[{"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-117":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},895212,1171,"Chapter 117: A Clash of Darkness","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-117",117,"\u003Cp>\"Hey... you’ve seemed to cause quite a ruckus.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corvus gave a weak laugh, more because he was tired than actually threatened. Even my spell didn’t touch him, the darkness itself seemed to avoid him as he stood in front of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Professor, please return to your station immediately.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speakers blared out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corvus wasn’t supposed to be here; he wasn’t supposed to move yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"W-What are you doing here...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I instinctively stepped back. I wasn’t in the right state of mind to fight someone like him right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe this was actually a good thing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A powerful opponent—someone who could withstand all my attacks, even if I went all out with my spells. With him here, I finally had the perfect excuse to unleash everything, a clear reason for why I went completely nuclear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better than just scorching everywhere I walked without reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least now I had an actual, tangible target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For fun, I just wanted to see the destruction firsthand—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FWOOSH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t want to let him finish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t give a shit about why he suddenly moved before his assigned schedule for day 5.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All I know is... as long as I defeat him—or our fight tears apart most of the entire examination arena—this annoying examination will finally be over. Then I could finally return to Evelina again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, there would be no teasing and no strange energy subtly lingering on my body to keep me frustrated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corvus shifted back a step, casual as ever, just before Endless Fang could open his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whoa, easy there!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let out a low chuckle, but his gaze sharpened, pupils narrowing as he tasted something wrong in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Echo]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FWOOSH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FWOOSH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dark Manipulation]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darkness erupted between us like a point‑blank bomb, the blast hurling us to opposite ends of the district. He reacted the instant he felt it—just barely managing to cast a spell to spread us apart before that monstrous blade could kiss his neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"T-That kid... that thing could’ve actually killed me...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hands still buried in his coat pockets, Corvus dug his heel into the shattered ground. The air around him was already shimmering as he prepared to fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What godforsaken labyrinth did he get something like that from?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I refused to give him the answer he wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, I wouldn’t even waste breath taunting him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lethal beams of darkness screamed toward him—dozens at once, converging on his position—but unlike me, he still had mobility spells on his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dark Step]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dark Step]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corvus snapped his fingers, and the darkness I’d used to smother the sky vanished in an instant, as if it had never existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He commanded the battlefield; where I was reckless, he was cold and calculating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Profaned Shadow Parade]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I didn’t let that stop me. If a simple barrage of beams couldn’t bring him down, then I’d bury him under more—an entire miniature shadow army, swarming him from every angle to tear his focus apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corvus immediately summoned his daggers, and with them came his signature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It came in an instant—darkness crashing back over the district. But it wasn’t mine. This wasn’t the storm I’d unleashed before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the pressure was crushing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Profaned Prince]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I lunged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corvus was still busy carving through my mindless shadows, daggers flashing as he slipped between the serpent’s beams. Perfect. His focus was split.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no way he could still track everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SLASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He caught my first strike, steel screeching against my blade—but he realized instantly that blocking once wouldn’t save him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body twisted violently, spine snapping into a desperate contortion just before my echo triggered, barely keeping my blade from cleaving him in two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SLIT!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood beaded on his cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tch...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He clicked his tongue and tapped his foot, trying to wrest control of the battlefield back to his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Abyssal Devour]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every shadow soldier I’d summoned shuddered and collapsed toward his heel, my army condensing into a single writhing mass beneath his boot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stomped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My entire shadow army shattered at once, erased in a heartbeat—leaving only me and the relentless barrage of beams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dealing with both was easier said than done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SLASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SLASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Parry. Strike. Parry. Strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We hammered at each other in a brutal rhythm, each exchange heavier than the last, both of us trying to drown the other in sheer force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground buckled. Foundations groaned. The air itself warped as our magic thickened, reality straining at the seams under the weight of every clash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And while he had the sheer destructive advantage, my weapon still far outclassed his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kneel!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Profaned Prince]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corvus’s knees buckled, his eyes widening as the sudden command caught him off guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A brutal downward slash came for his skull, aiming to split his head in two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to block, but his weapon gave out before his body did. The twin blades of his daggers snapped, shattering as Endless Fang tore straight through them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Shadow Screech]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He fired back with a violent sonic assault, making me lose my grip on my blade as it went flying to who knows where from the screech.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good thing I had unlimited extras prepared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Endless Fang]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Profaned Screech]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only that, but I’d like to give him a taste of his own medicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM–CRASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last few buildings that were still standing didn’t survive the clash. Our sonic waves slammed into each other, the impact ripping through what remained of their structural supports.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of those buildings—a five-story giant—began to tip, groaning as it prepared to collapse right on top of us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRRRRRR—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Concrete screamed and glass rained down first. Then the shadow swallowed everything, for a split second, the world dimmed under the falling mass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corvus clicked his tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Annoying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dark Step]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course he did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving me alone under five stories of reinforced stone and steel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Tch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Profaned Recovery]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t bother moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t feel like it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anything—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It gave me a brief moment to reassess the situation, even though my mind was still foggy. It wasn’t as helpful as I’d hoped, but it was a chance to rethink things nonetheless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Endless Fang]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Endless Fang]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Endless Fang]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Endless Fang]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I raised the blade lazily. Dozens of others appeared all around me in a radius of a few feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then swung downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One clean arc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the rest followed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KABOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, a crater exploded outward from me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And... just a few seconds after, another explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOOM—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dust erupted outward in a violent ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cars flipped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Streetlights snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chunks of rubble bounced and skidded away from my feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stepped forward through the smoke like nothing had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...You’re actually insane,\" Corvus called from somewhere behind me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice echoed weirdly, bouncing between shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t tell where he really was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that didn’t matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Endless Fang]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Endless Fang]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Endless Fang]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Endless Fang]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Endless Fang]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sword wasn’t called endless for nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>",1162,"2026-06-03T05:52:53.768Z",1,"novelbin.me","7e96506b141e351808ef2d5ac52642b13a9df3df72f1e4c748dd88e7f8352748","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-65","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-64",324,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-cover.jpg"]