My Dungeon Life: Rise of the Slave Harem

“As expected of a Harem hero like King Roth, he lets his women do his dirty work.” I responded disdainfully.

She blinked, and then let out a light chuckle. “I thought you were a so-called Harem Master as well. My lord has heard many rumors about you, yet here you show your ignorance.”

“Fight!” The referee cut into our conversation.

“We’ll see about that!” I roared, attacking her.

I didn’t feel the pressure from her that I felt when I had fought King Diorite, so she probably wasn’t that strong. That said, the first exchange she blocked directly. I was surprised. I had expected her to use her speed as Lydia did, but she met my attack right on. Worse, we broke even. The two of us jumping back, neither losing any ground.

She lifted her fist, opening up and licking her knuckles like a cat. Her eyes seemed to hold a frightening level of excitement.

“Not bad. Of course, you’re not at a level where you can fight Lord Roth, but perhaps your harem will be good enough to be worth training.”

I readjusted my jobs. As I moved up the ranks, I had been finding it more and more difficult to focus on increasing my skills. However, with this single exchange, I knew that this was not the time to be holding back.

“Arcing Slash!” I began with an attack, using my arm as the attack.

Since I was used to wielding a sword, I found that substituting the sword with my palm seemed to work better than trying to turn my attacks into punches. I wasn’t a pugilist by any standard, and it took this point to realize why most swords users tended to attack as if they already had a sword equipped. The exception to that seemed to be the woman before me, who had no problem with fighting, and likely did have pugilist abilities.

My strike met her fist, and this time she was forced back slightly more than I was. There were multiple ways to win a fight. The first way was knockout, but you could also knock them out of the ring. That was more difficult than said because the ropes helped keep them in, but that would probably be the easiest way to deal with her. I began to attack over and over. I knew that she had speed. I had seen the speed she had used in the dungeon. However, she seemed intent on meeting every attack head-on, and this caused her to be forced back again and again.

She was at the edge, so I aimed to bring her in the air and up over the ropes. I used a Quick Attack, bringing my speed to the limit. With an uppercut and a kick, she went flying over the rope. Just as I felt relief that I had been able to defeat her easy enough, she did a strange flip, and her body moved to the side instead of back, causing her to land one of the posts with ease. Her body had several bruises and cuts from the attacks, but she didn’t seem defeated at all. Her eyes were bright with excitement. She licked the back of her hand and then looked at me with a toothy grin.

“That was quite something. I see you won’t hesitate to hit a woman.” She grinned as blood leaked from her lip.

“I learned a long time ago that women can be just as strong as men. Holding back is only disrespecting both of us.”

She wiped her lip. “Good, then I will no longer hold back either!”