[{"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-365":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},759655,1006,"Chapter 365 : On Sin (3)","became-the-patron-of-villains-chapter-365",365,"\u003Cp>The ruined capital of Ashtalon had become so eerie that it felt as though the Demonic Realm of Beasts itself had been transplanted there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother, all preparations are complete. I’ll head down now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go ahead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon was already aboard a massive ship floating in the sky, just as he had been when he faced Sloth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Radan leap without hesitation, Alon turned his gaze downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘So the preparations are done.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first thing he saw was the land below—blood-red and shattered. The capital of Ashtalon lay in ruins, buried under mountains of corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, his eyes turned to the great ring of armies encircling Ashtalon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Penia.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are the calculations perfect?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. If the Marquis moves thirty paces inward, just as you said, he’ll enter the field.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The chance of error—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zero. I double-checked everything again as soon as we got up here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There won’t be a problem,” Penia said firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon gave a small nod, let out a quiet sigh, and turned his gaze toward the sin below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As before, the embodiment of Sin stood motionless—as if waiting for something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, Alon couldn’t quite understand why the Sin had made no move, but he decided to set that question aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only two things mattered to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, that the Sin had stopped moving in such a way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, that its stillness meant Alon’s plan would unfold perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Begin.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Alon muttered softly, Penia poured magic into the crystal sphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At once, the soldiers began to move forward, step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In their eyes flickered tension and fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tension toward something indescribable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear of the unknown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those emotions intertwined within them as their gazes locked on the Sin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their steps wavered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their grips on their weapons tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their hearts pounded violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sight before them—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sin before them—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And their own imagination—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All combined to slowly push them into terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the moment they passed twenty steps, the fear and horror that had filled their eyes began to fade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dread that had clouded their hearts melted away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their hesitant, heavy steps steadied, returning to their original rhythm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their tense grips relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And their pounding hearts gradually calmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, when the soldiers reached thirty steps—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wooooong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive barrier began to form ahead of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gigantic, dome-shaped shield spread out before the soldiers—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What... what’s this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confusion flashed across their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But only for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dispel this thing—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We can’t complete the mission like this!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dispel it! We can’t kill the monster!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let us out!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You damned mages!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their voices rose in angry protest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike their initial fear, now the soldiers were raging, desperate to break free and kill the Sin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone watching would have known something was terribly wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As expected,” Penia said quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon watched the ground below with a calm expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, this entire operation was his design.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘The Sin of Wrath in Psychedelia has two defining powers.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mountain of Corpses]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Wrath]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first was literal—a mountain built from the bodies of the dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more corpses it piled, the wider its influence spread, inflicting unavoidable status effects on all within range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second power, Wrath, amplified the Sin’s strength in proportion to the number of those afflicted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more victims under its curse, the stronger it became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A simple but devastating ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, with all the troops gathered from the Allied Kingdoms, the Sin of Wrath had grown unimaginably powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Alon, knowing this perfectly well, had still chosen to bring these soldiers here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of one additional trait possessed by the Sin of Wrath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While it grew stronger with each enraged soul, its defense dropped in exact proportion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meaning that right now, its defense was extraordinarily low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why Alon had crafted this plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Blackie, it’s your turn.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Meow-!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entrusting Blackie with an attack that would draw in magic at a terrifying rate, Alon immediately stepped into the magic circle that Penia had prepared in advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wooooooong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The circle roared to life, sending a brilliant white light cascading down onto the barrier created by the mages below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwagagagak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>New circles began to unfold, one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a matryoshka doll, each formation layered atop the last.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that same moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sin, who until now had merely stood there watching Alon’s plan unfold,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clack—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raised its sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A jagged, chipped greatsword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[This is as far as I’ll wait.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Murmuring words Alon could not comprehend,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tss—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sin vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It moved faster than human eyes could follow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, it appeared before the barrier, raising its sword high to shatter it—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at that exact moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwachik!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A golden coffin shot upward as if lying in wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sin pulled back just in time to dodge it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that became the signal—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwagagagak—!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden coffins buried beneath the earth shot upward in an instant, darting chaotically within the barrier as they aimed for the Sin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sin twisted its body and lunged toward Rine, who was controlling the coffins from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skreeeek!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its left hand was sliced clean off just before reaching her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What a pity,” Alon murmured. “Had it come just a little closer, we could have killed it outright.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, strands of violet thread shimmered across the golden coffins, and Deus stepped forward beside Rine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they weren’t alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind the Sin, twisting its body to dodge the threads and coffins, Seolrang and Radan closed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Urgh—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By a hair’s breadth, Seolrang’s kick and Radan’s spear failed to land on the Sin’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the four stand against the creature, Alon exhaled a quiet sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Everything’s going according to plan.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sin of Wrath’s offensive power was immense—so overwhelming that no amount of magical reinforcement could match it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they blocked an attack, it would only be once at best.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why, instead of strengthening the barrier, Alon had asked Rine, Seolrang, Deus, and Radan to buy time inside it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it was an extremely dangerous request.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this stage, the Sin of Wrath had to pay attention to even the smallest attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, it couldn’t afford to ignore Rine’s golden coffins or Deus’s violet threads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure, the Sin could destroy them with brute force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was fine too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because inside the barrier weren’t just Rine and Deus—Seolrang and Radan were there as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as the four kept up the assault, the Sin—whose every attack had to be a killing blow—couldn’t easily retaliate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The plan proceeded even more smoothly than Alon had hoped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whew…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wiping the blood trickling under his nose, Alon looked up at the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High above, the spell Blackie was maintaining continued to expand, fed by Alon’s magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the Bullet of the Unfulfilled Wish—the same spell that had annihilated the Sin of Sloth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, fully charged, it hovered with solemn majesty in the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nggh—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking back control from Blackie, Alon released the spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwagagagagak—!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sphere of pure magic tore through the air as it fell toward the Sin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But inexorably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Marquis!” Penia shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Alon didn’t answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not yet—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Penia—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his call, Penia, who had been waiting for the signal, reactivated the magic sphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Seolrang, Rine, Radan, and Deus used their prepared artifacts to teleport outside the barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A white light overlaid the crimson world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the blinding light that had swallowed everything began to fade, a single thought rose in Alon’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘That easily?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, it hadn’t been easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had spent nearly a month preparing for this operation, and the entire Allied Kingdom’s forces had gathered for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But despite that, Alon couldn’t shake an uneasy feeling as he looked down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the dust began to clear where the light had struck, he could finally see the battlefield below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, he saw the soldiers, frowning in confusion as if they didn’t understand what they had been doing moments ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next were Radan, Seolrang, Rine, and Deus, who had escaped just in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And finally—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the center of a blackened crater—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sin of Wrath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its condition was far from normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its once-heavy armor was faded, turning ashen gray, as though it were moments away from disappearing altogether.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its left hand was completely gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘It’s still holding form?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was what shocked them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sin’s body still remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Alon had defeated the Sin of Sloth, it had also preserved its shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was only because its durability as a Sin had remained intact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sin of Wrath, however, should have been far too weakened—Deus’s threads alone had nearly shredded it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For it to still have a body was… unnatural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Alon felt that unease—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He descended to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One moment he had been floating high with Penia; the next, he stood before the Sin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sin’s dim, cracked armor—until now perfectly still—began to fall away piece by piece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like an insect shedding its old shell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gradually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The worn armor fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dulled helmet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chipped sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Falling away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what emerged from within—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was something like a knight, but not quite human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body was clad in armor so dark it seemed forged from obsidian drawn from the abyss of night, faintly glowing with the light of melted starlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon the surface of that armor ran veins of crimson runes and constellations that pulsed faintly, alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at the center of its hollow chest—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Burned a single star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A star as deep as the void itself, and yet undeniably shining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, as silence fell across the field—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The being spoke, clear and resounding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Can you bear the burden of 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