[{"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-93":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},551298,800,"Chapter 93: Affinity","the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-chapter-93",93,"\u003Cp>The centipede, feeling the lack of air, burst out from the ground in a heartbeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time everyone was ready.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big guy, tank the attack.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Me?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roger!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Extro and Vienna, attack it from the sides.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh? Extro?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, you! And Diana, circle it from behind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are we being so careful? It’s a mere Bronze centipede.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vienna’s impatient voice echoed through the dry sands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Learn to coordinate first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Making a displeased face, Vienna attacked the centipede from the side along with Extro.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Diana, she obeyed my orders and circled the monster from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being flanked from all sides, the centipede chose to attack the big guy first, but its attempts were stopped midway by the combined assault from the three sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Extro, being a Bronze core, didn’t leave much damage on the hard shell of the monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Diana, along with the Elven princess, left deep gashes across its body, leading to the creature roaring in pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aahh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a war-cry-type shout, the big guy attacked the monster from the front, his broadsword piercing deep into its neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lifeless body of the centipede hit the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our bracelets buzzed at the same time, showing an increase in the total points of our group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"More are coming!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone had a serious look on their face as the ground beneath us shook in several places.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vibrations made by the battle had attracted more monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can kill them on your own, but make sure to watch your back!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Informing them of the basics, I withdrew from the scene, standing far away from the places that the centipedes were trying to attack from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My team was fairly strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vienna had the natural affinity for life mana that could be used to control plants, though this desert limited such an approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t know Diana’s affinity, or affinities, as being a royal made her body capable enough to control different types of mana... the same as Vienna, who might also be able to control mana aside from life mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Extro was average, while the big guy had a bit of talent in controlling earth mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was what I had always liked about this game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The developers had kept the power scaling realistic and not entirely fantastical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, in many games, characters had a specific affinity to a mana type and could only use spells in regard to that particular mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But here there was no such thing as a fixed affinity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bodies of every individual could control all types of mana to a certain extent; it was just that some individuals had more control over certain types of mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, it was different from having a fixed affinity, where the general perception was that the user could only use spells of a given type.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then there was the misconception of individuals with water affinity not being able to use spells under the fire affinity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So in general, the concept was grounded in reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the spells... those were complex uses of a particular mana and couldn’t be used by everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An individual could control mana, like the big guy softening the sand below us, but that didn’t necessarily mean that the big guy would be able to use a spell related to earth mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spells were hard to understand and interpret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if you knew the mechanics behind them, these spells were created by people centuries ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the mechanics of a spell that was used by its creator weren’t necessarily suitable for the body of every other individual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each individual had a different mana signature, and that changed the way they could use a spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So utilizing a spell in combat meant not only understanding it, but also improvising the spell to suit your own needs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The changes that had to be made weren’t huge, but making even a slight change required years of study and practice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why only people with years of experience and a higher core rank were able to effectively use spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On average, among Diamond rankers, each individual had the capability to cast five or six spells depending on their affinity to utilize a particular type of mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That itself explained the rarity of individuals who could cast spells, and even among them, the number of spells that could be cast wasn’t high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why the Immortals were so feared across the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were effectively one with nature, which allowed them to easily comprehend the mechanics behind several spells, as the mana in nature co-existed with their own mana essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, such difficulties didn’t stop people from using fake spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were spells that couldn’t create the real effect but could allow the cultivator to attain some level of control over the mana matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are their shells so damn hard?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Extro shouted as a centipede had brushed off his attack and was nearly on the way to devour him, but Diana stepped in between.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stepping gracefully atop the centipede, she pierced her sword through its head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though her action seemed simple, I could see the immense amount of mana that she had used to generate sufficient strength in order to pierce the creature’s skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In my opinion, it was a waste of mana...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Try to aim for the weak points. The skull is the hardest to strike.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gave a word of advice across the vast distance between us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diana looked up to meet my gaze before diving down the monster’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were still a lot to kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I briefly glanced at the bracelet, only to see our group in third place with a score of thirty-two points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And not surprisingly, the first group was that of Noah, standing at sixty points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hadn’t been that long since the test had begun, and their group had almost twice the number of points we had accumulated so far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though in their case, I could see Noah alone having forty points to his name. He must have been killing the Silver-ranked monsters...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That explains such a rapid rise.\u003C\u002Fp>",1014,"2026-05-30T14:45:47.278Z","2026-06-01T04:31:30.507Z",1,"novelbin.me","b8361d920510fac23401da73664662624b837d8a5e03ba3a6e7f2cbfe3b0bf62","the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-chapter-94","the-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-chapter-92",257,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-reborn-as-game-s-final-boss-cover.jpg"]