[{"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-183":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},551438,800,"Chapter 183: Side Effects","the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-chapter-183",183,"\u003Cp>Silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a total of three minutes, there wasn’t a single word spoken between us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alfred wasn’t much of a talker to begin with, while I was... well—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wasn’t much interested in having small talk with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alfred had asked me to follow him, and we had now reached another research room within Alfred’s private research quarters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A huge glass wall stood before me, as the research room was on the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But looking around, there was no way to enter the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as I glanced at Alfred... the guy walked in the direction of the glass with no signs of stopping in his tracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this rate, he was going to smash his head—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Alfred’s body touched the glass, there was a visible ripple across its surface, as the glass slightly glowed, emitting a faint green light, while at the same time allowing Alfred to pass right through it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if Alfred had passed through a wall of water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just stood at my place, without moving an inch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Follow me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turning around, Alfred noticed that I hadn’t followed him, so the guy motioned me to walk forward by tilting his head to the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My legs moved as I slowly made my way towards the glass wall, stopping just before it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your name has already been registered in the security list. Walk in—I don’t have time to waste.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing me standing in the same place, Alfred’s voice echoed from the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though his face looked the same, the impatience in Alfred’s voice could be clearly felt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without making him wait, I carefully extended my right hand, moving it in the direction of the glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon contact with my skin, the glass immediately let out a green glow. I could see the same ripple that had spread across the glass during Alfred’s entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the mechanism was working, I didn’t hesitate, pushing my hand through the wall, while the rest of my body quickly followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Couldn’t you have made a normal door to the room?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason I was hesitating to enter through the glass was simple—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should the mechanism have failed during my entrance...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t have any interest in trapping myself in that wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The glass... it’s stronger than every metal out there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alfred replied in his usual tone, though I could feel a slight hint of pride in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Had you discovered it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I invented it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alfred’s voice was as calm as before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And it’s more efficient to observe the experiments within while standing at a safe distance—behind the glass.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t know Alfred had such love for his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe... well—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was human in the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s for people like you, not me. I always stand close to my children.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surely this madman wouldn’t care for his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So... where’s the child?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The one I had asked you to create—Invent?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On my words, Alfred did something on the device in his hand, and a pillar rose from the ground below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a black pillar with various engravings on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pillar continued to rise till it had reached a height of about five feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pillar began to expand from the inside as its surface broadened to create a flat circle of around the width of three footballs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The centre of that circle collapsed, creating a hollow from which another mini pillar emerged, and as I observed its surface—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn’t a single thing present on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as I was about to turn my head to look at Alfred... the guy passed me a monocle, his hand extended just before my face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the monocle, which had a simple look with no extra design to it— I took it from Alfred’s hand, while turning my head to look at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The device that I had prepared for you can only be seen through a lens.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I could have just increased the power of my eyes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was, after all, easily achievable by willing my mana through my eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same as increasing my physical strength—mana could also increase the effective vision of my eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Try it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hm?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Alfred’s words, I began to channel mana through my eyes and tried to zoom in on the mini pillar before me, but—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn’t a single thing that my eyes were able to see, except the details of the engravings on the pillar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Use the lens.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alfred advised me, though it sounded more like an order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s called a monocle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I corrected him—or at least tried to—but my words fell on Alfred’s deaf ears, as he had already placed the monocle on his right eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing him... I did the same, adjusting the monocle on my right eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turning my gaze to the mini pillar again—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could see it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A very small cube-shaped object that was placed at the centre of the pillar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its surface was so transparent that even with the help of the monocle, I had to focus my entire attention on it so as not to miss the cube before my eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I had thought of making it into a sphere like the device you had seen before, but... a cube would be more effective in enclosing and covering your entire core.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Will it be enough?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I asked the most important question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It will be enough to hide the actual rank of your core even after you become an Immortal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sovereign?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No. That rank is still above my current capabilities, given the limited time that I had to create this device—from scratch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fair enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Any side effects?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As the device will be connected to your core, it may at times cause you to feel unnecessary emotions to their extremes. I tried to reduce the extent of the amplification, but there was a limit to what I could achieve... in such a short time. I could improve it, but you will have to wait for another—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s fine. This will do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t have any extra time to restrict my cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the missions going forward, I had to evolve my core soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the amplification of my emotions—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s the frequency of the side effects showing themselves?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hm. It depends on many circumstances, but maybe... once or twice in a month, or maybe once every week. They may not even surface at all for an entire year, if luck is on your side.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1091,"2026-05-30T14:45:47.278Z","2026-06-01T04:31:30.507Z",1,"novelbin.me","1681c1d8b76702a17586f7b873ecb45c47fc0b224711ed58a5aeb299a0b374ac","the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-chapter-184","the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-chapter-182",257,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-cover.jpg"]