The dragon's harem

Nina returned alone to the mortal world, walking out of the hell gate, and immediately took her protective gears out to stretch. Her skin itched from them as if she was wearing needles.

"I guess a minor itch is better than the suffering of the hells," She put them in a small basket and closed the secret room, then the guild master's office, walking down with a thinking face.

^The guild master was a devil, and she lived in the ninth layer of hell. She is a good leader, so I trust her even with that, but it's probably due to me being a barbarian that I don't care?^

Most barbarians are simple-minded, and Nina thinking about her decision and questioning her actions was a testament to her genius. Among her clan of barbarians, she's the smartest.

"Nina!" One of the receptionists rushed at her. She stopped, panting with a red, sweaty face, "Where have you been? It's awful,"

"What happened?" Nina asked, looking around for clues.

"Adventurers Folar and Johan tried to harass Aella, who was running around gathering info, and she snapped at them," The receptionist took Nina to the holy room where the two adventurers were getting healed.

Nina gasped the moment she saw them. They lost their eyes. Their arms were shattered from the fingers to the armpit, riddled with arrow wounds, and most horrifyingly, their sacred treasures were ripped off and lying in an ice pot, probably Zephyr's doing.

"People seem to forget that Arad's wives are strong on their own. Since he overshadows them a lot," Nina looked at the receptionist, "Is this all?"

"An army of massive ants had emerged from the forest, ready to march at any moment," The receptionist added.

Nina rushed out and jumped into the sky to take a look, and her eyes opened wide. Millions of elephant-sized ants were posted outside the city, and one massive queen the size of Arad, if not bigger stood between them, ready to march. "Meryem?"

ROAR! Nina heard a powerful roar from the clouds, and as she looked up, she saw a massive blue dragon flying in with lightning crackling from its wings, reaching the clouds it left behind. Now that Arad is gone, dragons have started showing up to steal his hoard.

"An adult blue?" She gasped, "Alcott! Don't let it into the city!" Nina shouted at the top of her lungs. But Alcott didn't show up.

Meryem reached with her mandibles to the ground, ripping a massive boulder out.

The dragon dove down, charging its lightning breath, ready to blast the swarm of titanic ants.

Meryem jerked her head, throwing the boulder at the dragon, splashing its lightning breath and hitting him in the head.

As the momentum carried the dragon a bit down after it was hit by the boulder, Meryem picked some of her children with her mandible, throwing them at the wyrm.

The ants latched onto the wyrm's body, climbing into his back and chewing on his wings, dropping him to the ground.

As the dragon crashed, the swarms of ants ganged on him, eating him alive as he roared. Like a swarm of ants hunting a small lizard, Meryem and her children are Arad's army, protecting his land.

"News spreads like wildfire, especially when it's someone as strong as Arad." Alcott approached the guild where Nina landed. "In just one hour, two dragons showed up, I killed the first, but the ants wanted to eat, so I'm leaving them to their job,"

"Can't you talk to them?" Nina stared at Alcott, "You're the dragon slayer,"

"Dragons are vultures, but instead of corpses, the hoard of dead dragons attracts them. More would keep showing up until another dragon takes Arad's hoard, or it's split up to the point of being insignificant." Alcott looked at her, "That brat left quite the hoard,"

"How much? I didn't see it," Nina looked at the sky, "Can we split it apart and hide it?"

"No way, his Kobolds were mining and crafting all this time. He has several wagons worth of jewelry, each piece going for at least several tens of gold coins. And I'm not counting the gold and gems left," Alcott waved his hand, "How do you think he's intending to build a whole castle on top of a mountain?"

"No wonder the dragons are coming for it," Nina sighed but immediately heard another dragon roar coming from the sky.

"Another one?" She looked up and saw a red dragon showing up. This wasn't as big as the blue one. It was a young adult, trying to strike it rich by stealing Arad's hoard.

This red dragon was watching from afar and saw how the blue dragon died. He wasn't stupid to fly close to the ground and remain high in the sky, breathing massive fireballs down at the ants' army.

Suddenly, a bright beam of light flashed from the ground, sniping the dragon's head and exploding on its lower jaw.

"Something flashed," Alcott gasped, watching the red dragon fall like an injured bird.

Merlin landed beside them, "She took him down," She smiled.

"Who was that?" Nina asked.

"That Eris's plasma beam, to think she aimed that well," She then pointed to the dragon as he crashed and the ants ate him alive.

****

"Won't you do anything?" In a small herbalist shop, Jemima stared at Cain as he sat in the corner, drinking a cup of warm tea.contemporary romance

"Real threats won't both with money and gold. Only the small fry, inexperienced and desperate will show to rob another dragon's grave." Cain replied, "Also, I don't want to be there when he snaps."

Jemima remembered and nodded, "You're right. The noise will wake the children from their nap."

"Kayden can protect this place on his own, but what about Sena? She rushed out alone," Jemima stared at him, worried.

"That girl still needs to learn," Cain looked back at Jemima, smiling. "She's a strong one, only needs some experience."

****

On the other side of the city, in an isolated orphan, Kayden was sitting in the garden with his legs crossed, his eyes closed as he meditated under the sun.

The dragon's roar annoyed him, but he has seen worse. That wasn't enough to move him out of his meditation. But soon, the children started to wake from their nap inside the orphan, exhausted, and some of them who were too young, even began crying.

His six eyes opened up, glowing red, "Those mutts, keep yapping and yapping," He reached with his hand down, holding the guard of his sword, "Better put them down,"

The moment he pulled his sword out of its sheath a hairstrand, everyone in the city froze, sending Kayden's eyes glaring at them. Those who never knew fear shuddered in terror, and those who knew it, shat themselves as they felt as if a knife pierced their lungs.

A priest tried to pray as he sensed Kayden's aura, but soon he regretted it. His divine connections to his god separated. All priest and warlocks lost their connection to their power source as even the gods didn't dare stand in the way of the destroyer.

As Kayden stood, ready to pull his blade, all the dragons approaching Alina burst into flames, turning into ash. That wasn't Kayden's doing, but someone else.

"So you saved them," Kayden sighed, "As long as they stop yapping, thanks," He sat back down to meditate.

Tiamat the goddess of the chromatic dragons burned all the chromatic dragons that tried to approach Alina with a divine tribulation. Having them die normally and go to heaven or hell is better than having their souls burned by the demon lord of the abyss, casting them to wander aimlessly in the endless darkness of the demonic abyss. Or serve him as demonic dragons for eternity.

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