[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-am-i-the-villain-or-not":3,"chapter-am-i-the-villain-or-not-am-i-the-villain-or-not-chapter-364":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Am I the Villain or Not?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},571573,820,"Chapter 364 - 367: We're Just Getting Started","am-i-the-villain-or-not-chapter-364",364,"\u003Cp>Under the thick smoke, a courtyard that once looked like a castle had become utterly ruined, like the wreckage left after a war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The originally majestic mansion was now broken, large chunks of stone collapsed, rubble scattered everywhere, a scene of complete decay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fountain statues in the courtyard were destroyed, leaving only unrecognizable fragments of stone lying all over the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smooth roads had become uneven, sand and gravel pushed up through the solid debris, breaking the flat ground apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Demi-humans and noble lords were scattered across this ruined courtyard, stepping on the rocks beneath their feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The faint green flames on their clothes flickered like stars in the night, eerie white bones exposed beneath armor or robes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep ghostly flames shone from their eye sockets, streams of soul fire burning along their bones, making them look especially strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Together, they raised their heads, looking toward the sky that was almost completely filled with blood-red color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Laurien floated high in the air, his eyes filled entirely with crimson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three pairs of blood-red wings spread behind him reflected the bloody moonlight, like a blood moon rising at the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thick scent of blood lingered in the air, spreading like a plague.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone felt that dense, bloody aura enter their hollow eye sockets, stinging their vision slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This… was the true blood race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to this, August, with his thin blood wings and pale skin, looked like a fragile moth in a sea of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The truly noble and elegant bat now stood high in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>August stood surrounded by undead warriors, yet he could only watch Laurien in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes were filled with longing and unwillingness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'No, it shouldn't be like this.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He and Count Laurien had clearly made an agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would gather enough blood energy for Priscilla, successfully reviving her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, he would marry Priscilla, making her the queen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he himself would ascend alongside her, becoming a true immortal of the blood race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the end, everything changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of his failure, Count Laurien took back all the power that had originally been granted to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the blood energy he had absorbed was taken away by Laurien.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the portion that belonged to him as a warrior was stripped away completely, like a punishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, August had lost all his strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was even weaker than an ordinary person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His frail body was like a collapsing mansion, his face pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nearly vanished strength made him feel an unprecedented heaviness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, August's heart was filled with despair and regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, no one cared about him anymore, even if he was still nominally the king of the Kante Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Laurien in the sky, the noble lords of the kingdom and the twelve foreign ministers were all filled with disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though they had been temporarily transformed into undead by the soul fire, their skeletal jaws still trembled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Revealing their shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Count Laurien was actually… a true blood race?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one dared to believe it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the reign of the previous king, Count Laurien had already been granted his noble title.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had deep ties with other nobles and was highly praised by the former king.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the terminal station of the magic train had been established in his territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anyone from outside the kingdom wanted to take the train into the kingdom, they would inevitably arrive at Count Laurien's territory: Shulben.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This undoubtedly represented the king's trust and reliance on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was absolutely loyal, and a perfect lord deeply loved by his people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the sake of agricultural harvests, he had even chosen to worship the Goddess of Abundance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, he gained the goddess's recognition and received the divine wheat sheaf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of this, the agricultural yields of Shulben surpassed those of all other noble territories every year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, such a lord who cared for the people, who even willingly worshipped a goddess, was actually a blood race!?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a person, who had devoted himself to the people and would be remembered for generations, was actually a blood race?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, none of the nobles present would have believed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially those who had known him for a long time and shared close ties with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they saw the three pairs of blood wings spread from his back, their emotions became a tangled mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, when Priscilla reappeared as a revived blood race, the nobles had already begun to suspect something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when Count Laurien truly revealed his identity, they still found it hard to accept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A noble who had already turned into an undead blurted out, as if questioning Laurien high in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the count's blood wings blocked the blood-red moonlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the shadow, his crimson eyes followed the voice and looked down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I need a large amount of blood to accomplish my goal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Goal?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What goal?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Count Laurien flapped his six blood-red wings, keeping himself suspended in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each movement of those massive wings stirred powerful gusts, carrying the sound of tearing air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If His Majesty August had succeeded, then at exactly midnight, a large number of bombs would have detonated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I would have used that massive amount of blood to complete my daughter's revival.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Count Laurien slowly raised his head, looking at Priscilla, who was bathed in blood-red moonlight and seemed connected to the moon itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The blood energy of high-level warriors is enough to make her the most perfect blood race.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, everyone present trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as August had said, their goal had never changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Empire's princess and Viktor hadn't interfered, they would all have become nourishment for Priscilla's revival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nobles couldn't imagine how long Laurien had been planning this for his daughter, or how insane he had become.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had even manipulated and controlled the king.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he not afraid of Duke Barlow?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it wasn't over yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because something even more terrifying happened next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Count Laurien lowered his head, looking at everyone with a cold, emotionless gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like countless icy spears piercing into their hearts, craving the blood beneath their bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hollow, echoing voice slowly descended from the sky, falling into their ears along with the moonlight, \"But none of you died, so I still need more blood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nobles froze, the ghostly green flames in their eyes flaring violently, as if they had seen something horrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laurien suddenly spread his three pairs of crimson wings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Specks of blood-red dust burst from his wings, like countless wandering souls drifting around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the wings, blood flowed continuously, as if filled with endless power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone felt the thick scent of blood around them, as if their feet were glued to the ground, unable to move at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under this terrifying atmosphere, even the moonlight turned deeply crimson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear crawled up their spines like countless worms, reaching their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laurien hovered in midair, extending a hand filled with flowing blood energy, slowly raising it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood energy around him began to surge, gathering and swirling in his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mass of churning blood gradually formed, restless and pulsing as if trying to break free from invisible restraints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, it's time to end all of this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Laurien spoke coldly, the blood sphere began to expand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dense crimson domain spread across the sky, enveloping the land for dozens of miles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the domain expanded, Laurien's aura surged dramatically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hollow blood-red eyes twisted, and the three pairs of wings behind him grew even larger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive wings carried gusts of wind, blood-red particles drifting like a storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood aura spiraled around him, rising endlessly like a crimson hurricane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The swelling blood moon continued to emit its deep red glow, making the land below even more crimson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Sea of Blood]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within that crimson halo, the shattered vampires on the ground began to be reshaped by the bloody wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One after another, tall, gaunt figures emerged from the rubble, letting out echoing roars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As their bodies touched the crimson particles, they became stronger, the red in their eyes turning even more terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stretched their pale necks and roared toward the blood moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling this overwhelming and terrifying presence, the nobles trembled, their hearts filled with fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the true blood race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, at that moment, Viktor slammed his staff heavily onto the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The effects of the great prosperity began to fade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As magic power surged back, crimson patterns spread across his coat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A radiant red glow flowed behind him like molten lava.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the surrounding air became scorching hot. Countless cracks spread across the vast land, cutting off all vitality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Scorched Earth]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, blazing magma filled the fractured ground, spreading intense heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like an inextinguishable fire, it burned fiercely across the land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scorching flames touched the vampires, causing them to scream in agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet within these overwhelming flames,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the undead army suffered no harm at all. Instead, the soul fire on their bodies burned even more fiercely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The raging flames collided with the blood domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though the noble lords had become undead, they could still feel that terrifying heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Viktor held his staff and raised his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze met Laurien's blood-filled eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that instant, Laurien's health bar and level appeared before Viktor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scorching wind blew his coat, and his voice carried through the heat, \"End?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We're just getting started.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Laurien Niss: Blood Prince]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lv60]\u003C\u002Fp>",1601,"2026-05-30T15:48:18.711Z","2026-06-01T04:31:37.164Z",1,"novelbin.me","0f260ea933eb7f3f535bda758d41144c0773cfd475890c42f7bcd7be506c1e35","am-i-the-villain-or-not-chapter-365","am-i-the-villain-or-not-chapter-363",393,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fam-i-the-villain-or-not-cover.jpg"]