Harem Overlord: I ALWAYS Finish Quick!

Ryan raised his eyebrows. "Have you tested the skill?"

Seeing the girls shake their heads, Ryan clapped his hands.

"Well, there's no time like the present!" He walked up to Grace and pulled out a training dummy.

"Hey! Isn't that my missing training dummy from my academy dorm room?!" Emily exclaimed.

Ryan scratched his head. "How'd this get here?"

"Anyway, moving on to the important stuff," Ryan began. "Let's see what this skill can do."

After configuring the dummy to the proper mode, Ryan stepped back and watched as the girls activated their skill.

Grace was the first to activate her skill, making a pentagram of light descend from the heavens onto the ground below the girls.

After each girl got on their respective points of the star, it lit up and a shockwave of energy flowed out of it, entering each of the five women.

Ryan activated energy vision and saw something he couldn't explain.

It was like they were gaining each other's strength, talent, and abilities in front of his eyes.

He couldn't differentiate their 'temporary strength' like he could if someone swallowed a pill that would boost their energy temporarily, either.

In his vision, they had suddenly undergone a fundamental transformation.

Ryan let out a whistle and smirked at how strong this ability was.

"Test it out!" Ryan said with a grin.

After a nod from Grace, Izzy stepped up first with her battle axe and put her full force behind her swing, seemingly chopping the air in two.

With a slunk, the axe penetrated the dummy's torso.

Holding his breath, Ryan turned to the hologram that showed the result and dropped his jaw.

[SS-Rank Attack Has Been Taken]

[Interesting,] Yoko suddenly chimed in.

[Did you notice something, Yoko?] Ryan responded telepathically.

[They are connected not only in abilities but their very beings are connected. If one got hurt, the others would experience the same level of injury.]

[So you're saying if one would die...]

[They all would,] Yoko confirmed. [But on the bright side, they all have more defensive capabilities.]

As Yoko and Ryan talked, four bursts of light over a few seconds revealed Shade, Hannah, Dianna, and the Zol'Gan Empress.

Seeing they all wore grins, Ryan suspected they had succeeded in their attempts against the dungeon.

[Was the dungeon set to easy mode by accident?] Ryan jokingly asked Yoko.

[Sort of,] Yoko replied. [A person can challenge different world dungeons throughout their lifetime, but the first time is always the easiest.]

Yoko continued, [And it is also configured to your rank. Thus everyone not even being a Master Cultivator certainly made things a whole lot more simple.]

Immediately after coming out of the dungeon, the Zol'Gan Empress turned to Ryan and began speaking. "I felt the time flowed differently inside. How long has passed?"

Ryan blinked dumbly at the Zol'Gan Empress before he asked Yoko, [How long has passed?]

[A week.]

"Seven days?!" Ryan yelled, astonished by the revelation.

"Fuck!" the Zol'Gan Empress cursed. "I need to leave. I'll have to meet up with you after the wedding to... finalize our binding."

Ryan lightly smiled at the mental image of what the 'binding' would entail and asked, "What's so urgent?"

"The Grand Empress has been putting pressure on my empire in full force as of late. It's almost like she doesn't want me to be at full strength for the wedding," The Zol'Gan Empress explained.

"I would offer my help as you've already said you'd become mine, but I've got my own war to prepare for."

Waving her hand dismissively, she started to leave but suddenly halted.

"Maybe there is something that can help with that," she said, turning around.

Reaching into her spatial bag, she pulled out a token with the Zol'Gan Empire's seal.

"This token will allow you to attend the Military Summit for the younger generation being held in the Holy Phoenix Empire in... two days from now," She tossed the coin over to him and left without waiting to hear his response.

===

As Ryan had been planning to go to the Holy Phoenix Empire, Ryan decided he would head toward this Military Summit.

Thankfully, even though the Zol'Gan Empress left without telling him the details, he had Lizzy and Izzy happy to fill him in.

"The Military Summit is a heavenly event that lasts for a week and is held in a different empire yearly," Lizzy began.

"The event's purpose is to allow young talents to better their military tactics and show off their abilities to their superiors," Izzy explained.

"Thousands of young military leaders come to participate, and the heavens themselves reward the most outstanding," Emily added. "In fact..." she continued but was cut short by Zoey.

"The top-ranked member gets a heavenly skill!" she said.

Ryan raised his eyebrows. 'I guess I should take this even more seriously. I haven't gotten any new skills since D-Rank!'

Thankfully, traveling to the Holy Phoenix Empire was much smoother and quicker than traveling to the Zol'Gan Empire since they could use teleportation points.

Arriving at the border, they had to set out the last few miles on foot again, just like when he visited the Red Dragon Empire.

After much complaining, Ryan returned his harem members and knights to his palace and started his solitary journey toward the Phoenix capital.

Well, it would have been solitary without the constant chirping in his ear.

[I can't believe how stupid lucky you are,] Yoko complained for the umpteenth time.

Ryan sighed. [What are you complaining about now, Yoko?]

[It's this event.]

[The Military Summit? What about it?]

[Do you know how rare Heavenly Abilities are?] Yoko asked.

Ryan shrugged. [Not really. But I have a few of them, and the girls just got another one, so they can't be that rare.]

[They're extremely rare! In fact, they are impossible to obtain artificially unless it's at the Heavenly Academy!]

Ryan's ears perked up. [Heavenly Academy?]

[Yes,] Yoko continued. [The Heavenly Academy is the only heavenly-sanctioned Multiverse school. Any heavenly-blessed individual can apply to enter, but most must pass a test.]

[What did you mean about artificial abilities being available at the academy, though?]

[From what I know, the academy is a magical place that even my mother attended and graduated from.]

[It allows one to skyrocket in power and make a name for themselves in their area of expertise.]

[You mean...] Ryan's eyes sparkled.

[Yes,] Yoko chuckled. [They have a whole department dedicated to the pleasures of the Multiverse.]

[In fact, it's the most powerful department.]

Ryan licked his lips. 'Maybe my goal can be achieved! If I can create so much pleasure that any contact with a woman's nipple would make them cum, it would be impossible for them to wear bras!'

The sudden realization that Ryan's dream of creating a bra-free universe was possible crashed into his consciousness like a title wave.

It surged through every fiber of his being like an explosion of bliss and ecstasy as he thought of the possibilities of their flesh having freedom of movement. His hands began shaking uncontrollably at the mere possibility of all these setting them all free.

"They call to me to set them free."

"I shall answer the call with glee."

"For its bare breasts I seek."

"Their nipples I shall tweak."