Glinda's  POV

This last job was a mess I mean we got a fairly decent haul but the others Just do not understand. Having gold is important so what if you have to dig up some dirty or rotten corpses. We will need that gold later to buy better equipment. Equipment that can save our lives. Magic spells to heal and destroy the enemy. We must have gold to earn more gold.  I want to go swimming in pool of gold coins. Gold i must have more gold.

Jessica is starring at me and I just know she is going to complain. I am right as always “You gold crazed maniac your going to roll around in your pile of gold again aren't you?” Dammit how does she know. Jessica snorts “Your already plotting on how to take all our gold right?”

I shake my head “Of course not I am a mere simple merchant.” Jessica starred at me. I could see her thinking did that dwarf have us dig up the bodies just so we would get dirty and pay extra for soap. Time to stop her thinking such cruel things. “You can have a couple of free towels and I only charge you the standard price for the soap. Now if you will excuse me I have a hot bath and a bed to go to” My beautiful pile of gold awaits. Sleeping on my gold is there anything better

A screaming Sara runs right to us and begins to blubber “Its horrible. Horrible. That thing is not a basilisk. Its a evil demon or something. IT enslaved me HELP you have got to help me i do not want to be a  giant lizards sex toy. You have got to kill it AGGGH”

Jessica POV

When Sara Screamed and fainted i got a really bad feeling. When i looked at Glinda my heart sunk. That gold crazed dwarf eyes have just begun to gleam. That Basilisk or whatever it was far more dangerous than we suspect and so worth more gold.

Glinda has just begun to get that there might be gold in it look. I once saw her kill three humans over a copper coin they tried to cheat her out of. She is looking at the collapsed Sara like a pile of gold. Glinda's question was not unexpected “So the basilisk must be a really strong monster to reflect the slave magic right? Lets go take a look it might help our guild grow”

As we approach the basilisk I notice something is wrong. It most definitely is not a basilisk. I saw its acid blood and it had some kind of death eye. But its scales are not what a basilisk would have they look more like a dragons. And it has a aura I normally feel coming from litchs or skeleton mages. But even worse than that Glinda's eyes are glowing. There must be something really valuable about this basilisk looking thing.

I watch as Glinda grins at it and then my stomach gets squeezed by Glinda's next words “ You and your new slave Sara must be muddy. So how about a free bar of soap. Come with with have a hot bath with the girls and i can explain things to you.”

I feel bad for Sara once i hear the Slave part. But the most amazing thing is the free soap. Glinda would charge her own mother double for a bar of soap. Glinda grabed the unconscious Sara and tossed her over her back and we headed off to the small pond which has been magically heated pool.

Sara POV

I wake up after the familiar slave bond almost kills me. Maybe it was all a dream. Looking around I am naked near the pool we all swim in. Thank the gods i am not really enslaved by that demon lizard I stare at Glinda and Jessica and a giant lizard?  No its the basilisk it was not a nightmare its real. Glinda is swimming and chatting to the giant mutant lizard that enslaved me.

The lizard winked it winked at me and playfully swam around my friends who were not looking at me. What is going on? And then a terrible thought enters my head. It can not be right they would never leave me enslaved to that thing.

Glinda swims over and grins “Figured it out then the hybrid has a huge future potential. You being its servant makes you more valuable so come into the water and serve him.”

Serve him oh shit serve him how? Glinda laughs “Relax he is just a kid there are some fish on a plate now get to work” Jessica gives me a look of pity. “Sorry but even decent mages are worth less than a something with Skeletors Status ”

Skeleton POV

This is great i get to keep Sara. Glinda explained it all I will be a more valuable member so I will be responsible for Sara I have got to pay for her upkeep. I get her share of the loot we collect but if she does anything bad I get fined.

Information floods my brain Glinda is greedy. So I must getting into her debt at all costs or she will sell me to slavers or perhaps to herbalists. Information enters my mind some humans enjoy eating monsters. In fact some have places where the monsters limbs are cut off and healed with magic again and again.

Looking at the glint in Glinda eyes I can feel her weighing my benefits to the guild. If she can get a copper coin more from turning me into jerky rather than letting me join her guild She will happily slit my throat while i sleep.

I will think about it more later. I love swimming this water is the best. I only wish there were not so many naked women all over the place. They are having a splash fight over by the side of the pond. Glinda is laughing while being chased by Sara who is screaming “This is unfair he is suppose to be my slave. Why are you not doing anything about it” Glinda is grabbed from behind bySara whose hands grabs her Glinda chest and squeezes.

Glinda grins “I normally have to pay for that kind of treatment. Its to expensive to remove the spell you cast. So you can keep 20% of what you earn until you have saved up enough to buy the spell.” I grin swimming is the best plus Glinda is the type of person to cheat Sara mercilessly. I figure she will be my slave for a very long time.

I swim around a couple of the women and information floods my brain. I am male they are female in the future when i am grown up the women will not allow me to bath with them. I should try and remember this situation while i can. I swim around the pool until Glinda lets out a scream “Just where are you grabbing Sara you Skelator bring your new slave with you and go to bed. ”

I get out of the hot pool and take a look around there is some kind of ward on the pool. Most likely something like a green house spell. It draws in heat during the day and holds it for a bit during the night. It also acts like tent and stops rain at least for a few hours until the magic is drained.

Amazing the uses of magic are truly amazing. I wonder if the pond water was simply summoned here. Well time to get to sleep i can look at the wards tomorrow. I reach out and yank on the invisible cord that attaches me to Sara. She screams and clutches her head but gets the point. I want to go to sleep and she had better bring me to that bed.

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When we reach Sara's Room she turns red for some reason. I look around one bed a table a chair and some books. Bed that is a place people sleep. I jump into the bed and Sara screams at me “That my bed you get the ground you uncultured brute AGGGGG”

This slave spell is really useful. Sara stops screaming as i stop using the pain spell. She stares at me in disgust “That hurt what is wrong with you i am a female your suppose to be like a chivalry knight towards women.”

More information enters my mind chivalry a code of conduct for knights. Largely ignored my knights useless. Mercy a evil word used by evil people. Compassion a word used by people with no understanding of the world.

I decided the bed was better than the ground for sleeping. Sara is beginning to fume again “Listen i am not sharing a bed with a possible toxic hybrid creature you have a mat hear. So just use it” Time to explain the situation to Sara again. I kicked her a pillow and sent a image of her sleeping on the floor.

Sara turned red “No way am i sleeping on the floor AAGGGA stop that AGGHHHHHHH” This pain spell was good it really showed Sara who was boss. Sara stopped objecting and tried to grab a blanket AAGGGH. Sara looked at me “Your a lizard you do not need all the blankets right” I shook my head they were cozy i could rest my tail on them.

Sara gave me a stunned look “Your what planing on resting your tail on my blankets. Listen how about going to Glinda for a loan then you could buy yourself a futon.” I nod and send a image of Sara borrowing the gold. Sara grins “Just sign this IOU and i will go now”

thought transmission to slave learned

I shake my head <> Sara shakes “But where will i sleep? I am only keeping 20% of all the gold we collect I can not borrow against that tiny sum.”Information gained body heat. Right humans emit body heat if i use her like a pillow it will be warmer that a standard pillow.  Of course i will have to train her into it.<>

Buzz night guard POV

Dammit that Lizard just got to go to the women's pool and swam with them then it got to sleep in Sara's room. Thinking back i only got this low paid job because of the ratio of females to males and a lizard gets luckier than me. Screams come form Sara's room. The time has come to show this lizard who is boss. I will let him rough her up a little and then come in and save her.

Now i can not mess this up i want to look cool in front of Sara. I reach up and open the door quietly. Best not to alert the lizard. I open the door quietly and stare at a half naked Sara getting into a bed with the giant lizard.

Sara screams get out and i sense i have a opportunity here. “So Sara you would not want any rumours spread about you would you? So how about you let me feel you up a bit” Sara turns bright red and i grin time to push home my advantage. “How about you just”

A voice echoed in my head <> I stare the lizard is looking at me. “I am Buzz and i was hoping i could purchase some of Sara's time. I just want to bring her back to my room for a bit.”

<> That lizard is really starring at me. I tell him the truth “I am only the night watch man Glinda got me cheap after what i did in my last job. So i have a months pay and I get Sara every night for a year? Your her master she will not be able to resist your instructions for very long. ”

The lizard looks interested and then comes my downfall <> My answer seal my doom. “Yeah but what I am paid I am not exactly going to rush around the place. Glinda a tight wad.”

The lizard eyes glow and i realize i am paralyzed. Oh shit the lizard looks pissed <>

Somehow the lizard looks terrifying his eyes glow and he spits acid at me. AGGHH not down there not down there. It burns it burns. Its burning my balls off. <>

I try to scream but it is so painful that even when the paralyze effect wears off i am not able to move a muscle. I try to move and then a goddess appears in front of me Jessica stops the pain with a simple cantrap and pulls out the smoke coming from my balls. If i could have thanked her I would but hte pain is to much. She leans in to put on the healing potion and then the devil appears.

Glinda leans over and gives up a cheerful smile “Potions cost so how about it you now owe me all your gold or you can crawl to your room and get one of your own.” Jessica at least looks embarrassed and i have got to nod. I know if i do not Glinda will find some way of stopping me getting to my room and then double the cost of the healing potion.

Blessed nothingness assaults me and I pass out. I wake to find that my goddess Jessica is a even worse devil that Glinda. I am shackled and wearing only a loin cloth. Jessica grins at me “Sara told us what you wanted her for. Then her new master offered to summon up a skeleton for free to guard him during the night. Then Glinda decided you had damaged her equipment and needed to pay. The acid really damaged that cod piece. So we are selling you to make up the difference as per your contract with Glinda.”

Jessica reached out and grabbed me. We reached the mage who was going to send me on my way. It was Sara who gave me a nasty grin she turned to Jessica “Why are we sending him off now? We could have done it earlier.” “The blue march is about to start. Old men who love the young men tend to march march so Glinda might me able to rent him out for a hour or two before selling him. You have the healing scrolls right Glinda?” Jessica leans in close “the slave market is on the blue parade route. Most likely your being sold to a old sodomite. See how you like it”