[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware-":3,"chapter-just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-297":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Just Became a Mage, and My Skills Got Self-Aware? What the Hell?",{"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},2356907,4610,"Chapter 297: The Ultimate Boss Descends!","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-297",297,"\u003Cp>The Ten Nations Battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Northern Wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fierce wind whipped sand and stones, howling through the ruined ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive shadow hunter leopard, seven or eight meters tall, let out an agonizing cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its huge body crashed heavily to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raising a cloud of dust into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadow hunter leopard’s body dissolved into specks of light, vanishing into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving behind only a glowing orb of golden light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo sat astride Da Bai, seeing the golden glow on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Drop?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He patted Da Bai’s neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Da Bai strode forward with elegant steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo bent down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grabbed the golden orb in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A legendary unique weapon—a short knife—appeared in his grasp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced casually at its stats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo flipped it into his system inventory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced at his inventory, packed full of unique weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo couldn’t help but sneer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Real bad luck.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hasn’t it been nearly five hours?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve cleared at least dozens of bosses—except for that one guaranteed first-kill drop, I’ve only gotten two others.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This drop rate is genuinely moving.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No wonder unique weapons are so rare.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no respect for the drop rates in the Ten Nations Battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn’t care much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if unique weapons dropped too rarely, the EXP from killing bosses was real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo checked his panel stats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Current Level: LV.44 (85%)】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo’s lips curled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not bad.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Might as well treat this as leveling up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have to admit, the EXP gain rate here is truly high.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to level from 40 to 44,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even with an auto-leveling external tool, it would take four or five days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in the Ten Nations Battlefield,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOSSes at LV.40 littered the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one was competing for spawns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the EXP was his alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than five hours, he leveled up four times!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the progress bar was about to break into LV.45.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I could book this place daily for grinding, it’d be perfect.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo closed his stats panel contentedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he opened his communication panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Checked the reports from the other four nations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No messages popped up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No system notifications of any nation killing a boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been five full hours since the last boss kill notification from the other four nations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In those five hours,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the teams from those four nations had vanished as if erased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hadn’t killed a single boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo found it ridiculous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He skillfully extended his finger and began composing a message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clicked send.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Dragon Nation: Hey, are you guys moles? Which hole did you crawl into?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Dragon Nation: Come out and grind! Don’t you feel bad leaving all these bosses unclaimed?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Dragon Nation: Just casually killed a leopard—dropped a legendary short knife. Feeling sorry for you guys, I’ll gift it to you, out of national courtesy.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Dragon Nation: Coordinates (X: 5661, Y: 2314). It’s lying right on the ground.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Dragon Nation: Hurry up and grab it—no second chances.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sent several messages in a row.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Broadcast to the remaining four nations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sending,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo looked at the chat history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The screen was filled with his own messages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s dozens already.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can these guys really be this calm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not even a single word?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In these five hours, every time he killed a boss, he sent a message over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All kinds of mockery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All kinds of provocation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the other side remained dead silent—no reaction at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boring.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo lifted his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looked at the gray, endless sky and the boundless wasteland around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ten Nations Battlefield was simply too vast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like an independent little world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To find eighty people deliberately hiding here\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was like searching for a needle in a haystack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I give up on these cowards.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Won’t even grind bosses—just hiding, huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his skill bar,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【『Fireball』 was frantically bouncing up and down, looking agitated.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【“So annoying! So annoying!”】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These ants! These useless wastes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How much longer are they going to hide?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s been five hours already! Five hours!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even after all this time, I haven’t had a single chance to strike!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do they know how terrifying my Nine Yang Inferno Technique is, and are they so terrified they won’t even show their faces?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cowards! Absolute top-tier cowards!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Little Fire roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ice Spike Spell” also coldly snorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmph, what a bunch of trash—they can't even compare to a single hair of the master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ice Spike Spell” changed her tone, becoming sweet and dreamy as she gazed adoringly at Lin Mo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Only someone with my master’s fearless aura deserves my admiration~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah! I can’t wait to be brutally whipped by my master!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「……」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo’s lip twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go away.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fireball Spell” suddenly turned its attention toward “Earth Shield Spell.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Two, are you even capable?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aren’t you the guy who calls himself a ground radar?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aren’t you supposed to sense vibrations?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s been this long—four nations, eighty people, a massive group—and you still can’t find them? What good are you?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being scolded so harshly by his older brother,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Earth Shield Spell” immediately shrank into a pitiful little ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Big Brother… it’s not my fault…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve done my best, really!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But my sensing range is only three to five kilometers at most…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And beyond three kilometers, the sensitivity drops off drastically…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Earth Shield Spell’s” voice grew even more forlorn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Worst of all, I can only detect moving objects on the ground!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If they just stay perfectly still… there’s nothing I can do!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Little Earth’s explanation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fireball Spell” grew even angrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Excuses! All just excuses!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you’re weak, you’re weak! Don’t make excuses!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t care! If you can’t find them today, don’t expect me to protect you anymore!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing another family feud brewing,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo quickly interrupted them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough, enough, stop arguing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This isn’t Little Earth’s fault.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Warring Nations Arena is enormous, and if they’re deliberately hiding, it’s no surprise they’re hard to find.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo comforted the dejected Little Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he patted White’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Forget it. Let’s head back and search near their original coordinates again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t believe eighty people could leave absolutely no trace.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo gave the order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White let out a low growl and turned to run back the way they came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo’s interface suddenly popped up a notification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Global Announcement!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[LV.50 Ultimate Boss — ‘Destruction Dragon’ will officially appear at coordinates (X: 2199, Y: 8754)!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Appearance Countdown: 10 minutes!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Defeating this Boss will drop: Divine Forge Stone!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Note: This Boss is extremely dangerous. All warriors are advised to proceed with caution!]\u003C\u002Fp>",1139,"2026-06-21T04:41:50.524Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","643a1421c62253c37441efb46f73cea1aac937ccb78683bc872d2b9741e9d848","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-298","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-296",374,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fjust-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--cover.jpg"]