The dragon's harem

Chapter 936: A Suprise Form



"Tch!" Lunara dodged one of Arad's punches as she wound up a large slash, probably trying to pray into his wives' lives in the middle of a fight, which was a bad idea. Arad's attack almost sends her flying. As she swung at his neck, Arad bent down and threw an uppercut at her blade, deflecting it.

Aronos had taken the chance and lunged at Arad's back, smacking him away with a powerful swing. Arad's body twisted around the black greatsword as he got flung away with a loud crack, releasing a deafening impact shockwave.

4324==>4102 Arad's first bar dropped by a massive chunk and the demons smiled, this was a clear hit at his weakness. Like all dragons, he can be killed by going for the brain and spine, those parts are vital organs that should be targeted.

PEW! One of Kagoro's bullets flew right through Arad's thigh, hitting the ground far away and exploding in a massive burst of dust and debris.

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This had confirmed it, attacks to any part of Arad's body besides his spine and brain almost do no damage and only drain a tiny bit of his health and stamina. They could end up wearing his regeneration out by repeatedly going for his easy-to-hit limbs, but at that rate, they are the ones to get tired first.

Glinstone clenched his fist and ghostly gauntlets engulfed them, crackling with demonic magic. He rushed at Arad with a deadly punch to the face, "Block this!"

Arad lifted his arm and blocked it, his wrist shattering upon impact. In a real battle, he would never take such a taunt, but he was trying to learn here. With each hit he had taken, his knowledge and experience with the demons' attacks grew larger and he started slowly forming the basis of his barriers.

Bludgeoning attacks rely on delivering a large crushing force to a relatively small surface; to nullify them he needs a barrier that spreads that power across his whole body and muffles it. Slashing attacks separate matter by wedging a sharp edge into it, the slicing motion and edge alignment are quite important as well. The barrier to block them would need to do several things, first have high pressure to catch the blade, have enough durability to dull the edge, and be flexible enough to mess up the attacker's edge alignment.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Piercing attacks are similar to bludgeoning attacks but they instead apply that massive force into a very small point of contact. But that also means the edge used to pierce would have a very weak tip, which he can bend with a moving barrier or a vibrating one to shatter it.

Magical attacks worked in a completely different way; to nullify them the easiest way was to use an anti-magic barrier, but that would leave him defenseless against physical attacks as he won't be able to form a normal barrier. Arad's scales were quite sturdy, but not enough when facing deadly foes like those four demon lords.

Another way to block magic was to drown it in mana, but that method consumes a lot of Arad's magic and is quite exploitable as it also prevents him from casting powerful magic while doing it. As he would be already using his output to block.

With the four Demon Lords' assault growing harsher and deadlier, Arad found himself advancing decently in blocking physical attacks but lacking badly in dealing with magical ones. The first to pick up on that weakness was Lunara who was spending a lot of time eyes Arad's every corner and move.

Lunara jumped back and lifted her sword up, she was originally a moon demon, and their signature attack still surged in her blood. She swung her down, [Crescent Moon: Demon Fang] A massive red slash of demon magic flew at Arad at light speed, slashing him in half from shoulder to hips.

Arad coughed blood, his HP tanking to the ground.

3456==>1235 The demonic magic burned his wounds, eating up at his blood and preventing him from regenerating that well, and the slash had managed to damage his spine, causing his endurance and coordination to fall down considerably.

"Lunara! Good Job!" Aronos cried with a large smile on his face as he lunged at Arad, smacking his severed upper half on the head as hard as he could and cracked his skull.

1235==>1103 But that attack didn't seem to do as much damage as he had expected, and Lunara laughed at him. "Hands off Aronos! You don't know my husband better than me!" She flew right behind Arad and swung her sword down, [Crescent Moon: Demon Fang] She aimed her attack to slash Arad from his tailbone up to his skull, and her attack seemed to land and explode in a massive mushroom cloud of demonic magic and lightning.

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As Arad's first life bar dropped to o, the demons smiled, thinking it was their win. "We got him!" Kagoro who was aiming his rifle smiled.

"I've beaten you!" Lunara laughed, "Now you're mine! I don't want any other wo..." Before Lunara could finish her sentence, Arad's barefoot emerged from the demonic magic and stepped on her face, pushing her head to the ground.

When Arad's jet-black wings expanded, they shattered the lingering demonic magic and he appeared in his half-dragon form, standing on Lunara's body, one foot on her face and the other on her chest. "What were you about to say?" His horns grew from his head as his tail whipped around, blocking Lunara's sudden slash toward his foot.

BANG! Kagoro immediately fired at him, but Arad deflected the bullet with his left wing and immediately smacked Aronos who lunged at him using his tail.

"Shit! The bastard had an instant second phase! I thought those extra bares were for extra rounds, not a powerup!" Glinstone growled, shifting his ghostly weapon into a massive cannon as he charged it. "Sorry Lunara, you'll have to bear the hit with him." He fired the magic cannon as a beam of pure demonic magic.

Arad opened his mouth and unleashed a massive breath of energy against the coming beam of demonic magic, easily overpowering it and blasting Glinstone away.

As Arad knew that Lunara couldn't slash him while he was pinning her to the ground, he moved aside and kicked her in the head, sending her rolling away. "You didn't beat me, and never bring my wives to your tongue ever again." He said with a passive face, mostly amused rather than irritated.

While the other three demon lords are acting as if they are forced to train him under Kayden's supervision, Lunara feels a bit different. She's genuinely trying to beat him, which was still a thing that he appreciated. If only she was less rude to his wives.

The moment Lunara regained her balance, she took a stance and breathed deeply, her sword crackling with demonic magic. "I see, I'm getting somewhere." Her eyes flashed red.

"If I beat all your forms, would I get a reconsideration?" she asked, demonic magic roaring around her body like raging thunder.

"Never, unless you stop being rude or threatening to my wives. As long as I see you as a potential threat to my family, you can forget getting anywhere near them." Arad replied, standing in place as his wings surged with magic. Now with a higher surface area, he has more magic output and might be able to block magical attacks.

"Deal." Lunara smiled, [Demonic Release]