Harem System In A fantasy World - Chapter 151: Two Elements?
Chapter 151: Two Elements?
Steel rang against bone.
A thunderous crack echoed through the cavern as Tessa’s gauntleted fist slammed into the skull of a C-Grade Ironback Basilisk. The impact alone split the air.
The beast’s armored head snapped sideways, and its massive body skidded across the stone floor, claws scraping sparks against the rock.
Before it could recover, the wind howled.
Isolde moved like a shadow between gusts. A thin crescent of compressed water sliced across the basilisk’s exposed underbelly. Blood sprayed in a clean arc. The beast roared, shaking the cavern.
“Left flank!” Mira shouted.
A surge of flame erupted from her palms. Three D-Grade Flame Hounds leapt through the fire toward them; their bodies were already burning with their own natural heat.
Aria stepped forward calmly.
The ground rose.
Stone walls erupted upward in a sharp curve, blocking the hounds’ path mid-leap. They slammed into the rock with painful whimpers. Before they could rebound, Mira’s fire spiraled around the stone barrier and engulfed them fully.
The cavern was filled with heat and smoke.
And Elion?
He stood slightly behind them, arms folded loosely, watching. He didn’t need to interfere, so he didn’t.
The fight lasted less than a minute.
The basilisk tried to rise again. Tessa was already there. She dashed forward and leapt, her gauntlets glowing faintly with mana. She twisted midair and drove both fists downward.
The impact crushed the basilisk’s skull completely.
Silence followed. Dust drifted through the cavern.
“Well,” Tessa said, rolling her shoulders. “That was disappointing.”
Elion smiled faintly.
This was the eighth fight today.
And none of them had lasted longer than sixty seconds.
How did Elion manage to assemble such a terrifying cohort of beautiful flowers?
It was obvious.
With his godly charm, of course
Aria had joined immediately. Mira had not hesitated. Isolde had agreed with a quiet nod. And Tessa had grinned and said, “Sure, I was bored anyway.”
Five first-years.
All of them are absurdly strong for these floors. And they were currently on the fourteenth floor of the dungeon.
They were allowed up to the fifteenth.
“Next time,” Mira said while adjusting her sleeve, “at least leave something alive long enough for it to fight back.”
Tessa laughed. “You’re the one who incinerated the hounds before they touched the ground.”
“They were ugly,” Mira replied simply.
Aria walked back toward Elion, brushing dust from her uniform.
“You didn’t move,” she said softly.
“I didn’t need to; you guys did great,” he replied calmly.
“So you are letting us ladies do all the work?” Tessa teased, “How gentlemanly of you.” The other girls giggled lightly.
Elion shrugged, not minding the taunt. “I don’t need the experience. But you guys, not so much.”
It was true. His level was already far beyond what these floors could offer. But the girls needed it. And they were growing fast.
He was here for observation.
And entertainment.
They went deeper into the floor.
The cavern path widened into a chamber filled with stalagmites and jagged rock formations.
A low rumble echoed ahead.
Isolde’s eyes narrowed.
“Something heavier,” she said.
Tessa cracked her knuckles. “Good.”
From the darkness, three large shapes emerged.
Two C-Grade Stonehide Trolls.
And behind them, a towering B-Grade Cave Reaver.
Now that was interesting.
The Cave Reaver was nearly three meters tall, and its body was covered in thick, gray hide that reflected faint light like polished stone. Its claws alone were as long as daggers.
“Finally,” Tessa whispered.
The Cave Reaver roared.
The fight began instantly. The Stonehide Trolls charged first.
Aria slammed her staff into the ground.
The earth beneath the trolls shifted violently. One stumbled forward as the ground softened into mud, then hardened instantly around its legs.
“Now!” Aria called.
Mira raised both hands.
A blazing ring of fire spiraled outward, striking the trapped troll directly in the face. The heat burned through its rocky hide, causing it to scream.
Isolde stepped lightly to the side and extended her hand.
A focused spear of water shot forward, drilling through the troll’s eye socket.
It dropped instantly.
The second troll roared and swung its massive club. Tessa met it head-on.
The club came down.
She caught it.
The impact cracked the stone floor beneath her feet, but she didn’t budge.
Elion raised a brow.
Her physical strength was absurd!
With a sharp twist, she ripped the club free and smashed her gauntlet into the troll’s jaw. Teeth exploded outward. She followed with a spinning backfist that crushed its temple.
The troll fell.
The Cave Reaver stepped forward.
This one was fast.
Too fast for the previous enemies.
It vanished in a blur.
Isolde barely reacted in time, the water surging around her to push her sideways as claws tore through where she had stood.
“Fast,” she muttered.
The Reaver turned instantly toward Mira.
Elion moved for the first time today.
Water condensed in the air around him.
A sharp jet of high-pressure water slammed into the Cave Reaver’s shoulder, forcing it off course mid-dash.
The girls froze for half a second.
Water spell? Isolde?
She had just cast a spell. The wind time wasn’t adding up.
Elion didn’t give them time to think.
He stepped forward calmly and flicked his wrist.
The water jet twisted into a sharp, spiraling lance and pierced through the Reaver’s forearm.
The beast roared in pain.
“You can use high-level water magic now?” Aria asked in surprise.
Elion smiled lightly.
“Isolde has been teaching me no.” He glanced toward her with a wink.
The Cave Reaver charged him now.
He didn’t move.
Instead, he snapped his fingers.
Flames erupted beneath the Reaver’s feet.
The girls stared in shock. He hadn’t told them about his second element after all. Who knew how they would react if they knew he had a third, and a fourth affinity as well!
“You can use fire too!?” Mira said.
Elion tilted his head.
“Is that surprising?”
The Reaver leapt through the flames.
Tessa intercepted it midair with a rising punch that cracked its ribs. Isolde followed with slicing winds across its exposed side.
Aria raised stone pillars around it, boxing it in.
Mira finished it.
A concentrated beam of white-hot flame struck directly through its chest.
The B-Grade beast collapsed.
Mira slowly turned toward him.
“You didn’t mention you had two elements.”
Aria, Isolde, and Tessa looked equally surprised.
“I thought you were a swordsman with water affinity from what you showed in class.”
Isolde’s gaze lingered on him longer than the others, as if she was considering something closely.
Tessa just grinned.
“So you’ve been holding back.”
Elion shrugged casually.
“I didn’t think it was important.”
Mira narrowed her eyes slightly.
“How many elements do you actually have, more than two?”
He smiled faintly. “Just two for now.”
They didn’t press further after that, but they would definitely ask about it some other time.
