[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-became-the-patron-of-villains":3,"chapter-became-the-patron-of-villains-became-the-patron-of-villains-chapter-296":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Became the Patron of Villains",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},759586,1006,"Chapter 296 : Sin of Greed (7)","became-the-patron-of-villains-chapter-296",296,"\u003Cp>A massive hand descended, absorbing even the ashen clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon stood dumbfounded, his mouth agape as he watched the hand reduce everything to nothingness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Alon who had awakened Rine, who had been sealed away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were two reasons for this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was that Rine’s help was essential in dealing with the Sin of Greed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Alon had discovered while attacking the Sin of Greed was this:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the incarnation before him differed in form, it wielded the same power of \"knowledge\" as the Sin he had seen in Psychedelia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And because Rine possessed knowledge on the same level as the Sin—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon believed that with Rine’s insight, they could easily deduce and counter the powers the Sin used beyond what Alon already knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other reason was that Alon believed Rine had become far stronger than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Alon’s knowledge, the place where Rine had been imprisoned was where the Ash Seeder—no, the “Mother of Greed,” who only appeared upon the Sin’s birth—had settled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that alone…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was enough for Alon to easily imagine what choices Rine must have made while trapped with that beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The existence of the Mother of Greed meant that Rine had likely delved into the forbidden knowledge housed within the Eternal Library.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why Alon had felt relief when he saw the inscription in the place where she had been sealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was writing that a Sin could never have created.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, based on this judgment, Alon decided to enlist Rine’s help to defeat the Sin—and that decision proved correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite having sought forbidden knowledge, Rine remained unharmed and, just as Alon had hoped, she had grown far stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, there was one thing he had miscalculated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…He hadn’t expected her to grow this strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rine had surpassed even what Alon had imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never thought she’d become this powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a blank stare, Alon looked up at the towering figure—no, the massive fist that had fallen from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rine……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the enormous fist withdrew, a figure was revealed, and Alon instinctively murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked the same as before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hair, like that of wild grass, showed its color even under the gray sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And her vivid green eyes gleamed brightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was so much he wanted to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to thank her, and at the same time, scold her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But more than anything, he felt sorry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon had never experienced centuries of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t even begin to imagine what it was like to live for hundreds of years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a mere ten years was enough for the world to change easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even ten years was enough for most of Alon’s memories, save for the precious ones, to sink into the depths of forgetfulness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of that, he couldn’t open his mouth easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t just say “You’ve been through a lot.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or even “Thank you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he couldn’t begin to fathom how hard it must have been to endure hundreds of years in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he remained quiet, Rine, now standing right before him, lifted the corners of her once-still lips gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, godfather.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m your Rine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She smiled and responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon opened his mouth to say something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I think the greetings will have to wait, godfather.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Rine’s following words, Alon quickly snapped back to reality and looked ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[……What… are you?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There stood the Sin of Greed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As its completely shattered body regenerated, it looked at Rine as if it couldn’t comprehend what it was seeing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the regeneration finished, the paper that had been clinging to her shoulder blade lost its power and fell off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[What in the world are you—]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sin of Greed, forcing out words it could barely utter,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly widened its eyes in realization, staring at Rine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[No way… you’re the one from back then…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In contrast to its usual emotionless tone, the Sin muttered in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rine replied with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m glad. You’ve got a new body instead of Aghui’s.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[……I thought I’d cast off all worldly desires and emotions.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sin muttered—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[But it seems I haven’t.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the next moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[……Let me repay the debt from back then.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body began to swell as if about to burst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sin of Greed that Alon had faced in Psychedelia had two distinct phases.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first phase was the humanoid form currently before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this phase, the Sin uses numerous unconventional debuffs and spells through forbidden knowledge—powers no one else in Psychedelia wielded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, in the game, Phase 1 of the Sin wasn’t particularly difficult to deal with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike now, when facing the Sin in the game, Alon was joined by three party members including Eliban, plus three powerful allies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally—depending on the approach—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were generally at least three knight orders and between thousands to tens of thousands of soldiers supporting the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So when facing the Sin of Greed in the game, the main concern was:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How to deal with debuffs and near-instant death spells by avoiding or enduring them—this was the method to survive Phase 1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when all the numerous pages on the Sin’s wing-blades were destroyed and only five remained—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sin would then enter Phase 2: the Monstrosity Phase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Tsk.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he watched the Sin swell rapidly, Alon grimaced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its pure white body suddenly began to mutate and explosively grow in size, taking shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could react, it started to form the massive shape of a skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Alon thought:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What should I do?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phase 2 of the Sin of Greed was essentially a final frenzy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once it transformed into a giant skeletal beast, it began spawning dozens of arms to simultaneously cast all the spells it had used so far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, the difficulty increased drastically compared to Phase 1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What made it worse was that the current Sin had skipped to monstrosity form even though it still had many lives left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That made things far worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, as Alon frowned further—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“!!.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the sky, a massive hand like the one before began to fall again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a giant tower crashing down, the mechanical hand surged to crush the Sin completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>|-!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swallowing everything in its path and ripping the very air apart, the enormous hand slammed into the Sin’s body once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From its massive wings, countless Sin-lives were torn off and scattered in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps, even this alone was enough to give Alon hope that the Sin might be defeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, unfortunately—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon’s hope did not come true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the retrieved hand fell once again—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Woooooooong~!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive magic circle appeared in midair, blocking the descending hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crackkk~!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magic circle began to shatter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before it completely broke, dozens of hands—like those of a thousand-armed deity—suddenly regenerated and began forming hand seals all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wooooooong~!!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of magic circles began to form above the Sin’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment two idle hands among the many formed seals—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon instinctively grabbed Rine and used Thunder God's Form to escape from the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KWAHHHHH!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the green light devoured everything, Alon saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The western region of Fildagreen, now turned entirely into a wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he saw it, a chill ran down his spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite most of the Sin’s magic being used to block the mechanical hand—Pluto—that was falling from above—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just two hand seals had created magic capable of such destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Godfather.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That thought only lasted a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Rine’s voice, Alon lowered his gaze and met her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“May I ask a favor, just for a moment?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a short request.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Alon understood its meaning and nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, a massive magic circle formed beneath Rine’s feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the golden eye that hadn’t been visible until just now began to shine brilliantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon turned his gaze and moved again toward Rine, spotting the Sin forming seals once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Blackie.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Meow-]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lifted Blackie from his pocket onto his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Awakening of the Shadow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He began chanting the incantation once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon’s body was once more filled with pupils, and soon a giant eye formed in his halo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Reverse Heavens.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment his voice echoed, a galaxy began forming once more in the gray sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon saw it and felt it in his core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘There isn’t much time left.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since he resolved to buy time for Rine, he had used divinity to restore his body, but—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The countdown had not reset.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hoo—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if even a fleeting moment was too precious, he began controlling the galaxies without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a cracking sound, red fissures opened up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the Sin had once taken control of them, it didn’t matter now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sin didn’t have time to seize control of his spells again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACKCRACKCRACK—!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The swiftly spreading fissures brought the magic orbs under control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Extending his index and middle fingers, he immediately fired the magic orbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they weren’t aimed at the Sin’s body—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KWAHHHH!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They targeted the hands forming seals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magic orbs, streaking like flashes, shot toward the hands enacting the spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the massive magic circle blocking the mechanical hand began showing signs of collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seals that had just been cast toward Rine shifted in form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was only for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon felt his limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His brain was sending warning signals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sign that even a few more seconds of maintaining this technique would be irreversible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if to prove it, the weakening magic circle began to stabilize again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Sin’s now-free hands completed their seals—green light burst forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was so fast, Alon couldn’t even react in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But rather than thinking to block it, Alon instinctively redirected the magic orbs mid-air into the green light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KWAHHHHH~!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His vision and hearing were consumed by the violent explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at that very moment, Alon realized two things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was that he had successfully blocked the incoming spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the other—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cough—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was that the Reverse Heavens spell could no longer be sustained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coughing up black blood, Alon looked forward with blurred vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The attack had been stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Sin, unaffected by Alon’s desperate efforts—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wooooong~!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had already nullified it and was preparing the next strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon let out a hollow laugh at the absurdity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grit—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He clenched his teeth and tried to cast another spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive mechanical hand falling from the sky stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magic circle holding back that massive hand stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spell that had been aimed at Alon and Rine stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The watching elves—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Penia, who had been about to rush in while chanting a spell to save Alon—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Magrina, watching anxiously—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all turned their gaze in one direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they witnessed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far off—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A colossal rift in the gray sky, like an abyss capable of devouring everything in this space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And from within it—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A manufactured god.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—revealed its form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pluto.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Full Deployment.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1839,"2026-06-02T12:43:45.412Z",1,"novelbin.me","5460adc9422f8f62c574dad6607da1e0513524a5d2bcf91f04f1dbc71395adea","became-the-patron-of-villains-chapter-297","became-the-patron-of-villains-chapter-295",479,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbecame-the-patron-of-villains-cover.jpg"]