All Chapters of Dark Goddess: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

PROLOGUE - Planet Arkeen Blood! She had been dragged away from the place, from the pool of blood, but her little fingers were still covered in blood. The image of the two people who were in their blood, the image of the man and woman who were once their parents; it remained in her memory with agonizing clarity, could not be erased from her mind, never again.Her eyes were full of tears, her insides frozen; she did not see the now, did not react to the brutal hand that clasped her upper arm, she was only vaguely aware of the black, tall figure, human-like and yet strange, hated. The creature was negotiating with the man who held it. The girl did not understand their conversation, did not want to understand.Many things that had once belonged to her father and mother were taken out of the grotesque caricature and after a short bargaining passed into the possession of the man, including herself. She no longer owne

“ That's why I can't even do something useful, such as B. tackle the Nijem harvest yourself. No squire would do that and be naked in front of his slaves ... besides, I have a governor, you, who does the real work. ”“ You don't seem too happy with your work for the Federation. Why did you actuallyapply for it? ” Tjonre remembered Elvinia and Franak and the cruelest intoxication of his life as exactly as if it had happened only yesterday.A couple of lamps gave off an unbearably bright light. He closed his eyes, but opened them again immediately to fix his gaze on the glass in front of him. Around him there was a rustling and murmuring that periodically grew to a roar; he didn't know, was it in his skull or outside? He tried not to pay attention to it any more than to a monotonous, monotonous hum that was stuck in his ears.The air in the tavern, where mainly second-rate Kelwe was served, was too thick to breathe. The sweat of many

“ The only other applicant from Wägan did pretty well in the test . There is no need for a special lamp to sit down and report regularly. Team spirit isn't really that important either. Besides me, you're the only Federation agent on this planet, at least as far as we know. This planet that does not recognize the fundamental laws of the Federation. ”“ Ivarn is not a bad world, ”said Raft,“ similar in size to the old earth, with similarly large continental masses, a pleasant climate ... ”“ Too cold! You should know the lagoon planet! Ha! There is a pleasant climate there! You don't have to wear thick clothes all the time, especially those ridiculous ones. ”He looked at the purple robe of the person opposite. “Ivarn is a world full of cruelty, slavery and arbitrariness, in which a small elite is in charge, is anxious to maintain its power and intrigues against the Federation. Otherwise they don't care about any

Tjonre also wore a knee-length jacket, because it was still quite cold or already pleasantly warm, depending on whether you were in his or Raft's skin. He jumped up on the cab, in a much better mood than before. He had to sit down to one side, because Raft was sitting in the middle for safety reasons; otherwise it was too easy to tip the vehicle on the bumpy roads. The manor house, stables and slave quarters were surrounded by a defiant wall, necessary protection from marauding gangs of runaway slaves, outlaws who were hunted mercilessly by most of the landlords, but who, for their part, were not exactly squeamish in dealing with the property of these masters. The car approached the great gate, which opened quickly when she appeared. They passed it and drove out into a world in which the bizarre vegetation glittered, as the sun, which now finally seemed to assert itself against the gray but light-rimmed clouds, was reflected in myriads of tiny droplets. The magic of the scenery was

Tjonre turned to Raft: "Come on, let's go.""Yes, to Evwan's tavern.""No," replied Tjonre, "to the auction house"."To the auction house? Do you want to buy a slave? The blonde? ”“ No, the other girl, the one with the rainbow in her hair. ”As he said that, he smiled - stupid, Raft thought."Rainbow? There wasn't a rainbow ... wait! There was a flicker. Annoying, always distracted me from concentrating on the blonde slave. You mean the one that looks like a line! Why do you want to buy that? Why do you even want to buy a slave? You have never done that before. You always left that to others. And if so, why not the blonde? At least you have something from her. ”Raft indicated her curvy figure with his hands.Tjonre raised the locket with his hand to show it to Raft, who looked at it in astonishment, apparently he hadn't noticed the whole scene. "It's not about that, I want to give this back to her.""Then give

With the next girl he had had trouble from the start. Her hair was interesting; the color reflex phenomena caused by microscopic structures on the surface of the hair should actually attract wealthy buyers. But since she was with him, the girl did not eat enough and became leaner and leaner. His attempts to motivate her to eat more with the whip had not had the desired effect, only left ugly blue streaks on her skin that did not look good. Nobody pays well for a damaged item. How could he at least get the purchase price back for this skeleton with skin? He instructed his assistant to send them in. If he had at least hoped for an impressive performance, he would be bitterly disappointed. The carefully applied make-up was smudged, so that her very pretty face looked off-putting. In the not-too-bright hall, her hair only caused a dull, unappealing glow, so this special effect was also useless. She looked neither pleased to be able to stage herself, like the previous slave, nor fearful.

The sun now shone down on them from an intensely azure blue sky and although the journey was mostly uphill, the harpies - freed from Rafts weight - had to struggle less and got along better with the often deep fairways. Tjonre also tried to drive particularly carefully and vibration-free, he was always aware of his companion, although he no longer addressed her. Finally they reached the manor, the gate was now open and there was already a lot of activity inside the wall. The girl and especially the shimmering color reflections in her hair attracted attention, the landlord was greeted on all sides, but his servants looked at his companion. Tjonre directed the animals to the main entrance of the manor house and beckoned to one of the outdoors who he knew was good on foot and liked to walk. "Bring the cab behind the slave pen, Raft is in Evwarn and you know how reluctant he is walking.""I suppose I should then come back to?""Either that, or you drink at Evwarn still Avo

But you could have left my food there, ”said Tjonre, although the door had already slammed behind them and Ma couldn't hear him anymore.“Patience”, he thought, “I have to be patient ... and also clear away the splinters. But before that ... ”He went to the wall of books. All of the books had been acquired by his predecessor when he realized that there were no devices here with which one could make memes visible, audible or tangible; at least, possession of such an item was punishable by death. However, he had only acquired many books shortly before his death, including the one that Tjonre was now looking for. Where was the book by the historian Lezart PaDorkis? Ah yes. He took it from the shelf, opened it and had to leaf through it because he hadn't memorized the page. There she was. The 3D holo showed the portrait of PaDorki. No doubt that this was the man who was also shown in the 2D image of the locket, he had noticed that immediately after o

She reassured: “We knew nothing of a danger.” Hereplied, almost angrily: “Yes! When suddenly all documents, all records from a planet disappear ... from all libraries and information centers in the most varied of worlds, then there is something behind it. When we no longer know how to get to this planet, Historia or Gaia as the locals call it ... something is fishy. There are powers at work that are extremely threatening to the Federation. But that's why I had to act. I had to put that man on the problem who was best suited for it and could not take into account that we are friends ... “Achela looked at him with big red eyes and confirmed him. "Naturally; you could hardly have acted otherwise. In addition, frankly, I did not expect his mission to be successful. And without a success he would not have been in danger. ”“ You're not quite right, one must always count on success, no matter how unlikely it seems, ”he said

The foreign metabolism of the native forms of life and the low adaptability of the Terran plants led to a famine and were thus the fundamental cause that the Ivarnian society sank back to the pre-industrial level and the contact with the federation was lost. It was only with the discovery of fermenting microorganisms that mankind really managed to establish itself on the planet, but by that time an archaic form of society had already established itself in which the law of the fittest dominated. A group of later conquerors, descendants of outlaws excluded from the Federation, of which the OrPhons were the most powerful, took advantage of this and usurped control of the planet. They claimed space travel as a monopoly and ensured that any technical development was nipped in the bud. Most of the landlords, too, went back to later settlers, adventurers and displaced persons from all corners of the Federation who had to come to terms with the most powerful if they wanted to maintain their