Chapter 1355: Strongest Arena Clearing

"I didn’t know you were that promiscuous," Ira commented as we continued our escort the next day.

I cleared my throat, "Ahem... I think it’s more accurate to say that I am more liberal with my love..."

Ugh... I already know my words were just complete bullshit... The truth is that I just find myself being unable to go against my lovers’ wishes.

I mean... Come on, it’s my girls we’re talking about here... Like as if anyone could say no to them if they were to ask them for something...

Tsara chuckled, "Fufu~ Is that so surprising? I would have thought that it would be quite obvious that Lady Aster’s love is all encompassing by the number of lovers she already has. That is why the Gods themselves favour her~"

I really want to refute that but... I think I’ll just keep my mouth shut for that one...

I’m also surprised they did not mention about the clone thing as well...

Ira made some noises in amusement but chose not to say anything more.

As we headed further along the path, we had apparently reached a sort of ’main road’ where more people were travelling on. Seems like there’s a lot of people on their way towards the Arena right now so we were now part of a long trail of caravans currently headed to the same destination.

With this many people around, most monsters would be staying away anyway so we didn’t have to worry that much about being attacked.

In fact, even if a monster showed up, we probably wouldn’t get any chance to fight either as the others would just fight it off as well.

Thus, while we were still fulfilling our role of being Seabille’s escorts by sticking close to the Trasif convoy, we weren’t really expecting any more problems to occur.

That’s why my girls had also opted to join me at the back instead of spreading themselves out amongst the convoy at this point.

And that in turn means that they were also spending the entire time flirting with me.

And by that, I meant that the girls kept taking turns holding my hands while we walked.

The Amrap sisters saw this and also wanted in on it which my girls seemed to be oddly enthusiastic about encouraging them to do so.

I’m also assuming that because she did not want to feel left out, Tsara also requested to join in as well and took my hand shyly in hers while blushing cutely up to her ears.

That in turn made Ira jump in as well and she gripped my hand firmly in hers, only to also end up blushing cutely too.

I already figured they could be really cute under certain circumstances but... I never thought they were actually capable of being this cute.

Still, I’m glad that we made more progress with these two.

Yes, at this point I’ve already accepted the fact that our strategy to make these two get along was to get them into bed with me... More because I didn’t really have a better idea here and this seemed to be working somewhat.

The rest of the way was relatively uneventful and soon enough, we reached the top of a hill that allowed us to see a giant rectangular clearing in the middle of the forest.

In the clearing was an open field where several smaller structures were dotted around and the four sides of the clearing were surrounded by what looked like large spectator stands.

A short distance away from the large clearing was a smaller clearing that seemed to be cleared away to allow the placement of several buildings that most likely served as lodgings there.

Even from here, I could see the place was absolutely filled with people and I could pretty much guess that we had arrived at our destination.

When I heard that this place was called the Strongest Arena Clearing, I was honestly thinking that it was just a simple clearing that maybe had a platform for the spars and that would be it.

I was definitely not expecting to see an entire olympic village here. The sight of this is pretty insane...

I couldn’t help but mutter, "It’s bigger than I thought..."

Lisa did not miss a beat, "Ahhnn~ That’s what I say when you shove your big, hard pole deep inside me, Aster~"

"No you don’t. You know exactly how big I am," I shot back at her.

She shuddered, "Ahnn~ That is true~ Mmmm~ Wait, that’s not true, I need to make sure of that again, Aster. So let me measure it again using my hole down there~"

I silenced her with a spank on her behind and ignored the moan that came from her.

Odeta took that chance to insert herself into the conversation, "Wahahaha! I’m glad you like it, Sister Aster! This is the place where you can see the strongest of the strongest!! Everyone who wants to be the best will find themselves here eventually!!"

I raised an eyebrow, "Really? I would think that they would go to Dungeon City instead."

"Wahaha! That’s the second place you can find them! But those who go there might not physically be the strongest! If you’re just looking for physical strength, this is the place! No magic, no tricks! Just pure strength and skill!!"

Hmm... I guess that makes sense... Considering the location of this place...

I’m referring to the fact that this is technically the territory of the Wrunches and Amraps who focus more on physical strength than magic of course.

We continued walking since there was still quite a bit of distance between the hill and the arena itself. At the current speed, we should reach there around some time in the early evening.

"There’s a lot of people too... Are they all here for the competition?" I asked, looking at the long trail of travellers heading towards the clearing.

Odeta grinned, "That’s right! The competition this year is supposed to be the most intense ever! So many people are coming here to challenge it!"

"Oh? What’s so special about this year’s?"

All my girls quickly turned to look at me.

What? Why are you all looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?

Unexpectedly, it was Chloe who spoke up, the Amrap having been walking alongside us ever since the night we shared the bed together.

"Ahem... Lady Aster... It might not be my place to say this but... There has been news going around that the strongest being in the world will be attending the competition this year."

I gasped, "What?! Really?! Who is it?!"

She scratched her head, "Well... The title of them being the strongest in the world is unofficial since they’ve never competed in the arena before... But they have another title that they are more widely known around here which people would use to refer to her..."

"Oh? What’s the title?"

"The Invincible..."

Oh damn... For them to be called invincible, they must be pretty strong!

...

Wait a minute... I believe one of my titles is quite literally those two words...

I spun towards my girls and pointed at my face.

All of them nodded.

Odeta let out a bark of laughter, "Wahahaha! How can anyone miss the first appearance of The Invincible, Sister Aster?! The one who can even beat the Dragonslayer!! Of course they would be here!!"

I sucked in a breath before I turned to the person who was undoubtedly the one responsible for this.

"Emilia... Did you spread some kind of advertisement around to attract people here so that you can make business from this?"

She stuck out her tongue and made a circle using her index finger and thumb, "Come on Boss! Do you know what the potential market size here is? It’s huge! Even before the event, we’re already making so much money from people paying for the logistics of making the event happen! And we’re even setting up both official and underground betting rings that will be raking in the Creas as soon as the event starts! We’re making so much money!!"

God damnit... And I bet Odeta also went along with the plan to propagate this to the Wrunch and Amrap communities because she wants to spread my name or something...

Ugh... Do you girls even consider what would happen if I end up losing or something? Especially since this place is meant to be a contest of physical strength... Even Odeta can beat me in that department, you know?

As though reading my mind, Odeta gave me a thumbs up, "You don’t need to worry, Sister Aster! There is the battle arena event which is where all the attention will be focused on! That allows the usage of magic so Sister Aster can dominate that place!"

"Eh? Then the event wouldn’t be focused on physical strength would it?"

"That event is for showcasing your full combat abilities! The only restriction is that it has to be close combat so you can still win, Sister Aster!"

Hmm... I suppose so...

Wait a minute...

Why is it already decided that I will participate?! I only wanted to come here to watch!!