The dragon's harem

Chapter 886: A Massive Hunt

”WEAR SOMETHING!” Matilda gasped as Arad approached her and the other students shirtless, still smoking from the fire.

”Iʼm wearing my sc...skin.” He was about to say scales, but immediately changed it to skin.

”What do you even mean by that?!” Matilda glared back at Mira and she rushed in with a jacket for Arad, ”Wear this.”

Arad looked at Lucia, ”The paralyzing poison did work. It was amazing, even a small fraction of a second of paralyze could create an opening large enough to finish a battle.” He smiled, smacking Mira on the back, ”She got him good, an amazing shot.” He shifted his gaze toward Ramy who was still half terrified in the back, ”Mira seems to be learning a lot from you.”

”AW! That hurts!” Mira gasped; she wasnʼt expecting such a tap.

”And, those were some nice spells, Merlin. Both the rain and the lightning strike.” Arad waved his hand at her.

”Did you forget me?!” Isdis glared at him from where she stood above one of the carriages. ”My buffs helped as well.”

”Of course, I didnʼt forget you.” Arad wore the jacked that Mira brought him and looked at Isdis, ”We all worked together to take the massive monster down.”

Suddenly, all of the students rushed at Arad, ”You blocked that monsterʼs massive tail! How did you even do that?!”

”No, forget that, did he punch or kick him into the sky? How could a human do such a thing?” The students started swarming him, asking more questions than he could hear or answer. But then, one of them asked one question, ”I can understand training, Iʼve seen how you fight several times. But what do you eat? I canʼt imagine normal food fuelling such power.”

Arad looked at him with a smile, ”Milk.”

Mira immediately pulled a gun and shot Arad with a paralyzing dart, and he fell face first on the ground. ”We need to talk.” She grabbed him by the arm and dragged him into the carriage, locking the door behind them.

”What do you mean by milk!?” Mira stared at Arad and growled.

Arad opened his eyes and sat up, the paralyzing poison didnʼt work on him, he was just playing along. The dark wouldnʼt even pierce his scales if he didnʼt allow it.

”Calm down, it was a joke. I once heard Alcott call a boaster who could do nothing a milk drinker.” Arad replied, ”He was referring to the fighters who couldnʼt hold their drink and got milk at the bars.”

”If that was the case, youʼre the last one to be called like that.” Mira grunted, ”And that wasnʼt my point, what did you mean by milk?”

Arad smiled, ”AH! I see,” He giggled as Doma spoke in his head, ”Breast milk.”

Mira immediately pulled her gun and loaded it, ”One more joke like that, and Iʼll shoot you.”

Arad giggled, ”Sorry, sorry...I wonʼt joke about it again.” He stood, ”Letʼs go out, I need to store that monster before we keep heading to the lionʼs village. I bet they could see the fight; I canʼt wait to see how theyʼll react to us when we reach them.”

Arad walked out of the carriage, seeing the students already inspecting the monsterʼs corpse, both amazed and terrified at its massive size. Most of them had never seen massive monsters, let alone got close to one. Standing before the worldʼs large megafauna, they finally started to see how similar to ants they are.

Even this massive monster wouldʼve been merely a dog to a titan, which calls into question Tempo, the volcanic titan prince who was studying with them at university. That free spirit and hot-blooded guy, always yelling each word with a large smile on his face.

”Aron,” Zara approached Arad, ”When I faced you at the university, you werenʼt even using a tenth of your power.”

”Iʼd rather not use it.” Arad replied with a smile, ”Father would laugh at me if I boasted about my strength. I do anything about how I look, but I can at least keep my strength in check.” ”You have power, then use it.” Zara sighed, ”Itʼll cause a lot of misunderstanding if you hide it. I wouldnʼt have started a fight if I knew youʼre this strong.” He looked at the dead brachiosaurus, Arad was stronger than that monster.

”Strength is a curse.” Arad replied with a straight face, ”Itʼs a spiraling abyss, the deeper you fall, the hungrier you get. Youʼre either die a monster or live long enough to grow bored.” Those werenʼt Aradʼs words alone, Doma was already inside him, and she had seen the height of power, and felt how unbearable and boring it was, to the point she chose to seclude herself in her hut.

”I canʼt understand that.” Zara stared at the dead brachiosaurus and then at the sky, ”If I was stronger then Iʼd be able to hunt bigger monsters and provide more for my family. Theyʼll be safer, wealthier, and none would dare harm them.”

”Thatʼs where youʼre wrong.” Arad shook his head, ”There is always someone stronger than you out there, youʼll always seek more wealth and power, and youʼll never feel sated. Youʼll attract stronger and deadlier enemies whoʼll do their best to get back at you.”

Arad pointed at the brachiosaurus, ”Just imagine, what if I lived here and began hunting monsters left and right to grow my wealth? Wonʼt you Queen Hati come to stop me?”

”Why would she do that? We too hunt brachiosaurus, using large pitfalls and traps once every few years, we sometimes fail, but mostly succeed.” Zara replied.

”Those monsters should be a large part of the ecosystem of the jungle. Youʼll kill one of them every few years, that wonʼt be a problem. The queen can prevent you from killing it if you wanted, itʼll literally take you weeks of preparation and calculating.” Arad smiled, ”If she didnʼt want you to kill, sheʼd just sabotage your hunt and protect the jungle for eternity. But Iʼm an unpredictable disaster to her, I bet sheʼll send people to stop me if I hunted another one.”

Since Arad can kill the brachiosaurus so fast, Hati wonʼt have time to stop him in a mundane way. From where he stood, he could feel her magic rushing through the ground itself. The queen is always watching, observing, and planning for her next step.

Arad approached the brachiosaurusʼs corpse, ”Merlin, is the magic ready?” He asked. ”Yeah, it is.” Merlin replied with a smile. She didnʼt need to do anything; this was just a cover for what he was about to do. No matter how anyone looks at it, Aradʼs stomach far surpasses any ordinary storage magic to a terrifying degree.

Arad touched the brachiosaurusʼs tail and it disappeared in the blink of an eye leaving a crater on the ground. Some of the students rubbed their eyes and looked again, it had really

disappeared.

”Now we can keep going without needing to worry about anything.” Arad looked at everyone with a smile, ”It was a short stop, but I think it was worth it.”

Lyla looked outside from her carriage, ”Heʼs amazing, isnʼt he?” she looked at Mira with a smile, ”I knew heʼs powerful, but not like this.”

”You rode him here. Heʼs larger than that monster, of course, heʼll win.” Mira shook her head, ”Itʼs like comparing a tiger with a deer.”

Roberta giggled, ”I bet that monster wouldʼve run away if he saw Arad in his draconic form.”

”No.” Mira smiled, ”Itʼll fight to the death. Most monsters understand that you canʼt run away from a dragon, they can fly, swim, and dig at a horrifying speed. They are an all-terrain murder monster.”

”That little one.” Lyla looked up, ”What was his name...yes, Flatail the beaver. He told me that Arad followed a dimensional demon across the void and ripped everything in his way apart.”

”Yeah, you canʼt escape from Arad.” Mira smiled with a proud face, ”Heʼs quite persistent... even when he shouldnʼt be...” She looked away with an exhausted face.

”What do you mean?” Roberta looked at her with a puzzled face.

”Itʼs nothing.” Mira shook her face.

At that moment, Isdis opened the door and walked inside. ”Youʼll all here?” She smiled, ”Is Serin still asleep? Did the noise wake her up?”

Tina who was sitting to the side watching over Serin who slept with Ignis, ”They are fast

asleep.”

Isdis sighed in relief, her drumming and Aradʼs battle didnʼt seem to wake them up, all thanks

to Merlinʼs magic.

”Isdis...” Roberta looked at her, ”Mira said Arad is a bit too persistent, what did she mean by

that? He isnʼt looking for trouble, is he?”

”Why are you asking her!” Mira gasped.

”Itʼs not about that.” Isdis looked at her, ”Heʼs extremely persistent in bed. Only Eris and Merida can spend a night with him without waking up with sore hips.”

”Isdis!” Mira cried.

”Is she... so that what she meat.” Lyla giggled, ”I might have something to help you.” She

looked at Mira.

”Mom! Not you as well.” Mira was almost unable to withstand the conversation, especially when her mother got involved.

”Not just that.” Isdis looked at Lyla, ”There is the matter of Nina and Merlin.”