The dragon's harem

Chapter 916: A Demonic Clash

[Demon Release: All praise be the pale mother] The sky turned black and then flashed red, countless bones, and ribs of massive titans fell from the bleeding sky, reaching the ground and piercing it like needles on flesh.

The demon stood before Arad, a four-meter {13 feet} giant with arms filled with pale white bone spikes. He was an incarnation of rugged violence, his face decorated with a malevolent grin of demonic mockery.

Arad stood, expanding his wings with a shockwave as black horns emerged from his head, roaring with lightning. His massive and thick black tail whipped around, ripping the ground behind him apart as Arad looked up at the demonʼs face. This was the first time in a while that he looked at a humanoid being taller than him.

It didnʼt take Arad a second to realize what the demon just did. He had engulfed a massive area with his own demonic magic to overpower any magic that Arad might try to use, especially the gravity magic he was using to make the swords float around him. And from his look, he was certain the demon had empowered himself.

[Void Expansion: Palace of Stars] Arad immediately unleashed his expansion trying to fight the demon over the dominion of the area. With a wave of pitch-black darkness, illuminated by countless small [Ho-white Nova] flashing like stars, Aradʼs magic pushed against the demonʼs magic.

”This is my second strongest expansion, and Iʼm already pushing against your magic.” Arad growled, glaring at the demon with a darkened face and glowing purple eyes. ”Iʼll play with you.” Arad was glad that this had happened away from any of his wives. If this demon had followed him earlier to Isdis, she mightʼve died from the dense demonic magic.

The only one who couldʼve survived this is Merida, thanks to her demonic fungus, but even Eris might suffer damage by just standing around. Arad could easily tank such harsh conditions, but most couldnʼt.

The demon clenched his fists, the bone spikes on his forearms and shoulders erected up like the spikes of a porcupine. It didnʼt take Arad a fraction of a second to understand what this demon was thinking, it was happy, thrilled, and excited.

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The demon could hear a strange beeping noise in its head as Arad read its mind. Void dragons are creatures used to living in the vacuum of the void, swimming through nothing for centuries and only landing once or twice in random worlds to refill on food and magic. When two void dragons come near each other in the void, they communicate through mental telepathy as sound canʼt travel in the void.

Imagine the whole world being like ours, an empty space with planets and solar systems. A solar system would be a full world, the planes of existence are the planets that swim in the void. Those planes of existence are protected by several barriers and arrays and are also linked together with gates and cosmic rules set by the overgod. Void dragons live in the empty space between those planes of existence and fly around, patrolling and looking for abomination threats to eliminate. If Earth was the mortal world, something like mercury would be hell and the void dragons are space dragons that protect the solar system against alien threats.

The countless stars that Arad made disappeared and he stood there, sucking all the weapons scattered around the ground into his stomach. He then quickly pulled them all, making them float around him in a storm of blades.

”Iʼll fight you without using magic to directly attack.” By precisely controlling his gravity magic within his expansion, Arad managed to control each one of the hundreds of weapons floating around him and swing them like they were in his hand.

Arad didnʼt know what to call this mixture of his expansion and gravity magic, but it shall be later called [Weapon Storm] By the humans who faced it.

All of the weapons rumbled, their edges crackling with magic and ready to start slicing. Arad could count them all as he controlled each and every one, one thousand four hundred and fifty-two weapons were dancing at his command.

Five bone spikes gushed from the demonʼs guts and stabbed Arad in the chest, pushing him back with extreme force. Without a delay, the weapons dropped down, cutting the bones into pieces like they were carrots.

Arad had a plan for this demon, a simple plan without any complication. To overpower the regeneration, Arad would cut and dice him faster than ever before, so fast that the demonʼs regeneration wouldnʼt be able to keep up.

Even if Arad had control of over a thousand weapons, he doesnʼt really need to use Kaydenʼs technique with them all, since not that many weapons could fit in the space around the demon to attack at the same time.

The demon started violently attacking with his bone spikes, and Arad kept slashing his left and right, painting the ground purple with demonic blood. The fight between the two shook the ground and mounds of dirt and stone got flung away from the demonʼs rampage, and Arad had slashed through everything. Some small rock Mountains got leveled to the ground and one ravine collapsed as the two passed by.

A hellish war between two creatures beyond human comprehension, mercilessly killing each other in what looked like a massive tornado of clashing blades and bones.

The two were so engrossed in their fight that they didnʼt sense Kayden who had just returned from the event at his orphanage and was sitting far away, watching them. Even he thought it was a good idea to have them fight here and not outside. If a normal human saw this scene, theyʼd go insane.

If a human, especially those who know Arad saw how much violence he could commit, how dangerous he looked, flying with thousands of blades through a storm of blood and bones, theyʼd go insane from fear. Theyʼd be so terrified that they wonʼt even function like normal humans anymore.

People fear and respect power. Strength is sought as itʼs the only thing that could protect the people from monsters, they stick around the strong to seek safety. But when that power is in the hands of a stranger, it becomes a possible danger to their lives. It was the reason Arad had to hide his identity when going to university, as everyone was terrified of him to the bones. At that moment, Kayden could confirm one thing and he called Hati. With a simple gesture, he touched his ear and cast a spell. ”Hati, heʼs already edging the mortal limits. I think he could safely control the heart now, but should I push further?”

”I donʼt know. Weʼre in a hurry as well, so Iʼll leave the decision to you. Youʼre better at making those calls than me.” Hatiʼs voice boomed in his head, ”Do what you think is best.”

”What I think is best...” Kayden thought, ”Me going around and looking for orphans to adopt into the orphanage. Iʼll end the training now and get back to work.”

Kayden could hear Hati growl upon hearing his answer, ”You arenʼt Kali, thatʼs her job...”

Kayden blinked twice, confused. Hati asked him to do what he thinks is best, and now sheʼs telling him that he shouldnʼt be doing it.

At that moment, Kali called Kayden into his other ear. ”Iʼve been listening since my name was mentioned. Train Arad, Leave work to me and Mom.”

”Are you sure?” Kayden asked with a worried face.

”Donʼt worry, dad. I can handle some work on my own.” Kali was about to cut the call.

”Last time I let work on your own you blew a whole underground city.” Kayden growled.

”Tehe...” Kali giggled and cut the call. Kayden couldnʼt be more worried, but it was indeed best to focus on Arad now. He sighed and looked at the fight which was about to end.

With the demon going all out, he was consuming a lot of energy instead of using it for regeneration. Arad on the other hand wasnʼt wasting that much energy as he only used gravity magic, which heavily turned this battle of endurance in Aradʼs favor.

When the demon regeneration finally failed to keep up, he fell down and his magic rapidly faded. Arad stood there, looking at the demonʼs motionless body with a passive face as the weapons buzzing across the air halted.

”Finally dead?” Arad looked at the demon, but something was off. He didnʼt get any experience or a soul, itʼs as if this demon was still alive. At that moment, Kayden landed beside the demon. ”The day is over, itʼs almost nighttime.” He said, bending down and

touching the demonʼs bloodied chest.

Before Aradʼs eyes, the demon stood again, all of his wounds healed.

”So, how was it?” Kayden asked, looking at the demon.

”Bad, really bad. I underestimated him a lot father.” The demon could speak, and he looked at Kayden with a sad face. But he quickly smiled, ”But I had fun, as you said, heʼs strong.”

”Heʼs your son?” Arad gasped.

”Yes and no,” The demon replied, ”He adopted me from the abyss.” The demon approached Arad and extended his hand for a handshape. ”Iʼm Admhone, a Tanari demon. Humans know me as the demon prince of bones.”

This one was the same as Meridaʼs fungus or Demogorgan that Gojo killed, a powerful demon that rules over his own layer of the abyss. And due to how young he is, heʼs referred to as a demon prince instead of a lord.

It was just then that Arad realized, his power was above that of demon lords now.