Fantasy Dungeon Builder's Harem

I reached the northern sector of the city and found Garnet, Hagane, Sriblo, Terra, Baaghi, and the surviving werebears and orcs getting the halflings moving towards the dungeon. I looked around at the evacuation then glanced to Ms. Trueno.

"Let's go," she said in a calm voice. The sort she would use with her students. "It's okay. We're getting out of here."

"Garnet," I shouted, seeing her leading a group of halflings towards the dungeon, Sriblo trotting with her.

"Big bro!" squealed my little sister.

She flapped her red wings and raced over to me. She threw herself into my arms and kissed me. Her lips were soft on mine. I grabbed her ass and squeezed her rump. Her tongue thrust into my mouth. Hot and nimble, it danced with mine.

I broke the kiss and breathed heavily. She had a wicked smile on her lips, this naughty gleam in her red eyes. Her black pigtails framed her mischievous face. She thrust her hands behind her back, arching an eyebrow at me.

"What's up, big bro?" she asked.

"Get to the air and make sure we're getting everyone out," I told her. "Sweep the city. No one gets left behind."

"You got it, big bro!" She spread her wings wide and leaped into the sky. "Kweh, heh, heh!"

I shook my head then headed out into the city to find people to save, my heart pounding in my chest. Exhilaration surged through me. We had taken losses, but we had the city secured. Now we just had to funnel the halflings through Astovin and pull my dungeon back across the mountains.

If Sulanga Stormfury wanted vengeance, he'd have to come to me. He'd have to leave his dungeon behind. He might have the stronger monster girls, but I had more of them. He would be attacking me on my home turf.

And if he took too many away from his base, then he would be vulnerable to adventurers. I smiled. He could never bring his full force to bear on me. Not without risking it all. We just had to get everyone out of here fast.

How far away was his dungeon from here?

Garnet winged over the city. It was still full of so many halflings.

"Zobens and Briesmoni, there's a group of halflings hiding in the building that you're passing on your right. I saw them through the windows," I sent to the two orcs prowling through the street. "Be gentle with them."

"We'll be gentle," promised Zobens as she kicked in the door and rushed in, Briesmoni right on her heels.

Garnet looked to the south and drifted into that sector to help with the evacuation down there. Her eyes scanned the city. She would find every last halfling. She would not let her big brother down. She would help them save everyone.

This was such an incredible day. She felt so thrilled to be in this world.

Crystal reached the street with her surviving yuki-onna. Morana emerged on the street, her cape of black mist spilled down her back. Lana swooped down and landed with a flurry of her lightning-clad wings.

"Let's move it," Lana shouted. "We have a city to evacuate."

"Right, let's go," said Crystal. The ice sprite ran down the street and burst into a building. A group of halflings huddled inside. "Come on, it's okay. We're here to help. Lord Leo has sent us."

"Lord Leo?" a child squeaked. The boy was so small, coming up to Crystal's knee.

"That's right," she said, smiling at him. "We're Lord Leo's, not that evil Sulanga Stormturd's."

The boy laughed. So did others.

Crystal motioned them and led them out onto the street. She guided them to the cobbler that served as one of the dungeon entries and ushered them inside. Morana led her own group, the queen of the dead looking strange holding a hurt halfling in her arms. Concern painted the goth banshee's face.

The ice sprite swallowed and darted off to find more halflings to return. Her next group hid in an alley, quivering there. A small family, grandparents included. She led them out and spotted Halia leading a group of halflings. A large one. Thirty or more being shepherded by her and a few of the salamanders. They were waving their arms, ushering the halflings inside.

Then Piaro, Mastab, and Dychannie led another large group. The blue-scaled basilisks looked so gentle as they guided them in. They weren't the fierce monster girls whose breath could petrify you. They were loving and caring women.

Leo's done this to us, thought Crystal. He's changed these fierce monster girls from something dangerous and vicious into creatures who are full of love and compassion. Those bitches in the skies had none of that.

"Hey, big sis," Garnet said in Crystal's mind. "Don't just stand there. I'll whip that butt. There are halflings three blocks to the north. In the large building with the shattered wall. Go get them."

Crystal shot a gaze to the sky and spotted Garnet soaring above them. She indeed had a shadowy whip in hand. "Love to see you try," Crystal sent back with a smile on her lips. "Your whip would freeze to my ass, then what would you do?"

"Tie you up!" Garnet cracked the whip in the sky.

Laughing, Crystal headed to the building to help dig out the halflings. She felt good. This was such a rewarding moment. Fighting Anguin had been terrifying. They had been protecting Astovin Village, but also themselves.

They didn't have to come here. Leo could have left these halflings to their fate. He and Sulanga weren't enemies yet, but Leo attacked a stronger enemy to help them out. Crystal burst with joy as she found those halflings.

She gathered them and led them to safety.

"How is it going out there, Garnet?" Kassie sent as she gathered the next group onto the tunnel.

"Awesome," Garnet answered. "Ooh, we have most of the city cleared. How's it going down there?"

"Slowly." Kassie studied the group on the circle. She had as many as could fit. "Asud Gu."

"How slowly is slowly?" asked Garnet.

"The refugees are piling up in the tunnels." The mage looked at the groups waiting to get on. She motioned to the next one. "I'm moving them as fast as I can."

"Where are we going?" an old halfling woman asked, her face wrinkled, her eyes milky.

"Safety," said Kassie. "Come on. Squeeze in tight. We can fit two more on. No, no, just two!"

She marched around the circle, making sure everyone was inside of it. They were packed tight.

"Send the next group," Feya called, her voice chipper.

"Asud Gu!"

"Okay, next group," Kassie shouted. "Squeeze in tight. Let's go. Let's move it!"

The pressure to get everyone out mounted on Terra. It weighed on her clay shoulders as she led another family to the evacuation building. She had to go farther and farther from it to find survivors. That was a good thing, but she also felt the time slipping away from them.

How long did they have?

"How is it going, Orcs?" asked Terra.

"We're doing a final sweep of our sector," Zobens reported. "We think it's clear, but we have to make sure."

"Good, good," Terra thought. "And Bhaaloo, how is your part of the town."

"We just found another group," Bhaaloo said. "Smells clear. We'll get them all out, Terra. Don't you fret. We would never let down Lord Leo."

Terra led her group out to the street before the building with the dungeon in it and saw Hagane ushering in her own group. The animated statue waved her metallic arms. The halflings vanished inside. She lifted her head, her glasses gleaming in the afternoon sunlight.

"I think we're going to do this," Terra said to Hagane. "Save them all."

The animated statue nodded, a big smile on her lips. It was an unusual sight to see on the normally thoughtful face.

"I wish I could defend this place," I said to Sriblo as she pranced up to me. The unicorn's golden horn gleamed in the sunlight. "But it feels good to save all these halflings."

"It does, Lord Leo," Sriblo said. She stopped before me, her white horse tail swishing behind her. She stood on her two hooves, a big smile on her gentle face. "I can't find any more halflings to rescue."

I nodded, looking around at their home. An entire city of halflings rescued. I would have to use my magic to help feed them. Build homes for them. They would have to resettle in the valley around Astovin. I could never hold this city against Sulanga.

He was too powerful and this was too far from my base of operation. I would need to find more mana veins. I had a good idea where I could get them, but it would leave my dungeon stretched too far apart. I could never have grabbed those veins and built a tunnel to Sharithin.

Hagane appeared around the corner. She smiled at me and hurried over. "How is the evacuation going, Leo?"

"Good, good," I said. "How long do you think before he hits us again."

"I don't know," said Hagane. She pushed up her glasses. "I fear we saw only a fraction of his forces. Maybe a quarter of what he had. If he hits us before we're done... We're finished."

"Just keep the evacuation going," I said. "We have to have most of the city emptied. We just get them out and through the magic circle."

"That's the bottleneck," Hagane said. "The halflings are choking up the tunnels. Kassie's moving them through fast, but it's still a lot to be done."

I nodded. "Let's do a final sweep of our sectors and make sure--"

"Lord Leo!" Marwo the wildhound shouted in my mind. "There's a horde of monster girls flying in from the northeast. Thunderbirds, phoenixes, and hippogriffs. I count... ten of each."

"Fuck," I growled, the fear squeezing about my heart.

"There's also a lightning wolf leading ten werewolves running on the ground. The treant and a man are on the back. Sulanga. Plus there's a whirlwind and a firewhirl roaring across the ground with him."

"Shit," I groaned.

"At least we had fought half his forces and won," Hagane said. "So it is not as bad as I feared."

"We lost more than half our force," I growled, my stomach sinking.​