The dragon's harem

Chapter 875: The Dragon and The Tiger

”What?” she gasped, ”Whatʼs your problem?” The beast girl took a step back.

”Matilda refused to participate in such stupid hunts?” He took a step toward her, and she backed away even more.

”She would be hiding in the bushes and waiting to attack, large beasts need to be taken down in teams. Sneak attacks are almost useless, you canʼt deal enough damage.” She was almost about to cry, no matter how powerful she was, Arad still towered over her, and he was still carrying Lyla and Roberta.

”I heard she was too loud for an ambush hunter.” Arad stopped walking and stared at the beast girls, the ground around him started shaking, but it was only her knees losing power.

”We ambush smaller prey that could be taken with a single attack, like deer and elks.” She mumbled, ”Matilda always charged forward against those. She charges against the weak, and hides from the strong.”

Arad nodded, ”I see, so she wasnʼt a failure, but the only one here with a brain over her head.” He glared at the feathered Death Jaw corpse, ”One hit will kill any of you here. This isnʼt a monster any of you should be fighting, let alone kids.”

Arad turned, ”Letʼs get back. Iʼll test something.” Arad walked with them to the village as Gorarin and the rest dragged the corpse of the feathered death jaw. Zara was waiting at the gate, ”Gorarin, Iʼve heard youʼve gone to hunt a Death Jaw...” He looked behind them to see the feathered Death Jaw, ”What a massive catch, to think you caught it in just a few hours.”

Gorarin shook his head, pointing back, it was only then that Zara noticed the two women being strangely taller than everyone, and soon he saw Arad carrying them. ”Wait...you hunted it!” He cried.

”I came across them about to get wiped out by its feathers so I killed it.” Arad replied.

”He didnʼt hunt or kill it, he kicked it to death, while carrying those two women no less. You didnʼt tell me was that absurdly strong.” Gorarin cried.

Arad puts Roberta and Lyla down as they are within the safety of the village. ”Welcome to the village of the tigers, itʼs called Iron Snake Lake.” Arad pointed toward Zaraʼs house, ”Everyone else should be there.”

”Father, Aron, whatʼs going on?” Matilda approached them, ”Wait...thatʼs a massive feathered Death Jaw!” She looked at them, ”How did...” She saw Arad, ”Yeah...he did it.”

She approached him, ”Wait... who are those two?” She looked at Lyla and Roberta.

”This is Miraʼs mother, and this is a friend of ours,” He smiled, ”Zara, please guide them to your house with the rest. Iʼve got something to do here.” He looked back at the beast girl from earlier, ”Come here...”

She slowly approached, ”What do you want? Iʼm not apologizing.”

”Of course not, your words are yours say whatever you want.” Arad called Matilda to get closer, ”You two fight. Letʼs see how you stack up.”

”Is that what you wanted?” She smiled, ”Of course, let...” CRACK! Matildaʼs fist landed on her face, sending her rolling on the ground.

She stood up, bleeding from her nose, ”You! What hell...” But at that moment, Matildaʼs claws were already around her neck.

”Enough, Matilda wins.” Arad sighed, ”You really canʼt fight.”

”Wait, she attacked me out of nowhere... that doesnʼt count.” The beast girl cried.

”Monster wonʼt care about your rules. The moment you accepted the fight, it had already started.” Arad smiled, ”Matilda took advantage of your meaningless speech and attacked.” At that moment, he suddenly swung a fist at Matilda, smacking her in the face. But at the same time, she attacked back with a claw to the face and then jumped away several meters, keeping her tearful eyes at him.

”Sorry, just a test. No need to be scared.” Arad waved his hand, ”And Iʼm fine...” He pointed at his eyes.

Matilda sighed, ”Bastard... what was that for?” She rubbed her face, ”And that was my claw to your eyes, how are you not blinded?!”

”Even though I punched her in the face, she managed to attack back. And that wasnʼt just an attack, she was aiming to blind me so she could run away. Thatʼs why she kept looking at me, to make sure itʼs safe to turn her back to me and flee.” Arad smiled, ”She already knows she canʼt win against me, so her best bet is running away.”

Arad could remember how Matilda picked a fight with him on their first day at school, she wouldnʼt have done that if she was a coward. That was her way of figuring out if she could win against Arad or not, seeing him being far larger than her probably is what triggered it.

”No, she attacked before the fight started.” The beast girl cried again.

”No, the fight had always started. She isnʼt a coward but fights with both her brain and body. She smarter than anyone here,” He approached Matilda and gave her a healing potion, ”You said she ran after rabbits and deer, to you thatʼs a stupid way to hunt, but Iʼd say itʼs genius.” ”There is no risk of danger when hunting them, so running down a deer to build stamina, or wresting a wild elk arenʼt so bad. You might get hurt, but never killed.” Arad looked at the beast girl, ”You failed to train against the opponents you can, and risked your lives against those who could kill you.”

Arad tapped Matildaʼs shoulders, ”You once told me you were failed as a hunter.” He smiled, ”No, you didnʼt fail. You succeeded, none of them here could win against you.” He patted her head and turned toward the rest.

”So now...” He cracked his knuckles, ”You wanted to face a powerful prey and get stronger.” He looked at them, ”Iʼm here, you wonʼt die. But Iʼll break your bones, and youʼll spend the night crying yourself to sleep. Come...”

Unlike facing a Death Jaw, Arad was a vastly more dangerous opponent. Everyone there knew it, he was the man who kicked the Death Jaw to death, and they all knew they couldnʼt win. But something was different, with him, there was no risk of death, only pain.

”For you tiger kids, strength is everything.” He smiled, ”You hunt monsters for food and money, itʼs your livelihood, everything that you need and care about. So come here, test your claws to see how far youʼll go.” He jumped forward, and grabbed the beast girl from earlier by the face, ”Starting with you.” With a single swing, he threw at the rest, smacking two people down.

Everyone charged at him, and he started beating them to a pulp. Grabbed one by the arm and kicked him in the face, and caught the next girl by the leg and smacked her on the ground. When a guy tried gabbing by the neck, Arad bit his arm and started swinging him around like a doll in a dogʼs jaw.

”Brother! Heʼs a fucking animal!” One of the girls screamed at her brother who kicked by Arad in the face. It wasnʼt long before she got punched in the guts and sent to the ground crying. ”Fuck it!” One of the guys cried, looking around, ”Matilda already ran away, letʼs get out of this mess.” He turned to run but quickly stopped as the ground shook. Arad had stood on all fours, his fists on the ground. With a deep growl, he lunged forward at a blinding speed and rammed the guy, almost breaking his back.

”Forget it, he isnʼt an animal, heʼs a wild beast, kill him.” Everyone started scrambling to form an attack while Arad wiped the ground with their heads. All of them thought that Matilda had run away, but only Arad knew the truth. Behind the fences and the dust kicked by everyone, sheʼs keeping close to the ground, crawling on all fours with her eyes fixed on him.

A prowling tiger is using the chaos to her advantage, looking for the best moment to lung at

the dragonʼs neck.

^With how strong I am, those kids probably wonʼt make her a large enough opening to attack.^ Arad thought, ^Letʼs drag someone stronger into this fight.^ He lunged at Gorarin

with a clenched fist.

”Wait?!” Gorarin lifted his arms and blocked Aradʼs attack, but the impact sent him flying back, ”Donʼt get me mixed in your game!”

”Come on,” Arad looked at the adults, ”Donʼt you care to show the young ones how to hunt a wild monster? Or are you only good for endangering them?”

”What did you say?!” One of the tigers growled.

Arad appeared right before his face, ”I said, you canʼt hunt shit without risking the kidʼs life and using them as bait.” He smacked him in the face so hard that he made him spin twice in the air. Tigers were surprisingly durable so that wonʼt be so bad, healing potions exist.

It only took a few minutes for the brawl to escalate further, half the village was now trying to kill Arad, everyone ganging on him as if heʼs a monster that wandered into the village, and they were getting humiliated.

Soon enough, Arad started giving them advice and weapons, stopping at once, ”You can do well at range, here, use this.” He gave him a steel spear.

”Mana twist strangely around you, go learn magic.” He lifted a girl up and smacked her on the

ground.

To Arad, this felt similar to how he handled the fightersʼ class, just beat them until they learned how to fight and get real experience.

Between all of the chaos, and from the rising dust and cries of the beast people, Matilda

lunged out from the shadows with a bite at Aradʼs neck, she managed to get in. Even she didnʼt realize, she had used all of her strength, that bite was intended to kill, all of her put

into a single attack.

Arad stood in place and started laughing with her hanging onto his neck with her mouth. ”Out of the entire tigersʼ village, both adults and the young, the only one to reach me with an attack is the girl they ostracized.”

It was that Matilda let go of his neck due to sharp pain in her teeth, she had cracked a fang on

his hard neck. He caught her in his arms, ”Good Job. If this was a real hunt. Youʼll be the one coming with the kill. But sadly, Iʼm not a deer.”