[{"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-477":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},759438,1006,"Chapter 476: Astarotte (7)","became-the-patron-of-villains-chapter-477",477,"\u003Cp>Thud—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right after the sickening sound of something piercing flesh reached Alon and Seollang’s ears,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>what entered the sight of the two as they turned their heads\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was the scene of a fragment lodged where the Descended One’s head had been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hhh— hhaahahahahaha—!!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if it had achieved its great design, it burst into a mad laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spear that had gone in through its neck and pierced its heart gleamed, wet with red blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a glance, it looked like it had suffered a fatal attack, but—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>──────────Rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—from the moment it burst into maniacal laughter, the earth began to tremble, and spread something ominous to everyone there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the power that followed was so immense it stripped every Divine blood present of the will to fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As though they had come face to face with the incomprehensible, the Divine blood stared at the Descended One with vacant expressions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seollang, wearing a face not much different from theirs, let out a low sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Seollang had already concluded even before the Descended One used the fragment that she could not win.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she had judged that buying time was possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘......Even that is impossible.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seollang reached that answer coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, there was nothing more she could do in this fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And not just her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one here could be of help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the Descended One before their eyes was, in truth, becoming something that could no longer be stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......Teacher.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having thought that far, Seollang called out to Alon without realizing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon’s gaze naturally turned toward her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at that expressionless face, Seollang’s lips moved reflexively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......Why did you do that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, Seollang had already heard the answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet she still could not understand Alon’s choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew he was a kind person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew he was someone who would not spare his own body when saving others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, there was simply too much riding on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is... too unreasonable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To save Seollang, he had to risk his own life,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the lives of those precious to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that was far too—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, Seollang’s thoughts cut off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blankly, she lifted her eyes and looked at Alon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The situation was as bad as it could possibly be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Divine blood felt despair before the overwhelming power pouring from the Descended One.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earth trembled like leaves in the wind from the shockwaves of that power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the sky that had been brilliant just moments ago was once more dyed endlessly black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything in sight was nothing but a landscape of despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A landscape where no hope could be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had to be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It isn’t unreasonable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even amid all that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even while the Descended One slowly revealed its power and filled everyone with helplessness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if it looks that way in someone else’s eyes—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>simply, in a calm voice,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>those unwavering eyes looked straight into Seollang’s eyes, trembling with anxiety—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“for me, this is reasonable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>steadily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>─────────────KWA A A A A A A A A—!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wave of horrifying killing intent spread in every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deafening blast erupted, enough to numb the ears—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the screams of Divine blood could be heard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But none of that entered Seollang’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All she could see\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was the face of a man quietly speaking,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>forcing a faint smile that would not come naturally, just to comfort her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......Ah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seollang could only let out a quiet breath of wonder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[So this... is power—]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Descended One’s awakening came to an end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>####\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first thing visible was the fragment embedded in the center of the Descended One.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next was the skin that had been gaunt enough to resemble a monk’s, now dyed black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the last thing visible—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was its hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes. Hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From behind the Descended One’s back, hundreds of hands had sprouted, like something one might only see in a thousand-armed statue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘......This is insane.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon was not someone who swore easily, but looking at the Descended One, he could not help but feel that way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power of the Descended One, now that it had absorbed the fragment, was far beyond even Alon’s expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A desperate situation, worse than he had anticipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, even in that situation, Alon let out a quiet breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if it was desperate, it was not a situation he could not break through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Alon’s law had been obtained for the sake of breaking through moments exactly like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hoo—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The practice for the law had been perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The preparations were complete as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet the reason Alon still could not easily use the law\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was because he had not yet ‘decided.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he hesitated only for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seollang passed by Alon’s side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a face filled with unshakable resolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Help me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hmph— After treating me like leftovers all this time.......]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Seollang’s murmur, what answered her was the sulky voice of the Sin Alon had seen before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But only for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m asking you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Are you really fine with this? Up until now—]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[......Tch.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Seollang’s words, as if cutting something off, the Sin clicked its tongue briefly in clear displeasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And before anyone knew it, heat-haze began to spill from the black gauntlet on her other hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crackle—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black haze burst out, and the crackling lightning began to merge with it like some kind of chemical reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with that, black lightning appeared in an explosive surge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hhh—]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even at Seollang’s appearance, now completely different from before, the Descended One merely watched her at ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That no matter what hidden card Seollang revealed here, it made no difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone there felt the same, and so the Descended One watched Seollang’s struggle as if watching some ridiculous play.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Seollang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Seollang turned at Alon’s call, he had no choice but to be startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for good reason—Seollang’s state, using the power of the Sin, looked terribly unstable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The poorly controlled lightning crackled as it discharged in every direction, and one of her eyes was beginning to change into something like a demon’s eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at that, the first thing Alon felt was doubt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As far as he knew, the power of the Sin was certainly strong, but not to the point that Seollang, at her current level, could not control it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To begin with, she had once dealt with the poison-eater, which was stronger than the Sin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Yes, as you know, Godfather, the Five Great Sins are guardian weapons. In other words, they weren’t made to fight on their own—they were made to be used.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘That means—’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘That the power I saw, and the power you saw, wasn’t all there was.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doubt lasted only for an instant before Rine’s words surfaced in Alon’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at the same time—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘It’s your law, Godfather.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘......My law?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Yes. How much stronger it becomes will depend on your law.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words she had once told him—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the words Alon had forgotten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Teacher, I’ll stop it somehow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment those words came back to him, Seollang’s voice reached his ears, and Alon looked at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even at this desperate moment, dazzlingly so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like someone who had finally found what they had been searching for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that, another thing Rine had once said surfaced in Alon’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at the same time, a single idea came to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only an idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never tested it even once, nor had he found its flaws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were too many possible side effects he had not confirmed to put it into effect immediately in a situation like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...He did not even know whether this was truly what Rine had meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if this really was what Rine had been talking about—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...if it truly was, then it was more than worth testing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......Seollang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, Teacher.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can you trust me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon opened his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Seollang nodded without even the slightest hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he confirmed that, Alon closed his eyes and used his ‘law.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[......!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until just a moment ago, the Descended One had been watching the two as if it were enjoying a drama. But then, as though it had finally realized too late that Alon had awakened his law, it grew somewhat urgent—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hummmmmm—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world resonated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with that, everything but Alon slowed, and the world, which had been filled with vivid color, turned black and white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I enact the law—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon opened his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when the world returned to normal—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[......?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a trace of confusion came from the movements of the Descended One, which had looked flustered just moments before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was only natural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Descended One had clearly seen with its own eyes that Alon was using his law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet even after he used it, nothing had changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At most, the only change the Descended One could perceive was that the beastkin—so strong it was hard to call her a mere tool—who had been exploding black lightning in every direction, was no longer releasing lightning at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it stared blankly for only a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, looking at Seollang as she slowly began walking toward it from afar, the Descended One finally came to one realization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘......She refined the lightning?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That the beastkin who had been unable to control lightning was now controlling it perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ha.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without realizing it, the Descended One let out a dry laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The possibility that had briefly surfaced in its mind was erased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[What an absurdly hollow law.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Descended One looked at Alon with a sneer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Divine blood, who had also been watching with expressions of ‘Could it be?’ now openly showed disappointment as they looked at Alon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even under all those gazes, Alon looked at the Descended One calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His law differed from the laws of other Divine blood in many ways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To begin with, unlike the abilities of Divine blood, which start by adding something else or granting a property to an innate ability, Alon’s law begins with ‘restriction.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes. Restriction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as when Alon first used the beastkin and the fishhook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as when he defeated Ultultus, whom he could never have beaten otherwise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His law was based on restricting something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By offering up what was most precious,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and receiving something greater in return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was Alon’s law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...Alon turned his gaze and looked at Seollang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No more lightning flowed from her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The restriction had taken ‘lightning’ from her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning was something unimaginably important to Seollang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Golden Mane Tribe uses lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had mastered the essence of the Golden Mane Tribe and could use every kind of lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning had been all the power she had wielded until now, and everything she was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she could no longer use lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because through the restriction, she had offered up lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything she had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had thrown it all away as the ‘restriction.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It’s about time to end this.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he looked ahead, the Descended One was there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if it were about to declare the end of this tedious play.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon looked at Seollang, who had already ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) walked right up in front of the Descended One and was raising her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hand was endlessly slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not so fast it could not be tracked with the eye, as she had been until now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nor was it wrapped in brilliant lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was all. It slowly drew back, then thrust forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that, the Descended One, as if willing to play along with her, also drew back its own hand and threw a punch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if it intended to crush Seollang head-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet even then, Alon merely watched the sight in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just as their fists were about to collide—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Descended One, which had been about to meet Seollang’s punch, suddenly pulled back the hand it had thrust out on instinct and twisted its body aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of that, Seollang’s slow punch passed by the Descended One’s side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>──────────KWA A A A A A A A A A A—!!!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>together with an explosion so enormous it felt like it would tear the ears apart, they saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Starting from the Descended One’s side, a small canyon carved across the barren earth all the way to the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that sight, the Descended One’s body froze for an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was what she had obtained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What she had gained in exchange for offering up ‘lightning,’ something no different from her entire being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What she had gained\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......I missed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—the ‘physical ability’ to overwhelm everything, great enough to look down even on Divine blood themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>",2145,"2026-06-02T12:43:45.413Z",1,"novelbin.me","cf3853847babb510a2d492bcd1af8b869cf37685e4c240341d124c8efcffb621","became-the-patron-of-villains-chapter-478","became-the-patron-of-villains-chapter-476",479,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbecame-the-patron-of-villains-cover.jpg"]