A Practical Guide to Evil Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the A Practical Guide to Evil novel. A total of 628 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Book 7 Chapter epl: Epilogue I
Cordelia was dying.Every ragged, rasping breathed told her of that truth. Too much of her throat was
- 228 “The existence of death is the first lie we are taught. There is little difference between a corpse
- 227 “If war is to be understood as the pursuit of statecraft through violence, then the Principate is a
- 226 “My dear Betrayer, I resent this accusation of selling you out to the heroes. No coin changed hands,
- 225 “The enemy of my enemy is second on the list.” – Dread Empress Vindictive III“Is it contained?”I did
- 224 “Take no comfort in that, hero. For though dawn ever comes, night ever does precede it.” – Dread Emp
- 223 “The moon rose, midnight eye Serenaded by the owl’s cry In Hannoven the arrows fly Hold the wall, le
- 222 “Sing we of rage, In Tower and field Of this dying age That will not yield Sing we of steel, Forged
- 221 “Red the flowers, red the crown Red this day of bleak renown How soon they forgot Eleanor Along ever
- 220 “A war fought and won for the wrong reasons, under the wrong cause, can be a greater threat to the P
- 219 “Invading Callow is much like drunkenly playing dice: the odds are never as good as you believe, and
- 218 “Proceran promises should be treated like stew: unless you know every ingredient, best not swallow.”
- 217 “To seek to ascertain the worth of even a single a soul through morality is to force unnecessary mys
- 216 “Seven battles I won on my feet, and lost the war sitting at a table.” – Periander Theodosian, Tyran
- 215 “Peace is little more than the reognition that the reasons for which war was undertaken are no longe
- 214 “You can have the throne when I’m done with it, which will be never.” – Dread Emperor Revenant, init
- 213 “The final disappointment of heroism is to find that a just war was, in the end, just a war.” – The
- 212 “And so Dread Emperor Irritant addressed the heroes thus: Lo and behold, I fear not your burning Lig
- 211 “The meaning of the exercise of war is the destruction of your foe’s ability to wage it. ‘Victory’ d
- 210 “Fear is the mother of character. Without it we remain children until death.” -Queen Elizabeth Alban
- 209 “Spoken like a man I’ll have raised from the dead just to execute a second time.” – Dread Emperor M
- 208 “When the abyss stares back, wave. Offer refreshments. Being impolite to the abyss is never a good i
- 207 “And so my reign ends as it began, with fewer allies than stab wounds.” – Alleged last words of Drea
- 206 “So spoke His Dread Majesty in the wake of battle, even as the High Lords praised him: ‘Speak not fl
- 205 “Civilized men disapprove of murder, of course. Unless it involves banners and great numbers: then i
- 204 “In a finite world, one’s gain (victory, large cave) inevitably means loss (dead female, enemy grows
- 203 “You might say that they’ll never see me coming.” -Dread Empress Malevolent II, announcing the raisi
- 202 “There are no reserves, you fool, only second waves!” – Isabella the Mad, only general to have ever
- 201 “Casualties are a consequence of properly employed tactics, not the intent. To merely bludgeon away
- 200 “There is no absolute virtue to peace. To avoid war out of petty fear is the exact same moral failur
- 199 “That is the secret to a peaceful court, Chancellor. Regularly having the High Lords for dinner.” –
- 198 “Petty thieves hang, the great wear crowns.” – Proceran saying“We’re being baited,” Juniper announce
- 197 “Irritant’s Law: inevitable doom is a finite resource, and becomes mere doom when split between mult
- 196 “Ruling is not unlike gardening, if all the weeds were heavily armed and plotting your demise.” – Dr
- 195 “I’m not saying all your closest friends are shapeshifting devils I sent to spy on you after having
- 194 “I must say, Chancellor, you’ve become quite the conversationalist.” – Dread Empress Maledicta IIThe
- 193 “In conclusion, the court recognizes the desertion of the sentient tiger army raised by Dread Empero
- 192 “Those who withstood the sword, I laid low with ink.” – Words carved into the tomb of Dread Emperor
- 191 “Though official records state that the Principate fought a mere score civil wars, it should be note
- 190 “If my allies were half as reliable as my enemies, I would have a different moniker.” – King Henry F
- 189 “You who pass this gate, know yourself beyond hope.” – Written above the gates of Keter, earthly se
- 188 “Tall your tower may be, but what was raised by the hands of men can by those same hands be torn dow
- 187 “It is easiest to win a game when no one else knows you’re playing.” – Dread Empress Maleficent III
- 186 “Six wars I fought since my coronation, so hear me when I say this: war may be fought for righteous
- 185 “Thus the Gods granted us the first boon: as we live we will die, and in dying be granted our just d
- 184 “Here, have a butter knife. Let it not be said I do not tend to the needs of my beloved subjects.” –
- 183 “Change, my friend, is the admission that one falls short of perfection. A plebeian sort of doubt, b
- 182 “On the third month of the year I found myself on the outskirts of the city of Okoro, and stumbled u
- 181 “A hero should not confuse striking at Evil and doing Good, lest their Good become the act of striki
- 180 “Food riots, is it? Well, I do enjoy when a problem is its own solution.” – Dread Empress Sanguinia
- 179 “A dilemma is no such thing if it is flammable.” – Dread Empress Sulphurous, the ‘Technically Correc
- 178 “Rulers must exercise restraint. Every action ripples across Creation, bringing three unintended con
- 177 “Oh, woe is me, you’ve destroyed my army… Hahaha, you fell for it again! I haven’t paid them in a ye
- 176 “There’s not a lot of difference between court and a swamp. Colourful things are poisonous, lots of
- 175 “Do not ever speak of victory before the last foe is dead.” – Queen Elizabeth Alban of CallowJuniper
- 174 “One hundred and eighty-seven: should one of your trusted companions be taken hostage at knife-point
- 173 “It is true, Chancellor, that a house divided cannot stand. Why do you think mine is the only one I
- 172 “Victory is transient. To seek it is to remain so. I have seen the face of that which is eternal, an
- 171 “Then let us be wicked, Let us be reddest ruin Rent, broken, crooked Black hearted and cruelThen
- 170 “Peace is a fine thing, but war is the crucible of crowns.” – Queen Elizabeth Alban of CallowThere w
- 169 “And so Subira of the Sahelians slew Maleficent and said: ‘Emperor am I now, Sinister of name and de
- 168 “Men make swords, Heavens the sheath.” – Callowan sayingThe moon was out in full, and though part of
- 167 “And on your grave we shall have inscribed: he was witty all the way into the tiger pit.” – Dread Em
- 166 “The heart of succession is always murder. The new cannot grow where the old remains.” – Theodore La
- 165 “I imagine the High Lords would be inclined to protest the mind control, if I hadn’t seized control
- 164 “Mark my words, the Imperial banner will be flying above Summerholm by midsummer.” – Dread Empress R
- 163 “If I had an aurelius for every assassination attempt, I wouldn’t have to keep raising taxes.” – Dre
- 162 “War is a breed of conflict decided by the allocation of resources. Through better apportionment a l
- 161 “What cannot bend is fated to break.” – Taghreb sayingI wouldn’t say aragh had grown on me, but it w
- 160 “It is ever the temptation of chroniclers to ascribe great failures to a single turning point, a fla
- 159 “Doubt is the mother of failure.” – Dread Emperor Terribilis I, the LawgiverIn the end, it took me t
- 158 “Truth is a lie grown old and beloved.” – Soninke sayingThe woman sitting in my tent I had fully exp
- 157 “I was once told that character is what you are in the dark. I found, my dear Chancellor, that I was
- 156 “Here is the truth of our dreadful crown: to claim it a declaration of war on banality, on mediocrit
- 155 “Never wound a man you do not intend to kill.” – Extract from the personal journals of Dread Emperor
- 154 “And so Maleficent said: ‘Though you be god I am Empress, crowned of dread, and by my hand comes you
- 153 “The only thing more dangerous than being hated by a villain is to be loved by them.” – Dread Empres
- 152 “Of course not, did you see the height of that drop? That is the last we’ve seen of the Shining Prin
- 151 “Ah, but every palace you destroy has to be rebuilt! You’ve single-handedly pulled the Empire out of
- 150 “Better behind a Tyrant than before them.” – Praesi sayingThe right to lead the vanguard, as always,
- 149 “When approaching a siege, a general must draw distinction between tactical and strategic importance
- 148 “It’s hard for people to understand what it means to have been part of the Fifteenth. We were farmbo
- 147 “It is said that the founding First Prince spoke of Procer as a great tower, every principality a st
- 146 “Truth and silence lie better than the silvermost tongue.” – Soninke sayingIt was a little odd to be
- 145 “It is impossible for the Empire to make an appreciable gain so long as this gain is a loss to every
- 144 “To bargain with devils is to paint with your own blood: the greater the work, the harsher the price
- 143 “Tonight we must speak of Callow, that stubborn graveyard of empires. Princes and princesses of Proc
- 142 “No matter how good the horse, it can only bear one saddle.” -Callowan proverbOur march through Summ
- 141 “The truth of monsters is that, in the end, they die. If they didn’t we would have to call them gods
- 140 “Who should really be afraid, between the dragon and the peasant with a sword?” – Dread Emperor Repr
- 139 “That’s the thing with invincibility. You have it until you don’t.” – Dread Empress Prudence the Fir
- 138 “We have grown to mock Tyrants for they are mad but that is a very dangerous thing. A madman thinks
- 137 “Taxes. Taxes and triplicate forms.” – Dread Emperor Terribilis I, upon being asked what powerful so
- 136 “Oh, on most days we lose. But once in a while, just once, it works. And those moments of perfect cl
- 135 “My dear friends, I have a confession to make. Some creative reframing of the truth may have taken p
- 134 “The classic Callowan blunder. Sending an army into the Wasteland you can’t handle if it comes march
- 133 “Ah, mortal wounds. My only weakness.” – Dread Empress Sanguinia IIThis wasn’t like fighting devils.
- 132 “I’ve yet to encounter a situation that couldn’t be improved by a copious amount of lies and body do
- 131 “When historians try to pin down Foundling’s methods they point to the Battle of the Camps or the Pr
- 130 “No matter how hallowed the crown, it fits only one head.” – Proceran sayingThere were no maps. That
- 129 “You’d be surprised at the breadth of things that can be powered by the souls of the innocent. Fortr