[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss":3,"chapter-the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-chapter-119":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Villain Reborn as Game's Final Boss",{"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},551324,800,"Chapter 119: On your Knees","the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-chapter-119",119,"\u003Cp>\"Push.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My voice echoed through the empty hall as I encouraged the girl below me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diana was currently trying to perform a push-up with her utmost effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even I had to commend it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite not being able to do a single one, she didn’t accept defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get on your knees.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing my instruction, Diana looked up at me with a confused expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Touch your knees to the ground, and then do the push-ups. It’s a newbie version.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diana’s eyes narrowed in what appeared to be a look of betrayal, but she obeyed nonetheless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well... I was going to suggest the easier method, but I had to first see what she could do in the actual way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Placing her knees on the floor, Diana went down and pushed her body up again, completing her first nearly successful push-up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the form was a little bad, she had completed the push-up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diana went down again and stayed there without being able to push herself up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kael, can’t we do something easier? Are you really expecting me to get better at these exercises from day one?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time Diana didn’t have her usual soft smile, but an intense gaze was directed at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe I had pushed her a little too far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On my part, I had performed decently while doing push-ups for the first time. But yeah—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t expect everyone to be the same as me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Haa...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take your sword.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Informing her, I headed to the centre of the hall, taking my own sword from the storage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diana followed me as she took out her weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The training facility had its own weapons, but they were of lower quality than the ones given to us at the start of the classes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well... that was fair enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weapons here were meant to be broken if the fight got too intense, in order to prevent any possible severe injuries to the students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though according to me, if the combatant was skilled enough, he could kill anyone even with a chipped blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gripping the sword in my right hand, I waited for Diana to stand before me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diana swung her sword a few times, a type of warm-up for her wrists... maybe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arriving before me, she immediately got into her stance, taking the required distance between her feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing me stand casually against her without even holding the sword in any proper way, Diana raised her brow but didn’t comment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Attack me. Other than defending, I will not move an inch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remembering my first fight with Arthur, I applied the same rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And yes... you can use mana for this fight. I won’t.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diana frowned as I dictated the rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though I wanted to increase her physical capabilities, I would not be able to achieve anything if she herself didn’t realise the extent to which she was limiting her growth by relying on mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And crushing her confidence in mana usage was the sure-fire way to do so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diana, feeling that she was being looked down upon, had an unpleasant expression on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But knowing that I was stronger than her, she complied with my instructions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl was pretty obedient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I had restricted using my mana, that also meant that I couldn’t use mana sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That reduced my situational awareness by large margins. But my base abilities were strong enough to counter any such reduction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the benefit behind training your physique, and I had to make Diana understand the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diana slowly inched towards me, her sword extended parallel to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes were now focused on me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, Diana had appeared beside me, her sword already aimed at my side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clank!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though I was caught a little off guard by her speed, that was it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Easily blocking her attack, I brushed her sword aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before I could look into her eyes, a kick came from my left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diana had already positioned one of her hands on the ground and was using it to land a kick to my neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too bad for her—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My left hand shot up, grabbing her leg by the ankle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diana, not expecting such a swift response, widened her eyes before thrusting her sword at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her flexibility to do such a manoeuvre was great, but—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I picked her up from the ground using my grip on her ankle and yanked her body to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diana, even after being disadvantaged, managed to land properly before charging at me again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I kept observing her footwork.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she was quite fast with how she moved her legs, the pattern was quite obvious after the first exchange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hadn’t yet learned any diversity in footwork and was just using a combination of two or three different techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But none of them were perfected, as could be seen through the messy combo that she was unleashing on me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clank!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clank!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One after the other, I kept deflecting her sword while blocking her blows at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With every attack, I could feel the power behind them increasing in quick succession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not getting the required results, Diana had instinctively focused on relying on brute force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Haa...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bam!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of her punches managed to land on the area around my stomach, but—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just glanced at Diana, who had a shocked expression on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if you use mana, it doesn’t necessarily guarantee the success of your strike.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body was far sturdier than what she had assumed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diana quickly retracted her hand and took some distance from me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after using mana, she was getting tired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweat had formed on her forehead, and the nape of her neck was drenched in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diana swung her sword in the air a few times, loosening her joints in the process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One. Two. Three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was before me again, this time her sword directly aimed for my neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though her speed was impressive, I didn’t even have to defend against the attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I merely sidestepped, and Diana’s entire balance fell over, making her stumble on the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>",1026,"2026-05-30T14:45:47.278Z","2026-06-01T04:31:30.507Z",1,"novelbin.me","89d8f1d4834c9541b186e1b86a5ea6223720af88db0382d9a47cffb967381fc8","the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-chapter-120","the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-chapter-118",257,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-cover.jpg"]