Homians 12 By Hardie, Hardiewh@aol.com Barbarian warriors are used as `guinea pigs' by Princess Lida and the Amazon girl archers. The following story contains scenes of an explicit sexual nature and should be read by adults only. So far... Having destroyed the men of Homia in battle, the Amazons have sent a force under the command of Princess Lida to help the Homian women defend themselves against the imminent invasion by the Barabarian male army. ...................... "That is amazing!" The Homian women's leader watched in astonishment as the Amazon archers sent their arrows humming down the practice range. "Your girls are firing their arrows twenty to thirty yards further than our men used to reach. How can that be? How can girls shoot further than men?" Princess Lida shrugged. "Years of training, I expect." The Amazon Princess was reluctant to impart the secrets of Amazon archery to her Homian allies just yet, in case these secrets were betrayed! There were, in fact, several reasons why the Amazon girls out shot their male opponents. The first was the construction of their bows. These were made from yew trees which grew in abundance in Amazonia. The Amazons had discovered that they got better results if they carved their bows so that the dense heartwood core faced inwards and the springy sapwood faced outwards. When the bow was drawn the sapwood was stretched and the heartwood was compressed. The greater the compression, the greater the force generated by the bow. Many male armies also used yew bows, but they hadn't discovered the trick of carving the sappy wood off one side of the bow. They also used their bows in a different way to the women. The men drew their bows back to their eyes, so that they were sighting along the length of their arrows. This did not provide maximum compression so the arrow's hitting power was reduced. Because their breasts got in the way when they drew their bows like that, the Amazons turned slightly to their left and drew their bow strings right back even beyond their ears. This extra few inches gave their arrows a dramatic increase in force. However, the Amazons' arrows now pointed to the left of their targets, and it was difficult to learn how to compensate for that. Also, the technique of exerting enough power to draw the bow was very difficult to master, which was why Amazon girls started to train on toy bows at the age of six, gradually working on more and more powerful bows until they were competent to fire the deadly longbow that the girls used in battle. "Your arrows have tremendous force," said the Homian. "Yes," said Lida thoughtfully, but I wonder if it is force enough! You say that the Barbarians fight using some sort of small shields which help to defend them from arrows." "That's right. I think the shields are called `targes'. They strap them to their left arms and use the shield to deflect both sword thrusts and arrows." "Well, we'd better find out if they can deflect our arrows," said Lida. "Sinda!" she called out to a young troop leader. "Come here a minute. This is what I want you to do..." ....................... Sinda and her raiding party crossed the river half a mile upstream from the ford which lay on the main route into the Barbarian lands. Hidden by the curvature of the hills bordering the river, was a makeshift dam which the Amazon and Homian women had constructed in great secrecy and which now allowed them to cross the river unseen by enemy watchers. Within a few hours, the party of twelve girls were deep into enemy territory. That night, they camped in the foothills of the mountains and set off again at dawn the following morning. Soon, Sinda found what she was looking for, and the raiding party settled down to wait. She had chosen her spot well. The girls occupied positions on either side of the crest of a well worn track which wandered down from a distant hillside where the smoke from the fires of several settlements could be seen. After disappearing into a lightly wooded valley, the track emerged once more to climb gently through the woodland to the crest of the slope which carried the track over the shoulder of a small hill. From this vantage point the Amazon commander could see along the track for a mile or more in either direction. The trap was set. The Amazons waited patiently for the male `mice' to walk into it. And they were not disappointed. Half way through the morning a party of about twenty Barbarians appeared on the track. They were making their way from their hill farms to join the main army. Each man carried a short, broad-bladed sword and a targe. These accoutrements were slung on the men's backs for easier portage as they marched purposefully along the track. The Amazon girls drew deeper into their cover and waited. Sinda chose six girls and indicated their targets. They loaded their bows as they crouched in their cover and prepared themselves mentally for the action ahead. The Barbarians never knew what hit them. By the time they reached the top of the slope, where the girls awaited them, they were panting a little and the spring had gone out of their step. Then there was a sudden rustling in the bushes. A female command rang out and a dozen Amazon warriors appeared out of nowhere. Six bow strings twanged, and six men, including the leader, went down with Amazon arrows buried in their manly chests. Some of the men stood in shock. One or two tried to untangle their swords from the equipment slung on their backs. "STAND! Or you DIE!" Sinda's command stopped the men in their tracks. They were staring down the face of death in the form of deadly girl archers, and they knew they had no chance of fighting back before an arrow smashed into their male bodies. The men froze. "Down on your faces!" Sinda ordered. While the rest of the Amazons kept them covered, two of the girls moved among the prostrate men. They made the Barbarian warriors turn onto their backs, one by one. Then the girls straddled the men's thighs, pulled their brawny arms into position and tied their wrists together with brutal efficiency. To complete the men's humiliation and increase their vulnerability the girls stripped the men naked The dead male warriors were carried into the scrub and left to rot, while the survivors, complete with their equipment, were herded down the track by their female captors, taken back to the Amazon camp in Homia, to be human guinea pigs for Princess Lida's experiments. ...................... The combat practice area was crowded with spectators, all eager to see how the Barbarians' shields stood up to Amazon archery. A barbarian stood on the archery range, on the forty yard mark, naked, except for the shield strapped to his forearm. An Amazon archer toed the mark at the end of the range, raised her bow and fired. Such was the speed of the arrow, that the man never even saw it, let alone tried to avoid it. The missile bored clean through the Barbarian's targe and buried itself in his heart. The girls cheered as the male warrior fell to the ground, the arrow pinning his shield to his body in an embrace of death. Another male warrior was placed on the fifty yard mark. This time he had just about enough of sight of the arrow to try to deflect it with his shield, but to no avail. Once more the girl's arrow pierced the man's body, stretching him out dead on the ground. It wasn't until the 90 yard mark, almost maximum range for the archers, that a man succeeded in deflecting an arrow. Even then it penetrated the shield but buried itself in the man's arm instead of his chest. Lida was satisfied. She had found out that the Barbarian shields were almost useless against the arrows of the Amazon girl archers! Now she wanted to test their other use. The next experiment was begun. "These shields are more effective against swords than they are against Amazon arrows!" Princess Lida watched intently as two of the captured men fought each other in the battle practice area. She admired the skill of the men as they used their shields to parry each other's sword thrusts and deflect the blows. "I can see two ways to beat them, though," she told her accompanying officers. "Stop the demonstration. I want to save these men for more serious combat - combat against girls!" Ten minute later, Lida faced the most powerful of the captured Barbarian warriors. Banoc stood at six feet two inches tall. He had broad shoulders, a deep chest and heavily muscled arms. His large cock, almost as thick as the girl's wrist, flopped between his bulging thigh muscles as he stared at the beautiful, curvaceous young girl who had dared to challenge him in combat. She didn't even have a weapon! The girl stood before him stark naked, her hands on her hips, her legs slightly parted, a mocking smile on her lovely lips. "Kill me and you go free," she told him, in a loud, clear voice. "Otherwise, you die at the hands of a girl!" Banoc was a good head taller than the Amazon and outweighed her by about a hundred pounds. He was armed with his favourite weapons and the girl was unarmed. How could he lose! He resolved to end the fight quickly. `One blow should finish such a slender creature,' he thought. The mighty male warrior raised his sword and slashed downwards at the girl. But Lida was gone, swaying aside, nimbly moving to the warrior's left, away from his sword. In a way, the girl was using the man's shield for her own protection. He couldn't strike round it, and he couldn't strike over it. By keeping the shield between herself and her male opponent, Lida was making it very difficult for the man to use his sword effectively. And, so far, he didn't have the wit to get rid of the shield! "Fool!" Lida goaded him. "A big man like you - too useless to kill an unarmed girl!" She dodged away as the furious Barbarian slashed at her in vain, this time trying to carry through his attack by turning after her, slashing out again and again at the nimble little girl. Lida kept circling to her right, watching her increasingly frustrated male adversary for the signs of weakness she knew would soon appear as he spent his strength on striking empty air. When the man stopped for breath, the girl dashed in and kicked out under his shield, catching him an evil blow on the knee, making him cry out in pain and rage and forcing him to strike out yet again. Twice more the lithe female warrior attacked the man's knee, weakening his limb, making him limp as the pain of her attacks took effect. Now he was slowing appreciably, unable to make contact with his attacks and unable to avoid being struck when Lida attacked in turn. The arm holding up his shield became tired and painful. The shield drooped, yet he still hadn't the sense to discard the useless piece of equipment. Barbarians had always fought with sword and shield, and that's how he meant to carry on! Lida's attacks became more concentrated. She darted in and out, making the tiring male warrior use his weapons to try to stop her striking him with her flashing feet. She could see he was becoming desperate. A look of bewilderment was fixed on his face. How could this naked slip of a girl still be alive against a fully armed Barbarian soldier. Suddenly Lida changed her point of attack. Instead of moving to her right, the nubile young Amazon darted to her left, then closed with the floundering man. The girl's left hand locked over the wrist of the Barbarian's sword arm. Her right hand fastened round his dangling balls and she squeezed with all her strength. In a desperate effort to reach for the female fingers which were crushing his blistering balls, the massive male warrior dropped his sword and used his enormous power to pull Lida's arm down towards his groin. Lida let go of his wrist, allowing him to reach his stricken testicles. Then, she took up his sword and felled her huge opponent with one blow to his thick male neck. The man toppled over, crashed to the ground and lay spread-eagled at the feet of the girl who had beaten him, his life blood streaming from his terrible wound. Triumphantly the svelte young Amazon Princess stood over the naked male warrior. She watched with amusement as, despite his pain, his cock rose in tribute into a monstrous erection, causing the watching girls to gasp with amazement at its potency. Carefully, the girl lowered herself onto her victim's beautifully muscled stomach and took his cock in her tiny hand. Gently she worked her fingers up and down the man's throbbing member, at the same time backing up his body until she sat over his face, smothering him with her femininity even as she milked him of his manhood. Too weak to resist, the huge, muscular man was smothered to death by the slender little girl, his sperm spurting from his emasculated body as she released her own orgasm onto the face of her despised male foe. Lida rose to her feet and raised her arms in victory. The Amazons cheered. Another male warrior had been defeated by a girl! Only an hour or so later, Lida faced yet another Barbarian opponent. Completely unaware of what had happened to his companion, the man was completely confident in his ability to destroy the chit of a girl who stood between him and a promise of freedom. She didn't even have a shield. All she had was a slender sword, about half as long again as the short, two edged weapon carried by the male warrior. A sword she'd had specially made for her by an Amazon swordsmith. A sword which the man thought he could brush aside with ease while he struck down this presumptuous young female and demonstrate the superiority of men in the art of combat. The command to fight was given and Banoc advanced confidently against the Amazon princess. With his shield held firmly across his body by straps fastened to his left forearm, and his sword raised to strike, the man charged at the slender form of the lithe young girl. With a sinuous swing of her hips, the girl feinted to move right, then slid gracefully away to her left, leaving the male fighter wide open. His shield was only useful against an enemy attacking him from his front or from his left. Lida was now attacking him from his right. With the dexterity of a practised conjurer, using a movement too quick for the eye to follow, the girl transferred her sword from her right hand to her left hand, lunged forward and thrust the weapon under the man's raised right arm into his mighty masculine body. The shapely young girl buried her long, thin blade deep into the chest of the huge, male warrior. A look of astonishment transfixed his features, a cry of despair rent the air, then his magnificently muscled body toppled to the ground. Lida placed one delicate foot on her victim's thigh and withdrew her bloodied sword from his massive frame. Then she transferred her foot to the barrel like chest of the stricken male warrior and raised her arms aloft in victory. As the Amazon girls cheered their victorious princess, Lida's brows were creased in thought. She was already thinking out the training schedule required to make her girl warriors ready to fight the Barbarian male army! To be cont......