Near Death, But Alive

upon arriving at their destination, Alcaeus pray's he's able to find the 3 dragons he needs to defeat, but he knows what he's in for, but now, he was getting ready for his hunt.

Alcaeus:" okay, I'll go out to hunt, I know how to track them as we hunted dragon's before, even if they fly, I'll be able to track them down for at least 30 miles, but stay close by but not close enough to be seen please, I don't want anyone to accuse me of aid please"

Camilla:" We understand, we'll also look out for any outside dragon's heading your way"

Makeda:"... can the rest of you hunt like that"

Sharifa:" yeah, if you're all that good, then it's going to be a cakewalk"

Aspalis:"... oh right, you weren't in the Artemis familia with us, no, I can only track from 10 miles at best when they fly"

Camilla:" 15 miles, and that's only because I'm a werewolf"

Abigail:" when it comes to Artemis, she herself said that Alcaeus is just as good as her in tracking"

Makeda:" really, but she's the goddess of the hunt, shouldn't that be impossible"

Aspalis:"... Artemis herself said that Alcaeus is one of the few people she will admit has the potential to match her, it not surpass her eventually, Alcaeus himself will never acknowledge this, but Artemis sees what he can do and she knows what he's capable of, and when we asked her if he was a match for her... she said she may have been surpassed by him at this point"

Sharifa:" really, didn't she sick the bear that raised Atalanta on her when she was said to have done that"

Camilla:" oh no, Artemis said that she never did that, it was just some other bear that attacked her at that time, so people assumed it was, otherwise, why wouldn't she harm Atalanta herself, as well as the fact she said she was proud she raised her daughter to surpass her so why would she harm her for doing so"

Makeda:" that... makes sense"

Sharifa:" anyway, he should be far enough, let's get going now, don't want to get too far behind"

with that, they hunted down Dragon's with their plan in motion, Alcaeus suspected that even in this dragon valley, it would take all day to find a dragon after tracking one down, but by some form of divine grace or being so very lucky or by some divine joke or being so very unlucky, the valley they all headed to was spawning dragon's in the dozen's, if not hundreds, while this meant Alcaeus would have no trouble finding 3 dragon's to kill, he now had another worry from this event, however.

Alcaeus:" this is self-explanatory, but how do we handle this"

Camilla:" yeah, even as a level 3, taking on this many dragon's is a bit much for me, also, Dragon's range in power to level 4, so my divinity won't work here... besides, all Dragon's have a Divine Trait that makes them able to pierce divinity anyway, so it's not like it matters one way or another"

Aspalis:" and with their scales, it's hard to pierce their skin, so unless we're able to work together to take one down, we won't really stand a chance"

Sharifa:" and those things have very high magic resistance as well so my magic spell's won't kill them that easily"

Abigail:" even Artemis can't kill a dragon easily, even if she shot both its eyes out and got 5 arrow's to pierce its throat from the inside, the dragon is such a stubborn monster to die it will take everything she has to beat one, she said she prefers fighting them barehanded because snapping their neck's kill's them the fastest, and fastest if still a long time for her"

Alcaeus:" we don't need to fight an army, we just need to find 3 that are alone, that is easier said than done, but at the very least we can assure that we are not going to be looking too long in case we screw up on one, let's go"

while looking for stray dragon's, some dragon's are going off in pair's, some are flying away somewhere, and now they were running out of time, with no other option's, they made the difficult decision, they found 2 dragon's, and as Alcaeus used his magic, he was able to blow part's of the head of one of the Dragons, and it stunned it for the other to fire it's breath at him, and using the spear he made while charging as much Magic as possible, he threw it and the Dragon blew up as Alcaeus was lucky enough to get it into its mouth so it blew it's head off from its neck as it turned to dust, but the second dragon was still alive as Alcaeus then bombarded it with weapons from his treasury till it was killed with his magic, and after it was dead, Alcaeus got the kill with the spear and arrow, now, for the sword.

Makeda:" are you okay Alcaeus"

Alcaeus:" yeah... I just... need a minute"

Alcaeus's thought's:" my magic took more of my Mana than I thought, it doesn't take much to summon one item, but summoning all those to fire at once, I need to be careful since losing all my Mana will make me pass out, I might be able to push myself to stay conscious, but I will have to then deal with dizziness, hallucinations, and headaches since those are the thing's you will feel when you use up all your Mana and force yourself awake instead of passing out, I think with my magic, I am easily able to use up all my Mana in the blink of an eye since I can open to many gate's and summon so many items at once, heck, I might even be able to blow through all my Mana if I'm not careful"

Camilla:" we're lucky that these dragons were far enough away, and that you took them by surprise, ending the fight as soon as it happens is your best bet, but at least with this, we can confirm you spayed a dragon with a spear and a bow... now's the sword, this may be the trickiest one to accomplish"

Sharifa:" yeah, with the right bow and that spear we had Bell make, it was possible if he was smart about it, and his magic really saved him, however, the sword may be harder since there is really nowhere to run or hide, it's up close and that's it, and fighting one on one with a dragon, even a seasoned level 4 would need to pull a miracle to kill it, let alone by himself, in fact, for many level 4's, they level up by killing a dragon on their own, even on the surface where monsters are notably weaker than their dungeon counterparts, dragon's remain a threat that has an entire kingdom on edge"

Alcaeus:" this isn't going to be easy, but we need to make a plan, and recover, let's head back to the ship"

as they head back, they go to sleep, Alcaeus used his treasury and experimented with it, so now, he's able to alter the item's such as the ship as well, with his magic, he made small dimensional world's that are the side of a mansion in small areas, and with that, he made a hot spring for the girls as he was getting rest to restore his Mana, and all of the girls were talking about how they can help more"

Abigail:" I feel bad not helping, I know that he has to do this on his own, but can't we do more, technically speaking, we're married now so we have to look out for our husband"

Camilla:" well, I'm not sure about the marriage thing, but want to help Alcaeus since we've known each other for a long time so I want him to succeed"

Makeda:" so you don't love him, I mean, when you get married, you're going to have to... and then... and he will"

Makeda was blushing as she was imagining the thing's about what a married couple does and she was hardly able to say them as she was too innocent, she knew about it, but it was too lewd for her.

Sharifa:" well for help, I think getting a strategy to kill the dragon is needed, also as for what a man and woman are supposed to do, you mean he's going to *** in your ***** and fill your **** to the brink as he drives his ***** through your like a (completely blocking what she say's due to how obscene and lewd it is)"

the 4 watch her in horror as they back away from her and then move to the other side of the area as they are scared of Sharifa now.

Camilla:" are you really a virgin"

Sharifa:" I am if you will believe me"

Aspalis:" I don't"

Sharifa:" well, I am into dirty stuff, and I forced some of the maids that are mothers to tell me about it, as well as see other's doing it a lot with dirty talk as well, so I know some dirty things because of all of that even with no experience past kissing for me and being Bi, I can enjoy both sex's, I never kissed other men aside from Alcaeus, but I definitely made out with other women before... each and every one of them though were modified once they found out I was their though"

hearing the Bi part made the other 4 move even further away while covering their body to hide it from her as they were scared now of being sexually assaulted by her, and seeing this, Sharifa moved closer while licking her lips and then chased them as they seemed scared, the notice brought Alcaeus to check on them with weapons out as Sherifa caught Aspalis and Camilla and basically presented their naked bodies to him telling him if he wanted, he can indulge in his wives as of now and all 3 for embarrassed and then after the girls were done bathing, they tied up Sharifa in horny time out.

Sharifa:"... being tied up seem's to be a little... nice"

Abigail:" Oh gods and goddesses she's enjoying it"

Camilla:" ignore that Elf Succubus"

Sharifa:" oh, you heard of my nickname then"

Aspalis:" wait, you were called that"

Makeda:" that should have been our first red flag for her"

Sharifa:" come on, even with how I act, I still treasure love, like how I wasn't happy with my arranged marriage, I want o find love for myself like any other girl, I may act easy, but I'm still holding out for my prince in shining armor to swoop me off my feet and steal my heart"

Makeda:" oh, I guess you still treasure love"

Sharifa:" yeah, I want someone who can accept me for me, will listen to me, and also entertain my sex fantasies"

Abigail:" that last one is extremely IFFY due to how perverted you are, you know that right"

Alcaeus:"... well, don't worry, I made sure you weren't going to be forced to marry anyone, but I still need to help Makeda, then we can put this all behind us, and don't worry, I promise I won't force you to do anything you won't agree to and also make sure you all end up happy"

Sharifa:"... thank you Alcaeus"

Sharifa's thought's:"... but to have the man I wanted to marry win my hand to save me... my prince has arrived already, my first kiss, did you think I did that so light-heartedly, but I'll make sure you take me, then we'll be together forever"

but as she was thinking this, she also knew that Alcaeus needed all his attention to slaying a dragon with a sword, and only then can they focus, but then, she thought of something.

Sharifa:" magic sword, they never said you HAD to use a regular sword, but what about a magic sword"

Camilla:" yeah, she did say you can't use your treasury to count as a sword, so a magic sword should count"

Alcaeus:" but I never tried to make a magic sword before, and I don't want to waste the money I have on one since they are so expensive, even the money I have on my may not be enough"

Abigail:" well, you never tried, so maybe you can"

Alcaeus then tried to make one, it was made, but it drained him of all his magic, and by the time he was able to get it refilled, he had only 2 day's left to complete the quest, or Makeda's marriage was still to go underway, and the clock was still ticking.