[{"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-120":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},551325,800,"Chapter 120: Motives","the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-chapter-120",120,"\u003Cp>\"Don’t bet your entire attack on a single move.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From my observation, Diana was being impatient. Instead of executing multiple moves to defeat the opponent, she was trying to finish the fight with a single attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of her strikes had tremendous power behind them, and according to me... that was a pathetic waste of mana reserves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aahh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diana slumped down on the ground after her failed strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So how should I defeat someone?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raising her voice, Diana let her body relax against the cold floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Use every attack as a distraction before dealing the final blow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of my footsteps echoed as I made my way towards the viewing area. The chair squeaked under my weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that even possible? How will I even know which attack is the final one? And what if one of my attacks that was meant to be a distraction goes on to become the real strike?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Haa...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s up to you to find out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My response was short.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glancing at the watch, it was time for dinner. Giving Diana a final glance, I headed towards the changing room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it over?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kael?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Closing her eyes for a moment, Diana stood up and headed to change her clothes too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why is she not here yet?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the last ten minutes, Alicia was pacing back and forth across her room, waiting for Diana to arrive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite her reluctance, Diana had gone to train with ’him’...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alicia couldn’t understand the logic behind everything that Diana was getting herself into.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First that stupid dinner, and now the girl was just hovering around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even during the classes, Alicia had always observed Diana turning back to take a glimpse of Kael.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about that guy brought unpleasant memories, leaving a bitter taste in her mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diana too had suffered due to him, still she was behaving like nothing had happened in the past and was talking to Kael like it was an everyday thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s up?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noah’s voice brought Alicia back from her thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing, just—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it about Diana?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noah sat across on a chair, his legs crossed, looking at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long pause, Alicia muttered the words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are you worrying so much? Isn’t he your brother?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noah asked in an innocent voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Alicia raised her head to look at him, she stopped for a moment as Noah’s hair caught her attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alicia had grown to like his hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mixed shade of black and white was the perfect match for his innocent face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at him again, Noah indeed looked a little charming...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cough...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noah coughed under the intense gaze that was directed at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alicia, as if realizing her mistake, shifted her focus elsewhere, pretending as if nothing had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is indeed my brother, but... things are complicated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alicia gave up on elaborating on the topic. Though she didn’t have a good impression left of her brother, he was still, at the end of the day, a Frost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even if Noah was now closer to her, that didn’t mean she would tell him anything that could result in the image of the Frosts degrading in any way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not that she didn’t trust him. But it was something that had been ingrained in her since childhood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noah too, getting the message, didn’t press further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was one of the many things that Alicia liked about him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noah would somehow know when to speak to her, what to ask her, and how to console her, without her even telling him anything about her problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hadn’t even been a month since the academy began, and Alicia had grown to become fond of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was around eight in the night, and Diana had promised to come over to eat dinner with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But seeing no sign of her, Alicia decided to head towards the cafeteria herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had a strong feeling that the girl would be eating out with Kael.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Alicia moved towards the door, it opened from the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diana peeked from the narrow gap, giving a wave to both of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You sure are late! I thought we would be dying of hunger waiting for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noah’s cheerful voice made Diana chuckle lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seems like you enjoyed the training quite a bit. I don’t think you had to grace us—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Umm... I am hungry too. Let’s go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diana quickly retreated out of the room, seeing the stern expression on Alicia’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alicia took a deep breath to calm the raging emotions in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If looks could kill, Diana would have already died a million times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So what did you train?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Alicia could close the door, Noah had joined Diana as they walked towards the cafeteria without waiting for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clenching her fist, Alicia locked the door before following her two stupid friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she matched her steps with Diana, Alicia noticed the carefree smile on her friend’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diana right now... looked a lot younger than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the words that Alicia had wanted to say were stuck in her throat as she couldn’t bring herself to ruin the pretty smile before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alicia’s thoughts once again shifted towards her brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just what was he up to?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alicia had tried to avoid thinking about him since the day she had first seen him in the academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But one after the other, different circumstances made it impossible for her to ignore him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now Diana had once again become entangled with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t like Alicia didn’t want her friend to be happy, but...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had lost all hope in her brother a long time ago. Now even if there had been dramatic changes, Alicia didn’t believe for a second that he had truly changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people never changed no matter the situations, and Kael was the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had always been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Alicia didn’t want to have anything to do with it, she knew things couldn’t continue to proceed like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For her friend... for Diana’s happiness—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To prevent her from falling down again, Alicia had to confront him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She needed to get a read on Kael’s motives before he could cause any harm to her friend.\u003C\u002Fp>",1038,"2026-05-30T14:45:47.278Z","2026-06-01T04:31:30.507Z",1,"novelbin.me","e7d36bcd4bc2e7481d5df6f46a737c0f60e3971cbfd1ac1c909ccc9dba9555b7","the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-chapter-121","the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-chapter-119",257,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-cover.jpg"]