ROSES HAVE THORNS-Chapter 55 - The Cursed Cave

"Gooraahh!"

"Grahgoogeh!"

The two other hobgoblins who were brutally violating the poor women dropped them like a sad sack of meat and charged at Kurt.

"You could’ve at least dropped them down gently you evil bastard!" Kurt charged at them as well and threw his stone dagger right at the hobgoblin’s piss hole.

Thhwuck!

"GRAAAAHH!!" The hobgoblin fell on his back as the dagger lodged itself right on target.

Kurt wasted little time and slammed his wooden club down on the dagger. It tore and sliced through not only its dick but also right through its pelvis and onto the ground below.

He then picked up the much bigger wooden club and swung it down on the hobgoblin’s face.

"Next."

"G-Grooaah... Graah! Graah!" The hobgoblin covered his dick for dear life and ran at the other two who were supposed to be drinking around the fire. Yes, they were ’supposed to be’ but when it turned to them it saw that Diana had already killed them and was taking out her blade from their necks.

Now being the only one left, the colour drained from the hobgoblin’s face as it kneeled to the ground in surrender.

"Groah graah..."

"Hmm, what was that? You give up?" Kurt asked in a sweet voice.

"Graah! Graah!" He enthusiastically nodded his head as he grabbed a woman nearby and offered her to Kurt.

".....Pfft hahaha. Ahahahaha!"

The hobgoblin was confused as to why Kurt was laughing when he suddenly heard Diana’s voice from behind.

"Rosie." She coldly said as she walked slowly while dragging her blade on the ground.

"Hahaha! Haaaaaa... I’ll start by cutting his stupid dick off~" He picked up a stone machete which was lying near the cage of dead bodies.

"And I’ll finish him once he feels enough pain. I can’t stand being in this cave any longer so let’s make this quick."

"Roger that!" Kurt positioned himself and dashed forward with a suffocating killing intent.

"Groogah! Geeeh!" The hobgoblin threw the body away and was about to run and attempt to make his escape. However, it was futile.

Stab!

Looking down at the source of this sudden pain the hobgoblin saw that a crimson blade had been stabbed through his back and right out his chest. Struggling as he might he could not move nor pull the blade out.

Slash!

He felt another source of pain from the front this time.

Thud!

It was the feeling of his dick being cut off in one strike and hitting the floor.

Gussshhh!

"GRAAAAAA!!!"

"Ahahahaha! Squeal louder piggy~!" Kurt, who was loving every single moment of this, yelled at him. "Here! I’ll even cut your balls off!"

"GRA GRA GRA–"

Slash! Thud! Gussshhh!

"GRAAAAAA!!!"

"AHAHAHAHAHA!! That’s what you get, you worthless green bastard!"

Diana, who was watching all this with no remorse nor sympathy for the hobgoblin couldn’t, help but smile at seeing how happy Kurt was.

"Hehehehe! Hey Ana~ You know what would be even funnier~?"

"And what is that, Rosie~?"

"How about we ram his own dick up his ass and shove his balls down his throat~? Let him have a taste of his own medicine."

"Ew no. I’m not touching that. And neither are you." She ripped her blade free and with one precision cut, lopped off its head.

"... I guess that is a bit too far. Not to mention disgusting." Kurt came down from his high as he watched the hobgoblin’s head roll.

"Come on Rosie, let’s get these women out of here." She dismissed her sword and walked to the cage of women that were still alive.

"Hi." She kneeled down and greeted them in a soothing manner.

However no one responded to her call and all bundled closer to each other.

"How’s it looking?" Kurt asked.

"AAHHHH! PLEASE STAY AWAY! I DON’T WANT TO GO!! PLEASE! MOMMY! DADDY!"

"What the–"

"I’m sorry! Please don’t take me! Please don’t take me!"

They all quivered in fear when they heard Kurt speak.

He then promptly moved away to see if they were indeed reacting to him.

"...."

’Dammit... This is messed up... but understandable I guess.’ He thought when watching them calm down once he was out of sight.

"P-Principal Valentine?" A familiar voice could be heard from somewhere in the cage.

"Who’s calling for me?" Diana held the wooden bars as she searched for that voice.

"P-Principal Valentine! It really is you! It’s me! It’s me! Mrs. Cooper!"

"Mrs. Cooper?! Hold on, I’ll free you now!"

Diana stomped on the wooden lock and broke open the cage. However, nobody wanted to leave in fear of what might happen to them.

"Excuse me! Please make way.... Oh, it really is you Principal Valentine!" Mrs. Cooper, who looked completely disheveled with her messy hair and torn clothes, lunged at Diana and hugged her. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"I’m so glad you’re here! Goddess Bula really is watching over us all *sniff* *sob*."

"Mrs. Cooper, what happened to you? How did you get here? We just saw each other the other day."

"I-I *sniff* We *sniff* at the hospital *sob* F-Father Tobias..."

"Tobias?" Her eyes widened at that name.

"Psst, Diana." Kurt whispered in her ear. "Can you teleport these women out of here?"

"No. Too many people. And I’d be wasting too much mana by taking them all one by one and making round trips from in and out the cave."

"Okay. I remember seeing a wagon outside the cave. I’m gonna go get it while you try to make these women come to their senses."

"Just be quick, please Also while you’re out there bring as many stone daggers that you can find. We’re probably going to need it..."

"...Got’cha." After checking on the ladies one more time with a sad expression he sprinted to the exit.

"That man is?" Mrs. Cooper asked as she watched him leave.

"My lover. Due to a misunderstanding we ended up on this island together."

"Your lover? *sniff* Oh my, it would seem that many hearts are going to be broken when they find out, ha ha.... Wait, island?"

"Yes. Do you not know where you are?"

"N-No..."

"... Mrs. Cooper, are you able to tell me what happened to you?"

"Y-Yes but..." She looked at the traumatic sight of these women and the dead goblins. "Can we please just leave this first? I-I’m not comfortable being here."

"No problem. I’m going to check and see if there are any others who can still move. Also the three recent victims of those... creatures, I want to check if they’re still alive."

"L-Let me come with you. They might listen to me since I was with them during this sad time. Some has come to lean on me for support, you see."

Diana agreed, and together they checked on the three women of whom they’ve come to discover have died, and went to calm the remaining survivors.

Soon enough when they all heard the sound of a wagon approaching, Diana rounded them all up and got ready to leave.

Kurt tried standing some distance away from them but Diana stopped him. Telling him that she already told them that he is not a threat here to hurt them and that he’s friendly.

Roughly out of the twenty survivors, only five got on the wagon. The rest of the women, who were all pregnant with what they considered to be devil’s spawn, saw no future waiting for them and decided to stay behind in order to end their own lives.

They each took a stone dagger that Kurt brought and thanked both him and Diana before they left.

"I’ll pull with you..." Diana stood next to him and together they left that awful place.

About 30 minutes had passed when they finally got out of the jungle and arrived at the beach. They all sat around the makeshift camp that Kurt and Diana made when they first got here and Mrs. Cooper began to explain what happened to her.

"It all started on that day when you and those three students from Kirstenbell had come to the hospital to apologise for what happened to my Dale. After you all left, my husband had to leave for work so I decided to stay a while longer with my youngest daughter. And that’s when he came."

"Bishop Tobias..." Diana spoke softly.

’Tobias?’ Kurt, who was listening, never expected to hear that name be brought up here.

"Yes." Mrs. Cooper continued. "He said that he knew a person that could and would heal my Dale of his injuries much faster. And that person was the Saintess."

"The Saintess? I guess it would make sense that he has a connection with her."

"That was my thought exactly, Principal Valentine. However he gave me a condition. That condition was I had to give up my youngest daughter to him so that she could train and serve the prophesied child in the future."

"Excuse me, Mrs. Cooper but does your youngest daughter perhaps have crystal blue eyes and golden blonde hair?"

"Yes erhm... sorry I didn’t get your name young man."

"It’s Kurt. I too apologise for the late introduction."

"It’s alright. And yes, although not precisely, she does have similar shades of those colours. When I told him that I refuse to give up my child it looked like he respected my decision and so he politely said his greetings and left. Little did I know that later that night my whole life would change for the worst..."