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 pulverized everything in his path, creating a golden road for his fellow dragons to follow; behind him,...
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 a nonverbal, ethereal bond with her patron deity. As the god of justice and fairest of the Aesir, Ty...
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 from behind. Thousands of minions and dragons had lined up, as dawn appeared behind the clear, crimson...
2020-08-11 10:41:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter sponsored by you.
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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 mages. The fog of war had spread through the mausoleum, as the living clashed against the armies of ...
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 on a cushion in a corner, having been granted milk and a steady supply of food for his help in reach...
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, having traded her [Plot Armor] for her normal clothes for the day when she couldn’t stand the artifact...
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 Japan, Timmy (aka Orknoob) is worried. All around the world, unemployed students are dying in m...
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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 invade the dungeon. Every single church in the city had received a divine order to participate, the g...
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 loudly, as he pushed a watchtower down, stones crashing on the shores and crushing the tiny doppelga...
2020-08-01 13:14:39 +0000 UTC View PostChapter sponsored by Kyle Reese.
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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 might have made Tye doubt himself with charm alone.
“Something cruel, Walter?” she ask...
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,
Loyal slimes, stand up, stand up!
The fairies will lose everything!
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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 very air suffused with the putrid stench of death.
Gathered in an underground chamber, i...
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, turning their target into a delightful show of light and destruction. The ground trembled for miles,...
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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 batch of elixir.
Nastrond had been protected from prying eyes by godlike magic, but even...
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 dragon recognized the ghostly candelabras, the armored statues on each side, the chains hanging from the...
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 I would prefer to keep my momentum going. So I'm still going to publish, but at a slower pace. ...
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 and the end; the capital of Avalon fated to survive until Ragnarok.
Everything in the city spru...
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 preventing them from accessing the dungeon’s depths. It was a purple replica of the shield around the...
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 complained, her face and body hidden beneath a white cowl. “I cannot shake the stereotype and it ...
2020-07-16 10:24:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter sponsored by... you.
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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 transferred deeper underground, there was one exception.
“You look terrible, human,”...
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 recently awakened true dragons to talking wyverns. Most of the newcomers had slept below Murmurin...
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A day after the massacre, his village reeked of blood. The grass had turned red.
Entrails and limbs splattered the grass, the villagers torn to shreds by the jaws of giant w...
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 research projects in hours while he awaited for Vainqueur’s summon.
“I’m so happy!” Victor ...
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 majestic true dragons, but armies of their lesser cousins, such as brutish wyverns, tiny drakes, zmeys...
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).
1) Life After Death
Walter Tye killed many adventurers over his career; some he sent...
2020-07-09 09:13:09 +0000 UTC View PostAnd 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 already at work, preparing the food and drinks for the guests while flying wyrms could be seen flying t...
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Spell failed. Level insufficient.
???
The same message. Over, and over again.
“So, chief?” Hagen asked as he entered Nastrond's cathedral, finding his master casting spells on a giant serpent’s bones.
“I...
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]...”
Your [Fire], [Water], [Earth], and [Wind] attacks will be greatly strengthened for ha... 2020-07-04 10:04:14 +0000 UTC View Post
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.
Thankfully, as he passed over the mountain’s summit, he found his castle unscathed, shielded by a cri...
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?!”
“Gorynych is anxious,” the zmey replied, his field empty of any defense to protect his last coin again...
2020-06-30 10:44:49 +0000 UTC View Post