[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-lady-s-butler-i-reincarnated-to-serve-the-vi":3,"chapter-the-lady-s-butler-i-reincarnated-to-serve-the-vi-the-lady-s-butler-i-reincarnated-to-serve-the-vi-chapter-145":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Lady's Butler: I Reincarnated To Serve The Villainess",{"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},725526,965,"Chapter 145: Oroborus","the-lady-s-butler-i-reincarnated-to-serve-the-vi-chapter-145",145,"\u003Cp>Oroborus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A serpent whose mythology was known even on Earth, one that represented the cycle of death and rebirth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But here, it was clearly different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here it was just a monster from which corruption was born, one in search of natural mana only to end up in a trap that caused it to eat itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adrian could see as clear as day how enormous the serpent was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For reference, the statue was well over fifty feet tall, and the serpent still looked huge while wrapped around it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It formed the same shape as it did in the coin, the infinity symbol, as it truly did feed on its own tail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even from this distance, Adrian could tell just how terrifying it was, especially given the aura it released.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at it, he was completely certain of one thing, there was no way he’d be able to fight it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then again, there was this nagging feeling that he had no other option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>«It hasn’t noticed us yet,» Noctis said quietly from atop his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s find a way out of here, then,\" he muttered, but soon froze when a heavy pressure suddenly fell on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>«I take that back,» the cat said as they looked towards the serpent again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its eyes, previously closed, were now widely opened and its yellow vertical pupils were locked directly on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it,\" Adrian muttered under his breath as he looked around for another door, a passage, or anything that could reasonably be called an exit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn’t one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant there was no other option, if he wanted to get out of here, he’d have to face that thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he was completely outclassed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, despite that, he recalled that the Oroborus was one of the two obstacles standing between him and his lady right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which, all things considered, was a deeply unfortunate situation to be in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The serpent uncoiled from the statue slowly, each loop that fell sending a tremor through the stone beneath his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whilst it did that, Adrian watched it and did the mental equivalent of sighing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then extended his senses outward carefully, mapping the hall, the walls, the floor, searching for anything useful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn’t much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All he spotted were a couple of broken columns, rocks lying here and there, and finally one very large corrupted serpent that was now fully uncoiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was currently regarding him the way a person might regard something small and mildly interesting they’d found on the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Oroborus’ true form was a lot larger than expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked nothing like the creature carved on the coin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The coin showed something elegant, almost symbolic, a serpent curled into itself with clean lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What stood before him now was the truth behind that image, and it was considerably less poetic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its scales were black, seemingly absorbing all light around it.... Not that there was any to absorb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each one layered over the next like plates of dark armor that had been growing longer and longer for years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The underbelly was a shade lighter, almost grey, and it caught the faint glow of the hall in a way that made the sheer size of it even harder to process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The head alone was large enough to swallow their submarine whole, it was also wide and flat with a jaw that hung open slightly, revealing rows of teeth that were of different lengths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, it was a terrifying image for anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>«You’re thinking too much,» Noctis said from atop his head, «there are no options but fighting.»\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have other options,\" Adrian argued with a frown on his face, looking at the corrupted beast before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>«Is that so?» the cat asked before teleporting to one of the broken columns and getting comfortable, «then I’d like to see them.»\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"....\" Adrian looked at his cat with a blank expression before letting out a sigh and turning back to the serpent, \"let’s do this then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, his shadow extended and all eight of the clones he could summon were let out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He understood that now wasn’t the time to hold anything back, and he had no intention to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clones spread out immediately, moving to different points around the hall without needing instruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Oroborus paid them no mind because the next second, it crossed the hall in a fraction of the time anything its size had any right to, and although Adrian switched places with a clone,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tail was already coming around before he reappeared and it slammed cleanly into his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was airborne before he registered the impact, moving so fast that the broken columns weren’t obstacles so much as things that briefly existed between him and the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hit the wall hard enough to crack it, slid down, and although he almost blacked out for a second, he was on his feet before the dust settled purely out of stubbornness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His ribs had thoughts about that but he ignored them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His clones were already pulling the serpent’s attention back, using shadows to restrain it as two more appeared mid-air with shadow daggers in their hands and aimed directly at its eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before they could reach it, the Oroborus shook off the restraints as if they were only a minor annoyance, before its maw widely opened and clamped shut on one of the clones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the second managed to land a strike with its dagger, it barely did any damage as it landed on the creature’s scale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The serpent then lifted its tail and before anyone could react, it slammed it on the clones, instantly turning them to a puddle of shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire hall shook at the action, but Adrian had a grin on his face after the Oroborus’ attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Got you,\" he muttered and extended his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, the shadow puddle spread across the floor faster than the serpent could track, merging into a single mass before launching itself upward in a quick motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It then formed what resembled a large blade that came up from directly beneath the tail and sliced clean through it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Serpent let out what sounded like a screech of pain, and Adrian almost had a smile on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the next second, he was reminded that two SSS-Rank spirit mages had fought this thing but still failed to kill it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A stump formed where it was cut, and right before Adrian, a new tail grew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly put up a shadow barrier as the snake’s regenerated tail slammed into it, ripping through it like paper and launching him into a wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then peeled himself off it and landed on the floor, his ribs definitely broken now.... Fortunately, none had gotten displaced, so his lungs were safe fornow1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wouldn’t remain if he were slammed by the tail again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>«Are you out of options now?» Noctis asked as it looked at its contractor’s struggle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adrian didn’t answer that, instead, he looked directly at the Oroborus, coming to a single realization,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is going to be a lot harder.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1184,"2026-06-02T10:56:10.487Z",1,"novelbin.me","8af7bd820b5a33d0395ce9585469250fe9d40c7e8bfd22d3064d474554e9d31e","the-lady-s-butler-i-reincarnated-to-serve-the-vi-chapter-146","the-lady-s-butler-i-reincarnated-to-serve-the-vi-chapter-144",146,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-lady-s-butler-i-reincarnated-to-serve-the-vi-cover.jpg"]