Harem Reborn c1-297

by Author：Magic_

  The voice filled my head, and then the demon disappeared with nothing but a blue magic circle left in his place that quickly faded as well. That was strange. Before I could think about it anymore, the same ring surrounded me, and I was gone.

  When I appeared again, I rubbed my eyes. The girl's bodies had matured, and oh, boy, were they a sight for sore eyes. Suddenly, I could see the names above their heads.

  Tilly was now titled as "Battle Cat Quicksmith," and her tail and chest had grown in length and size, pressing against the frills of her new green battle-maid outfit. That was the only real way to describe it. I longed to take her somewhere else or even to keep staring, but my eyes needed to drift.

  Beside her was Iona who busty chest made the black nurse outfit stretch. While the skirt exposed the cute cut of her bottom, and when she saw me checking her out, Iona gave me a wink. Her Title was "Spacial Nurse-night," and I was blown away by the crazy name like that, and I was excited to see it in combat!

  Next was Victoria and her still modest chest and her silver armor. Not much had changed, but her Title read, Dragon Knight of Greshaha." Vic smiled at me when our eyes connected, and I swear that I saw the reflection of a dragon in them so much that it made me turn around and check.

  Last was Lavender, Her chest was ample, by all means, and her pink dress had become more robe-like now. The Title she had received was "Chaos Cannon Mage." Woah! What was that supposed to be? Before I could think more, the girls started to probe me about leveling up.

  I checked my display, skipped through the friendship updates, and accepted seven levels, flashing like a white beacon. When the light cleared, my hands were bigger, and I looked at all the silent girls. They were all staring open mouthed at me.

  "What's wrong?"

  "Mmmmm, nothing!" all four turned away, laughing at me.

  What was so funny?

  Chapter 61: Almost Feels Like Cheating

  While the girls continued to laugh, I opened my AVATAR and had a quick look. I put my hand on my chin as I browsed my new stats and was surprised to find a full beard there. That's why I was getting laughed at, but I had no way to get rid of it. I focus back on the screen.

  LEVEL: 22

  HP: 785/785

  MANA: 240/240

  NAME: Dave Huntington

  AGE: 29

  CLASS: Mountain Blade Dancer

  STATUS: Satisfied

  WEALTH: Wealthy

  HOME: Huntington Manor

  STRENGTH: 120

  CONSTITUTION: 135 (+775)

  COMBAT: 117

  SPEED: 155

  INTELLIGENCE: 115

  MANA: 33 (+165)

  CHARISMA: 200

  LUCK: 1000

  SPECIAL ABILITIES

  HEROIC GRACE: Remove any adverse magical effects or side effects from a party member. This ability has a 24-hour cooldown period between uses. (1/1 uses available)

  ABILITIES

  PASSIVE SKILLS

  DUAL-WIELD: Wield two weapons proficiently

  MOUNTAIN SWORD DANCER: Lost art of 100-ton sword dance. Gain +20 to combat and +40 to speed while wielding MOUNTAIN BLADE.

  SKILL FUSION: Combine Skills with another party member with this Skill. Skills combinations may vary.

  STONEBLADE STYLE: Proficient at wielding stone weapons, and you are not affected by the weight of the weapon.

  MOLTEN SKIN: You have become invulnerable to metal. If you receive damage from a metal weapon, that damage is transferred back as heat to the weapon. A heated weapon loses durability fast and causes user FIRE damage.

  PEIRCE EVIL: People with evil intentions have black auras and are vulnerable to the HERO's LIGHT BLADE Skill.

  SELFLESS HERO: Magic item find increased by 250%

  ACTIVATED SKILLS

  MOUNTAIN BLADE: Activate to summon a blade of stone that weighs over 100 tons. This Spell consumes 0 MANA per/minute.

  HOLY BLADE: Activate to summon a blade of light. This Spell consumes 0 MANA per/minute.

  SOUL AVENGER: In the presence of demons, LIGHT BLADE will increase in size, but in this form, the blade only affects demons. A non-demonic creature struck by DEMON BRINGER receives no damage. Consumes 0 MANA per/min.

  SOUL BRINGER++: In the presence of demons, SOUL BRINGER will erupt with golden cleansing flames, and all stats with temporarily be boost against demons. Consumes 0 MANA per/min.

  Woah, what happened to my stats? My luck looks broken, and how is my charisma so damn high? More critical was the MANA consumption on all my skills. How are they all like that? I wasn't complaining, but I thought the rest of the monsters in the arena might when we come out.

  Victoria could turn into a dragon. Tilly had Sasha's future sight for an instant reaction time, Lavender could rain down hell, and Iona could drop them in a pocket dimension and then make it not exist anymore. It almost felt like we were cheating, but then I remembered what Fate did to the people in that house.

  I turned back to the girls, but they had been waiting and pounced on me. I was held down while Lavender shaved me with a red hot blade, leaving a horrible smell in the air. She left my long hair alone, and the girls let me up. Each one of them was now a woman, beautiful goddesses everyone of them.

  I wanted to talk more and admire them, but suddenly all of us were surrounded by magical circles. Instantly, we were all back in the arena. Four monsters stood before use, and I knew one of them. The Demonblade was there with three other strong looking foes.

  Or they would have been before, by the looks of this, the four floor bosses were our opponents, but something didn't seem right. They looked scared.

  "Girls, do you mind sitting back and watching me?"

  "What? Are you sure?" Lavender asked.

  I just smiled and turned to the bosses.

  "OK! I will be your Opponent this time!"

  "How dare you mock us!" Screamed the Demonblade.

  "Activate MOUNTAIN BLADE and HOLY BLADE."

  I caught both, but I lowed the MOUNTAIN BLADE to a meter and pointed it at them. On my other hand, the HOLY BLADE was no longer light, but a solid gold blade.

  "What are those toy swords? They probably are extremely light, or there is no way you could use them!"

  "Oh? Would you like a try?"

  I didn't let him answer. I just tossed it flat so he could grab the hit, but this was the one-hundred-ton MOUNTAIN BLADE. Demonblade tried to stop it by catching it, but it took a 30cm section out of the center of him and insta-killed him. The other demons charge me, but I summoned the MOUNTAIN BLADE again and disappeared, and all the demon's heads fell off.

  "WHAT!"

  Lightning cracked down, and a giant slammed down, making the girls jump. They jumped again when I laughed, sitting between them all. The giant looked mad, and he turned on us all, sitting down.

  "WHAT ARE YOU PEOPLE?!"

  I stood up, rubbing my ear.

  "Not deaf. Are you the final boss guy? We have to get going, so can we make this quick?"

  "I don't want to fight. No, that's crazy, you guys are, wow. I have never seen anyone like your group. Your all monsters. Not even any point giving you guys rewards cause all your stuff is crazy levels. None of this makes sense."

  Muttering to himself about the impossibilities, The giant disappeared. Suddenly we were all in circles, and then we were outside the arena again. He had kicked us out—what a lousy host. I looked at all my lovely girls, and they looked back lovingly.

  Since we finished so fast and had time to kill, we all decided to sit down at a restaurant. We could see the place called "The Heavens Pasta Dominion," and it was only a short walk from us. We all agreed and headed over.

  When we got there, the hostess was a Fish-kin like Jill was, and I was reminded of them all. We were led to a table where we sat and waited for the menus. The place was very friendly, similar to a fancy Italian restaurant from my past life that I could never enjoy.

  "This is really nice!"

  Tilly pressed into kissing
my cheek and pressing her chest into my arm. My body was more extensive now, and her dress was holding her breasts together a little too well. It resulted in her sticking out her tongue to reach my cheek and licked me, sending heat through my body. I turned met her mouth for a quick kiss before Iona cleared her throat.

  "What do you think that giant's problem was?" Victoria asked as we waited.

  "Hehe, Dave was his problem!" Iona giggled beside me, so I lean over and kiss her forehead, and she beamed at me.

  "Honestly, I don't think my stats and Skill should be the way they are. This boost almost feels like cheating."

  Everyone nodded their head, but I wasn't sure what to do about it, so I was about to change the topic, but the waiter saved the mood with the menus. The beautiful women gushed over all the foods, and I wasn't even looking at my menu. The girls were adorable. Even though each of them was twenty-nine like me, they all shared menus and got way too excited about the food.

  I then had to pick my meal quickly when the waiter came back, and I got the Bouza chicken linguine and a couple of appetizers. The girls all place their order, and the waiter left. Iona asked me about what was next now that we complete the arena so quickly.

  "Fate is our main objective right now, but there will be a final boss we have to beat before we can finish the game."

  "Where do you think it will be? Is there a dungeon in the castle?" Victoria asked.

  "No, I think it's Grismald, and I don't think defeating Fate will stop him. He will try to take the king after. It only makes sense because then we would be the de facto rulers, Right?"

  "That makes sense," Lavender said with a nod of her head.

  We talked some more about taking an actual rest when we got back, and soon, our food arrived.

  The girl's eyes lit up, and they all looked in heaven. We tore into the feast like wild animals and received more than one harsh glare, but no one paid attention. Everyone was soon rolling in the booth, complaining about overeating, and wanting to take out some stitches.

  Suddenly the restaurant front door was blown in, the hostess was insta-killed, and Fate walked into the doorway, wreathed in black flame. I was on my feet in an instant, MOUNTAIN BLADE and HOLY SWORD already carving paths in the ceiling as I brought them down, smashing Fate out the door.

  "Let's go!"

  We all headed outside, but Fate was standing with a hairy pig with sharp teeth and a walking credit card. Suddenly, I heard the girl's screams from behind me, and then my blood froze in my veins.

  The Pig was holding The dukes and Miss Grace's heads.

  Chapter 62: Afraid Of Losing

  Something broke inside of me as Lavender and Tilly's screams tore me to my soul.

  "SOUL AVENGER and SOUL BRINGER ACTIVATE!"

  I slammed my foot down and crushed the pavement, and the next instant, I smashed the MOUNTAIN BLADE into Fate, but the black chain got in the way. The force from the blade's weight could not be stopped so easily, though. Fate smashed through multiple buildings, and I followed, attacking relentlessly. The demon and Fate seemed to be able to keep up with me barely, but I was getting farther and farther away from the group, but I couldn't stop now.

  Suddenly, Fate disappeared, and I found myself in a back alley of some very tall buildings. I searched everywhere, but I couldn't see anyone, but I could feel him all around me. Or I could feel a lot of somethings evil around me, and that wasn't good. This place was a trap.

  Before I could react, hundreds of windows smash simultaneously. Glass and Demons fell to land on the ground around me. A sea of black-bodied monstrosities surrounded me as I burned with light.

  "Think you will win this time, Hero? Or is this another mistake? HAHAHA!"

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  Lavender had begun to cast a spell through tears, but after Dave left, the two demons and heads turned to smoke. The group was unsure what was going on until a flying army truck came to rush down from the sky to park in front of them, but everyone stood open-jawed when they saw who stepped out.

  "Get in now! We'll explain on the way." Grace yelled at the girls as The Duke opened the door for them.

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  Golden flames surrounded me as I cut through swathes of demons, but they were endless. I had no idea where they were coming from, but they continuously fell from the broken windows.

  Soon my bracer shield broke, and even with all my strength and destructive power, I couldn't hold them back forever. I slipped on some of my blood, and the demons dove onto me, whittling me down to critical health. They stopped and held me as Fate descended a building like an octopus, chains coming from all parts of his body.

  "Looks like you lose again, Hero! Bait so easily by your emotions, how many lives have you lived now? That's right, your mind is still a little cloudy, right? It doesn't matter, just like I played bait for you, The Hero will be the bait for his lovelies, HAHAHA!"

  Everything went black.

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  (Changing to Lavender's perspective)

  "What do you mean bait!?" Iona screamed.

  We were back in the castle after looking till dark. We searched until the army arrived to take over. The Duke had an escort, and we followed the trail they had left thought the city, but when we arrived at the end of the destruction, no one was there. A puddle of blood was on the ground, and blood sprayed on the shattered glass covering the alley.

  All surrounding buildings had the glass broken out of the windows, but I had to hold a cloth to my face when we got inside with our escort. Dead and rotting bodies filled the corridors, stairwells, hallways, and everywhere else were filled will decaying bodies. After finally leaving the rest of the search to the army, we returned to the floating castle.

  "This Fate used an illusion to make Dave lose his cool and baited him into a trap. There is no guarantee that Dave is dead yet."

  The Duke tried to reassure us, but I was shaking until Tilly put a hand on mine.

  "He's not dead, our rings are still active. Fate will use Dave as bait now, to lure us in and take us out all at once."

  "What are we going to do?" Victoria asked.

  "You will fight the demons of the castle since these are the only ones left. It's not safe to go into the city, right know. Even the King is surrounded using his Eternal Shield and Divine Knights. Fate has murdered every noble house in the city, and all the demons are missing. We need you four to become stronger, or everything is lost."

  The Duke was right. If we left now to find Fate, we would all just be killed, and it would be game over, and who knows what Fate will do this time if he wins. A horde of demons was about to start tearing the city part.

  I closed my eyes and then opened them again. Nothing would change what has happened. We needed to kill the demons and rescue Dave, but this was usually his job to lead us? I am only a god because he fought so hard to save me over a silly promise made between children. We couldn't let Fate put him through hell again.

  "Ok, let's go."

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  I opened my eye's in pain to see that I dangled from cuffs that cut into my skin. My feet could touch the bottom of the cage, and I wanted to take away the pain in my wrist. Unfortunately, my feet were instantly burned, somehow, and the cuffs dung into my flesh deeper as I lifted my burnt feet. I cried out in pain, and then maniacal laughter filled the large chamber my cage was placed.

  Fate walked out from the shadows to stand in front of my cage, still laughing as he leaned closer.

  "So, not looking too hot there, Hero? Maybe your little harem will come to save you so I can kill you all at once? That would be nice! AHAHA!"

  This idiot wasn't funny, but I wasn't about to go wasting my energy talking. Fate sneered at me, but I just stared back defiantly. The girls weren't stupid or weak. I was the one that rushed off and got myself into this mess.

  Seeing I wasn't going to talk, Fate turned and left th
e room, slamming the door. I tried to use my HUD, but nothing happened, but I thought he would have done something to stop me from using my interface.

  My feet were killing me, but I put them onto the barrel ring bar surrounding the vertical ones. Intense pain ripped through my body and almost made me take them off, but I resisted and grabbed the chains above my cuffs, taking some of the weight off my burned feet. I took another round of pain to try and activate my AVATAR using the quick menu. I slid my shackles down my forearms and then flexed to hold myself briefly while I tried to activate it.