Collide Gamer Chapter 999 – An Artificial Calm

John did not get to work imdiately upon getting ho. Instead, he went to bed. He fully desired to finish up Lee’s initiation that day and to do so he wanted himself and his girls to be at their absolute best. That started with them getting their rhythms properly sorted. Lydia left at that point, but only after John told her the hour at which he saw today’s date ending.

When he woke up for the second ti that day, at the sensible ti of 7 AM, the Gar was exhilarated with the potential of the day. That feeling of sothing exciting happening soon filled every fibre of his being. It sweetened his breakfast, ward the shower and elevated the morning orgy to intense heights. The feeling was clearly shared among the harem. Everyone was excited for the new addition.

‘This level of anticipation is definitely what should precede soone new in my harem,’ John thought, as the morning rituals petered out. Despite, or maybe because of, this general excitent, they were done after only one hour. ‘Everyone’s looking forward to one more person to love and share their life with. If there’ll be any more won in the future, they better induce the sa feeling in my harem.’

After all was washed and all were sexually satisfied, the harem found themselves on the Couch. The TV was on, but only showed a simple visualizer that went along with the soft beats Rave had put on. They were all gathered around the low table and all lounging on so part of the Couch. Even Scarlett and Siena, who sat in armchairs, were sitting on the Couch.

Because this was no longer the exquisitely crafted, sowhat enchanted, but ultimately normal leather-clad couch they had before. This construct of black leather and cushions was the recently acquired Harem Couch. It had been assigned the space around the table, essentially a large U facing the television, and was utilizing it to the best of their wishes. Quite literally, as it reshaped as was necessary.

John had enabled an option called ‘Adaptive Relaxation’ and now the Couch beca whatever was optimal at the ti. First placed, it had been just one U-shape unit. When the harem had wanted to sit down, the Couch parted to allow them simple access to the seats. When they sat down, those that preferred armchairs had their segnts transford. Similarly, those that lay down found themselves with a headrest forming at the perfect spot. Those that cuddled had the backrest of the Couch stretch into a semi-circle, making the nuzzling a bit easier. The Couch could even broaden and do away entirely with the backrest, essentially transforming it into a leathery bed.

So, while they may have been on their own segnts, they were all technically on the sa Couch. “I love this thing already,” John mused while stretching his feet out. He only had to wait a mont for a footrest to form. Watching leather flow like water and expand in an impossible fashion was a bit odd, but nothing too unusual for him at that point.

“I concur,” Copernicus purred. Despite not being a part of the harem, the Couch reacted to him and created a pedestal for the solar jaguar to lie on. Because cats would always do cat things, it was almost two-tres high and allowed the eclipse elental to look down at everyone else, when he wasn’t sleeping. Velka, who got her own, smaller and lower, pedestal chirped in support.

“Sa,” Rave joined the chorus of universal approval, nuzzling a bit closer to his right.

“It will certainly reduce the required cleaning,” Aclysia said from his left.

Both were resting their heads on his shoulders; their feminine curves were pressed against him and their hands lovingly brushed over his chest. While everyone in the harem was equal, there still was a hierarchy to certain things, as there was with every social endeavour. Those two usually got to claim his sides. The beauty of their group was that, when one of the girls really craved or needed the attention, either Rave and Aclysia would make room. Mutual respect and appreciation was a must.

John sat at the centre of the short-side of the U-shape and, thus, could oversee the entirety of his harem. Sitting on their own, in loose or tightly knit groups, all awaiting what he would say next, all naked and beautiful, two cuddled up directly with him. To say that he felt like a king at that mont would have been an understatent. ‘No king ever had this brilliant of a life,’ he thought and smiled. As beautiful as they all were, as good as Aclysia and Rave slled, he still remained mostly flaccid.

It was ti to concentrate.

“Alright, just one thing before we get to the date planning,” John spoke up. “Artificial Spirit just reached level 50, so I am getting so Perks.”

The girls seed a bit disappointed by that announcent, even the Artificial Spirits themselves. Between new Perks and Lee, it was clear where everyone’s hearts and minds were at. John wanted to put a mild buffer between the orgy and the date planning though. Give everyone so more ti to get their reasonable faculties activated.

“Let’s start with Aclysia,” John said as usual.

Two choices were new, one a repeat (that being Juggernaut). The repeat was also John’s favourite of the bunch. Because Aclysia wasn’t particularly mobile, she had neither the Agility nor the movent Skills of Beatrice, her getting restrained was a steady worry. Anything that allowed her to break out with ease was a boon. The resistance against ntal effects was also quite nice, albeit not as necessary thanks to high ntal Stats and the ntal Backlash Attribute.

All of that being said, the two new choices were interesting. Support Servant sounded like a solid Devotion builder. Just how solid depended on what exactly classified as ‘enabling’. If it was enough that Aclysia fought soone in an area where an Unstable Arcana was pulsing, it was essentially a steady resource generation. She could also weave in and out of engagents to refresh the effect, rather than stay put.

Maid Knight Aura was the weakest for general combat purposes, but it could be really potent in the right circumstances. On its own, it was a 5% Endurance buff for Aclysia, assuming the aura also affected her. In terms of harem-related fights, it was also a Sword Specialization 1 and 5% Endurance buff for Beatrice. That already made it good enough for consideration. The more maids inside the aura, the better it would obviously be. John couldn’t imagine that the rest of the harem had the ti or motivation to put in the work to qualify as a maid, but there was, probably, going to be a squad of lesser maids that would eventually join Aclysia to keep the Palace clean. That was part of the reason why she had started her little school.

That had not yet co to pass, making it a less effective pick. The choice wasn’t his to make, however.

“So, what do you think? I am leaning towards Juggernaut,” he asked Aclysia.

Aclysia humd, both looking at the window and kissing his neck at the sa ti. The calming fragrance of lavender rose from her at the mont. “I’d like Support Servant more. I want to be able to use Master’s Shield more frequently.”

John chuckled and sighed at the sa ti. Of course, she would prioritize the Perk that would let her keep him safe better than the one that ensured her own wellbeing. As long as she could still use the Skill that made her the target, it didn’t matter whether she was rooted or not. ‘I can hardly tell her she is wrong…’ the Gar thought, trying to co up with any argunts to make her see things his way. ‘Immobilization is too infrequent an issue to convince her that having a counterasure is paramount.’ “Alright then,” he conceded and picked the passive.