[{"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-408":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},1366157,1806,"Chapter 408: [Terror of the Dead God] [16] [Awaken]","reincarnated-as-the-villainess-s-son-chapter-408",408,"\u003Cp>Chapter 408: [Terror of the Dead God] [16] [Awaken]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘How long has it been?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Legus remembered it like it was yesterday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Dark Trinity had chosen him to be the one to inherit the Dead God in his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How everyone rejoiced and beamed in happiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every memory of his last time was filled with happiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Legus could not believe it….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Why did it have to be me?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rain poured over his disfigured form, but he no longer felt it. Not the cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not the sting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not the ache of a soul stretched beyond mortal comprehension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Legus stood within the rotting core of the Dead God, somewhere between consciousness and collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between what remained of his humanity… and what had become of his gift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The curse they called salvation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered the cheers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The priests chanting his name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The way his mother had cried… not out of fear, but pride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the black ichor was poured into his veins, and the world became a kaleidoscope of pain and transcendence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They told him it was an honor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They told him he would be a god.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—he was barely a man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was voices screaming in his ears day and night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was limbs that didn’t belong to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was faces that cried without mouths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Why didn’t anyone tell me… it would feel like dying every single day?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked through the Dead God’s eyes—dozens of them, endless and watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he saw him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Himmel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A part of him was destroying the city while the bait he sent him was fighting Himmel in\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Windward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Why is he so… pure?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Legus’s eyes, which had been merged with the Dead God’s eyes, could clearly see it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pureness of his soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soul that was so majestic and beautiful that it momentarily relieved him of his pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…It shouldn’t exist.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Legus trembled within the Dead God, though his monstrous body remained still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soul like that—untouched, undiluted, intact… shouldn’t have survived the world they lived in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not with all its filth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not with all its cruelty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet Himmel’s light cut through it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the curse that hollowed him out and filled him with rot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It burned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it healed too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a brief, fractured moment, Legus remembered what it felt like to be human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Kill me.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His thoughts weren’t prayers, but pleas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘If you are as pure as I see you to be… then set me free.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought echoed through the hive-mind of flesh and madness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Dead God recoiled, sensing the fracture in its host’s resolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because no god should scream when it breathes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And no chosen one should cry when it sleeps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The part that had turned insane desired it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most beautiful soul he had ever seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Legus forced all his mouths to speak in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….angel….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young boy visibly flinched when he spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was nothing but disgust in his eyes that Legus couldn’t understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Why?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wondered, trying to talk, but all that came out of his mouth was a scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…I am asking for help….’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young boy began to attack him, yet all he wanted was salvation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body defended itself even though just a bait, Legus wanted Himmel to end his nightmare quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy didn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after impaling his gruesome body with the enormous trident, he didn’t destroy him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just sat there at the base of the trident, looking at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Why!?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Legus’s helplessness turned into rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was he just watching him instead of ending his pain?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Why won’t you end me!?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hundred mouths screamed with him this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Desperation crept within him as the boy began to move away from him, taking the trident with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“WHY!?” his voice roared, the sound layered in a thousand agonies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy didn’t even look back at him, ignoring him completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘He heard me.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Legus knew it, that Himmel had heard him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And still, that young boy decided to just walk away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He showed neither an act of mercy nor an act of cruelty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he treated him as if… Legus wasn’t worth saving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or worth killing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was worse than being struck down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be left alive not because of compassion but because of indifference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t a god.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t a man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t even a monster anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘No…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Legus rasped through shattered mouths, the sound warbling across the mutilated fleshscape of the Dead God’s core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘No—no no no no—look at me!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the dragon began to rip his body, he just stared at the boy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I will kill you!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Legus thought, his rage taking over whatever was left of his humanity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I will take everything away from you!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he still saw him as an angel, Legus still wanted to consume him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because for him, Himmel wasn’t what he thought he was….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>….He wasn’t the Angel of Death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>****\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…The thing wrapped hundreds of its arms around her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…And in that instant, he faltered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Himmel’s blade, inches from the monster’s writhing mass, stopped mid-swing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sudden stop before impact created a shockwave that pushed everything aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait, wait!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Himmel screamed as he tried to find her once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where did she go!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[She isn’t dead! Get a hold of yourself.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inna’s voice roared in his mind, but it was distant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Himmel came to his senses, and the next instant, something was upon him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOMM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The slap of one of the Dead God’s enormous arms sent him crashing into a building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The debris and dust filled Himmel’s vision, but he didn’t care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Himmel stood up, drawing in a deep breath. “What do you mean!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can she suffocate in there?” Himmel asked, moving out of the building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He jumped out of the hole he came from as he looked at the Dead God.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gruesome body that was made of hundreds and thousands of humans looked at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>….They smiled at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like taking pleasure in his pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Fuck it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His wings unfolded majestically behind him, making him float in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Himmel formed a blade of mana and coated it with void energy, making sure they didn’t touch and collapse in on themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I need to get her out before she dies.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rushed at the Dead God.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Himmel blurred forward, a streak of radiant motion cutting through the dark storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His blade hissing as the mana and void rippled against one another in chaotic harmony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let her go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Himmel roared as he shot toward the Dead God’s bloated mass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster responded instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of arms lashed toward him, some clawed, others fused with jagged bone, writhing like serpents with minds of their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t flinch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rejection of Time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that whisper, a ripple pulsed around him, time folding just enough to slow the monster’s movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Himmel weaved between the limbs, slashing with all his might.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pieces of the monster began to fall away, black ichor pouring like rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Screams echoed from its mouths—not just of rage, but fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inna’s voice pierced his mind like lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Himmel’s eyes narrowed. “I see it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spun in the air and, with a roar, hurled his blade like a meteor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weapon pierced the flesh of the abomination, cracking the grotesque armor and exploding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Muspelh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The force sent chunks of the creature flying, and for a brief moment, Himmel saw her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Curled into herself, arms over her head, alive—encased in a cocoon of glowing chi, buried deep within the flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was fading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Himmel quickly tried to reach her, slashing the flesh around her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter what he did, this thing kept on regenerating without any problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Fuck! Fuck!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Himmel began to panic as the thing tried to crack open the shell of her chi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dead God was trying to kill her right in front of his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inna’s voice cracked like a whip in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I am cutting deeper!” Himmel roared back, slashing with renewed fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it wasn’t enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every wound he opened sealed within seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dead God adapted too fast… mimicking every energy signature he used, devouring his void, resisting his mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arianell’s chi shell was now flickering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was suffocating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he was too slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Himmel’s wings flared again, his breath ragged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hovered above the mass, eyes darting to the monstrous flesh that writhed and smiled and mocked him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Himmel’s eyes widened as the crack began to turn bigger on her chi shell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it…!” he growled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Himmel raised his mana blade, and his body was thrown away when the Dead God hit him unexpectedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Himmel once again rolled in the air, balancing himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A side of his eye bled crimson as blood began to cloud his vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Himmel bit his lip hard enough to draw blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t have time to think with those cracks almost covering her entire shell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t have time to hesitate or she was going to die right in front of his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he’d let it happen if he wasted another second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked down at his bloodied palm, fingers trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Himmel finally made his decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Inna.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look after me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raising his mana blade, Himmel cut his own palm to draw blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In my name….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Himmel stopped summoning goddess Sekhmet as he felt something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world had turned completely grey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time had stopped, and it wasn’t he who did it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s happening, Azariah?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A voice rang in his head, making him tremble in response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…El?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creation is hard, cheer me up! VOTE for me!\u003C\u002Fp>",1625,"2026-06-05T21:29:08.031Z",1,"novelbin.me","b7006a29bbc4a368bd876f7d693a2159041049f195d2b03d9960460f9f3cfa97","reincarnated-as-the-villainess-s-son-chapter-409","reincarnated-as-the-villainess-s-son-chapter-407",556,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freincarnated-as-the-villainess-s-son-cover.jpg"]