[{"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-18":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},551473,800,"Chapter 18: Never Doubt the Boss","the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-chapter-18",18,"\u003Cp>\"What’s for breakfast?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On my way to the dining hall, I was followed by Julien, who for some reason looked... pitiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes were unusually red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he crying his eyes out?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bad dream perhaps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was muttering to the air, or was he asking me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How would I know what the chef was cooking?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And ain’t I his boss? It was me who should be asking that question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I smacked his head as Julien absent-mindedly walked beside me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ouch, sorry boss. I was just talking to myself. Ha ha!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s with that creepy laugh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You better prepare yourself for the coming journey. Things will get interesting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As my strategist, he didn’t have to be strong in combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he had to at least have the ability to defend himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was thinking of asking Arthur to train this guy along with me. Though he didn’t have any talent for fighting, learning basic skills wouldn’t be much difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have packed everything that would be needed. There were some new soaps in our room. I took them with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julien puffed his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it something to be proud of?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I mean, why waste them if they were meant for our use, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What should I do with this guy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t wrong in his way of thinking, but I had to do something about his mentality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Living in the slums for years, his way of life was far different from mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wasn’t saying that he had to act like some noble brat, but as an important pillar of D.X., he had to have some presence around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An aura that would make others respect him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To act on his commands without second thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he behaved like this, there was no way those prideful villains would ever listen to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring Julien’s weak attempts at trying to defend his train of thought, we made our way to the dining hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was filled with people, lining up to get their share of food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We bypassed the line and arrived at the front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of the people present opposed our presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would they?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur had told everyone to treat us as VIPs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The staff in charge of serving the meal immediately bowed and prepared our plates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I took the farthest corner of the room, near the windows, to enjoy my breakfast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eating in the early morning was a different novelty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julien sat across from me, staring at his plate like a hawk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guy must have never seen such quality food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pure premium luxury for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop acting like a country bumpkin and finish it! We need to leave early.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah! Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have prepared the men you asked for. Thirty of them are silver core, while fifteen are at gold core. The remaining five are platinum experts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur explained as we made our way toward the open grounds where our means of transport were parked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could see the hesitation in Arthur’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ask it out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing me give permission to speak, he asked, \"Are we going in search of Alfred?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not search. I know he’s there at the Ares Mountains.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you sure about the source of your information? It could very well be a trap to lure any possible bounty hunters that are after his life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I had received this information from any other source, it would have been a risky gamble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alfred—that madman—could very well have prepared something similar for his trackers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I knew about his location from the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what happened, Alfred never shifted his main base of operations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was never scared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never felt the fear of being discovered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe he might have some contingencies in case his place was raided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Arthur by my side, I could even storm through the royal palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not that I was stupid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur seemed to have reservations about how I knew about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t have to fret over the smaller details. My source is trusted, and even if things go south, I trust you can handle it with ease?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That I can... Haa... Okay, let’s go then!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sighing, Arthur made his way to what could be called a small desert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground was bare, without trees in sight. It looked more like a warzone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before us, armoured trucks were parked in line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One, two, three... There were about six of them, with what could be called a car—an armoured car—leading them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The car was like an SUV with a broad frame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tires looked strong, like they were made to handle a nuclear blast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not that such a thing existed in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The science here might have been advanced, but this world didn’t have all those inventions from Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The presence of magic meant there was no need for creating conventional weapons of such caliber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strongest people on this planet were mightier than all the nuclear warheads combined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I inspected the car, there were some interesting... maybe tools attached to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing my line of sight, Arthur commented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those barrels are used for attacking.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So do they fire mana?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not exactly mana, but they do fire projectiles that are what you could call a condensed form of mana inscribed with runes and formations so as to explode upon impact and not detonate in the car itself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur patiently explained. Though he found it intriguing for someone born into the Frost household to not know about something that could be called basic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was one rule that he had to follow, something every employee must do—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never doubt your boss!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the vehicles—the black and white paint used to colour them...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them looked intimidating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was fucking cool!!\u003C\u002Fp>",966,"2026-05-30T14:45:47.000Z","2026-06-01T04:31:30.507Z",1,"novelbin.me","78c208e9fbfc843d74429a18a73eedad6f573bb4e2d8406c8f245d6801951b6e","the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-chapter-19","the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-chapter-17",257,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-cover.jpg"]