[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reincarnated-as-the-villainess-s-son":3,"chapter-reincarnated-as-the-villainess-s-son-reincarnated-as-the-villainess-s-son-chapter-158":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Reincarnated As The Villainess's Son",{"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},1365903,1806,"Chapter 158  [Blood Of Fallen] [14]","reincarnated-as-the-villainess-s-son-chapter-158",158,"\u003Cp>Ash rose to the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The roof of the tower burned, the explosion illuminating the area around, heat melting the snow on its surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cough... Cough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the edge of the tower, Azariah stood, coughing, a mana shield clutched in his forearm, extended to protect his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His instinct saved him from the point-blank explosion, but damage was still done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sleeves of his shirt were burned, showing his hands—lined with layers of thin old scars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They covered his skin as if some beast had repeatedly raked its claws up and down, again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pain surged through his scars, but it was just his imagination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Arghh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He groaned, eyes snapping open, looking at the fire burning around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Arianell!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He yelled, running, crossing his arms to pass through the fiery pit to the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Muspelh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heat slowly subsided, giving way for him to move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reaching the other side, he snapped his head around until his gaze landed on the white-haired girl gasping for breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thin layer of Chi protected her body, but how she knelt on the floor showed that she was hurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey!\" He yelled, running towards her before kneeling right beside her. \"Are you alright?\" he whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shook her head slightly, lifting her skirt while twisting her leg to show the burned calf of her left leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pungent smell of burning skin started to engulf their nostrils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's going to leave a mark.\" She grimaced, clenching her jaws to not scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is going to hurt, but bear with it.\" Azariah whispered softly, bringing his hand close to her injury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neplh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Arghh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thin layer of ice emerged, covering her injury, making her groan in pain, grabbing his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'That should stop the bleeding,' He thought, standing up, retrieving his hand, and glancing around the place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We should go dow—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His words abruptly stopped, his left hand moving parallel to Arianell's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a swift motion, something flicked, looping around his arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Azariah felt the cold metal tighten around his forearm, binding him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Azariah,\" she mumbled, limping to stand up as she looked up, his hand bound with a chain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chain suddenly yanked; caught off-guard, his body flew to the other end of the chain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flames died down, giving him a view of the opposite end, where a woman with black hair stood, one hand curled up, the other jerking the chain back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shit!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He yelled, face darkening as her right hand scythed around in a giant roundhouse strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He brought his forearm to his side face in an attempt to block her strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Arghh!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Azariah groaned, his hand feeling like it was breaking apart as his body flew backward, toes landing first as he barely balanced himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'No broken skin, just painful to touch.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He grimaced, rubbing the hand that took the blow, eyes never leaving that woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tch, and here I thought I would kill her in one strike.\" Faye shot a glance at Arianell, who stood looking dazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then her gaze landed back on Azariah, standing at the edge of the tower, as she said, \"That could have killed you if I hadn't held back at the last second.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she couldn't help but be wary of him, her strike was powerful enough to shatter his arm, but it didn't seem that way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Quickly kill her and take him away.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She concluded, looking at Arianell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing in the middle of the rooftop, Faye snapped open her palm, her nails elongating into sharp, menacing claws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a swift motion, she slashed her hand through the air, and from her fingertips, a crimson arc of blood materialized, forming claws that rushed toward Arianell with deadly intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Arianell, snap out of it!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Azariah yelled, making her react just in time to move away from the trajectory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grabbing the chain, he used his entire strength to pull Faye back towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faye stumbled back a little, forcing her to look back at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Be a good boy and let me kill her.\" She chirped, smiling at him before turning towards Arianell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill yourself, bitch.\" He snarled, glaring at her, gripping the chain firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arianell also took out her sword, jerking her leg to let blood flow to her burned part. It stank, but not enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uzume bloodline—Kagura: Mai.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She whispered softly, rushing towards her, drawing the sword up over her head and snapping it down toward Faye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An invisible blade rushed toward Faye, and much to Arianell's horror, she just tilted her body to let it pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fuck!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faye twirled her body around, the chain straining as she lifted Azariah and twirled him toward Arianell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Duck down!!\" Azariah yelled at Arianell, who quickly squatted down, the chain rushing over her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Azariah rolled on the ground, balancing himself before he prowled towards Faye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'In a fight, footwork is always important.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lauryn's training words echoed in his head as he changed his approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The movement of his legs changed from formless to a rapid shuffling motion, so that he stayed balanced at all times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faye swept her hand, blood claws rushing towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Azariah ducked, twisted, and sidestepped to avoid the trajectory as he reached close to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both their hands were still bound by a single chain as Azariah reached close enough to throw an uppercut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She leaned back, her clawed hand slashing horizontally at his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He propelled back to avoid, and she rushed close to attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sidestepped her body, ducked under her clawed hand, bounced up again, and spun around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her chained left hand aimed at his chest; Azariah stepped on the chain, forcefully pulling her extended hand down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She swung her right hand, forcing him to lean back, removing his leg, jerking his hand grabbing the chain with his right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using the strained chain as a shield, he parried her claws; the same move, she swung, he ducked, but her breathing was even—his, not so much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that all you can do, bloodsucker?\" He spat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A very bad habit that Azariah picked up from Esmeray was to look down on others—no matter the race, nobility, or class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thing that had stuck with him since he was a child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And \"bloodsucker,\" the term that vampires hate the most, was picked up by him because of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faye's crimson eyes turned furious as she heard him. She snarled, \"Enough playing around!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She came at him again, no hesitation whatsoever, same move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, as he ducked, she crashed an elbow into his side face as she spun her body around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light blasted in his eyes, making him dizzy. Clenching his jaw, he stomped, using the chain to loop it around her extended hand, ready to grab her hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uzume bloodline—Kagura: Mai.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her vampiric instinct kicked in as she felt a few invisible blades aimed at her back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as she tried to move, Azariah pulled back her chained left hand and looped her right hand up, forcing her to stay in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tch.\" She clicked her tongue in annoyance as the blade hit the mark, slicing her back multiple times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All that for nothing.\" She snarled, a twisted smile adorning her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Fuck these bloodsuckers!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Azariah grimaced in his mind as her body started to regenerate, healing those cut marks instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faye snapped her head back as she looked at Arianell, rushing at her, but the injured leg made it look like a child running in Faye's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked back at Azariah, who stood up and headbutted with full force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that all?\" She asked, smiling as she did the same, headbutting him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Azariah stumbled back, his head feeling dizzy, making him memoryless for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She spun her body, her elbow crashing on his ribs, knocking the breath out of his lungs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body flew back helplessly, stopping right at the edge of the open roof.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pain like knives deep-stabbing his ribs, as he clenched his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Azariah!\" He heard a yell, recognized Arianell's voice, forcing his eyes to crack open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He groaned, looking at her, noticing Faye rushing at her, claws extended, ready to end her life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'She won't live long if she fights her head-on.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He concluded, not feeling any murderous intent from Faye towards him, but only for Arianell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pain surged in his chest as he groaned again, rolling from the concrete roof to empty air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gravity did its thing, pulling his body down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chain snapped, straining, hanging his body by his arm in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Arghh!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He groaned, twisting his body, digging his feet into the tower wall before pulling the chain with both hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Please work, please work,' he desperately pleaded, pulling the chain with full force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And his prayer was answered as the chain yanked back, pulling his body up in one go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hand touched the bracelet, taking out his axe-hammer, and just as his body reached the rooftop, he buffed his hand, illuminating it with a silvery hue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before his feet touched the ground, he threw his axe-hammer. Both her hands left the chain to defend, but it was already too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The axe-hammer sliced through the air sharply, lodging itself deep into her throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huff... Huff...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Azariah's ragged breath echoed as he stumbled on the ground, his eyes snapping to find Arianell laying in the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.....Bruised but alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before he could sigh in relief, Faye's hand moved, yanking the axe-hammer from her throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gruesome throat started to heal back the next instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice returned, and so did her twisted smile as she asked again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that all you can do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1600,"2026-06-05T21:29:08.031Z",1,"novelbin.me","579c9a5f58c696ca55dc958fa310c812ace6b5e7ba9ba35f580ccd97ef771745","reincarnated-as-the-villainess-s-son-chapter-159","reincarnated-as-the-villainess-s-son-chapter-352",556,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freincarnated-as-the-villainess-s-son-cover.jpg"]