Alan had only been teasing—
Until the system reacted.
[ Hidden Quest Activated ]
[ Predator's Interest – Latina ]
Latina, a direct descendant of the Great Demon of Predation, views humans as prey and toys.
However, you have done something unexpected—you resisted her charm.
Now, she is extremely interested in you.
Quest Clear Condition:• Defeat Latina
Quest Clear Rewards:
• Latina becomes your underling
• Latina's affinity with you reaches maximum
• If affinity with the opposite gender reaches maximum, there is a chance of marriage
Quest Failure:
• Your race will be forcibly changed to True Blood Vampire Baron
• You will be bound to obey Latina's commands eternally
"…Fuck," Alan cursed quietly.
I was joking—how did this turn into a quest?!
He exhaled slowly, expression turning serious.
Why does this keep happening? Alan thought bitterly. Why didn't she act like this toward Grid?
What Alan didn't know was that Latina feared Braham.
When Grid fought her, Braham had been residing within his body.
With Braham's presence looming over him, all Latina felt toward Grid was disgust and instinctive terror—the fear engraved deep into her very soul. She was too disgusted to even think he was an man.
But Alan was different.
He hunted vampires alone, slaughtered city lords without any raid party, and stood before her completely unaffected by temptation or authority.
That alone made him interesting.
Latina was a direct child of the Great Demon of Predation, born with Beriache's Authority over Death. In terms of necromantic potential, she stood on equal footing with a 1st-ranked Great Demon—and in some aspects, she even surpassed him.
She possessed enough power to rise to the very top.
Yet she never got the chance.
It was due to the birth of Marie Rose—the greatest among the direct descendant siblings.
Before Marie Rose's arrival, Latina firmly believed she would one day rule the vampire race.
But Marie Rose's existence shattered that dream completely.
Crushed by the gap between them, Latina abandoned ambition and surrendered to indolence, letting her talent rot unused.
Until now.
Alan's arrival stirred something she thought long dead.
If he can resist me… Latina thought coldly, then he can resist that bitch too.
Her crimson eyes gleamed with calculation.
I'll use him to trample Marie Rose.
Marie Rose's magic power far surpassed hers—strong enough to suppress others effortlessly. But Latina sensed something different in Alan. With proper guidance—and a little manipulation—he could resist even Marie Rose's magic.
And if he could resist her magic…
Then he could defeat her.
For Latina, Alan was no longer just prey.
He was a weapon she can use against Marie Rose.
"Survive as long as you can Human" Latina said as with a wave of her hand over 1000 skeletons and Zombies rose.
"Entertain me Human" Latina said laughing.
"Extinction Ray" But her laughter stopped abruptly when her army was destroyed in seconds.
'Is she for real? just using those weak Skeletons against me?' Alan thought as half of her army in an instant turned into ashes while others were gravely injured which Alan killed using Fire Dragon Claw spell.
Flaming pillars like claws rose from the ground engulfing the whole army and killing them all.
As Alan then switched to White Lion Dainsleif, it was simple reason, White Lion Dainsleif increases his attack power the more number he is against and now Latina who is an Necromancer is like an one man army.
"Get up and fight!"
Kikik!Kik!
Kuwaaah!
The skeletons and zombies on their knees slowly started to raise themselves. Latina increased the amount of magic power to the undead, causing their power and levels to increase.
"Hohoho! This is it!" Latina used the momentum and shouted, "Kill them all!"
Creak.Kik!
Kuwaaah!
The skeletons and zombies headed for Alan, whos only grinned as his attack power rose sharply.
"Pagma Sword Dance : Wave" Alan used Pagma Sword Dance as a wave of sharp mana erupted from him attacking the incoming undeas damaging them and pushing them back.
"White Lion Roar" A Spectral Lion roared as Alan atack power and defense rose by 60% for next three minutes.
"Its futile!" Latina shouted as she roared as undead was supplied by more magic power.
But suddenly a dark spectral mouth engulfed her, it was Sapphire as he used Soul ingestion as her main stat intelligence was decreased by 50% and transferred to Alan.
As Alan used Haste and Quickstep reaching her instantly as Alan swung White Lion Dainsleif with Purifying energy.
"N-No wait!" Latina shouted seeing the momentum but it was late as the sword slash engulfed her defeating her.
[ Opponent health have reached the minimum, You have won ]
The slash had enough power to obliterate her but since it was just an duel, the other damage was nullified after her health reached the minimum.
[Latina's strength is engraved on the Rune of Predation.]
[You have defeated three of Shizo Beriache's direct line. The title 'Qualification of a Blood King' has been acquired.]
[Qualification of a Blood King]
It is the qualification to be the king of all the direct descendants.
You will give a sense of pressure to ordinary vampires. The abilities of general vampires fighting against you will decrease by 10%.
You will give a sense of hostility to true blood vampires. The abilities of all true blood vampires fighting against you will increase by 10%.
Direct vampires will be interested in you. The chances of meeting a direct descendant will increase. Gaining favorability with direct descendants will be relatively easy. ]
Alan looked at Latina, who was kneeling on the ground.
Despair was etched across her face as she stared down at the shattered stone floor.
"Why are you acting like a little girl?" Alan shrugged calmly. "Winning and losing is normal. If you fail, you just stand up and fight again."
Latina's body trembled.
Slowly, she lifted her head and looked at him.
"I… I greet my king," she said, bowing deeply.
[ A Great Feat Has Been Achieved ]
[ One of the Direct Descendants has acknowledged you as her King ]
[ All stats increased by 200, while Intelligence have increased by 500.]
[ You have obtained Latina's Necklace ]
Latina removed a beautiful necklace from around her neck and offered it to him with both hands.
"With this, you can summon me anytime you need my help," she said softly.
Alan accepted it, then glanced at her.
"Hm. I guess we should first focus on training and improving you," he said, nodding. "You've got potential. A lot of it."
"As you wish, my king," Latina replied immediately. "I will grow stronger for you."
"Just call me Alan. That's enough," he said.
She paused, then nodded obediently.
"As you wish."