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Beowul and Stenwul had been running as fast as they could while

following Neville's tracks and those of the soldiers that appeared to

be following Neville's trail, but they were growing tired and it was taking them much longer than they would like.They

were becoming concerned as they

went because their finely tuned sense of smell was able to discern that

Neville's scent was becoming almost as strong as the soldiers', meaning

the soldiers were moving much faster and catching up and would be upon

the boy soon if they hadn't already caught him.  They could also

detect by the strength of the smells that they were at least an hour

behind their quarry but they were not able to increase their speed due

to their exhaustion.The

two kobolds had

been running hard with only a few breaks ever since they first freed

Jake from his bonds earlier that day and they were beginning to reach

the limit of their

endurance when suddenly they came across a confusing conglomeration of

scents that caused them both to come to a stop.They

sniffed around this way and that and then Beowul exclaimed, "I know

these scents!  It is the sweet wonderful high priest Zebok and his

life's love Tenimo!  Thank the Mother!  They must have come

across Neville and come to his aid!  I can smell the three of

them continuing in that direction.""Yes, they've dispatched the

wicked human soldiers as well.  They are here in the bushes," said

Stenwul with relief in his voice.He had followed the scent the

bodies had left as they were dragged into the brush.  He gave a

low growl and then lifted his leg to urinate on the corpses and then

came back to join his future mate."This is indeed wonderful

news!  The sweet whelp could not be in better hands than the

leader of the entire orc race.  They have gone in the direction of

the orc army.  The army will be marching hard in this direction

for the coming battle and they should reach them quickly.  The whelp is out of danger," said Beowul."I

am exhausted from our run, Beo, my sweet, and ready to fall over.  There is no need for us

to go after the whelp any longer.  He is in good hands as you say

may love.  Perhaps now we should turn our attention back to the

poor humans of the destroyed village?  We should rest and sleep and

then head back to see what aid we can provide the poor dears," Stenwul

suggested."An excellent thought, my love.  They are still in urgent need and the whelp is now well protected.  We

should seek out Jake as well and let him know his life's love is safe and in good hands,"

said Beowul.Just

as they were walking in tight circles to beat down the grass and

preparing to lie down to rest, a deep and booming voice bellowed from

the forest near them, "Beowul, Stenwul, is that really you?" and a large ogre came

crashing out from the trees and rushed toward them.The

ogre was heavily armored in ring mail and he had a large thick shield

hanging on his back.  There was a large hammer slung at his side

as well.The two

kobolds yipped with joy and raced toward the ogre and leapt through the

air to be caught in both his arms, one on each side.The ogre laughed as the two kobolds, tails wagging furiously, began to lick at his face."What a surprise to find the two of you here!" exclaimed the ogre as he laughed."Oh,

my dearest Tonn!  What a surprise and a wonderful pleasure to find

you here as well my friend!  Where is Nayl?" asked Beowul as the

ogre put the two kobolds back down on the ground and scratched each

affectionately behind the ears."He

is just behind me.  We

were having a celebration with Zebok and Tenimo who left us earlier to

head north and

return to the army.  Our force was just getting ready to move out

southward again and we saw a trail leading from our camp through the

woods so we decided to investigate," said Tonn.Another armored ogre emerged from the woods and grinned from ear to ear when he saw the kobolds."Oh,

my sweet pups!  How wonderful to see you!" he exclaimed, "This is

truly a night for unexpected reunions with old friends!  Did Tonn

tell you?  We ran into Zebok and Tenimo earlier tonight and had a

wonderful time with them!"Much to the ogre's delight the two kobolds then greeted him as they had done for Tonn."Where

are Lox, Tithan, and Jex, my dear friends?  I've never seen the

five of you apart since you found each other; why are you not with

them?  Is something wrong?" asked Nayl."It

is a long and calamitous story, my sweet friend.  They are

well to the best of our knowledge and they may be tracking this way as

we speak.  Lox has gone to try to enlist aide for a group of poor

human civilians who were burned out of their village in the mountain

pass by their own army.  It is a tragedy beyond words.  They

are being hunted by their own army and they will be right in the path

of the coming battle.  Is

there any chance you could help us?  Are you part of a larger

scout force?" asked Beowul."We are part of a very large force of orcs and ogres.  We were camped and resting when Zebok and

Tenimo came upon us.  We were just preparing for the final march.

 We will be taking a position in the mountains north of the pass

and we have important work to do.  There is another large party to

the south of the pass and that must be the one Lox is tracking.  We must be ready when the main army

reaches the pass and the battle begins in just over two days," said Nayl.Tonn

spoke up and said, "We

should be able to spare a few orcs and ourselves for such an important

cause, my love.  Zebok would agree that we should do what we can

for the civilians to keep them safe.  You and I should go with

Sten and Beo back to

the burned village to help in any way we can.  It will not impede our work

much since the pass is only slightly further south than our

destination and we will have time to return to our work in time if we are quick.

 Please go back and recruit

four orcs and bring them back here immediately, my dear, and tell the

rest of the force to continue without us.""Yes, dear, I will return shortly," Nayl replied and then he vanished back the way he'd come."We

are exhausted, my dear friend," said Beowul, "We have been on our feet

and running at speed for many hours in our long flight to try to save

the whelp.  I don't think we can make the run back to his village

so soon.""Do not worry yourselves.

 Nayl and I are completely rested and were about to start a hard

march ourselves.  We will carry you and you can sleep in our arms

as we make our way to the mountain pass," Tonn reassured them.Nayl soon emerged from the woods with four orcs.The

kobolds each leapt and were caught by one of the two ogres and they

curled up in their massive arms to be cradled there so they could sleep

while the party began to march quickly back toward Neville's village to

help in any way they could....Neville,

Zebok and Tenimo had slept for six hours or so with Zebok and Tenimo

trading watch duty.  They had begun their final push to reach the

army just after dawn.It was now midday and they continued their march northward following along

the river.The

land began to slope upward and Neville could hear

the roar of falls along the river.  As they continued upward he

saw there was indeed a short and wide waterfall that fell into a large

pool ahead to their right and the large pool emptied into a narrow and

particularly fast moving part of the river heading back to the south.

 The ground continued to slope upward

and had been etched away into a short cliff at the side of the river

plunging downward to the deep pool at the base of the falls.They

continued marching up past the waterfall but did not get much farther beyond it

before they finally came upon the army that had been marching south in

their direction.The army called a halt when they saw the orc leader and his party approaching.Neville

could see a massive contingent made up of equal numbers of armored

kobolds and orcs stretching as far as he could see back along the side

of the river and out away from it.  There were even large numbers of huge ogres

clustered here and there among them.A large kobold who had been

leading the force loped forward to greet them and went up on two legs as he approached.  He was at least as

tall as Jake Smith and he positively towered above all the other

kobolds in the army.Despite

what Neville had been told by Zebok

the night before about the sweet disposition of kobolds he could not

help but be intimidated and felt very nervous as the large, powerful

looking kobold approached.  The magnificent beast was armored in shining mail and was

wearing an intricate plate helm that covered his head down along the top of

his muzzle and up along the backs of his ears and fanned out at

the back of his head to allow him to go down on all fours and look

straight ahead while having the back of his neck covered in plate.

 He was very imposing looking and Neville unconsciously began to

back away

and move behind his orc friends.The kobold removed his helm as he approached to greet the orcs."Zebok, my wonderful green

friend!  You and Tenimo are a welcome sight indeed my dears!

 You are past due and we were becoming a bit worried.  What

kept you?  Is it anything to do with this beautiful little human

whelp you've brought with you?" boomed the kobold in a very cheerful

voice.Neville was immediately at his ease when he heard the

pleasant greeting and he moved back to Zebok's side with a smile on his

face as he watched the impressive creature.The

kobold was dressed

in light armor that was designed to allow his body to move quickly across the

ground on all fours or stand and fight as needed.  In the gaps in

the armor along the

creature's body and his now exposed head, Neville could see that the

kobold had the most

wonderful pattern of fur he had ever seen.  It was primarily a

mid-grey color that in the sunlight almost appeared to be glowing with

a bluish hue.  All over his coat were hundreds of random-sized

and shaped jet black patches, almost like a Dalmatian but less like

spots and more like large, sharp-edged ragged splotches.  Neville

recalled seeing a large hunting hound with a similar pattern and color

that its owner had described as 'blue merle'.  He

had brilliant white fur under his muzzle, on his chest, on the

wrists of his forepaws and just behind his hind paws.  All of this

natural beauty was contrasted by his armor, which appeared to be scale

mail made of leaf shaped scales of brightly polished steel with

highlights of red and black leather and large, polished shoulder plates.

 He

was

absolutely stunning to behold and Neville felt his loins begin to stir

at the power and masculine grace the kobold displayed."Lyboxus, my dear friend, I am sorry to cause you any concern.  We ran into Nayl and Tonn

and, well, you must know what happened next," Zebok said and grinned.The

huge kobold's face changed to what looked like Neville to be a sneer.

 It was the same look he'd seen on the kobolds that had Jake

hostage.  He realized now that it must be a wide smile and he

naturally smiled himself."I know you can't resist them, my

sweet.  No one can, really.  They are most impressive men

indeed.  My loins catch fire at the thought of them.  Who is your amazingly

beautiful young friend then, and however did you come to meet him, my dear?"

the kobold asked while not taking his eyes off of Neville."Forgive my lack of manners.  Allow me to

introduce Neville Hawthorne, the newest member of the orc race," said

Zebok as he bowed and swept one hand toward Neville.Neville

blushed and his pulse quickened at being the

center of the impressive kobold's rapt attention.  He'd heard the

kobold's comment about Neville's beauty and with the amazing kobold's gaze now

boring its way into him, Neville felt his knees might give way at any

moment.  His penis truly began to wake up and pay attention to what was going on too."What?!

 A member of the orc race?  Do you mean to say you allowed him to take you and he gave you

his seed and you spoke the words to him?  How wonderful, my dearest,

sweet friend!" the huge kobold exclaimed to Zebok.Lyboxus

then turned and bowed

deeply toward Neville while taking the boy's hand and the kobold

planted his muzzle against the back of it to give it a slow and tender

kiss.The

kobold then looked up from his bowed

position with his head slightly cocked and a roguish grin and he gazed intently right into Neville's soul with his deep

brown eyes.  Still

holding the boy's hand firmly he placed his other forepaw on the top of

the same hand and while rubbing it softly he said in a warm and

enticing voice, "I am indeed honored and intensely aroused

to be in your presence,

Neville.  If Zebok himself saw fit to let you dominate him and

briefly be the leader of his race then you must be someone very special

indeed.  I should surely

love to get to know you much more intimately my sweet.  Zebok is

particular

about his friends and he would not include you unless you proved to

have the soul and mind to match your overwhelmingly breathtaking countenance.  I

am Lyboxus

and I am the chieftain and leader of the kobold race.  I am very

pleased to make your acquaintance and I look forward to probing the

depths of your wonderful beauty much more deeply someday if you will allow

me to engage you so my lovely whelp.  My heart yearns for you already and I am not sure how long I will be able to wait."Neville was breathing

shallower and more quickly and his cock rose fully to attention and he became slightly light headed.

 He felt as though he were falling under some sort of spell as he

raptly gazed at the intensely appealing kobold and listened to his

wonderful words.  He had a powerful urge to

quickly strip and go down on all fours before the kobold leader and

simply look back at him invitingly over his shoulder to let him know he

wanted very much to be mounted and owned by him right now.Zebok

chuckled affectionately and said, "I see you are still the undisputed

champion of the woo, Lyboxus, my dear friend.  Neville, I know just how weak

your knees must be feeling right now as I have suffered the same effect

at the hands of the master here.  Whatever it might be you are

presently imagining yourself doing with Lyboxus, I assure you your

advances would indeed be most welcome by him so do not be shy.  I

would not want you to miss out on the experience of an intimate

encounter with the fiercest lover in the land.  I am afraid,

however, that now is not the time, Lyboxus, my dear.  Perhaps you

could pursue the boy a bit later after we've had some rest and a chat?"Lyboxus let go of Neville's hand and gave him a wink as he stood back up.Neville

could not

help grinning like a fool at the wonderful kobold who was almost

literally sweeping him off his feet.It

was also very odd to hear such

kind and flattering words coming from the leader of what he had until

only the day

before assumed to be the most vicious and evil race in the world.

 Neville was overwhelmed by the beauty and powerful,

masculine assurance and grace of the creature.  It was something

he was not quite expecting.

 He used to imagine his enemy looking ragged and mangy.

 He suddenly remembered the disgusting sexual fantasy he'd had

regarding the kobold chieftain the last time he'd been lying in his

bed and he hated himself just a bit and felt deeply ashamed.  He

quickly pushed the thought aside for what he hoped would be the last

time.He

could not imagine anyone more appealing than Lyboxus and he could think

of no one he'd rather have as his newest friend and he hoped he would

someday have the opportunity to allow Lyboxus to explore his depths much more intimately indeed."I am so very pleased to meet you I cannot put it into words, Lyboxus.  The

honor is most certainly mine.  I have never in my life seen anyone

quite so beautiful as you!  You leave me weak and breathless!  You are simply amazing to behold!" Neville

gushed, and then blushed furiously at his own awkward forwardness.Zebok

rolled his eyes and smiled and said, "There goes another one.

 You've snagged one more heart to add to your collection, Lyboxus,

you cad."The

large kobold smiled warmly and said, "What a wonderful whelp you are to

say such sweet things to me, Neville.  I'm not sure if Zebok has

told you of kobolds

and how we are, but I can tell you in all honesty that you are the most

beautiful creature I have ever had the wonderful fortune to lay my eyes

upon as well I assure you.  Zebok, Tenimo, let us move over to the

river there and have a seat.  I would like to hear how you left

things to the south.  Let us discuss our plans shall we?

 Neville, please join us.  You are a member of the orc race

and you were in fact their leader if only briefly.  You are a

trusted friend of Zebok and I may have questions for you."They all moved over to a nice shady spot and sat down in a circle."Lyboxus,

Neville's life's love was mistakenly taken from him by a group of your

scouts.  Can you tell us if they've joined back up with the main

force?" Zebok asked.Neville's heart suddenly beat faster.

 He'd briefly forgotten that Jake should be with the kobold army and he

was anxious to be reunited with him.Lyboxus

shook his head, "No, my dear.  We have not had any other human

brought here or I would surely have been keeping him close company

myself."He saw the troubled look come across Neville's face and the kobold smiled reassuringly at him."Do

not be concerned, my dear, sweet whelp.  If your love is with a

group of my scouts he could not be in better company should there be

any trouble.  They have no doubt recognized their mistake by now and are all likely out searching for you and may be

coming upon us soon if that is the case.  We are excellent

trackers and they would have no trouble following your trail.

 Rest easy and know we will likely meet up with them shortly," he

said.Neville relaxed and thanked the kobold for the reassurance."Zebok, are the two forces going to be in place in the mountains when we arrive?" asked Lyboxus."Indeed.

 The two parties are moving into position as we speak.  They

will be ready.  We can proceed exactly as planned," Zebok replied."Excellent.

 Our scouts have reported that the main human army is still almost

two

days' march away from the small force camped near the pass and it will take

them at least another day to prepare for their own plan so

we will be arriving just in time to thwart them.  We will proceed

with the attack and move into the pass at dawn the day after tomorrow," said Lyboxus.Neville's

heart

began to beat faster again as he heard Lyboxus's words and he remembered

that their army was moving right where Braddock wanted them.  He

could see beyond doubt now that

everything Zebok had been telling him about the races and the history

of the humans must be the truth.  Neville

himself was now in a position to give his new companions information

that may help these armies to avoid the trap laid by Braddock.

 Doing so, however, would be a complete betrayal of his own race.

 He

was an orc now too though and he had to think of how wonderful these

people were.  He could not stay silent and allow them to head to

their destruction.  At this point if he was forced to make a

choice, he

would gladly choose to stay with them to live freely and openly with

Jake and never return to his human

roots.  He

immediately came to the only decision that made any sense to him."You

mustn't try to invade the human realm through the pass!  Zebok,

Lyboxus, it's a trap!  You will be pummeled by dozens of catapults hidden in the mountains on either side while

being squeezed between the two halves of the human army and crushed!

 Your armies will be defeated and the humans will proceed to wipe

out every trace of your wonderful races from the world!  Please, do not attempt it!" Neville pleaded

desperately.Both leaders looked in surprise at Neville and then smiled warmly."You

have chosen the newest member of your race well, Zebok, my sweet friend,"

Lyboxus said, and then he turned his attention to the boy, "You are

indeed correct in your assessment, Neville, though I am at a loss to know

how you came by this information.  It would be unwise for

the kobold army to move into the pass were we not well prepared.

 You are

not giving us any information we did not already gain for ourselves,

but I greatly appreciate your verification of it and your obvious

concern for your new race, my love.""Indeed,

you make me proud,

Neville.  You have shown me that I chose wisely to make you one of

us," said Zebok as he reached over and rubbed Neville's head, "We knew

of the human army's movements and we assumed they planned exactly what

you just told us.  As soon as our scouts reported the bulk of the

human army had departed from the orc sacred city at a fast march in the

direction of the pass, leaving the city they'd just captured

essentially undefended, we knew what they must be planning against the

kobolds and that they would bring every member of their entire fighting

force to bear in order to do it.  They would see it as their

chance to crush the kobolds once and for all and they would not spare a

single one of their soldiers in order to ensure victory."You see, we ourselves have been

keeping a large part of our armies held back in reserves and hidden

from the humans.  They are not aware of just how large our

combined forces really are.  They think us fooled into believing

their

forces have fractured into unmanageable mercenary groups but we know

the truth.  They think what's left of our armies will be easily

beaten by the combined power of their true army but I assure you that

is not the case.  Instead, our armies are considerably larger than

they know and we have lured them into combining all of their forces and

bringing them all to a location where we can once and for all eliminate

them.  As I told you earlier, we are near to a conclusion to this

conflict in our favor.""Indeed," said Lyboxus, "Our

deception in hiding our armies' true sizes seems to have fooled them

completely.  They expected to find the weak races they had fought

so long ago but that will not be the case.  We have brought in the

orc reserves to add to their force and have merged them with the kobolds'

main army who have now been reinforced by our hidden reserves as

well.  The humans will be facing a

much larger force than they expected coming from this side of

the pass and we will be arriving well before they can move half of

their

army through it to catch us from behind.  Should they even attempt

it we will crush them against the mountains and then have only half of their force left to deal with.  They also think the

powerful ogres

are cowering behind the walls of their keep but that is most certainly

not the case.  Even as we speak the entire ogre army with their

reserves added have already taken

back the orc city and from there have begun a hard march behind the

human army.  The full might of the ogre army will be reaching the other side of the

humans in time for our assault.  When all are in place we will

attack with all of our combined might from both sides.  It is the

entire human army that will

be crushed between our forces, Neville."Neville

was amazed and relieved to hear this news.  It seemed the human

armies in their arrogance had completely underestimated the other

races' tactical abilities.  They must have still thought them to

be the push overs they used to be.  Neville sorely wished

he could see the look on Lord Braddock's face the moment he discovers

the truth.  Then he suddenly

remembered something else important that he'd overheard the evil madman

say."The

ogres!  I'd nearly forgotten!  I overheard another of

Braddock's plans.  They have developed a disease that will wipe

out the entire ogre race and they plan to launch it within a week!

 The ogres will be decimated, just like the elves were!" Neville said urgently.Everyone present gaped in shock at his words."Oh,

Great Mother, this cannot be!  Not again!  How could they do

something so horrendous again?  What sort of monsters are they?"

exclaimed Tenimo.Lyboxus

growled deep and low and said, "They are evil and vile creatures and

their alchemists have black and twisted souls!

 This is indeed news to us, Neville, and most grievous news indeed.

 I do not see how we can proceed now without putting the ogres at a terrible risk.  The humans will see the ogre

army coming and will move to infect them.  Even if we were to win

the conflict the entire ogre race would vanish from the earth as the

elves did.  Zebok, perhaps if we get the information to the best of the ogre healers

they could somehow prepare for the plague and find some way to slow it

or prevent it?""I

don't see how they could accomplish that in such a short time.

 They know nothing of the sickness the humans have created.

 Even they are not so skilled that they could study it and come up

with a solution in a matter of days," said Zebok."Mallow!" exclaimed Neville, "Yes!

 Braddock's officer told him that a beverage of steeped mallow before exposure

would prevent the infection!  He said any who drank it would not

get sick!""Neville!  If this is true you may have just

single-handedly saved the entire ogre race from complete annihilation!

 You sweet wonderful orc you!" exclaimed Zebok.Just then

from the corner of his eye Neville saw movement in the brush near the

edge of the river to the south and at the same moment Tenimo jumped and yelled, "There's someone there!"All of

them got up and ran toward where the orc had pointed and by the time

they got through the brush they saw a human soldier a ways down the bank leaping onto the

back of a horse where another mounted soldier was waiting for him.

 The man looked back briefly and sneered at them and then spurred

his horse to a gallop and passed the other soldier who quickly

spurred his horse behind him."Oh no!" Neville shouted, "I know

that man!  It's one of Braddock's officers.  His name is

Thurlowe.  He must be stopped!  Can you catch them, Lyboxus?""No!  I am fast but I cannot catch one of those beasts when they gallop at full speed," said the kobold.Even as

he was speaking, two ogres emerged from the trees ahead just as the

horses galloped past them at speed and without hesitation both ogres took

up their mighty war hammers and threw them at the mounted men as they

galloped away.The weapons flew through the air end over end as

the horses raced on ahead.  One hammer struck the soldier who was

trailing Thurlowe right in the middle of his back and shattered his

spine.  The other hammer flew past and struck the hind quarters of

Thurlowe's horse and knocked the animal out from under him.Thurlowe

flew to the ground but rolled and quickly got up.  He saw the two

ogres lumbering toward him and without hesitation he ran and leaped off

the cliff into the pool of water down at the bottom of the falls.Neville

and the others were already running to the scene.  By the time

they arrived at the edge of the cliff they saw Thurlowe a long way down the river clinging to a

large floating root of a tree and looking back at them with an evil

grin.  He was moving very fast along the rapids and had a large head start and there was no way he could be caught now.He had overheard their discussion and he had managed to escape.Neville

was devastated.  He realized quickly that the river would carry

Thurlowe swiftly along the mountains and then through them along the

canyon to the other

side and from there he could run to join up with Braddock's army on the

eastern side of the mountain pass behind Neville's village.  It would be slower than he

would have gone on horseback but much quicker and safer than attempting

to run southward through the orc and ogre forces and kobold scouts.

 It wouldn't take him much more than a day to reach his army and

there would be no one in his way to stop him.  He would alert

Braddock of the incoming ogre army and

they would accelerate their plan and use the disease against the ogres

before they could be warned.  They would know of the true

size of the other races' armies and they could prepare for the coming

attack.  It was a disaster!Neville saw immediately the

irony of the situation and it ate at him.  He'd gained critical

information that could change the course of the war in favor of the

other races by spying on Braddock back at the inn.  Now Thurlowe

had gained information that could change the course back in the humans'

favor by spying on Neville."Wait here, all of you!  I

will return to you shortly," said Lyboxus as he went down on all fours

and bounded back towards his army.As the large kobold ran he

tilted his head up and howled and Neville noticed two other kobolds who were larger than the rest but not as large as Lyboxus

begin to make their way forward through the ranks of the army."You

have done well in letting us know of the cure for the ogre disease,

Neville," said Zebok, "Lyboxus is a brilliant tactician and I suspect he's

already decided the best course of action.  It is he who has

organized our coming victory against the human army and you can trust

him to know what to do."Neville watched as the huge

kobold ran up to a pair of ogres and said something to them.  The

ogres nodded and turned and began to lumber further back down the river

away from them signaling other ogres to join them as they went.

 Lyboxus then turned to a large group of kobolds who were tightly

clustered together and must be a bonded pack.  Lyboxus spoke to

them briefly and then as one they all turned and went down on all fours

and took off in a rush back along the river and were past the

lumbering ogres in no time.  The two large kobolds who had responded to

Lyboxus's howl reached him then and he spoke briefly and the three

turned and loped back towards Neville, Zebok and Tenimo.Lyboxus approached the party with the two other kobolds close behind."I

have asked a pack of my brethren to run at their best speed back

through the orc territories and pass the word of the steeped mallow

treatment

to the first pack of scouts they encounter.  The scouts will relay

the information back to the next pack.  We have scout groups

patrolling all the way back past the orc domains to the ogres.  It

will be only a matter of days before the word reaches the ogre keep and

their healers can begin protecting all of the women and children.

 No matter what happens the race itself will not be lost.

 You have saved them all from the same fate as the elves, Neville.

 There are simply not sufficient words to thank you.  You

will have the

undying gratitude of an entire gentle race of giants and all of us who

love them dearly," Lyboxus said

solemnly."What of the ogre army, Lyboxus?  The foul man

floating down the river will reach the humans and tell them that the

ogres know the treatment to protect themselves and the humans will move to infect the ogre army

before they can be warned," said Zebok."No, I will bring the

news to the ogre army myself with two of my mates here.  Neville,

I would like you to meet the love of my life Braxas and the love of my

life Tybac," said Lyboxus.The two kobold soldiers smiled and bowed deeply and Neville returned their bow."I

have asked the ogres to take a supply raft out of the river further up

and carry it down below the falls.  We will use it to follow this

Thurlowe creature's same route on the river through the mountains.

 We will not be able

to catch him but it is of no import.  We will be traveling at the

same speed.  By the time he reaches his destination on the other

side of the mountains he will be coming to shore alone and tired from

clinging to his log.  He will no doubt start running immediately

and since we won't know where he lands we will not be able to track

him, but he will still have a long way to go to reach the human army

and he will be tired and moving slowly,"

continued Lyboxus."When

our group comes aground on the other

side of the mountains we too will have a ways to go before we reach the

ogre army but they will already be marching hard towards us and we will

be a rested group of kobolds and will be moving like the wind.

 We will reach the ogre army before nightfall today and the human

will

still not have reached his own people.  There is nothing he can do.

 Mallow is common and the weed is everywhere.  The ogres will

be drinking the beverage before the human can even warn his people and

the ogres will be completely safe.  The human soldier will not

even have time to alert his army to the true size of our force in time

for them to do anything with the information except to know how they

will be meeting their ends and make peace with whatever false god they

are worshiping these days."Our plan to wipe out the

human army will not be impeded and it is all thanks to you, Neville.

 I cannot tell you how impressed and thoroughly pleased I am with

you after only just meeting you.  I would very much like to get to

know you better and I think the ogre chieftain would also like to meet

the savior of his entire race.  It would be a great honor to me if

you would join me on the raft and take the news to the ogre army and its leader

yourself, my sweet whelp," Lyboxus said."I would be honored to join

you but I cannot possibly run as fast as all of you and would hold you

back when it comes time to leave the raft and go over land to the

ogres," Neville said.Lyboxus chuckled and said, "No, you are

but a small whelp and I am the alpha of my people.  I can carry

you on my back without noticing you are there.  It would be an

extreme pleasure for me I assure you, my dear."The idea of

rafting down a fast river and then riding on the back of the single

fastest person in the world was a thrill Neville could not resist."In that case I would love to come with you!" he exclaimed.As

they spoke Neville saw a long chain of huge ogres lumbering back along

the river towards them with what looked like a massive pile of long,

slender logs on their shoulders.  There were four pairs of ogres

and each pair supported the mass of logs between them.  They

passed the party and continued down the slope toward the river's edge

below the falls."Let us not waste any time and be off then," said Lyboxus, "Zebok will take charge of the army and continue the plan of attack."Zebok turned to Neville and embraced him in a long warm hug."My

heart swells with pride in you, Neville.  I cannot believe my good

fortune in finding you.  The Mother herself had to have led you to

us.  There is simply no other explanation.  She created you

for this purpose.  You have become the savior of an ancient

and wonderful race of people.  Take care and heed Lyboxus well.

 You will be completely safe with him and his bonded mates.

 There are no people in the world more dangerous then them when they are

threatened.  I will miss you until we meet again," he said."I will miss you too, Zebok, and you, Tenimo," said Neville.Tenimo moved to join Zebok and smiled at Neville and gave him a quick hug.Zebok

then said, "It will be done as you've laid it out, Lyboxus.  We

will strike at dawn the day after tomorrow.  May the Mother carry you swiftly,

my dear friends."The two orcs waved and began to make their way

back toward the army as Lyboxus and his two mates turned and led

Neville down the slope toward the ogres.The

ogres were in the

process of unrolling the pile of logs into the water.  Neville

could now see that the logs were all lashed together with dozens of

straps of oiled leather in a loose fashion and across the top several

oiled skins

had been tied into place to act as a platform.  It looked as

though the large raft could be rolled up and unrolled as needed and was

designed to conform to the humps of the fast flowing river.  It

would be able to flex and conform to the fast flow as it traveled

swiftly along and as such there would be no risk of it tipping or

flipping over.Neville

found himself beginning to feel very excited about the coming trip.

 It was urgent and important but it looked as though it may also be a great deal of fun.The

four boarded the large raft and the ogres handed long poles to Lyboxus's two

mates that they would use to guide the raft and keep it centered in the

flow.  The ogres then pushed the raft out into the river's

flow, lumbering out with it into the water to get it into the swiftly

flowing center of the river as quickly as possible.Neville sat excitedly on the raft and could already feel it accelerating to match the speed of the river's flow.He

gazed back at the site of the huge ogres emerging at the shore of the

river and heading back to rejoin the massive army of orcs and kobolds

where they would resume their march back toward the former site of

Neville's home village.Two

days ago the boy had been nothing

more than the busy son of the town innkeeper with a head full of

fantasies of being a champion and saving the humans from the other evil

races.  Now he was a member of the orc race, savior of the

ogre race, and traveling on

a raft down a swift flowing river with the supreme leader of the

kobold race in a bid to save the entire ogre army from elimination.

 He was certainly going to have some stories to tell Jake

when he finally joined back up with him wherever he might be.  He

missed the man sorely and wished he were here with him now.He turned back and looked ahead down the river as the mountains slipped past him to his left."Grab

hold of some straps, Neville my dear, the river flows very swiftly for a

ways and it will be a somewhat thrilling ride.  We do not want you

being launched into the water," said Braxas.Neville noticed

that the three kobolds were all seated and holding tight to lengths of leather that were sticking up through holes in the skins

where the logs had been lashed together.  He looked around and

found several loops of leather right around him that must have been put

there for that reason.  He put his hands through them and twisted

them once around his wrists and grabbed onto them to hold tight.The raft continued to pick up speed and

Neville began to feel the wonderful sensation of falling and then being

forced back upwards and then being weightless for a moment as the raft

dipped and flexed downward and then up over humps in the water that

must be created by the uneven riverbed and the massive rocks well below

the water's surface.  He laughed at the thrill of the sensation

and the kobolds laughed at his enjoyment of it.To

Neville their

laughter was a series of yips and cackles and he realized once again

that Jake had not been in any sort of danger at any point the night

he'd been mistakenly taken captive.  It came to Neville that if

he'd simply followed through with

his

idea of raising his arms and walking into the kobold camp in surrender

he would have been surrounded by a bunch of caring and loving people

who would have been apologizing profusely to him

instead of him being left to wander in the dark on his own.  Then

again, if

he'd done that he would not have been enjoying this ride right at the

moment so he felt that perhaps it was for the best that he did not

surrender after all.  Perhaps as Zebok had said, everything that

had

happened to him, even all the way back to his eavesdropping at the inn,

had been their Great Mother's design all along.A little over an hour passed with the

kobolds occasionally using their poles to control the raft and keep it

from getting caught in any whirlpools or going off into the slower flow

along the side whenever the river curved, and Neville's face was

beginning to ache from the constant grinning.  Finally the river

was smoothing out as it turned towards the mountain.  It looked as

though the river was going to be wide and smooth and straight for a time before

it entered the canyon and things would get interesting again.  It

would take almost an hour at this slower speed by his reckoning to reach the entrance

to the canyon.  He relaxed his grip on the leather loops and lay

down on his side and studied the kobolds as they gazed back at him.He

thought of what Zebok had told him of the kobolds' way of forming packs and he suddenly found

himself wondering why the leader of the kobold race would have only two

mates, especially given the incredible gift he had for wooing others.  It seemed like he should have quite a large family.

 His curiosity overcame him."May I ask a personal question, Lyboxus?""Please

do, Neville, I consider you a very dear friend already and I would like

you to feel comfortable asking anything you like.  It would help

us both to understand each other better.  I may have some personal

questions for you myself," said the large kobold."I was wondering,

Zebok told me of your nature and how you build large families of mates

that you fight with as a group and I was curious why you have only two.  Are there others who are

fighting in other locations?""These two achingly beautiful kobolds you see here are my only two male

mates, Neville.  Kobolds are not homosexual but completely free

sexually.  The other races are the same.

 Some are drawn only to the same sex while others have a

preference one way or the other but mix with both sexes.

 I have seventeen exceedingly beautiful female mates back home.

 None of the races

allow our females to engage in warfare as it is an ugly task and well

beneath them.  You will need to come with me to my village someday

to meet my other mates and that is something I would love for you

to do at your earliest convenience when all of this is over and we've

repealed our isolation laws, my

sweet whelp," Lyboxus said.Neville asked, "So you must have a great many children then, are many of them in the army as well?""No,

my dear, most of my whelps are too young yet to be involved in the

conflict.  My oldest is the only one who is a soldier.  His

name is Jex and he scouts with his newly bonded and not yet married

mates.  He is a bit of a reckless lover like myself and does like to

enjoy himself sexually.  He would love you as much as I do I

think.  I look forward to introducing you to him some day."Neville smiled and nodded."Tell

me, Neville, is the man you were hoping to find with our army your only

mate?  Is that still how it works with the humans?" asked Lyboxus."Jake

is not, strictly speaking, my mate.  Our people do not allow same

sex bonding.  They also do not condone the bonding of an adult

with what they consider to be an immature child," said Neville.The kobolds all shook their heads and grumbled at that."Immature

my furry buttocks!  You are far more mature than many adults I

have known.  Maturity cannot be measured by age.  It makes no

sense.  It can only be measured by the level of maturity displayed

and nothing else.  At a very young age,

much younger than you in fact, everyone comes to know what they want

and do not want.

 We allow our whelps to engage in sexual activity from the moment

they show an interest.  Why in the Mother's name would we not?

 If they approach an unrelated adult and

express a desire for intimate play the adult will happily engage in any

activity they

wish to experiment with."The adults know what the whelps' bodies

are capable of or not capable of and can ensure no harm of any sort is

done.  It would be ridiculous and an affront to

the Mother to refuse them.

 If the adult and whelp find they are material for forming a mated

pair they are

encouraged to stay together and form a more permanent bond.  In

time they will be tied together in wedlock.  We do not see age as

a determining factor for when an individual should become sexually

active or who they should be active with.  That would be absurd.

 An interest and a desire to proceed is all that is

required to begin the activity in our society.  We actually prefer

that whelps learn from a tender and experienced adult rather than

fumbling around on their own and possibly harming each other.

 That is how all

races approach it other than humans," explained Lyboxus."That

is how I wish it was in our society," said Neville, "Jake and I would

tie the knot immediately.  It makes no sense to me how we can both

want it for ourselves and yet it is the rest of our society that steps

in to tell us what we should and shouldn't do with our own lives.  What difference

does it make to them?  What do they gain by preventing our

happiness?  I don't understand it.""Nor do I.  How

can they be happy that way?  They spurn the gifts of the mother.

 It

saddens me to think that you are being denied something that is

completely natural and that would make

you happy and that is right and good, all for no logical reason.  It is the

denial of it that is unnatural and wrong.  The humans are a

puzzling

lot.  If you wish I would like to welcome you into our society to

live with us.  It would please me to no end to have you both as

neighbors," offered Lyboxus."Thank you so much, Lyboxus.  I think we may take you up on that offer.""I

know you have been intimate with Zebok as you have given him your seed

and he has welcomed you as an orc.  Have you had sexual relations with

kobolds before?" Lyboxus asked."No.  Honestly, until just

yesterday I believed kobolds to be vicious and evil.  I'm sorry.

 It is the way humans are taught," said Neville."It is of

no consequence, Neville.  You know the truth now.  I was

wondering though.  Would you be interested in exploring sex with a

kobold?  With me in particular?" asked Lyboxus with a smile on his

face.Neville flushed and thought of the scene he'd witnessed

when the five kobolds had made love using Jake as the centerpiece and

he immediately began to be aroused."Yes, I think I would be very interested in that," he said."We

have at least an hour before our floor becomes unstable again.  This raft is quite large and there is more

than enough room for the four of us to play.  The river flows

straight and smoothly until we reach the canyon.  Would you allow

me to fuck you here and now?" asked Lyboxus bluntly."Yes, I

would like that," said Neville as he began to remove his jerkin once

again and then untied his breechclout and set it aside.The

three kobolds all quickly stripped off all of their armor and

underclothes as well and Neville could see all of their red cocks had

already begun to extend outward from their sheaths.  He became

very aroused at the sight of the beautiful creatures in all their glory

and the idea that it was he that was making them feel the lust they

were clearly showing.Lyboxus moved confidently toward Neville and gently pushed

him over onto his hands and knees."This is how an alpha takes his mate," Lyboxus whispered into Neville's ear.The

kobold immediately mounted Neville and gripped him tightly around the

waist and lightly nipped at the back of the boy's neck and held his

muzzle there to let him know he was about to be taken forcefully and he may not try to escape.  Neville

could feel the pointed, rock hard penis begin to

jab at his anus very lightly, probing for the entrance.  Once it

found it Lyboxus pressed hard against him and his cock entered Neville

smoothly.The

shape of it was perfectly ideal for quick

penetration and it was already squirting thin, wet precum and Neville

experienced no discomfort whatsoever as it surged forward into him, spreading his anus wide.

 He

moaned with pleasure as Lyboxus leaned into it and began to hump him

forcefully.  Lyboxus began to pant and fucked him fast like a

rabbit while pushing harder and harder against him trying to drive his

still growing cock as deep as it would go into Neville.  The kobold's

back was curved and his tail was curling up over it towards his head and his

forepaws were pulling Neville back into him

as his hind paws slipped against the surface of the raft in his urgent

efforts

to drive himself deeper into the boy.The

kobold was the alpha of his people and he was taking what was his and

he showed no concern for how Neville might want it.  It just so

happened that that was exactly

how Neville did want it and he was immediately in heat himself and felt

his cock straining and growing harder than it had ever been in his

life.  He felt like he was being taken and thoroughly owned by the

most appealing creature in the world.  It was Neville that the

huge and impressively beautiful kobold wanted

right now and no one else.  Neville belonged to him completely and

the

boy was more than thrilled to submit.Neville could feel the kobold's cock continuing to

extend deeper into his rectum and swelling more.  He had never felt so wanted

before and it thrilled him to allow Lyboxus to fuck him with abandon.

 The kobold moaned softly and began to pant more heavily as his hips rapidly

pumped at Neville and his cock stabbed its way deeper and deeper into him.Neville

looked up and saw that Braxas was fully engaged inside Tybac and

Braxas had a glazed look in his eye and his tongue was hanging and

dripping as he

rapidly humped and slammed his hips at his lover while he lost himself

in his desire and lust for his mate.  It was an incredibly

wonderful sight and Neville knew that was what Lyboxus

must look like as he took Neville and it raised his level of lust even

more while he marveled at the sensation of Lyboxus' massive cock

pushing deeper and deeper into him and stretching his anus.Tybac

noticed Neville's attention and he began to carefully move sideways

closer to Neville and Braxas dutifully followed and humped his way

along with his mate.Neville

could see Tybac's massive penis

hanging from its sheath untouched and he knew what the kobold must

want.  As soon as Tybac's waist bumped up against Neville's head

the boy reached out and gripped the beautiful, wet, red and purple cock and

began to work at it to give the

kobold as much pleasure as he could.Tybac

moaned in response and his hips began to jab slightly to fuck

Neville's hand

while he tightly held his cock.

 Neville turned his head sideways and moved it under Tybac's waist

and pulled the hard, dripping cock into his mouth.  It tasted

absolutely amazing to Neville.  He did not understand why it would

but it did.  He sucked in as much of the throbbing red cock as he

could and Tybac moaned more loudly and maneuvered a bit more forward

and jabbed lightly at Neville's face

fucking it and driving his cock in deeper while Braxas continued to

fuck Tybac.  Neville's lust went even higher as he breathed the

heady, musky scent coming off of Tybac's crotch and sucked at the thin

precum that began to squirt from the tip of the thick cock.  He

loved the look

of the kobold's big balls swinging as Tybac humped at Neville's face.

 He reached out and began to fondle the big, beautiful, furry sack

and his hand kept getting bumped by Braxas's big balls as he humped at

Tybac's hole.

 Neville

immediately noticed

the base of Tybac's throbbing cock beginning to swell further.

 His huge knot was beginning to form as he approached his orgasm.Neville

noticed at the same time that his rectum was beginning to be stretched

as well, as Lyboxus's knot began to grow inside him.  Soon it would

be too large to exit Neville's anus and the kobold leader would be tied

to him with Neville not able to escape being filled with the kobold's

seed if even he wanted to.  The thought drove the boy

deeper into his lust and he began to moan loudly himself as he sucked

even more of Tybac's hard cock into his mouth and down his throat.Suddenly

he heard Lyboxus grunt loudly and deeply with pleasure as he thrust

hard at Neville a couple of times and then held the last thrust,

gripping Neville's waist, and the kobold's hind paws slipped a few more

times as his body tried desperately hard to

press even more of his cock into Neville's ass.  Neville felt a

massive surge of the big kobold's seed rush into his bowels.

 Lyboxus's huge

knot began to press hard against Neville's prostate as it grew and the

boy had

never felt so completely filled in his life before.  The sensation

and the

idea of the lustful fucking he was getting sent Neville spinning into

the abyss

and his orgasm washed over him in waves and he began to shoot his cum

onto the raft

without even touching himself.  He moaned around Tybac's swelling

cock as his own young member bobbed up and down with each squirt of his

seed that was being pumped out forcefully by Lyboxus's knot pressing

against and milking Neville's prostate.Tybac then began to buck

and Neville knew he must be reaching his orgasm so the boy took

hold of the kobold's big knot and pulled it hard against the outside his own

mouth and held it there, sucking the end of the cock as hard as he could.  Tybac

grunted and suddenly Neville felt a massive stream of warm semen spurt from the

kobold's cock.  Then another forceful spurt came and another and

another.  Neville was in heaven.  The taste and texture was

wonderful.  At the same time he could feel himself being filled

from Lyboxus's massive cock in his rectum.  Then he saw Braxas hump

hard against Tybac and grunt as he held the position and began pumping

his seed into his mate.The four held their position while the

kobolds continued to pump their copious amounts of semen and Neville's

cock oozed the last of his seed out onto the floor of the raft.Finally Tybac pulled away

and Neville let his cock slip from his mouth.  The two tied

kobolds then maneuvered into a lying position on the raft with

practiced grace and Tybac began to lick himself.Lyboxus continued to hold Neville but his grip eased off.  He was now waiting for his knot to release.Ten minutes or so passed and Braxas came free from Tybac and began to clean himself as well.Neville

stayed in his position and could still feel that Lyboxus's knot had not

come down in size at all.  He was thrilled that the kobold had

been so thoroughly aroused by him and he was happy to wait with the

huge cock buried deeply into him as long as it might take.  Just

thinking about it began to stir his young loins again and he knew it

would not be long before he'd be fully aroused and ready to go again.

 He'd never been more aroused in his life and he felt he would

like nothing more than to make love with these amazingly beautiful

creatures until he simply had no energy left to do it anymore."This

is the longest I've held my knot and I do not sense it going down yet,

my sweet lover," Lyboxus said softly as he lay along Neville's back

smiling his contentment.The

two continued to wait and nobody said a word for almost another twenty

minutes.  Neville noticed the two other kobolds were now watching

in awe as if they had never seen such a sight before.  Their cocks

had fully retreated into their sheaths a while ago and Lyboxus was

still fully erect and tied and leaking his seed into Neville.

 Finally

Neville could feel Lyboxus's knot had begun to shrink.  After

another few minutes it finally was able to slip free and Lyboxus moved

off of him."I have never tied that long before in my

life.  I don't know of any kobold who ever has.  Thank you

from the bottom of my heart, my sweet new lover.  You have given me

more joy than I've ever experienced before," Lyboxus

breathed and then he moved to lie down and clean himself.Neville turned and lay down so his

head was at Lyboxus's crotch and he began to lick the kobolds spent

erection himself.  Lyboxus stopped and smiled at him with a slightly glazed look in

his eyes."I can't reach my own and I hate to be left out," Neville said with a smile and returned to his pleasant work.Lyboxus then moved his head to Neville's crotch and began to lick the boy's already growing cock in return.Neville licked at the beautiful organ and was becoming very hard

and very much aroused again by the taste and the smell of Lyboxus's musk

at his crotch and the sensation of the kobold's long pink tongue working Neville's crotch so thoroughly.Lyboxus's cock finally began to retreat back into his sheath and Neville longingly chased it until it disappeared.

 He then moved his face to Lyboxus' large balls and began to lick

at them.  He was so deeply aroused once again that he was not ready to quit yet."You are full of heat again already, my sweet boy.  Please, if you would care to, I would love for you to fuck me now,"

Lyboxus whispered.Neville smiled and nodded at him.Lyboxus stood on all fours and looked back at Neville with lust in his eyes and waited to be mounted.Braxas and Tybac both had surprised looks on their faces as they sat up to witness the event.Neville

moved into position and a powerful surge of lust overcame him and he

lifted Lyboxus's tail and moved his face in to tongue his anus.

 The taste was incredible.  The kobold's anus had been

sweating and giving off the powerful leader's musk and the smell of it

made Neville's head spin.  He lustfully probed his tongue at the

dark, tight hole and he was so intensely aroused that he knew he would

not last long so he had

better not waste any more time or he would shoot his seed on the floor

of the

raft again.Neville

stood and took a position behind the big kobold and pushed his cock

into the wonderfully tight, warm hole.  He then did as the others

had

shown him and leaned over onto Lyboxus's back and gripped him

around the waist and began to hump at him like a rutting dog.  He

bucked his hips at the big kobold as hard and as fast as he

could manage as he grunted and he tried to pull Lyboxus into him.

 His feet began to

slip on the raft as well as he tried desperately to merge his loins

with Lyboxus's

and make them one.  He marveled at the wonderful warmth of the big

kobold and the luxurious softness of his fur against Neville's naked

body.  He had never felt such heat before and he fucked the kobold

leader harder and faster while gripping him tightly to make him his own.Lyboxus moaned his pleasure at the sensation and after a moment he began to speak in a sonorous voice."I receive your gift from

the Mother with love, honor and trust.  As you plant your seed in me

know

that it will grow into the deepest and most permanent bond between you

and my people.  You will be a part of me and be one of my people from

this

day forward and we will afford you every status that entails.  I submit

to your domination over me and for the moment that we are coupled you

replace me as their leader.  I place in you the complete trust of an

entire

race.  Let all who witness spread the word.  You are now a kobold," Lyboxus intoned.The

ex-leader of the kobolds then looked lustily back at Neville and

whispered to him, "Plant your seed in me now, my sweet alpha."Neville

was overcome with sudden love for the kobold and appreciation for what

Lyboxus had just

done and he began to buck powerfully against the kobold as the boy's

orgasm took him over once again and he shot his seed deep into the

kobold's hot rectum.  Again and again he humped and spurted

more of his cum into the tight hole of his new lover until finally he

was spent and he held on tightly and leaned onto Lyboxus's back to

enjoy

the moment just a bit longer and pretended to be tied to him for a

while to let him know how deeply he'd been attracted to him.Braxas

and Tybac looked on in awe at the wonderful moment they had witnessed.

 When Neville finally pulled out they yipped and cackled and

rushed to him and began to lick his face in joy."You are one of us now, you beautiful whelp!  Welcome to the most wonderful race in the world!" Braxas exclaimed."You are a wonder, Neville!  Lyboxus

lets none of us fuck him since he became alpha.  The moment he

said the words you became the first kobold to fuck him as leader and as

you shot your seed into him you became alpha of the whole race for that

moment.  It was beautiful and a very great honor," Tybac breathed

in wonderment.Neville's

eyes began to well with tears as he moved around to Lyboxus's front and

grabbed the big kobold around the neck and held him tightly."Thank you so much Lyboxus, this means more to me than you can imagine.  You've made me so happy!" Neville said."I

am the one who is thrilled, my love.  How could I not make

you one of our people when that is clearly where your sweet soul

belongs?  You are a wonderful kobold wrapped in a beautiful human

body.

 You are a very special individual indeed and I am proud to have

you with us, you dear, sweet whelp.  I look forward to a great many years in your delightful company," he said.Neville held him a

while longer then suddenly the four of them felt themselves drop and

surge back up again.  They all looked up and realized they were

fast

approaching the entrance to the canyon already and the river was

narrowing again and speeding up.  They quickly got

dressed and took positions to hang on tightly, getting ready

for the next round of the thrill ride before the river would smooth out

on the other side of the mountains.As Neville sat holding

tightly to the leather loops he gazed at the beautiful creatures who

were now his own kith and kin.  He marveled at how strange the

world was and how quickly it was changing for him.To his complete and utter delight he realized he was now a human, an orc and a kobold.