The Devil Does Not Need to Be Defeated

Shien’s premonition was correct.

These two founders of the Dragon Race were here to poach him.

“We heard you’re Yulin’s master, correct?” Beauty, the more haughty of the two, asked directly, without any pretense.

Her words made Shien realize the truth.

“So that girl just now really was…?” He felt his worldview shattering. Could his violent dragon really have become such a sweet and adorable little girl?No way!

The two dragon executives, unaware of Shien’s thoughts, stared at him intently.

Shien calmed himself, looked at the two dragon women, and nodded. “That dragon girl did acknowledge me as her master. What about it? Is there a problem?”

Was there a problem?

Of course!

“We’re not fond of beating around the bush, so let’s just get straight to the point,” Graty said, holding her wine barrel, her tone straightforward, “Can you release that child?”

“Release her?” Shien’s expression was slightly strange.

“That’s right,” Graty nodded, “She’s the most outstanding dragon we’ve ever seen, reaching Limit Level before even transforming into a human. Now that she has transformed, she’s become the strongest dragon. It’s a waste for such a promising junior to not stay with the Dragon Race.”

“Exactly,” Beauty nodded repeatedly, “She deserves a better future. If she stays with the Dragon Race, she can become our leader, guiding us according to our Dragon Lord’s will and leading us to the top of the Demon Realm.”

For thousands of years, the Dragon Race hadn’t produced a Limit Level expert, a great regret. Although the strongest race in the Demon Realm, none of the three Limit Level experts in the Demon Race belonged to them. This was a source of frustration, if not shame. Now, a Limit Level expert finally appeared among them, a dragon who reached Limit Level before even transforming. Such a being, now in human form, was definitely qualified to compete for the title of strongest below the Demon Lords.

Any normal person would be overjoyed by the appearance of such an expert in their race.

But if this person wasn’t willing to stay and lead them, choosing instead to serve a human as a mount, it would be an utter waste. Even if that human was the Hero, a being with Transcendent Level power, it was still a waste of talent.

At least, that’s what Graty and Beauty, the true founders of the Dragon Race, thought. That’s why they came here, hoping Shien would release Yulin.

Understanding the situation, Shien had a realization.

However…

“It seems that girl isn’t willing to stay with the Dragon Race, is she?” Shien pointed out the truth, leaving Graty and Beauty speechless.

Seeing this, Shien smiled. “No wonder you came to me. So you couldn’t convince her and decided to try and convince me instead,” he said, seeing their straightforwardness and also speaking frankly.

“We indeed couldn’t convince her,” Graty admitted helplessly.

“But it’s for her own good!” Beauty said loudly.

Unfortunately, Shien didn’t give them much face.

“How do you know this is for her own good?” His words were still direct.

“Isn’t it obvious?” Beauty frowned, displeased, “Becoming the leader of the Dragon Race or becoming someone’s mount, which is better? It doesn’t even require any thought.”

“Really?” Shien retorted, “Then why is she unwilling to stay with the Dragon Race, choosing instead to be a mount?”

“This…” Beauty was speechless. Not because she didn’t understand, but because she knew the answer.

Not just Beauty, but also Graty.

Dragons were creatures with immense pride. Whether a newborn cub or a fully grown adult, their pride was unshakeable. They wouldn’t allow themselves to be looked down upon or insulted. If anyone tried to force them into servitude, they would rather die than submit.

However, once a dragon willingly acknowledged a master, its pride wouldn’t allow it to betray or disobey them.

As fellow dragons, Graty and Beauty knew this very well.

The Dragon Race wasn’t just seen as the strongest in the Demon Realm, but also the most united and loyal. This was because every dragon acknowledged the Dragon Demon, their king, lord, and mother, as their master, and they were completely loyal to her. Because of this, the tenacity and loyalty of dragons were well-known.

Graty and Beauty knew that Yulin, as a dragon, and such a powerful and outstanding one, once she acknowledged a master, she would be completely loyal. Therefore, her choice wasn’t surprising.

However, it wasn’t completely irreversible. A small portion of dragons had acknowledged masters before transforming into humans, serving them loyally, but they eventually returned to the Dragon Race. The reason was that their potential was recognized, they came into the Dragon Race’s sight, and through Graty and Beauty’s efforts, their original masters were persuaded to release them. With their masters willingly severing the connection, whether for their own pride or their desire to join the Dragon Race and transform into humans, the dragons would choose to return.

That’s why Graty and Beauty came to Shien.

But Shien wasn’t referring to just this reason.

“Once a dragon acknowledges a master, it’s loyal unless the master releases it. But I don’t think she’ll obediently stay with the Dragon Race just because I release her,” he said.

The reason was simple.

“Is it because you saved her?” Graty asked.

They had already learned about the events at Atlus Gorge. They knew that the initial reason Yulin acknowledged Shien as her master was because he saved her, freeing her from the hell of becoming a monster.

And then…

“I also used my power to transform the magic power of the Demonized Being she devoured into her own strength, helping her break through her limits, increasing her level and power, making her a level ninety-nine Demon King.”

“Moreover, I continuously fed her my own magic power, further enhancing her strength, until she finally reached Limit Level.”

“It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that she’s where she is today because of me.”

Shien analyzed Yulin’s psychology. “Do you think such a great debt can be easily disregarded just by me severing our connection?”

His words shocked Graty and Beauty.

“You helped her reach Limit Level?” Graty asked, surprised.

“No way,” Beauty was also stunned.

They clearly didn’t know this, or rather, hadn’t even considered it. After all, when they met or heard about Yulin, she was already at Limit Level. Therefore, they thought it was due to her own talent.

Although Yulin was indeed talented, she wasn’t so exceptional as to surprise these two founders of the Dragon Race. After all, she was initially just a Legendary Black Dragon, residing in the Human Realm for hundreds of years, occupying a large magic power source and absorbing its magic power to enhance her strength, but she only reached level ninety-something, far from Limit Level. Her potential wasn’t that astonishing, at most on par with Giacinta, destined to become a top-tier Legendary dragon if she fully developed her potential.

However, for Yulin to reach Limit Level before transforming into a human was incredibly difficult. The Dragon Race hadn’t produced a Limit Level dragon in nearly ten thousand years, showing how rare they were, even rarer than Transcendent Level beings. How could such an existence appear in an ordinary monster gorge in the Human Realm? Even if it did, it would have been discovered and brought back to the Dragon Race long ago. How could Shien, a newcomer, encounter it?

Encountering a wild Legendary dragon was already a blessing from the Supreme God and the world’s favor.

The Supreme God’s blessing wouldn’t create a dragon with Limit Level potential just for Shien to use as a mount. It only granted him luck, not wish fulfillment. It could guide him to opportunities, not create them.

Therefore, Yulin was where she was today because of Shien. Without him, she definitely wouldn’t have reached this level.

Of course, Shien wasn’t saying this to brag or to bind Yulin to him. He just wanted to say…

“I can give her more than the Dragon Race. How can you say that her staying with the Dragon Race is a better future, and her following me is a waste?”

He finally voiced his thoughts.

The two dragon women’s thoughts were simpler.

“That’s hard to believe,” Graty said.

“Even a Hero, helping a dragon reach Limit Level is too exaggerated,” Beauty also said.

They clearly didn’t believe him.

Shien’s response was simple.

“Come closer, I’ll give you a buff.”

“Buff…?”

Graty and Beauty were both taken aback.

What’s a buff?

Why would we need such a thing?

And why do we need to lower our heads for it?

Countless questions arose in the minds of the two dragon women.

Shien didn’t bother explaining, reaching out and placing his hands on their… dragon heads.

“What are you doing!?” Graty and Beauty were both shocked and angry. Shocked because they were touched by Shien before they could even react, and angry because of his rudeness. Having lived for nearly ten thousand years, neither of them had ever been patted on the head like this by a man. Not even by a woman. As proud dragons, how could they be treated like dogs? This was unacceptable!

Instinctively, a terrifying aura erupted from them.

But at that moment, a warm magic power flowed from Shien’s hands into their heads, like a warm river, entering their bodies.

“Mmm…” Both dragon women trembled, involuntarily letting out a moan of pleasure, a sound that was incredibly suggestive.

Shien almost lost his composure, his serious expression faltering.

“Hmm?” Even Lilith blinked, tilting her head in confusion.

Normally, the two dragon women would be mortified. They were the founders of the Dragon Race, the first executives under Airi, and the strongest in the Dragon Demon Territory, ranked first and second. Both were level ninety-nine, only one step away from Limit Level, figures of awe and fear, their authority unquestionable. Moreover, as proud dragons, to make such suggestive noises would be incredibly embarrassing.

However, they no longer cared about embarrassment.

“Th-This is…!?” They felt an immense magic power flowing into their bodies, a power incredibly compatible with them, merging with them and transforming into pure strength. Under this gentle influx of magic power, their own power, which had been stagnant for a long time, having reached a bottleneck who knew how many years ago, actually began to slowly increase.

This greatly surprised them.

“So? Do you believe me now?” Shien asked, smiling smugly, preparing to withdraw his hands.

However, Graty and Beauty cried out anxiously, “Don’t!”

This simultaneous cry made Shien’s retreating hands swerve, accidentally caressing their faces. The smooth, warm sensation of their delicate skin was transmitted to his hands. And more importantly, the magic power he was transferring hadn’t stopped.

“Aah…” The warm magic power flowing into their cheeks made the two dragon women tremble, their moans continuing, their breathing growing heavy.

“Holy crap!” Hearing their moans and seeing their reactions, Shien lost his composure and quickly withdrew his hands, taking several steps back.

“Ah…” The withdrawal of the warm magic power made the two dragon women moan in disappointment. Then they looked at Shien in shock.

“What was that just now…?” Graty and Beauty asked, incredibly surprised.

“Ahem,” Shien coughed, suppressing his embarrassment and feigning composure, “That was the power of [Taming].”

[Taming] was a skill that allowed one to tame monsters by using magic power in a specific way, essentially transforming it into a form easily absorbed by monsters, enhancing their strength and gaining their loyalty.

Since monsters could increase their strength by directly absorbing magic power, they could be tamed in this way. It was with this ability that Shien provided magic power to Yulin, helping her grow and eventually reach Limit Level.

Now, he demonstrated this skill to show Graty and Beauty how he trained Yulin.

However…

“Impossible!” Graty denied immediately, “That can’t be the power of [Taming]!”

“That’s right!” Beauty also retorted, “How could mere [Taming] cultivate a Limit Level dragon? And how could it affect us, who have already transformed into humans?”

They weren’t being unreasonable. In reality, it was indeed difficult to cultivate a Limit Level dragon with just the [Taming] skill.

[Taming] simply converted magic power into a form easily absorbed by monsters, but there was a limit to this. To raise a Limit Level monster, even with a maxed-out [Taming] skill, theoretically, an astonishing amount of magic power was required, an amount beyond any individual’s capacity, even a large magic power source couldn’t provide such a vast amount.

This was just in theory. In reality, after reaching Legendary Level, the closer a monster was to the limits of life, the less magic power it could directly absorb. Therefore, even with a maxed-out [Taming] skill, even if a monster absorbed a massive amount of magic power, only a small portion could be converted into strength, limited by the limits of life. Moreover, the amount of magic power an individual possessed was unlikely to meet the needs of such a high-level monster. Therefore, cultivating a Limit Level monster with just the [Taming] skill was only a fantasy.

Because of this, tamable monsters were generally below Legendary Level, and those above were incredibly rare.

If the [Taming] skill could be used to cultivate powerful dragons without limit, then the Dragon Race would have already used this method to train their younger generation.

Therefore, Graty and Beauty immediately denied Shien’s claim.

Moreover, the [Taming] skill couldn’t affect beings like them, who had already shed their monster bodies and transformed into human form, losing the ability to absorb magic power for growth. They were now true demons, not monsters. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

“I haven’t finished yet,” Shien rolled his eyes, “This is indeed the power of [Taming], but it has been fused and enhanced into another skill due to certain reasons.”

He was naturally referring to the Heaven’s Decree skill [Inner Vision of Heaven’s Decree]. After fusing and enhancing [Taming] with his [Fate and Logic] Unique Skill, Shien gained absolute control over magic power, allowing him to adjust and convert it more freely and enhance its absorbability, making it usable even by higher-level monsters and other beings.

Yulin’s breakthrough to Limit Level happened after Shien fused [Inner Vision of Heaven’s Decree].

Before that, he could only use his overwhelming magic power and the maxed-out [Taming] skill to force-feed Yulin magic power, allowing her, at level ninety-nine, to absorb a sufficient amount.

But even then, she showed no signs of reaching Limit Level.

Even if Shien continued to provide her with a massive amount of magic power, it would probably take over ten years for her to have a chance of breaking through.

And it was only a chance.

This showed how difficult it was to cultivate a Limit Level dragon with just the [Taming] skill, even at max level.

It wasn’t until [Inner Vision of Heaven’s Decree] was born and maxed out, and Shien’s own magic power increased through leveling up, that Yulin truly had the potential to reach Limit Level.

Although Graty and Beauty had transformed into demons, if Shien used his absolute magic power control to convert his magic power into a form that could stimulate their dormant monster instincts, then they could absorb his magic power and increase their strength.

This method would consume a massive amount of magic power, otherwise, it wouldn’t be enough to stimulate their monster instincts.

But Shien, now at level ninety-five, was no longer the same as before.

Even before reaching Legendary Level, at level seventy-seven, his magic power was enough to shock the entire Royal Capital. Now, at Legendary Level and level ninety-five, his magic power was unimaginable.

In other words…

“Probably only I have this ability in the world,” Shien said with a smile.

“Now do you believe me?”

Hearing this, Graty and Beauty fell silent.

But at the same time, they looked at Shien with burning eyes, as if wanting to devour him.

“You…?”

Shien froze, a bad premonition rising in his heart.

And he was right.

“To actually be able to cultivate a Limit Level dragon…”

“And it’s even effective on us, who have transformed into demons…”

Graty and Beauty murmured, their eyes burning even brighter.

If any expert in taming monsters saw this, they would find it familiar. It was the look of a tamed monster.

Shien instantly understood his current situation.

He was being targeted.

“…That’s how it is. I have something to do, so I’ll be going,” he said, turning around quickly, holding Lilith.

“Slap!” At the same time, two hands landed on his shoulders. Burning gazes pierced his back, making him break out in a cold sweat.

“Give us another buff!” they shouted in unison.

Shien saw his future of being drained dry.