Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem

The battle between Zach's familiars, the Nilma chief, and the snake-like intruder was clearly in favor of the humans. But the intruder's scaly face showed no signs of distress or worry. They had only gotten a few meager scratches here and there. He was being suppressed, but he hadn't even shed a drop of blood yet.

However, the humans were far from done. Alzara's curses were piling up, Mandra's magic was seeping into the intruder's fire energy, and the chief was still growing stronger. He even appeared to be transforming.

A phantom leopard sometimes appeared when he struck or overlapped with his body. His skin started turning yellow and brown with the fur of a leopard. His hair retreated back into his head. His ears grew longer and fuzzier as they moved on top of his head. His nose grew flatter and wider while his mouth extended and expanded to fit the fangs that grew.

His muscles bulged and rippled with strength as the rest of his body also slowly transformed, turning him into something between a human and a leopard. When he reached that stage, his power and speed soared. He drew the first drop of blood from the intruder.

Zach and Nora were the most amazed.

Yanael, Alzara, Soara, and Mandra were all aware of shapeshifters and the like. Mandra had even seen the phantom of a leopard behind the chief from the moment she saw him.

Alzara knew a group of desert witches who could do something similar. Some of the deities from Soara's home planet bestowed similar abilities to their followers. Yanael could pop out wings and a halo. Why couldn't the chief pop out some fur and alter his body a little?

If anything it would be easier for the chief to transform than it was for someone to get wings and a halo. The chief's transformation still dealt with materials that could be found in the human body. Hair, muscles, blood, skin, and bone were the only things changing.

Even if the how was difficult to understand, it was easy to understand that it was doable.

Yanael's transformation on the other hand…Where did the feathers come from? Where did the ring of solid light come from? Angel magic.

However, not even the chief's finished transformation was enough to change the intruder's expression. He continued parrying the mix of legs, blades, and magic with ease. Occasionally, he would catch a strike he couldn't block and either let it happen or counter by landing a blow of his own.

The problem with that was the fact that none of the others were as sturdy as him.

Zach was getting tense. The fact that the situation wasn't worsening any more for the intruder meant that he was still fine. The scrapes he had gotten so far were barely anything.

"I guess my brother's death was not unexpected." The intruder's voice was soft like he was talking to himself. But everyone heard it. It was calm. But it wasn't just that it didn't seem like he had even exerted himself so far.

It sounded like he had just been testing the waters, seeing what he was dealing with.

"He was always a little rash." The intruder sighed, not really blaming his brother.

"Good thing he has me to clean up after him."

The intruder took a deep breath. Mandra dashed forward and grabbed Alzara by the neck before retreating as far as she could in the few moments they had before the intruder unleashed a torrent of dark red flames from his mouth and nostrils onto his feet. A circle of fire bloomed and expanded, swallowing the camp.

The chief, Alzara, Mandra, Soara, Yanael, Nora, Visla, and Zach hid behind a barrier made by Zach and Mandra's combined efforts. The tiny area occupied by their feat was the only plot of land not charred black by the snake-like intruder's fire.

The tents had been turned into ash floating through the wind, and whatever metal pieces had been nearby had all melted and turned into red-hot goop in the black wasteland.

"Uhh…I think he might have been going easy on us until now," Zach couldn't help but say as the flames died down.

"..." The only answer either Visla or the Nilma chief had would be unproductive, so they stayed silent.

"But I still think it's doable. Yanael, I think you'll need to take the lead. Mandra, taking this bastard down is more important than my condition. Nilma chief, I hope you don't mind relying on us."

"Not at all. I'll follow your lead this time." A bead of sweat soaked into the fur at the Nilma chief's temple.

Without Zach and Mandra's barriers, surviving that blast would have been very difficult. His only option would have been to jump over the fire, but that would have turned him into a sitting duck in the air. He would have been peppered with fire shots before he even started falling again.

There was no denying that Zach's familiars were powerful, and Zach seemed to be the only one who could bring out their full potential when they were working together.

Yanael unfurled her four wings and flapped them to dispel the dust and ash around them. Her halo glowed brighter as she filled her sword with sacred energy and faced the snake-like intruder.

Since Zach ordered it, she would have to face the intruder instead of focusing on keeping Zach safe. It seemed Zach prioritized taking down the snake-like person over his own well-being. Experience tales with My Virtual Library Empire

The only way for Yanael to do it in a way that satisfied her would be to take him down before he could injure Zach or Zach's condition worsened because Mandra and Soara needed to tap into more of their strength to be effective.

"Soara, can you find an angle?" Zach asked. He had noticed Soara not acting until now. There had to be a reason for that. Hopefully, there was also a solution.

However, Soara slowly shook her head.

"His life force is too strong. He would need to be on the brink of death for me to do anything."

Zach nodded.

"Yanael, Alzara, Mandra, Chief, you heard her."

The four responded by charging at the intruder, undeterred by the power behind his latest attack.