The skies were bright with explosions, but Vainqueur’s light blinded them all. “[Shining Majesty]!”
The dragon radiated the holy light of the hoard on the Sablarian heathens, incinerating those closest to him, and melting even their mighty war golems. A shooting star made wyrm, he pul...
2020-08-15 08:40:38 +0000 UTC View PostChapter sponsored by you.
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Darkness choked the air of the crypt, an overwhelming evil taking hold of the area. Bleeding and wounded in her flesh, Gwenhyfar felt the pain in her soul too.
As a [Paladin of Tyr], she always shared ...
2020-08-15 08:40:33 +0000 UTC View PostVainqueur felt it in his bones. The Fairy Queen Mell Odieuse was near.
Her foul stench filled the air, carried by the wind.
After crossing the dense forests of Prydain, Vainqueur and his mighty army had reached the island's western shores, destroying its defensive walls fr...
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Another arrow bounced off Arthur’s skin, repelled by his [Chosen One] Perk’s fate protection.
The invincible prince could barely see clearly, even with the lights summoned by his ...
2020-08-08 10:24:22 +0000 UTC View Post“How do you make holy water?” Victor’s [Fetch] asked the original. “You boil the hell out of it!”
Sitting on a tooth chair inside around a tongue-shaped table, the Vizier raised his eyes from his scrolls and maps to look at his clone, who expected approval. Cait Sith was sleeping ...
2020-08-08 10:24:10 +0000 UTC View PostTree. Tree. Tree.
Oh, another tree!
“Minions, the fairies know nothing of landscaping!” Vainqueur snarled, flying above a gigantic, impenetrable forest of oaks and alders. Minion Victor followed him on Gorynych’s back, while Knight Kia trailed them while riding her griffin, havi...
2020-08-04 11:59:13 +0000 UTC View PostAs per the title, since Vainqueur's final arc has started, this will be the last chapter poll for this story. Since the final arc is rather serious, the final interlude will be an humorous stand-alone.
1) The Truck Conspiracy
Reincarnated as a part-timer in Japa...
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Three hundred.
Between the soldiers Arthur and the Academy brought to protect Lyonesse, the Watch, and the city’s priests, Lyonesse’s defenders could gather a fighting force of three hundred to i...
2020-08-01 13:16:30 +0000 UTC View PostNothing could harm him.
Bullets, mortar, and cannonballs bounced off Vainqueur’s thick [Hoard Armor], as the dragon tore down the island’s walled fortifications. None could stand before the power of a true hoard.
“I am the gold that haunts your lead!” the dragon boasted ...
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To her credit, Laufey was a fantastic actress. This must have been the ultimate stress test, and she perfectly feigned confusion. If he didn’t have irrefutable proof of her betrayal, she mi...
2020-07-28 09:16:43 +0000 UTC View Post- The Hoardnational, Lyrics.
Stand up, minions of the Earth!
Stand up, prisoners of fear!
Greed thunders in its volcano!
This is the golden eruption!
Of the lead let us make coins,
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Walter Tye, a nineteen years old Pale Serpent apprentice, spoke the ancient words of power from his grimoire. He suffocated under his dark robes, the ...
2020-07-25 09:41:39 +0000 UTC View PostIn Murmurin, the day before the invasion of Prydain, the dragons played a very loud game.
“Open fire!” Vainqueur declared, as two dozens true wyrms unleashed their breaths at a crater. [Fire], [Frost], [Lightning], [Poison], [Earth]… almost every element known to dragonkind was used, ...
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Trapped inside Nastrond’s cathedral, Walter Tye applied a spell tattoo to a living black rat’s hide; in the background, his [Athanor] device distilled hydra’s blood and transferred the result to his new ...
2020-07-21 09:43:18 +0000 UTC View PostAfter many joys and triumphs, Vainqueur and his minions finally made it to the ‘boss room,’ or so Manling Victor called it.
Unable to unlive past his crushing defeat in the War of the Hoard, the Forgotten One had recreated his old throne room down to the very last detail. The drag...
2020-07-21 09:42:42 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone,
A few things happened on my end, necessitating a slight change in my update schedule.
1) I'm finally visiting my family/friends in France after four months in confinement abroad (because BLEEP Covid). I said that I might take a week off in that case, but... frankly ...
2020-07-20 08:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter sponsored by you, dear patrons.
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Camelot.
The birthplace of mankind, and the center of Midgard. Built under the shadow of the world tree Yggdrasil by Ask and Embla, the first humans, it was the origin a...
2020-07-18 09:35:12 +0000 UTC View Post'5000 gold coins per person.’
“Never!” Vainqueur roared almost immediately, his head hitting the ceiling and causing the entire hall to tremble. “Never!”
“That’s evil,” Friend Victor added, a flying mirror floating near his face, as he examined the barrier pre...
2020-07-18 09:34:23 +0000 UTC View Post“So, if I understand right, you want advice on how to change mortals’ perception of you?” Victor asked the goddess Cybele, scribbling notes while they sat on fungi thrones around a mushroom table.
“Most mortals only remember me for the pleasure aspect of my portfolio,” the goddess...
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Walter Tye’s teleportation spell didn't bring him to Nastrond, but to his old sanctuary, deep below the shop. None could teleport directly to the city itself, and while most of his equipment had been ...
2020-07-14 11:46:18 +0000 UTC View Post“Minion! MINION!”
A frown on her face and dark circles under her eyes, Allison opened her house’s door to face a large group of thirsty dragons.
Even if she lived with Rolo in the farms at the city’s outskirts, the entire area was overcrowded by all kinds of dragon types, from...
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A day after the massacre, his village reeked of blood. The grass had turned red. ...
2020-07-11 09:31:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt was evening, and he was high on love!
So thought Victor Dalton, as he worked on a new mixture in his lab, his heart full of happiness. He had never been so productive, so energetic, so thoughtful! The warmth in his chest had fueled him through the day, finishing years-long resea...
2020-07-11 09:30:42 +0000 UTC View PostIt had been eons since Vainqueur had seen so many dragons gathered in one place. This assembly made his Bragging Day look like a small family gathering!
Everywhere, as far as his eyes could see, dragons from all corners of Outremonde feasted in a great brotherhood of scales; not only the ma...
2020-07-09 09:13:21 +0000 UTC View PostSince Vainqueur is approaching its final arc and five chapters of Never Die Twice have been funded by patrons this month, I thought we could shake things up a bit. You get to decide what one of the Patreon-funded NDT chapters will be about (probably the last one of the month).
And so, the Dragon Conclave started, with the arrival of the fashionably early guests.
Vainqueur, Grandrake, Manling Victor, and Gorynych had gathered at the meeting point right outside Murmurin, a grassy [Plains] field vast enough to accommodate a dragon army. Thousands of minions were alr...
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Spell failed. Level insufficient.
???
The same message. Over, and over again.
“So, chief?” Hagen asked as he entered Na...
2020-07-04 10:05:05 +0000 UTC View Post“[Elemental Burst],” Manling Victor cast spells on his master with his scythe, geared up for war, “[Veran’s Acid Mantle], [Delayed Hasten]...”
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His castle! His beautiful castle!
As he flew high in the skies with Gorynych after him, Vainqueur’s heart was filled with concern. Concern for his beautiful, hard-won lair, the elite minions staffing it, and his marvelous hoard in the vaults. Not necessarily in that order.
Tha...
2020-07-02 09:03:55 +0000 UTC View PostThis may be the toughest battle Vainqueur had fought yet. While he had the greatest hoard, his enemies were strong, and his minion was weak.
“Zmey!” Vainqueur snarled to Gorynych, who couldn’t decide which Monster Poker card to play. “What are you waiting for?!”
“Gor...
2020-06-30 10:44:49 +0000 UTC View Post