to do the quest (talke a lvl8 npc) you do need to conquer the npc
my first attack:
battlena2.evony.com/default.html?logfile/20100602/15/76/157690c6d0217b4048b0b776716f57fc.xml
that was a great succes the 2nd (2sec later):
battlena2.evony.com/default.html?logfile/20100602/5c/87/5c8742aef8799f7e13b5ef588778fd23.xml
notice how there is a part of walldefence and troops back already at age1 this would only happen after 6 min
the other attacks were with 13.5k and 15k archers in the earlier attacks with some other troops to take out any trap etc left
i figured loyalty would go dont by 4 each time but:
battlena2.evony.com/default.html?logfile/20100602/30/9e/309e2c3e03d42986abe01f189f5f0578.xml
it went only down by 3 with 15k archers and 2 with 13500 archers
did manage to get loyalty down with cataphrats cavalry and scouts
so if you want to avoid losses time your attack real close together and dont expect loy to go down as fast as on age1