Fantasy Dungeon Builder's Harem

A sword of light appeared and slashed for the injured Sulanga. Both Cysgo and Feya had hurt him. Now I just had to finish him. The blazing bastard threw himself to the side. The blade didn't cut him in half.

But it did bite hard into his side. Blood spurted out of the flames. He screamed in agony as he hit the ground and rolled. Gleaming crimson spilled on the floor. I rushed forward, my heart bursting with determination.

"Howl and rage, let the winds of Lord Anu gust!"

Sulanga's spell slammed into me. A hard wind struck me and threw me back. I hit the ground and rolled in a clatter of breastplate. I groaned at the force of the wind that had thrown me and coughed as I struggled to stand.

"Graven wounds pulse in pain, let the healing of Lord Dumazid flow!" chanted Sulanga. I knew that spell. Mend Flesh.

Fuck.

I whispered, "Light can bend, let the lie of Lady Sherida hide!"

The invisibility wrapped around me again. I rolled to the right and scrambled to my feet.

"That invisibility is a useful spell," Sulanga said as he rose, his flames burning hot. "Lightning crackle and hiss, gird me in the love of Lady Uttu."

Sulanga refreshed his Static Aura. Mine was still active. That wind spell wasn't an attack, I supposed. It just threw me back. I considered my options. I had to change this up. Go on the melee fight.

"Within the soul slumbers, let the primal passion of Lady Ianna transform!"

Shapechange was a spell I hadn't used much. I focused on becoming a huge bear, a mighty grizzly. Still invisible, my body expanded. I fell onto my forelegs. My mouth elongated into a muzzle. I had claws. Sharp teeth.

I weighed nearly a ton.

I stalked Sulanga as he looked around. A grin appeared on his flaming body. "If I was you, I would go for melee. Right?"

I didn't answer. He was trying to bait me. I wouldn't let him.

"Storm howls, let the tempest of Lord Anu whirl!" he shouted.

Wind exploded around him. Not from him, but around him. It was a mighty whirlwind that engulfed him. A tornado that rose to the ceiling. I stared at it. I had a lot of bulk in this form. Could I make it through?

My Static Aura might not trigger from the wind. A defensive spell. It would trigger against his Static Aura. Our Flamebody spells canceled each other out. He had that dagger, but I still was pretty protected by Granite Flesh.

My jaws would crush his skull.

I charged.

He whirled at my lumbering form, but it was too late. I leaped at the winds howling around him. I struck them only to be flung back by them. I hit the ground with a grunt, my invisibility falling off me. Suddenly, my furry paws appeared.

"Lightning arcs and sizzles, let the fury of Lord Enlil spread!" Sulanga roared.

Before I could even get up, the spell struck my body. Static Aura burst and sizzled out, defending me from that spell. I released my Shapechange spell. I had to speak. As my body flowed back to normal, I stood up.

Sulanga was already casting his next offensive spell. I was dead. I had no protection.

"Lightning—"

White light flashed behind him. Kassie appeared on the circle.

"—arcs and sizzles, let—"

"Ki-Man!" Kassie cried.

The ground beneath Sulanga's feet became slick with ice. He slipped in an instant, cutting off the spell that would kill me. He crashed amid his whirlwind roaring around him.

Kassie, gripping her medallion, cried, "Amagi Dur"

An ax of ice appeared above Sulanga and slammed into his Static Aura. The sparks burst, shattering the Ice Ax.

I was already roaring, "Death reaps and harvests, let the scythe of Lord Nergal kill!"

My Spectral Scythe swung at Sulanga. He rolled to the side. It sliced through his side and he gasped at the pain the Death spell dealt him.

"Lightning crackle and hiss, gird me in the love of Lady Uttu!" he growled, struggling to stand. Static Aura crackled around him.

"Amagi Dur!" Kassie shouted.

Ice Ax crashed into his protective spell, shorting it out. Sulanga gasped, struggling to get his feet beneath him, but the slick spell kept him down. That didn't stop him from growling out his next spell, "Flames erupt, let the conflagration of Lord Gibil blaze!"

Fear for Kassie shot through me.

But before the fires exploded around us, Kassie calmly cried, "Izi Su!"

Fire engulfed her while I screamed out my next spell, desperate to kill Sulanga, fear for Kassie squeezing about my heart.

"Blinding brilliance hardened, let the light of Lord Shamash cut!"

"Lightning crackle and hiss, gird—" Sulanga's Static Aura spell cut off as my dazzling sword of light sliced through his head and cut off his neck.

Sulanga Stormfury's head danced across the floor and ended at the feet of Kassie. She stood in her blue robes, her body a mass of flames like mine. She put her foot on the tyrant's head, a big smile spreading on her blazing lips.

The Wind Glyph burned on my chest. I felt it searing in me. New words whispered in my mind as I gained the last one. I had all twelve of the glyphs. I staggered, relief sweeping through me. I had won. I had beaten Sulanga Stormfury.

"YEEESSSS!" I roared to the ceiling.

"Lord Leo!" Kassie cried and raced to me, her body flaming. She had such a joyous smile on her face. "We saved them!"

She threw herself against my chest. I hugged her and, to my delight, she kissed me. She planted her lips right on mine. I held her burning body to mine, flames blazing around us as I kissed my halfling mage.

We had done it. We had crushed Sulanga Stormfury. He was dead. Gone. He had paid for his crimes. I was glad that Kassie had disobeyed me. That she had come back. Her magic was just the thing I needed.​