[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel":3,"chapter-reincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel-reincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel-chapter-109":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Reincarnated as the Final Villain's Vessel",{"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},699868,934,"Chapter 109: The Sand Worms[3]","reincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel-chapter-109",109,"\u003Cp>Izel stood above me while staring at my pierced body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re still alive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I raised an eyebrow at Izel’s words. \"And what were you expecting?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She placed a hand on her chin as if thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe you turned into a pile of minced meat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I almost laughed at her words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In that case, you would’ve been next.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, essence moved through my body and healed my wounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I pushed myself up and stood before the worm’s mouth... in fact, the battle had only lasted a few minutes before it ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I approached the open maw and extended my hand inside to retrieve the sword I had used to hold on there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other one was still keeping the worm’s jaw from closing, and cracks had spread across its surface, so I didn’t retrieve it and left it there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would break with the slightest clash in the future... well, it doesn’t matter anyway. I have plenty of these cheap swords in my ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think we should get moving. The fight caused a lot of noise here, and other things like this might come,\" Izel said as she watched me pull out my sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I hadn’t sensed anything in my range yet, so I took a few moments to think before speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... running won’t be useful now. I’m sure we’ll encounter many of these worms along the way... so we should make full use of this battle we just fought.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With those words, I placed my hand on the worm and began absorbing essence from it, replenishing my reserve, and even trying to raise my Rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed Izel was convinced. She stepped closer and did the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt essence flow into my body quickly and in large amounts... this was better and more efficient than absorbing essence stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was mainly because the beast was stronger and of a higher Rank than them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Absorbing the essence of this lesser beast might equal around four or five mid-level essence stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I had already passed the halfway point toward Rank 3, so there wasn’t much left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps moving quietly through the desert and avoiding fights as much as possible was the best and safest option we could take now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When have I ever made the smart decisions?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While my hand remained on the worm, absorbing essence without pause, my sense spread around us, scanning for anything that might attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, I was examining the body of this dead beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Izel noticed that. \"What are you doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I answered while still inspecting the area around its head... or its mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m looking for any weak spot that could be its weakness... after all, I can’t always jump inside their mouths, or use most of my essence to kill them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She nodded in understanding, then began searching with me as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was adapting to the situation faster than I expected, maybe because of what happened before we jumped into the gate, and that was truly good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially for what I plan to do from now on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, I’ve started to feel like I’ve lost my edge since leaving the lab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s true that I trained and trained in the Axis without stopping, and with absorbing essence stones I became stronger and even close to Rank 3 in record time compared to anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the end, it wasn’t enough to do anything... and I wasn’t satisfied with my progress either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, trapped in this world where I doubt there are even humans, with hundreds of thousands of bloodthirsty beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how I think about it, this was a suitable environment for growth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To become stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I knew that running and always avoiding fights and danger wouldn’t help us... not when it always comes to us anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reaching the meeting point might take a few days, and during those days, I think we’ll fight several of these worms, or anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that I know the type of beasts here, avoiding them will be easier for me with my sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But who said I would do that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Avoiding battle won’t get me anywhere, won’t make me stronger, and won’t help in returning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, from now on, I plan to fight every battle I can win here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If these things attack us trying to hunt us, I’ll hunt them and use their corpses to raise my strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at Izel as she absorbed essence from the worm. ’Things might be harder for her.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s true that Izel is strong, but she’s still only at Intermediate Rank, so things will be harder for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that’s fine. This will be an opportunity for her to become stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minutes passed, and the essence within the sand worm’s body was depleted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I removed my hand from the corpse, then began moving around its body, searching for any weak point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I touched its hardened scales while staring at the end of its body on the surface of the sand. There was a hole in its belly with blood and entrails leaking from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the result of my final attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Should I dig to see the rest?\" I muttered, wondering if I should extract the rest of the worm’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While I was thinking, Izel called out to me from the other side. \"I think you should see this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I heard her, I jumped over the beast’s body and landed on the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I approached Izel, who was near its jaw. \"What did you find?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as I asked that, Izel pointed to a small slit I hadn’t noticed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked about thirty centimeters long and tightly sealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I drew my sword and inserted it into it, then moved it to pry the slit open... it looked like a fin or a fish’s gill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And more importantly, it was directly above the beast’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I smiled as my sword sank deeper inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think things will become easier with this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1003,"2026-06-02T09:38:17.164Z",1,"novelbin.me","a3c04ef0418017829db52d14ce904be3381c88cb7fcd78ba8c7a96b46eef81a0","reincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel-chapter-110","reincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel-chapter-67",183,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel-cover.jpg"]