[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess":3,"chapter-i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-106":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I'm in Love with the Villainess!",{"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},895181,1171,"Chapter 106: Sheer Destruction","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-106",106,"\u003Cp>Now...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I really need to rack up some points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the examination will naturally introduce more ways to gain points, I still couldn’t afford to be careless. Someone might get lucky; some may just be that smart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Either way, both could ruin my plans if I’m not careful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I should at least get enough points to reach the top 5 before I get confident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I still have the rest of the day, and the professors are already quieter than they were last night, though still considerably more aggressive than at the start of the examination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the best time to gain as many points with as little resistance as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Soul Sense]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily enough, there were still a few high-ranking professors who preferred to stay solo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Profaned Step]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*** Dormitory District - Streets\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Herman Frey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A high-level dark mage worth 20 points upon elimination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A new professor who was released just last night, right when the reverse hunt event started.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed confident he didn’t need teammates—and with the sheer talent and skill I could sense from him, he had every reason to be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t think you could sneak up on me that easily.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Herman snapped his fingers. The instant I appeared behind him, I froze as dark, grotesque hands burst from the ground, clamping around my feet and locking me in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you’re the so-called prodigy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Herman looked at me, but he wasn’t dumb enough to just start talking without doing anything. He already had his palm point-blank on my chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t want to take his chances with me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Abyssal Fireball]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I guess it’s time for me to test out my new kit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Echo (On)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Endless Fang (Unique)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SLASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I cleaved through the hands that locked me in place, quickly bending my body backwards as I narrowly dodged the unbearably cold fireball that licked at my uniform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t wait for another second to move again, kicking him in the chest to send him flying in the opposite direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that wasn’t enough, obviously; he stopped himself just before he crashed into a nearby building, using dark manipulation to grab himself just before he could have his back broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He fired a volley of beams straight at me, but this sword was the perfect counter to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t bother dodging and instead charged, slicing through anything that got in my way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A spellsword...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Herman frowned. He hadn’t expected a student to actually pursue the academy’s least recommended path of combat when it came to a magic user.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So the reports weren’t lying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Herman quickly cloaked himself with darkness, stacking dozens of teleportation spells at once in order to remove my winning condition of getting close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dark Step]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the first one, narrowly avoiding my blade just inches away from his neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Profaned Step]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he wasn’t the only one who could teleport!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SLASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SLASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire dormitory district was a mess, both from his relentless attacks as he moved and from the brute force I used to chase him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buildings lay in ruins, and the streets had been blasted into craters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The damage alone would cost a small count’s entire net worth to repair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gap between a 10‑point professor and a 15‑point, or even a 20‑point professor, was drastic. Even though the difference was only five points each time, the increase in strength felt exponentially greater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Call of Abyss]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A huge bell appeared from the sky, huge enough to be a house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>DING!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment it rang, a deafening blast of sound slammed into me, making my whole body vibrate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The attack completely ignored my physical strength and went straight through me using nothing but sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"S-Smart...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I laughed, but I still haven’t even taken things seriously yet, trying my best to conserve energy for the last night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it probably won’t hurt to show him, and the observers, a hint of what’s to come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well... aside from the chaos I already caused when I completely destroyed the seniors’ entire fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Profaned Recovery]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Profaned Manipulation]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of violet tendrils burst from the floor and walls around us, each one whipping toward Herman as he struggled to fend off both my advance and the relentless assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that wasn’t all. Echo multiplied my tendrils, doubling their strength and durability in an instant. It also amped up my recovery, turning me into a near-unkillable tank—unless he landed a single hit strong enough to pierce my skin and tear through my vital organs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wasn’t going down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ZIP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ZIP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ZIP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to counter with his own, hundreds of needle-like projections of darkness exploding outward from his hands as he attempted to overwhelm me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was useless; I was recovering faster than he could deal damage to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I lunged for his face, wounds knitting shut as fast as they opened. Blood and sweat soaked my shredded uniform, but I kept charging, tanking thousands of shallow cuts without slowing. Violet tendrils coiled and snapped around him, straining to pin him down as I closed my hand over his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Y-You’re not human!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Herman struggled to speak, feeling his head slowly get crushed by my sheer grip strength. Doing his best to escape by increasing his barrage second by second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Thousandfold Dark Ascent]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes went impossibly dark, glowing like pits of pure abyss as he screamed, turning the entire dormitory district into a killing field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of tendrils and countless slashes overlapped into a single storm of death, making the area almost impossible to approach unless you could heal faster than the thousands of invisible blades tearing you apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Die!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two voices. One outcome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What in the name of Nyx...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main observer turned toward our direction, taking in the sheer amount of destruction wrought by just two mages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smiled faintly, clearly impressed by the combined power of the academy’s student and professor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, that level of power needed to be kept in check.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Should we stop them?\" another observer asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Obviously—unless you want them to destroy the entire examination completely.\" The main observer chuckled, resting a hand on his chin as he thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After giving his orders and watching several observers move into action, he turned his attention to the ones managing the upcoming scenario events.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can I add something new?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1055,"2026-06-03T05:52:53.768Z",1,"novelbin.me","191031098847d06409d0eb55d130e8b31d2abbdf9ea52b9e20beb33108611867","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-54","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-105",324,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-cover.jpg"]