[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy":3,"chapter-the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-chapter-419":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Strongest Student of the Weakest Academy",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1026975,1339,"Chapter 419: The Beginning Of The End [LXXXI]","the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-chapter-419",419,"\u003Cp>Aestrea stared at the outstretched hand, not moving for a few seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a long moment, the only sound in the chamber was the low hum of Octo’s machines and the faint, artificial pulse running through the walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haah...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea let out a slow breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lowered his gaze slightly, looking not at Octo’s face, but at the hand itself. The fingers. The trembling anticipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The desperation hidden beneath confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Rule with you?\" Aestrea finally spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" Octo spokeeagerly. \"With me. We end the cycle. No more corrections. No more blood on your hands. You’ll never have to descend again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea lifted his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moon-shaped pupils locked onto Octo’s gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What a joke...\" he shook his head lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You seem to be misunderstanding something,\" he then added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh?\" Octo tilted his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t give a single fuck about whatever it happes to this world. And I don’t erase gods because they’re inconvenient.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a single step forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The floor beneath his foot cracked soundlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The only things I care about are the people that I care about. And the only reason I kill people is that they offended me in some kind of way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Octo’s smile stiffened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides, your logic is very fucking flawed. You speak of choice, and yet your entire dream is built on its removal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hah,\" Octo scoffed lightly. \"Choice is an illusion. People want to be guided. They beg for order when chaos hurts them enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They beg because pain exists.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped a few meters away from Octo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And everyone... obviously doesn’t like pain, only if they have strange hobbies, but besides that... why would I team up with you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...In my eyes, you are nothing but cannon fodder that dies within five episodes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a split second, Octo didn’t react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression froze, not in shock, not in rage, but in complete disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...What?\" he asked quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The word came out thin, almost fragile, as if he hadn’t quite heard it correctly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea didn’t repeat himself. He simply looked at Octo the same way one would look at something already dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was when it happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Octo’s body began to tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not violently at first, just a light shaking, starting at his fingers and crawling up his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mechanical parts embedded in his flesh whirred erratically, lights flickering out of rhythm. His breathing turned uneven, shallow, then suddenly sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Cannon... fodder?\" Octo repeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice cracked, and then he laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not the composed, theatrical laugh from before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This one was truly broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even uglier than before...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"PWAHAHAHAHAHA!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It echoed harshly against the chamber walls, scraping the air like shattered glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you haveany idea...\" Octo suddenly roared, slamming his fist into the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground cracked outward, metal bending and stone exploding as shockwaves rippled across the chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What it took to get here?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His head snapped up, veins bulging along his neck and face, the mechanical eye blazing uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was dissected,\" he screamed. \"Cut open while still conscious! Gods tore me apart just to seehowmy authority reacted under pain!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Images flashed across the projections without his command, showing countless blurred memories of laboratories soaked in blood, restrained bodies screaming, divine sigils carved into living flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I failed hundreds of times!\" Octo continued, his voice shaking violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know how many times my soul almost collapsed?! How many times Ibeggedjust to stop existing?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fists clenched so tightly that metal creaked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I watched geniuses get praised while I was called defective. I watched tyrants rise simply because they were born right. I watched worlds burn while the so-called ’balance’ you worship did nothing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He staggered forward a step, eyes bloodshot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And you...\" he hissed, pointing at Aestrea, \"...you show up afterall of thatand call me a five-episode obstacle?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His laugh turned hysterical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Five episodes?\" he repeated hoarsely. \"I’ve lived through eras of suffering that would shatter your reincarnations!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The machinery around him began to activate on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep, mechanical thuds echoed beneath the floor. Runes burned crimson. Tubes pulsed violently as divine energy surged through Octo’s body at unstable levels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn’t ask to be weak!\" he screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn’t ask to be born insignificant!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slammed both hands onto his own chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Imade myself matter!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chamber shook harder now, walls groaning under pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And now you stand there, thinking that you’re special and judging me like I’m some disposable extra in your endless story!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face twisted completely, tears mixing with blood as his expression warped into something feral.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" he growled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No. You don’t get to erase me that easily.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea didn’t interrupt his words at all, simply looking at him like some madman who couldn’t accept reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That, more than anything, pushed Octo over the edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"LOOK AT ME!\" Octo screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His authority erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The very air warped, bending inward as invisible forces crushed space itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The projections shattered instantly, screens exploding into fragments as Octo’s power flooded the room unchecked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN!\" he roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body began to change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Metal spread further across his skin, veins glowing violently as divine circuits carved themselves deeper into his flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His spine arched unnaturally, joints cracking as layers of suppressed authority broke free all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You wanted my pain?\" Octo snarled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then choke on it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a savage motion, he thrust his arm forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space screamed as a compressed wave of pure control shot toward Aestrea, invisible yet devastating, carrying with it countless layers of forced obedience, collapse commands, and authority suppression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment it left his hand, Octo vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FWOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reappeared above Aestrea, both arms raised as dozens of mechanical blades formed midair, each one vibrating with unstable divinity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"DIE KNOWING YOU WERE WRONG!\" Octo screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He brought everything down at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To this, Aestrea simply unsheathed Midnight... onlyMidnight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think a mere sword can reach me?\" Octo sneered, his voice carrying over the chamber like a whip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I control everything. Space, time, even yourperception.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thrust a hand forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shockwave exploded outward, not through air, but directly into the space Aestrea occupied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pressure wasn’t physical at all! It tried to forcibly relocate him, compressing the very coordinates of his existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea blinked and sidestepped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea’s form vanished and reappeared to the left of the attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Octo’s eyes widened slightly, though only for a fraction of a second, before he adjusted his authority again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ll never land a hit!\" Octo bellowed. \"Every move you make, every step, I can predict, and can control!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lunged forward with a punch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwoop!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t a normal punch since his fist seemed to stretch, elongating unnaturally as if he had extended his body beyond its limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air itself bent around him, trying to pull Aestrea into the strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea tilted his head slightly, assessing his movement before simply stepping forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Octo’s punch passed harmlessly beneath Aestrea’s chest, the distortion of space collapsing just behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forward, huh...\" Octo muttered, almost with respect, before immediately retracting his arm and spinning midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His legs kicked downward in a crushing strike aimed to pierce Aestrea’s defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Aestrea didn’t move backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he jumped upward, twisting in midair, letting the foot crash into the empty space beneath him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kick struck nothing but air; Octo’s leg shattered the floor tiles beneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Octo hissed, retracting his limbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Authority of Control flared wildly, and suddenly the entire room seemed alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tiles rose, debris hovered, and pieces of the walls lunged at Aestrea as if they were extensions of Octo’s will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every stone, every shard of metal, every loose fragment of the ceiling tried to strike him simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea’s eyes narrowed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Predictable,\" he muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a single step, he vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He appeared above the room, above the debris, letting gravity carry him down as shards slammed into the floor harmlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of splintering metal and stone echoed, but he remained untouched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Octo’s face twisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dropped into a crouch midair, then surged upward, arms swinging in a wide arc. Massive crescent-shaped waves of energy erupted, intended to collapse on Aestrea like a cage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea tilted his head again, lips curling slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He vanishedinsideone of the waves, letting it pass through him harmlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, as it continued forward, he reappeared behind Octo, slashing outward with a single movement of Midnight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword cut through the air, leaving a silver streak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Octo’s mechanical arm materialized just in time to intercept the sword. Sparks flew, and the air itself seemed to crack around the impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re fast! As expected from a Fallen God!\" Octo hissed, flexing his Authority to push Aestrea backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea barely moved and simply stepped to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Octo’s eyes flickered, and his aura flared up violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He extended both hands forward, sending out invisible waves that bent Aestrea’s movements before he even began them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Aestrea was already gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwip! Fwip! Fwip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He appeared above, below, to the left and right, each time slashing at Octo, testing his defense and thing slike that,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How... how can youmove?! Everything obeys me!\" Octo growled, his veins throbbing with complete annoyance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, as furious as he was, Octo was still precise with his moves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every strike he threw forced Aestrea to move in exact patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every wave of control forced him to calculate, to vanish, to twist. And yet, Aestrea’s calm, cold eyes betrayed none of the pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Forward again...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He leapt diagonally across the chamber, sliding across shattered tiles that tried to pull him downward through Octo’s manipulation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a flick of his wrist, he sent Midnight spinning, creating a silver crescent that intercepted a floating shard of debris midair, shattering it harmlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Octo’s attacks accelerated, more desperate, more chaotic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Punches, sweeping kicks, spikes of energy, floating debris, compressed gravity... all flung at Aestrea with the precision of a master and the madness of someone losing control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea danced through it all, easily dodging every attack that came on his way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Octo’s face twisted further, almost in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You... you move like a god whoknowshis death is inevitable!\" he shouted, arms swinging in a wide arc to collapse the space itself around Aestrea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea was already gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He appeared midair, above a floating slab of debris Octo had flung, letting it fall harmlessly below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tilted his head with a mocking expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re quite strong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But you’re predictable. Every move has a pattern. Every motion can be avoided. Every attack... can besurvived.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"SHUUUUUUUUUUT ITTTTTTTTT!\" Octo screamed, his aura flaring violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boooooooooooom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chamber shook as he attempted to warp reality to an unbearable extreme.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet Aestrea continued, stepping, vanishing, reappearing, sliding through the void of control as if he was simply dancing through an empty stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwoooooooop!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Octo’s mechanical arm swung down in a strong strike, meant to crush Aestrea beneath his Authority itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea tilted his head slightly, smiled mockingly, and vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BAAM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The punch slammed into nothing but the cracked floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...YOU SON OF A BITCH!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1835,"2026-06-03T09:18:17.304Z","2026-06-03T09:18:22.613Z",1,"novelbin.me","00d4da238486191c71de873e3e98fba4939493011890b3959fb5fd99806e7c59","the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-chapter-420","the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-chapter-418",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-cover.jpg"]