[{"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-386":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},571595,820,"Chapter 386 - 389: Once it’s opened, it’s opened?","am-i-the-villain-or-not-chapter-386",386,"\u003Cp>Priscilla flapped her blood-colored wings high in the sky, swift and deadly like a hawk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After learning that she possessed self-healing abilities, Priscilla's fighting style became increasingly bold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She moved with ease amid the rain of soul-fire arrows and the sea of star-spears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after fighting continuously for several hours, her movements quickly began to slow down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although her body was tough, fatigue was unavoidable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her flying height gradually lowered, and her speed also slowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood race had powerful survivability. Just a few drops of blood were enough for them to stay alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, that powerful vitality also had a clear weakness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was, limited stamina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once too much of the blood used for recovery was consumed, they had to find a new source of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether human or animal blood, all of it was their source of recovery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the blood came from a stronger host, its recovery effect would be even better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why the blood race could easily gain the upper hand in battles against other creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because in their eyes, others' wounds were offerings of blood, constantly nourishing them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when facing the undead, the blood race's disadvantage was obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the undead were not living beings, not a single drop of blood flowed in them, only soul flames burned within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the advantage of drawing blood, the blood race's stamina would drop sharply, far inferior to those undying undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, the sandy land was filled with ghostly green undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They held weapons, and the flames within their bodies burned more fiercely than usual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing such a grand formation for the first time, even having experienced battlefields filled with smoke, Priscilla's stamina began to be overdrawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she had avoided more damage at the start, she might have lasted longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But lacking combat experience, she had overlooked a crucial prerequisite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Self-healing also required blood to replenish it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was starting to lose her hold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flying low, her body dipped, and a blade burning with ghostly green flames cut through the air, nearly slicing across her back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive star greatsword slammed down, but Priscilla dodged it quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dangerous situation made her realize she couldn't go on like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After avoiding a wave of attacks, Priscilla lifted her head and looked toward the distant blue-purple star barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mage was still trapped there, but now, there wasn't the slightest movement inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had to keep holding on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as this thought rose in her exhausted mind, suddenly, a violent roar shook the entire sandy land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aooo! Roar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magnificent roar surged like waves, and the sound alone shattered several undead soldiers ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, the undying ones revived again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That earth-shaking roar drew the attention of all the undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Priscilla also rushed into the sky, looking toward the source of the sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High in the air, ghostly green flames burned, white bones glaring, like the arrival of the god of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And within those green flames, a familiar figure was surrounded by them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was Aurelian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian stood atop a magic dragon undead made of white bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ghostly flames passed through her eyes, and will-o'-wisps adorned her surroundings like stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another furious roar tore through the silence. Priscilla hung high in the sky, shaken with fear, almost forgetting to flap her wings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entering an undead state, the flames on Aurelian burned even hotter than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, her skin was pale like a ghost in the shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body seemed slightly hunched, as if weak, like a tower about to collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her breathing was rapid as she forcefully controlled the magic dragon beneath her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though her body was exhausted, her gaze, sharp like ice crystals, was cold and merciless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweeping down from the sky like a biting wind, it fell coldly upon the sandy land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She straightened her body, like an undead queen cold to the extreme.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice flowed out from her deathly pale skin, low and hollow, \"You've worked hard, Priscilla.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The undead flames behind Aurelian churned, controlling the massive fifth-tier magic dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the huge and terrifying skeletal dragon body, the flames between its ribs shone like diamonds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the gap of the sky, fierce flames spread wildly from the dragon's mouth, lighting up the battlefield filled with war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Undead soldiers devoured by soul fire turned into scorched earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The knights with flowing nebulae were also destroyed by the terrifying flames, turning into stars, then scattered into the sky as drifting smoke swallowed them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Priscilla fell from the sky, collapsing onto the ground, gasping heavily, her eyes filled with shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the undead dragon slaughter enemies in the sky, like a vast galaxy before dawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'So cool…'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After undergoing Viktor's long training, Aurelian's combat experience and awareness had already become very seasoned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though not at the very top, she could at least be called outstanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Viktor trained Aurelian as if she were himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly recovering, Priscilla leaned against the ground, half-lifting her heavy eyelids, her gaze fixed on the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, she was hiding where Aurelian had just dodged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the smell of blood rushed into her nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a member of the blood race, she keenly picked up the scent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She followed her instinct, reaching out with a trembling hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Hm?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was there blood left in the place where that imperial princess had just dodged?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she didn't have time to think.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a wave of attacks, the scattered undead mages also came to their senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They activated the human-skin spellbooks in their hands, chanting with a buzzing sound, and began to counterattack Aurelian in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those undead soldiers, driven by magic, revived again, raising spears and swords in front, forming rows of white bone walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The undead mages didn't stay idle either. The human-skin spellbooks in their hands flipped countless times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magic was released from their bodies, and several ghostly green giant pythons rose from the ground, striking toward the giant dragon burning with green flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian drove the magic dragon forward, stirring up a gale that tore those giant pythons apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The undead mages quickly cast magic again, reviving the shattered undead soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turning them once more into walls of white bones standing before them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian looked at them, her brows tightening further, her frost-cold face rippling under the glow of ghostly flames, \"Now I understand why Grandfather wanted to eliminate you and permanently seal you beneath this tomb.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These undead mages had been endlessly reviving undead soldiers using magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using them like fragile bone walls to block in front and resist powerful enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the bones of the undead soldiers were destroyed, they were revived once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the eyes of these mages, the undead soldiers were nothing but puppets under their command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though their souls had long been stripped away, as undead mages, their bones still held a desire to enslave the undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They couldn't even give the most basic respect to the undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though these undead didn't necessarily need any respect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian looked at them, her tone filled with cold indifference, \"Blaspheming the undead, trying to stand above life and death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don't even spare the dead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magic dragon in the sky let out a roar that tore through the night, its intense sound waves surging toward the undead mages like a hurricane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could no longer focus on reviving soldiers and could only hastily use undead magic to protect themselves, preventing the fierce sound waves from scattering them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bones that had lost resistance were quickly controlled by Aurelian's undead magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before their forms could even be reassembled, Aurelian had already driven her magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gloomy green smoke rose from the ground, devouring them recklessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, they gathered into a cloud of ash, scattering and falling into the yellow earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining undead mages could no longer sense the existence of the corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could only try their best to defend themselves, otherwise the surging soul flames would wipe them out in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, the fifth-tier magic dragon in the sky was an absolutely invincible existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the blazing soul fire, the battlefield situation had almost completely tilted to one side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a slight tremor came from the distant star fortress, drawing Aurelian's attention completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, those star knights seemed to sense a heart-shaking omen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They immediately stopped and withdrew their nebula blades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raging flames mercilessly devoured those star knights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pale skeletons were exposed under the silent night sky, like overturned piano keys, filled with despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all knelt on the ground with smooth, metallic knees, their flowing cloud-like gazes filled with pain and struggle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They crossed their broken arms in front of their chests, as if clutching the last bit of life, while also offering their final respect to the massive meteor fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, the sky full of stars was swallowed by the green soul flames, turning into dust-like particles that rose into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Is it time?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian looked at those collapsing star knights, a question rising in her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, it didn't matter anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the star knights disappeared one after another, the situation had completely become one-sided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the undead soldiers were ordered into stillness by Aurelian, even their remains buried into the yellow earth, no longer seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the undead mages remained, desperately guarding their pitiful remaining magic power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could no longer summon undead armies and had become useless, reduced to cannon fodder to delay the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a deafening explosion erupted from the fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian couldn't help but look over, and Priscilla also raised her head instinctively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blue-purple barrier, like woven stars, was being bombarded by terrifying purple lightning again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huge rocks shattered under the power of lightning, and crimson meteors burst out from within it, crashing into the already broken fortress like a meteor shower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One especially terrifying bolt of lightning finally fell from the sky, like an enraged giant dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Electric arcs spread, rocks flew, and dust and sand hundreds of meters high surged outward wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the entire land was illuminated by purple lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crimson meteors fell like brilliant stars, raising layer after layer of dust waves, spreading across the view of Aurelian and Priscilla.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After what felt like a long time, Aurelian finally came back to her senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She slowly opened her eyes, only to see that the star-like barrier had turned to ashes, and the distance was deathly silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What exactly happened?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But suddenly, a broad hand rested on her shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A calm and deep voice slowly sounded, \"Well done.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this familiar voice, Aurelian instinctively turned her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That familiar black windbreaker entered her sight, and her heart jumped as she almost subconsciously shouted, \"Teacher!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nebula barrier gradually dissipated, and the massive meteor general, like a star, was nowhere to be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Teacher Viktor stood behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, in the end, the teacher had defeated that general.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Aurelian felt endless relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, an indescribable weakness swept over her like a tidal wave, and the ghostly green flames covering her body began to slowly fade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her vision gradually blurred, and her whole body seemed to lose all strength as she fell backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian felt a fatigue like never before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if by just gently closing her eyes, she could sink into Teacher Viktor's embrace, warm like sunlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyelids grew heavier and heavier, and she closed her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the last trace of her fading vision, she seemed to see that black crow flying from somewhere, gracefully landing on Teacher Viktor's shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian finally gave up resisting sleep and completely closed her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her hazy state, she only heard that familiar voice, speaking to someone unknown, sounding by her ear, \"It seems the future empress doesn't plan to take you into her royal city.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, you no longer have any value.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1984,"2026-05-30T15:48:18.711Z","2026-06-01T04:31:37.164Z",1,"novelbin.me","570005b1d65694928f737a2d0fe0fb5b2dd01a2318deabfbff7ec268b2d3a33c","am-i-the-villain-or-not-chapter-387","am-i-the-villain-or-not-chapter-385",393,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fam-i-the-villain-or-not-cover.jpg"]