The dragon's harem

Chapter 1014: The Plan For Gamond

Aradʼs eyes opened wide as he saw Undine sitting on his chest. She shifted her seat and started kicking his chin with her foot, ”Why arenʼt you saying anything? Donʼt tell me the brain

damage got you.”

She looked at him for a second and then gasped with a surprised face, ”Yeah! I almost forgot!” She looked at him with a smile, ”I didnʼt want you to go on a rampage right after waking up so I locked your body with my water.”

She waved her hand and pulled the written contract, ”I had you sign this and now Iʼm your slave. Iʼve seen that you had some remnant magic of wind spirit queen on your soul so I wanted a part in the fun as well.”

She then flicked the contract away and leaned on Aradʼs nose with her hands, staring directly at his eyes. ”Even with my help, I doubt weʼll be able to defeat Gamond.”

She then flicked her fingers and he could move again. Using her water control allows her to directly control the water inside a targetʼs body and use them like dolls.

Arad sat up and she sat on his thigh, ”Are you angry that I beat you? Donʼt worry, you can beat me now.”

Undine is the only one here who directly saw Gamond and she seems to have a pretty good idea about her power. Her existence might be crucial for the final battle.

Arad also had no direct grudge toward Undine, his loss was his own mistake for charging like that without an even bigger plan. He had never expected that someone of Undine caliber was inside the Moving Glacier.

Whatʼs more, Undine is now enslaved, she canʼt do anything to defend herself even if she wants to. All of her power and future are bound to his hands, she will only be free again once he dies.

Echidna stared at them for a second, ”Arad...does this mean you now have the full power of the water spirit queen at your hands?”

”He does.” Undine replied with a smile, ”With a flick of his fingers he could lift all the water of the seas and drown the whole world.” She then looked at Plum, ”Itʼd be better if you saw him as the water spirit king now.”

Arad sighed, ”This doesnʼt make any sense.”

Undine who was sitting on his thigh suddenly gasped, looking at her hands with a worried and terrified face, ”You!” She jolted to glare at him, ”You broke the contract?! Are you a fool?”

”I am not interested in defeating someone who canʼt fight and neither do I care about using a power that isnʼt my own. Youʼre free and can leave.”

Undine stared at him for a second. This man...no this dragon...no one in the world would throw my power away, millions of people died seeking to be granted a fraction of my power yet when he got it all he gave it back to me.

She started giggling, ”I see, so this is why that spirit queen stays close to you...” She smiled, ”Arad Orion, with a contract or without it, Iʼll say here and work under you. Feel free to use me however you like.”

”Youʼre still talking about that?” He shook his head, ”Whatʼs up with you?”

”First! Letʼs start with you drinking me, that should make things easier to understand.” Her

eyes flashed blue and her body turned into water. She flew at Aradʼs mouth and forced herself through, mixing into his body.

Arad gasped, rolling back on the bed as he tried to cough her out, but failed. When looked forward, his eyes had turned blue and were flashing with water magic.

”Iʼm inside your bloodstream now. You freely use my power like this, and I can always get out.” She crawled out of his mouth a second later. ”This would be easier to do when you go back to your world.”

”Wait!” Arad growled at her, ”You arenʼt coming back with me!”

”No, Iʼm coming. Iʼve already asked Yog to appoint another water spirit queen after my departure. Donʼt worry, Iʼll still own all of my power and youʼll be able to use it as you wish.”

”Do what you want.” Arad stood, ”Iʼll go find something to eat.” He quickly left. After the last fight, he had lost a lot of blood and energy and was starving. Heʼs extremely powerful and durable, but in his current condition even he might pass back out if he doesnʼt find something to eat quickly.

”Now that heʼs gone, to deal with the rest.” Undine looked at Plum, ”Can you go and find me some nice clothes? I canʼt stay naked like this.”

”As you wish!” Plum flew out as fast as she could and Mesharra looked at Undine, ”You donʼt have any clothes?”

”I was wearing the Moving Glacier for a few thousands of years before Arad came and ripped me out of it. Iʼd rather not go look for my old clothes as no matter how well made they were, they are probably just a pile of fossilized junk now.”

Echidna smiled, ”Do you know where they are? Iʼll take them if you donʼt want to.” She knew that no matter how much time had passed, those clothes had soaked in Undineʼs magic and had probably turned into powerful ancient artifacts or at least catalysts that she could use for magic.

”I left them in the bottom of the frozen northern sea, itʼs there where I made the Moving Glacier armor.” Undine scratched her head trying to remember the exact location, ”Yeah, at the hollow ravine. But I doubt that place still exists or retains that name. Go to the location where the summerʼs northern lights cross in a + shape if you didnʼt find it then I must go there to find it myself.”

Echidna looked a bit worried, ”Hollow ravine? Mesharra, can we get access to the library? I want to see if we have any old map to tell where that place is.”

”I donʼt know...letʼs go.” Mesharra had guessed what Echidna was after, finding Undineʼs old layer was bound to give them some powerful artifacts to help in their journey. If itʼs on their way they wouldnʼt mind hitting it.

As those two Undine looked at Mary, ”Go check on Arad, Iʼm sure heʼll have severe stomach pain after eating. His organs were destroyed and healed several times, you might need to

patch him a bit.”

Mary nodded and immediately rushed after Arad, heʼs bound to be eating downstairs.

Undine looked up and lifted her hand, ”Now weʼre alone.” With a single flick, the whole room was covered with a thin water barrier.

”How old are you? Why are you chasing him around?” She glared at Altair with an evil smile, her eyes burning blue, the same way they were before she fought Arad.

”What are you talking about?” Altair looked at her with a confused face, she had no idea what this little fairy was talking about. ”Iʼm twenty-seven years old.”

”Huh?” For a moment Undine looked annoyed, she swung her foot and Altair got blasted to the wall, coughing blood. ”No one would ever hear you cry in here. Speak, how old are you? In

cycles.”

Altair had passed out and stopped breathing, for a moment it looked like Undineʼs hit killed

her.

Undine sighed, ”Listen, kid. Youʼre too young to be messing around like this, youʼre far too sloppy if I can tell. Youʼre after Arad, arenʼt you?”

Altair opened her eyes, ”Fine...This is my fifth cycle.”

”Basically a kid? Get out and come back when youʼre a bit older.” Undine pointed with her finger at the window, ”Next time I see you around Iʼll lock you up until you grow a brain.” At that moment, Yog appeared above the bed and fell on Undine, stepping on her.

”GAH!” Undine cried, ”Get your foot off me!”

Yog stared at her with a smile, ”If you bully a kid then your place is beneath my foot. Sheʼs trying her best, leave her be.”

”So youʼre the one filling her head with all this crap?!” Undine pushed Yogʼs foot away and grew to the size of a human woman. ”You! Donʼt listen to this short idiot here, she doesnʼt care about anything. Youʼre still too young for this, the world still has more to offer.”

”But...” Altair looked down, ”You never run into someone like that.”

”Try anything funny with Arad and he will kick you away in a heartbeat, youʼll never get another chance afterward.” Undine was making a point, all this time Altair and Yog never thought about what Arad would think.

Yog grabbed Undine by the neck and forced her back to her small fairy form, ”You sit down.”

She threw her on the bed and looked at Altair, ”I am the goddess of this world. Go do whatever you like, Iʼll do whatever I can to help you. You know I donʼt care if itʼs good or evil, as long as

itʼs fun.”

Undine sighed, ”Fine, but Iʼm washing my hands out of all responsibility. I warned you, kid.” She then waved at her to approach, ”Iʼll help a bit though with magic.”

”Magic?” Altair tilted her head a bit.

”Your left leg is a bit taller than the other, you smell a bit off, and your proportions are a bit exaggerated, like how is your head that small?” She pointed at her.

Yog looked at Altair, ”How? I can see it, but no one should notice, those are but small

imperfections.”

”If I can tell then Arad can as well. Iʼm sure heʼs already weary of her.” Hearing Undineʼs words Altair remembered that Arad indeed acted weird around her, he probably could sense

that something was off but couldnʼt tell how.

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An hour later Arad returned to his room, finding Undine had worn the clothes that Plum brought her. ”So you finally got something on.”

”Yeah, or do you prefer me naked? I wonʼt mind staying like that.” She looked at him with a

smug face but he ignored her, returning to his desk. On his way there he looked at Altair for a second, the weird feeling he was getting around her had fully disappeared, which made him even more weirded out.

”Did you want something?” Altair asked with a tilted head. ”No, nothing.” Arad went back to

check their plans.

At that moment Mesharra and Echidna returned. They have found the location of Undineʼs layer...but sadly it was on the other side of the northern arctic. They have to go way past Yogʼs tower to find it, which means getting it is impossible on this trip.

The two showed the location to Arad and he shook his head, ”We canʼt get it, but you two can go there after we deal with Gamond in Yogʼs tower.”

”We wonʼt need those artifacts after the fight.” Mesharra looked at him, ”Canʼt we make a

detour to get them?”

”No, weʼll waste a lot of time. And I bet itʼs buried underground.” He stared at Undine. ”Under ice, mountains of it. Undine replied as she flew and sat on Aradʼs shoulder, ”But I can

dig it out in seconds.”

”Iʼll think about it, but I think itʼs better to plan for a fight against Gamond. You said sheʼs twice as strong as you, but thatʼs wrong.” Arad smiled, ”Sheʼs a white dragon and I bet a master of temperature magic.”

”So? What will you do? I doubt thatʼll make a difference.” She flew down and sat on his desk.

”Oh... it makes a big difference.” With a flick of his fingers, he conjured water into a cup by

using water magic.

”Hey! Use my magic! What do you think youʼre doing casting it on your own.” Undine felt sad that he didnʼt use her power.

”Iʼll use your power against Gamond, for now, listen to this. Water is made of three particles,

two small ones and a big one. The big one is what we breathe to stay alive and the small ones can burn really well.”

He then put two fingers inside the cut and jolted it with lightning magic, quickly after igniting

the gas that came out. He separated the oxygen and hydrogen and then combusted them back which gave him back the water.

”Iʼll create a lot of water with your magic, separate it like this with weather magic since the lightning from that costs way less mana than normal lightning magic, and then blast her with this.” Arad smiled, ”Sheʼll absorb the heat to throw it back at me, but I wouldʼve gotten the

water back and Iʼll burn her again, over and over until she canʼt take it all and explode.” ”What if she threw the heat back at you and hit you?”

”I can use temperature magic as well. Iʼll absorb and throw it back at her with the generated fire. What matters with temperature magic is mass, not mana capacity. I bet that just the bloop has enough size to absorb as much heat as a dragon similar in size.” Undine looked at the papers and then back at Arad several times. ”Are you some kind of genius?” She was genuinely surprised.

”No, I got beaten by enough geniuses to learn. This one called Isbert knocked me with a heat

reflection, and I almost died. So Iʼm using that plan against Gamond.” Arad replied and she was even more shocked to hear Isbertʼs name. ”And what about this? How did you find this about water?” She pointed at the cup.

”Iʼm a void dragon, I found that out when trying to understand how void magic works.”

Undine didnʼt know whether to be terrified or amazed, ”This means I can generate some powerful fire magic...I can create thunder clouds as they are just water vapor...hold up.... If I did this, I could turn the whole ocean into a sea of fire if I wanted.”

”Iʼd rather you donʼt...” Arad looked at her with a smile.

”Do you know that you just showed me how to make enough fire to probably rival the fire

spirit queen? And Iʼm the water queen?” Her brain almost halted working, she was with him

for less than a day and he dropped that bomb on her. Itʼs been thousands of years since her power stagnated...be he just...

Undine sighed holding her head, ”I didnʼt expect it to be like this.” Her hands had started

shaking, ”Now I want to test it...” She lifted a finger up, and created a ball of water and then a small cloud. When the lightning jolted the water she was able to generate oxygen and hydrogen and then burn them to create fire.

With Undine still stunned, Altair approached Arad and looked at the plan with Mesharra and

Echidna. ”How did you find that?” she asked.

”Find what?” He looked at her. ”About void magic...is that some kind of magic that analyzes other magic?” Altair looked at

him with a confused face.

”No, the world is made of small particles, those particles are made of even smaller particles

and void between them. Void magic control that voids to crush those into energy and then

reform them back to matter.” Arad explained as best as he could while drawing it. Void magic simply controls the space between an atomʼs nucleus and electrons, taking that void off would force the atom to collapse into energy, and putting void into energy generates an atom.

With the power of the void Arad slowly became aware of the existence of atoms and their

properties which he uses to enchant magic as much as possible.

”Is that how it works? What a strange magic.”

Undine slowly turned her face toward Arad and Altair, ”You were right.” She approached Arad,

”What you showed me just now is priceless, no, itʼs probably something that you shouldnʼt

have shown me. I donʼt even think I can repay you for it.”

”Letʼs just do our best to defeat Gamond.”