James had the fun he wanted, either in the real life with the girls or with the scepter inside his soul room. Things were going smoothly fine, and the three big girls, Islinda, Dora, and Luna, were doing their best to strengthen their situation inside the empire, the fleet, and inside the mining location of the godly ore.

Luna had successfully tightened her grip over the facility; even a single message coming in or out from it through personal devices were all hacked and read by her own surveillance team.

Dora started her own elite fleet, and she told Rigo about the recent development, and asked him to aid her in controlling the girls for fear of James.

Rigo was loyal to James, but anything that might compromise his safety was put first beyond anything else. He had the belief that Dora's worries were justified and backed strongly by the current events that happened in the last campaign.

The seven forces gained a lot, but they lost a huge number of backing up kingdoms, especially those large one who they didn't plan on sacrificing them in the first place.

But as Rigo dug deeper for more intel, he realized that not all the seven suffered losses, five did and two didn't, making the seven forces like a wounded beast, very dangerous to approach or stimulate.

So, if a word about his leader's ability to turn into dragon and turn others into dragons were leaked, then the consequences would mostly be disastrous.

And so he decided to aid her, as he started observing the dozen girls as much as he could, also asking for Islinda's help, and she gladly accepted and gave all the needed support.

As for Islinda, she directly contacted the big wealthy merchants of the seven forces, and talked a little with them. in the meeting she played with the card of the newly conquered places with endless number of mines there to be controlled, and she wouldn't give these to anyone but those whom are supporting her, especially those who has girls in James' harem.

The message was direct and simple, and after this meeting, and within a single day, no one had come to visit her, making her feel strange about their response; was she too vague and they were too dumb?

The situation wasn't like this, as there was a new development happening inside the closed doors of James' harem in the upper layers of this palace.

A dragon shadow appeared, so sudden and not from James only, but from one more girl as well.

This girl was one that attracted James' attention from the beginning. Her figure, her smooth skin, elastic and very sensitive moves of her that made her always be the final girl James would choose to play with, as she always would be the longest one to last in his hands, always being very satisfied of her.

And when she turned into a dragon, he wasn't surprised, but everyone else was shocked.

"Calm down, why are you so scared?" he asked, as this time he was sane dragon, not like the one Dora first saw, one that was about to eat her alive!

Screams were what he got, and after an hour of calming the girls down, some understood this was an opportunity, other saw this as a threat, and all knew this came from James, and he would turn them all into dragons if they kept sleeping with him.

And thus they hurriedly relayed the news, described everything that happened here. their higher ups first had a wave of laughter, but when their spies in each force of the seven sent them the recent updates, including this hilarious message sent by the other girls, they started to have a clear vision of what was going on here!

The force the backed the only girl to turn dragon was one of the only two with their strength being reserved. For them they had only two approaches available, like any other force like them; either support James or kill him; and waiting wasn't an option.

As they were the only force with a dragon lady, they sent an order for the girl to make a simple thing; prevent other girls from sleeping with James one way or another.

The girl knew this was only the first action they would take, and later they would ask for more; even asking her to kill James. She imagined herself again with that huge strong dragon body, imagined James with huge dragon standing on her side, facing the whole world; and she knew what she had to do.

She waited, watched and observed the reactions of each girl. As far as she knew, five of the six other forces were now weak, and so it would be wise to find a shelter in James, investing in him instead of losing everything by standing against him.

So, the only thing that proved to be a fact was that the girl from the other strong force would act to antagonize James.

And the first thing she would receive as order would be to get rid of the girls here and be ready to do the next task.

She was called Anasta, such a tall and blonde girl with bright face and sharp eyes. She gave anyone looking at her a strong sense of oppression, and strangely standing even in the middle of these group of rivals, she was feeling like being finally at home.

Anasta wasn't a simple girl at all, as in her first meeting with James she left many marks over his body, soul, and his sensitive parts, making it so hard to forget her.

She was wild, unshamed by anything, only thinking of her goals and how to reach them. since day one and she realized her main rivals, the three girls and that girl of the other big force.

But actually she never put that last girl in her mind, as she knew the attitude of the force backing her up. They were arrogant, aggressive, with no care to anyone but themselves.

They were known for their betrayals, assassinations, even breaking out an alliance and turn allies into their enemies.

So she was pretty sure that this force would drive this girl into the abyss. However what was really a threat was the three old girls. "Old is always bored," she always said this to herself, considering her luck to be the new one in James' life to be a blessing.

As for the girls coming from other forces, they were the closest being to her since her birth, sharing the same attitude and personality made her see them as friends and family, not rivals and enemies.

So, when she sent to each one to make her come and meet her inside her room, they all gladly comply and came to her. They all got the orders from their superiors to act based on the fact they would live there forever; and they didn't know a viper was eyeing them and if not careful this forever would be so short, not more than a single day.

"You gathered us here today, asking us to come for a reason, right?" the girls from the five weak forces came and sat inside Anasta's room.

"I brought you all today to warn you about something, and form an alliance between each other."

"A warning?!"

"An alliance?!"

The girls were oblivious to the risk they were exposed to, and thus Anasta took the initiative to explain the current situation here. she even told them that her big force would choose to support James, in opposing to the other force who would antagonize him.

And so, she was proposing an alliance, to work together and guard each other against this deadly viper.

Just as she was speaking, the door of her room knocked and the sound of that girl came to say:

"Anasta, I want to speak with you about something urgent please."

Anasta glanced at the other girls, shushed them by placing her finger on her lips, and pointed to places where they could hide and ambush the girl coming here.

If the girl wanted to kill everyone, she couldn't use a weapon that could cause a loud sound, or else she would threaten to alarm everyone. So, she would enter first, act humble and friendly second, then kill third.

And Anasta was just ready to receive her, deal with her even on her own; as her enemy wasn't the only one who knew martial arts and deadly tricks here and there.

Plus, she was now a dragon, something even her enemy missed to take note of!

"Let's see who will prevail, a viper or a dragon, hehehe," Anasta muttered to herself evilly while she opened the door to welcome her rival, Rischa.

This confrontation came outside anyone planning, and would escalate to heights that no one would control; and like this the fourth harem faction was taking shape, and soon it would be strongly present, making it a worthy foe in the harem.