NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1489
“So, we have about twenty hours before King Roth initiates the dungeon battle.” I finished explaining everything that happened.
We were back in the war room. During our parley, Xin had slowly been losing land. They had been pushed back much farther than I would have thought. Had King Roth not been enamored by the idea of a harem showdown, they would have been breaking into the city by sundown. Yet, they had seemingly turned back and retreated. This spiked the morale of all of the troops who thought they had successfully repelled his army, but the higher-ups knew better. That’s why I had recalled them all to my mansion and explained the situation.
“You should have had me come!” Bernice pouted. “I would have shot him! Let’s see him dodge these!”
She pulled out a gun, even spinning it in her finger like an old western. I had never shown her how to do that, so I didn’t know where she picked up such a flourish. Celeste sighed.
“I don’t mean to offend, Bernice, but he would have dodged. I’ve seen you fire those. Those bullets are… a bit slow.” Celeste admitted.
Bernice’s face turned complicated. Celeste had just admitted to being able to move faster than bullets. I wasn’t that surprised, although she never created a sonic boom. She wouldn’t though, as she controlled the wind itself. However, the point was made. If King Roth could catch her then he could catch anything we threw at him.
“A dungeon battle… I haven’t fought in any of those.” Nova spoke with interest.
“And you won’t fight in this one,” Xin spoke up. “The only people allowed in a dungeon battle are those that are connected to the dungeon. Other than me, none of you are considered part of Deek’s dungeon.”
“What nonsense is this? We cannot participate?” Nova appeared perplexed.
“It is the same for the Deep Dwarves.” Lapis sighed. “We haven’t been in his dungeon long enough to be marked by it. Only Sapphire would be able to participate.”
“Why doesn’t Master just enslave them? Every slave can participate in the battle.” Miki offered.
Nova and Lapis both shot her awkward looks. Their expressions made it clear they were uneasy with the idea of being made slaves, even by me. Miki’s entire family had become slaves, although I didn’t personally enslave them. Incidentally, a former slave animalkin had unlocked Slaver, and with the help of the dungeon was working to become a Slave Master. As someone sympathetic to slaves, they seemed like the best choice to handle such slavery contracts in Chalm. Officially, slavery in Chalm was outlawed, but it was still convenient to handle criminals and other extraneous circumstances such as the foxkin.
“No,” I responded shortly. “Roth said he saw this as a battle between our harems. I believe everything he sends at us will be his harem, and everything he expects will be ours. My monsters and my girls are the only things I can use in this battle.”
If I broke his rules, then I would break any chance of a fair fight with him. We needed to have a fair fight if I wanted a chance. Thankfully, he was prideful and full of himself. It was still our best chance.
“We don’t know the depths of his harem.” Shao frowned. “Even going by just what we’ve seen, there have to be at least two hundred girls, if not more. If we counted every girl, we barely have a dozen.”
“The fairies are Masters,” Celeste spoke up.
“Huh?” I blinked.
“Does Master not know?” Celeste asked. “Fairies are like drones of a bee. Their behavior is heavily influenced by the fairy queen. Although Mother is a dark fairy, she has been controlling them. Here feelings for Master would be their feelings.”
“That’s true… but when they evolved, they gained free will.” I defended.
Well, free will was a general thought. The fairies were afraid of Astria and revered Celeste. They didn’t act out of line.
Celeste giggled suddenly. “Master, do you think a fairy could go her entire life admiring Master, and then not fall in love when she ‘grew up’. The only reason Master isn’t joined by a dozen fairies every night in bed is that Astria and I won’t allow it. They are master’s harem whether master wants it or not.”
“R-really…” I didn’t know what to say to that.
“Okay, so we have a few more, but that’s still nowhere near their number.” Shao threw a wet blanket on the mood once again. “Can we win?”
“Yes,” I responded with a sigh. “I’ve already come up with a plan. There will only be two outcomes to this fight. In the first outcome, we defeat King Roth, gain a ton of power, and send him running back to Dioshin.”
“And the second?” Shao asked.
“We all die… all of us, and Chalm as well.”