Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem

The shadow covering the Academy rippled and contorted as the massive being in the sky flapped its wings, kicking up clouds of dust and flipping up skirts and shirts. The first flap halted the monstrous being's journey across the sky.

Like a stone in water, it began dropping out of the sky right above the Academy's front entrance.

Zach and the others couldn't flee. They were frozen in shock and awe as the massive creature wrapped itself in a cocoon of its wings, dropping to the ground like a nutshell. They had felt it just from being under that being's shadow.

Fleeing? What was that?

There was no escaping that creature. It didn't have anything to do with its speed or ability of flight. The creature was unlike anything they had ever seen before.

It was ridiculously large, bigger than any of the overgrown monsters in the forest. Dark green and blue scales covered its entire body in impenetrable armor, and its wings were enough to completely wrap its body.

The sheer pressure it gave off as it descended was like a greeting from death.

If it struck the ground with all the momentum and power it built with its drop, it would be like a meteor. The ensuing shockwave and crater would tear through the Academy.

However, when the being was a stone's throw high up in the air, a long-haired, white-haired figure suddenly appeared right in front of it and tapped the top of its body with a fist.

The fist that was so small and looked so gentle in comparison to the being's body sent the being flying. The massive body, instead of crashing straight down at the Academy's doorstep, did a horizontal landing in the forest, leaving behind a deep and wide furrow and a mangled field of broken trees.

Still, the impact had rattled the ground to the point Zach wondered if he would need new knees. After all, his legs continued shaking afterward.

However, he soon realized it was because the massive creature was walking toward the Academy, undaunted by the principal's more-solid-than-rock-fist.

"Ugh, the others showed up without a fuss. Why do you keep making trouble, you damn brat?" The principal admonished his familiar when it stopped in front of the Academy. But he didn't stop it from flaring its wings wide to the sides and roaring.

The dragon needed its self-confidence, and the students didn't suffer being shown the reality of the world.

The Underworld? Named underworlders? Monsters in the nearby forest?

They were all bugs in front of the Lord of Ashes and Ruin. No, they were bugs in front of the Lord of Ashes and Ruin's familiar. In front of the Lord of the Skies, the Lord of Shadows, the Eternal Deathbringer, the Underworld and everything down there wasn't even worth thinking about.

The Underworld, a foe that put all the students in the infirmary with life-threatening injuries at least once, was nothing much. The only thing the Great Ugor was good at was hiding.

It was like how even a mighty human might struggle to root out the nests of insects and cockroaches.

If the students wanted to get far in life and on their journey as summoners, they had to realize that the Underworld was a stepping stone. If they couldn't overcome it, they could never reach for the stars. The sooner they realized it, the better.

Some, like Zach, Nessa, and Violina, had already realized there was more to the world than what they had encountered in the fights against the Underworld. They had seen the ruin brought by the erroneous monsters in the Labyrinth of Syst's statutes of the deities. They had seen literal deities fight and fall.

Compared to that, what were the Named underworlders really? What was the Great Ugor? A coward. He was a coward stronger than them but a coward nonetheless. He could use all the cheap tricks in the world to try and get what he wanted, regardless of whether it was the surface in its entirety or the surface's resources.

But unless he truly

fought

for what he wanted, he would forever be one step away from getting it.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Well, he was also smart.

If he stepped foot onto the surface, the Great Ugor wouldn't live to take a second step.

Zach didn't know how strong the principal's familiar was, nor did he have a clue how strong the Great Ugor was. And while the Great Ugor had Jigak and maybe more and stronger Named working for him, the principal had more familiars.

Zach had a feeling that the principal's other familiars were stronger. He couldn't explain why, but the actions of the dragon in front of them seemed like something a 'weak' younger sibling might do. It was showing off and putting its power on display in front of a bunch of students too weak to even stand and look at it. Read latest chapters at empire

Would it need to do that if it was strong?

Zach looked up at the dragon. He narrowed his eyes.

As if it could feel his gaze, the dragon turned its large, bright green, slit-pupil eyes toward him.

The pressure from the gaze alone made Zach want to kneel. It was heavy.

But he had trained. The restrictive barriers he used to limit his movements also made him want to lay down just to escape the pressure. He was pretty good at not doing that by now, so he stubbornly met the dragon's gaze.

The dragon snorted and looked at the principal, wondering why he had called it.

The principal smacked it again. After roaming the world a little, this overgrown lizard had grown overconfident. The principal then took out a glass vial.

Without the dragon being able to voice its opinion, the principal stole some of its blood.

The dragon looked at the principal as if asking if that was it. It had come all this way and all the principal wanted was a few drops of blood?

The dragon turned around and took off before receiving another smack. There was no need to question the almighty Lord of the Skies' decisions and orders. He was infinitely wise, magnanimous, gracious, and powerful. The dragon praised the principal in its heart until it was far enough away that he could curse without the principal sensing it.

Back at the Academy, the principal descended to the ground, where Lexi and the others were just getting back on their feet.

They glanced at Zach. They had noticed how he remained standing during the entire thing.

At first, they thought he was impressive.

Then, they saw the whites of his eyes.

He had passed out.