His majesty will find it hard to deal with the Fire King of the East. Perhaps he should relinquish his lands and accept my past offer of a cabinet position instead. You will be hansomly rewared.

Come now, instead of "First Chemist and Minister of Demolitions" how about "Supreme Chemist and Knight-Commander of Texico and the Surrounding Blast Radius"?

Be warned, I have a copy of the Evil Overlord List and plan to follow it to the letter.