Act 3 End - R&R, with actual rest this time

A collage of pleasant feelings greet you when you wake, and you look around to see two tieflings nestled against you, their breasts squishing into your chest. Further down, your head maid swallows your shaft while your back sinks into your soft sheets. "Huh, what are you all doing here?"

"Why wouldn't I be here, master? Did you not want me to wake you?" The well-trained maid sinks her mouth back onto your shaft the moment she finishes her question, a look of devotion on her face as she licks and sucks your member with expert skill.

Right, this is normal: you ordinarily wake up in a warm bed surrounded by beauties, not in a cold tent after being evicted from your dungeon. "Sorry pet, just getting used to being back. You're doing incredibly: keep it up and I'll have a treat for you in just a second." You stroke her hair and she blushes at the compliment as she continues to attend to your morning wood, and a moment later you sleepily moan and buck your hips to deliver her creamy reward directly into her waiting lips.

Getting up causes the two beauties clinging to you to groan and stir as you slide out from under them, and you give them each a quick kiss to silence their protests before sliding to your feet and preparing to go about your day. "Rea, could you go and fetch your two apprentices and meet me in my throne room?" The lavender servant gives a deep curtsy then trots off, her exposed ass swaying from her tall heels as her furry fake tail bobs up and down. You admire the view for a moment, then look around. The scene of utter devastation from the night before has largely vanished thanks no doubt to the thorough attention of your servants: your other champions and your three guests lie sleeping on any available soft surfaces, often tangled up with a partner. All other evidence of the long night's debauchery has vanished. After letting your gaze linger a bit on the ample flesh on display, you focus yourself and step through the portal.

By the time you reach the throne room there's still no sign of your servants, so after requisitioning a new scrying pool you step into the adjacent offering room to inspect your first upgrade. The area is dominated by a huge obsidian altar on a large, raised dais, ornate candles burning on its corners and much of its surface covered by plush, crimson cloth. Destroying the lich already unlocked the next level and, now that you don't have any urgent business awaiting you, you confirm the next upgrade and watch as your team of builder abishai quickly rework the room, carving glowing runes into the floor in geometric patterns all around the room. When they're done you open the new menu to see what they've wrought.

Unique Structure: Daemonic Altar (Level 5)
Level 5: Accepts larger offerings and generates more mana. Can empower very strong outsiders.
Upgrade to Level 6: Claim an adventurer's soul through trickery and guile.

Well, that's new. The past few weeks have led to you claiming the souls of four adventurers, although each time the consequences have been clearly understood by both parties. Granted, in the dark elf's case it took more than a bit of winning her over first. However, you've never truly fooled an adventurer with a contract yet, or even really attempted to: the closest was your fake contract with Ari what feels like ages ago now. Part of you wonders if that sort of cheating is still your style, while another part of you appreciates the motivation to return to your earlier ways. At the end of the day, your decision can wait: many of these upgrades have taken you weeks or months to achieve. Perhaps you'll eventually have a clear opportunity to do this, perhaps you'll simply do it to get the upgrade, perhaps it'll happen on its own as these things sometimes do. Perhaps you'll even meet an adventurer who you'll relish the opportunity to out-think. For now, the option can linger as one of the items on your 'to-do eventually' list.

Outside the room, Zalreanne seems to have located her colleagues, and the three maids all slightly dip as you approach. "Excellent, I'm glad to see you all here. I intend to go on a tour of my dungeon and meet all the bosses, rewarding them for staying loyal to varying degrees. I'd like the three of you to treat them extra special today: we need to make it clear that loyalty comes with benefits in my lair." The three maids flush as your suggestion. "Baelzann was the only one who refused to even respawn under the lich, so I'll leave the three of you with him, but once you wear him out I want you to visit Lilia and Rishukan as well. Got it?" They nod and you begin to walk towards the portal that leads into your dungeon, motioning for them to follow. A quick jump later the imp stands in front of you, looking like a six-foot tall version of your old lanky, pointy self.

"Hey boss, what's you's and the ladies doin'?" The huge imp gives a grin as you approach, lounging back against a plush chair set in the back of his room.

"Baelzann, it's good to see you. All of the bosses in my dungeon remembered their true allegiances during the recent incident, something which I was impressed by, but I was pleased to see that you even went so far as rejecting the option to respawn at all." You walk up and pat him on the back for emphasis.

"Well's boss, it was my pleasure." The top imp scratches his chin, somewhat embarrassed at your praise.

"Be that as it may, I want you to understand that loyalty in my lair is a two-way affair. Serve me well and you won't be forgotten. I believe you've met the help?" You motion to the three beauties, and they walk up, assets bared as they hold their chests out on display.

"Yes, they's all excellent. The elf is 'specially skilled," Baelzann's eyes are fixed on the rolling hills in front of him as he speaks.

"Well, have you had the opportunity to be attended to by all three of them at once?" The imp gulps, and you see his ragged pants begin to shift as something grows beneath them. You laugh and pat him on the back. "Try not to have too much fun! Don't forget, I still might need you to kill any adventurers who get this far." He eagerly nods before standing up and rushing forwards, the three gorgeous ex-adventurers giggling as he buries his face in the middle pair of purple tits, the two junior maids pressing their own orbs into the sides of his head as he's engulfed in a blissful softness. Job done, you step towards the portal, giving a wave as you go. "Keep up the good work, man."

Being the dungeon boss, you're able to teleport directly to Lilia's room next, and the well-endowed seductrix gives you a deep bow as you approach, her wrapped wings giving the impression of a woman wrapped in a plain black robe. "Master, it's good to see you back."

"Lilia, it's good to be back." You give the feminine daemon a firm handshake and a quick hug. "I noticed your... interesting change of tactics yesterday, and wanted to thank you. I understand that a potential eternity of nothingness was hard to sign up for, but it's good to know that you remembered your loyalty when it mattered most."

"But of course, my lord. Minions," The seductrix snaps her long-nailed fingers, "give your lord somewhere to rest his weary hands as we speak." Two seductrixes who are particularly exquisite specimens of their gender walk up to you with a sensual sway, taking up positions leaning on each of your sides. You idly fondle their delicious breasts for a moment before letting them go, eliciting needy moans.

"In any case, keep up the good work. I'll be sure to check in from time to time, maybe spend some time getting to know the locals." You smirk and give another squeeze for emphasis; the two daemons titter. "In the mean time, I've asked the maids to stop by later and give you some three-on-one time to remind you how much I value your continued loyalty." The chief seductrix flushes in anticipation. "I'll see you later. Try not to hog all of the adventurers when they start invading again."

"Mmm, I look forward to the treat, my lord. Have a pleasurable day." She purrs out the words as the world fades around you, and a moment later the hulking leader of the fallen ones stands in front of you in the middle of their rickety village.

"Red guy! We happy that you boss again! Other boss too stiff, bony, and glowy. Bad, mean boss!" The level boss shakes her cleaver angrily at the memory.

"Rishu, I'm glad to be back, although I was sorry to see how much your aim deteriorated in my absence." You lean back, cross your arms, and smirk.

"No! Aim good, better, train every day! Rishu miss reddest guy by intent! Help guyest red, beat evil blue guy!" Rishu looks pleased with her brilliant plan and you can't help but let out an amused chuckle.

"Don't worry, Rishu, I know you were just pretending to fight me and I appreciate it. I was incredibly pleased to see that all of my lieutenants remained loyal during my exile. Say, what do you think of the maids we hired recently?"

"Very good! They suck nice, minions say they fuck nice too! But very busy!" The huge daemon pants a bit as she thinks of them.

"Well, I'm happy to say that at some point soon you'll have all three of them to yourself in thanks for your continued service. Just try not to let too many adventurers past once they wear you out." She looks offended at the idea.

"Rishu no get worn out by tiny maids and let goodies pass! Rishu wear out girls, then beat up goodies! Red guy see!" Her minions give a cheer, and you give her a pat on the back before stepping back in the portal and returning to your throne room. By this point your champions have finally arisen, and although Mary and Sera are still leaning against each other while yawning and Tlax's swaying as if she's going to collapse at any moment they're at least nominally ready to start the day.

"So, I was thinking of taking it easy for a while, maybe even taking a break from this whole advancement thing. Thoughts?" You take a seat and pull Ari and Tina into your lap, the two snuggling into the crooks of your arms and easily fitting on your wider frame.

"Mmm, that's nice. Yeah, I agree, last thing I want to do right now watch us piss off anyone else that's powerful. I just got here and I spent half my time so far staring at a black screen with a popup." The daemonologist rubs her head against your chest with a blissful expression on her face. "Let's just relax."

"I agree, babe. Normally I'm all about you getting stronger but if the past is any indication the moment you upgrade the tower again we're going to be dealing with a whole wave of new adventurers and new problems. Let's just live a little for a change." Ari wraps her arms as far as they'll go around you and enjoys your considerable body heat.

"Well, let's at least see how we're doing in terms of fa—by the seven heavens!"

Fame: 168,769
Recent Activity

• Permanently defeated a legendary monster: +100,000
• First demonstrated your ability to summon souls to those outside your dungeon: +25,000
• Defeated another dungeon boss (based on rank, x0.25: your own dungeon): +6,750
• Claimed another boss's dungeon (based on rank, x0.25: your own dungeon): +12,500
• Provided by adventurers in your dungeon: +2,512
• Offered your first quest: +1,000
• People are talking about you: +4,795
• Recruited an adventurer (x2, based on level): +3,000
• Recruited an adventurer (based on level): +7,500

"Well, that's a bit of fame. Maybe I should get in the habit of getting beaten up by ancient undead mages."

"Please don't. I want to have fun while you rank up, not float around wondering if I'm ever going to be alive again." Ari murmurs into your side, and your daemonic heart softens slightly at the idea of her choosing potential oblivion over the possibility of betraying you to the lich.

"Okay, fine. Any objections to at least bumping myself to Elite Boss though?" The two of them shake their heads, rubbing their hair against you.

"Ooh, what do we get?" Mariel perks up, letting out a cute yawn and then skipping over to catch up on what she just dozed through. "Whoa, you have how much fame now?"

"Yeah, welcome to the club." You purchase five levels of angelic liegelord and ten of daemonic liegelord, then designate the two novice maids as lieutenants. The maid arrangement is temporary: you'll have to inform them of that later, but it's unlikely they want to work towards being level bosses with their interests and skillsets regardless, so it shouldn't be much of an issue. The requirements for elite boss met, you purchase the new title, bringing your lofty fame total down to a much more reasonable 25,469: still much more than you're used to keeping on hand, but a number that feels smaller than it once did when you look at the new information that fills your vision.

Elite Boss
Most bosses in your region now consider you a protector, a rival, a threat, or an example to look up to. Adventurers generally consider your dungeon a dangerous place full of tempting treasures.
New Features

• Unlocks new rooms and cosmetic options.
• Unlocks new fame options.
• Additional liegelord levels available.
• New liegelord ability: fae liegelord
• You may now designate attendants. Attendants are minor underlings who serve your dungeon in a support role, meaning they may not have any other rank such as champion, level boss, or lieutenant. Attendants may leave your dungeon as if they were champions, but receive no other bonuses.
• You can now designate consorts. Consorts are champions who have gained particular trust and responsibility, and are authorized to make changes to your dungeon. All changes will be processed as if made by you, except for changes involving dungeon resources like fame or mana which will be sent to you for approval. Consorts still require a champion slot in addition to their special slot type.
• Willing bosses of lower rank can now be recruited as vassals. Vassals pay you a portion of their fame earned but gain benefits in turn, such as limited access to items and underlings from your dungeon and protection from their dungeons being claimed so long as you remain in control of your own.
• Your lair may no longer be claimed by anyone whose level is less than or equal to 50.
• You and your champions each gain three inventory slots which can contain items that will not drop when slain.

Fame: 25,469
Promotion: Elite Boss -> Raid Boss (1,000,000 fame, missing requirements: 0/1 consorts, 5/7 champions, 5/7 lieutenants, 25/50 liegelord levels, 75/150 minions, 1/25 greater minions, 4/5 dungeon levels, 0/2 vassals)
Daemonic Liegelord: 15/50 (6,760 fame)
Angelic Liegelord: 10/50 (6,760 fame)
Fae Liegelord: 0/50 (6,760 fame)
Expand Dungeon Claim Radius: 1km -> 2km (10,000 fame)
Summon Minion: 75/150 (50 fame)
Summon Greater Minion: 1/25 (250 fame)
Additional Attendant Slot: (0 spent/0 available/7 max) (50 fame)
Additional Champion Slot: (5 spent/0 available/7 max) (16,000 fame) (requires liegelord level 15)
Additional Consort Slot: (0 spent/0 available/7 max) (100,000 fame)
Additional Lieutenant Slot: (5 spent/0 available/7 max) (300 fame)
Additional Dungeon Level: (4/7) (5,000 fame)

Well, that's... a lot. You swap the two maids back from being lieutenants and purchase three attendant slots for the trio, allowing them to leave the lair from time to time as a reward or on errands: for only 150 fame, now pocket change for your rising status, there's little reason not to.

"Say, what's this new liegelord type?" Sera, now fully awake, peeks over your shoulder in interest. You oblige her and open the menu.

Fae Liegelord
With your growing power, outsiders more and more distant from your nature begin to take notice. The fae are curious and varied beings who prefer to remain out of the bitter rivalries, furious conflicts, and occasional fleeting alliances which define the tempestuous relationship between the heavens and the hells.

"Ooh, sounds neat. I don't think I've ever even met any of them before." Mariel chimes in after reading the description in record time.

"Yeah, maybe our lord can find some new type of hottie to get to know better," Sera smirks and gives your chest a sensual rub.

"Well, when you ask so nicely..." you smirk and look back at her.

"So anyways, babe, what do you think you're going to do first with all of these new options?" Ari looks over in interest.

"How about nothing at all, at least for a while. Let's laze around, maybe fool around a bit. Say, Mary, do you want to go read?" The angel leaps on top of you excitedly and gives you a kiss.

"You never ask me that! What's gotten into you?" She wiggles happily on your lap, earning annoyed glances from the two tieflings whose space is being encroached upon by the adorable little angel.

"I guess all of this mess has taught me to spend a bit more time appreciating what we have." You wrap your arms around her. "Now let's go before these succubuses distract me." The black-haired beauty squeals as you pick her up and walk towards the stairs leading to your tower, the others chuckling at the sight and going their various ways to enjoy their newfound free schedules for the first time since before the lich's bony messenger first set foot in your lair.

End of Act 3