The dragon's harem

^Is it urgent? You don’t sound like you’re in the middle of a fight.^

Arad smiled, “No, I’ve just finished the fight. I’ll need your help to take him down. Don’t worry, I can wait.”

^Good, give me an hour or two, Lucy is in the middle of a ritual right now, and I’d rather stay by her side. She should be fine without me, but you know the little girl, she’ll get worried if I leave so suddenly.^

“Got it. See you soon.” Arad stood and cracked his neck and back. Doma emerged from his back.

“Alexander is a real pain. As a god of war, he’s quite a powerful fighter, and a durable one at that. How is he just a middle-ranked god?” She sighed, “Won’t you say he is close to the upper echelons?”

“You must be joking. Alexander is nowhere near gods like Amaterasu or Kali. He lacks the oppressive will and unfair advantage the upper gods have.” He looked at her, “How would war compare to billions of roaring suns or the very concept of destruction?”

Arad was right, Alexander was powerful for a god, but he was nowhere near the upper ranks.

Arad walked up the stairs and found everyone else already sitting inside the large watch room, terrified and pale from watching the fight. They expected Arad to be strong, but not for him to be able to fist fight a god like that and hold his own.

“My brother is coming soon. Make sure you don’t attack him by mistake.” Arad approached the stunned Gabriel.

Gabriel remained silent for a second and then gasped. “AH! Yeah, we’ll keep an eye out for him. Gojo was his name, right?”

He then looked at the crystal orbs they were using to watch Arad’s fight. “The two of you trashed the sealed dimension. If that fight happened outside, the whole continent would’ve been burned to ash.”

Zariel approached Arad and looked at Doma, who stood behind him, “I didn’t expect your words to be true.”

Doma looked at her with a smug face.

“If we go all out, Arad would have a 50% chance of killing Alexander on his own. Now that we’ve fought, I can say that with certainty.” Doma leaned on Arad’s shoulder, “But, we don’t need to fight with such a low chance. Adding Gojo, we’ll get that to 100%.”

“Many would just risk it with the 50% chance.” Zariel sighed and Doma frowned, “Well, those are the fools with nothing behind them. Arad here can’t risk dying and leaving his wives behind. He has responsibility, and staying alive is an important part.”

Doma then walked past Zariel and looked at one of the servants, “I’m sure you have a private room and a bath ready.”

“Yes! Please follow me.”

As Arad went to wash off the grime of the fight, Gabriel and his generals remained in the war room, going over the fight. Arad was powerful, stronger than they expected.

“We’ve got a solid chance at this.” One of the generals smiled. “Did you see him blast the whole battlefield at the start?”

Another general nodded, “I did, we all did. But that power alone wasn’t enough to scratch that monster. Don’t get me wrong, Arad is strong, stronger than any of us can be. But is killing Alexander really possible? That’s the god of war, violence, and fighting. The more war we wage against him, the stronger he’ll get.”

Gabriel shook his head, “I doubt it. He still retains the portfolios inside his soul, but the barrier is specially designed to hinder their function. He isn’t getting anywhere near as much power as he should from war and fighting.”

He then looked at them, “If we’re to kill him, it must be done here.” He then looked at the war table. “Arad is powerful, but I hear that his older brother, Gojo, is even stronger. We’ll never find a better duo to fight Alexander.”

“Gojo Orion, the king of the frozen Arctic. I never heard anything great about him, just that he has a little girl whom he pretends to be a goddess.” One of the generals sighed with a worried face.

“He dresses and puts her on display through the whole kingdom in fancy shrines. If he wanted to spread propaganda, he could’ve at least found someone else and not exploited the little girl.” Another looked a bit angry, but Gabriel looked at them with a pale face.

“Did any of you even look at the files I’ve sent you? That’s Lucy Lior Ruris, the younger sister of Isdis Lior Ruris.” He furiously rubbed his face. “And she is a goddess, a goddess of gluttony. I bet she’ll come with him, you better not get on her bad side.”

Half an hour later, Arad walked out of the bath and stretched his arms. He then approached the bed and dropped onto it. The maid standing there looked at him with a confused face. “New clothes? Where were you hiding them?” She had run all around the castle to find some wizard robes that could fit Arad’s massive body, only for him to not need them at all.

“I always have extra clothes on me. I’ve got something akin to spatial storage.” He looked at the window, “Brother is about to set off.”

The bath’s door then opened up, and Mira walked out of the bath. The maid cried and fell on her butt, terrfied. “Where did?! A demi-goddess!”

Mira looked at her with a confused face, but before she could speak, the maid saw the people behind Mira.

Eris was there, walking out with Isdis at her side, and behind them, Diana carried Kali while drying her hair.

Two demi-goddesses, an archon, and a true goddess.

The maid fell unconscious from shock, and it took Arad and his wives too long to wake her up.

Arad had pulled them here through his stomach since Gojo told him he’ll be bringing Lucy, Gug, and Liliana with him, so he thought they’ll be happy to see each other after a long time. Kali might also be able to show Lucy a thing or two.

An hour later, Gojo finally arrived. He landed in the castle’s garden in his human form with Lucy sitting on his shoulders. Gug and Liliana were standing at his side, one looking around with a confused face while the other’s eyes slid toward the reinforcement on the battlements.