[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-imprisoned-for-a-trillion-years-i-was-worshipped":3,"chapter-imprisoned-for-a-trillion-years-i-was-worshipped-imprisoned-for-a-trillion-years-i-was-worshipped-chapter-586":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Imprisoned for a Trillion Years, I Was Worshipped by All Gods!",{"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},1728002,2207,"Chapter 586 - Chapter142-Despicable Bounty Hunters","imprisoned-for-a-trillion-years-i-was-worshipped-chapter-586",586,"\u003Cp>\"What?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alan's voice spiked sharply, his eyes filled with disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining bounty hunters, those who had followed the mustached leader, instinctively raised their guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hadn't even seen what Alan had done just now—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they didn't even understand how their leader had died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Alan wasn't about to give them the luxury of guessing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, he conjured a longsword of pure metal element in his hand and thrust it forward, piercing straight through the chest of the nearest bounty hunter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man felt only a sudden chill in his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slowly looked down, only to see a gaping hole where his heart should have been,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his internal organs shredded into bloody pulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spat out a massive mouthful of blood and collapsed stiffly to the ground—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>still breathing, but beyond saving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't just stand there! RUN!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>someone finally shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, even a fool could see that none of them were a match for Alan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the bounty hunters were not fools—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>at least not when it came to self-preservation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had always pretended to be a cohesive team, calling each other \"brother\" and \"boss,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but in reality, they were nothing more than a loose alliance of desperate criminals,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>banded together for the sake of survival and meager profits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it came to a true life-or-death situation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmph. Loyalty? Brotherhood? What a joke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alan watched them scatter but didn't bother giving chase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he took Isabella's small hand and turned back toward the academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've told you so many times—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don't talk to strangers,\" he said, a little sternly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isabella lowered her head in guilt, her expression full of grievance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Alan couldn't bear to be too harsh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knelt down, gently checking her from head to toe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did they hurt you anywhere?\" he asked anxiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isabella shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just then, a sharp flash of silver light reflected into her eyes from among the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned out that the bounty hunters hadn't fled very far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Driven by vengeance—or sheer stubbornness—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they had blended into the bystanders, hidden their weapons, and prepared to ambush Alan from the crowd!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spectators were horrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many opened their mouths to cry out a warning—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but it was too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magically enhanced firearms these bounty hunters carried could fire bullets far faster than sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, a dense barrage of black projectiles, like a storm of deadly rain, shot toward Alan and Isabella.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alan narrowed his eyes, locking onto the incoming hail of bullets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then something extraordinary happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speeding iron bullets—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>one by one—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>split apart midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish, swish, swish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deadly projectiles zipped past the siblings,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but not a single bullet so much as grazed them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>an overwhelming wave of mana Overpressure erupted outward from Alan,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>spreading rapidly in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The watching crowd felt a chill crawl up the back of their necks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Goosebumps erupted across their skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An invisible, suffocating force pressed down on them—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but strangely, none of them were actually harmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bounty hunters, however, were not so fortunate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those hidden among the crowd, preparing to fire the next volley,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all rolled their eyes back in their sockets, frothing at the mouth as they collapsed to the ground, twitching uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if, in that instant, their brains had been crushed under unbearable pressure and had simply...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>shut down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alan spared them not even a glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a muttered, \"Pathetic,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he scooped Isabella into his arms and marched back into the academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they entered, he slammed the gates shut behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The citizens left outside stood utterly stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had witnessed a fully armed bounty hunter squad—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>led by a globally famous elite, no less—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>wiped out in less than a single minute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this... what they call a magus?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>someone finally whispered, almost reverently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Compared to him, today's mages are nothing but trash.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So young... and already this strong...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he enrolled in one of the other prestigious academies,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he'd be fast-tracked to professor status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, Lioncrest Academy's idiots didn't even let him through their front gate!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell were they thinking?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmph. Calling them idiots is an insult to idiots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even pigs know better than to provoke a tiger.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They didn't just provoke him, remember?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They tried to threaten his sister's life, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They're lucky Alan didn't burn their whole academy to the ground.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And don't forget—Alan's not fighting alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him stands none other than Rose Duke Alice herself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hah! Funny you mention that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I remember some people saying back then that Alice must have been blind to bring some no-name country bumpkin to the capital.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, well, shows how much we knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Look at him now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chatter buzzed ceaselessly, spreading from street to street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, everyone in the capital had heard the news:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alan had annihilated an enemy bounty hunter squad from Barton Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plantagenet Kingdom and Barton had been blood enemies for centuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The animosity ran deep among their peoples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, even though Alan's latest feat might not have been as earth-shaking as his prior battle against Lioncrest Academy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the mere fact that he had slaughtered Barton mercenaries was enough to thrill the entire capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, public opinion began to shift subtly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, people had been curious why bounty hunters from Barton were appearing in the heart of their kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, the focus moved—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to a far more troubling question:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who had paid to bring them here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because bounty hunters, by nature, only acted for money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And among the major powers within the capital,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>there was only one force both powerful enough and hateful enough toward Sirius Academy to sponsor such a brutal move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone could guess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one dared say it out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, while the commoners might loathe Lioncrest Academy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they knew better than to openly provoke such a mighty institution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kingdom was in a fragile state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maintaining neutrality amidst political strife was the safest path for ordinary people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the great mages truly went to war—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it would be the common folk who suffered first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, even though everyone's heart burned with indignation toward Lioncrest Academy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>no one dared to speak the truth publicly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For now, they would maintain this delicate, trembling facade of peace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But who knew how long it would last?\u003C\u002Fp>",1060,"2026-06-06T15:56:33.624Z",1,"novelbin.me","8897162a14045865c8fdc3bc0160abca86c8c4f3060ec50eff3f94aa54063618","imprisoned-for-a-trillion-years-i-was-worshipped-chapter-587","imprisoned-for-a-trillion-years-i-was-worshipped-chapter-585",734,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimprisoned-for-a-trillion-years-i-was-worshipped-cover.jpg"]