Ghoul King's Harem
Chapter 56 [Bonus ] 56: Meeting!

Meanwhile, outside the academy

Mildred's beautiful blonde hair flickered in the wind, her hand holding a fully drawn shortbow, several arrows between the gaps of her fingers, watching the scene below her, standing on the roof of a school store, a soft breeze of wind blowing past as the brilliant sun rising as her emerald eyes reflected the radiant light.

"Hold the bow tightly; aim just above the target you wish to hit."

Her voice was slow, concise and clear as she began instructing the seven girls standing just a metre below her.

"If the target is too far, raise your bow even higher; the amount will determine your skill, bow and the wind's direction; please make sure to learn your distance, habits and ideal range; I cannot teach you everything."

Seven newly transformed vestas stood in a line, each carrying a shortbow, while two had longbows, slowly drawing their first shots and taking a while to get used to the feel; ahead of them were six vestas leading those were Laura and Samantha. They began slowly guiding and leading zombies towards the group in sizes between 5-10.

'These girls are so different....' Mildred thought, looking at the girl who crushed the man's testicles and climaxed, now her hair and eyes a vibrant blue as she moved in sync with Laura as the pair both used dual daggers and assassin-type skills.

"It's good those damn fools would loot anything they thought was useful, even their fallen allies' equipment..." Mildred mumbled, releasing an arrow from her bow, shooting through the air in a short arc before penetrating a zombie around 50 yards away, right through the dome, as the white light instantly penetrated her body, filling her with a rush.

Mildred felt the need to improve; suddenly, she went from his only vesta to one of many.

She was not special like Laura, nor as devoted as Maria or Samantha...

At first, it was because she was adamant that she would reject him, that Alex was nothing but a means to get revenge; however, now that he was gone, a feeling of emptiness filled her chest.

'No matter how hard I deny it, whether it's my feelings or the fact I've been changed....'

Swiftly loading another arrow from her middle fingers, drawing the bow in seconds and firing another rippling shot that tore through the air; as if filled with magic, it exploded with speed while halfway out of her bow and tore through the throat of another zombie, causing its body to tilt to the side, another girls rookie shot then penetrating the zombie through her deformed skull and giving the new vesta her first kill.

"I did it! I killed one!?" The vesta who shot cheered before the others seemed more determined to land a shot.

Due to her lack of skill and vision, she had no clue that Mildred helped her, but seeing the girl who was determined to die, nothing but dull eyes and despair earlier so vibrant, Mildred began to think that Alex's skill wasn't so bad after all.

'These girls are much better than I thought once they became like me, although the memories of being violated never faded. At least now they are not trapped by those horrible feelings...'

Mildred continued to unleash her arrows, killing a zombie with each hit, the white essence spreading between all the girls around her, while a small portion shot towards the direction of the old graveyard.

'He is there...'

Although there was a book with the novice Archery talent and enough for all the girls, Mildred first wanted to test them all out; Samantha and Laura agreed they would try each girl and see who was good with archery, who could fight with strength and the others like Laura who used their speed most.

The first one up was Sarah, a young woman who loved baking.

She moved gracefully, using her arms as much as possible in every movement and looked as if she was trying to remember something as she fired an arrow in quick succession towards the targets in front of her; as she missed by an inch, she released an arrow which burst into flames in midair; once it hit the ground it turned into ashes almost instantly, but this time it created sparks which startled some of those watching.

'Wow!' Laura said, impressed at the girl's ability and precision.

"I'm surprised you didn't aim for the head!" one of the vestas mocked her, but Mildred was impressed with this girl. She was one of the few with a talent and a skill called "Flaming Arrows", the ability to make her arrows combust into flames at random intervals after the shooting.

"Of course I did, I missed...!" she answered angrily.

Sarah smiled before firing another shot from her bow while willing the arrow to combust into flames using a "Flaming Arrow" in midair, where it broke into smaller pieces before bursting into flame again; the small shards of wood began to rain down on a group of zombies, setting fire to their skin, melting the corpse's body, then vanished completely without leaving anything behind except for a dead zombie full of holes.

'Her skill is quite interesting; if she learns the novice archer talent, it could be a good surprise attack... I wonder if she can use it on melee weapons? Or maybe even any thrown object if it counts as a missile attack?'

Mildred began to wonder what other talents these girls possessed; the next girl up was Mary, a beautiful woman who used magic to enhance herself.

She appeared as if a strong wind were pushing her back as a gust blew through her long, blue hair and blue eyes before her body almost turned into images as she began to slice apart a zombie with her brutal daggers, almost as if torturing the male zombie with a twisted smile on her face, as she crushed it's skull under her foot, a long red tongue sliding across her lips as she felt a light climax from killing him.

'That voice mentioned Alex, this means that in three hours many people will rush to that place; I know he said to wait, but I cannot allow him to be there alone... Maria stayed behind as those two girls... Megan and Patricia were it? They seem to be transforming at a slower speed than the other girls...'

"Alex... stupid... why does your absence have to leave such a big gaping chasm in my heart?" Mildred muttered, once again taking out her anger and frustration on the zombies, swearing in her heart that she would stop being so stubborn and try to face her issues to remain close to Alex in the future, not wishing to lose to the other women.

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A silver spear shone in the rising sun, an outburst of power stemming from her wielder's violent and aggressive lunge; using her own body as part of the spear, Claire lashed out at the human who tried to sneak up behind her and slash her back with a vigorous swipe, it was strange, she thought that arrogant man would be behind her team, so why could another human assault her so easily?

'Is he a filthy snake, merely pretending to be a man of good morals?' She thought, tapping her blade against the ground as the male human's skull split apart, grey matter bubbling as it slipped from the cracked bone.

"Ein, take care of any ambushes; Zwei, cover Ein and use magic sparingly! Drei, you take care of our flank. The rest of you, follow me; let's replace where that arrogant little cunt is hiding." Her voice was harsh but clear as she marched towards the academy ground through the collapsed shopping centre.

The words of that woman's voice meant that soon Alex might be surrounded by others, and from the few days apart, Claire found that even your old friends that spend years beside you at school cannot be trusted!

'Maria... Please forgive me when I believed them about your death... Why was I so stupid and naive, even after his tip...'

She felt regret for what happened before they entered the city and didn't notice their enemies until it was too late... But still, I won't give up on Maria yet...

"Alex must have a way... his skill could protect us all so much... although I am changing into something different each moment that passes, the more I kill these monsters, the more I desire to devour their flesh... No, not just theirs... even human flesh... But... It's fine... Now I can be beside him without worry... I am equal... something that even Amy didn't share with him!"

Claire was in a moment of stupor, only safe due to her "Sisters of Battle" that would always work together with her; each of them was stage 1 vesta and now much more powerful than an average human of the same level, using Alex's tips, she made them increase willpower to 15 with the extra points, then depending on their talent and skill, improve the others.

'I feel like some captain from the three kingdoms books... Hehe!'

Her smile faded as the sound of swords clashing, people shouting, and then a gun being fired several times filled her ears, as did footsteps which seemed to get louder as someone ran towards them as if trying to escape a fire; another person fell dead out of nowhere; the ones who were left had no chance against such numbers as one man picked up two guns, shooting at anyone within reach.

Claire and the other girls recognised the male; it was Chu Feng, a strong warrior who helped them through a couple of difficult fights; for some reason, he was almost equal in power to Claire, while his there women seemed to get slightly stronger each time they had relations with him.

'That filthy rat, dare to proposition me in that way...'

He tried to force himself into their shared room the night they met. Claire made the vesta she converted to sleep in the same room as her to avoid incidents.

Thus when the drunken Chu Feng entered her room, almost destroying the door, he was met with more than twelve glinting daggers and several kicks to his testicles as a consequence of his actions; since that night, he began to blame it on the wine and being excited at meeting another friendly group.

As Claire looked around, she saw that many others, both men and women, died, screaming or groaning until they went silent as the world grew darker...

The academy grounds were completely wrecked, bodies scattered everywhere, when suddenly more than 14 women appeared, eight of them with bows locked onto Claire and Chu Feng in the distance, while a blue-haired woman that resembled the female physical education teacher quickly dispatched the zombies with another group of six women, that seemed to kill without any fear or resistance.

'They are like me!?' Claire felt this connection when she came closer; these women were like her! Like the women behind him, all of them vesta!'

Finally...

A short week, maybe less, nobody could tell the days passing in the end times.

All Claire knew was that he was close... Finally, she could see Alex again since she believed he had died that day.

Her eyes suddenly met with Laura's as they recognised each other; the bows stopped aiming at her and the girls behind her but remained locked onto the show-off Chu Feng, who pointed his guns back towards them with his small group now with two fewer males standing behind him.

"Hey... Claire, can you have these bitches drop their bows? Don't they know a woman shouldn't treat a man this way; otherwise, nobody would want them!"

'Idiot...'

'Retard...'

'Loser...'

Laura, Claire and Mildred thought to themselves at this man's words before shaking their heads and making the girls drop their bows, allowing the two groups to enter the now barricaded entrance of the academy.

The plan to meet with Alex was still underway.

Little did any of the women know right now, Alex was on the verge of becoming some woman's pet, only to fertilise her eggs and then become her meal.