My Dungeon Life: Rise of the Slave Harem - My Dungeon Life – Chapter 1457-1459

Chapter 1457

A woman walked onto the stage who moved with a predator and sensual grace. As soon as I saw her, I started to get a bad feeling.

“Queen Lionness, is it?” I asked.

“It is…” She responded. “You have defeated all of your opponents before this match with ease, but I fear this match will be your first defeat.”

Her voice immediately caused my mood to sour. Although she was wearing a mask, it didn’t cover her face up much at all. She let her lion tail and ears out completely. Her wild unkempt hair, her light brown skin, and her yellow eyes were extremely familiar to me. Upon hearing her voice, there was no longer any doubt. This was the lioness who was working under King Roth. I didn’t know why she was in Alerith in an underground fighting ring, but it was unmistakably the woman who had tortured and injured Astria.

Although I knew Astria was still alive, the bond I had with her gave me nothing else. Rather, he was storing her somewhere I couldn’t reach. I guessed that he had put her in his dungeon. I could normally portal in and out of dungeons, but there were exceptions. If the dungeon master specifically wanted to prevent me from Portaling, I had found that it was perfectly possible. The blessings on my body were only as powerful as the dungeons that formed them, and if another dungeon happened to be stronger, it wasn’t impossible to block, interfere with, or overwhelm them.

When it came to Astria, I couldn’t even locate her so that I could make a portal. She wasn’t on my map no matter how far I scrolled out. I could only feel that she was somewhere vaguely in the west. I knew that once King Roth was defeated, I’d be able to find her, which was the only reason I had waited to go after her. Celeste had said that ripping off fairy wings was more symbolic than it was dangerous, but that didn’t mean I wanted to let her suffer like that.

“Do you know me?” the lioness suddenly asked. “That look in your eyes seems to suggest you don’t like me very much. Did my man happen to offend you at some point?”

“You mean King Roth?” Since she could already tell by my behavior, I decided to leave all questions on the table.

“Oh? So, you do know me? I’ve never met you before though. What is that name again? Deacon the Dragon? Deacon…” She gasped. “You wouldn’t by chance be that little lord, Deekson, would you?”

She had startled me again. She wasn’t just cruel and strong, but she was also very smart. With just the name and a look, she had quickly identified me. Although just looking at her made me feel a bit of anger and the desire for vengeance, I just managed to stop myself, taking a deep breath.

“I’m not here to fight you. I have other plans.”

“Oh?” She cocked an eyebrow. “I could say the same. I seek to bring down this so-called Catgirl of Doom. They say she is undefeated. I plan to correct this.”

“Her? Why?” I narrowed my eyes.

“Powerful women deserve to be in my lord’s harem. I’m naturally recruiting. Although, I won’t allow anyone in the harem that is more powerful than me. Once I put her in her proper place, she’ll become another one of his women!”

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“As expected of a Harem hero like King Roth, he lets his women do his dirty work.” I responded disdainfully.

She blinked, and then let out a light chuckle. “I thought you were a so-called Harem Master as well. My lord has heard many rumors about you, yet here you show your ignorance.”

“Fight!” The referee cut into our conversation.

“We’ll see about that!” I roared, attacking her.

I didn’t feel the pressure from her that I felt when I had fought King Diorite, so she probably wasn’t that strong. That said, the first exchange she blocked directly. I was surprised. I had expected her to use her speed as Lydia did, but she met my attack right on. Worse, we broke even. The two of us jumping back, neither losing any ground.

She lifted her fist, opening up and licking her knuckles like a cat. Her eyes seemed to hold a frightening level of excitement.

“Not bad. Of course, you’re not at a level where you can fight Lord Roth, but perhaps your harem will be good enough to be worth training.”

I readjusted my jobs. As I moved up the ranks, I had been finding it more and more difficult to focus on increasing my skills. However, with this single exchange, I knew that this was not the time to be holding back.

“Arcing Slash!” I began with an attack, using my arm as the attack.

Since I was used to wielding a sword, I found that substituting the sword with my palm seemed to work better than trying to turn my attacks into punches. I wasn’t a pugilist by any standard, and it took this point to realize why most swords users tended to attack as if they already had a sword equipped. The exception to that seemed to be the woman before me, who had no problem with fighting, and likely did have pugilist abilities.

My strike met her fist, and this time she was forced back slightly more than I was. There were multiple ways to win a fight. The first way was knockout, but you could also knock them out of the ring. That was more difficult than said because the ropes helped keep them in, but that would probably be the easiest way to deal with her. I began to attack over and over. I knew that she had speed. I had seen the speed she had used in the dungeon. However, she seemed intent on meeting every attack head-on, and this caused her to be forced back again and again.

She was at the edge, so I aimed to bring her in the air and up over the ropes. I used a Quick Attack, bringing my speed to the limit. With an uppercut and a kick, she went flying over the rope. Just as I felt relief that I had been able to defeat her easy enough, she did a strange flip, and her body moved to the side instead of back, causing her to land one of the posts with ease. Her body had several bruises and cuts from the attacks, but she didn’t seem defeated at all. Her eyes were bright with excitement. She licked the back of her hand and then looked at me with a toothy grin.

“That was quite something. I see you won’t hesitate to hit a woman.” She grinned as blood leaked from her lip.

“I learned a long time ago that women can be just as strong as men. Holding back is only disrespecting both of us.”

She wiped her lip. “Good, then I will no longer hold back either!”

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She glowed, and her body came at me with incredible speed. I directly met her attack again, but with the added momentum of her speed, I was the one thrown back this time. I had hoped that this sudden explosive speed was merely a skill like my own Explosive Movement, but I was being too hopeful. She began to launch attack after attack, throwing me back. However, where I was aiming to methodically knock her out of the ring, she seemed to be fine throwing me around any which direction, playing with her prey rather than trying to win.

Although she was injuring me, it still wasn’t at a level where I felt hopeless. She hadn’t healed from the damage I had done earlier. Meanwhile, my regen had me quickly recovering from attacks. I could also always cast a heal and recover damage I had received. As much as I hated to admit it, this became a battle of attrition. I’d need to slowly build up damage until she fell.

Our battle was at a silver level, so it was one of the more interesting battles going on. Silver battles were more common, but the fighting occurring within was closer to what one would see in a Diamond or Gold battle. There were usually only 2-3 Diamond and Gold battles a night, so such a display quickly grew a crowd. People cheered as they watched a tall woman toss a man twice her size around the ring. This is exactly what I meant when I said women were just as strong as men. Physical size seemingly meant very little in this world. A bunny rabbit could kill a goliath given the right stats.

“Master, I think we should rely on that.” Alysia offered as I hit the ground again.

I was having trouble getting another hit on her. If I couldn’t at least build up damage, then I’d be the one who eventually wore out. On that note, how long would a fight like that go on? There was one other plan I had to increase my power in a fight.

“You certain you can pull it off?” I asked her.

“Yes, Master, I’ve been practicing with shaping myself a lot lately. I should be able to manage.”

“Alright, do it!”

I rolled back to my feet and then lifted my hands. The blessing on the back of my hand glowed and then that glow grew, covering my hands. When they finished forming, I was wearing two metal gloves. This was Alysia’s new weapon form, gauntlets! Although Alysia had become several other items since she had become a sword, those were usually tools. There was a difference between the stress a tool would have to face and the stress a weapon would have to face. Ultimately, she was most powerful as her sword form. If she changed forms too radically from that, she would lose a great deal of her strength. The drill could be cut in half with a powerful enough sword strike.

That’s why we had held off on the gloves. Her body integrity would assuredly be reduced in this form. She had to practice a bit and get comfortable with this form. Still, I wouldn’t use this form if the opponent had cutting weapons or anything like that. It would ultimately be too difficult to keep her safe. However, with her form so close against my own hands, I believed we could pull it off.

“Oh? What’s this?” the lioness smirked.

“It’s time to end this.”