Chapter 142: Tattoo Fusion - Preparing for Battle
Ryuji sat on a stone next to the exit. His eyes watched Sariel, who started chopping up the boss monster, which was a giant rat, into small cubes of meat. She then sniffed the meat before throwing it into a pot of boiling liquid.
'This succubus, is she a retard or linked to the gods? That strange way of speaking reminded me of the system voice that always speaks to me... the world isn't what It seems, or I imagine?'
Honestly, Ryuji cared little about this world before.
However, the moment he awakened as a demon lord, the desires he trained to control, afraid he would become a monster back on earth, broke free. He no longer felt guilt for sleeping with two women or his feelings towards Lia, Erika and Alicia.
He spent so long forcing them down, deeper inside him, that his actions almost seemed hateful in his current eyes.
'Erika's feelings were obvious to him, yet he pretended to ignore them and used her like a sex friend. After unleashing his emotions and desires. He couldn't do that anymore because she started growing on him from the moment he saw her.'
Ryuji shook his head. The frustration of how he acted while desperate to keep his inner demon limited and in control almost completely vanished with his first awakening.
Though he still kept a lot of his human feelings and morals.
He no longer clung to the earth's views on relationships and love who he loved and did not care how people judged him for it.
Meanwhile, Sariel peeked at him while making her a strange pot of soup with rat and goblin meat, her tail dancing in the air, forming pink hearts from the trace of pink mana that followed it.
"What are you making?" He wondered while opening his current status.
Though the change in attributes was nothing massive, the daily increase made him grow in power even with no level-ups.
"Making my master a delicious meal to steal his heart, hehe~!"
'Well, the reason I came here was to max out my goblin, kobold and other tattoos to fuse them.'
To be honest, Ryuji stopped checking his status screen before he met Sariel. It seemed stupid of him to do, and he would probably agree now because, on his status screen, two new markings were added, and his marking from Yumiko changed, too.
[Nine-tailed Fox Demon: (Rare), Demon Knight: (Uncommon), Succubus: (Uncommon)]
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[Demon Lord Markings Activated]
[Tattoos For Fusion Detected]
[Goblin: (Rare), Grey Wolf: (Rare), Kobold Berserker: (Rare), Fire-Type Lizardman: (Epic), Lizardman Warrior: (Epic). Sprig Prince: (Rare)
[Warning: Tattoo Fusion can fail!]
[Attempt Fusion?]
[Yes] [No]
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Ryuji looked at the changes in the menu after his talent became Demon Lord Markings and found that the slots changed from a numerical value to body parts.
[Left Arm, Right Arm, Chest, Back, Left Leg, Right Leg]
Now, their total was six!
However, he misunderstood the fusion system and didn't realise it meant all of them could be fused in sequence.
'Yes'
So he took the risk; thankfully, he didn't choose to use the Lich king's tattoo or Yumiko's tattoo, which had improved before he knew it.
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[Tattoo Fusion Stating...]
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[Demon Lord Marking begun]
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[Fusion Failed]
[Fusion Success]
[Fusion Success]
[Fusion Success]
[Fusion failed]
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[Failure damaged Lizardman Tattoo]
[Failure damaged Kobold Tattoo]
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[Marking of the revenant Berserker (Myth)]
Area: Left Leg
Increases Strength by 10
Increases Stamina by 10
Increases Grit by 15
Increases Intellect by 10
Maximum Rage increased by 40
All Damage taken decreased by 20%
Libido and Sexual Stamina doubled outside of combat.
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[Nine-Tailed Demon (Rare)]
Area: Right Arm (White fox and golden nametag)
Increases Agility by 20
Increases Intellect by 5
Stops a fatal blow that would kill the owner once a day.
Increases bond with Yumiko Sakurai
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[Demon Knight: (Uncommon)]
Area: Left Arm (Black and Red Sleeve)
Increases Strength by 5
Channel shadow element into attacks
Increases bond with Erika Tendo
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[Succubus: (Uncommon)]
Area: Right Leg (Succubus runes and markings)
Increases Intellect by 10
Increases sexual prowess by 50%
Increases Bond with Succubus Sariel
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[Enraged Lich's Tattoo of Arrogance (Unique) - Cannot be upgraded]
Area: Chest (Black markings around the blood crystal)
Increases Strength by 10
Increases Intellect by 10
Learn Spell Blood Ray
This tattoo will increase the awakening speed of your dormant bloodline.
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Ryuji's eyes widened, a flash of shock before he could even breath as the feeling of a needle being pierced into his flesh suddenly enveloped his entire body. His legs, arms, chest and crotch felt like hundreds of small needles and blades started cutting and slicing apart his flesh.
Tears of agony slipped down his cheeks as he looked at the beautiful tattoo forming on his left arm, the black vines covered in blood-red roses and flowers with the name Erika hidden in several parts of the tattoo that seemed related to the bonding increase.
The marking on his right leg looked rather cool, with various runic markings forming a chain that wrapped around his thigh and calves with Sariel's name in demonic etched inside purple diamond crystals that were hanging from the runic chains.
As for his crotch tattoo, he took a peak only to find it vanished. The tattoo now formed a marking that painted a beautiful white wolf along his arm in a sleeve, with a golden collar around its neck with the name "Yumiko" etched on the gold plate.
'Oh man... wait... why does it feel the fur is moving in the wind?'
Ryuji noticed that all of his tattoos seemed to move; the chains looked like they jingled when he walked, the roses and vines swayed, and the strange lich tattoo felt like two dark eyes were watching from his chest... sometimes they would open.
"Wow... you look like a real demon lord now!" Sariel suddenly shouted with an excited voice, her lips curled into a brilliant smile, flashing her lovely teeth and golden eyes that closed into a crescent moon shape.
"I can't deny that... If I were to walk around like this, though, some people might feel a little intimidated.
'Who cares?' His inner desires muttered inside his mind, reminding Ryuji that he shouldn't bind himself to the laws and thoughts of his previous lifestyle.
"You're right... Hey, Sariel, does it look cool?" Ryuji asked while spreading his arms and looking down at the succubus.
"It looks sexy, look, it made me like this! Ehehe~ I can see my name on your leg."
Ryuji looked down to where her hand moved as she slipped apart the black panties she wore under her skin-tight black shorts and revealed a sticky and wet goo that dribbled down her fingers, filling the dungeon with a sweet, honey-scented fragrance.
In the past, this scent made Ryuji unable to stop himself from kissing Sariel in the cave where they met, yet right now, although his crotch became swollen, his mind remained clear, and he looked at her with a calm and judgmental gaze.
"You're vagina is really small and neat... I would have thought it to look lewder than a normal human woman. You're such a cute succubus."
"Howawa!?" Sariel's face turned bright red, the sense of embarrassment for a lust demon probably a little different to a normal woman.
However, Ryuji began to understand what made her tick watching her in secret when she thought herself to be invisible to everyone.
He saw her stealing fruit, eating cooked meat, scratching her ass while sitting on the roof then fighting the birds that attacked her when she went near their nest in the tower.
'Sariel isn't a normal succubus, and she must be special... not to mention how cute she is.'
"Let's go home, Sariel. You can cling to my back if you want."
"Yay! Let's go!"
She lunged at his body, wrapping herself around his back, her arms almost choking his neck, and her tail wrapped around the leg with her name and runic markings on. It seemed she really liked seeing the tattoo on his body.
While enjoying the soft feeling of her almost exposed breasts against his back, the pair left the dungeon with a smile on their face.
His attribute changes making him confident for the tournament that would start in less than a day.
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Status
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Name: Ryuji Vincenzo
Title: Deathbringer (Kobold), Murderer (Human)
1st Class: Demon Lord: Lv.10 (Hidden to Others)
2nd Class: Sanguine Berserker: Lv.16
Rage: 0/140 (0 Reserved) [20% All Damage Resist]
Rank: A / (SS+)
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Attributes
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Strength: 123
Agility: 82
Stamina: 69
Grit: 105
Intellect: 135
Combat Strength: Level 55
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While walking towards the mansion, Ryuji felt that his day was quite pleasant. He didn't mind that now his markings were permanent unless he replaced them with an equally rare marking or used them to fuse.
However, he didn't plan to do that with the tattoo's just yet.
The knowledge he gained told him at Level 50 of the Demon Lord class he would attain something more, and his form would be improved once again.
'I got fusion at level ten, so maybe I can use other markings to upgrade or enhance my current markings at level fifty.'
"Master, you smell really nice~ don't leave Sariel alone and run away somewhere, okay?"
He didn't know if she was sleep talking, or pretending buy her warm breath blowing down his neck and the lack of movement made him feel it was one of the two.
Ryuji looked up to the fading sunlight and thought to himself, though he and Sariel were bound due to an accident he didn't feel like tossing her aside, was it their bond or maybe she was just his type.
The truth was, since coming to this world he learned he felt attraction to a lot of different types of women which shocked him who thought he knew his taste.
"I won't, as long as you don't leave me. I will keep you close, Sariel." So he chose the honset answer he desired to give.
He feared people leaving him the most, especially women he cared about.
Maybe the trauma of losing his mother lingered in the depths of his soul, sitting in the dark dojo waiting hours for her to come home, despite knowing she died.
A sad and pathetic time of grief that had yet to leave him.
"I don't want to be alone ever again..." He muttered, while increasing his speed towards the mansion hoping everyone was there waiting...
After his thoughts cleared a small pink ball of magic floated from the succubus tattoo and flowed into the body of Sariel while he focused ahead.