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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
- 328 “And so the First Under the Night came across a portal where great danger might lurk, and upon witne
- 327 “Wisdom is a tower built of failure and rue.” – Ashuran sayingIt wasn’t even an hour before the Thir
- 326 “The price of dominion is the halving of one’s grasp, for a ruler may hold a crown or hand but never
- 325 “One hundred sixty nine: any companion volunteering to stay behind and hold off a superior enemy wil
- 324 “Even madmen can win at dice.” – Callowan sayingGeneral Abigail rode poorly, though that was hardly
- 323 “It is best to count one’s fingers after shaking hands with Praesi.” – Queen Rowena Alban of CallowI
- 322 “The evening before a battle is like an entire nation breathing in. Only morning will tell if what c
- 321 “Some acts only have to be committed once to afterwards echo a threat in your every silence.” – Drea
- 320 “We sowers of ruin, straight-backed and proud, Told them arrant, and arrantly kept our vow: ‘No barg
- 319 “What do you mean, they ‘went around the maze’? Do you have any idea how much it cost us to build th
- 318 “Eighty-four: the only sensible solution to a maze is to not enter the maze.” – “Two Hundred Heroic
- 317 “Trust in yourself and no other is violence upon all the world. Trust in others and not yourself is
- 316 “Let neither queen nor prince rule over our dominion: for while crowns may devour honour, one’s bloo
- 315 “To two deaths we are born: the first in the flesh, the second in the memories of those left behind.
- 314 “The art of negotiation is, in essence, convincing the other side of the table that you are very rel
- 313 “It is fortunate that virtue is its own reward, as it does not tend to accrue others.” – Theodore La
- 312 “A good sword will find a use, or make one.” – Levantine sayingThis was to be an iron day, Captain E
- 311 “Necessity’s children are sometimes clever but always bloody.” – Queen Yolanda of Callow, the Wicked
- 310 “After Isabella the Mad was appointed to the command of the hosts of Procer to turn back the forces
- 309 “A hundred battles, even victories, will always lose you the war.” – Theodosius the Unconquered, Tyr
- 308 “The key to popular reign is to blame the previous ruler for your every blunder and claim ownership
- 307 “No man is an island, Chancellor. We’ve tried the ritual, the result is mostly screams.” – Dread Emp
- 306 “A pleasant lie finds more ears than a sharp truth.” – Proceran saying“Seriously?” I said. “I mean,
- 305 “Fool me once and it’d best be fatal, for my reply certainly will be.” – Dread Emperor Vindictive II
- 304 “The words of one sage are wisdom, the words of a hundred a riot.” – Atalantian sayingWhat was it wi
- 303 “I inherited not an empire but a house on fire: fall in line, lest we all burn.” – First Princess Él
- 302 “I see how it is. We agree to single combat and of course you can still use your enchanted sword, bu
- 301 “My son, I offer you the greatest gift a ruler can give another: a widely reviled predecessor.” – Ex
- 300 “Everything happens for a reason, and this time the reason is that I godsdamned said so.” – Queen El
- 299 “Even a devil can be merciful once.” – Callowan sayingThe night was full of shadows and every last o
- 298 “A horse and fall was all it took For every last to take the hook Now the kitchen’s full of cooks, A
- 297 “By hook and crook we will all hang, High Lords, from a noose woven of our many loose ends. But chee
- 296 “Only one kind of war is ever just, that which is waged on the Enemy.” – Extract from ‘ The Faith of
- 295 “Now, luck it always turns. Nothing you can do about that. But that’s the trick, you see – wait long
- 294 “Thus the Gods granted us the second boon: beyond the veil of death lies a land of always plenty, wh
- 293 “I speak today not for humble man-eating tapirs but instead for the most ambitious specimens their k
- 292 “Hubris and wearing a helmet are not mutually exclusive. Here, allow me to demonstrate.” – Dread Emp
- 291 “The finest summation of Traitorous’s reign I ever heard came from an illiterate peasant from the ou
- 290 “In trying to beat a fool at her own game, I have only made another.” – Theodosius the Unconquered,
- 289 “Quite literally not what I was aiming for, but I can work with this.” – Dread Empress Regalia II, a
- 288 “There is more power in blood spilled willingly than unwillingly. The latter is simply a great deal
- 287 “My husband thought himself a cynic for believing that men so often race towards the bottom of the b
- 286 “The rat it bites the rat On the tail, the tail, the tail The rat it does grow fat And swell, and sw
- 285 “For though these armed men may carry banner and obey a prince, without justice they are only bandit
- 284 “A ruler must consider all necessary injuries before beginning to inflict them on an enemy, for thro
- 283 “Own what you are, no matter how ugly the face of it. No lies are ever more dangerous to a villain t
- 282 “Traitorous’s Law: while redemption is the greatest victory one can achieve over a villain, to funct
- 281 “Obviously you can’t kill me now: your enmity is with the Dread Emperor of Praes, and I’ve already a
- 280 “Dearest Edda, beloved daughter. I would offer you words of wisdom or comfort, but after a lifetime
- 279 “It is a bitter truth that in trying to escape the flaws of our parents we inevitably inherit the wo
- 278 “There is greater power in severing than binding, in releasing than capturing. The most fundamental
- 277 “And so Sinistra said: ‘What we cannot grow we will take by dread, and damnation on all who deny thi
- 276 “It is common practice among the lower classes of Praes, who lack surnames, to name their children a
- 275 “With great madness comes great possibility.” – Dread Emperor Malevolent I, the UnhallowedIt took th
- 274 “It is a small-minded man who needs a reason to create a ritual that would crash the moon into Creat
- 273 “‘lo and behold, I have brought peace to the Empire.” – Dread Empress Massacre, after ordering the B
- 272 “When in doubt, attack. When doubtless, attack as well.” – Bastien de Hauteville, Proceran generalGr
- 271 “Blood sacrifice is such an ugly term. I prefer to think of it a ‘blood redistribution’, a thriving
- 270 “I don’t care if they’ve been training, it’s only been two months. What could they possibly have lea
- 269 “Fifty-nine: it is always better to interrupt a plan than carry one out. Your finest successes will
- 268 “A man could sift through all of Creation and never find so much as a speck of this elusive thing ca
- 267 “In the East they say that doubt is the death of men, but I have seen the end of the forking path an
- 266 “He who trusts no one finds only enemies.” – Callowan sayingBack when he’d been an unblooded boy in
- 265 “Of course I fear my friends. If they did not scare me, why befriend them at all?” – Dread Empress P
- 264 “Do I even need to give the order?” – Dread Empress Massacre“Mobility is how they have survived, You
- 263 “Beware those who peddle sweet truths, for that which cleanses is rarely gentle.” – King Edmund of C
- 262 “In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is lynched.” – Praesi sayingSince my crowning I’d fou
- 261 “Note: bottling up the power of friendship cannot be achieved by bottling up friends. Must pursue fu
- 260 “May the Heavens strike me down if I lie. Again.” – Dread Emperor Abominable, the Thrice-StruckNo on
- 259 “Come now, my lords, you started this war knowing what I’m about.” – Dread Empress Massacre the Firs
- 258 “Best not to think too deeply, lest the dwarves take the thought.” – Mercantian sayingThe Mighty Kod
- 257 “Over the month I spent in Atalante I witnessed no fewer than two hundred debates take place under t
- 256 “One hundred and ninety-three: should your nemesis offer you a wager, a truce or delay for the first
- 255 “I am ever amused to hear men speak of senseless violence. What is violence, if not the failure of r
- 254 “No, see, you’ll profit as well. All you need is to convince five others of contributing coin and wh
- 253 “All serve, by whip or by writ.” – Inscription carved above the entrance to Stygia’s MagisteriumThe
- 252 “There is no poison more potent than hatred made silent.” – Arlesite sayingI twisted my boot sharply
- 251 “Forty-two: should a disagreement lead one of the party to leave, you should expect combat within th
- 250 “A passable plan done in a day will nearly always beat an exquisite scheme requiring a month.” – Dre
- 249 “Spring brings southern weddings and northern burials.” – Lycaonese saying“I am grieved to hear of y
- 248 “Do not call a man loyal who still draws breath.” -Dread Emperor Terribilis IIThere’d be no replacin
- 247 “To declare an assertion of the People untrue is unlawful, even if it was retroactively asserted by
- 246 “As the Bellerophans had not redrawn their war maps in over a century, their expedition against Pent
- 245 “From the example of the claimant Desolate we can learn this: no scheme is so perfect that it is inv
- 244 “Kings and shepherds fit in the same cook pot.” – Orc sayingIt was a difficult to describe. The powe
- 243 “Chaos is a ladder, Chancellor. It never goes quite where you need it to, and the rise is always mor
- 242 “Note: though ‘fell down the stairs’ is common fate for Praesi highborn, further study demonstrate t
- 241 “A battle is, in my experience, a handful of hours where one of two generals proceeds to destroy his
- 240 “My dear prince, why would I settle for merely being on the right side of history when I could be on
- 239 “It is said that on the eve of the Maddened Fields, the Tyrant Theodosius consulted with the many De
- 238 “Callowans as a people can be summed up by the fact that, before the Uncivil Wars had even come to a
- 237 “I’ve found that nothing quite sets the tone for council like strangling a courtier with my bare han
- 236 “Seventeen: always agree when offered to share in the rule of the world by a villain. The three to f
- 235 “You could gather the stuff of all the Hells and still find less Evil within than lies in the soul o
- 234 “And so Triumphant said: ‘Tremble, for I am not yet content.'” – Extract from the Scroll of Dominion
- 233 “Match the smile but watch the knife.” – Soninke sayingThe precarious balance the Woe had struck tra
- 232 “You’re a masterful schemer, it’s true. Let’s see if that helps any in the alligator pit..” – Dread
- 231 “There is only one lesson to be learned from shatranj: no matter who wins the game, the pieces retur
- 230 “Don’t be absurd, Black Knight. It would have been called treason if I’d lost – this is merely succe
- 229 “An offer to ‘kneel or die’ would be insincere, Matrons. Deny me and your corpses will be made to kn