“That’s not conquest,” he whispered. “That’s cruelty.”
In the first game, she had played by the rules. She’d built dungeons, summoned monsters, and delivered villainess monologues from her obsidian throne. And she had lost. Spectacularly. Alistair the Valiant had run her through with the Blade of Dawn while her own lieutenant, the traitorous mage Rowan, held her down. villainess quest 2 ~total hero conquest
The system chimed. A new screen appeared: Congratulations. Hero Alistair the Valiant has been converted. Status: Devoted Vassal / Confidant / Something More. “That’s not conquest,” he whispered
She didn’t have to kill him. The quest said conquest . Total Hero Conquest. The system helpfully provided a new metric: Affection, Fear, Dependence, Isolation . And she had lost
But this wasn’t a sequel she’d signed up for. This was New Game Plus. And the rules had changed.
The screen shattered.