[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-story":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-story-the-villain-s-story-chapter-401":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Villain's Story",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},746526,986,"Chapter 401 [401] Climb!","the-villain-s-story-chapter-401",401,"\u003Cp>[You have passed the 29th trial, Trial of the Sword Emperor.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did I pass?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wondered as my head stared at the clouds, or rather what was left of them anyway. My eye was bloody and although I was barely able to see, I could still make out the clouds having been split apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The attack of the Sword Emperor had missed me barely, but the sheer force of it had split the sea of clouds we were fighting in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*THUD*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, it seems my head hit the stairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can't feel anything…My muscles have been torn apart and blood is leaking out from every hole in my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'How am I still alive..?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought, as I caught sight of my arm, which had been severed by the attack of the Sword emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I barely managed to twist my body and dodge the attack and thrusted my spear at his head with all the force I had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His head exploded…and my arm was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It's…getting dark.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's getting darker…I can't breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am losing consciousness..aren't I?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fucking hell, How great it would have been if I had the Pheonix bloodline right now. But I don't. Samantha needs it more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can't let it end here…I can't. There are still more than 70 floors to clear left…I can't die here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'm using whatever is left of my mana to prevent my death…But can I hold on for long..?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When is this damn tower gonna transport me to the lobby…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hope the lobby of the 30th floor has a healing factor…It's like that in most games right..?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[And the challenger fell…His heart and organs are pierced by numerous blades. Blind in one eye, his items having been torn apart…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How sad of a fate…How sad an end…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To…wer…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did I speak? Can I talk? I don't know…I can hear the tower's mechanical voice but… it's muffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can't hear it properly. I think the reason is the state I am in…But who knows?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That tower might be up to something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[His consciousness slowly fades…unable to understand what is happening.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shouldn't have gone easy…I shouldn't have! I should have used everything from the get go! From the start!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I should have been ready!...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what use is it now..?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What use is regretting it all now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[He forgets the reason for his drive to challenge the trials, as he slowly enters the gates of death.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is it saying?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's making me angry!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>COUGH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…shit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My mana is diminishing. I am bleeding again. Fucking hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The Supreme Dragon of Chaos Suleras orders you to get up.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Suleras..? What are you saying? I can't hear it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Get up.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah…I can hear it now…clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Get up, it's okay. You made a mistake here, but get up.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…I know…But how?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can't. I don't have enough mana to support my muscles again…I am dying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For real this time, the Phoenix bloodline isn't here to heal me nor are others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ha…I'm too reckless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Get up. Remember why you are here.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…why am I here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The reason you are here…whose suffering do you wish to end?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>..!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Samantha…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Yes, Now get up.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Get. Up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Get up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Get up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>COUGH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Get up, did you not say to yourself that no matter how much you suffer it is nothing compared to hers?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>COUGH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah… I did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[And the challenger puts forth a desperate struggle…but isn't it all for naught?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shut up tower…shut up. I can't hear you well but it's fucking annoying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[He thinks he is able to climb again…but how?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is it mocking me..?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's mocking me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ignore it Alan, get up.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks…Suleras.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how much I suffer…it's nothing compared to Sam's…I need to get the cure…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I need to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Use your legs to climb, only an arm has been severed.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suleras…I can't. All major tendons, ligaments, and muscles have been cut…I can't move my legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can't even feel them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's all numb. Everything…is going numb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Then are you helpless?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What do…you mean?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>COUGH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I coughed again…More blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Shadow Corruption rate:90%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hurts…the shadow is spreading…I can feel it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What do you mean Suleras...?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[If your legs don't work, use your arm.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[And he tries to tread the stairs with a single arm…but can he?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That damn tower again…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Use your damn teeth, your arm, your body. Whatever you can use and fucking climb.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tried to move my right hand, and once I felt a hard surface I grabbed it with all I could. But I could feel my grip slipping. It's probably because my hand is covered in blood…Isn't it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Yes, Do it. You still have an arm and your teeth. Use them!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I bit down, My teeth crushed the stairs and debris filled my mouth and throat. Sharp marble pieces…I can feel them in my mouth…it hurts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I don't care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[One step, he has managed.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[GO!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tower and Suleras…both are speaking now. Whilst the tower is hard to understand I can understand Suleras perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[GO!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He's encouraging me…and I'm pretty sure the tower is mocking me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I deserve to be mocked…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[If you have no mana to teleport then stop thinking and climb! Focus only on me!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alright…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I will climb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With my teeth I bit down into every step of the stairs so I would not fall, with my hand I climbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was slow…But I can feel myself moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can feel it…The cold feeling of my blood is being replaced with the feeling of marble and debris cutting my body more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ha…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ha!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Climb!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fucking climb! For Samantha! For the damn cure!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[CLIMB!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Climb!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could only chant in my mind now. I need to do this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I need to!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Climb!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Climb!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Climb!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Climb!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Supreme Dragon of Frost Lanesha encourages you! Climb!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Climb!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Climb god fucking damnit! I don't care if I can't see! I don't care if the world is all red due to my blood or if my consciousness is fading! I need to climb! I need to!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[CLIMB!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing I can hear is Suleras's voice. And that is enough!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Urgh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did I let out a groan? I don't know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just climbed. Biting into every step! Using every drop of strength I had in my body to climb with my arm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[And he climbs the stairs leading to Hope.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fuck you tower! I have already cleared the trial but why do you not transport me to the lobby?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[And he climbs more.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"AAGHHH!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The feeling of sharp marble pieces slipping down my throat, cutting it apart…the feeling of my own blood making my hand lose its grip…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't know…everything is becoming numb…I can't feel any stairs now, It's all flat ground…Did I reach the platform?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did…I?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah… it's all numb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The realization hit me suddenly, as the last thing I could feel before everything went Numb was my head hitting the marble ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And everything went dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The Supreme Dragon of Chaos Suleras has gone to sleep.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Supreme Dragon of Frost Lanesha worries for Suleras.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Magnificent!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tower, overjoyed by this, laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I enjoyed the struggle Alan put forth! I enjoyed it immensely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He fought!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He struggled!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if the Tower was finally being shown something so good! Something is finally worth it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Very well!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its voice changed, now it contained pure bliss. Ecstasy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Climb forth! I shall give you that chance.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Supreme dragon of Frost Lanesha snarls at the tower.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tower laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You can't do anything here! You cannot interfere with the trials without paying a heavy price! Did you not see what happened to the King of Chaos?! You supreme beings cannot do anything here without causing harm to yourself!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Supreme Dragon of Frost Lanesha is angry.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, The tower insulted Lanesha more. It had gone crazy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I am the reader! The watcher! The keeper of Trials! You cannot do anything to me because I am protected by the universe itself!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Supreme Dragon Of Frost Lanesha is enraged.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mountain became chilly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[This is all you can do!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Supreme dragon! You have no power here!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Supreme Dragon of Frost Lanesha promises the tower it will destroy it.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[And fall asleep like your friend?! Then what about him?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tower focused its attention on Alan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[One of you must always be watching him…lest he will fade. Chaos will notice…won't it?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blizzard encompassed the floor, and the mountain was covered in snow in no time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Come on! Do more! Fall asleep and lose him!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Will lanesha do it? Will she leave Alan 'defenseless'?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn't do it lest the consequences be disastrous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You cannot risk it…Keke.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It laughed, insulting a supreme being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None who had done so had lived to tell the tale, but because he was protected…he could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[No one has cleared the trials! No one will!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had finally lost it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Challengers are only my entertainment!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It laughed, as it transported Alan to the lobby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Entertain me longer…I will make sure of it…]\u003C\u002Fp>",1519,"2026-06-02T11:57:26.352Z",1,"novelbin.me","8a737a81458240aa96bdbbda6ce397834a24fc7a69480f167c74c622ef07e34f","the-villain-s-story-chapter-402",null,910,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-story-cover.jpg"]