Jeff looks at me in amusement before glancing at everyone else questioningly, his eyebrows rising comically before he plops down and blows a kiss to the still stunned elf laying on the ground.
"Nice to meet you Jeff and once again thanks for helping with Vargo. I didn't expect him to be that strong. Also My name is Noortain or just Noor and those around me are as follows. My big buddy here is Wug, the walking mushroom is Mog our healer and resident farmer. Beside me is Sheer our hunter and a very accomplished bone weapon maker. And later you'll meet my pet Pearl and Albino moonlit skink who acts like a proud puppy. As long as you guys don't try to harm us we'll show you the same courtesy so...please don't force us to fight you. Honestly we're all fucking exhausted and I really do have questions." I say as i drop my civil tone during the last part and smile at the elf before plopping onto my ass and sighing in relief as i fall onto my back and watching the ceiling.
"Your not exactly what I expected of the feared gremlins. we were told they were savage thinkers that had a flair for being hyperactive and experimenting with forgotten magics. You seem so...…normal.....human...it's odd.." says the elf, Elia, quietly but still loud enough for everyone to hear it. As i look up towards her I stick my tongue out before asking Wug to free the orc, Tugta, from her cage. As she walks out the door she runs her hand over Wug's arm roughly squeezing it in different area's before smiling and nodding in satisfaction.
"Your a strong one aren't ya handsome? Wug was it? You said you spoke common why don't we get out of here for a little bit and let the smart ones figure this shit out huh?" Tugta says while trying to pull Wug out the door before feeling a gentle pat on her head.
"Well I appreciate the offer Mrs. Orc but if we are to speak honestly I believe both of us are smart enough to take part in this talk so I'd prefer to stay." Wug says gently while smiling at the shocked orc before walking over to our group and sitting down cross-legged near the elf.
I laugh as both the elf and orc look at each other in shock before Sheer comes back in with a deep blue sundress and a pair of garters and lacy underwear, throwing them near the elf as she turns back to me.
"Went through a few of the gnolls huts and finally found a bunch of chests. Took this stuff cus i figured it'd fit her regardless of size. Anything else I can do for you or do you want me to babysit the gnome. He's out there healing people and asking loads of questions, he's lucky the troll didn't eat him." She says as I tell her to make sure he's safe and to spread the word that we have a safe place to stay if anyone's interested. As I turn back around I see the elf throwing off her current clothing and saying words in a lilting language before small streams of water rain down upon her followed by wind. Once she's dry she dresses in the clothing we found but as she looks at me she looks curious.
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I can feel my face heating up as i still imagine the supple curves of her bare hips and the small green mound of hair above her groin, the pert tips of her small peaks and the pillowy curve of her ass. As I shake my head and silently thank Toma for this gift I finally clear my throat and start to ask a few questions. It turns out that this forest is known as the Endless Wood and it's still unexplored by any kingdom but they all wish to expand into it but whenever they sent anyone here they mysteriously go missing.
"If your coming from the east you'd hit the gnolls. West is the ocean and a nasty water hydra nest that takes out anything it can, pissed off asshole if you ask me but its strong and smart. North you'd run into demon territory, they kill and torture anything that's not them but they stay to their own so most of the forest leave them be unless they're idiots. Then if you try coming in from the south you'd run into the alliance. Bunch of different smart creatures that live here who keep adventurers and other murdering creatures out. Strong bunch honestly but even if you got past them you'd still have to deal with groups like Noor's or wandering bosses like the Naga king that's been running amok or the Deathtail that's been recruiting followers. Not a surprise you assholes keep going missing I mean hell you guys got lucky to run into a group of us who apparently don't want you dead." Jeff says as he digs around in his ear with his pinky, looks of shock and fear crossing the adventurers faces as well as mine.
"Hey Jeff, sorry if it's rude but where exactly do you fit in with these groups?" I ask in hesitation as i watch the hobs eyes grow dark for a second before he shakes his head and smiles.
"Oh that ones easy but it requires a small story so let me start there. My name is Jeff and I was a Warscout of the southern monster alliance. They trained only five of us each of a different race to deal with serious threats to the forest. But one of the leaders was a nasty customer, an ettin that if he didn't get his way then he'd order us to eliminate those that displeased him. At first it was things that made sense, soldier who abused their positions, killers who broke territory rules or taking out clans who tried to attack innocent area's. But then weird stuff came in like kill this random woman for not doing as I say or that child slandered me make an example of them. What was strange is these creatures were parts of random wandering monsters and eventually I caught on that the ettin was trying to force his rule onto the clan less or weak. So I ended up insulting the two headed bastard, taking one of his heads, then ran for my life and deserting the alliance. Ended up wandering around before I fell asleep near a river and when I woke up I was a damn slave but Vargo wasn't strong enough to fully break me all at once with his fancy magic so when you caused a ruckus he had to concentrate on the attack vs me and I could finally break free. Then we all know the rest. Oh and by the way I'm coming with ya to this safe place, you guys seems interesting so I think I'll stick around and see what happens." Jeff explains to our shock before nodding once and going back to picking crud out of his ear. I smile a little bit knowing that the powerful hob will be with us for awhile and wonder if I could convince him to teach me to actually fight instead of just swinging with the hopes of hitting something.
So that explains a few things but its our turn now. Who the hell are you and why aren't you killing us?" the elf finally demands after the explanation, a bit of hostility lacing her voice as everyone in the room looks at me for an answer.