The dragon's harem

Chapter 970: Frozen Poison



Claug looked back, slowly turning her massive head inside the cramped cave. "Gamond? It's been over a dozen or so decades." She quickly turned to look back at her crystal ball.

"Hmmm..." Gamond tilted her head, "What are you watching?" She approached and Claug slowly moved aside, giving her some space to come and watch.

"The life of Prince Charlie of the Ruris kingdom. He's been wooing this noble lady from the duchy of Greenhorn province to the north." She pointed at the crystal where Charlie, Isdis's older brother was sitting on a marble table with a red-haired noble lady, drinking tea in the middle of a flower garden.

"What a sad little human..." Gamond giggled, "He'll be very disappointed sticking it inside that rot hole."

Claug giggled, "I see you aren't aware of Charlie's game, are you?" She looked at her with a smug smile, "He dealt with such a situation before, he knows she's a devil in disguise. That's why I keep watching him, I'm waiting to see who shall win, the wit of humans or the cunning of devils."

"I see..." Gamond smiled, "They are moving..." They watched as Charlie and the woman separated and he went back to his carriage with his maid. After sitting down and when the carriage left the town, the maid asked, "Who did it go?"

"Dude think he's smart." Charlie giggled, "What kind of woman say yes if I told her I have sex with my maids daily to train for my wife? Bro a devil, no doubt." He couldn't stop giggling.

"Enough with your jokes, you tested him, right?" The maid glared at him.

"The detector?" He pulled a small crystal. "Yeah, I used it before we even started speaking. Since I knew he was a devil, not even she, I started fucking around and trolling him. Wanted to make the little shit's life even more miserable."

"Devils are everywhere... you were right, we must eliminate their influence from the kingdom." The maid looked out of the window.

"See? I'm always right, except when it comes to cooking, that's witchcraft." Charlie waved his hand, "I leave that to you."

"How about the part about having sex with your maids?" She gave him a side-eye.

"The only lie was the part about preparing for a wife. Always mix truth with lies to form the perfect deception." He stretched, leaning back on his seat. "What's up for dinner?"

"Dried Ham, I don't want to cook out in the open while camping." The maid replied with a passive face. She hates dealing with open flames and wind blowing ash everywhere. "Ahh...you're angry at me, aren't you?" He cried with a sad face.

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"I see..." Gamond smiled, "He's an interesting man indeed...but I've found someone more interesting to play with. And I need your help with some poisons."

"Who is your target? Poisons must be customized for the target to have the best effect. I hope you got at least some blood samples." Claug turned toward her.

"Ah... I don't have any, getting some might be quite difficult. I was warned not to approach him 'cause he's a bit too dangerous." Gamond scratched her head, "Can't you work without it?"

"Race, gender, age, element, size, and activity level if possible. What do you know about him?" Claug wanted something to work with. Without basic information, she can't be sure her poison would work.

"I know his name, Arad Orion..." The moment she said it, Claug burst laughing.

"I see, so this is why you warned." She looked at her with a grin, "Forget about poison, no matter what you try, I'm positive any other dragon than me would lose to him."

"So you know him?" Gamond laughed at her, "But aren't you mistaken about something? I'm stronger than you. There is no way I can't beat what lose to you."

"I know you see him as nothing more than a male to mate with and eat afterward. You've been disappointed multiple times, that's the curse of being a powerful drakaina, no one ever reaches your level." Claug sat down to keep watching, "You think it's your win no matter what. If you win, you'll take his child and eat him, if you lose, you'll either get his child or get him as a husband straight up."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Claug burst laughing, "Arad is no ordinary dragon, he's a wild animal. You'd get beaten to a pulp, kicked across the room, and then he'll leave into the sunset without even giving you a look let alone a child."

"Have you gone mad? Do you know how powerful I am? If I don't keep my aura contained, I'll spark an ice age in this stupid mortal world." Gamond had lived in the mortal world for around four centuries in the past. At that time she became a world power known as the ice tyrant. A powerful Ice drakaina that her mere presence would cause entire kingdoms to be cursed into an eternal winter.

To Claug, Gamond was like an aunt. Being a great wyrm cursed with power and unable to find a mate, Gamond had spent decades raising stray chromatic dragons and Claug was one of those she raised.

Only Kory's father had managed to impress her, but even he lost his fight against her and ended up eaten after mating.

"Huh..." Gamond, "But...he's Arad Orion, I should expect at least some trouble at this stage." She smiled.

Claug looked at her, "If you know what Arad Orion is, then why are you trying to pick a fight?" Gamond's face paled, "Wait...you know of Arad Orion? Mortals aren't supposed to know..." "Taking me for a fool?" Claug smiled, "I've watched many lives, and I can pretty much guess the plot each time. I've watched over Arad since he was a wyrmling." She looked at her with a smug smile. "I've beaten you to the punch with him."

"You're a fool who couldn't get her humanoid form." Gamond decided to strike a nerve. "It's so simple, yet never seem to understand."

"Chromatic dragons can't get their humanoid form unless they directly worship Tiamat. It's like saying it's an ability that only clerics and paladins get. It's like this so the mostly evil chromatic dragon don't misuse it." As Claug spoke, her body started smoking and shrinking,

From the mist, a lizard woman that was three meters tall walked out, with a skin covered with green scales, a draconic head, and claws dripping with poison walked forward, glaring down

at Gamond.

BA-DUMP! BA-DUMP! BA-DUMP! BA-DUMP! BA-DUMP! BA-DUMP! Claug's heart could be heard beating like drums as her glowing green eyes stared at Gamond. "Don't underestimate the power of a shut-in drakaina."

The cave started shaking violently as Gamond's magic gushed out, clashing with Claug's violent aura. The poor little kobolds in the back ran away, crying as the entire cave started to freeze and get engulfed with frozen poison.

Gamond turned around, "Fine, do what you lie. It's not like you're still a wyrmling. But at least I've got some interesting info, see you later." She disappeared in a gust of white mist. Glaug returned to her draconic form and sighed, "What a problem...Can Arad beat her off?" Albeit Gamond was a great wyrm white dragon, unlike everyone else her power extended far beyond that of her age. Claug knew the extent of Gamond's might and how a fight between her

and Arad might end.

Arad had frozen into a solid statue of ice before he could even make a single attack...no, just imagining that scene seemed off to Claug, she couldn't help but imagine that Arad would tank Gamond's cold somehow.

She turned around to her crystal, waving her massive claws above it. Charlie's event had ended so she returned to watching the fight that had been burning for days now... as the image on her crystal ball shimmered, she could see clearly into the endless empty valley of stones.

Nina was nailed onto a massive cliff, covered in her blood as a woman sat on a mountain peak, staring toward her with glowing golden eyes.

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Just a minute ago inside the Blue Ice Palace Isdis was talking with Isbert right after Gamond left. "Unlike any other world, the cold can get far harsher here. The only other place that might get as cold as my world is Bella's Silent Ice, but she's more of a witchcraft expert, not a spellsword." Isbert said as she looked at Kory, "Take her on a tour around the capital first then bring her back here. I'll send her to her training afterward."

"Wait! What training are we talking about?" Isdis growled at her, "And why should I go look

around your castle?"

Isbert closed her fist and then opened it again, inside her palm a nut-sized red crystal had appeared. "We call those heat crystals. I can create them, but most people need to recharge them with heat. It's our currency." The crystal in her hand turned as clear as glass. "It's filled when it's red, and empty when it's clear. I'll give you a million of them to recharge." Isbert pointed at her window, "Around ten thousand miles north you'll end in the frozen sea of death. It gets so cold there that not a single animal or fish live there." While in the outside worlds, the coldest it gets is around -60c {-76f}, inside Isdis's world it can get even colder, and where she's sending Isdis to train it can reach a -130c{-202f} "You'll sit naked and alone in the middle of the frozen sea of death and fill those million heat crystals. Don't worry, not even the residents of this world can survive such cold so no one would see you." Isbert sat back on her throne. "Unless you get attuned to the cold, there is no way you'll manage to generate heat in such an environment."