*( mood song: "Björn Olsson - Annika")

The rebel leader took them to a secluded part of the village, going inside a huge cave carved into the rock, a big crabman with two spears carved on the left side and a big beast with 8 legs on the right, in the middle of the cave sat dozens of crab men and women of different sizes and styles, sitting on a circle around a cropping of glowing algae that was also growing on the ceiling, giving a cyan color to the space.

The rebel leader pointed to the elders and whispered "these are the various tribes elders so be respectful, I wilĺ talk first and introduce you" he then stepped forward and bowed slightly "elders, I've come with allies from afar seeking your knowledge from the deep caves"

The elders turned to look at them as a big and hunched crabman said "well then, step forward and ask your questions young ones"

Erik took off his helmet, hanging it from his shoulder as he stepped forward, some gaping at his apparent beauty for a crab woman "greetings elders, today I came to ask you if any of you has heard of a mysterious building surrounded by lava deep in the caves, made out of metal?"

The elders murmured between themselves before a hunched and spiked shell crab woman started talking "I think I can be of help in that case, I remember my grandpa talking to me about the abode of the gods, there were moving lights that fried any hunter who got too close"

Erik thinking 'turrets probably, radiation or lasers...'

" but it all changed the day of the monster tide"

The rebel leader murmuring to Erik "sigh, here we go again..."

the old lady heard him though " you disrespectful brat..., as I was saying, the monster tide, our ancestors left records that a now disappeared tribe had managed to go to the abode of the gods avoiding the lights, but there was no news from them for decades, until one day it happened, the bodies of those already dead rose again...-"

Erik almost choked hearing that as he stopped her "w-wait a second! you mean bones or corpses rising? there's a big difference..."

"corpses, no bone monster, some were missing parts and had exposed bones... why?" the old woman was confused with the question.

Erik sighed relieved "skeletons would mean more weird things, corpses can be due to parasites, fungus, some kind of plant maybe? but it could still be explained"

The old woman seemed excited "hoho so you believe me? finally someone with a brain around here, well where was I... ah, yeah the corpses rose and no one knew why, so they just killed them again, eating their flesh, but those who ate their meat also got sick and after some time... their heads would split open with glowing bulbs splurting off, becoming really aggressive, so my ancestors and all the surrounding tribes decided to move up, and that would lead to a huge war for resources, but luckily the king crab tribe unified the tribes and launched a crusade against the real enemies! the demons from beyond the caves! we took over their city and lived peacefully! even the feast that-"

The elders frowned as Erik quickly changed the topic "ejem elder, those demons that you said, what happened to their city after you crabmen took over"

the woman frowned "you talk as if you weren't... well that's general knowledge, we don't know how those demons kept the Abyssals away, but we couldn't and so we were forced back into the caves, thankfully the war had reduced our numbers so we could live in peace for a while... but the monsters started spreading further and further, making villages disappear without notice, the king crab tribe were also contaminated by the demons flesh, so they became weak and just disappeared too one day" she looked at the rebel leader and frowned " and this nut head doesn't believe us"

the rebel leader shrugged "well, let's say I believe you, we have nowhere else to go anyway"

Erik thinking by the side 'wonder what these old fogies would say if they knew out real identities...'

Erik: "so what if I wanted to go down there to that building, could I ask for some guides? you don't believe in those monsters after all right?"

The rebel leader seemed to think about it but then shook his head "we are at war right now, we can't spare the troops for something like that"

Erik: "well, in that case, what if I help you win the war?"

RebelLeader: "how? with those exploding weapons?"

Erik: "exactly, we could easily take down the shadow claw tribe like this, just need to wait for them to fight against the fire claw tribe and then we'll strike"

the rebel leader thought for some time and finally nodded "alright, if you help us win the war, we will help you reach that place... if it really exists".

Erik: "We have a deal then"

--- Octopeople city, primary school ---

Teacher: "alright kids, today we are gonna say what our parents do for the community and draw it"

the kids made drawings of their parents as they came before the teacher and explained their drawings.

kid1: "m- my mom is a hunter and my daddy is a door guard to the city, here in my drawing they are wrestling with each other, and here see my daddy holds her by the hips and put her peepee inside-"

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The teacher came clapping then though "good good, that's enough, next one..." thinking 'ugh, guess I will have to talk to her about what sex is'.

kid1 pouting: "hmm I hadn't finished..." and went pouting to her seat.

a big kid then came up, her chest held high in pride "my dad is the Leaders first commander! and my mom is one of her best warriors!, see in my drawing they help in founding this city-"

Crabina interrupted her though "helped? how?" with a snicker

the warrior kid got red in the face and said "my mommy told me! they helped in negotiating with the alien!"

Crabina chuckled "then your mommy is a liar, my daddy made this city, ge gave the tools and designs for everything for free"

the warrior kid got red with anger "hmph! so your dad is that alien, my dad said your daddy is just pretty but has no strength at all, he even caused lots of injured on a hunt"

Crabina: "hahahahaha"

the warrior kid got flustered "why do you laugh?!"

Crabina: "oh, your daddy must be so ugly and useless, making you talk in her name huh? everyone knows my daddy though, as an intelligent beauty who brought us this city and everything we have now"

the warrior kid was angry now "oh yeah? at least mine is my real daddy, you are just an adopted pet and nothing else you crab demon! your daddy doesn't really love you!"

Crabina loomed over her quickly "take that back!"

the warrior kid didn't back off though "what if i don't?" with a smile.

Crabina grabbed her by the shoulders anď bent her body back *THUD!* headbutting the warrior kid and launching her back, falling a meter away unconscious and muttering "that happens, my daddy loves me"

The teacher came back to her senses at that time as it had happened in an instant, and frowned seeing the passed out kid, her face paling seeing Crabina with a small trickle of blood on her forehead and remembering Erik's threat, she took Crabina out by the hand "I will take you to the Fifth Elder and let him decide what to do with you"

--- base ---

The teacher came with Crabina but only found Anhuka.

Teacher: "excuse me, do you know where is the Fifth Elder?"

Anhuka: "Erik? he... will be back at night for some time, but I'm Crabina's mother, did anything happen?"

Teacher: "well... she knocked out another student with a headbutt"

Anhuka looked at Crabina "why you did that?"

Crabina scowled "she talked bad about daddy! she deserved it!"

Anhuka nodded "indeed, she deserved it if she talked badly about Erik" turning back to the teacher that had an awkward expression on her face "you heard, my child is innocent, by the way... could you tell me the name of that kid? I might need to pay a visit to her parents..." a creepy smile emerging on her face.

The teacher was intimidated as she stuttered "n-no! that won't be necessary!" and hastily went away thinking 'why did I ever think teaching kids would be easy...' and feeling like crying.

Anhuka: "there goes your teacher..." she turned to Crabina, patting her head "how are you doing at school?"

Crabina: "I'm doing great, it's easy, last week they taught us how to how to craft tools, I did it the way you taught me mommy and the teacher was impressed, hehe~" she looked around "but where is daddy?"

Anhuka: "sigh... he and the elders went in their replacement bodies to the caves, your daddy is in the workshop, he should be disconnecting soon for some hours to eat dinner, let's see how are your carving techniques while we wait"

Crabina: "okay~"

--- Rebel Village ---

RebelLeader: "you can stay in this room for the night, if you have any doubts I will leave Khroom outside to watch" pointing at the big crabman Erik had thrown earlier.

Khroom looked lasciviously at Erik's body as he answered "with me here, no one shall disturb your rest!" a poorly concealed boner poking on his leather armor.

Erik looked doubtfully at the rebel leader as he went away, his eyes narrowing as he thought 'is this a test? it could be to test our attitude...'

Rose: [there's a high possibility that's the case]

Erik turned to the clearly excited Khroom "well Khroom, how did you end up in this rebel village?"

Khroom didn't seem to be expecting such a question as he answered "well... my tribe migrated to search for a place with more food but most were captured by the fire tribe to work at their glowing river forges, the ones who escaped are mostly here"

Erik: "and... what do you think about the rebel leader then? is he stronger than you?"

Khroom seemed to have an internal debate, but Erik's powerful pheromones compelled him to answer "well, he's the most experienced..."

Erik: "what's his story then?"

Khroom: "...I don't know if I should be telling you this..., he used to belong to the shadow claw tribe as one of their generals, even testing their potions, but... while he was away, the king took an interest in his daughter and wife, and kept sending him to dangerous missions, but he always came back alive, seeing how he was treated and that he had no future there anymore, he escaped with his family out of the tribe, leaving a trail of corpses behind him as he escaped here, he then started helping others and... it eventually got like this..." he gestured around with his hands, he then looked at Erik lasciviously again and said "so... I told you what you wanted to know, I can get in trouble for this you know? how about you give a reward for it~? hehe~ you know what I mean..."

Erik grabbed his hand and put it over his crotch, making it touch his bulge "feel that? I have a dick, do you still want that re- wow... do you like dicks?" Krooms dick bulged out of his armor, standing steel straight "so~ do you like giving... or receiving~?" he smiled seeing Khroom pant when he said receiving "so you like being dominated huh... then go inside and lay on your back"

Khroom: " but-"

*SLAP!* Erik slapped him to the floor.

Erik: "silence, you were given an order"

Khroom excitedly got up "yes ma'am!" quickly getting to the middle of the room and laying on his back.

Erik then ripped off some leather from Khrooms armor and blindfolded him, whispering to Timberlys ear nearby "can you deal with this? need to check on the base and I will be back"

Timberly smiled, whispering too "don't worry, he wants to be dominated and that's what he's gonna get~" aligning her flaccid dick to Kroom's face and slapping him with it "open up! you are gonna suck my cock until I'm hard enough to break your ass to pieces!"

Khroom's eagerly opened his mouth, taking Timberly's long and thick crab cock down to the base, his own cock standing straight like a flagpole, but even then still smaller than her 15 inches (38cm).

Erik nodded to himself "yeah, you will do well indeed", laid down on a stone bed by the side, and disconnected, going back to base to eat with Crabina and Anhuka, and having a talk with her about the fight, reaching the same conclusion as Anhuka, and also thinking 'there's unhappiness about me among the octopeople? or maybe she's indeed just ugly...'

Meanwhile, the other elders, Inky included were starting to get boners too as they saw Timberly power fucking Khroom, going down to the base with powerful thrusts, and making him squeal like a pig, his precum constantly leaking onto his hard chest at the rhythm of Timberly's pounding.

Finally, Shana couldn't help herself and put her tip into Khroom's mouth "open wide big guy~" and started deepthroating him as her long dick reached deep inside Khroom's chest and making him come a big load as he choked on Shana's long cock.

Inky chose a different approach though, she just grabbed one of Rose's puppet guards and started fucking her deep, with Jennifer fucking the mouth as they double teamed his ass and mouth, spit roasting him between their 2 dicks.