[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-killed-me-now-i-have-your-power":3,"chapter-killed-me-now-i-have-your-power-killed-me-now-i-have-your-power-chapter-39":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Killed Me? Now I Have Your Power",{"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},1085279,1415,"Chapter 39: This Shit’s Getting Out of Hand","killed-me-now-i-have-your-power-chapter-39",39,"\u003Cp>Chapter 39 – This Shit’s Getting Out of Hand\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guard—whose name, by the way, was Rome—couldn’t help but be stunned by Kaden’s question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only when the words finally registered, only when he realized where he was and what just happened, that his eyes widened in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You... you’ve trespassed on the territory of the Celestial Empire,\" Rome said, bewildered. His gaze instinctively dropped to his body, searching for something. But he found nothing—just his near-naked form. Whatever uniform or talisman he once had? Gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do I look stupid to you?\" Kaden scoffed, catching that panicked glance. \"I might be new here, but I know the basics.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was clearly referring to that little runic talisman most guards wore—something that was now missing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And what do you mean by trespassing?\" Kaden added coldly as he stepped forward, stopping just an inch from Rome’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you think I’m here because I want to be?\" His voice dropped, low and bitter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because truly, he was going through hell thanks to that fucked-up thing called Fokay’s Will, and this guy had the nerve to talk as if he’d chosen any of this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shut up.\" Kaden cut him off without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t have time to listen. His trait—Wolf’s Instincts—was tingling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Softly, but consistently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when that happened, it only meant one thing: danger was close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t afford to waste even a second more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll ask questions. You’ll answer. If you don’t, you’ll feel so much pain you’ll wish you were dead.\" Kaden’s red eyes glowed with a wicked, unnatural light—so much so that Rome’s body shook on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is what happened when you dropped your guard—even in a supposedly safe place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because let’s be honest—if Kaden had faced Rome head-on, no tricks, no setup?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would’ve struggled heavily against him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just because Rome, as an Intermediate Rank, had better stats across the board. But because beings at that level awakened a second Origin Skill—and their first was boosted as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Kaden had ambushed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was that the Warborn way?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hell no.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warborns were brute-forcers, the rawest of raw. They hated tricks, despised deception. They liked it bloody, bold, and in your face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Kaden didn’t quite agree with their thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaden believed in something else entirely—flexibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In battle, adapt or die. Even if it meant playing dirty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially if it meant playing dirty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that’s what he did. And that’s what he was doing now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where’s the exit?\" Kaden asked again, cold and focused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rome stared back in defiance, lips sealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaden didn’t press again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he tore a strip from his own shirt and stuffed it into Rome’s mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rome’s eyes bulged in horror. He thrashed, tried to fight, but the corrosive blood coursing through his veins left him too weak, too drained. His body was already halfway useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came the pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaden sliced his finger again—just slightly—and let a few drops of blood fall onto Rome’s leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sizzle—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mhhhhh—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A muffled scream clawed its way out of Rome’s throat as his eyes widened in raw, animalistic agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched—watched his own skin bubble and crack as it turned from white to black, watched the flesh peel, watched his leg slowly wither.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Painfully slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Kaden was new to this trait, still learning, still growing—but that made it worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The slower it was, the deeper the pain dug in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rome screamed, or tried to. But his body had no strength left, and his mouth was gagged. All that came out were weak, broken moans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And through it all?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaden stood there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still. Cold. Silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His red eyes didn’t waver. His bloody hands didn’t flinch. His mind didn’t juggle with ethics or right and wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t care...as long as the man was not dead. He can suffer for all he wants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What mattered was surviving—and if this was what it took?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then so be it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minutes passed—minutes that felt like eternal damnation for Rome. By the end, his eyes were glazed, unfocused, nearly gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaden gave him a drop of healing potion—not mercy, just enough to keep his mind intact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey. Wake up,\" Kaden said, slapping his face once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rome blinked. The haze faded. And the moment he locked eyes with Kaden again, his body trembled—uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaden smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The next time I ask something and you stay quiet...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His finger lowered—slowly, deliberately—toward Rome’s underwear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll drop my blood on that little thing,\" he whispered, voice cruel, smile even crueler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rome’s entire being spasmed. He shook his head like a man possessed, like a chicken pecking frantically at the dirt. \"Yes... yes yes, I’ll talk. Please don’t do that—please!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good. Now. Where’s the exit?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Rome didn’t hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s... it’s inside the golden castle. At the edge of the forest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaden tilted his head. \"The hell’s it doing there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s... a teleportation portal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaden frowned. A teleportation door?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fuck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And where does this door lead?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because teleportation portals had fixed destinations. And if he jumped through only to end up in an even worse nightmare?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d lose it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rome hesitated. \"There are two. One leads to the Knights’ Quarter of the Celestial Empire. The other...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He trailed off, reluctant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But one look at Kaden’s eyes—those eyes—and the rest came tumbling out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The other leads to Princess Sora’s private quarter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaden froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tilted his head back and looked at the cave’s ceiling—and for a brief moment, the urge to scream, to curse, to break something violently surged through him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he held it in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He forced his mind to function.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because obviously, the Knight Quarter was out of the question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Princess’s quarter...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed another path. A third option. Anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—an idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because if he remembered right... teleportation portals were built on rune constructs. Meaning if someone could manipulate the runes...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could change the destination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If that’s true... I just need someone who can do that,’ Kaden thought, eyes narrowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But here came the catch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know jack shit about runes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His family? Not their thing. They were brawn-over-brain, the kind of meatheads who couldn’t solve a puzzle if it was drawn in blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And rune crafting was harder than alchemy. Harder than smithing. It required intellect, precision and a great talent in that field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Things his family didn’t have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Kaden turned back to Rome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know how to modify the portal’s rune destination?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rome understood the question instantly—but still shook his head. \"I don’t... but Princess Sora does. She’s known to be a genius rune crafter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaden raised a brow. \"You trying to set me up?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lifted slowly his hand, blood still dripping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rome’s body locked up. \"No! No, I swear! On the Will of Fokay—I swear I’m not lying!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That stopped Kaden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because swearing on Fokay’s Will?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nobody fucked around with that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I’ve got a princess to blackmail.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He exhaled slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Really, this shit was getting out of hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—End of Chapter 39—\u003C\u002Fp>",1170,"2026-06-03T10:53:47.223Z",1,"novelbin.me","92266f44fb49d90b6742c43239464c5fe756118f3056f4a02fa03bc0c17488e3","killed-me-now-i-have-your-power-chapter-40","killed-me-now-i-have-your-power-chapter-38",481,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fkilled-me-now-i-have-your-power-cover.jpg"]