Hey, I'm here with another chapter of Harem Master. Their second exploration, this time without any other males around. Let's see how it goes this way. I hope you will like this chapter and have a great time reading it!
--- Lost Grounds, Forest Dungeon ---
A young woman with green skin stood at the edge of a large lake. In front of her stood the man of her dreams. That day, she had seen him in the Lost Grounds, but at this moment, he had found her again in her dreams. Even though she knew she was sleeping and she couldn't change anything. She couldn't stop what was about to happen. She was merely an observer in her own body, forced to feel everything that happened to her.
His lips brushing against hers. His manly scent making her heart beat faster. His body pressing against her. His hands squeezing her ass. This burning fire in her core--this need she so desperately longed for him to satisfy.
Even knowing she wouldn't reach that desired peak, she still wanted to feel him inside--his long manhood penetrating her body, his hands wandering over her breasts, his fingers rubbing her small green nipples, his lips gently biting her lower lip.
She would wake up just before pleasure took over her body, but she could always finish it on her own--using her fingers, imagining she was still with him.
His hands squeezed her ass harder, then shifted to the hem of her shirt. He started to pull it upward, brushing her skin gently, staring deeply into her eyes. When the shirt blocked the view of him, it suddenly fell back over her body.
He was no longer in front of her, and she was in a dark cave, confused. Her dreams had never been like that before. He was supposed to strip her naked and pleasure, penetrate, and make her scream.
Instead, she was in a cave. But she noticed him--the man of her dreams. He was fighting against a big spider, attacking it with his sword while blocking the monster's legs with his shield.
The green-haired forest girl stared at him, watching his every move, worrying that the spider would reach him. But he was shifting masterfully, dodging attacks perfectly, blocking every hit as if he knew where it would be.
Suddenly, she noticed a movement--a much bigger spider dropped from the ceiling straight at his back.
"No!" she cried out, bolting upright in bed.
Something had happened. He was in danger--and she didn't know where he was, or what she could possibly do.
--- Asher Montgomery ---
Ava stepped toward the panel in the middle of the white starting room. She pressed on the tab with quests and read them aloud for everyone.
"Assigned quest is to remain for at least three hours in a dungeon. The reward is four bronze coins. The hindrance one is to kill five monsters, but everyone would need to choose one skill that would be inactive for the whole exploration time. It rewards twenty-five coins. The last task costs ten, kill five monsters for twenty coins reward."
"We should be able to be there for three hours easily. We can always just wait by the exit," Elara said.
Ava nodded only. "We'll take the paid task. I can give the coins."
Everyone agreed. Ava pulled out the demanded coins from her bracelet, which was an explorer bag, and put them on the panel while accepting the quest. The coins changed into light orbs and flew into the screen, changing the status of the quest to active.
"And the last task," Ava said. "I can get rid of Nature Resistance. It's useless in a first-level dungeon anyway. Asher can choose Additional Protection. We are not going to have sex there," Ava said casually.
Asher felt his cheeks warm slightly, but Ava just continued. "Elara can deactivate trap detection. Everything else is too valuable for her. Naomi, would you be fine without Phantom Arc?"
Naomi had three skills. The first one passively changed the damage of her arrows to deal sixty percent of the sum of her strength and intelligence. The second one allowed her to summon a mystic arrow, which dealt additional damage. The third, Phantom Arc, allowed her to change the trajectory of the arrow mid-flight. She had used it against them previously to wound Elara, but it was her least useful skill.
"Yes," Naomi replied immediately.
"Sam--"
"I can choose Block," Sam said, interrupting Ava.
"Tiffany, Knight's Willpower?" Ava asked.
Tiffany had a Knight class. The skill that Ava mentioned weakened all debuff effects by twenty percent, which, in a first-level dungeon, was not really useful. Her other two skills were Valiant Strike, which increased the damage of her next attack, and Knight's Counter, which reduced the damage of the first attack she took and boosted her next attack after getting hit.
"Uh... yeah, I think?" Tiffany replied.
"So, do we want to take this quest? It's mostly up to Naomi and Sam, as you would lose the most," Ava said, looking at them.
They quickly exchanged looks. "Let's take it," Sam replied for both of them.
Ava accepted the quest at the panel, and an announcement appeared in front of Asher's eyes.
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The quest with hindrance was accepted. Please choose a skill that will be unavailable during exploration.
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Asher focused on Additional Protection.
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You have chosen Additional Protection.
Are you sure that you want to choose this skill?
Warning! You will lose all passive effects for the whole duration of the exploration.
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Asher was going to confirm his choice but hesitated, wondering if any of the women could still have his cum in their bodies. Could they get pregnant from that? He had sex with three of them in the morning. He wasn't sure if insemination happened immediately after sex or could happen later. And how did his skill work? Did he need to have it active while he came, or the whole time it was possible for a woman to get pregnant?
To avoid risking that something would go wrong, he canceled his choice and focused on another skill.
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You have chosen Building Relationship.
Are you sure that you want to choose this skill?
Warning! You will lose all passive effects for the whole duration of the exploration.
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Asher accepted, as this was a much safer choice.
"Asher, are you ready?" Ava asked, pulling him out of his thoughts.
"Yeah."
"Let's start," Ava said, touching the screen on the panel, choosing the only available dungeon option--a random dungeon of the first level.
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Dungeon Entered:
Caves, Level 1
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For a brief moment, Asher could only see darkness, but then he and his team appeared in underground caves.
They were in a small cavern, surrounded by dark gray and brown rock. The ceiling was embedded with lighting stones that provided enough light to see, yet cast shadows that danced along the walls, giving the place a gloomy vibe.
Asher noticed vines twirling over the walls and moss covering the ground. There was a smell of dampness in the air, evident also on the wet walls.
"Of course," Ava said. "We ended up in Caves."
"What's wrong with them?" Elara asked.
Asher knew that even if Elara attended the lectures, she hadn't listened to them at all. It was obvious that she lacked the knowledge, but she had him and apparently Ava for that.
"The caves always have the most traps, and your skill could actually be useful," Ava explained.
