The dragon's harem

Chapter 883: Paralyze Plant

Lucia looked back at Ramy slowly getting healed with Arad sitting there. She looked at her, and then at the blood splashed on the ground. She still couldnʼt properly control herself, Arad mightʼve managed in seconds, but he is a dragon, not a human.

Memories slowly seeped into her mind, remembering how she blasted the three tigers just now. Her power even terrifies her. But unlike Arad, she had a deeper understanding of magic due to her long years of study, and she could realize something almost instantly.

Her casting speed had almost quadrupled, and it wasnʼt just for any reason. Mana had its own channels in the body, just like blood and nerves, but upon turning into a vampire, her blood veins had also turned into channels to transport mana, increasing her output and speed.

Gorarin came to check on what happened and Arad explained everything to him, making it clear that those youngsters were lucky to face Lucia. If he was in their place, death wouldʼve been their only end after coming for a second time.

The rest of the night went silently without much trouble, Lucia wanted to stay awake as a guard, but Arad urged her to go and get some sleep. Unlike normal vampires, she shouldnʼt need to only sleep during the day. She can keep acting like a normal human as long as she keeps her blood magic hidden.

She asked about drinking blood, and he explained that it would affect how her power works. If she drinks less, sheʼll slowly lose power until sheʼs back to her basic human self. But if she drank it regularly, her power would slowly rise and it might become hard to keep her identity hidden.

No matter what the future holds, she can always run back to his blood. Now that Lucia knew that the man she knew as Aron was in fact Arad Orion, the god-eating dragon and the destruction monster of the desert.

As the morning came, the students started studying some herbs in the jungle as Zara and the tigers prepared for the trip to the lionʼs village. Lucia looked at Arad, who was working with Matilda and Selina, gathering herbs and processing them to make numbing poison.

^No wonder he was so fast and strong, heʼs the same dragon who blasted Vladʼs kingdom with a single breath. She sighed, but a smile crossed her face. The thing that boggled her mind for the past months had finally cleared, she could clearly see where is Aradʼs power coming from.

”Be careful, donʼt touch it with your bare hands. Youʼll get paralyzed in a second.” Lucia said as she looked at all the students.

”Tiiiter...(Teacher)” A guy approached her, his mouth open and his tongue dangling out with droll dripping. ”Hant Fi Ton! (Canʼt feel my tongue)” He had already tried licking it to see how it felt.

Lucia sighed, ”Are you a fool?” She stood and walked toward her bag and pulled a small test tube filled with white paste. She filled a small teaspoon for him, ”Use this, youʼll feel better in a few minutes. Without this, youʼll remain like that for days, maybe even weeks.”

The guy took the spoon and ate it, Lucia stared at him with a passive face, ”Did the numbness reach your brain? I said use it, not eat it.” She snatched the spoon from his hand and filled a second, ”Rub it on your lips and tongue, coat all of your mouth so it can take effect.”

Ramy approached with slowed steps, she looked at Lucia and the guy, ”Is he okay?”

”For now,” Lucia replied and waved her hand to him, ”Go rest for a bit, youʼll have trouble later.”

”If he got paralyzed, did you give him that? Heʼll scream later.” Ramy smiled.

”Yeah, pure pain. The paralyzing poison works by putting the nerves to sleep, this paste wakes them by doing the opposite, and only results in pain.” She looked at the tube, ”Youʼll find it a lot in hot chili.” What she had was pure capsaicin that she had extracted.

”I know, you made me cry before.” Ramy giggled, ”You devil, made me taste it.” She smacked her on the back.

Lucia pointed to the guy who was just leaving, ”Do you know? He swallowed a whole spoon.” Ramy paled, ”Heʼll be shitting lava...I hope he doesnʼt die on us.”

”He wonʼt, itʼs just pain. But thatʼll teach him not to mess around.” Lucia sighed, ”I did warn them several times before we started and even through their work. Donʼt touch it, but he did.” She looked aside, seeing Arad munching on a handful of the poisonous plants.

”ARON!” Ramy cried and rushed toward Arad, ”Did you see? Youʼll get paralyzed!” She cried and turned toward Lucia, ”Bring that paste!”

”Donʼt worry, heʼll be fine.” Lucia waved her hand, ”let him be. Donʼt you see, heʼs not affected.”

Ramy looked at Arad, and he looked like a goat munching on grass. ”I see...donʼt eat it!” She growled again.

”Heʼs a druid, you donʼt need to worry about him when it comes to plants and animals.” Lucia stood and approached Arad, ”Use this if you got paralyzed, donʼt eat it, and donʼt let it get into your eyes.” She gave him a small tube of the paste.

”Lucia!” Ramy sighed, ”He might look fine for now, but heʼs...” She turned toward Arad, ”Why arenʼt you paralyzed, being a druid means youʼll be able to guess that the plant is poisonous and avoid it. Not being immune.”

Arad, in fact, wasnʼt immune. But his draconic nerves werenʼt so weak as to be suppressed by the poison. To him, it felt like eating mint candy as the plant was sweet, nothing more.

”I do have quite a strong body,” Arad replied with a smile, showing that his muscles still work.

”Anyway, if youʼve got enough, start preparing the poison. Youʼll need to catch monsters later.” Lucia walked past them and tapped her hand on the large table she prepared. ”Iʼve just got word from the village. Weʼre embarking toward the lionʼs village in an hour, get the poison ready before that time.”

Matilda gasped, ”Wait...is that time enough...and...” She looked at Arad.

”Itʼs fine. Weʼll get the poison done,” He patted her head, but used it to stand, ”Lions wonʼt

do a thing with me around.”

”You beat the tigers, but there are a lot more lions. Youʼll get overwhelmed.” She cried, ”Teacher, talk some sense into him.”

Lucia looked at them, ”Let him do what he wants. Heʼs Aron after all,”

”That canʼt be...” Matilda looked at Selina, ”Teacher is right. I doubt Aron would lose to some lions, and they arenʼt stupid to risk losing a lot of men. I doubt theyʼll dare approach you

again.”

Selina smiled, ”And...if they dare do that...” She stood, ”Teacher, can we leave for now?” Strangely, Selina looked excited.

”Aron, can you do their work?” Lucia asked and Arad nodded, ”Yeah, no problem.”

”Go, but thank him later.” She waved her hand and Selina dragged Matilda back to her house.

”I canʼt believe it.” Ramy sighed, and then started walking away, ”Iʼll go check on my class, they shouldʼve made the dart guns by now.”

”Aron!” From far away, Lyla approached Aradʼs class, holding a basket in her hand. ”Did you finish studying or not? Iʼve just seen Matilda and Selina run back home.”

Arad was about to start making the poison and he stopped, looking at her, ”No, they just had something urgent to deal with.” He replied, ”Come closer, itʼs dangerous to walk alone in the jungle like this.” He said sarcastically, after yesterdayʼs accident, Arad had spent the rest of the night going across the whole forest, making sure all monsters knew heʼd be eating them and their families if anyone dared attack.

But as everyone could expect, wild monsters are still wild monsters. And a large Spinosaurus appeared out of the thick overgrowth, his nose one meter away from Lyla. All the students froze in place, and Lucia was about to launch a spell.

The Spinosaurus froze in place, feeling a familiar sent gushing out of Lyla.

Lyla slowly turned back with a passive face, looking at the monster, and patted his nose, ”Be a good boy and leave. You donʼt want to get killed, do you?” She smiled, ”But if you remain, Iʼll

make sure to sell your corpse, donʼt worry.”

Before the poor Spinosaurus could turn around and leave, a hole got blown in his skull and he fell on the ground dead. All the students gasped, ”Who is that?!” They all looked at Lyla, thinking she was the one who killed the Spinosaurus, but Lyla knew better, she looked at Arad, shaking her head. ”Thatʼs a mess, right.”

”It wasnʼt me.” He replied and Lucia paused for a second, ”Wait...”

In the tiger village, where the artificersʼ class was studying, Mira sat on a table, pushing her

legs on a chair and holding a massive sniper rifle as she had her eyes in the scope, ”Whatʼs Arad doing? Letting that monster get close to Mom.” She didnʼt know that Arad already threatened the monsters and that her mother wouldʼve been safe.

The other artificers were closing their ears, the loud explosion almost deafened them. ”Itʼs cracked.” Merlin said with a worried face, ”Itʼs only good for one shot.”

”Itʼs a prototype after all.” Mira replied as she looked at the sniper rifle. ”We have muskets,

so what if they were longer, bigger, and could shoot further?”

”You get this.” Merlin sighed.