Dark Lord Left For Cigarettes [Monster Evolution Litrpg]

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One day...the Dark Lord left his dungeon with a note: Kip's In Charge While I'm Away...Who the heck is Kip? He's a level 1 Kobold and head of the Traps Department! Why did he get put in charge? Total mystery. And now he's got to deal with angry employees, invading forces and scheming henchmen but that's not all! Per the rules in the Dark Charter,anyone can challenge him to a one on one for a chance at the throne. Now he's got to get stronger before one of his own people crush him. Can he survive until the Dark Lord comes back? The Dark Lordiscoming back... right? What To Expect: - Weak To Strong MC - Monster Evolution - Quick Pacing / well-paced action scenes - Satire of classic fairy tales / DND / Disney Movies / Fantasy tropes - Large cast of fully fleshed out characters - A great balance of Silly and Serious Releases: 5x a week with bonus chapters for rising stars goals and patreon milestones What Not To Expect: - Harem - OP MC Read 6 WeeksAhead

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Status: Ongoing
Year: 2025
Author: LilTwerp

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Rating: 4.0/ 5.0
Followers: 1,099
Views: 210,808

What readers say about Dark Lord Left For Cigarettes [Monster Evolution Litrpg]

“Love the humor! So excited to get to know everyone of these characters. Kip is scared but plucky and Zeke is hilarious. I hope he gets his grenades in the future lol. Im curious what some of the other floor lords think of Kip and if they'll also challeng…”
wilsondiditRoyal Road5.0 / 5
“This story is a fun take on the concept of the dark Lord's army and the type of management is needed to run such a diverse species. The MC kip is a loveable coward who shows what would happen if you have a low level worker suddenly put in charge. I can't wa…”
Bill ShyrokuRoyal Road5.0 / 5

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Community Reviews(10)

wilsondiditRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Love the humor! So excited to get to know everyone of these characters. Kip is scared but plucky and Zeke is hilarious. I hope he gets his grenades in the future lol.
Im curious what some of the other floor lords think of Kip and if they'll also challenge him to the throne!! Keep it up!
Bill ShyrokuRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This story is a fun take on the concept of the dark Lord's army and the type of management is needed to run such a diverse species.
The MC kip is a loveable coward who shows what would happen if you have a low level worker suddenly put in charge. I can't wait to see how he grows into his role and how different his style of leadership will affect the army.
DenisetwinRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I am up to chapter 17 in this story where a weak trap engineer becomes the Dark Lord of the dungeon. So interesting to start with what is normally a minor character and make him the main one but don't give him any enhanced abilities and instead write as he learns and grows. I do like that he is succeeding because he was already a friend to so many in the dungeon. It's also very cool to be on the dungeon side instead of the adventurer's side. I'm looking forward to continuing this story.
JazzyBoBazzyRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
a fun romp of a story that follows a gentle kobold in well over his head. If your looking something that you can sit down with, and enjoy a bit of wit and cleverness in your lit rpg you are in for a good time. I think that this story does an excellent job of setting its premise and following through on it.
Kevin KrausRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The story is even funnier than the blurb promises.
Kip is a very likable, bit naive character, that comes in to an extraordinary situation and makes the best out of it.
Love the banter between the characters, love the storyline, the humour is great.
Can highly recommend to read this.
LtColMeaderRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The Dark Lord Left For Cigarettes is a fun story about an under-leveled kobold who is suddenly made the new Dark Lord when the previous one disappears. We follow Kip as he learns how to manage the dungeon and grows as a character. He doesn’t become instantly powerful or know everything. Kip makes mistakes, a lot of them, but this also makes him feel like a real character. Every time he fails, Kip learns from it and becomes a slightly better Dark Lord. I think that this is one of the story’s greatest strengths. As he grows stronger, we can expect greater threats to continuously challenge Kip and push him to grow, or die.
MichaelKamayamaRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The world feels lived in. The characters feel well-thought out. Excited to keep reading!
I wonder...
what kip's level ups will look like? How will he grow as a dragon? Will we see the Dark Lord at anytime during this story?
Excited to see him level up and to meet more fine people from the castle!
SandyTheStoneRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
It is exactly what it says on the tin. I would prefer it had the same title as an ad about it, the one that said "This is Kip. Kip is cooked." because it would (to me) seem a lot more interesting — the story isn't about the dark lord going out for a cigarette, it's about Kip tryna turn off the cooker.
So far? Pretty damn good. I'll admit, I wrote this in hopes of being mentioned as a character, y'know, stroke my ego a bit. But regardless of that offer, I say that it's worth your time to read all about the wittle cute lil kobold praying to all that is unholy that he will not get his ass kicked.
To reiterate, or as the kids call it, TL;DR:
Unique concept, executed well. Worth your time.
ASGDragonRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
This is a comedy show and you’re invited! Come see a kobold named Kip try to be the demon lord after the current one disappeared. Can Kip, a lowly kobold, successfully defend his postion from challengers, insubordinate minions and attackers? Come find out more on today’s chapter of “The dark lord left for cigarettes”!!
Ok, lilTwerp,
I am a dragon from the island nation of Singapore, a land far from here. I came here to explore.(Singapore too small) and wanted to have fun.
runaway909Royal Road
★★★ 2.5
First off, this is not a story with “quick pacing.” It’s already novel-length and barely anything has happened other than show that while Kip has the mindset to care for a dark lord’s minions, he lacks the everything else to act on it. This includes the support of the minions.
It pains me to no end to rate a kobold story this low, but when I’m 34 chapters in and am rooting for a pig more than the main character - who’s supposed to have been head of traps before his untimely promotion to Dark Lord - something’s wrong. In the length of a small novel, we’ve gone from nothing no nothing, with as of my point in the series THREE challenges to succession, and minions that do their best work when disobeying their dark lord (when they aren’t just straight-up leaving.) I’m going to keep reading for the kobold, but dear lord is it rough.
The grammar and style, however, are on point. The story teeters on the edge of just being funny (again, see my frustration with the character) without going fully into absurdity. There’s a bit of a mean stroke to the humor, where the previous Dark Lord appears to have been seeking to foster community over just being despicable.
As for Kip, the main character? He was supposedly the head of traps. He’s supposed to have a good head for problem-solving. That’s allegedly his shtick. If he’s so good at it, then why is he so bad at it that it takes him constantly having others nearly die in his place to barely-survive an encounter? Maybe in the next 20 chapters it gets revealed, but I’m tempering my optimism.
In short, unless you (like me) REALLY ENJOY seeing kobolds do kobold things, this ain’t it, Chief.