Dragons Prefer Princesses: They're a major status symbol. They do operate on a catch and release program, though, to ensure a healthy princess population in the future. 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. Our Dragons Are Different: Pure Western variant, for the most part. Sifu Jade the Wise resembles Eastern dragons physically, but shares the character-defining greed of his brethren.

The dragon didn’t care, his eyes set on the undead in their midst. He should have known the lich would be linked to this disaster! “Minion, get out of my way, so I can burn the lich to cinders!” I had to fly two hours to get here,” Vainqueur emphasized his pain, “Two. Hours. I burned pounds of fat and smelled the dung of your peasants coming to this place.” You, you don’t…” The manling shut his mouth. “How to explain… levels are powers you gain in a class, like Knight or Wizard or Outlaw, and which grant you extra power called Perks. You gain levels through work, experience, or killing stuff. I thought I would gain at least one or two.” Who cares about the fairy?!” Vainqueur turned to his manling, fire in his eyes. How could his chief of staff not understand the gravity of the situation? The sinister consequences of this day for dragonkind, no, the world at large? “I am talking about the true enemy of dragonkind, no, life itself!” He had activated the Blinkblink ring, turning invisible to catch them in the act of stealing. For the dragon knew, deep in his heart, that they were busy pilfering his treasure.Congratulations! For your prowess in this battle, you earned three levels in [ Reaper] and two levels in [ Assassin]. Thanks to your chaotic alignments, [ Crested], and [ Monster Student], you have also taken a level in the elite [ Chaos Rider] monster class! Dragon Rider: Repeatedly defied by Vainqueur, who insists that it gives the rider the false impression of being above dragons, but played straight by Kia on Jolie. Vainqueur changes his mind in the climax, seeing the rider not as a commander but as an extension of the dragon. In his case, he's certainly not wrong, given all the buffs he receives from Victor's Chaos Rider class. Plot Armor: Parodied in the form of the literal Plot Armor, which makes its wearer effectively immortal as long as they remain Good-aligned. It's also origami made from cheesy writing, and it forces its wearer to spout equally cheesy True Companions-related lines. I hate you too, Knightsbane,” Furibon replied bluntly. “But we both have allies trapped by the city’s curse.” Dangerous Forbidden Technique: Defied by Victor when he uses Pact with the Archfiends. The spell normally costs the user's soul, but Victor has several souls other than his own to spend.

Certainly, Your Majesty…” Manling Victor cleared his throat. “I can guide you to the temple and then we will interrogate them.” 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)). So in respect for the author and their work, I am going to start pasting this along with a generic review I found somewhere. “This was a fun book. I am glad that I read it. You should try it too.” Vainqueur’s minion reappeared behind the protective barrier, trapping them between their own shield and himself.He hit his head against an invisible wall. The dragon hit it with his free hand, then blasted it with flames, to no avail. “Wow, I guess I will just catch the minions inside!” his chief of staff said with a strange tone. “I will get going—” Vainqueur is the story of a powerful, wildly vain, and surprisingly clueless dragon named Vainqueur who learns his world was ALWAYS an RPG world. He, like all other dragons, was just too far up his own ass to notice. When a thief named Victor carelessly spills the beans while trying to rob his horde, Vainqueur gains a class and realizes he can rake in the gold as an adventurer. He press gangs Victor into being his “minion” and sets out to get rich and settle an old score. So when a would-be thief turned unwilling minion tells him about "classes," "levels," and "quests," Vainqueur wonders if maybe, just maybe, he should consider a career change. The dragon emperor frowned, his minion climbing down the stairs toward his beloved dragon until he was right in front of his scaled hand. Manling Victor took a long deep breath, closed his eyes, and prepared to kiss his master’s finger. Congratulations! For successfully breaking the [ Curse of Greed]’s hold over yourself through the twin powers of dragon-minion friendship and economical theory, you have earned a level in [ Kaiser]!

The goddess Cybele more or less qualifies, too, although seeing her face is not a horrible experience, but rather a blissful one. To the point where it's highly lethal, causing viewers to abandon their bodies and give up on the rest of the material universe, which will never measure up.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. Driven by grim determination, Wotan clenched his teeth and retaliated with a punch of his own, hitting Vainqueur squarely in his beautiful face. Indeed, what a good minion you are,” Vainqueur said, feasting on sheep covered with a strange sauce. “Minion Victor, count the coins. And do not dare steal them!”

Critical health! Critical health! HP and SP critically low! [ Bravo Bull] activated! Your strength increased! Critical health!For the first half of the story there is little threat to Vainqueur with parts later feeling less tense (because he is a huge freaking dragon) than other stories. This worked really well for me and my current mood, but might not float your boat. Villainous Friendship: As the story goes on, Victor starts to like the dragon who forced him into being a minion. Save Scumming: Invoked as Akhenapep's Last Ditch Move, Save Scum. Any action that would kill him is undone by his time magic as long as he has the SP for it. Those moronic cowards, fleeing the very second I take a nap?” Vainqueur cursed in dragonian, the manling unable to understand the brilliant elder tongue. The dragon deigned to return to the creature’s primitive language. “Do you have minions, manling Victor?” Monster Adventurers: For a different reason from usual. Vainqueur does not feel the need to move up the food chain.