The dragon's harem

Chapter 2213: Barbarian’s Pride

The moment Nina jumped on the bed, Merlin’s eyes shot open as her entire body tensed and squeezed everything that was pumped inside her. She could feel it, the weight of a monster that could even swallow the gods.

”Wait! Nina!” Merlin growled as her entire body flashed with magic, doing her best to reinforce both the bed and the entire tower. Nina wasn’t listening, so Arad took action as well, grabbing the excited barbarian in his arms and lifting her up.

Nina was as heavy as a whole mountain, and even Arad struggled to lift her for a second before he started using gravity magic. ”Nina, this tower is a building. It can’t withstand your weight. Calm down and focus.”

It was only then that Nina noticed what she had done. Looking back, she saw the necklace that Merlin made for her on the ground among her torn clothes. ”It fell!?” She cried in Arad’s arms, and he sighed. ”I’ll get it.”

Using his gravity magic, he pulled the necklace to his hand and then wrapped it around Nina’s neck. Only then did her weight fade away until she weighed no more than a regular human her size. Merlin gasped for air, then glared back at her. ”Be careful next time. You almost toppled down this tower.”

”I’m sorry...” Nina looked sad for a second, and only relaxed when Arad laughed. ”Nothing happened, so it should be fine.” But Merlin had to disagree. ”Listen, I was fine, but then I suddenly felt the weight of a whole cart on my back. I don’t care if she breaks my back, but what about the maids? They would’ve gotten hurt if the tower crumbled.”

Arad slowly put Nina on the bed, and Merlin stared at her for a second before breaking into a smile. She couldn’t stay angry at her for more than a few seconds. As insulting as it may seem, she knew that Nina couldn’t think more than five seconds into the future, and was probably denser than Arad.

In her excitement, Nina had even forgotten how her clothes worked and tried to pull them off the same way a hide robe could be taken off with a single move. That’s why she grabbed her dress by the shoulder where a hide robe is usually tied and pulled the entire thing down, ripping it apart. In that motion, her fingers must’ve snagged on the necklace and torn it.

The necklace was a magical item that Merlin made for Nina, who couldn’t control her weight naturally, and its job was to reduce her Tarrasque weight down to what a regular human her size would weigh.

It wasn’t a complicated magical item, but it sure needed a lot of power and mana to work, to the point where, at the time, even Merlin struggled to make it work. It wasn’t common to create a spell that reduces the weight of a mountain to that of a large wheat bag.

As the two giggled and looked back, they immediately fell silent as Meryem had already taken the lead and had Arad’s flesh inside her throat down to the base. ”Wait! Leave some for me!” Nina jumped in immediately, and the tired Merlin fell on her back to rest a bit. ”Take your time.”

Merlin wasn’t just exhausted. Her entire body hurt, especially her lower parts. After enjoying herself, it had become Arad’s turn, and as expected, he wasn’t gentle with her at all, which she liked. She would’ve felt insulted if he still had to hold back, thinking she was as fragile as the maids.

But... even still, he wouldn’t have gotten as rough with her if she wasn’t the one asking for it. She specifically asked him to be as violent as he could, only to test the limits and durability of this new body of hers.

Even though with his full size, he should’ve been able to scramble all of her organs, that didn’t happen. She felt the pain of it all, but her organs just stretched and were forced out of the way without tearing. As long as she had mana, her body wouldn’t ever break apart.

That was both good and bad news, as the pain was unimaginable and just being stretchy didn’t mean being indestructible. It was just that to harm her, one now needed sharpness, intent, and a titanic flood of mana.

She looked past her legs, seeing Arad kissing Nina while thrusting as hard as he could into Meryem while pulling her by the horns. Looking at that exhilarated face, Merlin couldn’t tell if Meryem was feeling pleasure or pain, but that didn’t matter either way, as she wanted to be in her place but couldn’t.

Nina, on the other hand, had already sprayed the bed down three times just from kissing Arad and listening to Meryem’s screams, getting more excited the closer her turn came. Merlin probably knew Nina better than even she knows herself, and the reason for her excitement was obvious.

Much like dragons, to the barbarians, strength was everything, but it worked in a different way. All dragons always searched for the stronger partner. There was always one unsatisfied in their relationship. If a drakaina found a strong dragon, then said dragon would have to settle for her, who was weaker than him. They could always take multiple partners, but that never cooled their lust for the strong.

Barbarians were tribal people, unlike the dragons, who were mostly solitary creatures, and thus could satisfy that lust for the strong with multiple partners. A powerful barbarian doesn’t necessarily need to find a woman stronger than him, but he can settle for two who together can beat him.

That’s why it was as common to find a woman with multiple husbands as it was to find one man with multiple wives in the barbarians’ tribes, which could rarely be seen among commoners and noble families. They formed prides on both sides.

So to Nina here, a good measure of Arad’s worth to her was the number of wives he had. The more, the merrier. Seeing Merlin, the other wives, and all the maids and servants bending down and spreading themselves for Arad hit a sweet spot for Nina. It was like judging the worth of a noble man by how many houses or horses he owns. A noble who owns five mansions is worth more to noble ladies than the one who only owns one, and that same concept applies to the barbarians.

It was the reason Nina was always happy when new women joined. But there was a catch, one that could easily end up with someone buried in the ground.

When the wives were talking among each other about Kossuth and whether they should let her join, Nina was positive. But when Kossuth jokingly suggested that she would be dominant and not submissive to Arad... Nina stood up, squared up to the goddess, and growled at her.

”Arad pisses on you, you drink it, thank him, and ask for more. Otherwise, I’ll tear you piece by piece and consume your innards.” And Nina wasn’t joking. She doesn’t understand how jokes work, especially when enraged. She was ready to fight Kossuth right there.

Kossuth quickly explained to Nina that she was just joking and that she could prove herself when Arad comes. But also asked her if she was really confident about facing her in a fight.

Nina admitted that she doesn’t understand the difference in power between herself and Kossuth, but that it also didn’t matter. It was a matter of principles, as Arad dominating multiple wives is a source of pride to those same wives, so having a stranger break that is more than just insulting, not to Nina alone, but to everyone else.

Kossuth then suggested that she ask Arad to let her drink his piss to prove herself, but when he arrived, that didn’t happen. Everything he had was already going to Plum, who used it as fertilizer to grow as a World Tree.

”She must be really happy, seeing the numbers grow.” Merlin mumbled as she watched from the side.