Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem

It took a while for Nessa to convince Zach that their findings weren't useless. Even when Zach reluctantly admitted that knowing a little more, however little it was, was better than being completely clueless, Nessa wasn't sure Zach actually believed her. She had a feeling he was just saying that so that he could take a nap without her bugging him.

Nessa didn't have much of a choice. Although only one of his familiars, the beautiful, black-haired maid, was protecting him, the angel alone was not enough to keep the dolls from tearing down the talismans. She could only be in one place at a time after all. The dolls, however, were all over the city.

Nessa armored up and started helping with the doll extermination and clean-up.

She had undergone significant mental training to be able to wear the armor that made her look like a cockroach without worrying about what others thought. Surprisingly, losing her arm had helped with that training since she was always thinking about how others looked at her to the point where she wasn't worried when she donned her armor anymore.

She still didn't like how it looked, though, and she didn't understand why it looked the way it did when it was supposed to represent a union between her and her Millipede.

But looks aside, it was a great skill. It provided great defense. It extended and strengthened her senses, and it amplified her strength. She had even tried out the thing Violina mentioned.

It was difficult since it felt like she was trying to understand the Millipede by reading its thoughts, which were no more understandable than its facial expressions. But it was possible. If she kept working on it, she would be able to communicate with her familiars.

Together with her third skill, Nessa dominated the city as soon as night fell. The darkness amplifying her strength through her Robber of Light combined with the strength amplification of her Exoskeleton and turned her into a beast.

She couldn't compare to the current Yanael. But she could equal or even surpass Yanael when she was Zach's only familiar.

The only problem was that it was a strength she wasn't used to handling. Even if it had been, Nessa wasn't used to fighting the same way a battle maid was. Her sheer strength made her a formidable foe, but all she could do was recklessly swing her limbs around. The only thing that kept her from missing her unbalancing herself was the Exoskeleton's animalistic instincts guiding her movements and correcting her attacks.

However, through her amateurish moves, Yanael saw potential. Soara also saw it, but she wasn't as interested as Yanael was. Soara was more interested in the Dawnthief Bat flying around in the night sky.

It was an audacious name even for an S-rank familiar.

The other students had familiars also at the S-rank. Anerias' Darkwing. Violina's Frost Imp and Frost Wraith. Dukiel's Transformation Cube and Symbiotic Slime. All powerful in their own right.

None of them would even dare to claim to be able to steal the dawn.

Not even Yanael could steal the dawn.

Alzara…

The Desert Witch had a lot of tricks up her sleeve, and they would only increase the stronger she got. Soara couldn't say for certain what Alzara roi Kalam's limits were.

But for a tiny bat to take the dawn away? Something wasn't adding up.

Soara glanced at the Serpentine Millipede sneaking bites of the burning pile of dolls without a care for the charring of its carapace. That one was also interesting. It also seemed smart enough since it made sure to filter out the underworld energy now and then by eating talismans as well and then burping out the underworld energy.

The Midnight Butterfly wasn't as interesting or noteworthy as the other two. But the Millipede and Bat were enough for Soara to think highly of Nessa. There were also the other students with S-rank familiars. While not as impressive as Nessa and not nearly as impressive as her Master, they were skilled summoners still.

Not only was Zach, her Master, an amazing summoner, but his peers were also incredible talents as well.

Soara's eyes glazed over slightly and her gaze grew distant as she looked far, far beyond the horizon.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

From what she had heard, Zach also had several talented siblings around his age. When she had eavesdropped on conversations around the city and within the Academy, she had also heard chatter about other youths shining brightly. It didn't sound like anyone could quite measure up to Zach, and she wasn't saying that just to reaffirm that her choice to serve him was the right one.

It was an era of talent blossoming right now in the Empire.

The foundations of the Empire that had been standing solidly for centuries would shake and be overturned in the future.

Soara looked at Zach, who was sleeping on the cobbled street without a care in the world, thanks to his barriers. Like any being born for greatness, there would be many trials ahead of Zach. His life would only grow more eventful and lively in the future.

Soara hoped he would be strong enough to endure everything the universe would throw at him.

But in case he wasn't…

Soara glanced around the city until she made eye contact with Yanael.

Zach's familiars could do more than simply help him kill monsters. Although they were his battle maids and lived to serve him, there were many ways to serve a person. Zach was also independent enough that he didn't need three or four maids to constantly attend to him.

…they could always make sure he had people to back him up in his moments of weakness.

Alzara was already helping Zach develop something other than his personal strength through the alchemy business.

Yanael and Soara could also contribute with what they knew and were capable of.

There was just one thing that stopped them.

Zach's permission.