Harem Master Rpg Story Ch 022

Hey, another update of the Harem Master. This time aftermath of their exploration and his date with Naomi. Hope you would like this chapter!

Skill reminder: (sorry that I forgot to put in the last chapter)

Asher Montgomery (Harem Master -- Support)

Building Harem - Recruit new harem members

Building Relationship - Raise relationship level through sex

Stats Amplification - Gains 5% of each partner's stats.

Partner Enhancement - Temporarily boost partner's stat.

Additional Protection - Prevents pregnancy with harem members.

Lover's Gift - Temporarily clone a harem member's skill after intercourse.

Elara River (Swift Blade -- Assassin)

Fast Attack - Boosted agility for one attack.

Better Eyesight - Slight trap detection boost.

Nimble Movement - Increased dodge chance.

Master Essence - +10 agility if carrying Harem Master's cum.

Powerful Attack - Big damage boost for one attack after orgasm.

Ava Black (Fire Mage -- Mage)

Fireball - Casts fire missiles

Fire Shield - Summons a fire shield

Nature Resistance - +5% resistance to earth/plant magic.

Liquid Mana - Gains permanent mana by swallowingHarem Master's cum.

Sam West (Aegis Defender -- Tank)

Stoneskin - Reduces incoming damage.

Block - Nullifies next attack.

Improved Regeneration - Passively heals faster.

Madelyn Hayes (Ice Queen -- Support)

Icy Caress - Heals and soothes minor wounds.

Ice Spike - Deals magic damage, slows target.

Frost Shield - Summons a damage-absorbing ice shield.

--- Asher Montgomery ---

Asher and his team passed through the portal that brought them back to the Academy.

"Is anyone injured?" an elderly man, a medic, asked them immediately as they appeared in the portal room.

"Everyone's fine," Ava replied.

The man simply nodded before returning to a second medic, who stood by the portal.

Asher noticed Rachel talking to a girl who, like him, was a support. When their eyes met, she smiled softly.

Asher's whole team stepped to the side to avoid blocking the space around the portal. Tiffany agreed to take care of their loot again, and they passed all the items to her, except those they were wearing. She noted who took what, to then split the money equally among them.

After saying their goodbyes, Tiffany and Ava left for their rooms. Sam whispered something to Naomi, who glanced at her before nodding and departing as well, leaving Asher with Elara and Sam.

"We need to talk," Sam said. "Just a few minutes, but in a more private place. And we could farm experience, just in case we decide to join."

Asher kept quiet about the fact that Naomi had already confirmed they would join. He wasn't sure why Sam was so eager for him to take Nami on a date but decided to keep up appearances.

"Let's go to the house," Asher said.

"Don't make a mess again," Rachel said, standing behind Asher. "I cleaned it up, and it must stay like that, got it?"

"You cleaned it?" Asher asked, surprised.

"I didn't have anything to do, as all the students were exploring. I wanted to kill some time," Rachel replied, shrugging.

"Thanks," Asher said.

"Madelyn still hasn't returned," Rachel said.

Asher glanced at the portal. "When did she enter?"

"Not long before you," Rachel replied.

Asher realized that she had been there for over three hours, and at early levels, that was quite long, but that didn't necessarily mean something was wrong. Perhaps they just couldn't find an exit. Or they managed so well that they decided to stay longer. But no matter what was happening, he couldn't do anything about it, but just wait and hope that nothing bad would happen to her.

"Can you tell her to call me when she comes back?" Asher asked Rachel.

"Of course."

"Thanks."

"Are you okay?" Rachel asked, eyeing Asher's clothes, which were stained with his blood.

"Yeah, I took a hit, but a healing potion, and I'm fine," Asher replied.

Rachel frowned but simply nodded.

"In the evening, when you bring me the keys, you'll tell me everything. But for now, off you go--get some rest."

Asher, together with Elara and Sam, walked to the house. The living room was cleaned, just like the room where he had spent the night with Elara and Rachel. They changed into normal clothes in the bathrooms and then met in the living room.

"Where are you taking Nami on a date?" Sam asked immediately.

"Ugh... There's a roller rink nearby. I thought about taking her there and then grabbing something to eat. There's a burger joint on the way back."

Sam nodded. "That will be fine. Buy her flowers--nothing big, a single one would be perfect. And compliment her hair, but not immediately, later on during the date."

"Okay?" Asher replied. It seemed like Sam really wanted this date to go well. Asher didn't know why but wondered if he might find out during it.

Sam stepped closer to Asher, standing face-to-face with him. "But I promise, if you hurt her, I will castrate you, and you can forget about your harem," she said in a serious tone, staring straight into his eyes.

"Hey!" Elara exclaimed.

Sam stepped back with a smile. "Chill out. You said yourself that Asher is amazing, and Nami knows from the start that he's sleeping with other women, so there aren't a lot of options for him to hurt her."

"Still, you're not going to threaten him," Elara hissed, staring at Sam like she was ready to fight.

Sam shrugged. "I'm just worried about my best friend," she said and rolled her eyes. "Come on, it's not like I'm actually going to do it. I'm just fulfilling my duty of having this awkward conversation that needs to happen."

Elara just snorted.

Sam smacked her lips. "So, are we going to grind some levels now?" she asked, looking Asher in the eyes.

He glanced at Elara, who rolled her eyes and sat down on the couch. He stepped closer to Sam, leaned forward, and connected their lips as they kissed slowly. He traced the edge of her lip, exploring the rhythm of her kissing, gauging her responses. Her tongue brushed against his lips playfully before retreating.

When they parted, their eyes focused on each other. Sam smiled, licked her lips, and kissed him again, pressing her body against his. Her tits pressed against his chest, and even through the clothes, he could tell that she was rather on the larger side. Asher put his hands on her hips, but she grabbed them and pulled them to her ass while resting her own on his back, where she massaged him slowly.

They were kissing, caressing each other's lips, and teasing with their tongues as Asher groped her ass cheeks. They didn't need much time before the notification appeared in front of his eyes.

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Level up with harem partner: Sam West -- Aegis Defender (Tank)

Relationship level +1

Relationship level with Sam West: 2

---

Asher closed it immediately and remained focused on kissing Sam, but just a moment later, they hit the limit. Sam was still kissing him, but he leaned back, stopping it. His breath quickened, and his hard cock was pressing against the material of his pants.

"We reached the limit," Asher said, stepping back.

"Pretty quickly," Sam replied. "A replay tomorrow?"

"If you join us," Asher replied, raising his brows.

Sam rolled her eyes, grinning. "I need to go help prepare Naomi. Remember what I told you," she added before leaving.

Asher sat down on the couch next to Elara, who shifted closer, hugging him.

"Is everything alright?" he asked, whispering.

Elara simply nodded. He embraced her, pulling her closer to himself. He could have just ignored their argument earlier. It seemed that everything was fine, but his mother had once told him to never ignore problems in relationships, even if it would be easier that way. She had been with his father for over twenty years, so they must have done something well, as they were still happy with each other.

"El, I don't want to argue; it makes no sense. But... why didn't you listen to the plan that we had?"

Elara sighed and pulled back so she could look Asher in the eyes. She was silent for a moment.

"In fact, I followed it. I lured the monsters and fought them together with Sam. Only, along the way, I inflicted some additional damage."

"But why?"

"Because I could," Elara replied, shrugging. "That's my role in our team, Asher--to deal damage."

"But you are not alone in this team. You are supposed to deal damage while Sam occupies them so you can have an easier job. That's why you were supposed to back off and attack while Sam distracted them. You didn't let her fulfill her role."

"I did. I led the goblins to her, and she then distracted them. I only added some damage before, so the fight ended faster."

"Taking additional risks," Asher said.

"I didn't risk anything," Elara replied, frustration creeping into her voice.

"El, I'm just worried about you, okay? I don't want anything to happen to you. And even if those goblins didn't pose a threat to you, it's still better to fight against two or three at once, not five. This Large Cave Spider wasn't a threat to me either, but these are dungeons, and something unexpected can always happen--just like when I was attacked by the Spider Dame, and... it got dangerous."

Elara frowned, staring at Asher with concern in her eyes.

"So, even if there's no difference between fighting three or five goblins, it's still a dungeon, and something else might happen. So, it's always best to choose the safer option, just in case."

Asher pulled Elara to himself, hugging her as her arms wrapped around him. They remained in silence.

Elara didn't answer him, and he wasn't sure if they had solved the problem--or what even needed to happen to solve it.

A phone ringing interrupted the silence. While still hugging Elara, Asher took out his phone and glanced at the screen--it was Madelyn.

"Hey, Maddy," he said after picking up.

"Hey," she replied.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. What about you?"

"Agh... it's okay."

"Did something happen?" she asked, noticing his hesitation.

"I got hit a bit, but nothing that a potion wouldn't heal."

Elara squeezed him harder with her arms, pressing her face against his chest.

"Umm... are you busy right now?" Madelyn asked.

"I'm with El. Wait a moment," Asher said.

"She can come," Elara said, even before he had a chance to ask.

"We're at the house. You can come if you want to talk," he said to Madelyn.

"I'll be right there."

Asher ended the call and put the phone on the table.

"El, I know that you are strong and fast, and you can, without trouble, kill first-level monsters, but I don't want you getting hurt. So please, just be careful. There's no point in showing off or taking unnecessary risks in the dungeon. Can you do that for me?" Asher asked, looking into her blue eyes.

Elara thought for a moment. She nodded and then kissed him, climbing into his lap, sitting on his thighs. They were kissing until the phone interrupted them.

Asher let Madelyn in, and they headed to the living room, where he joined Elara on the couch, and Madelyn sat to their right. She leaned back and smiled softly, looking at them.

Asher looked her over. She seemed fine, but with potions, she could quickly heal any wounds, and with her baggy clothes, he couldn't see her body anyway.

"How did it go?" he asked.

Madelyn sighed. "We ended up in the Forest Dungeon and couldn't find anything for a long time. Nothing. No monsters. For almost three hours, we were just walking."

"That's strange," Elara replied, frowning. "But you found something in the end?"

Madelyn nodded. "Yeah, and it got even stranger. Two Forest Elves on the fourth level."

"What?" Asher said. "But..." he trailed off, frowning.

"Exactly," Madelyn replied.

"Wait, wait," Elara said, looking between them. "Can someone explain what you mean?"

"You can't find Forest Elves in a first-level dungeon," Asher explained.

"So, how did they get there? Came from the second level? Is that even possible?" Elara asked.

"Normally? No. But that's not even all," Madelyn said. "Zoe suspects that we couldn't find anything because those elves killed all the monsters before us."

"Where did such an idea come from?" Elara asked.

"They were already injured, and had items from other monsters with them."

"Maybe they killed humans," Elara suggested.

"And didn't take their weapons?" Madelyn asked.

"Maybe those humans didn't die but ran away, leaving the items from the monsters, and the elves gathered them," Elara suggested.

Madelyn bit her lip but then just shrugged. "Maybe. I don't know."

"How did the fight go? Did something happen to you?" Asher asked, worried. Two monsters on the fourth level wouldn't be a big problem for his team, but he was worried about how Madelyn's team managed.

"It was tough," Madelyn said.

--- Madelyn Hayes, an hour earlier ---

"Completely nothing," Jessie said as the whole group walked through the Forest Dungeon. "How long have we been here?"

"Four hours?" Anisa suggested.

"Less," Zoe replied. "Time feels like it's dragging because we're just walking. Let's head back to the exit portal and try the fourth direction--maybe we'll finally find something there."

As they were walking past the portal that led back to the Academy, Madelyn wondered whether perhaps it wasn't their lucky day and they should just give up and return. All this time would be wasted, and they would not get any experience, but it seemed like that wouldn't change by spending more time there.

In the end, she didn't voice her thoughts and followed after her team as they moved through the First Level of Forest Dungeon--the same one that Asher had been in the previous day. From what he had told her, they hadn't had a problem with a lack of monsters.

A swish of air preceded Anisa's scream. Madelyn noticed an arrow sticking out of her shoulder.

"Take cover!" Zoe shouted, running behind a tree. "On the right," she added while hiding. Madelyn did the same immediately, staying close to Zoe. Another arrow flew through the air, but it didn't hit anyone.

"Anisa?" Zoe shouted.

"I'm fine, but I got hit for twenty-three points," she replied.

Whatever it was, it was really strong, probably at the fourth level. Madelyn frowned--nothing that occurred in the Forest Dungeon on the first level came to her mind. Goblins didn't use bows, and nothing else could wield weapons like that. She realized that it must be some really rare monster.

"What's that?" Zoe asked as their whole team hid behind trees.

"I didn't see it," Anisa replied.

Zoe and Madelyn leaned out from behind the tree, searching the surroundings for their enemy. Between the trees, something ran toward them. It looked like a human but had long white hair, long spiky ears, and a pale complexion.

Madelyn hid behind her tree. "Elf?" she asked herself quietly, surprised.

"What?" Zoe asked.

"I think it was an elf," Madelyn repeated louder.

"One?"

"I don't know," Madelyn replied, shrugging. "It was coming toward us."

"Agatha and Sylvia, move toward it. Anisa, Madelyn, and I will cover you. Jessie, try to fall back and flank it," Zoe instructed.

Agatha moved from behind the tree, hiding behind her raised shield. A swish of air preceded the thud of an arrow hitting it. At the same time, Madelyn leaned out and noticed the elf with a bow hiding behind one of the trees.

Anisa drew her bow and leaned out, aiming in its direction.

"Behind a tree, a hundred feet ahead," Sylvia said.

"Agatha from the left. Sylv from the right," Zoe commanded.

Both women headed forward. The elf peeked out from behind the tree, but Anisa immediately released her arrow, and it had to hide before it even had a chance to fire.

Agatha turned suddenly, and a sword hit her shield as a different elf jumped at her from behind the tree. Madelyn immediately checked its status.

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Forest Elf

Level 4

Health: 97/130

---

"It's injured," Zoe shouted, sending her missile made of dark magic toward it. The elf rolled over on the ground, and the missile, together with Anisa's arrow, flew through the air where it had been standing.

The monster immediately jumped forward. It was using a thin sword made out of greenish steel, moving really quickly. Agatha deflected its attack but didn't manage to block the next immediate one, and the monster wounded her arm.

The elf that had been shooting at them earlier leaned out again with its bow ready. Madelyn immediately sent an ice spike toward it. The monster released its arrow, but it was trying to hide at the same time, and the arrow flew far away from any of them, while Madelyn's skill hit the tree, not reaching its target either.

"Sylvia, attack the archer! The rest of you, help Agatha!" Zoe shouted, sending another missile at the elf. It jumped back, dodging it, then immediately swung its sword, trying to reach Agatha.

She blocked its attack, backing off immediately so its next attempt didn't reach her. Madelyn headed toward them, knowing that she needed to close the distance if she wanted to hit the monster with her skill, considering how fast it was moving but, more importantly, how quickly it was reacting.

Anisa, with her bow ready, waited for the moment when the elf would back off from Agatha, giving her an opportunity to shoot safely. When it happened, she released her arrow. The monster shifted to the side, dodging it easily, but Madelyn took advantage of that moment, attacking immediately. Her ice spike hit the elf in the arm.

It took a step back and didn't seem at all bothered by it. But even if Madelyn didn't do a lot of damage, the elf was slowed thanks to her.

"Good job, Maddy!" Zoe shouted, sending her own dark missile at the elf.

The monster still managed to jump away from it, but it was much closer this time. The elf didn't wait and rushed at Madelyn. She started to back off while Agatha chased it, but even before the elf had made it halfway, it stumbled and dropped to the ground.

Anisa released her arrow, which struck the elf in the arm. It turned around and cut with its sword at the black tentacles that were wrapped around its ankles.

Agatha reached it and attacked, but it rolled to the side as Zoe's skill tentacles vanished. The elf jumped to its feet, and Zoe's missile hit its stomach. Agatha tried to take advantage of this moment to attack, but the elf dodged and cut her thigh.

Madelyn glanced at how Sylvia was managing. The elf that had earlier been shooting at them with a bow now wielded a sword and was fighting against Sylvia and Jessie, who had joined her. Together they were trying to attack it, but the elf was too fast.

The monster dodged Jessie's attack, jumping toward her, moving away from Sylvia, who stood on its other side. Its sword pierced Jessie's stomach. Then it kicked her knee from the side, and as she was falling forward, the elf raised its knee with full force, hitting her straight in the face. Jessie flew backward limply as the monster pulled its sword out of her, sending a spray of blood through the air.

Sylvia, too late, leaped forward, slashing at the monster, but it had already jumped back. Everything happened in just a second, and Jessie was lying motionless on the ground.

"I need to help Jess!" Madelyn screamed, sprinting toward her.

Her heart pounded violently against her ribs, her breath coming in short, panicked gasps.

Jessie wasn't moving.

A sickening wave of dread tightened around Madelyn's chest like a vice. Was she still alive? She had to be.

But her body lay there, limp and lifeless, and the closer Madelyn got, the more terrifying that stillness became as she saw more clearly how much blood Jessie was losing.

Sylvia tried to attack the elf, but it blocked her attempt and then slashed her arm. Madelyn checked its status.