The dragon's harem

Chapter 616 Before The Capital's Big Ceremony

?The guards rushed out of the capital's gate, seeing Arad walk toward them. "Lord Arad! Those two are..."

"I know," Arad stopped, looking back at the unconscious man in the back, "I'll talk with Five about them later." Behind the soldiers, Arad could see Gin staring at him with a passive face. New ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄhapters are published on Noᴠelꜰire.nᴇt

"I saved that witch," Gin said, "I found her almost dead at the bottom of the sea. I can't believe she survived in the condition you left her in."

"She was aiming her spell at me, but the carriage was behind me." Arad replied, "She's lucky I didn't rip her head off,"

"Crushed ribs, lungs, and stomach," Gin looked back, "If not for the protective magic she had on her body, she would've been crushed by the sea pressure if she survived that smack of yours."

"Coming from me," Arad walked toward the carriage, going past Gin, "Is considered holding back, see that one?"

Gin looked forward, seeing the soldiers confused about how to handle the bleeding adventurer in the back.

"How is he doing?" Gin asked the soldiers.

"My lady," A soldier looked at her, "For the lack of a better word, he's completely fucked."

"All bones cracked, bleeding internally and externally like a smashed orange. His brain isn't responding to magic, so we suspect it's got damaged as well from the roar." The healer with the soldiers growled, "To think a mere roar can mess a man this badly,"

"I never heard of a sound dragon," Gin looked at Arad, "Do they exist?"

"Why ask me? I don't know," Arad shook his head.

"I thought you saw one and used their roar. Well, no new discovery for me today," She waved her hand, lifting the adventurer with magic.

Arad walked toward the carriage, seeing Isdis standing at the door, awaiting him. "Are you done?"

Arad nodded with a smile, "Yeah, we should head to the city," Arad grabbed the front of the massive carriage, pulling it with ease.

"Arad," Isdis stared at him, "Those were S-ranks," She looked back.

"And?" Arad looked at her.

"You beat them just like that?" She waved her hand, pulling the flute and looking at it, "I thought they would be far stronger,"

"They are strong," Arad replied, "But the fight ends quickly when you exploit someone's weakness." He lifted his hand, conjuring a ball of blue flame. "That man could produce black flames. I cannot burn him, and he could burn me to ash. He has immunity to flames from fire monsters, and the firepower to blast any non-resistant monster to ash. It's just that..." Arad smiled, looking forward.

"He didn't have resistance to sound, making him as weak to it as a baby," Isdis smiled, "And what about that witch? She wasn't a wizard, right?"

"Yeah, she's a witch. I noticed her mana slowing down after she cast that beam, and I learned she's a bit slow when casting magic,"

"So you exploited that opening to smack her down," Isdis looked at the carriage, "Who can do that, besides the knowns."

"Except Alcott, Merlin, Zephyr, Nina, and the dragons, I doubt any of you would've even picked up on her slow casting, let alone exploited it." He waved his hand so quickly Isdis could barely see it, "This is how fast you need to be to notice her mana recoiling,"

"You seem stronger than last time," Isdis smiled, "Did the labyrinth leave something in you?"

"After getting limited to a human body, I learned how to efficiently use my body and power, conserve energy, and watch enemies for opening to exploit." Arad smiled, and Jack looked out of the driver's seat. "Damn it, I can fight fair and square, but I'm going for that nut shot,"

Arad looked toward him with a grin, "Exactly,"

Isdis sighed, "You two are alike," She looked forward as they walked past the city's main gate, seeing a parade of soldiers blocking the sidewalks, standing ready with their swords up.

"We welcome you!" The soldiers shouted.

Arad stopped pulling the carriage and looked at the soldiers, "Horses?"

"They are ready!" Four knights rushed forth, riding majestic black steeds.

They stopped before the carriage and started tying the horses to it. Arad was the city's guest. They can't let him keep dragging a carriage through the streets.

At the street's end, Baltos rushed on a horse, finally stopping beside Arad with a worried face, "Thank the gods you're fine,"

Isdis stared at her father, "The city is fine," She smiled. Unlike most people, she understood his dilemma. Arad was powerful, far more than what the human kingdom could handle.

Isdis knew her father didn't hate Arad or fear him, but the possibility of someone triggering him up, and the whole capital getting crushed as collateral damage was real.

Baltos sighed in relief, "When I saw you landing outside the castle, the blood dried from my veins,"

"Did you expect us to land in the castle?" Arad pointed at the chromatic dragons outside the city, "Exactly how?"

"They land outside, and you land, and they land in the castle," Baltos looked at Kinryuu, "You got the notice? Right?"

"I indeed got Kin's letter," Kinryuu smiled, "But, it won't be fun, and disrespectful to the chromatics if we metallic landed outside, so I rejected the idea."

Kin walked from behind Baltos, approaching Kinryuu, "I'm sure I explained it well to you,"

Kinryuu laughed, patting Kin's head, "You've grown, but still need some time to learn," He looked at the red general outside. "We meet here peacefully, but this is a frail peace-treaty. It's based on equivalent exchange and rights, none of us can stand taller than the other, or it might be taken as an offense."

"We do understand the necessity, old bag of gold." The red general growled.

Kinryuu smiled, "Didn't expect you to be that intelligent,"

"Even so," Kin growled, "At least inform me if you rejected it, how were we supposed to plan for it?"

"We reply to confirm and to reject. If you didn't hear back from me, you should've planned as if I didn't receive your message. You still need some time to learn," He looked at Baltos, "But, you're taking great care of her, thank you."

"Do you know Kin? You two seem familiar?" Arad looked at them.

"She and Gin are my granddaughters." Kin smiled, "Seeing them reminds me of how old I'm now,"

"Eight thousand, five hundred and sixty-nine years old." [8569 years in dragon age is close to 85 years old in human age.] Kinryuu sighed, "I do remember the old days when we flew alongside Bahamut, it seems like yesterday,"

"Or the days that bastard Cain roamed the lands," The red general laughed, "The fucker was a white cockroach armed with ninth-tier magic,"

"Do you remember his father Chad beating the previous chromatic dragon king? Swinging him around by the tail?"

"Don't remind me, I was terrified, unable to believe the bastard was a human,"