Domination of Equestria T+213 days.
Fall of the Crystal Empire - 20:13
Rightie ho, let's give this another look shall we?
We’re in the heart of the city, capital of the Crystal Empire, the palace is surrounded by my shock troops, the evacuation routes have been cut off and even the entourage of Princess Cadence had been routed back to the last stand line. They’re cowering under the palace supports, but that shouldn’t be an issue, we brought plenty of charged close combat lances and sabers. And the generals complained about constant close combat drills. Hah!
So, all in all this should be the perfect moment of crowning victory, right?
So why is it that my army, outnumbering the Prince and his paltry defenders by no less than five to one, is currently floundering against a pristine shield?
Why?
“Why!?”
“Worry not my Master! Even with the antimagic field offline we can still defeat them! They are but pathetic ponies!”
“Idiot! Those are far from pathetic! They are the elite of the Crystal Empire, led by the best commander in recent Equestrian history, backed against a wall with their Princess and Empire on the line! It’s going to be far far away from a fucking cake walk!”
“But Master-”
“But nothing you buffoon! We’re being picked off by their unicorns and archers from within that shield while we can’t do a thing!”
“Why not bombard them then Master!? We could have that shield down in moments with our superior firepower!”
“Why do I employ you!? Have you seen that monstrosity of impracticality they call the Crystal Palace!? If we hit one of those supports the whole thing will come down. Not only will it cause damage among our own troops but something made of that much crystal is liable to shatter and spread its devastation over most of the city! Do you think I ordered hoof to hoof combat only because I’m feeling uncharacteristically sporting!?”
Idiots. All of them, idiots!
Well, not all of them, obviously, or we wouldn’t have gotten this far.
In fact, most of them are pretty good. How on earth have I ended up with this one today then?
Bah, not important.
“Master! We’ve captured the saboteur!”
“Really!?”
“Yes Master, it seems that the technician in charge of the Antimagic field’s power supply had been converted by the enemy. He cut the cable in several places. The engineering corps is repairing it as we speak!”
“Fantastic! Order our troops to withdraw outside of their arrow range until that shield comes down.”
“Your word is my command, My Master!”
Excellent.
You’ll be mine soon, Crystal Empire. And with you out of my hair, there will truly be nothing remaining to challenge my rule of Equestria.
Overlord Rule No:24 I will maintain a realistic assessment of my strengths and weaknesses. Even though this takes some of the fun out of the job, at least I will never utter the line "No, this cannot be! I AM INVINCIBLE!!!" (After that, death is usually instantaneous.)
why can we not give a like for each chapter?
it sucks that all i can give you is one like
I agree with the comment above me (or below, if you have newest first sorting)
At least its taking seriously instead of dramatizing....
author buddy you gotta time stamp these you now have 4 days taking place at +213 kinda getting hard to keep track of when they each take place. the other days if you forgot or so you don't have to look are 14, 82 and 85 just a heads up i'm assuming this takes place before all the other rules im still a bit unsure of rule 85's place
I think you mean either 'sportsman-like' or 'sporting'.
Otherwise another excellent installment.
Ineffective (read: suicidal) tactics are the downfall of many a villain. Looking forward to more.
Keep up the good work. Deus tecum.
elite of the Crystal Empire, lead by the
1. Led.
6638839 I thought that one sounded fine. Are you sure about that?
Nothing to challenge his lead, eh? Nothing? Never tempt the Great God of Fate, Murphy, Overlord.
6638839 read can be pronounced either
Reed or red.
Well it's nice to see how he managed to get by the Crystal Shield and the power of love.
"Just used my magic nullifier, that's all."
They are just magic.
~Leonzilla
Damn, it sucks you can't always perform the fun parts of being an Evil Overlord.
6639018 He who shall utter words of full confidence will be struck down by the power of Murphy!
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"I thought it sounded fine" is possibly the worst excuse one can give to defend a spelling error. It's called a heterograph FYI. Sorry if I'm coming off a bit terse, but I'm just highly surprised at your comment.
In case anyone is still wondering, 'lead' is either a present tense verb signifying leadership (yay for tautological definitions. Hey I'm not a walking dictionary you know), or a post-transition metal with simbol Pb and atomic number 82. The past tense of the verb is written 'led'.
6639083 While your statement is true, it does not have any logical bearing on the "lead"/"led" argument.
6639018 ALL HAIL THE POWER OF MURPHY AND HIS UNDENIABLE LAW!
It happens. It's why I follow all my "It could be better..." statements with "... it could also be horribly worse."
I leave nothing to Murphy if I can avoid it. Call it superstition, I'll be laughing when you say "it couldn't get worse" and it promptly does. All hail and fear Murphy and his stupid law because a suggestion wasn't good enough for him.
6638803 hey cool you put time stamps on thanks
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The Overlord's gonna trip down stairs and die,
I foresee it...
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oh, you reminded me of this "boss":