The Devouring Dragon-Chapter 25: Succubi and Fairies

"Now!"

As I dived deep into the Meadow of Love, sprinting into the dark and misty terrain as thousands of wolves flooded forward around me, I quickly found out that the Succubus Queen wasn't completely unaware.

Directly in front of me, a large bright wall appeared between two trees. It illuminated the dark forest around me, and my barreling momentum meant that I'd have to make a complete stop to avoid the suddenly obstacle.

So, I simply continued forward, slamming into it. More specifically, slamming through it.

The wall of light crumpled like paper, and I didn't take any damage nor feel any pain as my powerful armor busted through it. It disintegrated into the air, turning into specks of light that faded away.

"W-What?!" A squeak said above me, and I glanced up.

A small woman was floating there, looking rather human-like except for her tipped ears and the small wings on her back. She couldn't have been more than two feet tall.

[Talia] [Fairy Squad Leader] - Level 27

Beside her, two more small women floated, also looking panicked as I burst through their attempt to stop me.

[Fairy] - Level 7

[Fairy] - Level 5

Notably, the other two women didn't say anything. That lead me to the assumption that, just like with dire wolves, only those over level 10 were intelligent enough to speak verbally.

"A-Attack again! Kill him!" The first fairy, Taila, shouted as she thrust her palms at me.

The other fairies followed her orders, also pointing their palms at me as a bright white glow consumed them. A beam of pure white light shot down at me, but it was quickly cut off as my sword lashed out.

The two weaker fairies were cut clean in half, their bodies crumbling in a rather gory fountain of blood.

Talia launched her attack, a small ball of light shooting down at me. I casually batted it to the side, leaping up easily and wrapping my hand around her body.

"A-Ah!" She squeaked, struggling to push against my hand as she was trapped in my palm, "W-Wait! Don't kill me!"

"Point me to the Succubus Queen, and I won't," I said simply, taking in the sight of the small women now that I wasn't being attacked.

She looked like a normal human woman if you ignored her tipped ears, the blue-transparent wings that covered most of her back, and her tiny size. She had short blue hair and a slender frame, along with large breasts - well, large compared to the rest of her body. If she wasn't only a foot tall, then they would've looked pretty big as they hung from her chest.

She was also wearing a long green dress, which split at her thighs to showcase her two porcelain white legs. Her face was also a mixture of beautiful and cute, and she looked to be around 20 years of age.

"I... I..." She looked hesitant at my demand, obviously not wanting to betray her queen.

I casually crouched down, letting her watch as I picked up the remains of the other two fairies and placed them in my mouth. One gulp later, and a notification appeared in front of me.

[Devour] has been used on [Fairy] - Level 7.

You have gained:

+5HP (30,275/30,275)

+1 MAX HP (30,276/30,276)

+2 CHA

+2 HREG

+2 MREG

+2XP!

+ 1 [Devour] Skill XP!

[Light Resistance]

[Light Resistance] - [Light] attacks will do less damage to you!

Oh, I got HREG and MREG from them?

That had been something I had been lacking as of late, as my other stats far exceeded those. I mainly relied on my physical attributes to fight, so I didn't use enough mana to need fast mana regeneration - nor did I ever take enough damage to need fast health regeneration, but having more could never hurt.

The light resistance was good, too. There were Fallen Angels in the underworld that could utilize it, and I'd run into light-users once I ventured into the human realm.

I also got lucky this time - the other fairy gave me the second obtainable fairy skill right away.

[Devour] has been used on [Fairy] - Level 5.

You have gained:

+3HP (30,276/30,276)

+1 MAX HP (30,277/30,277)

+2 CHA

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+1 HREG

+1 MREG

+2XP!

+ 1 [Devour] Skill XP!

[Light Heal]

[Light Heal] - Utilize the power of [Light] to heal something!

A healing spell? That's nice to have.

I probably wouldn't need it personally with my regeneration skill, but it could be used to save one of my subordinates if they got injured.

As I finished looking over the results, I turned back to the situation at hand.

Casually, I activated [King's Aura] and [King's Command]. I looked down at Talia in my hand, grinning widely to showcase my bloody teeth - though she couldn't see them through my monstrous helmet.

"I wasn't asking. Point me toward the Succubus Queen!"

The effect was instantaneous, the woman stuttering as she stared at me with wide submissive eyes. She nodded rapidly.

I loosened my grip a bit, confident she wouldn't try to escape.

Talia quickly pointed deeper into the forest, gesturing to my left a bit, "S-She's that way, Sir!"

Calling your enemy, who just murdered your subordinates, sir?

These two skills I got for defeating Ragnar were really nice.

"Great," I hummed, turning and starting to head in the direction she told me.

Behind me, I heard Vargan finally catch up with my troops. The ringing of iron clashing as the dwarves and cyclops marched into the meadow filled the air.

Now that I thought about it, this place was definitely more like a forest than a meadow. If you ignore the misty air, colorful grass, and pink leaves, it pretty much looked like any other section of the forest.

"Now, tell me everything you can about this place," I ordered Talia, causing the small girl to squeak out an agreement.

I continued into the forest, encountering more fairies as I did while Talia spilled everything she knew. Essentially, the fairies were acting as the first line of defense - the Succubus Queen had seen me and Vargan gathering forces near her border and had sent the fairies to set traps.

That's what the light wall I had burst through was - a trap laid out to abruptly kill a troop charging into the forest.

Hopefully my wolves are doing alright.

As I went deeper into the forest, I saw firsthand the effect of my armor. Just by being near the fairies, of which there were many hiding in trees or bushes waiting to ambush me, my stats slowly increased.

Notice the 'waiting to ambush me' - most of them stayed waiting. My presence increase from the armor, along with the intimidating sight of me stalking forward with my huge greatsword, plus having one of their squad leaders held captive in my hand, was enough to keep most of the fairies shaking in fear as they let me pass.

There were still a couple of more confident - or possibly more stupid - ones along the way, but they quickly found themselves in my stomach and contributing to my new skill levels.

As for Talia's explanation - the Meadow of Love was less of a meadow and more of a genuine kingdom.

The Succubus Queen sat at the top, having four daughters, aptly named Succubus Princess's, along with a whopping eight generals. That was double Vargan's four generals, and double the number I had to defeat to take down Ragnar.

More so, Talia explained to me that she wasn't actually a subordinate of the Succubus Queen - she was leading me to the right half of the forest, where the 'Succubus Meadow,' an oddly named city, sat.

To the left half of the forest was the 'Fairy Springs,' which ironically was also apparently a huge city, where the 'Fairy Queen' lived. The Fairy Queen let the Succubus Queen be the ruler of the entire section of the forest, and in return she and her fairies were protected.

This was information Vargan hadn't even told me - and, considering how honestly he tried to explain everything he knew about the Meadow of Love to me, I suspected that he genuinely didn't know about the Fairy Queen rather than keeping that information hidden.

This was a bit more than I expected - having to take on two queens instead of just one - but I was still confident. Having both me and my forces, along with Vargan, his generals, and his army should be enough to conquer the whole Meadow of Love easily.

But, still, I was a bit less certain - not that we would lose, but that we might suffer more losses than I had assumed.

I had placed Coudrel in charge of protecting Raya, who should be safe staying in the command base with Vargan, so that Ragnat could lead his own battalion. I was starting to regret that - with four more generals than I or Vargan knew about, along with the Fairy Queen and likely Fairy Generals, the command base was more in danger than I had thought.

As Vargan's forces pushed forward, Raya would be with them, moving deeper into the forest.

But, it's too late now. The attack had already started. I'll just have to waste no time taking down the Succubus Queen so that I can go for the Fairy Queen personally and not leave her to Vargan.

I blinked as bright lights shone ahead of me, showing that I was nearing the city. It hadn't taken me more than a few minutes to get there, as I was moving quickly and pushing far beyond where my army was running wild.

"T-That's it, Sir! She should be in the tower!" Talia said helpfully, the girl looking a bit less nervous after not being squished like a bug on the way here, but still not looking comfortable.

"Good job. I'll keep my word and make sure you're not harmed," I hummed, nodding at her, "Just stick with me a bit longer. If I set you free now, you'll end up as food for my men-"

I spun around as I suddenly heard a rustling behind me, and something lunged out of a bush. I had been too distracted in thinking on everything Talia had told me, and I hadn't noticed it was there.

"What... are you?" I asked blandly as the figure flung themself out of the bush at me. I casually held up my hand, lashing out and grabbing the small creature by its face and holding it arms-length away from me in the air.

In my hand was a small, red-skinned woman. She looked like a human aside from her dark-red skin and two twisted horns sticking out of her head.

She was also fully naked, showing off the entirety of her lustful body - thick hips, a small waist, smooth skin, ginormous breasts that looked far too big for her body, and a thick, plump, bubbly rear.

As I observed her, she looked kind of odd to me. She didn't look young, as she was clearly not a child - her face and body were fully matured. And yet she was short, looking to be not even four feet tall, but with a proportional body. On top of that, her face was overly cute, which betrayed her sexy body.

Overall, it was as if someone had taken what you'd imagine a normal succubus to look like - that being an extremely sexy woman with absurdly sexy proportions - and then shrunk them, turned them red, and made their face cuter.

[Succubus] - Level 1

"That's a succubus, Sir!" Talia supplied what I already knew helpfully.

"Why is it... why are you... doing that?" I asked dryly again, looking at the woman I was holding in the air by her head.

It was as if she hadn't even registered that I had stopped her - her tongue lashed out, licking my hand as her eyes looked at me hungrily. Her hands reached down towards my armored crotch, flailing in the air.

"T-This one is weak and unintelligent, sir," Talia explained, floating next to me as I had let her go to stop the succubus, "When a succubus turns of age, they become desperate to obtain life energy. They can only do so from an already evolved succubus or a mate and become mindless, sex-crazed beasts until they get it."

I stared down at the flailing woman in my hands, considering what to do with her.

I might've considered taking her as a subordinate another time, but right now I was deep behind enemy lines. I'd have other chances to put succubi under my command, so I'll just kill this one for the skills.

As I raised my sword, Talia suddenly squeaked next to me, "W-Wait! If you kill her, the Succubus Queen will be very upset!"

"So?" I looked at her incredulously, "I'm invading her kingdom right now. Hell, I'm going to go beat her ass and probably kill her in a few minutes. Why would I care if she's mad?"

"T-That's true, sir, but..." Talia's cute face squished, seemingly unsure how to explain why she wanted to stop me, "I-It's just... it'd be shame to kill her! She has so much potential!"

"The hell are you talkin' about?" I deadpanned, still holding back the horny mindless woman in my hand.

"I-I'll explain, Sir!" Talia said hurriedly as my monstrous helmet turned in her direction, "S-See, most succubi start out like... this!"

She made a rather poor gesture in the air, holding her hands parallel to each other as she slid them up in down.

"...square?" I asked blandly, silently wondering if I should've just killed her and gotten a different fairy guide at the start.

"N-No! Well, yes? Flat!" Talia shouted suddenly, explaining her meaning in words, "They don't look like... that!"

She pointed at the rabid succubi's chest, where her absurdly massive breasts were flopping around as she continued to try and grab at my crotch.

"They don't have tits?" I asked blankly.

"Not like those!" Talia nodded rapidly, "Unless they're given lifeforce from evolved succubi for most of their lives, by the time they turn of age their still flat! They don't look much different from human girls! Do you know what a human looks like?"

"Yes," I nodded, and she continued to explain.

"So, for her to look like that... she's special! She has a ton of potential!" Talia gestured to the succubi's body, "Her body's already better than most evolved succubi! If she was given some lifeforce, she'd be able to rival even the Princesses and Queen in charm! A-And a succubus's strength is in their charm, so she'll be very powerful!"

I hummed appreciatively as I looked down at the succubi going feral in my hand.

So, I give her a bit of lifeforce, and she'll become as strong as one of the Succubus Princesses?

"Alright, I'll keep you around," I grinned, shifting my grip to hold up the woman more comfortably. True to Talia's words, her eyes were rather animalistic, the woman acting more like a large rabid beast in my hands than an actual person.

Granted, I wasn't sure how strong the Succubus Princesses were yet, but they would probably be at least level 50. That was already above pretty much all of my forces, excluding the princes.

"Why'd you tell me that?" I asked casually, glancing over at Talia.

She was still pretty much my prisoner, and I doubt that she was so intimidated by [King's Aura] that she suddenly wanted to help me grow my empire.

"...P-Please let the Fairy Queen live," Talia replied bluntly, bowing her tiny head at me.

Hah, she kind of reminds me of Raya.

She was certainly smart - far smarter than I expected for what was the equivalent of a dire wolf commander for fairies. She was getting on my good side so I'd let her queen live.

"Impressive," I muttered, grinning at her, though she couldn't see it through my helmet, "Fine. Since you helped me out, I'll give your queen a chance."

"T-Thank you! That's all I can ask for!" Talia nodded rapidly, bowing her head at me.

I turned back to the lit-up area ahead of me, placing the short succubi on the ground next to me as I readied myself to venture into the city.

However, as I did, the small woman lunged at me again - literally rubbing her face into my armored crotch.

I stared down at her blankly.

Well, guess I'll be fighting two battles in this war.

The battle against the Succubus Queen, and the battle to keep this horny succubus at bay.

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