[{"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-139":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},699922,934,"Chapter 139: The Meaning of Despair[2]","reincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel-chapter-139",139,"\u003Cp>Several days had passed since Arthania’s father died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During those days, she had completely isolated herself from people and refused to leave the house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when her door was knocked on several times and her name was called, she did not answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But today was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside her empty house, an old man suddenly stood before her without any invitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you going to stay hiding here for the rest of your life... where is that girl who used to be so eager to provide support in the rear ranks?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elias’ voice echoed through the place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With an annoyed frown on her face, Arthania replied, \"Why are you here this time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elias raised his white eyebrow. \"Of course, to check on you. Who knows if you might die here in silence without anyone noticing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthania clenched her teeth. \"If that is all you came to say, then you can leave. I am old enough to take care of myself... and whether I die or not, what does it matter?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it was Elias’ turn to frown. He raised his hand and rubbed his temple while letting out a tired breath. \"Are you really going to give up on fighting... you are someone a lot of people place their hopes on for growth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthania looked at her hand... that hand that had learned to spill blood and fight at a young age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... I didn’t say I wouldn’t fight. I will. I’ll join the defense lines and fight with all my strength.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, she raised her head and looked directly into the old man’s gray eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But don’t expect anything more than that... I was never like my father, and I am not here to replace him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elias shrugged. \"Who asked you to be something great? Just make sure you don’t die a miserable, meaningless death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthania walked through the streets between the white houses built inside the great cracks of the maze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, Asfaria—formed from many population groups that had collapsed and gathered here—stretched within the maze, containing far too many residents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This maze, which had appeared a few decades ago, gave them many advantages for defending themselves, like a natural fortress that lightened the burden on humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How it appeared and when exactly? ... no one knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Arthania was walking among the houses, her knees bumped into something... or rather, someone bumped into her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked down to see a little girl, perhaps seven or eight years old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a wide smile on her face, the child spoke. \"Big sister Arthania.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A smile formed on Arthania’s face as she reached out and patted the girl’s head, stroking her hair. \"I haven’t seen you in a while, you little troublemaker... how are you and your parents?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl held Arthania’s hand with her small hands. \"My parents are fine and working in the field as usual... but is big sister Arthania okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthania’s smile trembled slightly. \"And why wouldn’t I be?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl hesitated. \"Uncle...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Arthania interrupted her before she could continue. \"It’s fine, I’ve gotten past it... in the end, I’m not the only one this happened to.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl shook Arthania’s hand a little, a big smile forming on her small face. \"Then let’s play together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, Arthania was not free today to play, but before she could refuse and disappoint the girl, someone else arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a young woman about Arthania’s age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She came up behind the little girl, reaching out and grabbing her by the neck before pulling her away from Arthania. \"What are you doing here? Didn’t I tell you to go with Mother?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young woman’s voice rang out as the little girl froze like a piece of wood and turned her head to see who was holding her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only to discover it was her older sister. Then, with a smile like a pleading cat, she said, \"I just wanted to meet big sister Arthania because I saw her from afar, and I was about to go back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The older sister raised an eyebrow. \"But I heard something about playing together... how many times have I told you to stop embarrassing other people with your demands?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl smiled until her white teeth showed. \"I was just joking.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The older sister exhaled and let her go. \"Fine, I’ll let this go this time. If you understand that, then go now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, the little girl turned around and started running.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The older sister looked at Arthania and smiled. \"So, shall we go now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthania nodded and walked beside the girl, moving away from the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two had been friends since childhood, and both of them were awakened, but unlike Arthania, the other one was not particularly special.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, have you been feeling okay lately?\" The girl’s voice came from the side, carrying some concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without turning her head, Arthania answered, \"It doesn’t matter. I’m starting to get used to it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After they had moved far enough away from the city and inside the eastern side of the crack, a high wall appeared before them, blocking the entire path and preventing anything from targeting the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around it, many small temporary buildings had been erected like a temporary camp, and awakened people moved everywhere around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even above, the guards and long-range attackers were on high alert, ready to repel any threat coming from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just hope no more cracks open.\" The young woman beside Arthania muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One day, Arthania and her friend returned to the inner side of the wall with many people—adults, elders, and youths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But all of them were covered in blood, and their bodies were full of injuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that was not the worst part.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The worst part was the cloth-covered things they dragged behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bodies of others... their friends and brothers, or even their loved ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had just retreated behind the wall after eliminating a swarm of monsters, dragging their exhausted bodies while eyes without light stared into the space ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The space that had been normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it did not remain that way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Arthania’s honey-colored eyes, and under the bright sunlight,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>space distorted like a pool of disturbed water. Everyone froze as the world went silent for a moment and the air became thinner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next moment, the sound of something shattering spread as the world in front of them tore apart, revealing an unknown darkness blocking the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone get ready, a crack has appeared behind the wall!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A loud voice rang out and spread through the place, alerting every awakened person in the camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, several things flew out from behind the darkness at great speed, tearing through the air before reaching the group that had just returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of them even passed right beside Arthania... on the side where her friend was standing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned her head to see the girl still standing there...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there, in the middle of her chest, was a large bloody hole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a word, her body fell to the ground lifelessly, followed by many others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, from behind the dark crack, a massive monster covered in metal spikes on every inch of its body emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthania’s eyes were still fixed on her friend’s body on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what happened after that was blurry in her memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the eastern side of the city extending within the maze, among the ruins of collapsed houses, a girl with dark hair and honey-colored eyes walked with her body covered in blood and dirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around her, the ground was stained red, and the sharp metallic smell filled her nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everywhere she looked, she saw one thing... corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So many of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans and monsters... women and men... old and young.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone had died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not as if they had not expected a crack to open suddenly behind the defense lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, they had known it and prepared for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was not enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Why am I still alive?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She walked while thinking this thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps because she had been lucky enough... or because her fate had not yet ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she walked with her eyes on the ground, she bumped into something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised her head to see that old man in front of her... the person who had taken command now after her father’s death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body was injured and covered in blood too, but his gray eyes had never lost their sharpness... unlike hers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his dirty hand and placed it on her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you’re here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His old voice echoed through the silence around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthania did not answer. Instead, she felt her eyes grow hotter, while her lips trembled as she tried to hold herself back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the end, she failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything collapsed... again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tears fell without control, while the sound of her sobbing spread through the air. \"Haaah...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why... why... why... why is this happening... what did we do wrong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elias hesitated for a moment before extending his arm and pulling Arthania into his embrace. She did not resist or do anything except cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They died... they all died...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She remembered her friend and the little sister... and the many people she knew and laughed with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elias let out a tired breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because we are weak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1553,"2026-06-02T09:38:17.164Z",1,"novelbin.me","5cbcb56645d76b8d6f4a39b79dcb8af9dd911758bf57a8ee9d5f9f5d98048afe","reincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel-chapter-92","reincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel-chapter-91",183,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel-cover.jpg"]