[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-died-and-became-a-noble-s-heir":3,"chapter-i-died-and-became-a-noble-s-heir-i-died-and-became-a-noble-s-heir-chapter-215":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Died and Became a Noble's Heir",{"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},1522944,1975,"Chapter 215: Here, Have a Gift","i-died-and-became-a-noble-s-heir-chapter-215",215,"\u003Cp>Korr’s charred corpse flew backward from the impact, launched by the force of Vox’s swing like a ragdoll thrown by an angry child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The body tumbled through the air, trailing smoke and the smell of cooked flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It landed with a wet thud directly in front of the generals’ feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Korr’s head lolled at an unnatural angle, his neck clearly broken, his pale skin blackened by hellfire. His eyes stared up at the three generals with an empty stare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rynath’s scaled skin went pale. Kaedor took a step backward, his merchant’s composure cracking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Loryn’s perpetual detachment faltered, his hollow eyes widening slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the smoke, Vox stared at his hammer, then at where Korr’s body had been. Horror crept across his scarred face as he realized what he’d done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" Vox whispered. Then louder, his voice breaking: \"NO!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spun, searching for Jack in the smoke, his fear transforming into desperate rage. \"COME OUT! FACE ME!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Movement appeared in the smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shape, massive and dark, approaching through the black clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack emerged from the smoke like a nightmare given form, his transformed body covered in black scales that made even his armor look tame by comparison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His red eyes burned in his inhuman face, and his clawed hands dripped with blood that his scales absorbed immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vox’s hammer fell from his nerveless fingers, clattering against the ice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack reached down and picked up the weapon with one hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hammer that required superhuman strength just to lift came up as easily as a stick, the hellfire around its head flickering uncertainly in Jack’s grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is yours?\" Jack’s voice had changed, deeper now, sent chills down everyone’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vox took a step backward. His courage, his rage, his warrior’s pride, all of it evaporated in the face of whatever this thing was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack’s claws closed around the hammer’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He squeezed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Metal screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The unique-ranked weapon, forged in hellfire and reinforced with magic, began to crumple like paper in Jack’s grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shaft bent, then twisted, the hellfire guttering and dying as its physical vessel was destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cracks spider-webbed across the hammer’s head. Then it shattered, fragments of metal and crystallized fire exploding outward in a shower of sparks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack opened his hand, letting the remains fall to the ice in a pile of twisted metal and extinguished flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Status Effect Applied: FEAR]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Target: Vox]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Effect: Target takes 30% increased damage from all sources]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vox’s legs gave out. He fell to his knees, his eyes locked on the remains of his weapon, his breath coming in short gasps that bordered on hyperventilation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please,\" Vox whispered, his voice nothing like the booming roar that had shaken the arena minutes before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please, I yield. I surrender. Don’t... don’t kill me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack tilted his head, studying the kneeling demon with the detached curiosity of someone examining an insect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Vox’s survival instincts kicked in. He scrambled to his feet and ran, his massive frame moving with desperate speed toward the arena’s edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack took one step foward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One moment he was standing over the remains of the hammer. The next, he was behind Vox, his clawed hand plunging into the fleeing demon’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vox’s scream started deep and climbed higher, higher, until it broke into something that sounded less like a warrior and more like a high pitched child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was filled with terror that transcended pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack’s hand closed around Vox’s spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ripped his hand backwards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spine came free in one fluid motion, tearing from Vox’s body with the wet sound of roots being ripped from soil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vertebrae gleamed white in the crimson light, still connected by cartilage and trailing nerve tissue that sparked with dying magical energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vox’s body collapsed forward, his legs and arms spasming uselessly, his mouth opening and closing as his brain tried to send signals through a nervous system that no longer existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack stood there holding the spine, blood dripping from the vertebrae onto the ice below. His transformed face showed no expression, his red eyes cold and distant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the smoke began to clear, blown away by a wind that seemed to come from nowhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack’s body shifted, the scales receding, flowing back into his armor like oil being absorbed into cloth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face returned to normal behind his helmet. The transformation reversed completely, leaving only the armored warrior standing in the clearing smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Infernal Conversion: DEACTIVATED]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack turned toward the generals and threw the spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vertebrae tumbled through the air, trailing drops of blood, before landing with a wet slap directly at the three generals’ feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right next to Korr’s charred corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smoke cleared completely, revealing the aftermath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack stood in the center of the arena, surrounded by gore that painted the black ice in shades of red and black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vox’s twitching body lay behind him. Scorch marks from the hellfire explosion radiated outward in a perfect circle. The remains of the hammer glinted in pieces across the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there was no blood on Jack’s armor. Not a single drop. Every trace had been absorbed, leaving the black and crimson plates pristine despite the carnage surrounding them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The training yard was absolutely silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of demons stared at the armored figure standing calmly among the dead, their minds struggling to process what they’d just witnessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was supposed to be a friendly competition. A test of skill to determine who would win the generals’ wager.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not... this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not whatever they’d just seen emerge from that smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack’s red eyes moved from the corpses to the generals, meeting their gazes one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaedor’s merchant’s smile had vanished completely, his face pale despite his dark skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hands were clenched at his sides, rings catching the light as they trembled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loryn had gone completely still, his hollow eyes fixed on Jack with an intensity that bordered on hunger. His skeletal fingers had stopped their rhythmic tapping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rynath’s scaled skin rippled continuously, color shifting through patterns that suggested her usual control had slipped entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her serpentine tongue flicked out, tasting the air as if trying to identify something that didn’t make sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At their feet, Korr’s dead eyes stared upward, and Vox’s spine lay in a spreading pool of blood that seeped beneath their feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack didn’t speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t move. He just stood there in the center of the arena, staring at the three generals who’d turned his cover identity into a betting opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What the actual fuck,’ Kaedor’s mind screamed behind his frozen expression. ’What the actual fuck just happened?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loryn’s analytical mind raced, trying to categorize what he’d seen, trying to fit it into known patterns of combat technique and magical ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing matched. Nothing made sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rynath’s thoughts had reduced to a single repeating question: ’What is he?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silence stretched, broken only by the crackling of dying fire pillars and the wet sounds of Vox’s body finally going still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, from somewhere in the crowd, a single voice broke the spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jakar!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"YEAH FUCK HIM UP!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whisper spread like wildfire, demon to demon, even though Jack’s eyes were clearly red behind his visor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The murmurs grew louder, dozens of conversations starting simultaneously as the crowd tried to make sense of what they’d witnessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here, have a gift.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1215,"2026-06-06T05:43:29.280Z",1,"novelbin.me","251c10c657edc734980d6a7a8548e073482e370ae299d478af3e0274d7438c3f","i-died-and-became-a-noble-s-heir-chapter-216","i-died-and-became-a-noble-s-heir-chapter-214",649,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-died-and-became-a-noble-s-heir-cover.jpg"]