Genre Savvy: Akhenapep's defining character trait. In this Verse, he wrote the Evil Overlord List (calling each entry a "stratagem" instead), lives by every entry, and teaches it in lectures to up-and-coming evil overlords. Shesha, goddess of commerce, hates him, because her resurrection business has crashed as a result of villains following comprehensive body disposal procedures. As if hearing their conversation, a chubby, two-legged cat the size of a manling joined the soldiers on the walls, wearing emerald and gold jewelry that Vainqueur immediately thought would look great atop his hoard; so would her golden fur. Two pretty manling maidens attended the cat, looking fearfully at Vainqueur. Villainous Friendship: As the story goes on, Victor starts to like the dragon who forced him into being a minion.

The adventurers understood the message and shut up. The Snow Dancer and Ninja Weeb put distance between the golem and them, giving breathing room to Vainqueur. He sniffed his chief of staff and noticed the smell of Tasty Malfy and Untasty Allison on him. He would have shrugged it off as the consequence of close proximity, but the scent seemed a bit too strong. For prevailing in this epic battle, you earned eight levels in [ Kaiser], and three levels in [ Gladiator]! You earned the [ Victory Roar], [ Mirror Scale], [ Fire Crown], [ Immovable], [ Show-off], and [ Gold Shower] Class Perks! Exploiting that single moment of inattention, Vainqueur charged towards Wotan, opening his wings to fly at him. The fairy heard Vainqueur coming... I had to do it, minion,” Vainqueur told his friend, who looked at the statue in horror—horror at her treachery. “They lusted for my gold with their greedy eyes, then tried to turn me into treasure… after I gave them a minion job! Do you know the unemployment rate among your kind, Manling Victor? You do not, and you do not want to know. While I achieved full employment!”The castle overflowed with the smell of cats and felines, including lions, tigers, and even a sphinx, according to Vainqueur’s nose. A flag representing a cat with boots stood at the summit of the tower, much to the dragon’s amusement. Just this once!” Vainqueur said, flying over a vast forest, smelling the presence of trolls, slimes, and other beasts below. Birds and harpies flew away in fear at his arrival. “Are these the troll woods?” And what do my eyes see but...competent technician writing skills?! What madness is this? The author...knows how to use commas!? I MUST DO THE DANCE OF JOY! Oh, and the author is actually French. I’m pretty sure punctuation in French is pretty close to English, but 10th grade French was a long time ago. Either way, it’s a non-native speaker doing better on the technical side than most native-speakers in this genre.

You are the greatest threat to the fomor race since Balaur’s foolish war on the mortals, Knightsbane,” Wotan declared, sounding proud of fighting such a powerful opponent. “If you are to die here, buried under the earth by your own foolishness, then my life is a small price to pay. Now that I have a soul… I no longer fear a warrior’s death.” Minions?” Understanding the dragon would let him live so long as he answered, manling Victor spoke. “I had a party once, but it didn’t work out. Like I was the only professional with ambition beyond petty theft.” This is part of a series but I believe I've gotten what I wanted (so saying, maybe I'll suddenly devour the next book in the series next (not immediately, I've already acquired and read another different book)). Berserk Button: Vainqueur literally gains the Berserk status after Furibon transmutes his gold to lead. I don't think I've ever come across a book like this before.. So a player in an MMORPG describes levelling-Up to an in-game character and inadvertently makes them self-aware but, unfortunately, the character is a Dragon.

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Victor gave him a strange, incredulous look. “Reprimand the… I don’t know Your Majesty, I’m not a religious guy. Maybe we could ask a bishop.” Vainqueur roared in unbearable agony, as a Valkyrie descended into the crater and the pain canceled his [Shining Majesty]. The dragon opened his mouth at her to blast her with flames...

I am already taken, but thank you,” Victor replied, before glaring at the wizard. “You caught and beat up children?” Maybe he should raid the dwarves next? He had heard they collected enough gems to fill underground vaults. Second, Victor's discovery that it can give souls to fomors without sacrificing dragons leads to all the other fomors turning against Mell Odieuse in the final battle.This has been a journey... We went from a prideful, arrogant, narcissistic dragon with a mountain full of gold... To a dragon GOD with the entire WORLD as their hoard... With all their pride, arrogance, and narcissism still intact, despite everything. Brains and Brawn: He's the brains to Vainqueur's brawn. While Vainqueur is one of the most powerful entities around, his intelligence stat is a paltry 14 even after he starts Level Grinding. Victor does his best to steer Vainqueur's greed and ego in a more favorable direction for the dragon's benefit and that of others.