[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-as-a-mafia-boss-i-refuse-to-be-an-extra":3,"chapter-as-a-mafia-boss-i-refuse-to-be-an-extra-as-a-mafia-boss-i-refuse-to-be-an-extra-chapter-254":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","As A Mafia Boss, I Refuse To Be An Extra",{"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},154782,290,"Chapter 254: Despair II","as-a-mafia-boss-i-refuse-to-be-an-extra-chapter-254",254,"\u003Cp>[The Circle Tightens - Horror Intensifies]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rain fell harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mud was ankle-deep now, mixed with blood, making every movement exhausting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning illuminated frozen moments of horror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A boy watching his best friend being eaten alive, unable to help, legs trembling so badly he couldn’t move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A girl curled in a fetal position, hands over her ears, rocking back and forth, mind broken by the screaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A student just standing with his weapon lowered, tears streaming, whispering \"I want to go home\" over and over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>****\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A student went down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten creatures piled on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time seemed to slow down as all nearby students watched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His ribs breaking one by one as they tore into his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His lungs visible, still expanding and contracting, trying to breathe even as claws ripped them out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His heart beating in a creature’s hand for three seconds before it stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mouth opening and closing, trying to scream but having no lungs to push air through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He died watching his own heart stop beating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>****\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"AHHH! MY LEGS! THEY TOOK MY LEGS!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A girl trying to crawl away, leaving a trail of blood, both legs severed at the knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creatures following slowly, taking their time, knowing she couldn’t escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"SOMEBODY KILL ME! PLEASE! JUST KILL ME!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nobody could reach her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They listened to her scream for a full minute as the creatures ate her alive, starting with her feet and working up while she was conscious the entire time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>****\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zavier’s voice cut through the chaos, calm despite everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes were locked on Lysa, on the creatures getting closer to her position, on the shields beginning to fail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damian looked around coldly to see if any Noble was trying to conserve their strength secretly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that almost everyone was at their limits, he gave his Mafia the permission as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zavier’s spear ignited as his Inferno Piercer weapon art activated to full power – no holding back and no conserving strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Red flames wrapped around the weapon, the heat so intense the rain vaporized before touching the metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not with restraint but with violence that bordered on artistic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SLASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His spear cut through three creatures simultaneously, fire cauterizing as it went, the bodies falling in pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THRUST!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade pierced a creature’s chest, the fire exploding outward, immolating five more behind it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SPIN!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His weapon became a wheel of flame, cutting a circle of death around Lysa’s position, the burning corpses creating a temporary barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his face...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face showed that same creepy smile from the tournament.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one that scared everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he wasn’t just fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was enjoying this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"COME ON! COME ON, YOU FUCKING MONSTERS! I’LL KILL EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His laughter mixed with the screams, high and manic, the sound of someone who’d already broken and just hadn’t realized it yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He killed dozens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even that wasn’t enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>****\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ronan activated Titan’s Wrath at full power, his frame swelling, earth Aura coating his fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each punch cratered the ground, sent shockwaves rippling outward, launched creatures into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Edrin’s Tempest Edge created wind-blade barriers, his twin swords moving so fast they were invisible, cutting down anything that got close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lysa had long since stopped calling out positions – they were already completely surrounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the others, she didn’t wait for permission from Damian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her arrows kept on raining, each one finding targets with precision born from her sensory abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damian’s Omega Point fired constantly, his bullets curving around allies, dropping creatures at critical moments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They made a difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But compared to the Imperial heirs who killed hundreds?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were barely noticeable and the gap was obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Imperial bloodline skills were simply on another level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>****\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning flashed, illuminating the battlefield in frozen clarity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Edrin saw it all at once:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining students – maybe one hundred eighty left – pressed into a circle barely fifteen meters across.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creatures surrounding them completely, a sea of white eyes and dark flesh and knife-claws, thousands strong, pressing inward with patient hunger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corpses everywhere, mud churned red with blood, the rain unable to wash away the evidence of slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Students crying, screaming, begging for rescue that wouldn’t come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Imperial heirs fighting with everything they had, powers that would be legendary in normal circumstances, barely keeping the formation alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And beyond the firelight, beyond the Aura-glow, beyond what they could see clearly...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The horde seemed endless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tactical mind ran the calculations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Came to one conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’We’re going to die here. All of us. There’s no escape. No rescue. No miracle. We’re all going to die and be eaten by these fucking monsters.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought was crystal clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>****\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunder boomed and rain fell harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mud rose to ankle-depth, making movement nearly impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every step was a struggle, every swing slower than the last.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exhaustion setting in and Aura reserves empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bodies pushed beyond their limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And still the creatures came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassius emerged from the shadows, his imperial skill already deactivated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jonathan landed, his wings disappearing entirely, unable to maintain flight anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ben’s flames sputtered, barely more than normal fire now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raymond’s wind barriers collapsed, his Aura too depleted to maintain them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alexander’s shields were breaking faster than he could form them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>David was healing almost randomly now, just trying to keep anyone alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sophia had stopped using telekinesis entirely, the mental strain too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Imperial heirs – humanity’s finest, trained since birth, wielding powers that normal students could only dream of – were failing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not from lack of skill and not from lack of will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just from overwhelming numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Edrin looked at the approaching wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saw creatures climbing over corpses of their own dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saw white eyes in the darkness, thousands of them, patient and hungry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Felt his team around him – Zavier still killing with manic laughter, Ronan’s fists still smashing, Lysa’s arrows still flying, Damian’s gun still firing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them were fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them refusing to give up even when logic said they should.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice came out as a whisper, barely audible over the rain, stating the thoughts everyone had in their mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are we... are we about to die here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1042,"2026-05-29T04:31:49.426Z","2026-06-01T04:29:09.863Z",1,"novelbin.me","d4a017f6a16c1c064bfd008043f97accc3bcb4ecccfdca3e4c81f78ad94d59eb","as-a-mafia-boss-i-refuse-to-be-an-extra-chapter-255","as-a-mafia-boss-i-refuse-to-be-an-extra-chapter-253",318,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fas-a-mafia-boss-i-refuse-to-be-an-extra-cover.jpg"]