Dungeon Builders Harem Book 05 Ch 18

Chapter Eighteen

The current arcing across the dragon nearly hit Maya before leaping to the ceiling. She clung to the side of the dragon's face beneath her missing eye. The head snapped down for Leo. Maya thrust out her left arm and grabbed the edge of the dragon's mouth. The point where her upper and lower lips met.

Maya flowed down her arm. She poured herself into the dragon's mouth. She spilled over the tongue then went down the dragon's gullet. The undine had a plan. She poured into the beast's maw, hoping it would work.

* * / *

"Dark Lord Big Bro!" Garnet cried as she dived at her brother, lightning arcing from the dragon's head and striking the ceiling.

The dragon snarled and snapped her jaws down at her big brother. But the naughty succubus was faster. She swooped down and grabbed her big brother, clad in his majestic armor, his face all stony. She lifted him in the air, beating her wings hard.

"Kweh, heh, heh!" she laughed as the jaws snapped shut behind them. Then she kissed her big brother on the stony mouth.

I am the best!

The dragon roared behind the succubus. She glanced behind her and squeaked, beating her wings faster.

* * / *

The dragon roared. Lana Fulmine banked around as Garnet flew Leo to safety. Furious, the dragon's head turned and breathed black flames that chased after Leo and Garnet. The fire swept over the walls of Siwang's throne room.

Lana fired her lightning, fear swelling in her. She looked around. Maya was gone, Lana had missed what happened to her. There was Leo, Garnet, and Lana Fulmine. It was like those early days when they had assaulted Jindag's dungeon.

It's not enough,

thought Lana Fulmine.

* * / *

"How do we get through this maze?" Halia asked as she ran down the tunnel. She stopped. A dead end.

"I have no idea!" Smerta cried. "Let's try that left passage."

"Right!" Halia cried, her blade humming.

* * / *

Maya dropped into the dragon's stomach.

The bile and acids sizzled about Maya. Pain surged through her as she surged through this water and hit the lining of the dragon's stomach. A muscular layer of convulsing flesh. Dissolving, Maya had to act fast. She screamed out the pain as she formed her hand into the thinnest and sharpest point she could.

She plunged it into the stomach lining.

Maya

felt

the dragon's roar of agony as the stomach acids poured out into her guts, sizzling away. Maya flowed with them, her body losing the fight against the burning chemicals. Maya relaxed into the pain and let it carry her away.

She dissolved into the Void and the peace of dreams.

* * / *

The dragon staggered and roared in pain. Then it shook, its head staring at the ground, and vomited blood and acid. As I did, I felt Maya die. My connection to her vanished. My hand clenched with anger that another of my monster girls suffered.

That Maya had suffered.

But she had dealt the dragon a devastating wound. The beast roared in agony and vomited again, blood and yellow bile splashed on the ground. The stink washed over me as I gathered my magic and faced her.

"Lightning arcs and sizzles, let the fury of Lord Enlil spread!"

Lightning slammed into the dragon's open mouth as she vomited again. The electricity arced from her and crashed into the ground in a burst of sparks. The dragon staggered to the side then collapsed. She wheezed, defeated.

I rushed forward. This was when Isatu turned into her human form. If this was a wild dragon, I could tame her now. Claim her. Or maybe let Siwang tame her. He could use the power boost. But as I reached her, she burst into a cloud of motes.

They danced in the air as the massive dragon vanished. Wind washed around me, rushing to fill the large space she'd occupied. I staggered as I stared at the spot. Another dungeon builder had sent this dragon.

She was tamed already.

"Fuck," I muttered.

"Lord Leo!"

I turned to find Halia and Smerta bursting into the dungeon with the orcs and werebears. Swooping in the skies above them came the quetzalcoatls. They beat their rainbow wings. Their snake lower halves lashed in sinuous motions at the air as they soared overhead.

"Where is she?" cried Halia, her sword out and buzzing with its inner glow.

Lana Fulmine and my little sister landed on either side of me. Garnet threw herself into my arms and burrowed her face into my chest. Lana Fulmine hugged me from behind. I glanced at Halia as she looked around the room then at the puddles of blood and vomit.

"Did you... defeat her?" asked Halia.

"Yeah," I said. "She vanished. Another dungeon builder sent her. That was no wild dragon."

The door leading out of the throne room opened and Siwang emerged. The choir, Litay, that had led me through the dungeon broke from the corner of the room where she had been huddling, and charged to Siwang.

"Lord Siwang!"

She threw herself into his arms and kissed him. He held her and even lifted her off the ground, her dainty, white wings fluttering.

"We missed it?" Smerta asked, clad in her icy armor, her frosty sword in hand. The valkyrie looked around in disgust. "Fuck a bear!"

"Fuegin," Halia growled as she sheathed her blade. "This has to be Fuegin's creature."

A ripple of nervousness swept through my body. "Does he have a death dragon?"

Halia hesitated. "Well, he's not known to have any dragons." She shifted. then anger blazed in her eyes. "But that doesn't mean he doesn't have one in secret. That was a powerful dragon."

"Yes, it was," I said, looking around at the throne room. "Siwang, whatever dungeon builder sent her won't try that again. They had to sacrifice a Mana Vein, and it did not work. We both lived."

Siwang nodded. "I have to get stronger. I have to find Mana Veins. I've been looking, but... I can't find any, and I'm at the limits of my dungeon."

"We'll figure something out," I said, my hands stroking Garnet's back. "Tomorrow."

Siwang nodded.