The Half-Dragon's Ovulation Day
A deafening roar erupted from the muzzle. The overcharged gunpowder, scaled to the hand cannon's size, exploded with fury. The hammer struck the magic bullet's rear, activating the synthesis array. It absorbed my mana, fusing two elemental magics before firing.
I hadn't counted on accuracy. Assuming we'd push through Floor 6, I'd loaded the cylinder with fire-element bullets—reliable attackers for general use.
...Which meant fire couldn't deal a lethal blow to a half red dragon. I'd just added twelve sparks to the approaching flame hurricane...
I rapidly emptied the magazine and slipped into an empty room in the Floor 6 mansion, taking cover.
"That's all you got? Is that the best your record-breaking power can do?!"
Karia's enraged scream echoed from beyond the wall, like a banshee's wail. The flame storm engulfed the mansion, cranking up the heat. My throat dried out in seconds, sweat evaporating instantly... Lucky for me, the mansion itself provided solid cover.
The mansion was the main stage for Floor 6's trial—it couldn't be destroyed. If it could, I'd have bombed it from the start and cleared all monsters in one go.
Karia's probably on Floor 18 now... Good, the bullets can still hurt her at that level.
The number next to Karia Redheart's name in the invasion message showed her current floor. And Last Wish's magic bullets were effective up to Floor 18... I had no idea what defenses she had at this point, but if they held up to 18, the bullets would work.
Hiding in the room, I pondered what to load next. Ice base, combined with earth...
At this stage, Karia lacks combat experience. Her relentless bombardment of the mansion proved it. Trial fields didn't break. Trapped in this steam cooker was uncomfortable, but I could endure. I could even cast a cooling spell.
She'll come inside. Narrow spaces aren't her forte... A prolonged fight favors her, so I end it in one shot.
I loaded twelve bullets into the cylinder, memorizing the sequence, and massaged my arm and shoulder... Firing twelve rounds from this beast nonstop was a huge strain on my current body.
"Damn it... Get out here now!"
Realizing she couldn't finish me from outside, Karia stormed into the mansion, intent on turning me to ash the moment she spotted me.
A winged half-dragon has aerial freedom. To end it in one, maybe cripple the wings too?
I pulled a bomb from my inventory—one swiped from Evelyn's workshop. I flipped the switch and set the timer.
She's right outside my door.
Holding my breath, I pressed against the wall and bit my thumb hard. Blood trickled down as I drew synthesis arrays on the wall: array of understanding, decomposition, fusion... No need for precision. Just reshaping the blocked wall to make a path.
-Zzzt!
Mana circles appeared, alchemy reacting—and Karia's beastly senses locked onto me.
She bellowed from her mouth. "There you are! No more tricks—come out!"
Evelyn's gravity bomb detonated!
-KABOOM!
The bomb amplified gravity in a tight radius. Karia's wings buckled, slamming her to the floor like a sticker.
But she was a half-dragon—superior not just in magic, but flesh too. Her steel-like body resisted the gravity and rose.
"You think this crap can stop me...!"
As she ground her teeth, glaring at the gravity source— I slipped through the synthesis array to the adjacent room, flung the door open, and rolled out.
I tumbled across the floor. Stable shooting posture secured, prone and aimed...
Shit.
Our eyes met—her slitted pupils. She hadn't expected me here, body pinned by the bomb. Horror and rage dawned as she realized she might die.
That expression overlaid an unforgettable sight. Her final moments: blood pouring from every orifice, joints twisted.
I...
I couldn't pull the trigger to the end.
Karia's flames engulfed me.
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Karia stared at the charred human male. She could've reduced him to ash and ejected him from the Tower World, but that final hesitation nagged. She dialed back the heat.
Those eyes... like he knew me.
A guy she wanted to rip apart—but as flames washed over him, her rage cooled.
Revenge achieved felt hollow, leaving questions.
Why didn't he shoot?
She inspected his weapon. Not jammed... A dead-on shot to the forehead could've blasted her out.
First time killing? Possible. But those weren't rookie eyes. No human raising a gun at a dragon would hesitate like that. She could tell.
...He'll die like this.
Karia pulled a potion from her inventory... A healing potion from record-breaking rewards while climbing. Labeled a miracle, it could revive the dying.
Never thought I'd use it.
She paused before using it. What then? Ask why he spared me?
Rage faded, calm returned, reason kicked in. Han Do-yoon stole her blessing, but he had use. Floor 6 already? Floor 18 was a breeze.
Spare him... and form a party as payment.
She took the potion in her mouth and kissed the near-dead Han Do-yoon. Teeth clacked awkwardly, but soon his tongue sought hers desperately for life, turning it proper.
"Ngh... Slurp... Hn... This human... what the—?"
Perplexed by her mouth being toyed with, but potion remained, so she tried again reluctantly.
Stomach... feels like ovulation.
Her lower belly tickled. Saliva threads bridged their lips. Staring dazed at his face, his eyes snapped open—already recovered.
...What the hell is this?
I woke from agony. Thought I was done for, but no. Somehow Karia fed me potion... and my mouth felt her clumsy, maidenly tongue work, sticky kisses.
Eyes open, not a furious Karia inches away—but a flushed red-haired girl, cheeks rosy, spinning saliva webs, staring.
Flustered, she wiped her mouth and stood. "Y-You're awake. Good."
"Good? You didn't invade just to say that, right?"
My sharp words snapped her back to coolness. She felt an egg forming below but held it in.
"Curious why you didn't shoot at the end."
"That's it? Used a pricey potion on a dying guy for that?"
"...Changed my mind. Taking the thief who stole my blessing as a party member? No big difference."
"My say?"
"You're free to die too."
Oddly familiar words. I mulled them over internally.
...Drugged haze lifted a buried memory. Snowy white mountains, blizzard raging. Far off, a red comet flashed salvation.
"Thanks to you, I got my horns back... Relying on someone? That's a method too."
"Don't rely on me. Who knows what I'll do with you."
"I'm free to rely on you, you're free to treat me like material. But remember... if it's my eggs... I'll give as many as you want now!"
Snapping back, Karia eyed me suspiciously.
"What's with you? Look off since dying and reviving."
"Ah, old memories... Can I answer later?"
She figured I was stalling. "Desperate to live, huh."
"First... shouldn't we treat Teacher's wings?"
Gravity bomb had torn her proud wings... A grounded half-dragon couldn't fly. Dragon parts didn't injure easily but regenerated slowly.
"Heals with time. Takes a while."
"I can fix 'em fast."
"How?"
"I'm an alchemist. Record reward gave me a workshop inside the tower... Can help now."
She preferred low flight over walking; lost wings were like broken ankles.
"...Give me time till they heal."
Safe House
Safe House was accessible mid-trial. I summoned the door and entered with Karia...
She tensed, realizing she'd entered another's home—another beast's nest.
Not a spider web...? Stay alert.
"Rest a bit."
I offered a chair reassuringly and started potion brewing... Truth was, no materials for half-dragon wings yet. She should've used her own potion on herself.
But I got others.
Grade: Rare
A potion using fake dragon leaf, not real. Just the scent triggers dopamine release, heightening bodily sensitivity.
Dragon leaf potions have long been infamous for arousing dragonkin. Especially effective on ovulating ones.
The dragon leaf potion I'd used on original Karia. Lacking real stuff, I improvised similar components and scent.
Made it somehow.
...Test time.
Feeding this aphrodisiac to former comrade felt sinful. But no choice. No other way to bond came to mind.
Come to think... Worked on Isana too.
Just her? Teacher too. Opportunity arose, then drug side effects or painkillers triggered aphro, leading straight to intimacy.
No time for old-school camaraderie and trust-building.
I offered her plain water. "How's it? Feeling better?"
She eyed it suspiciously, sipped reluctantly, shook head. "...Nothing."
"No way."
I mixed potion into plain water this time, offered again. Familiar taste, she gulped without hesitation.
...Then she noticed the reaction.
"You... this..."
Lower abdomen sinking, hips twitching itchily. Sudden change screamed it: something wrong in the drink.
"C-Coward... I s-spared you...!"
Knowing how vulnerable a dragon-leaf-drugged half-dragon got, I approached slowly.
Flames flared to block—but mere fire. Brain scrambled by leaf, they fizzled quick.
"What'd you feed me!"
Like our reunion, she shrieked in fury. I reached; she swatted weakly. Frail wrists for her power trembled in my grip.
"T-Try anything funny...!"
I leaned in, lips brushing kiss-close, then blew softly on her pointed ear.
She shattered. "Hii... Hnngh!"
Hut heated like crumbling coals. She collapsed; I waited patiently, hands off, for full effect.
"Wha... Ngh, hnng... Eek!"
Head grinding floor, body wriggling worm-like. Rough scales, horns scraped; tail whirred propeller, messing surroundings. Rubbing sensitive flesh on floor for relief... First time with leaf or self-touch, she climaxed fast.
Hips bucked toward me. Slender legs' pants soaked instantly; seeing nectar puddle, my lust surged.
Unfertilized egg not yet?
Alchemist calm barely held as I eyed panting Karia. Flickering red hair like fire, hips widened for laying, slim belly beauty's trait, huge breasts for nurturing. Didn't notice then; alluring now.
Exposed belly sweat-slick. Tail coiled legs, ripped pants, revealing red-matted pussy.
"Ahh♡ Hnng, hiiik♡"
"Can't hold back."
Glossy pink folds, chewy labia taunting—I dropped pants. Precum-dripping cock out; scent hit her sensitive nose. Head snapped from door to me.
Pupils dilated, snake eyes slitting longer. Battle-excitement face.
She'd lost reason.
"I'll kill you♡ For... this mess... Hn."
Aware what awaited, she crawled frog-style away. Nectar trailed snake-long.
I stepped in it deliberately, closing in.
"D-don't come! No!"
Squelch! Squelch! I paintbrushed her sopping pussy with cock.
Slid in smooth.
-Schlop... Pffft!
"Haaaaah♡ Ng... Aaaah... Nooo, noo♡"
"Ngh... So hot inside."
"I'm... dragon♡ You're human... Th-this no! Stop! Hii! Ngh!"