The dragon's harem

Chapter 897: The Black Cat And The Purple Witch

Matilda lunged at Selena with a clenched fist, crackling with black lightning. ”Who are you?”

Selena dodged the punch with ease, and Matilda started swinging even faster. A spark of black lightning roared with each swing as they rushed toward Selena like lightning bolts.

Selena dodged all the punches, weaving through the lightning with a smile on her face. Each of her moves was as silent as the wind, yet sharper than blades, in a few small steps, she ended up squatting above Matildaʼs fist, not even her weight mattered.

Matilda angrily swings her fist, pulling it from beneath Selena, and charged forth with rage, chasing her across the open area in the forest they were fighting in.

^Each time I swing my fist, she already starts moving, as if sheʼs seeing the future. I canʼt catch her, sheʼs always ahead of me. Even though Iʼd been chasing for several minutes now, her breathing didnʼt even change. Whatʼs more horrifying, is that I canʼt hear her steps or moves at all. Itʼs like Iʼm fighting a shadow. Matilda started sweating as she jumped all over the place, leaping from one tree to another and swinging as fast as she could.

Selenaʼs ear bent back, and she smacked Matilda with an open palm to the face, sending her flying to the side at an extreme speed. Her ears immediately stood back up, and she stared forth with a gentle smile, her eyes still following Matildaʼs moves.

^Each time sheʼs about to attack, her ears bend backward. Even though I know that, even though I can see it, and Iʼm fast enough to reach it, Iʼm never able to do anything but take the hit. She chose the perfect time when I was already moving or doing something that I couldnʼt stop.Ʌ TAP! Matilda landed on a tree, her feet claw finally bursting out and piercing the wood. She sat squatting on the tree trunk as she held to it with both her hands and feet, the muscles on her thighs expanding as a deep growl rushed out of her throat.

The woman before her wasnʼt any normal person, those moves, the fact she wasnʼt getting tired, and the calm aura around her. She was a martial artist, someone at Aradʼs level. ”Black Jaguar, you said I need to present him with a hunt. Youʼll be that hunt!”

Selena smacked Matilda once more, sending her flying back to the trees.

^Each time she attacks, her ears bend back. That moment alone is far faster than anything I could pull, adding the fact that I canʼt guess with which arm sheʼll attack, Iʼve got no direct way of blocking or evading her counters.^ Lightning started crackling between Matildaʼs glowing purple eyes and her claws, her steps clapped like thunder as her ears pulled back and the fine hair on her tail spiked. Faint golden strips started showing on her skin as the faint black hair on her forearms grew a tiny bit thicker.

The black lightning was a blessing that was granted to all animals who shifted from their main clan, black tigers, black jaguars, lions, and all else, on the same hand, white lighting was granted to the white variants. The two types of magic came effectively from one source, Maharaja, the goddess of the hunt, the woman called the god-eating divine beast, the black jaguar of the apocalypse.

One of Maharajaʼs legends told of how she, drowning in rage after her husband got killed, had gone on a feeding rampage. Eventually, she devoured all life in the world and ended up dying alone of starvation.

Matilda opened her claws as she lunged at Selena, roaring with black lightning. Selena in response lifted her right foot and laid it on her knee, with both arms wide open, she smacked her palms together, blasting Matilda back with a massive shockwave [Thunderclap]

”Wonʼt you use your beast form?” Selena looked at Matilda with a smile, ”Youʼll be faster and stronger in that form.”

Matilda had no clue about what Selena was talking about. But she couldnʼt care less, now that her blood had started flowing and the beast slumbering inside her began to wake up, she was out for blood. Arad had awakened her void bloodline, and Selena was now tickling the beast, forcing it to move.

The forest rumbled as the ground cracked, and a storm of dust rose from the ground, crackling with lightning as Matilda kept charging at Selena, each time getting blasted back harder than last time.

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Inside the bath, Arad blinked as he looked aside, startled by the faint magic that suddenly appeared and disappeared in the blink of an eye. To him, it was like seeing the flash of lightning at the corner of his eye, failing to catch it in time.

If it was just random magic, it wouldnʼt matter, but it was quite shocking. It felt as if Agnar Asim was here, and his magic was several times that of Hati. It was a horrifying thunderstorm as if Agnarʼs warlock patron Maharaja had come to earth.

”You look worried.” Astrid looked at Arad, trying to see his face but immediately got blocked by Mira and Isdis. Arad was sitting inside the bath, leaning on the edge with Isdis sitting on his lap, Mira to his left, and Tina to his right. Merlin who just finished washing herself came from the back and sat at the bathʼs edge, slowly lowering her legs into the water beside Tina. ”This magic just now, who was it?” Arad asked.

Astrid didnʼt know what he was talking about, this whole place was locked inside the infinite maze, and sensing past the gate was something that even her mother struggled with for centuries. ”I donʼt know. How did it feel?” she asked.

Frida stretched her arms, resting one leg on another, ”Wasnʼt it just one of you vampires?” She looked back at the thousand naked nuns sitting in the water behind them like frogs.

”The magic felt like it belonged to the patron of one of my friends.” Arad replied, ”Maharaja.”

Hearing the name, the two sisters froze in place. They knew who he was talking about, and they knew that she rarely showed up in person. But it wasnʼt strange for her mother to call her.

”No clue. I know who Maharaja is, sheʼs our deity here in the beast lands. But it mustʼve been a powerful warlock that summoned her.” Frida shook her head.

”Forget about that, it doesnʼt matter anyway.” Astrid giggled with a smug face. ”If it was a stupid warlock, Mother mustʼve crushed him so fast that the battle ended in the blink of an eye.”

Astridʼs explanation aligned with what Arad sensed, except that the magic he sensed was bigger than that of Hati. Albeit, magic tends to spike from time to time when casting spells and it looks bigger than it really is. Hati couldʼve really taken care of it that quickly. ”Sister is right.” Frida smiled, ”Letʼs forget about that and focus on what matters. How was your training today?”

Arad briefly explained how he tried to increase his acceleration to make his moves more explosive and showed it to them in two punches that he threw in the air. ”Your arms are...” Astrid looked at Aradʼs extended arm, ”Bigger than her thighs.” She looked at Merlin, the one with the largest thighs in the bath.

”They kept growing as I grew stronger and older.” Arad replied, resting his arm around Miraʼs neck, ”My wives donʼt seem to like it though.” In a world filled with danger, signs of power and physical might were considered extremely attractive, especially in men.

”They are indeed nice.” Isdis grabbed Aradʼs other arm and wrapped it around her, ”Massive, hard, and reliable.”

”If youʼre trying to hide him, it isnʼt working. Your hips arenʼt as wide as his. In fact, heʼs far larger than you.” Astrid looked at them, ”I could help you cover him a bit.”

”Arad is ours! Hands off!” Isdis pointed her finger at her, threatening to freeze her.

”About that...” Merlin said with a grin, wrapping her legs around Aradʼs neck and holding his head between her hands, ”Iʼm next.” She said, resting her breasts on his head, ”You arenʼt getting in before me.” Her eyes were crackling with magic.

”They arenʼt getting anything!” Isdis added.

”Cry as much as you like.” Astrid stared at them with a smug smile, ”When talking about a dragon, strength is the only thing that matters.” She stood and took a step toward Arad. ”What do you say? I can fight you for it, right?”

Arad smiled, ”I donʼt mind having as many mates, or wives as I must. But itʼs up to you to convince them.” He patted Mira and Isdisʼs heads, ”If one says no, Iʼll kick you away.” Merlin giggled, pointing at Astrid with her foot, ”I say no until I get my share at least.” With a flicker of her toes, Astrid disappeared. Frida immediately stood and growled, ”SISTER! What did you do?!” She lunged at Merlin at which she got erased as well with a single flicker. Sitting around Aradʼs neck, Merlin extended her foot forward at which two large frogs landed on it. Those two were Astrid and Frida. Sparks of magic crackled from Merlinʼs nails and toenails, sparking purple as her eyes flashed with light. Tattoos spread up from her ankles to her thighs, and from her stomach up to her chest.

The two sisters gasped in their toad forms, looking at Merlin from her foot. It was then that it dawned on them, didnʼt she just polymorph Aradʼs whole body earlier and suppress his magic from creating a nymph? How could anyone do such a thing?

”Either behave yourselves, or Iʼll keep you like this until my fight with Arad ends.” With a

single move from her leg, she threw the frogs back to the water at which they turned back. Astrid glared at Merlin with an enraged face, ”Youʼre a witch, all that magic, countless bloods and spells all surging inside your body.”

”Sheʼs a high human...” Frida gasped, remembering that the past overgod started as a high human as well, and he also did countless modifications on his body in the same way Merlin is

now.

”Iʼll get back to you!” Astrid lunged at Merlin once more. She attempted to conjure her massive stone claws, but that spell failed. Merlin was already releasing a powerful anti-magic

barrier.

”Fine.” Merlin stopped Astrid with a kick to the face and shifted her back to a frog.

”Let her go!” Frida charged after her sister, and she got turned into a frog as well. Merlin

grabbed the two with her hands and looked at them with a smile, ”Powerful, but quite immature use of magic.” She shoved them into the magic storage between her breasts, and

quickly pulled them back out, now encased in a steel cage.

”Youʼll be my pets for now.” She sat them beside her.

”RIBBIT! RIBBIT! {Mother will get you! Youʼll regret this!}” Astrid growled at her.

Merlin giggled as she looked at them, ”Weʼll see about that. But for now, Arad is mine.”