The Devouring Dragon-Chapter 52: Quests

She'd essentially watched her comrade, who was also the descendant of one of the original Maou, be killed effortlessly. Then, she'd been forced to make a magical contract with me. Now, she was at my mercy.

Well, mostly at my mercy. My [Contract Making] skill was a pretty high level, but for a genius mage who had access to Ophis's snakes, it might've been possible to break through.

Only one night had passed since I killed Creuserey, and she hadn't tried anything yet. Whether that was because she couldn't or because she was afraid to, I wasn't sure. Either way, if she did manage to break out of the contract, she wouldn't make it far.

She was the strongest subordinate I had now, aside from Tiamat, so I wasn't going to let her go easily.

Though the Dragon King was a familiar instead of a subordinate. She still let me order her around, but that was more because she had gained respect for me and bought into my plan instead of actual submission.

"You can eat too," I said casually, walking towards the gorgeous woman, "It's not poisoned or anything. I think you know as well as I do that I don't need to use such underhanded methods to kill you."

Katerea just nodded stiffly at my words, poking her fork into a chunk of meat and finally raising it to her mouth. We both knew I could kill her whenever I wanted - I didn't need to poison her food.

Which was something I was happy about - not because I planned on killing her or anything, but because it made me a bit more comfortable in my own power. Because Tiamat's power came from her [Karma Control], defeating her hadn't given me a great gauge on where I stood in the world.

My 'fight' with Creuserey, which could barely be considered a fight, had shed some more light on that. The man was decently powerful in the grand scheme of things, as in the series he had forced Sirzechs to fight him seriously.

Granted, 'seriously' didn't mean the Maou was using his full power, and after getting serious Sirzechs had defeated him effortlessly.

But I had also defeated him in just two attacks. I would consider that pretty effortless myself.

I wasn't sure if I could take on a Super-Devil even with all my skills at the moment, but I at least felt better about my odds now.

The final benefit from taking down the two Maou descendants came in the form of my quests, which had piled up both during the time since defeating Tiamat and after my actions in the Astaroth Territory.

The first one related directly to Katerea.

[Quest]

Conquer the Old Satan Faction

Subdue or Kill [Katerea Leviathan]

Subdue or Kill [Creuserey Asmodeus]

Subdue or Kill [Shalba Beelzebub]

Rewards:

All [Territory] owned by the [Old Satan Faction]

All [Subordinate]'s owned by the [Old Satan Faction]

+10,000 INT

+10,000 MP

+10,000 MREG

+10,000 HREG

+All unclaimed [Leviathan] related skills!

+All unclaimed [Asmodeus] related skills!

+All unclaimed [Beelzebub] related skills!

+All [Leviathan] related skills will be raised to level 25!

+All [Asmodeus] related skills will be raised to level 25!

+All [Beelzebub] related skills will be raised to level 25!

Failure:

A Thorn in Your Side

For the rewards the quest gave, with the best rewards being the skills, the quest was pretty easy. I was already two-thirds done with it, and taking down Shalba Beelzebub would finish it off.

Speaking of skills, I already had a couple of the [Asmodeus] skills after using [Devour] on Creuserey. The first skill was [Starsend Moment].

[Starsend Moment] - Force an emotion.

The description was very vague for the Asmodeus Clan skill, but through a bit of testing I had learned that it essentially allowed me to force an emotion onto someone. If I used it and willed for my opponent to feel helpless, then they would. In the same vein, I could make them feel happy, sad, angry, etc.

Overall, it was a pretty good skill. Mid-fight, I could use it to goad someone into something, and I could overall use it for manipulation outside of a battle.

However, despite the second skill not being the clans main ability, I liked it even more: [Enhanced Flight].

[Enhanced Flight] - Take flight with the force of multiple pairs of wings.

The Asmodeus Clan was unique in its members having multiple pairs of wings instead of the typical two wings a devil had, and it seemed they weren't just for show.

Overall, having the ability to fly was the main benefit of this. I could already jump pretty high, but being able to actually fly was far more useful and versatile.

I hoped the Leviathan and Beelzebub skills would be just as good, especially in comparison to the easy quest.

I won't complain about it being easy either - when it had first popped up, I had been worried it would include Rizevim Lucifer. While he wasn't a leader of the Old Satan Faction branch of the Khaos Brigade, he was still a Maou descendant who had been a part of the Old Satan Faction in the Civil War.

As a Super-Devil, he definitely would be more trouble than the other three. Luckily, I didn't have to worry about him yet. Though I was sure I'd get a quest to take him down eventually, and most likely one involving a certain world-ending beast.

Of course, taking down the Old Satan Faction wasn't the only quest I had gotten. There were many other factions that I needed to defeat to take over the Underworld.

[Quest]

Conquer the New Satan Faction

Subdue or Kill [Serafall Leviathan]

Subdue or Kill [Sirzechs Lucifer]

Subdue or Kill [Ajuka Beelzebub]

Subdue or Kill [Falbium Asmodeus]

Rewards:

All [Territory] owned by the [New Satan Faction]

All [Subordinate]'s owned by the [New Satan Faction]

+50,000 STR

+50,000 END

+50,000 AGI

+50,000 INT

+50,000 CHA

+50,000 LUK

+50,000 HREG

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+50,000 MREG

+All unclaimed [Sitri] related skills!

+All unclaimed [Gremory] related skills!

+All unclaimed [Astaroth] related skills!

+All unclaimed [Glasya-Labolas] related skills!

+All [Sitri] related skills will be raised to level 25!

+All [Gremory] related skills will be raised to level 25!

+All [Astaroth] related skills will be raised to level 25!

+All [Glasya-Labolas] related skills will be raised to level 25!

Failure:

Eventual Death

This quest was much harder than the Old Satan Faction one, mainly because Sirzechs and Ajuka were included in the 'Subdue or Kill' list. The Super-Devils would be much harder to take down than the Maou descendants.

But, as a result, the rewards were much better as well. The stat rewards were pretty insane, with all the gains being double what I had gotten for defeating Tiamat. A bunch of my stats would practically double from completing the quest.

But this was a quest that was a bit farther down the line. I wasn't in a position to take down either Sirzechs or Ajuka at the moment, much less all of the Maou. Though, I'd hopefully take a step towards finishing the quest later today when Serafall arrives for our exchange.

Well, it was 'if' she arrived, but I was confident she would. This was her beloved little sister, whom she valued more than anything else in the world. I was willing to bet that she would come.

The next quest was a bit of a surprise when it appeared, and was different in nature from the rest. Instead of focusing on a faction or leaders, it was focused on clans.

[Quest]

Conquer a Pillar!

Subdue or Kill all direct bloodline members of a Pillar Clan!

Rewards:

All [Territory] owned by the Clan!

All [Subordinate]'s owned by the Clan!

+10,000 STR

+10,000 END

+10,000 AGI

+10,000 INT

+10,000 CHA

+10,000 LUK

+10,000 HREG

+10,000 MREG

+All unclaimed Clan-related skills!

+All Clan-related skills will be raised to level 25!

Failure:

Dissatisfaction!

This [Quest] is repeatable!

I had assumed I would complete this quest by taking Latia hostage, but I guess the game didn't count that as subduing her yet. I likely needed to make her role within my faction a permanent one for the quest to be finished.

Overall, this quest was amazing because of its repeatability. I'd need to make all the devil clans submit to me anyway to take over the Underworld, and getting a quest reward every time was overpowered.

By the time I had taken down all the Pillar families, I'd have gotten a 320,000 stat boost to every stat - which would roughly triple my current power overall. I'd be a lot stronger by the time that happened, but it would still be a huge boost.

However, once again, there were more obstacles in taking over the Underworld than just devils. As a result, I still had two more difficult quests that were sitting in my quest log.

[Quest]

Conquer the Grigori!

Subdue or Kill [Azazel]

Subdue or Kill [Baraqiel]

Subdue or Kill [Shemhazai]

Subdue or Kill [Kokabiel]

Subdue or Kill [Benemue]

Rewards:

All [Territory] owned by the [Grigori]

All [Subordinate]'s owned by the [Grigori]

+20,000 STR

+20,000 END

+20,000 AGI

+20,000 INT

+20,000 CHA

+20,000 LUK

+20,000 HREG

+20,000 MREG

+All unclaimed [Fallen Angel] related skills!

+All [Fallen Angel] related skills will be raised to level 25!

Failure:

Eventual Death

It was a fair bit easier than the New Satan Faction quest, and I had already started working towards it as Benemue was still charmed by Velrissa. Despite being one of the Three Factions, the Grigori were definitely a step below the devils. Not just from a number standpoint, but in the sense of their top dogs.

Azazel was certainly powerful, and with his craftiness would be a tough opponent to handle, but he couldn't stand up to someone like Sirzechs. In the same vein, the Grigori higher-ups were all far inferior to the Maou.

And, judging by the stat increase numbers, it seemed the game viewed the quest as being easier than the Tiamat one had been. It was kind of funny to think that taking down an entire faction was considered easier than taking down one dragon.

However, while both the New Satan Faction and Grigori quests looked like seriously tough quests to finish, there was still one remaining quest that could rival both of them in difficulty.

Ironically, it wasn't even to take down an entire faction. It was just one man.

[Quest]

Conquer the Realm of the Dead

Subdue or Kill [Hades]

Rewards:

All [Territory] owned by the [Hades]

All [Subordinate]'s owned by the [Hades]

+25,000 STR

+25,000 END

+25,000 AGI

+25,000 INT

+25,000 CHA

+25,000 LUK

+25,000 HREG

+25,000 MREG

+All unclaimed [Death God] related skills!

+All [Death God] related skills will be raised to level 25!

Failure:

Eventual Death

Of course, it wasn't just as simple as barging into the Realm of the Daed and fighting Hades in a one-on-one fight, so it wasn't actually just one man.

The quest rewards reflected it, too. The stat rewards were the same as I had gotten for taking down Tiamat, and I was sure whatever the 'Death God' skills were would be great.

"Don't look so upset," I pushed away my thoughts, grinning at Katerea as she slowly ate her food with a slightly depressed look on her face, "I told you, didn't I? The new Maou are in the way of my goals, so you'll get what you want in the end anyway. Besides..."

I grinned widely, locking eyes with Katerea.

"A Leviathan is about to be here. How would you like to greet her with me?"

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