[{"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-20":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},551475,800,"Chapter 20: Fear","the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-chapter-20",20,"\u003Cp>Arthur watched as Kael prepared to fight the wolf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only an iron-core creature, the same rank as Kael.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, it was a known fact that monsters tended to be stronger than humans of the same rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur had expected a tough fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From his vast experience, he could easily judge that Kael had never been in a fight before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Till now, the kid shouldn’t have killed anyone in his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was what Arthur’s logic said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his instincts were saying the opposite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first time he met Kael, he had judged it as some sort of move from Castor Frost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur’s relations with the royals and other powerhouses weren’t at their best.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone wanted his loyalty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every one of them desired for him to serve their houses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His power was unfathomable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He might not have been the strongest individual on the planet by core rank, but no one could deny his might.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Sovereigns hesitated before engaging with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They feared him as something that was beyond their control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something that could destroy what they had built.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And more than anything—they wanted to control him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving an uncontrollable variable like him in the open, with no allegiance to any house or empire, was a risk none of them could bear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, despite their best efforts, Arthur refused to bow before any of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked them in the eyes and rejected their offers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never considered himself below any of the major powerhouses in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To him, they were equals at best.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This level of attitude from someone who wasn’t a noble was damaging to their fragile egos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, Arthur wasn’t born a noble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a commoner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not much was known about his past, except that he had emerged as a powerhouse out of nowhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite being at Immortal rank, he had gone against one of the Sovereigns and managed to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only survive—he had nearly defeated the other guy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was when Arthur was at Immortal 1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, being at Immortal 7, no one wanted to get on the bad side of this living monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So when Kael appeared in his casino, Arthur felt it was one of the same old invitations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was surprising for him to be invited by the Frosts, because Castor had never shown any interest in forcing Arthur to serve him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the only reason that compelled Arthur to meet Kael and learn the intent behind his appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur knew about Kael.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not personally, but from the rumors and news that had spread across the lands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spoiled noble brat of the Frosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The incompetent heir, who couldn’t live up to the expectations of being a Frost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur had also heard of Kael’s brother, Kevin, being selected as the new heir due to his elder brother’s antics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the last piece of news that he had received about the Frosts, Kael should have left the Frost House, cutting all ties with his family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’So why is he here?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the only question in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought it might be that the brat couldn’t survive on his own and came crying back home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the only plausible scenario.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing from all the rumors, Arthur didn’t have a very good impression of Kael.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he decided to treat the kid with some respect, for having the blood of the Frosts running through his veins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when he gazed into Kael’s eyes for the very first time...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was intimidated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those black eyes felt like they encompassed darkness itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had the innocence of a child who had barely turned sixteen, but hidden in their depths, Arthur could see it...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vast darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur’s instincts kicked in, making him ready for combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instinct of prey when it meets a predator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It shouldn’t have been possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur could sense it as clear as day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael had never trained in his life, nor had he ever killed anyone—be it a monster or a human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no bloodlust attached to his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was at a mere iron core, the most basic core of an awakened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the only word to describe the pathetic kid before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Arthur’s instincts were never wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had saved his life numerous times, so...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He trusted them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And soon, he found it right to have trusted them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael wasn’t what was described in the rumors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, he was weak and still a kid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was what his body showed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His intellect wasn’t something to be messed with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had the cure for his daughter—the very thing that Arthur desperately yearned for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur had left no end, turning the planet upside down to cure his daughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, no matter what he did, he couldn’t find any hope of saving her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No doctor, healer, or alchemist could provide him with anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not the cure, not even something to delay her worsening condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With each passing day, Arthur cursed his inability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The inability to save his child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The inability to be a good father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To provide his daughter with happiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t achieve a single thing for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His wife had left her in his care before she departed from the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her death broke him, but he stood strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For his daughter, whose smile he wished to see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And here was a kid, solving the very problem that had shattered him for years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The price for the cure was cheap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reasonably so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur pledged his loyalty without a moment’s hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For him, his daughter’s life was far more crucial than his freedom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But things didn’t end there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael promised to provide the cure for his damaged mana core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something that shouldn’t have been possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kid, whom Arthur had severely underestimated, showed him miracles—one after the other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur couldn’t have been more grateful to anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then—Kael explained his objectives, and Arthur’s role in them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His guards had to be killed only because they knew things they shouldn’t have heard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur had again mistaken the darkness that resided in the human before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael wasn’t someone to be messed with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with loyalty, another emotion surfaced in Arthur’s soul...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear.\u003C\u002Fp>",1036,"2026-05-30T14:45:47.000Z","2026-06-01T04:31:30.507Z",1,"novelbin.me","96e670d5a4fe4e17f4b444f9f5444ada73da7014e36cbf3132e31715574c1409","the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-chapter-21","the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-chapter-19",257,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-cover.jpg"]