[{"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-260":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},1366003,1806,"Chapter 260  [End] [He Who Shouldn't Exist] [2]","reincarnated-as-the-villainess-s-son-chapter-260",260,"\u003Cp>Death of someone close always hurts... Especially when that someone was always there when I needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are only a few people for whom I can sacrifice my own life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...Oliver was one of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone who stuck with me even when the empire despised me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His death hurt more than anything, more than months of torture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I focused too much on who ordered to kill him that I neglected to find out who actually killed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...I shouldn't have done that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Edel deserves death, and he will die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is another person who deserves death more than him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blinding light that engulfed me slowly died down as my surroundings cleared up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I twisted my body mid-air, landing on my feet, the heavy rainfall dampening my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked around the place, finding students groaning and coughing because of the adverse effects of sudden teleportation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of untamed sea waves radiated in the place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A series of long arched open gates stood seemingly like an entrance inside, wide enough for a platoon to walk through without a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I recognized the place from the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moshel's Tomb. My gaze moved quickly from the gates to the boy with black hair standing at the edge of the gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...And then it shifted towards the boy with grey markings on his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Ethan.' My body trembled violently as I stepped forward, a thunder flashed across the horizon as I found myself standing beside Aimar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan glared at both of us with a sword in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An irritating voice crawled like bugs in my ears, \"Are you aware of what you are doing!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I glanced back to look at the mint-haired boy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...Ivan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I dismissed his words without a second thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will take his head,\" Aimar said, taking out his spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I quietly took out my katana, barely holding back my mind from sinking into frenzy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you trying to kill an Avatar?\" Ethan growled, the marks on his body glowing. \"Do you know the consequences of—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do I need to remind you again who you truly are, commoner?\" Aimar snarled, his golden eyes crucifying him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mana bubbled around him, his body burst out a speck of Elohim's divinity, putting a feathery protective layer on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am more valuable than you, pest,\" he rebuked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next instant, my body blurred, cutting through the heavy downpour with ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body twisted to gain momentum as I swept my katana at his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crystal pillar emerged from the ground, deflecting my katana, but a gust of wind covered my body, carrying me above the pillar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using the pillar as a platform, I propelled towards Ethan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLANG!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sword parried my attack before a gust of wind rushed beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aimar twisted his body before kicking Ethan in the ribs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind carried him, slamming his body hard on the arched gate, cracks forming on it like thunder on the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Ethan quickly recovered, rushing back toward us once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mana condensed around him like a blade before his lips parted. \"Bloom.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tens of crystal flowers emerged around him, spinning at an alarming speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Move!\" I ordered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aimar propelled back before his body got engulfed in a portal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SWISH!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The petals of the spinning flowers thrust at my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sidestepped or used my katana to parry them as I looked at Ethan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A portal emerged behind him, a spear launched at his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His head twisted, a sneer on his face, the tip of Aimar's spear clashing with a greyish hue protecting his body—Elohim's divinity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aimar rushed forward, thrusting his spear at his weak points, but the same hue stopped his attack again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My legs turned that of an angel as I rushed towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neplh!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground turned frictionless as a thin layer of ice emerged over it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body spun, evading the last petal as my katana swept backward, just a little close to slicing his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan abruptly focused back on me from Aimar, his lips parted again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Turning spell.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just as the katana touched his throat, I felt my mana depleting rapidly, making the cut shallow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The previous inertia threw my body away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I grabbed onto the arched gate, stopping my body from moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan now started to overpower Aimar with sheer raw power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'He changed his rank with mine.' I grimaced before I placed both my legs on the stone gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a second thought, I burst mana in my legs, rushing back to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raising my hand, I swept my katana close to his face, but sensing it, Ethan propelled himself away from Aimar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His forearm moved, glowing in a greyish hue before a shield made of divinity materialized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Muspelh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My katana burst into a torrent of crimson flames. It easily cut through the divinity shield but couldn't reach his forearm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tch!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I clicked my tongue in frustration as I threw away my melting katana while Ethan looked at me in horror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in his daze, he didn't notice a portal materialized just beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spinning kick from Aimar to his face crashed him into the muddy ground a few times before his body slammed on the arched gate once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cough, cough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan coughed violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A portal emerged behind him; Aimar grabbed him before spinning his body toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A greyish hue protected him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silverish runes burned my skin as I curled my fist until my bones screamed in pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A low boom echoed as I punched his gut before a shockwave followed, throwing him away through the arched gateway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I yanked away the blood on my knuckles as I walked towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neplh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blade of ice conjured in my hand while Aimar walked out of a portal beside me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's body recovered quickly as he stood up once again, albeit with less confidence than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...It's impossible to cut through divinity,\" Ethan said through his clenched jaw, glaring at me. \"How are you doing it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I kept my mouth shut as my eyes burned with anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I kept on conjuring blades using Neplh while using Andarnaur's ring to make them float around me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan bent his body and, with uncanny quickness, rushed towards Aimar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a portal emerged in his path and one close to Aimar, who raised his spear in one swift moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Arghh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan hit his own shoulder on the tip of the spear, and even though it didn't break his divinity, it did damage him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, I rushed forward, slashing the ice sword at his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He used the same maneuver as before, forming a shield of divinity to protect himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Muspelh! The icy cold blade turned crimson fire that sliced through his shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grabbing another blade, I repeated it again, slashing a large chunk of his forearm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He howled in agony as he yanked his body back, clutching his hand that bled furiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind moved like it had its own will, yanking him back towards me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thrust my blade forward in a sharp motion, wide, carving an arc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Argh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before I could slash down, I felt a throbbing pain in my back just below my neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Azariah!\" Aimar screamed as I stumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan didn't let my vulnerability slide as he lowered his upper body, kicking my guts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Urgh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I groaned as I flew back in the air, but a gentle wind grabbed onto me, slowly lowering my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, are you alright?\" Aimar asked as I looked back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An arrow was lodged deeply just below my neck beside my spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gritted my teeth as I yanked the arrow out before freezing the wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you really think you can kill an Avatar and I will just stand back and watch?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My head turned to my side as Ivan walked toward Ethan, a few students with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aimar tried to attack him, but I grabbed his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are trying to kill our empire's future,\" he snarled, pointing his bow at me. \"Have you really gone mad?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I pushed myself up as I moved my shoulder blades to feel them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's wound was slowly recovering while he stepped away from the conflict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as he passed through the end of the arched gate, his body vanished into thin air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'...Fuck.' I groaned in frustration as I felt a little sluggish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A portal emerged at the end of the arched gate as Aimar ran after him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned my gaze back to Ivan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I let the clown live for too long.' Limping a little, I walked towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Are you alright?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'...Yeah.' I replied to El's concerned voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[....Don't lose yourself.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you feel your body melting?\" I looked at Ivan; he gloated, smiling at me. \"How does it feel being poisoned—?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I grabbed him by his throat, lifting him up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Urghh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to free himself while I slowly clawed at his windpipe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Poison doesn't work on me, idiot,\" I said before a cracking sound of bones echoed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My grip loosened, and his lifeless body fell down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I glanced at the rest of the students running away in fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring them, I walked towards the end of the arched gateway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The uncomfortable feeling of something sticking to my body gripped me before it burst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scenery changed around me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A girl blocked my pathway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Az.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ashlyn whispered softly, looking at me tenderly.\u003C\u002Fp>",1573,"2026-06-05T21:29:08.031Z",1,"novelbin.me","9c90d282357585283ce754009f80c67646d7f0f56cbe6eb161d957659e51a1e5","reincarnated-as-the-villainess-s-son-chapter-261","reincarnated-as-the-villainess-s-son-chapter-259",556,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freincarnated-as-the-villainess-s-son-cover.jpg"]