[{"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-80":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},571539,820,"Chapter 80: Will You Let Me Touch You, or Not?","am-i-the-villain-or-not-chapter-80",80,"\u003Cp>The bottom of the canyon began to surge with boiling magma, and the head of that giant dragon, silhouetted against the black clouds, looked especially terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the overwhelming pressure coming from Viktor felt as if it had turned into a disaster beast, something even more dreadful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On both sides of the canyon, waves of scorching flames rose continuously, engulfing the lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pillars of flame burst from the ground, colliding head-on with bolts of thunder, perfectly matched in strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fire Calamity: Scorching Earth]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cocotte stared blankly at the strange phenomenon around her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a nature spirit, she knew very well what a Calamity was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strictly speaking, they weren't monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were the incarnations of the world's natural elements, beings born when nature itself gradually gained consciousness over eons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wind, thunder, earth, and water all had their own embodiments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And only a Calamity had the power to change the natural environment itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cocotte was dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Why? Why could Viktor use a power similar to that of a Calamity?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Could he be the Calamity's illegitimate child?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nature spirits revered and feared nature alike, because their magic could only be released within natural environments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a being like a Calamity, capable of influencing nature, was, in a sense, their father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cocotte's eyes darted nervously as she thought to herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hadn't offended Viktor just now, right…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She should probably treat him more politely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fiddling with her fingers, she looked tense and uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, suddenly, she noticed Aurelian watching the battle from a distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kicking at the cloud beneath her, Cocotte floated toward her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she reached Aurelian's side, she no longer looked drowsy. Awkwardly, she started a conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, uh… your teacher, what's his background, exactly?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian glanced at her but didn't answer, simply taking a few steps back to distance herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the student act so distant made Cocotte feel as if even sleep wouldn't be comforting anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She almost forgot, the little girl couldn't speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helpless, she turned back toward the battlefield, staring at the epic fight unfolding before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every mage in Endymion knew what the Storm Dragon King represented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had long slumbered in the depths of the Storm Lands' abyssal canyon, the most powerful being in the area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a fourth-tier mage wouldn't dare face it head-on without absolute confidence in victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not every mage could alter their surroundings like Viktor could. Normally, fighting it under the Storm Lands' environmental advantage would be even more dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, it was because of the Storm Dragon King's presence that this place had become known as the Storm Lands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chaotic flow of magic energy in the Magic Canyon only further restricted a mage's power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its sudden appearance now had even caught Cocotte off guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Typically, the Storm Dragon King never clashed with mages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mages merely passed through the Magic Canyon, the monsters there weren't under its control. It simply slept, existing as a manifestation of pure, powerful magic, without much consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without deliberate provocation, it would never attack others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Viktor's arrival, radiating that furious Calamity aura, made the Storm Dragon King sense the presence of a powerful rival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the environment and terrain altered, the Dragon King viewed Viktor as an invader of its domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet compared to the human-shaped Calamity that Viktor had become, the Storm Dragon King was nothing but a giant insect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cocotte shook her head. A Calamity could alter even chaotic magical flow, this time, the Dragon King was doomed to lose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling scalding magma spill across its claws, the dragon roared and lunged toward Viktor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its claws, crackling with countless bolts of lightning, slashed downward like a storm breaking through the clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within seconds, those claws had already reached Viktor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crap! Too fast!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cocotte realized Viktor was in danger, but it was already too late to warn him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Storm Dragon King's speed was beyond imagination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, to Viktor's eyes, the motion of its claws seemed unbelievably slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could even see clearly the trembling paths of lightning dancing around the claws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hands still in his pockets, Viktor experienced time slowing by hundreds of times in those few seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, after a full second, the giant claw above his head had dropped by only a centimeter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing danger, the metal cards at Viktor's waist suddenly burst outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cocotte and Aurelian stood side by side, eyes fixed tensely on the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither realized that the flash of cold light had already reached the dragon's claws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the flying cards split into hundreds, slicing through the Storm Dragon King's limbs, stabbing deep into its joints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its magically formed limbs were completely severed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Storm Dragon King, being a mass of magic, had no true body, its physical form was merely a product of condensed energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those hundred cards erupted with dazzling light, red and green intertwined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames burning the sky wrapped around the dragon's body, and vines of greenery sprouted, binding it tighter and tighter, until even the leaves glowed red-hot from the heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hundred cards spun madly, shredding the Dragon King like a magical meat grinder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before it could even resist, its massive body shrank smaller and smaller, until it disappeared entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurelian's eyes widened, full of admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her teacher was… too strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So strong that even a sky-covering Dragon King was no match for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Cocotte, she almost fell to her knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her slightly dark-ringed eyes stared at Viktor in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Storm Dragon King wasn't dead yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's not over. Inside the Magic Canyon, the Dragon King's body will quickly regenerate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sooner had Viktor spoken than the black clouds rumbled again with lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy began to gather in the air, reforming veins, bones, and skin at incredible speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within seconds, the lightning-wreathed dragon reappeared, its aura even stronger than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Viktor's vision, a health bar and level slowly appeared over it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[LV 40]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viktor knew well, the Storm Dragon King wasn't powerful in itself. Its uniqueness lay in its ability to revive infinitely through boundless magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cocotte said it couldn't be killed, but that was only because the mages of Endymion had never seen it die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viktor, however, knew better, it could be annihilated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he'd been a player, every time he passed through the Magic Canyon, he'd farmed the Storm Dragon King countless times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To him, it was just a giant XP piñata.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its respawn time, behavior pattern, he knew it all by heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'So all I have to do is kill you until you can't regenerate anymore.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the hundred cards returned to orbit around him, hundreds of magic circles flared to life behind Viktor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They rippled like water, runes and symbols too numerous to count. Then, flames poured forth, engulfing everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even within the altered environment Viktor had created, Cocotte could tell he was only casting second-tier fire magic, yet the power reached third-tier levels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is… the Fire Calamity?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flames seemed about to consume the entire canyon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Panicking, Cocotte quickly wrapped Aurelian in her cloud to shield her from the magic's shockwave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blinding white heat spread everywhere, the flames lighting up the entire Rhea Canyon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the canyon itself probably never imagined it would one day shine this brightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heat softened the rocks, igniting them midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Storm Dragon King, which had only just finished reforming, was instantly blasted apart again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, its body shattered once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"H-how long has it even been!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cocotte was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was the Dragon King always this weak? It didn't even seem able to fight back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seconds later, it began regenerating again, but Viktor had already anticipated it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the reconstruction even finished, the iron cards sliced through it again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A third time. A fourth time…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its revival grew slower and slower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The canyon around them, battered by Viktor's bombardment, crumbled and shook violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bottom of the gorge fell silent. The hurricane winds were gone, only trembling heat waves remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cocotte could only stare, feeling the destructive force that Viktor wielded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder he'd dared provoke the Storm Dragon King. After all this time, she hadn't even seen the Dragon King use a single skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was completely one-sided, total domination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Viktor's seamless assault, every time the Dragon King revived, it was instantly torn apart again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless cycles of magic gathering and rebirth repeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An hour passed. Then two. Yet the result never changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The canyon had been blasted into rubble, collapsing into ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viktor's spinning iron cards carved into the dragon's half-reformed body once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a flash of lightning illuminated the air, then burst apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the dust settled, there was no sign of the Storm Dragon King reviving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It… it's dead?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Storm Dragon King was dead?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had never seen a battle end so easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if Viktor had calculated everything, the respawn spots, the damage required, each strike perfectly timed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not too much, not too little. Just right. Always lethal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peeking out from her cloud, Cocotte felt the heat scorch her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This temperature… it's insane.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kind of flame magic was definitely beyond what any normal mage could wield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was now convinced, Viktor must have made some kind of deal with the Fire Calamity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she was half right. The truth was, Viktor had ripped this berserk flame magic from Gul'dun himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fire Calamity had already been sealed once by Viktor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the raging lightning finally settled, it condensed into a glowing white core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viktor stretched out his hand, and the core floated into his palm, as if recognizing its master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Storm Dragon King's Gene]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Description: A mysterious gene containing the power of an ancient dragon. It may be compatible with ancient dragon essence.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viktor looked at the core, clearly satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The molten lines on his coat dimmed, and the beastly eyes on it closed once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cocotte curiously leaned close, very close, and asked hesitantly, \"Are you… related to a Calamity somehow?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viktor glanced back at her with a calm expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I killed one. Do you believe that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[email protected]\u002FXenosX\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>🥳Joining P@treon keeps me motivated and eager to work diligently, so please consider joining.🥰\u003C\u002Fp>",1691,"2026-05-30T15:48:18.711Z","2026-06-01T04:31:37.164Z",1,"novelbin.me","dd4611ed9aee5be73273f40a1d142452baa3773a9d45fc75021757c2eb67c382","am-i-the-villain-or-not-chapter-81","am-i-the-villain-or-not-chapter-79",393,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fam-i-the-villain-or-not-cover.jpg"]