The four kings peaked at the City from afar and they smiled…
The City had pulled out all stops in its defence, the old walls were manned with a lot of guards… troops were consistently patrolling the wall in anticipation of their arrival. The one mistake they made though was to put two full grown Trolls in front of the gates.
Gnarlo was already mentally calculating how much gold he had left on him, to see if he could craft them identical chains.
The four men, switched out their iconic armour and weapons with more basic stuff to disguise themselves and approached the Trolls and the guard 'handlers'.
"Hey you Three, stop right there!" a human and orc guard approached them together… They felt sick to their stomachs seeing a human and orc side by side.
Gnarlo had slipped into the shadows and was already whispering sweet sweet words to the trolls. After spending so much time with Bellina and Rolf, his Troll manipulation skills only got better, he knew what they wanted. The two trolls were male, both were named Durg.
"Watch your tone!" Kadrin said with anger, "We're here ahead of the enemy army to help with the defence… we were promised good pay… all three of us have unlocked classes"
The Orc was confused but the Human wasn't as dumb, "who are you reporting too?"
The men were stumped, they were too used to dealing with Orcs and Beastmen… One question completely dismantled their plan. Until Gnarlo saved the day, knowing full well that Maro, Kadrin and Goldie were dumb as rocks…
One of the Durgs interrupted the awkward silence by causing a fuss "They good, go in now!"
"Durg, they haven't told us who they are reporting to yet, they may be enemies" The human said
The Orc gripped his weapon, he was getting flustered at the back and forth. Who was good, who was bad?
The other Durg stepped closer "THEY GOOD" he bellowed
Orcs only respected power and size… they were smarter than Trolls but not by much.
Turns out the Orc was the commanding officer. "The Durgs say they are okay, they go in"
The human tried to protest but was immediately backhanded by the Orc "Listen human!"
The race traitor deserved the treatment… Kadrin spat on the floor
So the men slipped on by, as Gnarlo gave the Trolls orders to chill and wait for his return. The first thing they noticed was how the city streets were all mud, no roads or streets whatsoever.
The men headed straight for the first Brothel, Maro couldn't contain himself anymore.
The doors burst open in excitement, "Keep the Beer flowing!" Maro yelled, but they all hushed up within seconds of adjusting to the scene.
The brothel specialised in slaves… Order race slaves specifically… Goblins and Orcs were swarming the place… Human, Dwarf and Gnomish women and girls of all ages, wore chained collars and were drugged so they couldn't scream and cry… they were all dead eyed and lifeless slumped into a pen.
Maro's eyes were flashing gold, he was barely containing his anger. All 4 men had their hands on their weapons, just as angry as Maro.
Maro forced the holy energy to calm down… "Gnarlo, go get my men, help them sneak over the walls for tonight, we need to free as many as possible before we erase this city off the face of the world… we will build a mountain of our enemies' skulls to remind them… and lock the doors on your way out"
Kadrin's teeth were screeching under how hard he was clenching his jaw, young innocent children…
Goldie was already barely functioning, just being in a city that housed Orcs and Goblins, reminded him of his wrath and the death of his tribe.
Gnarlo, turned around and left… He was going to come up with a fitting punishment. This was the most serious the men had been in a long time, you could feel death coming out of all of their pores.
Maro was about to walk over and heal some women, so he can get some info, when a body of a young gnome girl was thrown down the stairs, dead. She landed right in front of him.
Maro finally cracked a little and he started silently crying at the Gnome girl, tears coming down his face… He knelt down and tried to heal her to no avail.
The healing was starting to draw attention to him.
A large orc started coming down the stairs, "HA HA HA HA, another one, this time a…" He wasn't able to finish his next words as Maro sliced his head off with one of his dual swords.
Maro whispered "No one left alive, no one can escape"
One of the more pathetic goblins started sliding to the door, only to find it locked. It was his last thought as an Arrow pierced his head and thudded into the door behind.
Kadrin had brought dual axes so he could fight in tight city quarters and Goldie brought a short bow for rapid firing.
All the Orcs and Goblins jumped up ready for combat, only for arrow after arrow to find a headshot over and over again.
Maro and Kadrin with their dual swords and axes were a tornado of death, limbs and heads of orcs and goblins covered the floor.
They went to clear the building, only to find more Orcs and Goblins in the middle of horrific acts… in one room a group of goblins were slowly eating a woman alive, before they were all killed… In the basement was just as disgusting, piles of dead bodies were being cut up and being made into Orc and Goblin food.
They killed everyone and anything that moved… They freed all the women and gathered around 50 of them to a couple clean rooms… Maro healed all of them… immediate crying and screaming erupted from the women.
The drugs dissipated with his heals but it didn't take away their memory. The men felt horrible, for the first time Maro actually asked the Goddess for help and he got an immediate response.
[Holy Cleansing Aura], Maro immediately cast it, a calming gentle holy energy pulsed from him. It healed slightly, took away debuffs and created a calming effect.
Slowly but surely the women and girls started calming down and coming to their senses.
They immediately got scared… "Please, we have to leave now before the guards come… you'll only be enslaved too… Please we have to run"
They were all of the same mind, some wanted the Orcs to come back for fear of punishment.
Maro just turned his aura to the maximum.
"Ladies, this entire city will be liberated by tomorrow morning, just trust us" The three kings explained everything, who they were, where they came from and how many green fucks they killed so far.
The women didn't believe it, the girls were crying so Maro showed off his power, his golden wings came out, he infused himself with Holy energy, he started brightly glowing. They all looked at him in awe… an angel…
"I am the Prophet of the Goddess of Creation, I am one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Moon Empire, ladies I will die before a single one of you is harmed ever again." Maro declared
Kadrin and Goldie, reaffirmed everything. Goldie put on his charming smile and put his arm over Kadrin "Ladies, when have you ever seen an Elf and Dwarf hug… change is coming… for the better"
The three men were swarmed with hugs and tears…
After some moments they gathered information, they learned where they kept all Order and Elf slaves… There was another brothel just as bad as this one that only used Elf slaves, there was the local City arena and their prisoners who were forced to fight, there were the slave markets and the prison that housed the slaves overnight, alongside others.
They formulated plans all evening until Gnarlo came back and informed the Kings, the human soldiers were hiding on the rooftops.