[{"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-306":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},759746,1006,"Chapter 306 : Raksas (2)","became-the-patron-of-villains-chapter-306",306,"\u003Cp>It had been two weeks since Alon left the Divine Land and headed toward Raksas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to before, Alon was now training at a more relaxed pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason for that was simple: Penia wasn’t with him on this journey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back when she was around, he would spar with Kylrus multiple times using “Footsteps of the Past.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, he couldn’t do that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, if he repeatedly activated and deactivated Reverse Heaven, he could charge “Footsteps of the Past” as needed, but doing so put too much strain on his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how briefly Alon used Reverse Heaven, it always damaged his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, due to those circumstances, Alon hadn’t entered “Footsteps of the Past” lately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he had been spending his time planning spells and training Blackie's awakening on his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good job.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kyuu,” came the cute cry from Blackie, who now naturally snuggled into Alon’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have you finished?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Alon petted the creature’s head, Evan approached and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re really consistent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Because I really need this right now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hm~ Didn’t you say last time that once you reach that form, controlling mana becomes easier?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s right.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Alon’s confirmation, Evan nodded thoughtfully and pointed to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Please have dinner. I made something.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“‘Made’ is a stretch. Didn’t you just roast them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the sweet potatoes by the fire, Alon gave his opinion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well, it’s still ‘making’ something, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evan shrugged casually and pointed to Basiliora, who was already eating sweet potatoes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Snakehead, try not to stuff your face like a barbarian.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hmph. And why shouldn’t I eat first? I am nothing like a mere human like you.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This damn lizard’s at it again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just another ordinary day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the past two weeks heading to Raksas, Alon had begun to clearly feel how much the Allied Kingdom had changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Evan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“God, I wanna choke— Yes, Marquis.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evan quickly turned away from his bickering with Basiliora to answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How long until we reach the next village?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hm— Normally we would arrive by tomorrow, but as I mentioned at the last village, the original one was attacked, So it’ll probably take four days.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Four days…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, when traveling inside the Allied Kingdom, Alon’s camping interval was every other day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, there’d be a village every one or two nights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the past two weeks, Alon had only passed through four villages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest had been destroyed by bandits or rioters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon had long been aware that ever since Abyssal Core began circulating, the Allied Kingdom had been plagued by outlaws and violence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But simply knowing and actually seeing the destroyed villages were two different things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s worse than I thought.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evan nodded in agreement at Alon’s quiet remark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah. Still no clue where this Abyssal Core is coming from...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have you learned anything about it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well, I asked the Information Guild to look into it, but nothing concrete yet… Ah, I wouldn’t call this exactly good news, but it’s not bad either.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve heard that mercenaries and knights have started hunting bandits on their own.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did someone put out a bounty?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nope, from what I heard, they’re doing it without any payment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How odd.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While it made some sense for knights to act out of honor and duty, mercenaries doing it voluntarily was strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, mercenaries in this world rarely cared about anything outside of Lartania’s borders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, I thought it was strange too. Anyway, those are the rumors.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nodding along to Evan’s words, Alon took a bite of the sweet potato and suddenly spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come to think of it—why haven’t we run into any bandits?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t you say that last time too?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, I did.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon tilted his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logically, if villages were being pillaged this frequently, it would make sense for them to have encountered at least one group of bandits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not even a shadow of them had appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Also, if they were attacked, there should be corpses… but there aren’t any.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon pondered with a strange unease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But only briefly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well, not running into bandits is a good thing, isn’t it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what, not running into bandits was definitely a good thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Alon stuffed the rest of the sweet potato into his mouth and moved on to his next concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was about what happened when he declared the Divine Land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Star Eater…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the being who placed a restriction on Alon referred to him as such.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They said they sincerely welcomed the return of the Star Eater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They were definitely talking about me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon had been called by that title by others before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once when he encountered an Outsider in the Deep Sea near Raksas, and once more in the East when he met a being whose identity he could never fully grasp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the hell is a Star Eater?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since hearing that name, Alon had been pondering its meaning, but he hadn’t gotten anywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Star Eater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never seen that name written anywhere in Psychedelia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while of pondering, Alon gave up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d thought about it many times on this journey to Raksas, but it always led to the same conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll probably get answers from the Observer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He absentmindedly toyed with the magatama in his pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few days later, Alon arrived near a harbor town and was soon greeted by a familiar figure waving at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Radan, how have you been?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve been well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To reach the maritime town of Raksas, traveling by ship is absolutely necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, Radan came to mind first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Alon was easily able to get Radan’s help, he headed straight for the Syphra Archipelago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the reason Alon wanted to go to Raksas in the first place was to get to Syphra, where he could meet the Observer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How long had it been since they set off for Syphra?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they casually exchanged updates, Alon suddenly looked at Radan and spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Radan, is something bothering you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Me, brother?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. Your expression doesn’t seem very good.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the surface, Radan’s face showed a soft, unmistakable smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But something about him seemed a little clouded, which prompted Alon to ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah— I've just had a lot on my mind lately.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“On your mind?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, yeah. A few things I’ve been wrestling with.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Radan laughed awkwardly and added, “Haha, kind of embarrassing to admit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon briefly considered asking what was troubling him, but then closed his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clear Radan didn’t want to talk about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So instead—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you ever need help, just say the word. I’ll help however I can.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Alon ended the topic and decided not to press any further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, brother.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Radan gave a sincere smile and bowed his head quietly in gratitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few more days passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ve arrived, brother.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon arrived once again at the Syphra Archipelago, the same place he had met the Observer before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Phew—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like last time, he grasped the pendant that Yongrin had once handed to him and walked toward the eastern shore of Syphra.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Temple of Kalanon, the lightning receiver, now had far more followers than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hadn’t always been this big.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Sili first built the temple, the only people around were a few lightning mages and those who had been persuaded by her relentless proselytizing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But ever since Reinhardt, one of Caliban’s knights, began to openly wield Kalanon’s power, the number of followers had surged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the number of believers in Kalanon, the lightning receiver—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahhh—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was enough to fill the entire massive temple during prayer hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was truly explosive growth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And leading this rapidly expanding congregation was Saintess Sili.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother, is that really true?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It is.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was hearing a story from Deus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re saying the Marquis— no, the God— intends to become king?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It’s the undeniable truth.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deus nodded without a moment’s hesitation when she asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sili silently looked at her brother’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, there was not a trace of joking in his expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he said was true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though briefly shaken,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I see.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sili quickly regained her composure and clasped her hands tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But, I believe that’s the right path.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I think so too. The Marquis is certainly worthy of—]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deus nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, brother. You’re wrong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[…What part of it is wrong?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s not just worthy of it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sili looked at him with even firmer resolve than Deus himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s only natural.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Only natural?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. It doesn’t make sense for a great god to be beneath mere humans, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Words that would make any noble pale with shock—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Words she said with complete ease, words that would make Alon gasp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Uh? R-right…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Deus, stunned by her bold declaration, was momentarily at a loss before replying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides, being a king isn’t enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wasn’t the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[…Not enough?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The place suited for him isn’t the throne of a king—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s the seat of an emperor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sili emphasized every word as she rose from her seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll be joining soon as well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ending the transmission with those final words, Sili then said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If God intends to ascend to the heavens, it is only natural to offer Him my help.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned her gaze toward the temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If He wishes to rise to that place,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A temple packed with countless believers—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“—Then no matter what it takes, I will do everything I can to clear the way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes glowed as she looked upon the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something had begun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Alon had no idea.\u003C\u002Fp>",1599,"2026-06-02T12:43:45.412Z",1,"novelbin.me","6014ae2bf3dcc8148180bdeefb3edae6214308d0a269405f693e6c22272d2d1f","became-the-patron-of-villains-chapter-307","became-the-patron-of-villains-chapter-305",479,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbecame-the-patron-of-villains-cover.jpg"]