The dragon's harem

Chapter 853: Jordanʼs Gauntlet V: To Cook A God

^Sheʼs getting stronger, and rapidly...^ Jordan jumped from left to right and blasted Meridaʼs demons with a massive divine smite round kick before lunging at her. He kept eyes on Eris all the time, he couldnʼt underestimate another demi-god.

Aella fired a blindingly fast arrow at him, but he caught it and threw it back at Meryem, all while tanking several hits from Betty. They all knew that great magic wouldnʼt work on him, they needed Eris to deliver the finishing blow.

As Erisʼs divine power kept rising, she and Jordan quickly outscaled everyone else, even Merida started finding it hard to keep up with them.

”Merlin! Canʼt you teleport him around?” Merida yelled as she barely dodged a divine blast from a swing from Jordan.

”I canʼt do that, heʼs a divine being. Heʼs nearly impossible to teleport against his will.” Merlin replied, ”Thatʼs also because I donʼt understand how divine magic works, Iʼm neither a god nor an angel.”

”If we canʼt teleport then we should be able to trap him.” Mira said as she looked around, ”Give me some wood.” She pulled a saw, her hammer, and a bunch of nails.

”What are you trying to do?” Merlin stared at her.

”You managed to make this labyrinth and pull him inside, we canʼt forcibly change his location, but we can trap him. Using that same logic, I want to create a box with a barrier for you to coat the inside and fill it with a layer of this labyrinth. We can trap him inside to buy some time.” Mira smiled.

”Time for what?” Merlin waved her hand and pulled some wood from her magic pocket.

”Time for me to create a forge. Using the compressed stone, cursed metal, Tempo fire, Erisʼs plasma, Lydiaʼs curse, Bettyʼs powerful light, and Aellaʼs air. She smiled, Iʼm confident we can cook a god.”

”So...” Abel giggled, ”Trap him in a box to buy time, then mage a powerful force and throw him inside to burn.”

”If she can make it.” Jack shook his head, ”Is it that easy to make such a thing?”

”Itʼs not. I doubt itʼll be stable; a few minutes is probably all weʼll get. Making the artifact isnʼt the hard part, making it last is. Buy me a minute.” She smiled.

”Eris! Hold on for a minute!” Merlin sent a message and Eris shouted back. ”You bet!” Her divine magic had started stagnating at 24658DP but itʼs slowly increasing, but that was enough to hold back against Jordan who doesnʼt have a fighting oriented.

Mira lifted her hammer and swung it down at a nail on the wood, sparking with magic with each hit. She sat on her desk alone behind everyone else, engrossed in her work, like a god focusing on his creation, her concentration reached its peak as she slowly pieced the box together with Merlinʼs magic circles.

Creating the box itself wasnʼt that hard, she had created hundreds and thousands of them, and each room she furnished had needed at least one. But engraving the magic circles was the hard part, she had to write it on the wood using a chisel while slowly dripping it in magic water, all above a circle of Merlinʼs magic and lastly, integrate a power source in the form of a magic crystal.

In the meantime, the fight had taken a bad turn. Erisʼs divine magic had completely stopped increasing, and she could feel what she got from Arad fluctuating. And then out of nowhere, all of it disappeared, leaving back at the starting point.

Eris gasped, ”What did happen?!” She cried as Jordan punched her in the face hard enough that he sent her flying. Meryem and Merida engaged him in a close fight, but he was slowly getting used to them and growing faster and faster. Even Bettyʼs light fast and powerful attacks seemed to quickly lose all of their power, they were the ones getting tired first.

The main three aspects of a godʼs power are their immortality, infinite energy, and dominion over mortals. Jordan is a demi-god, a near-immortal being with seemingly bottomless mana, but he lacks the ability to dominate mortals, as he isnʼt a true god yet.

”Everyone!” Merlin shouted as she sensed a large burst of mana in the desert. ”Arad is going berserk! His mana suddenly spiked to dangerous levels and he came all the way here in the blink of an eye! The area outside the labyrinth had been burned to the ground, all life in a hundred-kilometer radios had been erased.” She cried, ”Heʼs facing another being with almost twenty times Jordanʼs divine power. I suspect thatʼs a true god!”

Everyone froze for a second and Eris growled, ”Thatʼs why...” Arad doesnʼt have the time or luxury to entertain her anymore, he has a bigger fight on his hands.

Jordan took the chance and lunged at Eris with a large smile on his face, ”Give me your portfolio!” She swung his fist in her chest, aiming to rip her heart off.

Between then, Mira appeared out of nowhere swinging her massive sledgehammer, she teleported in using Merlinʼs dominion over the labyrinth.

Jordan dodged the hit at the last moment and grabbed her by the neck, lifting her up. ”What a strange hammer, did you enchant it with something that can harm me?” She lifted his arm and pierced her chest, ”No matter how perfect your timing is, you will never touch a god.” Mira smiled as blood gushed from her mouth, ”Now...weʼre even...you also know how to make holes...” Her face shifted, and that was Abel. As Jordan gasped, Abel immediately wrapped his legs and wings around him, ”Got him!” He screamed, burning with curses to prevent Jordan from running away.

The real Mira appeared behind them with the box in her hand and threw it beside them, ”Sorry Abel! You said it!” She yelled as the box flashed with light and absorbed them both.

Mira clapped her hands and a massive stone furnace appeared out of nowhere. ”I already love this labyrinth.” Merlin allowed Mira to pull this out of her magic pocket at will and teleport them around.

”Eris! I want plasma, a lot of it. Aella, added your air to make it burn hotter; Betty, I want all the light you can dish out, burn him to ash. Amber, youʼve recovered so do your best, the same for you Merlin. Lastly, Lydia hit him with the fattest, meanest, and largest divine attack youʼve got.” Mira clapped her hands and everyone teleported to surround the furnace.

”Cook him alive!” Mira smiled and everyone got to work.

”What about Abel?” Eris growled, ”Heʼll die!”

”Donʼt worry about him.” Merlin shouted as she teleported to them, which was a risky move, if she was harmed, the whole labyrinth would collapse. ”Abel is a devil, he can take a beating, get cooked once or twice. Heʼll die here and resurrect back in hell.” Devils killed in the mortal world are sent back to the nine hells, where they can fully regain their power and come to the

mortal world again.

Mira threw the box into the furnace and everyone blasted it, she even threw a few bombs in there and the furnace got locked behind a ten-layered barrier.

As the heat rushed out, everyone felt like they were about to burn to ash just from standing nearby. Tempo waved his massive hands above them and created a fire barrier to protect them, ”Just keep blasting him. Heʼll eventually fail to heal and die. He isnʼt a true god, he canʼt survive this for long.” He said, breathing flame into the furnace.

After a minute and a half of cooking on high heat, the furnace cracked, it had reached its limit. ”It wonʼt last!” Mira yelled, ”Get ready to run away. We donʼt know if heʼs alive or not.” This was all they had, unlike him, they were mortals who could feel exhaustion.

”I hope heʼs dead.” Eris sighed.

”Donʼt say that...heʼll...” Jack gasped, feeling the red flag.

As the furnace crumbled down, Jordan flew out with a clenched fist, ”This isnʼt enough!” He swung at Miraʼs face, ”You! Youʼre the bitch behind those bombs and seals, youʼre dangerous,

you must die!”

All the girls rushed to protect her, they were all out of mana, and all they could do was stand

in the way.

Jordanʼs fist landed with a large boom, flashing with divine magic. ”Closer to death Iʼve sensed it, the truth of my greed! Iʼll steal your everything, wealth, knowledge, life, and magic, fall to my hands, pitiful mortals!”

The girls looked around, confused at what happened, noticing they were engulfed in a large shadow. As Jordanʼs divine light faded, the massive black humanoid became apparent. Arad had his wives engulfed in his wings and took the hit to the back.

”Arad? Is that you?” Eris gasped, ”You look like a lizard!”

”Doma used my draconic soul to maintain my human form, thatʼs why I look like this.” He replied with a smile, patting her head. ”You can rest now. Iʼm here, everything is fine.” ”Who are...wait, youʼre Arad, arenʼt you? Iʼve heard of you.” Jordan growled, thinking of a way

to run. He had heard that Arad was a problem and wasnʼt willing to test him now that he saw

how powerful his wives were.

Arad slowly glared back at him, ”Give it back.” He growled with rage.