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Never Die Twice 18: Spell Perfection
Thanks Dynrakmos for sponsoring this chapter.---------------------------Boards & Conquest.Midgard’s most famous strategy game. Originally a battle simulation developed by the Academy to train tacticians against Convergences, it had soon become a popular hobby among Avalon’s population. Two to th...
Vainqueur 127: Interlude: The Tomb of Furibon
Somewhere in the New World, Holly Woods’ mountain,Months after the battle of El Dolrado.Sitting on his throne, in the deepest, darkest room of his dungeon, Furibon was giddy with excitement.At long last, his contributions had been recognized!“Hello everyone, welcome to another episode of Today...
Vainqueur 126: Relationship Board
This wasn’t how Victor imagined his first 'ultrasound' session as a future father. Then again, he never expected to have one in the first place, and especially not in a ghoul-run undead clinic.“As you can see,” Jules explained, projecting his divination spell on the white wall opposite...
Never Die Twice 17: Begin Again
Chapter sponsored by Glader.----------------A peaceful, quiet life.As Tye managed his shop in the morning, he meditated on his newfound peace of mind. Gone were his fear of discovery, and the constant home robberies. The world believed him dead, and his mining operations had returned to their pre-Pr...
Vainqueur 125: The Third Way
“It will take me less than ten minutes to destroy you, Wotan!” Vainqueur Knightsbane declared, expanding his wings threateningly.“It seems you have forgotten how our last physical encounters ended,” the stormlord replied, barely restraining himself. “You would have died in that crater, had...
Never Die Twice 16: Flawless Victory
Pain, coupled with humiliation, racked the princess’ body as her back hit a stone wall. She coughed blood and felt her ribs breaking under the strain.Warning: You have taken massive [Physical] damage! You have lost half your HP![Insta-death] negated by [Amulet of Avalon]!Gwen barely had the time t...
Vainqueur 124: The Return of the King
Breathing heavily, Vainqueur raised his hands and unleashed his magic for the sixtieth time. “[Terraform: Landmass]!”His power spread across the desert beneath his and his minions’ feet; but instead of green grass, the sand transformed into bright, multi-colored sugar. A hill of cream appeared...
Never Die Twice Funding/Patreon Poll
As most of you know, "Never Die Twice," unlike Vainqueur the Dragon, has been sponsored entirely by one person: my main patron Kyle Reese/Knightaether (with the appropriate creative control). However, many of you asked how they could help with getting chapters out faster, so I asked Knightae...
Vainqueur 123: One for the Team
“[Terraform: Landmass, Plains]!”As Vainqueur shouted these magical words in the middle of the desert, a screen appeared right before him.How much SP will you use? 50 SP per fifty meters radius.“All of them!”1800 SP consumed.In the blink of an eye, the dragon’s beautiful magic expanded all ...
Vainqueur 122: Slimonies
This was probably the most awkward breakfast in Victor’s life.He and Chocolatine stood at each end of her kitchen table in embarrassed silence, neither of them willing to address the elephant in the room.“So… did you enjoy Samhain?” the werewolf tried to make conversation, but only made both...
Never Die Twice 15: Dungeon Crawl
Chapter sponsored by Kyle Reese.------------------------------------They kept coming.Hordes of white, bloodthirsty rodents crawled from the upper levels, cutting off their escape route. Morgane and Annie had immediately summoned walls of flames to stop them, but this only slowed them down; for the r...
Vainqueur 121: Breeding for War
Vainqueur, best dragon of all, looked at the map from atop his hoard with skepticism. “Why manlings?”His minion advisors, gathered around the war board, exchanged glances. “Excuse us, Your Majesty?” Marbré asked.“Why are we using manling figurines to represent my kobold minions?” Vainqu...
Vainqueur 120: Volume III Epilogue
Of course, the one time Victor came to Vainqueur for advice, the dragon was asleep on his hoard, belly exposed.“Your Majesty?” Victor asked, the dragon softly snoring like a cat. Vainqueur had remained like that for the past week, even as his Vizier prepared the country for war and Samhain. When...
Vainqueur 119: Prophecy Fulfilled
What a bright sunny day. What could go wrong?So Victor asked himself, as he flew over Isabelle Maure’s corner of the V&V Empire. Tonight was Samhain, the Outremonde equivalent to Halloween. A time when undead and monsters acted up, like the ones making up his entire nation.And they had failed to k...
Vainqueur Poll: Tomb of Furibon or Cat Adventures?
Choose the June Interlude of Vainqueur the Dragon!1) The Tomb of FuribonEveryone needs a hobby, but for Furibon, dungeon design is more than an occupation; it is a passion. Having put his evil lead ways behind him, the lich decides to fulfill an old dream, and build the cruelest dungeon ever imagine...
Vainqueur 118: Home Again
“Finally!” Vainqueur rejoiced upon reaching the coast and seeing the ocean. “At long last!”After days of flying nonstop through the desert, the sight of clear water filled him with boundless joy. Watching the sun setting on the water had never felt so pleasurable.“This is the inner sea eas...
Vainqueur 117: Sleep Disorders
All was as dark as the blackest abyss.It was far from silent though. And it smelled of honeyed cake.“Is he waking up?” Chocolatine asked, having been at Victor's side since he fell into a coma. “Is my delicious cake working?”“No,” Allison said. “No sign of recovery.”“Can I take...
Vainqueur 116: TPW
Icefang had caught up to the fairy first, and lost.As Vainqueur reached a destroyed village, he found Magnifique and Suffisante motionless on the ground amidst the corpses of a dozen nagas. Houses had been pounded into dust, while ice shuriken and laceration marks scarred the landscape.A good mile a...
Never Die Twice 14: The Princess' Quest
Story sponsored by Kyle Reese.-----------------As Gwen looked at the dungeon’s dark entrance, she could almost smell it. The stench of blood.How many had walked inside this cave and never come out? How many adventurers had foolishly lost their lives looking for treasure, glory, or the thrill of po...
Vainqueur 115: Item Farming
The fairy’s nest stank for miles!The longer he observed it from above, hidden amidst the clouds and positioned against the wind, the angrier Vainqueur grew. This… this insult to the dragon way of life would not survive the day.It had taken him hours to locate it, due to powerful illusions shroud...
Vainqueur 114: Looking for a Farm
It had to happen one day.Vainqueur had pushed his minion to breed, something which he had proven surprisingly terrible at. No matter the setbacks, his chief of staff had pushed on, trying to do his duty and satisfy his master.And he had overbred.“Minion!” Vainqueur barked. “Minion!”His chief...
Vainqueur 113: A Slice of Cat
My name is Victor Dalton, and if you read this, then it means that I am dead. Again.As he wrote down his will, the Vizier realized that this line had lost its impact.In his will, the Vizier distributed his belongings between his friends. Chocolatine had the lion’s share with ownership of his manor...
Vainqueur 112: Baths and Munchkins
What a wonderful looking place.Vainqueur glanced at the enormous, steamy bath in front of him, bordered by natural stone walls and wooden pipes. The pagoda-like inn that oversaw the area overshadowed it from a hill above, blocking out half of the sun."You could fit an army inside!" His chief...
Vainqueur 111: Interlude: The Princess Documentary
“Far away, in the depths of Castle Gardemagne,” the dragon said, as a beautiful keep with shining white halls appeared on the reflective surface, “lives a deadly predator; the remnant of a bygone age where manling kings numbered in the thousand, fighting both themselves and the wild.His trusty...
Vainqueur 110: The Heaven Talk
Victor Dalton, Grand Vizier of the V&V Empire, thought he had developed tinnitus for a minute. The world had gone completely silent after he heard Vainqueur’s latest words.“I’m, I’m sorry, what did Your Majesty just say?” the Vizier asked as he regained his hearing, the demolished imperial...
Vainqueur 109: Minion Recipe
“Tonight, I dine on turtle soup!”So vowed Vainqueur Knightsbane, as he rose up with a dizzy head and a heart full of wrath. Dirt and grass covered his beautiful scales, the trail his landing had caused going on for hundreds of meters.The Tarasque’s blow had sent him flying for miles, his golde...
Never Die Twice 13: An Insidious Curse
Story sponsored by Kyle Reese.--------------------------His little shop was overcrowded, and he hated it. “Thank you for coming!” Tye said while Laufey was equally busy finalizing a sale. “Thank you, that will be one hundred gold coins.” “Thank you for coming!” “Thank you!”He had bec...
Vainqueur 108: Pride and Prejudice
That BLEEPing class…For the first nineteen levels, [Fishermen] were nothing to write about. Crap growths, useless abilities like breathing twice longer underwater, a fish animal companion. And yet most civilized nations heavily regulated that class, often killing would be [Fishermen] on sight. Onl...
Vainqueur 107: Nothing can stop the Kaiju!
Having witnessed an eruption once, when the mountain began to shake, Victor did the responsible thing.“RETREAT!”Gorynych immediately flew away, Vainqueur wisely following right afterward. Within a minute, a resonance spread through the crater, its powerstones fracturing; all at once, the crystal...
Never Die Twice 12: A Hero to his Hometown
Story sponsored by Kyle Reese.---------------The battle seemed to be going well, and Tye couldn’t allow that.Between the summoned creatures providing a helpful buffer, the magical artillery barrage, and the defenders' discipline, Lyonesse’s forces managed to repel the invaders on this front....
