Dungeon Builder's Harem Book 05 Ch. 56-57

Chapter Fifty-Six

The robed woman Mrs. Baldwin had wrapped up in her roots expanded. The woody tendrils burst. Pain shot up the dryad's legs. She staggered as the woman grew larger and larger, revealing a blue-scaled body beneath. White horns thrust from her head. Wings stretched wide, slamming into the sides of the pavilion.

"Dragon!" gasped the dryad.

As the beast swelled, she slashed an engorging arm at the dryad. Sharp claws ripped into her flesh before she could react. The blow spun her around. She screamed as she hit the ground, her body torn in half. Her legs fell twitching before her eyes.

The beast roared, the sound shaking the air.

Mrs. Baldwin died.

* * / *

I backed off the blue dragon ripping the tent apart as she expanded. My mother died, the torn pieces of her body bursting into motes and fading. My mind struggled to grapple with this revelation that the King of Myreman had his own dragon.

She swelled larger and larger.

"Shit," I growled. Maya and Smerta still reeled, stunned from the cacophony. Kassie and Halia were even worse off, lying twitching on the ground. "Positive energy flows, let the passion of Lady Ianna spread!"

I unleashed Healing Aura to get them on their feet. The tent collapsed around us. Wooden poles crashed to the ground. Canvas flew in all directions as the dragon swelled bigger and bigger. She was immense. Larger than Isatu.

Than the death dragon that had attacked us a few weeks back.

The blue dragon's wings spread wide. They were immense. The length of a football field. She towered over us, her eyes staring down at us. The king laughed with delight as he lay in his bondage. My heart sank.

"Fuck."

* * / *

Warmth washed over Halia.

She groaned and came out of her stupor to see...

A dragon towered over them with blue scales and an enormous wing span. White horns thrust out from her head while red eyes burned with fury. Her mouth opened as the beast drew in a breath. Halia's instincts screamed at her.

"RUN!" she cried as the dragon belched acidic water at Lord Leo.

"Lightning crackle and hiss, gird me in the love of Lady Uttu!"

Smerta leaped at him as the breath engulfed the pair of them. Halia rolled to the side, the water hitting the ground and burning the rugs that covered the tent. Her heart screamed in terror as she scrambled to her feet and drew her weapon.

* * / *

The terrible reek of acid filled the air. Maya watched in horror as it engulfed her boyfriend. Then he burst out of it. Smerta had tackled him and threw him clear. She screamed, her icy armor melted away along with her skin.

They landed in a heap. Leo's gray robes sizzled. The armor he wore was half-melted away. Cracks appeared across the granite protection of his skin. Smerta screamed in pain on him as they rolled to a stop. Her cries cut off.

Her body faded to motes.

Maya stared up at the huge beast. The dragon roared her fury. The power of that shout rippled Maya's body. She staggered back from it, shocked by the sight. She didn't know what to do. How they could fight a dragon this immense?

"She's an ancient dragon," Halia breathed. "Thousands of years old."

* * / *

"Another dragon," Siwang gasped. He stood by the exit, ready to retreat down it, when chaos had erupted.

"Watch out!" Lei cried.

His cyclops slammed into him as the dragon's tail whipped out as she turned.

It wasn't in time. The tail struck them both, flinging them back then slammed into the exit, shattering their escape route. It crumbled to stone. Siwang hardly cared as he hit the ground, pain throbbing through his side.

"You okay, my love?" Lei cried, concern in her eye.

"I'll live," he groaned. He had felt pain before. "Pain retreats, let the chill of Lady Ereshkigal sustain!"

The pain vanished, but he struggled to stand. He gasped and collapsed back on the ground. He rubbed at his side and felt ribs broken. He coughed and tasted blood. The world spun around him as a chill settled on him.

"Siwang!" gasped Lei. "No, no, Siwang!"

His mother roared with fury and threw herself on the dragon's tail, rushing up it. She slashed with her claws, but didn't seem to be doing anything to the dragon. The beast roared and breathed its awful breath.

"Lord Leo!" cried Lei. "Please, please, Lord Leo!"

"No," Guang cried and rushed up, the lampetia staring in horror. "Siwang!"

"Life revitalizes and mends, let the restoration of Lord Dumazid mend!"

An arrow of green energy flew out of the chaos and plunged into Siwang's body. Leo's ranged healing spell sent a surge of heat through the wounded dungeon builder. He pressed at his side and felt the shattered ribs mending. Breathing grew easier.

He pushed himself up, but didn't know what to do. He spotted Leo, robes smoking, standing before the dragon. Claws slashed down at him. Siwang's stomach tightened for his friend. This was insanity. Where had this huge monstrosity come from?

Chapter Fifty-Seven

Nina Naughty's stomach nearly tuned inside out as Leo vanished beneath the massive paw of the dragon. The claws struck the ground, crushing her lord. Her scream of denial died on her throat when lightning flashed to the side.

"Fuck me," she muttered.

The devil conjured a flaming pitchfork and dived at the dragon. She threw her weapon down. It struck the creature's thick hides and bounced off in a puff of impotent fire. The devil ground her teeth and created a new one.

Lightning exploded from Lana Fulmine's wings, striking the dragon on the back. Xiongbu climbed the beast, her mist flowing behind her. Light from Mrs. Lucina's halo, Feya's wand, and Ljosa's and Guang's eyes all struck the dragon from different sides. Daleitha's rainbow wings exploded with colorful radiance. Morana screamed. Ms. Trueno bellowed. Paanee spat acid. Esclava and Paetu turned back from their rampage into the camp to hurtle at the massive dragon.

They crashed into her.

Nothing.

They did nothing.

All those attacks. All those monster girls shouting with power, shooting light and acid, burning with fire and crackling with lightning, did nothing.

What do we even do? Nina thought.

* * / *

Hagane stared at the dragon trying to kill Leo. It was madness. They had not anticipated this.

You had a better plan than I thought, Your Majesty, Hagane said, her arm-blade tapping into her thigh. She glanced up and spotted Daleitha flying nearby. Rainbow light burst from her wings and struck the dragon's head.

"Get us on her back, fliers!" Hagane sent to all of them in the air. "That's how we took down Isatu. Daleitha, I'm beneath you!"

The chalkydri dove down at the animated statue. Daleitha's twelve wings flared wide. She grabbed Hagane with her lion-like paws beneath the armpits. With the beat of her wings, they soared into the sky. The dragon roared, pelted from all sides by ranged attacks.

"Get me close to her neck!" Hagane cried.

"Right!" the chalkydri cried and soared toward the dragon.

The beast's head turned. Red eyes fixed on the pair. Daleitha cursed and banked to the right, but not in time. The dragon's massive head lunged forward, her coiled neck releasing like a compressed spring. In a blur, the massive jaws were around the two monster girls.

Hagane stabbed her arm-blade at the roof of the dragon's mouth as her teeth slammed down on them.

As hard as steel, those teeth didn't so much as pierce Hagane's body as crush her living metal. She screamed for a moment before death embraced her and carried her off to the Void and Souleen's comforting arms.

* * / *

"Shit," I growled as Hagane and Daleitha died.

I had to get on her back. Hagane was right. That was what we had to do. Take her from above. Her head snapped down at me again.

"Gentle winds, let the support of Lady Tiamat billow!" I cried.

I shot off into the air, flying. The jaws snapped shut on nothing. The dragon roared her frustration as she shifted, her tail slashing through burning tents and throwing her king's own soldiers. The man lay in the chains, being dragged to safety by the wounded general and the woman in the blue dress.

They didn't matter right now. I had to hurt her.

The dragon's head tracked me. She opened her jaws wide to breathe acid on me.

"Hurtling down the mountain, let the boulder of Lord Abzu crush!"

A boulder appeared and slammed into her open mouth before she could breathe her acid at me. Teeth shattered. She roared in pain. Her massive tail slashed at me. I soared to the right. A wash of air slammed into me from the violent passage.

She snarled as I turned back. Another burst of her acidic breath exploded from the monstrous dragon. It chased me through the air. I cursed and flew faster, the spray following me. Her anger boiled behind me.

As I held her attention, Mrs. Lucina and Alizee swooped in, dropping off Baaghi and Bjorni on the dragon's back. The two fierce monster girls landed amid her dorsal fins. Good luck to them. Her breath ran out as I turned to fight her.

Her tail swung around, sweeping across the ground. My monster girls scattered before it as she swept down tents and crashed into soldiers on her own side. A knight on his horse flew from the impact and crashed down on Ms. Trueno, killing my thunder sprite.

"Metal missiles fly, let the spikes of Lord Nabu pierce!"

I shouted the words to Volley of Stakes. A barrage of metal lances slammed into the dragon's face and neck. She roared, her wings beating hard. Debris flew from her as her eyes burned with rage. She glared at me.

"That's right," I muttered. "Focus on me."

* * / *

The dragon's wings flapped. Wind howled through the chaos of the camp and slammed into Morana.

The banshee flung her arms before her eyes to protect her from the debris carried in the wind. The hurricane force threw her off her feet. She hit on the ground, her black mist blown away. She rolled over onto her hands and feet.

She screamed.

A deathly shriek engulfed the dragon's tail. It did nothing.

Paanee hissed as she spat acid that splashed uselessly on the hide of the dragon. Crystal threw her daggers of ice that shattered harmlessly on the dragon's scales. The monster almost took off into the air then settled back down.

She stood over the ruined pavilion. Over where the king lay bound and helpless. She protected him. Morana stared at the bound king. They had to stop this. She had to get him. Take him hostage. She darted forward.

The dragon roared as Morana raced through the debris and bodies. Her head turned. She had such keen senses. Her eyes fixed on Morana. Blood dripping from the wounds across her face, the dragon opened her mouth and breathed acid.

A sweep of her breath ripped across the ground, engulfing tents and bodies. Crystal barely had a chance to flinch before it engulfed her. Morana gasped and turned directions, running from the breath dissolving the camp behind her.

"Nooooo!" Paanee gasped. The naga slithered before Morana, sweeping across the ruins of the camp. But not as fast as Morana could run on her two feet over the debris.

Morana jumped over a tent as Paanee struggled to get over a pile of bodies. The acidic breath washed over her before it reached Morana. The banshee screamed as it engulfed her and devoured her body.

Her flesh melted from her as she hit the ground. She didn't experience pain, not really, but she could feel herself breaking apart. Her substance running off her like hot wax. The breath passed, the air reeking of bitter bile.

How can we beat her? thought Morana in her final moments. How?