[{"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-79":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},699900,934,"Chapter 79: Pain Is Just Pain","reincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel-chapter-79",79,"\u003Cp>’Painful... painful... painful... I won’t give up... I won’t give up... not before them... I will not lose again.’These were Ellen’s thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ellen Asterval... the princess of this empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A person born at the highest station in this world—money, resources, authority... everything had been granted to her since childhood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of it was supposed to place her at the very top.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Ellen first came to the Axis to take the admission test, she believed without a doubt that she would claim first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew she was strong... very strong. That wasn’t arrogance—it was simply a fact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the end, it became clear that being very strong alone was not enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after failing to secure first place in the admission test, she didn’t despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, she trained more... harsher... harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She believed she could close the gap and rise to the top.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter what she did, the summit never seemed closer—and if anything changed, it only grew farther away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Elliot Sivrax had taken first place—whether in the admission test or the previous evaluations—she would have accepted it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had to admit it... he was more talented than her, and on top of that, he lacked neither resources nor methods to grow stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he wasn’t the only one who surpassed her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was another... someone who stood above them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Caius Astroweild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A name that brought confusion to Ellen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was clearly weaker than Elliot... yet he still won, and that was what truly mattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ellen couldn’t understand how someone like him appeared out of nowhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tried to investigate his background, only to find that all information about him was sealed by Astra Nova.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it didn’t take a genius to know who had done it... after all, there was only one person with absolute authority over that family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, her curiosity remained unsatisfied... and it wouldn’t be anytime soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, the only thing that mattered was not losing... not again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, she decided that as long as there were people who hadn’t given up yet, neither would she.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She endured the scorching heat, then drowning in freezing water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now her body was being cut apart by countless saws, over and over again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each time her body was torn apart, it was rebuilt rapidly, preparing her for another round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t just painful... it was so unnatural that her mind began to fracture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Come on, why are you still here... are you saying you can endure this?’Ellen thought, praying that they would withdraw quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because she could no longer hold on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her mind was already breaking—this pain was unbearable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had lost count of how many times her body had been torn apart...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All she could hear was the sound of saws filling the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t know the state of the others, as she avoided looking at them... after all, who would want to see such horrific scenes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After who knew how many times they had been cut apart by those saws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scenery around them changed, and the sounds of the saws disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it wasn’t as if peace had come to the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of the black void, Ellen found herself standing on a plain, where thousands of tiny things were moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she heard a sound that made her heart sink... the sound of thousands of small feet moving continuously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was when she realized what those things were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were insects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And before she could even process it, those things began climbing up her legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And worse than that...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were eating her... eating her while she was still alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If being cut by saws was painful, there was no word to describe what Ellen was feeling now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tiny insects crawled along her skin, tearing it apart and burrowing beneath her flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt them moving inside her, devouring everything—her internal organs, her blood, her veins... until they reached the inside of her skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She opened her mouth to scream, but all that came out were insects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s over... a single thought invaded her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today was the day the protagonist of this story discovered a new sensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The feeling of being eaten by thousands of tiny mouths while still alive...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four people stood there in a sea of flesh-eating insects, each of them being slowly devoured from both the inside and the outside at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing that had kept Elliot going until this moment was his will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at Garon Blackfall standing before him, his massive body covered in insects everywhere, riddled with holes from which those things crawled out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Elliot looked at him, he understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garon had reached his absolute limit...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garon—that stubborn man who would rather die than lose—did something today that he had never done in his entire life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gave up of his own will, and Garon disappeared from before Elliot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, only three remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was true that Elliot possessed a powerful will that allowed him to overcome every stage and reach this point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was all it was... just willpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And willpower alone was not enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was true that Elliot was the hero of this world—but even heroes do not always win in their own stories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Elliot was eliminated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only two remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Caius,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And one other person... the one who endured the longest in the original story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyle Astro.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyle and Caius stood facing one another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two people alike in many ways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both had very little, and both came from nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And most importantly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both possessed the drive to keep going.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’More... more... I can endure more.’Kyle thought, pushing himself to the limit as he was eaten alive, unimaginable pain flooding his consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to give up—but he didn’t...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyle was just a commoner, raised in Castelta, orphaned from a young age... but not alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyle had a younger sister...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she suffered from a severe illness that slowly consumed her life in a painful way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So from the time Kyle was very young, he worked every kind of job that could earn him money to treat his sister and feed her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was the black market, smuggling goods, or any kind of illegal work... he didn’t care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing that mattered was that his sister would live one more day... that she could feel comfort for one more day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the end, no matter how much money he managed to gather, he couldn’t obtain a permanent cure for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until one day, he found an opportunity... an opportunity in the form of a massive competition sponsored by the imperial family itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A competition for awakened commoners under the age of seventeen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The prize was an enormous sum of money, along with a scholarship to study at the Axis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyle, who was born talented... no, perhaps it would be more accurate to call him a miracle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with all his terrible circumstances, he achieved astonishing growth—growth most noble children could only dream of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he entered the competition... and won.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that money, he was able to transfer his sister to a proper hospital to take care of her health, while he came to the Axis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because there was an additional condition for the scholarship not to be revoked—he had to maintain a position within the top ten throughout his entire time at the Axis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, Kyle treated every test here as a matter of life and death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To him, this wasn’t merely a test of mental strength... it was something that held the thread of his sister’s life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he would not give up, no matter what.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not before the person standing in front of him fell...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But why is he like this... how can he be like this?’As these thoughts filled Kyle’s mind, his surroundings changed, and the insects vanished from the plain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fourth stage ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a few moments, he felt relief... indescribable relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it didn’t last long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next instant, the world ignited, and flames rose everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyle opened his mouth to scream... but he couldn’t—this pain was beyond what his mind could comprehend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flames seemed to burn both his body and his soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to give up immediately, but when he saw the person in front of him, he forced that thought out of his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I need to endure just a little longer.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every second passed slowly as Kyle burned in the flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with each passing second, the pain multiplied several times over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Kyle’s vision darkened, and he vanished from the place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was true that Kyle didn’t give up...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his mind did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside, everyone stood staring at the massive screen in shock... even the professor was clearly stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because there, within those flames, stood a single person burning endlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared indifferently into the space where Kyle had been, the flames reflected in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if he felt no pain at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Talia opened her mouth wide, stunned by what she was seeing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She, who had exited the test first and watched everyone from here, had seen how Caius hadn’t reacted to any stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do... does he feel pain?\"She asked—but no one answered, as everyone was focused on the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that Caius didn’t feel pain or anything like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt everything throughout all five stages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to him, pain was... just pain...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No more, no less.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he screamed now, nothing would change—the pain wouldn’t disappear, and his goal wouldn’t be achieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To him, if he didn’t have the resolve to endure even this much, how could he reach the peak?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he annihilate the Void system and kill all seven pillars?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he face the thing that dwelled in the abyss?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, he simply endured it...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until the very end.\u003C\u002Fp>",1648,"2026-06-02T09:38:17.164Z",1,"novelbin.me","6b6057ecd4cce8fff9e03a4e92b389271b86d89f46a90449721ada90fe39c543","reincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel-chapter-130","reincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel-chapter-129",183,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel-cover.jpg"]