NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1487
The girls let out cries, and I was just about to blow through the protection and attack King Roth despite my previous words and my current weakness. Even if I had a chance against King Roth before, after wounding my soul to save Lydia, my strength was still diminished. That’s why I had to lower my head earlier. That didn’t mean I wasn’t willing to throw all caution to the wind if I thought my girl was truly in trouble.
However, as he leaped out of his seat he threw Celeste. As if they knew what he was doing, his women moved out of the way as Celeste slammed into my arms. He moved in front of First and then delivered a powerful kick across her face. She spun to the ground.
“You have failed to properly protect me!” He gave a roar, his foot landing on her head.
“I-I’m sorry, my lord.” First begged as he ground her face into the dirt. “I won’t make this mistake again.”
“You foolish woman.” He kicked her again, causing her to fly to the side. “You won’t. Your name will be switched with Second for now.”
Even after being kicked to the side like trash, the lioness’s expression had remained docile. However, after receiving those words, she looked up in absolute fear and shock.
“Please, no! My lord…”
“Know your place!” He barked as a fearful lioness dropped her head.
He walked over to the magician, who could no longer hide the deeply pleased expression on her face. He reached down and lifted her chin. “You will be my First from now on.”
“Yes, my lord.” Her expression was fanatical, almost orgasmic as she gazed up at him with fervent obsession.
“Make sure you are prepared to lead the upcoming battle.”
“Upcoming battle?” Her eyes hinted at a bit of confusion, flickering to me as I held Celeste in my arms.
“You wish to have a dungeon battle, isn’t that right, Deek Deekson.” Lord Roth glanced my way.
He wasn’t just powerful or cruel. Lord Roth was a clever man too. He had figured out why I had come here in the first place. Perhaps, he had known the moment he showed up. I had planned to challenge him to a dungeon battle. It was the only way I’d be able to close the gap between our numbers. The army of an entire country against what I scrambled together wasn’t enough. However, perhaps my dungeon and the many monsters I had scraped together from it would be.
I had checked into King Roth, and while his age wasn’t clear, he wasn’t some eternal being like he acted. He was only around a hundred. It was his battling against the Demon Lord Aberis that had ultimately put him on the throne as the strongest of Dioshin. Of course, he still looked to be in his 30s, but that proved all the things he had done to extend his life.
Dungeons grew at roughly a level per year. This wasn’t an absolute rule any more than claiming all trees grew a certain amount every year. The growth depended on a lot of factors, from the mana available to the type of dungeon. That said, my dungeon’s growth had been insane thanks to consuming other dungeons, access to a mana spring, and now the evolution to god-tier and connection to my soul world. By calculation, I didn’t believe that the dungeon supporting King Roth was too much greater. It was our best chance.
“Yeah…” I declared. “I challenge you to a dungeon battle.”
He grinned. “In other words, I can finally put the rumors to rest. This will be a fight of Harem against Harem. All of mine… against all of yours!”