The Devouring Dragon-Chapter 28: Contracts and The Frontline

Vargan POV

"Quicken your pace!" I called out to my troops - the huge, well-positioned army of dwarves marching through the misty terrain, "Don't let the vanguards work go to waste!"

A cheer resounded, and the army moved forward with renewed vigor.

My boots stomped through the grass as I ventured deeper into the dark forest behind them, feeling a bit uneasy.

The assault was going well so far - it was turning out to be less of an assault and more of a beatdown.

Honestly, it was going too well.

While I had never directly clashed with the Succubus Queen herself, I had seen what her underlings had done to many of my kind.

The life-drained corpses that result from succubi venturing out to 'hunt' and taking enchanted men back to their homes. The robotically enslaved gaze of a dwarf whose mind was no longer his own.

I could never forget the sight of my former general, who had ventured out to look for a missing member of his personal squad, lying lifeless on the ground - his body drained of energy by a Succubus General.

So, for such a fierce opponent to crumble beneath the force of my army so easily was surprising, to say the least.

Granted, with the help we had, I guess I shouldn't expect any less.

I glanced slightly to the right, my vision-enhancing enchantment on my helmet making it easy for me to see even within the dark forest, and looked at the Beast King's Queen.

She was stationed behind the backline of my army with me and was in the process of barking out orders to a messenger wolf. It was interesting to see how different Valon's army was compared to my own.

Whereas my forces were organized - with a three-headed vanguard led by three generals at the front clearing out the path, and a backline led by Thrain and myself acting as the base for sending out commands and reinforcements - his was much messier.

Not that messy meant less efficient - in fact, the dire wolf forces were far deeper into the forest than even my own, and as a result allowed us to move forward at a quicker pace as well.

They were pushing directly into the middle of the Succubus Queen's territory, and by being farther ahead they were both drawing enemies in our path away and clearing out any enemies that could attack my troops from the side.

How it operated was a testament to how much faith Valon had in his Queen - Raya was the sole commander of the forces, using wolf messengers to exchange orders and information with the prince-led battalions far deeper in the forest.

Honestly, seeing such a capable woman almost made me jealous. Valon having such a capable Queen made me feel the slight urge to finally settle down and find a wife of my own.

Of course, I was only 'almost' jealous. It was unbecoming to be jealous of a friend!

So, I was more happy for my newfound friend in Valon than I was jealous!

Of course, the sole person that made this assault so easy was the Beast King himself - after he disappeared into the right-section of the forest, any troops occupying that portion had vanished.

He was essentially doing the same work that my entire forces were doing alone, and in the process was protecting his own troops' flank.

Honestly, even if he was my friend, he was still a bit scary. The appearance his armor took wasn't just for show - he was truly a monster.

"But," I grinned, chuckling lightly, "I'd much rather be friends with a monster than fight against him, eh?"

"Your highness!" One of my own battle messengers came running forward, kneeling down as he readied to report to me.

"Speak," I said simply, and he nodded.

"Baldrek has slain the Succubus General that assaulted our far left battalion," He started, "Subduing her was not possible, and we lost roughly a thousand men in the battle. She turned many of our own against us, but Baldrek managed to catch her and deal a fatal blow during the chaos."

"I'll send reinforcements that way," I grunted, nodding at him to continue.

It was a shame that we had lost so many men, but they knew what they were getting into when they agreed to fight. Any dwarf or cyclops that entered the battlefield did so knowing that their death was a possibility.

But, they died to protect future generations from suffering the same fate from succubi. They died with honor.

"Skarn's battalion has recently engaged with a general as well," The messenger continued, "She is far weaker than the one assaulting Baldrek and is believed to be sacrificing herself to buy the Queen more time. He believes he can capture her with minimal casualties."

"Great! I'll send reinforcements to watch her once she's captured," I nodded approvingly.

Valon had given me a strange request prior to the battle starting: capture any high-ranking succubi when possible. He had specified to only do so if there was no risk of large casualties or of losing a high-ranking soldier in return.

I didn't know what he planned to do with them, but I was more than happy to oblige his request. He and his forces were taking the brunt of the casualties, so it was the least I could do.

"Finally, Rurik is in need of a large amount of reinforcements," The messenger finished, "His battalion was ambushed by two powerful generals, and they have one of the Beast King's commanders under their control. He and his entire battalion are obeying the succubus."

My grin slipped off. That wasn't good.

"Which one?" I growled.

"The youngest," The messenger answered, and I frowned.

"Missus!" I hollered over to Raya as she finished giving orders to a wolf, "We have a situation!"

"What happened?" Raya asked, speed-walking over to us.

"The youngest brat in charge has been turned," I said bluntly.

Raya frowned at my words, and muttered a curse, "Damn it, Ragno! Valon won't like losing a strong piece... capture him if you can, but kill him if you must. Valon will understand."

"Tell Baldrek to bring all his forces to support Rurik," I thought quickly, turning to the messenger again, "Order Skarn to help as well once he's captured the other general. I'll lead the backline forward, and we'll overpower the two generals."

"N-Not to doubt you, Your Highness," The messenger stuttered out, looking up at me worriedly, "But, if Baldrek forfeits his position, it'll leave Skarn open to a flank. And, if you lead personally, then you'll be in danger! Why not have Thrain lead the backline?"

"It doesn't matter if Baldrek loses position - this is our time to finish off the main defense!" I grinned confidently, "Baldrek killed one, Skarn is capturing the other, and the final two generals are in sight! We'll focus all our attention on finishing them! Valon is heading for the Queen as we speak - once we finish the generals, this war is as good as won!"

"Y-Yes, Your Highness!" The messenger nodded quickly, turning and running back into the forest to convey my orders.

"As for Thrain," I grunted, turning to Raya, "You'll have to come with me and stay close. Thrain has gone to assist Valon, so he won't be here to guard you."

"He did?" Raya narrowed her eyes at me, "Why?! He'll just be in Valon's way if he gets charmed!"

"He won't," I replied confidently, ignoring her blunt tone, "I trust Valon to handle things on his own, but Thrain insisted. He seems to be a bit fond of your King!"

Thrain had been the main communicator between myself and Valon until I trusted him enough to meet personally, and apparently had gained quite the positive image of the Beast King through their talks.

Those talks had also helped him prepare - after being unable to control his nervousness and fear around Valon, Thrain had spent countless hours in the recent weeks working to upgrade his armor personally.

He had added numerous mental-enhancing enchantments to his armor and now had no problem in front of a normal succubus.

Hell, his mental fortitude exceeded even mine - I doubt even the Succubus Queen herself would be able to influence him.

"If you won't trust my words, then trust that Valon is strong enough to handle anything that goes wrong," I continued as Raya still looked doubtful, "Now, come! We must strike while the iron is burning! Let us end this war in one fell swoop!"

Unfortunately, the one thing in this war we lacked was information.

And so, I had no way of knowing that the Succubus Generals in front of us were not the only enemies we had to worry about - and that this war was still far from over as I led my troops into the worst possible position.

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"Oh no! I slipped! I sure hope there's not big bad armored man around!"

I watched blandly as Momo over dramatically flopped on the ground, pushing her hips upward and lightly shaking her rear at me.

"Ah! How did this ice get here? It would be such a shame if a big strong man suddenly used his sword on my lubed-up breasts!"

I watched as Kyon scooped up some snow off the ground, placing it between her massive breasts and rubbing them together to melt it - coating them in a thin layer of water that made them look even more enticing.

I stared blankly at the two Succubus Generals in front of me, my appetite dying.

I had been about to finish the two women off, when suddenly what could only be described as a 'show' began.

"What are you two doing?" I deadpanned, staring at the pathetic display.

"...Is it working?" Momo whispered shouted, glancing over her shoulder at me as her ass was still wiggling slowly, to which I stared at her blandly.

"No, no it's not."

...

"Oh my! Where did this ice cream come from?" Momo whipped her head in an overdramatic manner, her hand lighting up a purple color as a scoop of vanilla ice cream suddenly appeared in her palm.

Wait, do succubi have an ice cream creation skill? Can they all do that?

Honestly, that bit of information was doing a better job at convincing me to spare them than their actual actions were.

"Oh, wow! How did it get back there?" Momo did what might've been the worst acting I had ever seen - reaching back and smearing the ice cream on her bubbly rear and then looking back with a fake look of surprise.

"I sure hope there's no hungry, succubus-devouring monster around with an appetite! It would be such a shame if they loved-"

She paused for a second, glancing up at me again, "What's your favorite flavor of ice cream?"

I debated not answering but shrugged.

"Strawberry's pretty good."

She snapped her fingers, and suddenly the white ice cream was a light pink as it coated her juicy asscheeks.

She can even make different flavors?

She was making a pretty good case to keep her around now.

"It would be such a shame if they loved strawberry ice cream so much that they couldn't resist licking it off my ass!" Momo fawned dramatically, staring back at her ass with fake concern.

"I'm not going to-"

"And then fucked me after!" Momo flopped herself into the ground dramatically, pushing her hips upward towards me again.

Well, that took a turn pretty quickly.

"I'm not doing that either," I said dryly, to which she pouted cutely at me.

"He's obviously a tit guy, Momo!" Kyon scolded her, turning to look up at me seductively. She snapped her fingers, and her breasts glowed purple for a second as a splotch of pink ice cream suddenly coated them.

"Are you hungry? If you want a snack, it's right here..." Kyon said teasingly, rubbing her breasts together and smearing the cold food around in her breasts.

"...Nah," I said simply.

Honestly, I was kind of confused at this point.

When I had caught the two tired and defenseless generals, I had expected a variety of responses.

Maybe they'd try one final attack - lunging at me desperately to get one last hit in, which would be futile when I cut their heads off their bodies.

Or, perhaps they'd try to use [Charm] again - doing their best to seduce me to save their own behinds.

But, this was not what I had expected. The succubi were definitely trying to use their bodies to save themselves, but they were notably being very honest with it - there was no [Charm] trying to wiggle its way into my head. If anything, their pathetic display only made me more inclined to kill them.

Like, seriously, did I even want subordinates that were so bad at acting? This was like the start to a shitty porno!

"Oh! Maybe he wants both of us at once!" Momo whisper-shouted, gesturing for Kyon to kneel down as she walked over to her.

I stared blankly as Kyon kneeled down, her breasts now level with Momo's ass as she pressed her plump rear into the pair of perky breasts.

"Oh no, please don't use your big sword! It's way too big to fit between us!" Momo shouted dramatically, wiggling her ass into Kyon's breasts.

I had a feeling she wasn't talking about my actual sword.

"This would be a lot more effective if you were, y'know, using your race's defining skill," I quipped, knowing I probably shouldn't be giving them tips but genuinely confused about what they were doing.

I had a Queen to kill - I shouldn't be wasting time watching them goof around.

"Well, then you'd kill us," Momo answered bluntly, actually making a good point, "You've made it pretty clear that you're too strong to be a pet, big guy, so we can reverse the roles this time!"

"Yes, by using our abilities, it would sour our relationship," Kyon nodded sagely, looking slightly comical as she was still scantily clad with her face mere inches from Momo's butt, "The basis of any good master-slave relationship is communication and trust!"

Well, that was actually pretty reasonable-

"Master-slave?" I asked dumbly, "Also, you literally used your skill to enslave a bunch of people. That doesn't sound very trustful or communicative to me."

"Yeah, but those guys were weak!" Momo giggled, stepping away from Kyon as she looked up at me with seductive eyes, wiggling her hips lightly and causing her ass to shake enticingly at me, "The devil was decent, but he was more like 'massage my feet while you jerk off' decent! You're a stud, big guy!"

Damn, poor Regal. If I sacrificed my life for a girl and she described me like that, I don't think I could show my face again. I'd start living like a hermit.

"Us succubi need a powerful source of energy," Kyon cooed, crossing her arms under her breasts and causing them to jiggle as she stood up, "And you're very powerful! That's why we wanted you to be our pet!"

"But, if you're not into that," Momo smirked up at me, kneeling down as she bowed to me, her face mere inches from the ground, "We can switch it around!"

"Yes!" Kyon agreed readily, kneeling down next to Momo, "If it's someone as powerful as you, I wouldn't mind~"

I stared down blankly at the two bowing Succubus Generals.

The two women genuinely submitting to me - going as far as to bow while asking to submit - was not on my bingo card.

But...

"How can I trust you?" I hummed, smirking down at them as I hefted up my sword again and activated [King's Aura], "It'd be a lot safer to just kill you both."

While I didn't necessarily need the skills that came from using [Devour] on them, as I'd get all succubi-related skills from finishing the 'Conquer the Meadow of Love' quest, having two women with such dangerous skills around was a big risk.

If I ever let my guard down, I could find myself at the mercy of their [Charm].

I blinked as both women flushed, Kyon slowly rubbing her thighs together as a light liquid flowed down her legs.

Did she just...

"H-He's so hot..." She moaned lightly, and Momo smirked up at me.

"Trust me, we wouldn't dare to try anything. Succubi love power, and you're way stronger than the Queen! But..." She spread her arms out, as if she was suddenly a salesman showcasing a product, "We can make a contract!"

"A contract?" I raised an eyebrow, through they couldn't see it through my helmet.

I wasn't keen on whatever a succubus contract had in store.

"Yup! A Master-Slave one!" Momo nodded readily, explaining her previous mention of those two words, "As the master, you'll have absolute authority over us! If you give us an order, the magic will force us to obey!"

Well, that didn't sound too bad, but making unknown contracts was still a bit scary.

"It'll also tie our lifeforce to yours," Kyon continued helpfully as I stood in doubtful silence, "So, if you die, we'll die too! But not the other way around!"

That was a bit comforting - they'd be inclined to do what was in my best interests.

And, overall, having two Succubus Generals under my command wasn't all that bad. They would be powerful subordinates to have with their high levels, even if they didn't seem to have high overall combat abilities. Their buffing skills would be nice to have as support.

And, in the end, they had managed to charm both two literal dragons and a member of the Phenex family into giving their lives for them.

That kind of power was useful - very useful.

"Alright," I grinned, staring down at the two women, "But, if you try anything, I'm lobbing your heads off. Got it?"

The last thing I wanted was for them to try and flip the script on me, reversing the Master-Slave contract to their benefit.

Luckily for me, I had a gamer system that ended up having such preventive measures.

Momo crawled forward, bowing her head as she leaned down and literally kissed my booted foot. A moment later, a notification appeared in my vision.

[Momo] [Succubus General] has offered a [Master-Slave Contract!]

[Master: Valon]

[Slave: Momo]

Accept?

Y/N

I imagined that most non-gamers in this situation would be able to feel out if the contract was authentic or not by using magic, but I was glad that the system was doing it for me. I reached forward, tapping on yes.

[Momo] [Succubus General] has become a [Subordinate]!

[Subordinate Tier]: [Slave]

"Mmph!" Momo moaned, the girl slumping at my feet as her lower half suddenly twitched. She glanced up at me with glazed eyes, the snow around her growing damp as she had an abrupt orgasm.

Then, she pushed herself up, standing as she reached down and pulled down her bikini-bottom-like fabric. She smirked as I took in the sight - right above her crotch was now a pink tattoo, looking somewhat similar to the design of my helmet with its monstrous vibe.

"My turn!" Kyon crawled forward excitedly, not even giving me a chance to process the new power I had over Momo as she kissed my other boot.

[Kyon] [Succubus General] has offered a [Master-Slave Contract!]

[Master: Valon]

[Slave: Kyon]

Accept?

Y/N

Just as with Momo, I tapped yes.

[Kyon] [Succubus General] has become a [Subordinate]!

[Subordinate Tier]: [Slave]

Kyon gave a similar display to Momo, groveling as her face flushed and her hips shook. One intense orgasm later, and she had a pink tattoo over her crotch.

I grinned as she stood up, taking in my two new subordinates.

Having these two with me would help with taking down the Queen as well - they'd have even better information than Talia about the inner workings of the Meadow of Love and would know about any more unexpected enemies.

If two generals were walking around with dragons and a Phenex under their control, I doubted the Princesses or Queen would be unprotected. They'd likely have powerful beasts under their control as well, and having prior information about those beasts would come in handy.

"So, um... can we fuck now?" Momo asked bluntly, staring at me with hungry eyes. Momo joined her, taking a step toward me with 'fuck me' eyes.

Seriously?! It's only been, what, ten seconds since we made the contract?!

Also, we're in the middle of a snowy forest! Not exactly prime sex terrain, y'know?

"No, I have a Queen to kill," I grunted, turning away from the two women and causing their faces to fall slightly.

...

"But, we can after," I sighed, giving in as they both let out cheers.

I guess instead of having to manage one horny Succubus, I'll be dealing with three.

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