way to rotate who went where. Annette and Charlemagne were on the same side tonight. Astria was curled protectively over him and she kissed his cheek and he kissed her back.

They headed off to sleep and once again he was up early this time. It had only been 3 hours but he was rested. He studied all his spells for the day and cleared through two of the magical books he had yet to fully go through. A couple of rare spells but they would be of more use to an enchanter.

He marked the pages and set them aside for Staria. He got cleaned up and got dressed and he realized it had only been four and a half hours since they went to sleep. He sat down and cleared through 2 more books.

He found a couple of new spells for his spellbook so he added them. The ladies started to stir. He went downstairs and removed the chair and unlocked the door. Cook sat outside with a pot of stew in hand. She looked at him, "Give me 5 minutes on the stove to reheat this."

Eldar nodded, "The house was silenced."

She shook her head, "I think it wore off before Banshee struck." She looked around at all the broken glass.

Eldar looked, "It was way worse. Astria and Staria managed to repair 14 glasses."

She looked at him, "What did you do to her?"

Eldar smiled, "The gnomish device with two ends."

She looked at him, "Really?"

He chuckled, "They have a new model. We got two of those. They have a vibrating function, I paired them off until one in each group passed out."

She looked shocked, "That is evil!"

Eldar laughed loudly, "That is what Charlemagne said. I set the vibrate function on hers to the higher setting after that. If she wanted evil, I was going to give it to her."

Cook smiled and shook her head. She gave him some warm stew. He sat and ate as the ladies started down the stairs. He yelled up, "Staria I left a book on the table for you."

He heard her turn around and called out, "By the Gods, these spells could be so cool to use."

He nodded, "You want to score points with your soon-to-be master. Take him that book and let him copy that spell on light manipulation. You should also visit Victria, the wedding is tomorrow and she will want to square your accounts. I am grabbing my apprentices' be ready to go Rachel. Get your brother from next door. Find our Bard as well. She is in a wagon in the village."

He went out and saddle up T'suras and Rachel's horses. He shot over to Moon Ray and she was asleep still. He knocked on the door. She hurried down the stairs. He looked at her, "Packs, food, and horse in front of my house. I am going after Strong Oak."

He jumped on T'suras and rode to the other village. He was up and saddling his horse, "Packs and food my house double time."

He turned and rode back to the house. Rachel was on her horse waiting along with her brother. The bard had just finished saddling up when his apprentices rode up. "Captain Walder to my right, Lieutenant Walder take the rear. Lieutenant Silversong on the left. Apprentices in the middle swords out. You will engage the enemy today. I expect acrobatic dismounts and for you to kill the enemy you face.

Officers, any enemy my apprentices are facing leave to them to fight them. Alone or together. I expect at least 2 kills from each of you. Move double time and remember your spells."

They started riding out and they crossed the river. He turned them left and headed between the farm and the river and started riding across the plain. "Captain, I want you to circle south to prevent escape.

Look for the scorch mark as to where you should be positioned. Keep moving forward. He fell back a little, "Lieutenants, both of you, I want you to move between the river and this group to the North. To block their advance. Look for the scorch mark so you will know where to stand." He pulled forward, "I will throw two fireballs. You will fight from this side. I will be to the south of you. He went over to the Captain, "Ignore the first fireball that is for the Lieutenants."

He rode ahead of the captain by two lengths and saw the group. He fired the fireball at the head of the group running forward. He cast the second in the south-west corner of the group. He jumped onto his saddle and did a simple backflip off the back, casting mirror image in the air, something he should not have been able to do. He landed on his feet on the ground with four images facing 3 orcs.

His apprentices were off their horses already, he saw them when he did the backflip. They left enough distance to get defensive spells up first. The Orcs were caught off guard because he did not drop in with a weapon in hand. They started to advance as he shot the burning hands toward the three of them. As his spell ended.

Eldar, "Karti'Ros left hand Moon Fire. Time to kill a few orcs."

Karti'Ros, "I was beginning to think you forgot about me." (He heard laughter in his head.)

The first orc missed wildly as he was trying to put the fire on himself out. The second rolled on the ground trying to put out the fire. The third just looks pissed and took out one of the images. Eldar's turn.

He simply ran him through and stabbed his buddy on the ground. The third one grazed the back of his sword hand. Eldar popped him with a magic missile and watched him drop. Eldar watched his apprentice and where they were standing.

They both managed to take down one of the wounded orcs from the fireball they had three between them. Scorch and acid hit the two in front. He saw the field was clear except for these three. He watched his apprentices and held up a stop signal to the others T'suras came upon his right side. He grabbed the horn of the saddle, pulled himself forward, and jumped off a good 30 feet behind the third one.

His apprentices had a couple of minor wounds and a couple of images left. He stood there facing the third who tried to figure out what Eldar was going to do. His buddies dropped in unison. He saw his apprentices trying to impress.

Strong Oak leaped and tumbled forward while he saw a witch bolt hit the third. The Third turned toward Moon Ray. Strong Oak came up with a strike through the ribs, under the right arm, and finished the orc off from the attack.

Eldar walked over to his Apprentices. he yelled, "UNTA!" All of the horse's headed in toward him. He looked at them, "Now you know what is expected to be a Blade Singer and the Wielder of a Moon Blade. Glory and code aside you have to be able to kill to defend your home."

They both yelled, "YES, GRAND MASTER!"

He looked at them. "Any doubt you have left you are to burn with the bodies of the dead. Search all bodies, pull any magical items, and stow them for now. We have a field of dead orcs here. You better get to work getting the bodies into a pile and getting me a body count."

Eldar looked down at the last orc and noticed a Blade Singer Ring on his hand. He held up his hand, "Moon Ray, you struck first, take the ring. You know what we have to do. She provided the distraction that got you the killing blow. This was a combined kill. The honor and responsibility to return this ring belong to you two. Now get to work and let me know if you find any others."

Eldar gathered the officers, "I could have come out here and blown the whole lot away myself but the only way they truly understand what they will be doing is to do it. If they have any issues now is the time to find out. I had their back, I could have launched another fireball and fried the last three but I wanted to watch them in action." They nodded and the bard was taking notes and she looked at him, "Vision?"

Eldar smiled, "That they snuck across the road and were headed for the tree line. Scouting party. Centaurs would have likely started picking them off as they reached the river."

One Centaur came in, "Everything alright? We saw the explosions, I was the closest so I came to investigate."

Eldar looked around, "Training exercise."

He started to laugh and he saw the two apprentices dragging bodies. He looked at Eldar, "Just blooded?"

Eldar nodded, "Apprentice Blade Singers and soon to be Moon Blade wielders. I removed any doubt about what they were signing on to do."

He galloped over to the 2 apprentices and gave them a nod. Then charged back for the woods.

There were only two minor rings of protection among this group and 15 gold pieces. He gave the apprentices 7 gold pieces each. "A flask of oil each. Douse them and then burn the bodies." They got the bodies going and he threw the 1 gold piece in the fire, "Fight for it on your way to the 9 Hells."