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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
- 128 “Trust the Heavens but tie your horse.” – Callowan proverbIt was past dawn when the last soldier cro
- 127 “My dear Chancellor, I didn’t murder my entire family and use their blood to turn myself into an und
- 126 “Forty-nine: if any wizard over the age of fifty suddenly becomes evasive when asked about your pare
- 125 “Morality is a force, not a law. Deviating from it has costs and benefits both – a ruler should weig
- 124 “If Creation is not mine, what need is there to be a Creation at all?” – Dread Empress Triumphant, F
- 123 “The source of wonder and horror is the same, and the boundary between them thinner than you would t
- 122 “From small slights, long prices.” – Deoraithe proverbFor all that the marshal’s envoy had impressed
- 121 “We do not forget.” – Official motto of the House of IarsmaiI hadn’t set foot in a House of Light si
- 120 “To conquer until all of Creation is desert or province: that is the ideal of Praes. Mock their fail
- 119 “An alliance of victors is like a hearth in summer.” – Julienne Merovins, tenth First Princess of Pr
- 118 “In the aftermath of a rebellion do not execute merely those who rebelled. Remove those that remaine
- 117 “Kingdoms don’t die on battlefields. They die in dark, quiet rooms where deals are made between thos
- 116 “There’s a natural hierarchy to the world, Chancellor: there’s me, then my boot, then all of Creatio
- 115 “See, this is exactly the kind of trouble I’d be avoiding by mind controlling the entire world. You
- 114 “The covenant of the hungry lasts as long as the meal.” – Taghreb sayingAnaxares was having a tea pa
- 113 “We should never forget that for a great evil to be defeated, a lesser evil must first become great.
- 112 “Most live out their days on an isle of vapid ignorance, shying away from the dark and hungry waters
- 111 “I can’t beat your band of heroes, true, but what if there were another eight bands also out for my
- 110 “The heart of warfare is deception. Therefore, the generals who can deceive even themselves are invi
- 109 “It admittedly took me a few years to make my peace with the fact that Lady Foundling’s take on dipl
- 108 “Only if it’s ‘being executed’.” – Dread Emperor Terribilis I, upon being asked for a last request b
- 107 “No one ever won a war by being shy.” – Queen Elizabeth Alban of CallowThe door didn’t make a sound
- 106 “Gentlemen, there is no need to worry: our plan is flawless. The Emperor will never see it coming.”
- 105 “Invading? Good Gods, of course not. We’re merely manoeuvring.” -Dread Empress Sinistra II “the Coy”
- 104 “One hundred and twelve: always be kind to any monster held in a cage by your nemesis. When it inevi
- 103 “It is a shallow soul who fights to the cry of ‘might makes right’. The truth is more concise: might
- 102 “Ah, but being defeated was always part of my plan! Yet another glorious victory for the Empire.” –
- 101 “One learns more from defeat than victory. Therefore, fear the general that has never won a battle.”
- 100 “Look at how edible you are. You’re basically asking for it.” -Warlord Grog the King-Eater, addressi
- 99 “The viper that bites a Matron dies poisoned.” -Taghreb sayingAfter the table was cleared most of my
- 98 “You can never have too many tiger pits, Chancellor. That’s the same lack of vision that has people
- 97 “Sixty-seven: putting an arrow in a villain during their monologue is a perfectly acceptable method
- 96 “Oh, I get it. The real treasure was the people I had executed along the way!” – Dread Emperor Irrit
- 95 “We make the shepherds kings at the end of our stories because they already know how to lead recalci
- 94 “Do not make laws you do not intend to enforce. Allowing one law to be broken with impunity undermin
- 93 “The most dangerous opponent for a master is a novice. Therefore, seek to be a novice in all things.
- 92 “Your mistake, Queen of Blades, is in thinking that virtue is the province of Good. Every Tyrant who
- 91 “Procerans have always been the villains in our plays, scheming Alamans and grasping Arlesites. Give
- 90 “There’s a degree of argument among scholars as to whether the Liesse Rebellion was the underlying c
- 89 “Nothing is half as dangerous to a villain as victory. We raise our own gallows.” -Dread Empress Mal
- 88 “The question of who the most vindictive people of Calernia are has long been debated. Some say it i
- 87 “Note: only offer the hero the chance to replace my right-hand man when my right-hand man is no long
- 86 “It probably doesn’t count as cannibalism if you’re already dead.” – Dread Empress Sanguinia I, the
- 85 “Does not show traditional heroic talent for forging strong friendships but considered a leader by h
- 84 “The best defence is to have killed all your enemies.” – Dread Emperor Terribilis I, the ThoroughEve
- 83 “Sometimes you can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs, executing the hens who laid them
- 82 “… such wanton deviousness had been unseen since the days of Dread Emperor Traitorous, who famously
- 81 “The Heavens have a way of favouring the general with the better army.” -Theodosius the Unconquered,
- 80 “There is nowhere angels fear to tread.” – Callowan proverbWilliam’s mother had been a woman of some
- 79 “Maybe I won’t go to Heaven but you’ve never owned a pit full of man-eating tapirs so who’s the real
- 78 “Three can keep a secret, if two are dead. Unless you’re a necromancer, anyway, then the world is yo
- 77 “The victor in a war is usually decided before the first battle’s been fought.” – Prince Louis of Br
- 76 “Hahahahaha. Ha. You can’t beat me now, this is the first part of my plan!” – Dread Emperor Irritant
- 75 “I don’t trust wizards. Every time I levy taxes on them, they try to get my political opponents to p
- 74 “I’ve been told one can only be betrayed by a friend, which is why I constantly surround myself with
- 73 “you call me villain cast the word as you would a stone; seek to bury under scorn of herded multitud
- 72 “I trust people to act according to their nature. Anything more is sentimentality.” -Dread Empress M
- 71 “The Praesi take on negotiations is to slam a severed head on the table and smile at your interlocut
- 70 “Of course I don’t step on people’s throats using my own heels. Have you seen how gorgeous these boo
- 69 “You have to enjoy life’s little pleasures, like lazy mornings and strawberries and invading Callow
- 68 “Oh, give me a bloodthirsty, fire-and-brimstone conquering villain any day. It’s the schemers you ha
- 67 “Don’t think of it so much as a fall, but rather as an opportunity to learn how to fly.” – Dread Emp
- 66 “There’s a lot of people in the Fifteenth who remember Marchford as the day we proved we could spit
- 65 “The Kharsum word for war is derived from the one used for a full cookpot. That tells you everything
- 64 “Look, if he didn’t want to be fed to my acid-spewing crocodiles he shouldn’t have brought me bad ne
- 63 “The worst sin a villain can commit is to hesitate.” -Dread Empress Maleficent II“She’s awake,” an o
- 62 “A villain should make plans with the understanding that everything you can conceive of going wrong
- 61 “Only heroes get to have the torch handed to them. Villains must take it from their predecessor’s co
- 60 “My mother used to tell me it gets worse before it gets better, but I’ve found it’s usually the othe
- 59 “Tyrants do not lose. We face temporary setbacks.” – Dread Empress Maledicta IIStaying in the woods
- 58 “Prayer and a sword gets better results than prayer alone.” – King Jehan the WiseThe words had barel
- 57 “Those who clap others in irons always end up choking on them.” – Eleanor Fairfax, founder of the Fa
- 56 “Never hold anything in a cage you can’t put back in, should it get out.” – Dread Emperor Terribilis
- 55 “The best revenge isn’t living well, it’s living to crucify all your enemies.” – Dread Emperor Malev
- 54 “We fought, across field and river, carrying the Tower’s writ to the foot of the Wall. We fought and
- 53 “Maybe I’ll lose one day. But not today, and not to the likes of you.” – Dread Empress Maleficent th
- 52 “In most histories of the Uncivil Wars, the Battle of Three Hills is but a footnote – especially giv
- 51 “In war, begin as you would end.”– Marshal NimNo campfires tonight – it would give away their locati
- 50 “Treason is more art than act.” -Dread Emperor TraitorousI tightened the belt around Kilian’s armour
- 49 “If you can’t play to your strengths, play to your enemy’s weaknesses.” -Marshal Grem One-EyeI could
- 48 “Any plan with more than four steps is not a plan, it is wishful thinking.” – Dread Empress Malefice
- 47 “Swiftness is the lifeblood of war. No army can win a battle if it isn’t standing on the battlefield
- 46 “Still waters are the hungriest.” – Soninke sayingThere were so many defensive wards layered around
- 45 “Thirty-one: use a sword fit for your height and built, not the largest chunk of metal you can find.
- 44 “There’s a very important difference between a nice man and a good one.” – King Jehan the WiseSo app
- 43 “Note: those meddling heroes keep surviving getting thrown off cliffs. Must build taller ones in ant
- 42 “Did you really think I wouldn’t cheat just because I was already winning?” ⁃ Dread Emperor Terribil
- 41 “I never keep grudges. Not for long, anyway.” – Dread Empress Maleficent IIWe might still make it in
- 40 “There’s nothing better in life than the look on your enemy’s face when they realize you’ve played t
- 39 “Always walk into traps. Evil is clever and patient and never as vulnerable as when it thinks it hol
- 38 “There’s no surer sign you’re being played than being certain you’ve grasped your opponent’s intent.
- 37 “The essence of sorcery is blasphemy. Through will and power, every mage usurps dominion over the la
- 36 “Home is wherever you can order someone drowned and not get any odd looks.” -Dread Emperor Malignant
- 35 “Seventy-three: always send the comic relief in front if you suspect there’s a trap. The Gods won’t
- 34 “Sooner or later, the Tower always gets its due.” – Praesi sayingSpices were a rarity in Callow, and
- 33 “The closest equivalent I’ve found to the Imperial court is the act of shoving your hand in a bag th
- 32 “I’ve been informed that the position of the King Under the Mountains is that ‘since only dwarves ow
- 31 “You can’t drop a pin in Procer without hitting royalty.” -Eleusia Vokor, Nicaean ambassador to the
- 30 “What say you, Empress of Praes? Here you lie upon the blood-soaked ruins of your dominion, surroun
- 29 鈥淥ur doctrine is one of cost-efficiency. Any officer who believes extermination of the enemy is a va