My Dungeon Life: Rise of the Slave Harem

Chapter 1460

Fighting with Alysia wasn’t just a matter of having an extra hard punch, but as a sentient weapon she could somehow add her stats to mine. I could punch with not just my strength, but the strength within Alysia too. I wondered a bit if she was still leveling, or if her status was trapped at the current level. I couldn’t see jobs with her anymore, let alone levels to those jobs. As far as her helping me fight, we still had a long way to go before we were completely at ease with each other, so it was hard to say if she was getting stronger or if we were just getting better at fighting together.

Either way, the lioness met my attack once again, likely eager to see what else I was bringing. So, I made sure not to disappoint her. Even with her adding her speed to her strength, the results of our attack were one-sided. The lioness was thrown back, slamming into the ropes. Had she been airborne, she would have been knocked out of the ring. She let out a hiss and then attacked again, her body blurring as she attacked at full speed.

However, I was able to combine Alysia’s battle sense, her speed, and her understanding with my own, and together we caught her, causing her to fly off again. She slammed into a pole, and then coughed out a bit of blood. She looked up at me while on all fours, a smile on her face.

“Hehe… so, you were holding out on me,” she said. “Good… good.”

“Why don’t you stay down for good!” I leaped up and then slammed down with my fists in an overhead cutting motion.

“Good!” She repeated with a screech, lifting her palms to block.

As she blocked my strike, her body began to morph. She took on a more feline appearance, her fingers turning to claws, her legs growing more muscular and bent, and her face growing whiskers. This was something I had to recognize from Lydia. This was her beast mode, a point in which she allowed her animalistic side to take over, giving her an extreme boost in strength and ability.

“Deek!” Alysia warned as the lioness did a flip.

While her hands held my gauntlets, her feet went up and kicked me in the face. I pulled back, but she managed to flip in the air while still on me. This time, her hand came down and she struck my face. This blinded me for a moment, as she kicked me, sending me flying out. I just missed the ropes, falling off the platform and landing on the ground. As soon as I hit the ground, I stood up, but it was too late.

“Disqualified! The winner is Deacon!” The referee declared.

I blinked in confusion as the crowd started to boo.

“Disqualified?” The girl asked innocently. “Oh, do you mean these?”

She lifted her hands innocently, revealing her long nails. At that moment, I could feel a stinging on my face. Reaching up, I felt blood. She had scratched me across the face in that last attack. My mask had thankfully remained on though, just barely continuing to mask my identity.

“They’re a sharp instrument!” The referee declared, causing even more booing.

The woman herself seemed more amused than angry. She jumped onto a post looking down at me, her eyes containing that predator’s gaze.

“I’ll give you this win, but we both know how the outcome of this match would have gone without such rules.” She licked her claw innocently.

Chapter 1461

“Nothing is certain.” I replied, ignoring the stinging in my face.

She jumped down from the post, landing next to me. The referee checked to make sure we weren’t going to keep fighting, and then he declared the win. Those that had bet on me were quite thankful, while those that had gone with her were very frustrated. She walked up to me, and I was a bit confused about what she wanted now that the fight was over.

“You are young and ignorant,” she spoke up. “It’s kind of cute.”

“Don’t let your master hear that.”

“Master…” She made a disgusted face. “He is not my master. I am no slave! I choose to be in his harem. We all do!”

“It sounds like you bully and force the other girls…” I responded.

“You wouldn’t understand!” She hissed. “Women just need to be given the opportunity. Ultimately, they all realize what is right for them, as I have done.”

“That just sounds like slavery.”

“You would know slavery.”

“I don’t do anything that a woman doesn’t want…”

“Then you are a fool. Women don’t know what they want,” she responded dismissively.

“You seem to know what you want, don’t you?”

“I do!”

“What do you want, immortality?”

She smirked, showing her fangs. At this point, her feline body had reverted to her normal form. It didn’t make her come off as any less the predator.

“You know much.” She cocked her head thoughtfully. “It’s true that my lord desires to make us all immortal. I do not care about such a life though. I would gladly give my life to my lord this moment if necessary. I want to give my everything for my lord and to become his everything. I want to be the best, the leader of his pride, the best woman in his life.”

“Will he give the same for you?” I asked.

“What do you know of it!” A flash of anger appeared on her face, but it was immediately replaced with another grin. “A proper woman accepts the love her lord gives her in whatever form he chooses.”

“That sounds like an excuse.”

She lifted her head innocently. “You know, I’ve started to slowly work on that fairy of yours. She’s quite resistant, but they all eventually see my lord’s greatness.”

“What did you say?” I perked up, anger flashing on my face.

“Oh, once I pulled off her wings, she became so timid. In time, she’ll happily be meat for my lord to consume.”

I reached out and grabbed her collar, pushing her against the ring. “You dare touch her?”

There was a whistle, and a referee who was starting the next match glared down at me. “No fighting!”

I realized I was nearly choking her. However, she wasn’t scared. If anything, she just seemed more amused. I let go, taking a step back. The referee lifted a finger. That was one warning. If I got another, I’d be out.

“My… my… did I touch a soft spot?” She asked, a grin on her face.

I had let her get under my skin, which is exactly what she had wanted. I quickly calmed down.

“I care about all of them,” I responded. “I love all of them.”

“And that… is why you’re fated to lose all of them!”

Chapter 1462

“Oh, that is right. You’ve reminded me why I came down here. I wish to give you a little lesson.” The lioness suddenly announced.

“A lesson?” I asked, trying my best to keep my temper.

I couldn’t let her goad me, but there was a chance she’d leek things about King Roth. I needed to keep my ears open and learn more about them. It was so I could obtain victory. That was all.

“While your love for your women is admirable. It’s also a complete weakness.”

“I’d say it’s my strength.”

“How can that be?” She laughed, giving me a strange look. “If you allow yourself to get so emotional with every girl, then you can easily be controlled. A harem is like a living being, and each girl is like a part of the body. If you obsess about protecting every part, then trapping you becomes all too easy.”

In a world where magic could restore limbs, and for those who couldn’t find someone who could do that, magical limb replacements also existed. I supposed the idea of lopping off a limb to survive was easy. I had done it myself, although I couldn’t say I’d ever want to again. As I pondered her words, it appeared like she wasn’t done.

“Every part has a purpose, and it is up to you to assign that purpose. You are the brain of the harem, but if you think that is all that is needed for the body to work, then you are mistaken. You may take care of the big things… you decide the direction, the timing, and the movements. However, you couldn’t possibly handle every little thing. Just think about it. How far would you get if you had to spend every moment thinking about breathing? Or if you had to control every muscle? It’s not possible.

“Harems need a hierarchy, a leader, a woman in charge who handles all of the things her man doesn’t have time to handle. There are ranks in a harem, an order. There are those at the top, like me, and then there are the enforcers, like my lionesses… and then there is the meat at the bottom, delivered for my lord to eat up.”

I tensed at that word. She had called Astria meat. I had a feeling that in her hierarchy, everyone who wasn’t a lioness was below them.

“Every woman I love is special…” I shot back, my voice still more defensive than I would have liked.

She showed her teeth once again. “Not every woman can be the queen. At some point, you have to decide. Without it, there is tension. The parts won’t work together. They’ll fight and eventually, they’d break. If you don’t have a queen to keep your harem in line, then your harem is bound for failure. It will tear itself apart from the inside. That’s all I wanted to say.”

I hated that her words had a certain sense to them. Ever since I had left and the slave bonds were cut, the girls hadn’t been quite the same. Miki was depressed and isolated herself, Shao remained aloof and distant, and Celeste stayed with her mom. When I did bring everyone together, they often disagreed on things, and might even argue.

I had only realized it a little at the time, but Lydia had always been the glue that kept everyone together. I didn’t know what she did, but she had always acted as the leader, guiding the other girls forward without me needing to be there. However, I didn’t know what happened to her, and I was only hoping the catgirl of doom was Lydia. Was that why the lioness came here? Was she here to finish the job? After considering everything, I could only pretend her words didn’t affect me.

“We’ll see about that,” I responded simply.

She reached up to her face and moved her fingers across it, demonstrating a claw mark. “Let my mark remind you then. Perhaps we’ll meet again before my lord ends you, Deek Deekson.”

With that, she turned and walked away, her tail swishing as she left.