Dungeon Builder's Harem Book 02 Ch. 14

Chapter Fourteen

The taste of blood filled my mouth. My side ached from the run. Even with my body pushed to my peak physical condition, I panted. Ten minutes later, I reached the entrance to my dungeon. The fighting was fierce. They had reached the guard room. My monster girls were dwindling.

I charged through the cave and to the doors. They were thrown open. Just torn off their hinges. Inside, traps were tripped. Evidence of the enemy monster girls tearing through my dungeon was everywhere.

My women followed me as I ran through the maze. I knew it by heart. The pressure filling my chest swelled and swelled. A satyr died. The fighting raged in the guard room. I had to get there right now, but I had so much territory to cross.

The mermaids were dead, the bridge raised and turned to the secret door. Maya had to dive into the water to turn it. I chaffed to do something. Every moment I stood here brought defeat closer and closer. I stared at her swimming in the water.

She turned the bridge.

We darted out to it and then fought for balance as it rotated to go through the secret door. They had blasted through it, finding the way with ease. Maya climbed up the central column as I raced down to the end.

The moment I could, I darted through the door and moved deeper into my dungeon. The lightning columns were all destroyed. The enemy monster girls had blazed through my defenses with ease. Level 2 monster girls.

I only had Level 1 and the companions. Would Usiku, Paanee, and Baaghi be enough?

I hurtled down the hallway to the throne room, Garnet whimpering in fear as another wildhound went down. I could feel my resources dwindling. I swallowed my fear, leaping over a triggered pit trap. I hoped it got one of the bastards.

The growls and shouts of monster girls echoed down the hallway. Through the blown-up doors ahead, I could see the fray. The battle had commenced. Lightning strobed and flashed. Metal clanged against horn. A satyr baaed in pain and then I felt her soul released and returning to the Void Crystal. My stomach twisted.

I burst into the room to find chaos.

But my arrival had evened the odds.

Eleven on Eleven.

I had two wildhounds, a will o' wisp, two satyrs, and three oozes still in the fight besides Usiku, Baaghi, and Paanee. They fought the yuki-onna, unicorns, and orcs, everyone paired off. Usiku and her shadowy blade met the steel sword of what must be an orc. Baaghi danced around a white-skinned woman with frosty-blue hair. Mist spilled off her body. That must be the yuki-onna. I didn't know what that was, but I knew what orcs and unicorns were, and that wasn't her. Paanee battled a unicorn. The naga's serpentine body wove and twisted, dodging the unicorn's lancing horn attacks. Silky, white hair danced behind the unicorn as her golden horn thrust from her forehead. A horse's tail swept behind her above her curving rump. My oozes fought unicorns and yuki-onnas. Sviesos fired lightning at an orc who blocked with her sword. My Satyrs danced around flashing blades, the orcs trying to hack them down.

It was chaos.

Nos, one of my wildhounds, dodged the sword slash from an orc, a tall and swarthy woman with thick strands of black hair. Nos's petite body twisted around a sword stroke. She darted in to bite into the orc's flank and tear out flesh.

The orc was faster.

Her sword plunged through Nos's body. My wildhound yipped in pain. Her tail straightened and her head snapped back. Then her slender form slid off the sword and vanished before she even hit the ground.

"No!" I roared, fury brimming in my voice. "Spark of lightning, crackle of electricity, let the wrath of Lord Enlil explode!"

The sizzling bolt of lightning hurtled from my hand and struck the orc as she turned to face us. She ducked the bolt. It crashed into the wall behind the orc. She grunted and charged at me, her big tits swaying. The amazonian monster girl fixed death on me.

Behind her, Philtara screamed. The ooze's body crystallizing. One of the yuki-onna's had her hand planted on Philtara's body. An arm snapped off. A hair tentacle broke. Then my ooze shattered into a thousand pieces and vanished.

I closed my eyes, almost forgetting the threat that barreled down at me.

"Fuck!" I snarled and raised my spear before me, clutching it with both hands spread wide apart on the shaft. I caught the powerful sword stroke with the haft. Metal clanged.

Fury swept through me. Nos had suffered on the end of her blade. My hand shot out as the orc drew back for her stroke. If this failed, she would cut me down. I planted my hand on her chest as her sword slashed down at me.

"Sizzling touch, the spark of pain, let the prowess of Lord Enlil stun!"

Sparks erupted from my hand. The orc staggered back, her sword falling from her spasming hand. She hit the ground and convulsed. I ran her through with my spear as she lay stunned. She vanished. I gritted my teeth, glad that I had killed that bitch. Even if it was just for a moment.

But while I killed her, the other wildhound still in the fight, Hela, was grabbed by the throat by the yuki-onna she fought. Hela twisted her head and bit the hand, but that didn't stop the ice from spreading over her body. The wildhound howled in pain as the frost spread over her skin. Her body spasmed.

Then she vanished.

At the same time, Havas the satyr screamed in pain. A unicorn's golden horn burst out of her back in a spray of blood. The unicorn wrenched her horn free, crimson staining her once pristine horn. Havas staggered back on her hooves, her life spilling down her breasts.

She vanished before she hit the ground.

Rage blazed in me. My monster girls were just not strong enough to fight Level 2 enemies.

* * / *

Mrs. Zoe Baldwin shuddered at the horror of seeing poor Havas gored by a unicorn.

She loved Havas. They were both Life monsters. She was a surrogate mother to the satyrs and the other monster girls. She loved them as much as she loved her own children. With fear beating in the dryad's heart, she rushed forward.

"Hey!" she shouted at the unicorn who had gored Havas. "Come fight me, you bitch!"

The unicorn turned to face the dryad. A smile spread on her innocent face. Blood ran over her features, dripping from her horn, making a mockery of that purity. The unicorn stamped her hoof and then lowered her horn.

She charged at Mrs. Baldwin. The dryad flexed her toes and then they shot out. Vines to wrap up the unicorn. But the monster girl charged faster than the dryad had expected. Her tendrils seized the unicorn's legs, but she was running too fast.

The golden horn slammed into Mrs. Baldwin's guts. Pain exploded through her while her vines tightened around the unicorn. Mrs. Baldwin would rather take this pain than another. She threw back her head and screamed.

* * / *

Maya rushes at the yuki-onna that killed Hela. The watery undine felt the harem's desperation. This was worse than the village. If they failed here, there was no coming back for any of them. They would all die. She would have failed Leo.

She wouldn't let her best friend down.

"Hey!" she shouted, darting past Usiku.

As she did, she smacked the orc the fomorian fought in the ass. The watery slap brought a snarling growl from the orc. Maya heard more than saw Usiku's sword cutting into the orc's flesh. A bellow of pain that cut off.

"Thanks!" Usiku shouted.

Maya nodded and formed her hand into a watery battering ram. She slammed it into the face of the yuki-onna. The blue-haired and frosty woman gasped as it struck her hard in the head. The yuki-onna flung to the ground, sluggish blood oozing out of her broken nose.

Maya grinned, liking her watery body. It was just the thing she needed to embrace to fight at her full efficiency. She turned her battering ram into a sword but she couldn't get it to have a sharp edge. Water didn't want to do that. A blunt object, though...

She formed a hammer and raised her arm.

The yuki-onna thrust a hand against her leg. Cold shot into Maya. She gasped, pain tearing through her form as her water froze. Crystals of ice built inside of her, growing on each other, reaching up through her body.

"Noooo!" she screamed in agony.

* * / *

Pain flowed through Mrs. Zoe Baldwin.

Her golden sap bled out of her. She gripped the unicorn. "Why?" The pain spread through her. Around them, the fighting raged. The dryad screamed in pain. "Why do we have to fight each other?"

She would rather love and nurture all the monster girls. Orcs, unicorns, yuki-onna, and basilisks included. They didn't have to be enemies. Why did these twins have to send this pain and suffering to her family?

The memory of crushing that poor basilisk screamed in her mind. She had to do the same to the unicorn. She just had to crush the life out of her, but Mrs. Baldwin had felt the life leaving the basilisk's body.

She was life. A Life monster born in service to that soothing and healing power. She wasn't meant to cause pain but to strengthen with her love and nourish with her breast milk. Her grip faltered on the unicorn.

She surrendered to the pain. Regret filled her as she died and fell into a sleep, held by the loving arms of Souleen.

* * / *

"Mom!" I screamed as she vanished.

The unicorn who had killed her turned her attention to me. Blood and golden sap smeared on her horn, the colors mixing. Her innocent face still held this purity to it that was soiled by the pain she had caused.

The unicorn smiled at me.

"Shadows flow and darkness sharpens, let the cunning of Lord Zuen stab!"

I cast Dark Dagger and threw the blade of night at the unicorn. She laughed as she darted to her right, the dagger flowing past her. She leveled her horn and charged at me, the point poised to rip out my heart and kill me.

"Waters gush and flow, let the force of Lord Enki sweep!"

I breathed water. A torrent of it gushed out and struck the unicorn before she could hit me. It threw her to the ground. She tumbled and neighed in shock. I clutched my spear and charged after her, the anger building and building in me.

This pressure throbbed in my heart. I wanted to explode.

* * / *

"Mother!" Garnet whispered.

The unicorn who gored her mother lay on the ground, drenched in water. Leo charged her but Garnet flapped her wings. She soared through the air and landed over the unicorn, this maddening fury consuming the succubus.

She had never been so angry in her life.

"You killed my mother!" she screeched.

Her hands clamped about the throat of the unicorn. Her thumbs dug into the monster girl's windpipe. She dug in tight, her wings fluttering. She had never once wanted to kill an enemy monster girl. Play with them, yes. Fuck them, definitely.

She wanted to share pleasure with them, but not this monster girl.

Screeching in wordless fury, Garnet's fingers choked the unicorn. She thrashed, her horn flashing before Garnet's face. Hooves smacked on the stones. The battle raged around them, but all that mattered to Garnet was avenging her mother.

"She was the best mother ever!"

The unicorn's face turned red. Her eyes bulged. Garnet didn't care. She had never been so angry in her life. These terrible monster girls came in and attacked them. They turned Halia into a statue and all those villagers. They hurt people Garnet loved, and they were trying to kill her big brother! She screeched and kept choking.

The unicorn's hooves drummed on the flagstones. The strikes slowed and then went still. The Unicorn's eyes rolled back in her head. She went still. Garnet kept clenching. Her hands squeezed and squeezed, choking the life from--

The unicorn melted away, returned to the Void Crystal.

Garnet threw back her head and burst into a trembling sob at the first monster girl she'd killed. Her hands shook about nothing. Her small breasts rose and fell as she struggled to regain her composure. Why couldn't the unicorn have been nice? Want to have sex with them?

"W-we could've h-have had f-fun," she sobbed.

* * / *

The pain of the ice crystals swelled through Maya's watery form.

The undine sobbed as the yuki-onna killed her. She could do nothing as more and more of her liquid form solidified. Her vision blurred. She was dying. She didn't want to die. She wanted to fight to protect Leo.

She loved him. Had loved him since they were kids. She had him here in this fantasy world. Maybe in the real world, they would have stepped over the line, or maybe Leo would never have seen her as more than his best friend.

But here--here!--they had each other and so much more.

Shadows flashed. A sword of darkness cleaved through the yuki-onna's neck. Her beautiful face parted from her body and tumbled across the ground moments before her body vanished. Maya gasped. The ice stopped spreading, but her body still was half-frozen. She whimpered as she stared up at Usiku.

The fomorian stared down at Maya, Usiku's brow twisted in horror. Then the welsh girl looked up. Her face narrowed at the carnage raging around them. She rolled her neck and then charged off to plunge into the fray.

Maya whimpered as she slowly thawed.

* * / *

I had watched Garnet strangling the unicorn that I had knocked down. My little sister had squeezed and squeezed while sobbing her rage. It was painful to watch. I ripped my gaze from her. I had to get back into the fight.

Usiku cut the head off a yuki-onna hurting Maya. Another one was gathering her power. She threw ice at Paanee. My naga screamed in pain, frost coating her blue scales. Her head tossed, sapphire hair flying. The unicorn she fought gored her horn at Paanee.

My naga twisted out of the way, barely, her movement slower. The frost gleamed on her scales, the cold affecting her energy. I growled and charged at the yuki-onna, my spear clutched in my hand. I leveled it at her back as she drew in another breath to coat Paanee in more ice.

The naga's tail lashed out in a sweeping arc that swept the yuki-onna's feet out from beneath her. The icy maiden gasped as she became airborne for a heartbeat. Then she slammed down hard on her back, a burst of frosty air exploding from her lips.

The unicorn's horn speared in at Paanee. The naga hissed and twisted her body to dodge, but she moved too slow. Her sluggish movement left her open this time. The glittering horn slammed into her chest between her breasts. Paanee's back arched. She hissed in pain.

And then she vanished in motes of light, disappearing. I roared my fury, closing in on the yuki-onna. She kicked up like a ninja, landing with grace, her frosty-blue hair fluttering around her. She turned to face me and drew in her breath, her eyes focused right at me.

I ran faster.

* * / *

The ice melted from Maya's body. She groaned, forcing herself to stand.

She whimpered at the pain. The crystals were still in her body, stiff points almost like bones that ripped at her liquid form. She shuddered as she rose. She couldn't just lie there. Her family was fighting for their lives.

Doodh the satyr danced and dodged on her cloven hooves. The busty monster girl's silky, gray hair flowed behind her elegant body as she dodged the orc's sword strokes. The swarthy monster girl roared her frustration as she sought to cut down the satyr.

Usiku didn't notice Doodh's plight. The fomorian charged after Sviesos. The will o' wisp had her own orc trying to kill her. She held off death with bursts of lightning that the orc dodged, but she was backing into the corner of the throne room.

As Maya staggered to help Doodh fight her orc, Sviesos gasped. She hit the wall. She had nowhere to go. The orc lunged her sword in, roaring her triumph. Sviesos threw up her hands. A blast of lightning burst from her and struck the orc in the chest. Sparks sizzled.

The orc's sword buried through Sviesos's chest and out into the wall behind her. Maya hissed her fury at the pointless pain. Sviesos twisted in agony for a moment and then she vanished, melting away to the Void Crystal.

Usiku reached the orc, slashing her shadowy blade down at the killer's back. The monster girl whirled, her green tits heaving, and parried. Maya wrenched her gaze from the fight. She had to help Doodh. The orc snarled her fury as she swung at the dancing satyr.

Maya, closing the distance now to ten feet, thrust her arm forward. She didn't have a well to fire a large blast of water. This would have to come from her reserves. She shuddered, ignoring the pain in her legs, and fired a focused spray of water with the force of a pressure washer.

It struck the orc in the face as she swung at Doodh. The orc's head snapped to the side, her swing going off. She staggered, the skin on her cheekbone abraded away by the force of the attack. But it was a brief one.

Maya panted, her vision blackening as she used her own life for the attack.

The orc whirled around and took two steps in a blur of furious green. She swung her sword at Maya.

* * / *

"In darkness slumbers and shadows hide, let the grace of Lady Ninazu fall!"

A cloud of darkness sprang up around me, cloaking my body. The yuki-onna vanished. I took two steps to the right, concealed from her vision. Her icy breath rushed past me. I felt the edges of the arctic gale, the sting on my flesh. It would have been bad.

Hooves clomped. I paused, listening. The unicorn who'd killed Paanee charged through at the darkness. She ran blind. I thrust my spear out before me, aiming it in the direction of the clattering steps.

A body slammed into the end of the spear. It shook in my sweaty grip, almost slipping from my grasp. But I held fast as the whinnying cry of the unicorn's pain echoed through the darkness. Her body staggered, pulling at the spear and almost yanking it out of my hand. Then my weapon came free, her body vanishing.

I had her. I ran at the yuki-onna and burst out of the cloud of darkness into the light. The snowy maiden gasped. Her frost-white body dodged out of the way of my spear. I thrust past her. She rushed forward, her glacial blue hair flowing behind her. Fury crossed her face.

She screamed as she seized my arms. Cold flooded through the wool of my gray robes and flooded into my body with numbing pain. I gasped, the chill so frigid it burned where she touched me. Fury wreathed her eyes.