The dragon's harem

Chapter 764 Finishing The Day With a BANG!

Arad walked back into the firing range, seeing Gojo sitting there on a stone, waiting for him. ”Youʼre back.” He said with a smile, ”And…sheʼs on your shoulder.”

”You can see her? I thought she was completely invisible.” Arad tilted his head. Bettyʼs legs that were wrapping around his neck werenʼt thick enough to stop him.

”I canʼt see her. But I feel a mass around your shoulder. Sheʼs the only one who can hide. It could also be my senses that are messed up.” Gojo tapped his head.

”Sheʼs indeed there.” Arad nodded as Gojo stood so they could keep testing magic and components.

”Aron!” The teacher from before approached Arad with hastened steps, growing beneath his broken nose. ”Youʼve finally back from the chairmanʼs office.”

”Yeah.” Arad replied, ”Iʼm not writing anything for you.”

”That wonʼt last long, ʼcause itʼs…” The teacher stopped talking as he saw two diamond eyes glaring at him above Aradʼs shoulders.

”Since youʼre doing this now. I suspect youʼve been doing this for years.” Betty said, ”Demoted to a lab counter. Get to your new post now.”

The teacherʼs face paled, ”But… chairman…”

”Rule 58, students own their inventions, unless they donʼt want to take itʼs responsibility, then the university would cover for them and publish it without mentioning their name. Itʼs not for you to decide.” Betty stared at him, pointing toward the nearest building, ”Get out of my sight, or Iʼll fire you on the spot and open an investigation for all writing published under your name.”

The teacher ran away, and Betty sighed on Aradʼs shoulder. ”He shouldnʼt bother you again.”

”If you see anything in the university with your magic, you must know if he has forced other students to write off their writing or whatever they are called.”

”I donʼt spy on everyone. What do you think I am? Iʼve only been watching you two as youʼre void dragons. Itʼs rare to see your kind around.” She smiled, disappearing once again.

”I hope she doesnʼt get in the way.” Gojo approached Arad, ”Letʼs keep testing, what do you have next?”

”Iʼve got this.” Arad pulled a small piece of silk. ”We got it yesterday from demon spiders. This one was collected from a regular spider in the forest before the dungeon spawned, so itʼs quite common.”

”Wasnʼt that for Jack?”

”I gave him something better. The one I pulled out of the boss.” Arad smiled, handing half the silk to Gojo and keeping half.

”So what spell should I use with this?” Gojo looked at the silk threads, they looked more like a flaccid rope than spider webs, probably because the demon spiders were large.

”I didnʼt find this, it was Aisha who told me about it. Demon spiders donʼt sense vibration from their webs, but instead, they sense electrical pulses transmitted alongside the thread.”

”Weʼre charged?”

”No, the threads are, touching them causes the charge to move to you, and then theyʼll replenish from the spider, so it can sense when that happens, where, and how big the target is based on how much current was drawn.” Arad shook the spider silk in his hand. ”We canʼt use it to detect like spiders in a spell, but we can do the reverse.”

Arad started rubbing his silk and made it longer, like a dough. ”Itʼs surprisingly moldable, so make as long as you are comfortable with it.” Arad made his around three meters tall and then lifted his arm.

[Shocking Grasp] A 0-tier spell that works like a taser, you touch someone and electrocute them.

”This thread is conductive, so I can use it like a lightning whip, mimicking the effects of a 3-tier spell with a 0-tier one.” Arad started swinging his lightning whip everywhere.

Gojo tried it as well, and it was working nicely. ”But…” Arad stopped swinging as his whip disintegrated. ”It doesnʼt last long, about two minutes at best.”

”But since the threads are cheap, this could give a weak wizard access to a powerful spell, and without needing mana to cast it.” Gojo smiled as his whip disintegrated as well. ”Itʼs amazing how far humanoids can go to make power out of nothing.”

”Struggle of the weak.” Betty said, her eyes showing above Aradʼs head. ”Donʼt underestimate humanoids, especially humans. Dragons might hold might, but the powerless ones are the ones to always stand at the peace of legends.” She tapped Aradʼs head.

”Yeah.” Arad said, ”I know Alcott. Heʼs a living proof of humanityʼs strength, albeit I can barely call him human.”

Betty giggled, ”Since Iʼm the chairman, let me tell you one thing about history. Do you know where humans came from?”

Gojo stared at her, ”Adam, the father of humanity.”

”Yes, that man is still alive in the heavens, a human that stood above all humans. Legends say that heʼs the current overgodʼs father, and had managed to beat both the overgod and the god slayer combined. As a human, and with his bare fists, no tricks, straight hands.” She stared at Gojo. ”And he isnʼt divine, heʼs just a human, that above all humans.”

”As one red dragon one said.” Arad looked at her, ”One strong individual doesnʼt change how everyone is looked on. Most humans are still too weak to survive monsters.”

”Youʼre right in that part as well. What Iʼm saying is to never underestimate a human, as they could surprise you with strength beyond what you expect.” She started dangling her legs, hitting Aradʼs chest.

”I know two such people.” Arad remembered Jack and Lydia. He could imagine Jack pulling some crazy trap, or Lydia simply punching him in the face so hard he goes flying, that isnʼt beyond her as she had punched the devil lord of the second layer of hell.

^But, thatʼs the hero and his shield… I guess they are a bit more special than other humans.^

”Aron! Jogo!” Lucia approached them, ”The class is almost over, wrap up, and letʼs head back.”

”Really?” Gojo stared at her with a sad face. ”I wanted to test some chants.”

”I donʼt know what to do with your class.” She glared at Arad, ”Since that brat relocated your teacher.”

Two diamond eyes showed above Aradʼs head, ”Donʼt worry, Lena is coming, I already called her.” Betty replied.

”Then we should end the day.” Lucia sighed, ”Iʼve heard that Jack Bertha had come to his class today and is causing a lot of trouble. Would you present in the meeting to see how to deal with him?”

Arad blinked, he knew that Jack had already trapped the whole place and had several escape routes and decoys prepared, they wouldnʼt ever catch him.

[=w=] Betty looked away, she had seen Jack trapping the whole place and knew it was going to be a pain to get him to present at their meeting. He wonʼt listen to any advice despite being the top student.

”I have something important to do so Iʼll skip this meeting. Jack is smart enough to handle himself well.” She disappeared.

”Fine. Letʼs head back to class and then you can leave.”

****

About half an hour later, Arad walked out of the campus, meeting the girls heading to the dorms. Everyone looked fine, except Eris who seemed a bit rough.

”What did happen?” Arad asked.

”Just stressed, I got in trouble due to the chairmanʼs call.” She sighed.

”Sorry.” Betty appeared above Aradʼs head, lifting her hand as she stared at Eris.

Eris glared at her for a moment, before lunging in with a fist. ”At least make it so everyone can see that damn thing!” She swung at her face.

CLING! Betty disappeared from Aradʼs shoulders and appeared standing on Erisʼs head, her claw-like toenails digging into her scalp. ”You canʼt catch me.”

SWOSH! Eris pulled a steel spear from her pocket and started swinging at Betty, but all of her attacks missed. To the light speed of the chairman, Eris looked awfully slow.

”Letʼs take this outside.” She flicked her finger and teleported everyone outside the universityʼs premises and into the wilderness.

”Your husbandʼs brother blasted my demi-plan so we have to play here. Donʼt destroy the environment too much.” Betty stared at them with a smile she started tying her long hair.

Eris sighed, ”Iʼm not stupid enough to fight you.” She stabbed the spear in the ground.

”Youʼre all his wives, this is a dragonʼs pride. Does that mean the strongest wife rules?” She stared at them, ”Who is it, the one I have to beat?”

CLANG! In a split second, Aella, Eris, and Merida had their weapons pointing at Bettyʼs neck. ”All of us.” Since Mira canʼt fight, she stepped back.

”A spear, a bow, and a sword.” Betty smiled, ”You lack a mage and a brawler, I can fill both.” She opened her palm and her nails turned into mirror-like claws.

Looking up at them, Betty giggled, ”I do have a complex about my height, and looking up at you like this is annoying. So Iʼll be stepping on all of you.”

”Youʼre free to try.” they growled at her, but five seconds later, they were stacked up like fish with her standing above them. ”Youʼre all too slow.” And she burst laughing.

”Did you see that Arad? Iʼm strong!” She smiled.

Mira approached her. ”The fight is over, get off them.” She pulled her by the hand and Betty gently hopped down.

”Thank you, youʼre the only nice one who didnʼt fight.” Betty seemed to start liking Mira more than the rest.

BANG! Betty gasped, blood dripping from her lip as she saw a nail stuck on her side. BANG! BANG! BANG! And then three other nails pierced her.

Mira stared at her with a smile as her wrist smoked. She had a small wrist nail gun that she made by studying Jackʼs artificial arm cannon and making it smaller, that was only possible by using Selicaʼs spit instead of gunpowder.

”Thatʼs dirty.” Betty glared at Mira.

”Iʼm a weak human, trickery is the only way we can resist.” Mira looked at Eris who was still half knocked out.

”Heal her before she dies.” Mira said but Eris wasnʼt responding.

Arad approached them with a healing potion, ”That was good practice, and gave it to Betty. He did want to ask her to fight his wives at least once so they could experience what it feels like to face something far faster than them, but he didnʼt expect her to do it on her own, let alone Mira to be the winner.”

”Good Job,” Arad patted Miraʼs head. ”What matters is that you win and survive. It isnʼt called trickery, itʼs called playing smart.”