[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-beast-tamer-clan-s-monster-overlord":3,"chapter-the-beast-tamer-clan-s-monster-overlord-the-beast-tamer-clan-s-monster-overlord-chapter-148":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Beast Tamer Clan's Monster Overlord",{"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},1291152,1713,"Chapter 148 - 147: A Devil in Child’s skin","the-beast-tamer-clan-s-monster-overlord-chapter-148",148,"\u003Cp>Axelius launched himself from a thick branch, his body light and fast. He twisted in midair, swinging his blade low to high in an upward arc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vargosh blocked with his axe, but the force pushed him back a step on the wide tree limb. His boots dug into the bark, splitting it slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You move like wind,\" Vargosh muttered, swinging the blunt side of his axe at Axelius with brutal speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Axelius bent backward, nearly parallel to the branch, the axe whooshing past his face. As he rolled sideways, he grabbed a hanging vine, swung around the trunk of the tree, and kicked off it again using it as momentum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take this!\" Axelius shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dashed straight toward Vargosh’s blind side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Vargosh grinned. The orc lord spun, dragging his axe in a wide circle. The air cracked from the weight of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Axelius ducked low, sliding on the branch like skating over smooth ice. Sparks flew as his blade scraped the wood for balance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he passed under Vargosh’s spinning weapon, he reached up and slashed across the orc’s thigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp grunt escaped Vargosh’s lips as blood spattered on the tree bark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Axelius jumped again, backflipping up to a higher branch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy crouched there, chest rising with effort, eyes sharp and focused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re fast... and clever,\" Vargosh said, touching the wound on his leg with his thumb, smearing the blood across his skin like war paint. \"You don’t fight like a human Kid.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Axelius shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he vanished again—a blur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vargosh barely lifted his axe in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Steel rang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Axelius struck from above, sword crashing down. The branch under Vargosh cracked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The orc lord let it break. He dropped to a lower branch and thenlaunched himself up, punching through the air with his axe like a cannonball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Axelius spun sideways in the air, blade grazing Vargosh’s shoulder. They passed each other both landing on separate branches, growling under their breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaves danced. Trees creaked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then again they leapt, this time clashing midair. The sound of their weapons colliding thundered through the trees. For a second, both hovered feet off the ground locked in a brutal struggle of strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Impressive,\" Vargosh growled, sweat and blood mixed on his skin. \"You’re not even using mana.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Axelius smirked. \"And yet, you’re bleeding.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a sudden twist of his body, Axelius kicked off Vargosh’s chest, flipping backward and landing gracefully on a branch above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The orc crashed onto a trunk, leaving a dent where his back struck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vargosh stood motionless on a broken branch, his chest rising and falling with heavy breaths. The bark beneath his feet cracked from the pressure of his weight and the tension in his legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His muscles twitched. His fingers clenched tightly around the handle of his massive axe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strange sensation was running through his veins. A cold tremble at first... then heat. His instincts screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear?No. It was something deeper. Foreign.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is this? It’s not mana\" Vargosh muttered under his breath, eyes narrowing as he glanced upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, several branches above, stood Axelius—barely eleven, with tousled hair and a cocky smirk carved across his lips like he didn’t have a care in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His posture was relaxed. His blade rested casually over one shoulder, as if this wasn’t a battle to the death but just another afternoon game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked... entertained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\" Axelius called out, noticing the shift in Vargosh’s expression. \"Realize something?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tilted his head, grin growing wider—mocking, playful, dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vargosh’s jaw tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That absurd strength without even a drop of mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gritted his teeth. \"You’re not normal... You’re far from it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He straightened his back, towering over the trees, the wind brushing through his thick black hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood on his leg had dried, the pain ignored. But his heart was still pounding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re a devil in a child’s skin,\" he growled, his voice echoing across the treetops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Axelius just grinned wider, raising his katana slowly until it reached eye level. His eyes gleamed beneath the shade of the leaves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You just realized it now?\" he said softly, almost teasing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, even the forest went still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vargosh’s grip tightened on his axe, the veins in his arms pulsing. But this time, there was hesitation in his movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t just a fight anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had stepped into something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Axelius... looked like he was just getting started.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lowhumvibrated through the treetops as Vargosh’s feet sank slightly into the thick branch beneath him, cracks webbing out like lightning as raw mana surged around his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From his arms, his shoulders, even his tusks — faint glowing veins of crimson pulsed like fire running through his flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Highvorne Orc’s grin stretched wide, his fangs gleaming beneath the moonlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His massive axe, now surrounded by a faint shimmer of warped air, lifted with terrifying ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re still a child,\" Vargosh said, \"I’ll end you before you grow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above, leaves rustled from the pressure of his mana. Even the birds had fled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing on a thick branch opposite him, Axelius blinked slowly. His katana rested lightly against his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Less talk,\" he said casually, \"more action.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vargosh’s muscles tensed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, he vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>WHOOOOM—!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gust of air exploded as his axe tore through the space in front of him, not by touching it—but by slicing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The very air twisted in an invisible arc, a silent shockwave flying across the tree canopy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Axelius’s eyes slightly widened, not in fear—but in fascination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The distorted pressure raced toward him, too fast for most eyes to follow. But Axelius didn’t flinch. He simply stepped left—one clean sidestep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The branch where he had been standing erupted like it had been struck by lightning, splinters raining down through the air like wooden needles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A nearby tree cracked and fell, cleaved halfway in two by the invisible force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still calm, Axelius landed on the next branch over, boots touching the wood without even shaking it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the shattered remains behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay,\" he said, eyes narrowing with an excited glint. \"That was pretty cool.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across from him, Vargosh stood with his axe still mid-swing, his grin fading into something darker—focused. His prey hadn’t even broken a sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And here I thought orcs only relied on brute strength,\" Axelius added, tapping his blade lightly against the branch. \"Guess you’re full of surprises.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vargosh didn’t answer. His feet shifted. His stance changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s not done yet\" he Muttered\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the air around them, the silence was deafening... as the next move loomed.\u003C\u002Fp>",1099,"2026-06-05T17:37:14.219Z",1,"novelbin.me","650851c3490150189c7a40c206be588b71d58152c1a53b6eb55ce7691d0de897","the-beast-tamer-clan-s-monster-overlord-chapter-149","the-beast-tamer-clan-s-monster-overlord-chapter-147",168,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-beast-tamer-clan-s-monster-overlord-cover.jpg"]