Chronicles of an Evil Overlord

by Melancholy

Rule 93

Domination of Equestria - T+214 days.
Fall of the Crystal Empire - The Day After.

Well, today’s the day. I still haven’t seen Cadence since last night.
I hope she’s ok.
I’m nearly out of here though, just need to work this brick out of the wall and from there I bet I can get a hole big enough to escape.
Wait for me Cady, I’m coming.

“You awake Shining?”
“Boulder Hoof? That you?”

“Yea man, good to see you.”
“What on earth are you doing in here?”

“Well, you know that moment where you could suddenly put your shield up and use magic again?”
“That was you!? How on earth did you pull that off!?”

“I joined the Overlord’s engineering corps a few months back when they had a recruitment drive in preparation for the attack on the empire. Somehow their background checks missed out that we went to school together. Lucky us eh?”
“I guess so. I mean, that lull in the fighting definitely saved some lives on our side. It was really what we needed. I mean, we didn’t win in the end, but I don’t doubt that it would have been so much worse without it.”

“Hey man, it’s cool. I was just doing what was right you know? I just wish I could have done more earlier. Maybe it could have ended in a full rout of the enemy instead of you.”
“Hey, don’t beat yourself up too much man. I’m just glad someone was looking out for us.”

“Hey, I’m gonna make sure they take me out there first.”
“What? Hey, Boulder, you don’t need to do that bro.”

“Nah, it’s ok. If I go out first then that gives you more time to get out of here. Or, at the very least, I can maybe see if I can make sure your wife isn’t watching.”
“I...thanks…”

“No problem. Now, you get to work on that brick.”
“On it.”

“Bring out the condemned!”
“That would be me officer!”

“Boulder Hoof? No, you’re next. Shining Armour! Get your soon to be perforated behind out of that cell!”
“What!? No! Take me, I’m far more seditious than he is! ‘Hey, look at me, I’m the Overlord and I’m a poopy head!’”

“Quiet you, you’ll get your lifetime dose of lead soon enough. Armour! Come on you jack ass or am I going to have to drag it!”
“Damnit I said take me first!”

“Shut your hole!”

“Alright, alright. I’m coming officer.”
“Shining! No, come on man, don’t give up now!”

“It’s ok Boulder. Pray for me eh? Let Celestia know I’ll be joining her and Twilight soon.”

Overlord Rule No:93 If I decide to hold a double execution of the hero and an underling who failed or betrayed me, I will see to it that the hero is scheduled to go first.

Comments

[pahnazd]

Welp. Another one bites the dust.

[the other sans]

Somehow their background checks missed out that went to school together. Lucky us eh?

1. Missed out that we went to school together.

[xluferx]

No more heroics acts it seems

[SeventhBrony]

Never really liked shiny all that much anyway

[Leonzilla]

What I don't get is why he decided to actually hold an execution this time instead of just shooting them both and be done with it?

I mean for Shining I can see something with the whole traumatizing Cadence idea; but what about Boulder Hoof?

What reason could have possibly justify keeping him alive and publicly execute him when making an example is not considered a good reason?

~Leonzilla

[ironwall]

6645667
Because public prepared execution of beloved hero with great amount of spectators crush eventual hopes and by this greatly decreases any desires of resisting in society. And Overlord need it for mental destruction of Cadance in order to dominate her.

[Leonzilla]

6645736 yeah, again, this story has implied that making an example is usually if not always a wrong move by the overload so that's discounted for.

For more see Rule #4

~Leonzilla

[Skyler Walker]

6645800 This is a bit difference; this isn't a random nobody, this is a someone everyone sees as a hero. It gives the illusion that if you're not important you're not going to get blown to hell.

Also, by this point he's won and all that's left is clean up. This is the exclamation mark on it.

[Leonzilla]

6646134

This is a bit difference; this isn't a random nobody, this is a someone everyone sees as a hero.

Nobody?

Sure the act of infiltrating the evil forces and sabotaging the magic nullifier can be seen as heroic for saving lots of lives at the cost of ones own; but Rabble Rouser from Rule 4 was hardly a nobody.

(Form Rule 4)

Rabble Rouser sat in the dock in the middle of the overly large chamber, head held high.

He’d given this new ‘Overlord’ one hell of a hard time, it was unsurprising that such a heavy sentence had been handed down, from his Supremeness himself no less.

From almost day one Rabble Rouser had been organising. First demonstrations, then armed insurrections against the increasing stranglehold of this horrid regime.

If anything he was probably looked up even more since he was a revolutionary leader.

And about that other thing:

Also, by this point he's won and all that's left is clean up. This is the exclamation mark on it.

From Rule 93 (This Chapter)

Domination of Equestria - T+214 days.

Fall of the Crystal Empire - The Day After.

From Rule 4

Domination of Equestria - T+348 days.

That was months afterwards, if anything his rule was even more secure then than on this chapter.

~Leonzilla

[Eonflare]

This does seem to conflict with rule #4, but not really in a direct way.

[Skyler Walker]

6646321 Point, but Rabble Rouser was still, in general, a nobody compared to a decorated commander and the guy married to an imperial leader.

[Vibrant lies]

definitly saved--->definitely saved