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Vainqueur 90: The Shiny-ing
Greedy fools, all of them!Vainqueur could smell their treachery. They all lusted for his hard-worn gold. “Minions, get out!” the dragon called from outside the pyramid, crushing the statue of the vile Furibon underfoot. “Minions! Minions!”He had activated the Blinkblink ring, turning invisib...
April Fool Interlude Poll + New Story on Patreon
Time to choose April's Vainqueur interlude! Also, as some of you may already know from the discord, I will soon start publishing a patron-commissioned story, "Never Die Twice," here on Patreon (planned schedule two chapters a week). The story will be fully accessible to all patrons, rega...
Vainqueur 89: The Life We Lead
Beautiful.Simply beautiful.Vainqueur had never seen such an exquisite city. Everything, from the pavement to the walls, was made of gold. The builders had even painstakingly recreated an entire park, replacing the flowers, trees, and grass with superior golden duplicates.“Look at these,” Allison...
Vainqueur 88: El Dorado
The sun was high in the sky, yet darkness had taken over the earth.Vainqueur could sense it all. The grim nightmares that awaited them behind the trees. The malevolence lurking at the heart of the jungle, the disgusting stench of paupers grasping for the gold of the well-to-do. The same, wordless ev...
Vainqueur 87: The Spirit Animal
Victor’s hands had transformed into snakes, and his legs into tentacles, but otherwise, everything was fine.The world had turned orange, and the stars into red eyes looking down on him. The pyramid now looked like a Freudian representation of pent-up sexual energies, and the spirit of slaughtered ...
Vainqueur 86: Advanced Civilizations
Congratulations! For helping your master defeat King Wotan and trapped his right-hand woman’s soul in your scythe, you have earned a level in [Weathermaker] and a level in [Reaper]!+30 HP, +10 SP, +2 VIT, +2 SKI, +2 AGI, +3 INT, +2 CHA, +2 LCK.By reaching level thirty in [Reaper], you maxed out th...
Vainqueur 85: Interlude: Jolie Dragon vs The World
Defenders of the Niece, Volume III, chapter four, “The First Princess.”Disaster! The worshipers of Sablar, worm god of destruction, have made their way to the New World! The vile Frank the Anark has captured Oriane, princess of the wood elves tribes! Everywhere, evil triumphs!But a hero has com...
Vainqueur 84: A Clash of Kings
Fire and ashes.That was what Vainqueur’s world had been reduced to, as he kept battling that fomor who just wouldn’t die!Warning! You have lost half your health!The dragon ignored the pain, as Wotan’s spear gored through the scales on his chest, shedding golden blood. The spear still embedded ...
Vainqueur 83: The Burning Fields
“I suggest we run,” Manling Victor pleaded to his master.The dragon glanced down at his minion. The two had gathered, alongside Sweet Chocolatine—why a disaster happened whenever his lackey prepared to breed, Vainqueur would never understand—in the tropical forest to make their stand, before...
Vainqueur 82: Raiders of the Lost Hoard
Vainqueur had to give it to Grandrake. Nobody would try to steal a hoard hidden here.Springing from both the waters and the air, a huge tornado formed an impenetrable barrier of swirling winds in the middle of the ocean. Unlike other similar phenomenons, this particular twister did not move from its...
Vainqueur 81: Goldbeard the Pirate
Shopping for princesses was morally right!It was true that Vainqueur hadn’t eaten a minion in a long while… and that he had come to realize that they had feelings beyond serving dragons… but catching princesses was a dragon’s duty! He also ate manlings on occasion, just not his minions!He wa...
Vainqueur Poll: Dragon Quest or Moon Madness?
Vote for Vainqueur's march interlude!1) Jolie Dragon vs the WorldOn a quest to discover new lands with her minions (and her favorite friend, Kia), Jolie Dragon has finally the princess of her dreams! One problem: to catch the wild beast, she must fight the evil cult wishing to sacrifice her! Can...
Vainqueur 80: Swimming with the Sharks
“My crown…” Vainqueur mourned, as he rested on the ship’s deck. “My imperial crown…”“I know, Your Majesty,” Manling Victor reassured him, while his undead dwarf lackeys oversaw the pirates. After salvaging whatever they could from the shipwreck and raising their dead minions with t...
Vainqueur 79: Dragon on the Shore
When Victor started regaining consciousness, it was with a mouth full of sand, and his armor drenched in saltwater.His entire body was in pain, his nerves scrambled by the dragonslaying lightning. His head hurt, and his ears struggled to distinguish sound from his newfound tinnitus.[Final Problem] a...
Vainqueur 78: The Storm
After so long, the fateful day had come.The Piggybank ship, after a long time being repaired, was now ready to cross the ocean and reach the New World. The golden aircraft shone brightly under the sun, Vainqueur marveling at his own perfect reflection on its surface. His elite lackeys, from Charlene...
Vainqueur 77: Starter vs Legendary
Like a savior, Vainqueur’s friend rode through the portal, riding on his dark horse’s back.He looked exactly the same as the day he left, covered by his armor and swinging his scythe. Yet his posture had changed. He seemed more confident, with his back straight and his shoulders high. Vainqueur ...
Vainqueur 76: Graduation Day
Year Two: “Victor Dalton and the Archdevil’s Chambers.”“This is an excellent idea for an artifact,” Isabelle Maure said. “But without Hell’s Prime Contract to which all souls are bound, it will never work. You will need to summon and convince all demons of the Ars Goetia.”“Can you...
Vainqueur 75: Pocket Minions
One very long week after Manling Victor’s departure...“Vainqueur! Vainqueur! Vainqueur!”Carried by the voices and adoration of his fans, Vainqueur descended upon his Golden Colosseum while the roof opened on its own. The sun shone on the glittering golden walls of the majestuous building, the...
Vainqueur 74: Victor and the School of Necromancy
Veran, goddess of war and fire, knew how to set the stage.“To graduate from this academy, each of you must craft a personal artifact, according to our guidelines,” she declared, the ceiling flickering with phantom flames. Hiding her whole body behind a thick shell, she looked more like an infern...
Vainqueur 73: Of Witches and Flames
“... you are asking me which school my minions must go to?” Vainqueur asked the ‘interim council’ from atop his hoard, more irked with each passing second.“No, Your Majesty,” Tasty Miel replied. “We ask you if you would kindly ban vile satanic schools, and to enforce the divine covenan...
Vainqueur 72: Interlude: Interim Chiefs
Four.Four hours.Victor had only left for four hours, and she already hated, hated, hated her job!“Minion! Minion!” The dragon repeated the word with a stronger, higher pitched voice each time, as if he thought his victim too deaf to hear him. “MINION!”“Yes, Your Majesty?” Charlene Ennuie...
Short chapter delay
Hi there, just informing you Vainqueur's chapter 72 should be up late on Wednesday rather than today.The reason being that I've moved out (permanently) from France to Tunisia so I'm currently dealing with a few formalities; I just got internet today, I have to open a bank account etc... ...
Vainqueur 71: Vizier Holidays
“... and here is the contract between V&V and Heaven to authorize the ‘SP covenant.’” Victor handed the council a pile of documents, “It includes the construction of a new hospital, schools, and angelic public teletransports.”Since his mansion hadn’t been rebuilt since the Nightblades ...
Vainqueur Arc Poll: Atlantis or Pirates?
Hi there, I'm upgrading the formula a bit: vote on a location V&V will crash (much to the 'happiness' of the locals) in volume III!1) Atlantis: Realm of the MermaidsThey say Heaven exists in Outremonde: the mythical island of Atlantis, inhabited by beautiful mermaids and welcoming fishpe...
Vainqueur 70: Heart to Heart
“El Dorado must be conquered!”So Emperor Vainqueur declared atop his golden hoard, facing the greatest of his minions. From his chief of staff to Necromancer Jules, Tasty Allison, and Marbré the Dwarf. All speechless before the dragon’s bold declaration.“For its own protection,” Vainqueur...
Vainqueur 69: Game of Shadows
Noblecoeur hadn’t changed at all.One of Gardemagne’s greatest cities, located near the eastern mountains and the fallen Harmonian Republic, Noblecoeur had been spared from the horrors of the Century War, making it a refugee center. Those fleeing the advance of the vicious fomors, from beastkin t...
Vainqueur 68: Beware the Orcs!
Vainqueur Knightsbane, First of His Name, Great Calamity of the Age, Defender of the Hoard, Greatest Gladiator, Genius Wizard Presidente, and August Emperor of Murmurin, Ishfania, and the Albain Mountains, bravely fought for the invaders with claws and flames.The great red dragon, his majestuous roy...
Vainqueur Vol II Ebook: The Year of the Rogues
Here is the compiled, free ebook version of Volume II (current title, "The Year of the Rogues"); I will send a copy by mail to Dracolich patrons as well.Errors have been corrected, some extras added at the end (the map of the world and the stats of the characters at the end of the volume), c...
Vainqueur Chapter Poll: Orcs or Coins?
Choose the first chapter of volume III!1) Vainqueur: First CoinBefore it grew into the beautiful golden mountain it is today, Vainqueur's hoard began with one coin. Follow the adventures of Vainqueur the Wyrmling, as he leaves the nest to make a name for himself, recruit his first loving minions...
