The dragon's harem

Chapter 1015: Setting The Final Stage

”I can smell him from here.” Gamond smiled, ”And that fairy seems to have taken a seat at his side, sheʼs smarter than I thought.”

Four creatures were present before Gamondʼs throne, she had gotten them for the sole reason of getting rid of Aradʼs companions. She wanted to face Arad alone, no one else was allowed to interrupt their precious time.

One of the four, a fair halfling angel with four white wings looked at Gamond with her eyes closed, ”That fairy is the water spirit queen.” She was Lin, one of Yogʼs angels and the one Gamond got to face Echidna.

”I know that. I just thought sheʼd get bored once Arad lost to her. Seeing him lose dropped my hopes a bit, but I know that his true power is far larger than what he has in this world. You make sure to put that witch Echidna in her place.”

Lin bowed, ”You can count on me. My divine goddess Yog has entrusted me with helping you and I intend to deliver a performance worthy of her name.”

”Huh!” A naked demon woman with a lower torso of guts, bones, and writhing flesh laughed at her, ”What? Youʼll kill her with jokes? Play a funny prank on her? Donʼt make me laugh, take this seriously and fight as if your life depends on it.” The one speaking was the demon Balio, a flesh demon that Gamond summoned to put a stop to Mesharra.

”Balio, youʼre the only one whose life depends on winning this.” The robotic voice of this mechanical maid echoed through the whole throne room. ”Donʼt mess this up.” Yog employs hordes of mechanical maids and servants all through her divine domain since they wonʼt spill the secrets of her magic, and also since she could use them as scouts through the whole multiverse.

Balio growled, ”Tin scarp, mind your own business.”

The maid looked at her with an emotionless face, ”Sorry, Iʼll try minding my own business. Itʼs just that this demonic shit is crawling all around with her spilled intestines and painting the whole place red with blood. Should I clean her up?” Ten massive cannons emerged out of the maidʼs back and pointed toward Balio, ”Iʼll start cleaning right now.” The maidʼs name was 480085, and she very much hated that name. Her job was to make sure Plum got nowhere near the battlefield, and she was permitted to use as much firepower as she wanted.

Two tentacles came and wrapped around the two, holding them in place. A naked succubus with two massive horns, long pink hair, bat-like wings, and eight tentacles for a tail walked between them with an annoyed face.

”Donʼt even dare mess this up.” Her eyes shifted toward Gamond, ”Isnʼt that true, Gamond.”

”Lira is right.” Gamond sighed. Lira is a succubus witch that used to live in the succubus kingdom ruled by the mother of all life Gracie. ”You four need to make sure Aradʼs friends never get in my way.”

”Donʼt worry.” Lira smiled, licking her lips, ”At least for me, eating that woman Mary wonʼt be too hard. Iʼll make sure she wonʼt be able to think again.”

480085 looked at Gamond, ”What about that woman Altair?”

”Yeah,” Lira added, ”We canʼt leave that wild card on the table.”

”Got a banishment spell ready. She wonʼt be a problem.” Gamond stood and walked away from her throne. ”They are here, everyone head to your rooms.”

The four disappeared and Gamond remained alone. With a single flick of her finger, the throne room shifted into a massive empty arena with a single kingsized bed in the middle.

The door of the arena opened up and Arad walked in wearing a suit of black armor, a long red cloak, and a massive greatsword strapped to his hip itʼs nothing more than a longsword.

He looked around, inspecting the place. ”We got separated?”

”Indeed, I donʼt want them souring the mood here.” Gamond called him as she sat on the bed. ”Care for a little chat first?”

”No.” Arad pulled his sword out, ”Where did you send them?”

”Iʼll answer if you pull your other sword.” The smug smile on her flashed as she licked her opal teeth like a big cat ready for her meal.

Arad looked at her silently for a second, assessing the situation. ”Fine.” He sheathed his sword and pulled another sword from his magic pocket. ”Now speak.”

”I didnʼt mean that sword...”

”I know...but this also fulfills your condition, speak.” He glared at her and she sighed. Dragons should never get back on their words, he outplayed her, and she had to reply otherwise sheʼd look like nothing more than a lying prideless drakaina whoʼs so weak that she canʼt even keep her word.

”I had each of them sent to another demi-plane where one of my minions will keep them busy. All I can promise is that they wonʼt die.” She waved her hand and conjured a large ice table and chairs. ”Now, can we have a little chat?”

”Fine.” Arad approached the table and stood to sit with him.

”First, Undine, you can come out, I know youʼre hiding inside his bloodstream.” With a smile on her face, she looked at him and Undine crawled out of his mouth, ”Why didnʼt you send me to another demi-plane? You couldʼve done that, right?”

”The moment you made yourself his slave I started counting you like an object that he owns. Him breaking the contract doesnʼt matter.” She giggled.

”You knew?!” Undine gasped, was Gamond spying on them? She wasnʼt doing that when Undine was here.

”You made the contract in public so I saw it from afar, and you didnʼt have the contract when you arrived here so I just assumed. So I was right.” Her gaze shifted to Arad, ”And I guess you know why I am here, Arad Orion.”

”Iʼm not looking for a mate, and you know Iʼm already married. Youʼll have to go through them first.” He glared at her, ”Get in my way or try to harm my wives, Iʼll burn you to ash.”

”And thatʼs why Iʼm here.” She smiled, ”When you get as strong as me, everything becomes so boring. I wasted my youth seeking power and ended up without a mate until I became a

great wyrm.”

”Neither your world nor death managed to take your life away.” Arad looked at her, she had grown far too strong.

”Arad...do you know how everyone looks when you get as strong as me? They donʼt even have a look, they are invisible, fading from memory as soon as they die.”

The curse of power, Doma had once spoken of it. Even he a dragon with near-perfect memory canʼt remember the faces of all those he killed, he didnʼt even look at some of them, to begin with. With dragons valuing strength and violence above else in their relationships it becomes extremely hard to find company the stronger a dragon gets.

Gamond had mentioned she has a daughter called Gamond, her previous husband mustʼve lost to her quite badly, but considering how powerful Gamond is he mustʼve been one of the strongest dragons out there.

”I see. You arenʼt looking for a mate, youʼre just looking to have fun.” Arad smiled, ”That I can try to give you.”

She lifted an eyebrow, ”What are you talking about? Of course, Iʼm looking for a worthy mate, one that wonʼt bore me.” She smiled, ”Would you lose so badly that I wonʼt even remember your face? Would you lose but prove a decent challenge? If thatʼs the case Iʼll mate and eat you right after like my previous husband and soon forget your face like his. Or would you be able to prove a challenge, give me a lot of trouble? That would be a dream come true.” ”How about the other option? Me giving you a beating so you wonʼt give me or anyone else

more trouble.”

The two stared at each other for a second, grinning.

”So? What do you say? Should we use the bed before the fight?”

Arad stood and approached the bed, it was a nice and expensive one made of enchanted oak

wood and silk. With a single kick, he sent it flying to the ceiling where it shattered into a

million pieces.

”We wonʼt be needing that.”

”I expected as much.” The two stood facing each other.

[Elemental expansion]

Endless white hallways illuminated with candles, wooden floors, rancid air, and the

deafening rumble shaking from beneath the ground.

Arad found himself standing alone in those desolate hallways, he could still sense Gamondʼs magic but he couldnʼt from which direction came.

Gamond herself woke up standing on the ceiling, looking at an upside-down world akin to the

hallways Arad was in, but instead of the wooden floor, it was a flowing stream of deadly magic. One step in it and even she would die instantly.

She could sense Aradʼs presence, but it felt off, something tainted the air and she wasnʼt thinking about the rancid smell.

[Welcome to my favorite elemental expansion. I call it the endless dimension maze. Youʼll fight here, and start by finding each other first. Good luck, youʼll need it.] Gamond growled, ”You little nasty shit! Separated us through dimensions? Fine, Iʼll go to him.” She could sense Aradʼs magic in the air, given enough time she should be able to reach

him.

Gamond sat down and started conjuring her spell, focusing on sense and calculating all the dimensions layered in this elemental expansion. Finding which one has Arad, and then

finding his exact location.

”What are you doing?” Arad asked as he stood beside her.

”Trying to locate you. Just let me focus.”

”I found you first.”

”If you actually managed that then Iʼll gladly suc...” She opened her eyes, seeing Arad

towering over her.