[{"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-36":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},551491,800,"Chapter 36: Smack","the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-chapter-36",36,"\u003Cp>Ninety-nine... Hundred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hoo!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doing push-ups is a tough thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had seen many people doing them with ease, never knew it was this difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My daily routine now comprised what Arthur called warm-up in the morning. And by that he meant destroying every unit of energy in my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using mana makes things much easier, but the bastard had locked my mana core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at the bracelet-type things on my wrists. These were used to completely block one’s mana supply or, in most cases, reduce it to a near-negligible level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So running for ten miles combined with the hellish schedule of these push-ups, pull-ups, and whatnot weird exercises left me with no strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the interesting part is...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was just the beginning of my training for the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the so-called warm-up, Arthur would ask me to swing the sword for the entire fucking day!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I mean, has the old man lost his—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My master might be a very trained fighter, a veteran of the mightiest battles, but I must say...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was shit at training someone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could understand having me follow this monotonous routine for a couple of days, a few weeks at most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had been doing these very same things for the entire three months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How pathetic can this man get.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though I must admit my physical endurance has increased by a solid margin, and so has my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now I could clearly see a well-defined physique every time I glanced in the mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My abs were like solid bricks; even the most elite weightlifters and influencers on Earth wouldn’t come a percent near my level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Okay!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was an exaggeration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, my body had now grown more muscular and better defined. I could now easily balance myself in any form or posture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And swinging those swords for the entire day had made my wrists...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They looked like fucking monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My forearms now bulged with veins spreading all across my wrists. It really looked marvelous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Careful!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I never said my Master was useless at teaching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or did I?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, at the end of the day, aside from these improvements, I hadn’t learnt shit about combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for D.X., the progress on that front was better than mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had given a detailed list of all possible useful villains that we could possibly recruit to Arthur and Julien.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I must admit...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These guys were good at their jobs. They had recruited almost ninety percent of the twelve hundred villains whose details I had given them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, the number was huge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this wasn’t even close to all the villains on this planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You could just imagine the total number of villains in the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was ridiculous. Many pro gamers had protested against such absurd logic of the game, but the developers didn’t budge an inch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They continued releasing updates according to their own scripts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never bowed under the pressure of the demands in the market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for that, I must really appreciate them. It wasn’t easy to go against the market flow and still create a game that was considered one of the best sellers in the history of gaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the recently recruited villains, I won’t mention much about them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not that I was disrespecting their place in D.X.; it’s just that they were minor villains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, many had caused horrific crimes, and some of them were the ones who were wrongly accused and hunted by the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a dynamic grouping, but I didn’t care for the smaller details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter their characters or intentions, all these villains, despite having minor roles in the game, were individuals with a good amount of talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I mean, mostly the people with talent are the ones that go on the path to become evil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ones with mediocre or no talent just have no right to become a villain...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a minor one!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s how the world works. To be able to influence it, you need to have a decent amount of power to make people notice you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So in the end, you are either respected or hated; there’s no middle ground in such stuff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So back to the point—today Arthur was returning along with Julien...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back to Tamyr.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that meant—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My real training would now begin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hoped to have some company while training, and Julien was my first choice...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that fucker gave me some enlightenment about efficient resource utilization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Boss, I would just be a drain on the resources... better they be used for your growth on my behalf. Sniff... sniff... hic... With immense regret, I must strive to make your dreams come true... so just let me leave!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He barked some cringe lines and ran away with Arthur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he did his fair share of work, I just couldn’t digest the fact of burning alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is there no thing as bromance?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That traitor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Haa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sun had nearly dipped down the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I raised my sword in another swing. Every cell of my body was screaming for rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My clothes were drenched in sweat. I must have smelled like shit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought of taking a warm bath reignited my spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bosss! Bosss!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could hear a high-pitched voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked around to find the barren lands around me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking closely... was it a squirrel?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little guy was running with his mouth filled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had just seen a heist in broad daylight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hereee!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two figures could be seen approaching from the west, and one of them was vigorously waving his hands at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The traitor was back, and so was my—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rage boiled in my mind as I took deep breaths to steady my beating heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gritting my teeth, I waved in return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s still time for night to come, so don’t stop. Continue!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur’s not-so-cheering voice fell on my ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were beginning to itch, and so were my hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I badly wanted to slap someone...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julien cautiously approached me as I stared at him with... bright eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happ—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smack!\u003C\u002Fp>",1017,"2026-05-30T14:45:47.000Z","2026-06-01T04:31:30.507Z",1,"novelbin.me","3d5dfd9a9df8e139836adf1ede699cf6f5ab5d0bce283d1b97d1b02c25947ded","the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-chapter-37","the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-chapter-35",257,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-cover.jpg"]