Zmeys are openly and unabashedly discriminated against by other dragons, for their extensive inbreeding, extra heads, and speech defects. It turns out that the Elder Wyrm, progenitor of the whole dragon race, is a Zmey. Or dragons?” Vainqueur finished the sentence, amused. Well, if that ‘perk’ worked on that damn, arrogant frost dragon Icefang in the northern lands, he might just triple the size of his hoard. The dragon narrowed his head until it was within an inch of the thief, who tried to present a strong face. “Take off your hood and cloak, manling, slowly. Look me in the eye.” I do not think so, manling. Now, tell me, because I truly want to know. What made you think trying to steal from me was ever a good idea?” The ray eventually shattered the golem in half and kept going, clearing the skies and going up into the dark depths of space. At long last, Vainqueur closed his mouth, and tossed the broken remains of the golem at his feet. No, no, his friend would never do that. That was his imagination. But his shiny-ing told him there was only one way to be sure. “Minion,” Vainqueur presented him his royal free hand. “Kiss my claw.”

Vainqueur entertained these shiny thoughts for the entire trip, as his favored minion led them to a new golden pyramid, albeit one different from the others in architecture. The statues represented giant insects, and the stairs circled the pyramid towards the top like a coiled worm. 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. The manling couldn’t believe the great honor bestowed upon him and thought himself undeserving of it. “I am wholly unsuited for this role, Your Majesty.”But I am cutting her out of my will, and you too, for the sake of fairness. I will keep everything for myself.”

They will, once I burn the countryside to cinders,” Vainqueur replied, although the manling indeed piqued his curiosity. “But I am curious, who sent you? I will eat them after you.” What the—?” Insect Cornelia was at a loss of words before Vainqueur’s fabulous fighting pose. “Is that a boxing stance?!”Book opens with a dragon waking up from a short nap of 50 years to find someone trying to steal something from his hoard. He is, naturally, annoyed. The human accidentally revealed a particular layer to the reality of that world that the dragon hadn't previously been aware of: levels and leveling. Characters can advance and get "levels" and "clases" and "perks" and . . . stuff. It's a litrpg book. A gaming book. Just by being made aware of this level thingie, the dragon gains a class. And when he learned why the human was there, not for the dragon's gold, but to complete a quest - get a sword, then get paid gold, the dragon is very interested. Someone would pay him gold? To do stuff? Pay him to eat stuff? He's an immortal dragon! The greatest and stuff!

Villainous Friendship: As the story goes on, Victor starts to like the dragon who forced him into being a minion. Gotta Catch Them All: Discussed and lampshaded by Victor regarding Claimed buffs, wondering if he should try to collect the entire pantheon. Ultimately invoked by the Elder Wyrm on him, much to Sablar's chagrin. Even Jolie is full of greed, minion,” Vainqueur said. His shiny-ing sense told him she lusted for his hoard; all the time she behaved like a lovable niece, he now realized that she only wanted the inheritance.Of course not,” Vainqueur said, horrified that the thought even crossed his mind. “She is worth more than gold to me, no matter how much I spoiled her.” 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. Manling Victor fell silent, crushed by his shame. Finally, he understood that in failing to keep the monstrous lich imprisoned, all the countless atrocities the goldslayer would commit shall be on his head. Furibon turned a gold coin into his phylactery, figuring that an adventurer who defeated him would take the loot rather than destroying it. Trapped in Another World: The gods of Outremonde tend to grab mortals from Earth and send them to their homeworld for a variety of reasons. It's reached the point where the natives treat it as an uncommon, but completely normal, occurrence. There's even a religion offering the faithful resurrection on Earth, led by reincarnator Orknoob.