"Okay, I need one of you to act as the group's leader. Who can do that?"

Silverstream says "I can! My name is Silverstream."

"Alright, Silverstream. Despite them being humans, I get the feeling you want to take the kids with us."

Silverstream says "Yes we do. Their own people have abandoned them, we can't do the same."

"I understand the sentiment, but it is going to make this more complicated. Alright, we will take them with us and see what happens."

Silverstream says "Thank you!"

"Alright, now we need to move quickly and quietly. Pair everyone up, one elf per kid, keep them quiet."

Silverstream says "Okay. Where are we headed?"

"The docks."

Silverstream says "We are escaping by ship?"

"Yes."

Once everyone is arranged, I lead the way out of the building and into an alley. Luckily I mapped all the alleys so I know a way to the docks that avoids the main streets. When we reach the docks I lead them to a spot close to one of the holding areas.

"Alright, wait here."

Silverstream says "Why? What's your plan?"

"There are more elven slaves being held in that building. I want you to wait here while I free them."

Silverstream says "Alright, be careful!"

It is only then that I realize they must all think I am just a normal elf, but I don't have time to correct them. Leaving them hiding in the alley, I quietly make my way over to the holding area. There are two guards outside the building, who I quietly take care of.

When I move inside I don't find any other guards, just cells full of slaves, both human and elven. At least this time it isn't children, they are probably convicts or something along those lines. However, that doesn't matter to me, I free them anyway, just because I don't like slavery.

Besides, if they cause trouble for the kingdom, that will just be icing on the cake. Whoever they are, they aren't fools, they disappear as soon as I free them. Soon only the elves are left and they follow me out to meet up with the others.

From the brothel I rescued about two dozen female elves with a similar number of human children. From the docks I rescued over thirty male elves, so grouped up we have well over fifty people. The more people there are the harder it is to move quietly, but luckily we are already on the docks.

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I lead the group onto a pier where there are some rowboats, I noticed them during the day. Using hand signals I separate some of the fitter looking male elves and assign two to each boat. There are a total of six rowboats and each can carry four passengers so they will have to make two trips at least.

"Silverstream, take the women and children across first."

Silverstream says "Where are we going?"

"That ship!"

Silverstream says "The warship!? Are you insane?!"

"Relax, I already took care of it. There is no one alive onboard. Just go slow and make as little noise as possible. Once you are onboard, hide."

Silverstream says "Why does it sound like you aren't coming with us?"

"Because I am not. There are still more elves I need to rescue. So keep the rowboats ready, I will signal when I need them. We are at the south end of the harbor now, the next group will be around the middle and the last will be at the north side."

Silverstream says "Two more groups? Is there going to be time for that?"

"There has to be! I am not leaving a single elf behind if I can help it!"

A lot of the elves look scared, but not a single one tries to argue against me. Leaving Silverstream in charge I spread my wings and fly towards the mansions. I hear numerous sounds of shock behind me as I fly away from the docks.

Looks like they will no longer think of me as just a normal elf, but time is more important. So I ignore it and fly at top speed to the first mansion, then land in a quiet corner of the grounds. All five mansions have walled grounds, probably to make it harder for slaves to escape.

Then again, if they are owned by nobles the walls could also be to keep commoners away. Whichever the reason, it makes my job harder because I need to get the slaves out. Moving through the grounds undetected is easy for me, but it will be hard with a crowd.

My first target is some sheds behind the main house, that is where the scent was the strongest. However, I couldn't get close enough to pinpoint which shed so I have to check them one by one. In the third shed I find eight elven women huddled together for warmth and proceed to free them.

"Is this all the elves in this place?"

Female Elf says "No, there are two others, but they are kept in the lord's chambers."

"Where would that be?"

Female Elf says "Top floor, far end of the hall."

"Alright, wait here while I go get them."

Before they can express any doubt or worries I leave the shed and head for the main house. Finding the backdoor is easy enough, but there is a half-asleep guard standing in front of it. I feel kind of bad for him, but I still kill him before he even knows I am there.

After stashing his body in some bushes I enter the house and quietly head upstairs. There are servants and guards moving around the house, but I make it to the top floor undetected. The huge double doors at the end of the hall should be my target so I head that way.

As I approach the doors I can hear what sounds like cries of pain from inside the room. As I open the door quietly I am already dreading whatever I am about to see. Inside, the two elves I am looking for are strung up naked and being whipped.

The one whipping them is an old, fat human and from the looks of it he is doing it for fun. My first instinct is to make him die a very slow and painful death, but that isn't possible. Any screams would attract too much attention and compromise the escape attempt.

So, instead I control myself and quietly move up behind the human, who isn't paying attention. In one quick movement, I grab the back of his head and rip his head completely off his shoulders. Blood sprays everywhere and his body twitches before falling over.

Tossing the head aside I quickly move to the two elven women and cut them down. As I do I heal both of them and use the cleaning stone on them and myself. I quickly help them get dressed and then lead them carefully through the house.

Once we are outside I gather the other eight women from the shed and then take all of them towards the wall. The women aren't going to be able to jump over the wall so I am forced to find a gate. The gate has two guards which I quietly kill, then I open the gate and lead the women out.