[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-harem-startup-the-demon-billionaire-is-on-vacati":3,"chapter-harem-startup-the-demon-billionaire-is-on-vacati-harem-startup-the-demon-billionaire-is-on-vacati-chapter-595":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Harem Startup : The Demon Billionaire is on Vacation",{"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},1411283,1864,"Chapter 595: Battle of Greed [Part 1]","harem-startup-the-demon-billionaire-is-on-vacati-chapter-595",595,"\u003Cp>Chapter 595 – Battle of Greed [Part 1]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His blood hit the floor like an unpaid invoice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sparks danced in the air from shattered code, and the entire sub-network glitched around them, walls flexing like lungs under pressure, data-rubble smoking from the last explosion. Somewhere above, a feedback coil crackled, dripping slow-burning ether fire. The void pulsed like a dying heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoltarin moved again, fast... too fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade of his greed forged pen came screaming down in a savage arc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lux twisted his torso, leaned away by a hair, and brought both daggers up in a cross guard. Metal sang. Sparks ignited like fireworks between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoltarin didn’t stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pressed forward, weight behind every strike, fury behind every angle. He pivoted, slammed a knee into Lux’s ribs, and whipped the lance-pen across his collar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lux coughed, staggered, daggers ringing as they scraped together, intercepting the next blow by instinct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoltarin was pristine here. Primed. No chains. No delay. No virus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was him at his peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Lux?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lux was bleeding from his side, his barrier cracked, his resource drain still active. But his eyes burned. Sharper. Wilder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Still not enough,\" Zoltarin sneered, sliding back like liquid shadow. \"You’re all improvisation, Lux. You fight like an orphan trying to fake a bloodline.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lux spat blood. His lips curled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You were trained by Grandfather. I trained in the fucking dark,\" he said. \"Self-taught. Trial and error. Mostly error. But I learned where it counted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rolled forward mid sentence, flipped a dagger into a reverse grip, and stabbed low... just beneath Zoltarin’s guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoltarin caught his wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lux smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Got you,\" he whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dark orb detonated between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoltarin’s barrier flared gold, barely absorbing the brunt, but it pushed him back a step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lux twisted, teleported behind him... and drove his other dagger into Zoltarin’s shoulder blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoltarin howled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They both crashed to the floor, tumbling through falling debris and raw code sparks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dust. Blood. Breaths. Everything tasted like metal and data rot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lux scrambled to his feet, shoulder dislocated, ribs throbbing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoltarin rose slower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face was no longer composed. It twitched. A smear of red data streamed from one eye. He looked older now, like the prime couldn’t quite hold against the damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he still smiled. \"You bleed first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah,\" Lux panted. \"But I bleed last.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoltarin’s greed energy flared, sigils pulsing behind him like wings, ledger glyphs, balance sheets, compounding interest formulas all glowing in deadly gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re lucky I wasn’t the one they chose,\" Zoltarin said, stepping forward. \"I would’ve turned Hell into an empire. No flirting. No softness. No distractions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s why you lost,\" Lux said. \"You don’t get what Greed is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He summoned another wave of orbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The orbs hovered midair, twitching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoltarin arched a brow. \"Trying the same trick?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lux didn’t answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He waved two fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The orbs split.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a swarm of bees on cocaine, they exploded in multiple directions, ricocheting between walls, then reversing without warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[System: Bounce Logic Modified]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Status: Inverted Return Vector Enabled]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoltarin barely had time to react. His shield spell activated, but three explosive orbs hit from the rear while bounce curses slammed his feet and shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His movement slowed. Sluggish. That was enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lux lunged again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Steel kissed steel. A dagger sliced open Zoltarin’s cheek. The other plunged into his side, but missed the core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoltarin snarled, twisted, elbowed Lux in the jaw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lux reeled. Then headbutted him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood smeared down both their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stood for a second, arms locked, chests heaving, sweat and grime dripping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You never wanted to lead,\" Zoltarin hissed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" Lux whispered. \"But I knew how to survive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their weapons clashed again, fast and desperate. Daggers darted like snakes. The greed lance stabbed with furious precision. No more pretense. No more strategy. Just instinct and will and pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoltarin tackled him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They went through a collapsed data node.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lux’s barrier sparked wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Warning: Barrier Stability 12%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re done,\" Zoltarin growled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe,\" Lux rasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But you’re not leaving.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoltarin froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lux exhaled slowly, pressing both palms to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Barrier...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Modified Domain Type]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Function: Area Seal – Activated]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath their feet, the gold-black runes erupted again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time they rose like vines, circling the air, the walls, the realm itself. A cage of Greed. A dome of sin wrought law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lux whispered, \"You can move all you want. But you’re not getting out of here unless I say so.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoltarin’s face twisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lunged, teleporting toward a high server exit gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Error – Gate Access Denied]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Barrier Type: CFO Lock – Exit Permission: Lux Only]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hit the edge of the dome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like glass refusing to break for a thief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoltarin turned slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You trapped me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lux stood in the center of the dome, daggers out, one arm broken, blood dripping down his leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Welcome to my domain,\" he said, licking blood from his lips. \"Now shut up and die broke.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoltarin didn’t snarl. He didn’t flinch. He laughed. Slow and mean. His voice echoed like an overdraft notice through a thousand ruined vaults.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You really think you can cage me here?\" His lance lifted again, greed runes flaring across its length. \"I was born in the treasury. Molded by contracts. I walked through the fire of market collapse while you were still wet-dreaming in father’s shadow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lux spat a mouthful of blood to the side, eyes sharp even under the haze of pain. \"And yet here we are. Same field. Same hell. Same blood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything happened at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air cracked with a sound like torn stock tickers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daggers met greed-forged metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Void energy erupted beneath their feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lux twisted to the left, dragging his injured arm behind him while his good one parried a downward arc of Zoltarin’s greed-lance. Sparks flared as steel met sorcery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He backflipped, but Zoltarin was already there, teleporting mid-swing, turning the battlefield into a storm of speed and betrayal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lux landed on one knee, barely in time to summon a triple-layer barrier in front of his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Barrier Active – Integrity: 24%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoltarin’s lance shattered the first layer like cheap glass. The second bent, cracked, screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third held.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Barely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it gave Lux just enough time to hurl five demonic orbs point-blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They whirled around his attacker like hell-born hornets, exploding into spiraling curses that wrapped around Zoltarin’s legs and left arm.\u003C\u002Fp>",1077,"2026-06-05T23:57:25.257Z",1,"novelbin.me","6f3f7ca6bd1e2cb5b8037b77de793a1aad09416e8b7c17ac5f64175cea182579","harem-startup-the-demon-billionaire-is-on-vacati-chapter-596","harem-startup-the-demon-billionaire-is-on-vacati-chapter-594",878,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fharem-startup-the-demon-billionaire-is-on-vacati-cover.jpg"]