More and more puppet harem flooded into the boss room, racing forward without fear or reluctance.

“Hold your ground!” Terra cried out, attempted to force the women to run toward her.

Astria began to send out a torrent of spells, and although dozens of them fell at a time, there were always more to replace them. Laughter could be heard as King Roth roared in delight. Their girls desperately fought, but soon they were in a sea of women who didn’t feel pain and didn’t fear death. They did whatever King Roth ordered, and he ordered them to attack without restraint.

As the room quickly grew dense with enemies, my girls fought them back, keeping them from reaching Lydia and me. However, just like before, a single whole seemed to open up. This time, it didn’t allow First through, but King Roth. With his sword gripped in his hand, he walked forward with a steady pace, a malevolent cruel grin on his face.

“Ultimately, you never had a chance, Deek. You should have known that from the beginning. The reason I had to do things this way though is because I didn’t want you going and blowing up the dungeon. That would be inconvenient. Yet, we reached this end all the same. I’ll admit, you gave me a few surprises there, but in the end, I’m the better harem master.”

“You… think what you have is better?” I spat.

“They’re all over!”

“Ahh! Help!”

The girls were being overrun. A dozen of the women were crawling on Terra and climbing past her. Faeyna was the first to fall, getting overwhelmed. They weren’t attacking her at all. They were holding her down and tearing at her. It took me a horrified second to realize they were stripping her. They were tearing off her clothes. The same scene was playing out all over. Miki was grabbed and forced down as well. Her clothing was also ripped off. Even Elaya was unable to keep back the horde.

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Celeste was having better luck since she could make parts of her body disappear, but every time she tried to help, she was similarly snatched. A sudden bubble came up and then wrapped around her, and she fell from the air into a crowd of women. Astria was similarly caught. The girls were dragged together and held down. They had been lined up along King Roth’s walking path as if their naked bodies were being put on display. He ignored them, his eyes locked on Lydia and me.

“After I have your tigress right in front of you and kill her, I’ll let you watch as I defile every other woman in your harem. Then, you will know who is truly the harem king! You can die once I see the light leave your eyes, or maybe I’ll capture your lore, and make you a monster in my dungeon. Would you like to be the cucked monster of Dioshin? Once your women have been reconditioned, I’ll have them come down and tell you all about the fun we have, one at a time.” He laughed.

Lydia coughed painfully, looking over at me. “I-I’m sorry, Master. I messed up. I shouldn’t have let my guard down.”

“No…” I shook my head. “You didn’t do anything wrong. It was supposed to be a fight between harems. He cheated.”

I said those words, but they didn’t make me feel any better.

“Master… I know I told everyone we needed to stop depending on you to save us, but you wouldn’t have any last trick up your sleeve, would you?” She asked weakly.

I thought about her words for a second. King Roth was near us. That’s when a thought came into my head.

“Lydia… do you trust me?”

“With everything.” She responded. “You can have my everything.”

“Then… I will…” I leaned in to kiss her, and as I did, I whispered two last words. “Soul Merge.”